William H. Ukers (author)
- cereal coffee-substitute had grown to menacing proportions at the beginning of the twentieth century at the beginning of the twentieth century
The menace of the cereal coffee-substitute evil had grown to such proportions at the beginning of the twentieth century
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the opening sentence of the passage, which explicitly states that 'The menace of the cereal coffee-substitute evil had grown to such proportions at the beginning of the twentieth century.' The quoted text matches the passage verbatim.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage is written from this perspective throughout). The stance is 'asserts' which matches the declarative statement in the passage. The sentiment is correctly marked as negative, matching the passage's description of the coffee-substitute as an 'evil' and 'menace.' The time qualifier accurately reflects the passage's temporal reference to 'the beginning of the twentieth century' with normalized dates 1900-1910 that are consistent with this period. The context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict this claim to a particular sense or role. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.