attempt to discredit coffee unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• attempt to discredit coffee fails of effect 1679
  assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500

  fails of effect

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The 1679 entry explicitly states 'An attempt by the physicians of Marseilles to discredit coffee on purely dietetic grounds fails of effect,' which matches the subject, predicate, and object of the claim.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote 'fails of effect' appears verbatim and correctly supports the claim. Time (1679) is accurate. Perspective, stance, and sentiment are appropriately attributed to the author. However, minor context specificity is missing: the passage specifies this attempt was 'by the physicians of Marseilles' on 'purely dietetic grounds,' which provides important narrowing of the claim's scope that could enhance clarity, though the claim as stated is not technically unfaithful.