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coffee trust unspecified sense

organization · 6 mentions

Alleged cartel controlling coffee operations

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Current Literature

  • coffee trust held its grip on coffee market 1912
    assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500
    HOW the coffee trust has held its grip. Current Literature, 1912
    judge verdicts (4)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage. The title 'HOW the coffee trust has held its grip' from Current Literature (1912, LIII: 52-54) explicitly states that the coffee trust held its grip, matching the subject, predicate, object, sentiment, and time period in the claim.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.50 fail — The viewpoint qualifier is incorrect. The passage attributes this statement to 'Current Literature' (a named publication), not to an unnamed 'author'. The viewpoint should be 'Current Literature' not 'author'. Additionally, the quote is incomplete and misleading - it should be the full title 'HOW the coffee trust has held its grip' from the Current Literature, 1912, LIII: 52-54 citation, and the object should be clarified as the 'coffee market' or 'prices' rather than just 'coffee' to match the passage's framing.
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The article title 'HOW the coffee trust has held its grip' from Current Literature, 1912, LIII: 52-54 explicitly supports the subject, predicate, and object of the claim without any rewording or interpretation required.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — Qualifiers are largely faithful. Viewpoint correctly attributes to 'Current Literature' (the publication), stance is accurate as 'asserts', and sentiment 'negative' appropriately captures the critical framing of 'held its grip'. Time is correctly set to 1912 matching the publication year. Context is appropriately empty as the passage provides no specific sense restrictions. Minor deduction: the quote is incomplete - it should be the full title 'HOW the coffee trust has held its grip' to fully support the claim about what the coffee trust did. Overall assessment: all major qualifiers are faithful to the passage.

William H. Ukers (author)

  • attorney-general was instructed to report on coffee trust
    The attorney-general was instructed to report as to whether or not there was a coffee trust
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact quote provided. The passage explicitly states 'The attorney-general was instructed to report as to whether or not there was a coffee trust,' making this a fully supported claim.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (narrator of the passage), stance is appropriately neutral/assertive, sentiment is neutral, time qualifiers are correctly null since no specific date is given for the instruction, context is empty as none is specified in the passage, and the quote appears verbatim and directly supports the claim.

Change over time

1912
  • held its grip on coffee market