William H. Ukers (author)
hundreds were ruined
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'An orgy of speculation in coffee growing in Ceylon, in which L5,000,000 sterling are said to have been invested, culminated in 1845 in the bursting of the coffee bubble, and hundreds were ruined.' The exact phrase 'hundreds were ruined' appears in the text with the correct date of 1845.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage itself makes this assertion without attributing it to a named source). The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the passage states this as fact. The sentiment 'negative' matches the negative connotation of 'ruined'. The time qualifier correctly identifies 1845 as when the coffee bubble burst and hundreds were ruined. The context is appropriately empty as the passage provides no specific contextual restriction. The quote 'hundreds were ruined' appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim.