William H. Ukers (author)
- frost news from Brazil had been looked upon as a regular and seasonable method of bulling the market in the past ⟨in the past⟩
in the past had always been looked upon as a regular and seasonable method of bulling the market
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote 'in the past had always been looked upon as a regular and seasonable method of bulling the market' appears verbatim, describing how frost news from Brazil was historically regarded by the trade.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote is verbatim and accurate. However, there is one minor qualifier issue: the 'viewpoint' is listed as 'author', but the passage uses 'the trade at large' as the source of this perspective ('had always been looked upon' by the trade, not necessarily by the author). The viewpoint should be 'the trade at large' rather than 'author' to be fully faithful to the passage's attribution. All other qualifiers (stance, sentiment, time, context) are appropriate and well-supported.