a dollar and twenty cents each unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• coffee grinder cost a dollar and twenty cents each 1720
  assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500

  they were to be had for a dollar and twenty cents each

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage's opening sentence: 'Coffee grinders were so common in France in 1720 that they were to be had for a dollar and twenty cents each.' The subject, predicate, object, and temporal context all match the source text exactly without requiring outside knowledge or over-generalization.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly identified as 'author' (the passage presents this as a direct statement, not attributed to a named source). The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the passage states this as fact. The sentiment 'neutral' matches the factual tone. The time qualifiers correctly reflect that the passage specifies 1720. The context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict the claim to a specific sense or role. The quote appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim about the cost of coffee grinders in France in 1720.