co-operative advertising activity

William H. Ukers (author)

• author began agitation for co-operative advertising Twenty years ago ⟨by the coffee trade⟩
  assertspositivesource: coffee-pg28500

  Twenty years ago the author began an agitation for co-operative advertising, by the coffee trade

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The sentence 'Twenty years ago the author began an agitation for co-operative advertising, by the coffee trade' explicitly confirms that the author began agitation for co-operative advertising twenty years prior to the writing of this passage.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint correctly uses 'author' as a self-reference (the passage itself is authored by this person). The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the passage straightforwardly states the action without disputing or questioning it. The sentiment is positive, matching the passage's approving tone ('gratifying to find'). The time qualifier 'Twenty years ago' matches the passage exactly without specifying normalized dates, which is faithful since the passage provides no absolute date. The context 'by the coffee trade' accurately reflects the passage's specification. The quote is verbatim and directly supports the claim.