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corporation unspecified sense

organization · 2 mentions

Business entity consolidating multiple mills with modern methods

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The concepts, people, and places this entity is most linked to by claims — node size is mention count, colour is type, dashed nodes are other senses of the same word.

corporationSamuel Wilde's Sons Company — 1 shared claimcompany — 1 shared claimbusiness — 1 shared claimJames Heekin Company — 1 shared claimsugar cartel — 1 shared claimold-time planter — 1 shared claimSamuel Wilde's Sons…companybusinessJames Heekin Companysugar cartelold-time planter
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Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

William H. Ukers (author)

  • having been incorporated in 1902
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'Samuel Wilde's Sons Company, having been incorporated in 1902.' The subject, predicate, object, and date are all explicitly mentioned without requiring outside knowledge or over-generalization.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage provides this information directly). The stance appropriately asserts the incorporation fact. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's matter-of-fact tone. The time qualifier correctly identifies 1902 as the incorporation year with valid_from set to 1902 and valid_to as null (no end date given). The context is appropriately empty as the passage provides no restrictive context. The quote 'having been incorporated in 1902' appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim.
  • company is a corporation at present
    At present, the company is a corporation
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'At present, the company is a corporation, with C.E. Diefenthaler, president...' The exact wording matches the passage with no rewording needed.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage narrator states this as fact, not attributed to a named source). The stance is 'asserts' which matches the declarative nature of the statement. The sentiment is neutral, which is appropriate for this factual claim. The time qualifier 'at present' accurately reflects the passage's temporal framing. The context is empty, which is correct 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.
  • business conducted by corporation after 1916 ⟨after Sheppard's death⟩
    the business has been conducted by a corporation in which his four children are the principal stockholders
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly says 'Mr. Sheppard died in 1916, and the business has been conducted by a corporation in which his four children are the principal stockholders,' which directly supports the subject-predicate-object relationship and the temporal context of after 1916.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is mostly faithful to the passage. However, the 'when' time qualifier is slightly imprecise: the passage states 'Mr. Sheppard died in 1916, and the business has been conducted by a corporation' - the conducting by corporation occurs after 1916, not from 1916. The 'valid_from' should be after 1916 (e.g., null or a date after 1916) rather than 1916 itself, since the business was conducted by a corporation following his death, not during the year he died. All other qualifiers (viewpoint, stance, sentiment, context, and quote) are faithful to the passage.
  • Upon his death, a corporation was formed under the name of the James Heekin Company
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage, which explicitly states 'Upon his death, a corporation was formed under the name of the James Heekin Company' in 1904, following James Heekin's death.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage is a historical narrative with no named source). The stance is appropriately 'asserts' for a factual statement. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's tone. The time qualifier correctly identifies 1904 as when the corporation was formed ('Upon his death' referring to James Heekin's death in 1904). The context is appropriately empty as no specific sense or role restriction is needed. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.

George M. Rolph (author)

  • sugar cartel buy stock in corporation ⟨corporations that held out against the cartel⟩
    assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    by buying stock in the corporations that still held out
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly mentions 'buying stock in the corporations that still held out' as one of the methods used by the cartel to force factory owners into line, making this a fully supported claim with no rewording needed.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (no named source is specified in the passage). The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the passage states this as fact. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's objective tone. The time qualifiers are all null, which is correct since the passage provides no temporal information. The context accurately reflects that these are 'corporations that still held out' against the cartel. The quote appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim about buying stock as a coercive tactic.
  • assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    the old-time planter has had to make room for the corporation
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact phrase 'the old-time planter has had to make room for the corporation, with its powerful resources and modern methods.' The subject, predicate, and object are all explicitly presented without requiring outside knowledge or over-generalization.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The quote 'the old-time planter has had to make room for the corporation' appears verbatim and supports the claim. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as its own analysis, not attributing it to a named source). The stance is appropriately marked as 'asserts' rather than 'disputes' or 'questions', matching the passage's declarative framing. The sentiment is neutral, consistent with the passage's objective, analytical tone. The time qualifiers are all null, which is correct since the passage provides no specific temporal scope for this general process ('constantly going on'). The context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict this claim to a particular sense or role.

Change over time

1902
  • was incorporated Samuel Wilde's Sons Company
1904
  • was formed James Heekin Company
after 1916
  • conducted by business
at present
  • is a company