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Crown unspecified sense

place · 2 mentions

a coffee house on Long Wharf in Boston

Connections

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.

Crownauction room — 1 shared claimLong Wharf — 1 shared claimsugar — 1 shared claimJonathan Belcher — 1 shared claimThomas Selby — 1 shared claimFidelity Trust Company — 1 shared claimextraction of sugar from crown — 1 shared claimauction roomLong WharfsugarJonathan BelcherThomas SelbyFidelity Trust Comp…extraction of sugar…
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Defining properties

Perspectives

Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

William H. Ukers (author)

  • Selby's coffee house was also used as an auction room
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'Selby's coffee house was also used as an auction room.' The passage explicitly identifies the Crown (Selby's coffee house) as being used for this purpose.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is faithful to the passage overall. The quote appears verbatim and supports the claim. The viewpoint correctly identifies 'author' as the source (the passage presents this as historical fact, not attributed to a named source). Stance and sentiment are appropriately 'asserts' and 'neutral'. However, there is a minor issue: the quote specifically refers to 'Selby's coffee house,' which was an alternative name or reference to the Crown, but the claim's subject is 'Crown' rather than 'Selby's coffee house.' While contextually equivalent, strict fidelity would prefer the exact terminology from the quote. Time qualifiers are correctly set to null as the passage provides no specific temporal restriction for this use. Context is appropriately empty.
  • Crown destroyed in fire Long Wharf 1780
    assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500
    The Crown stood until 1780, when it was destroyed in a fire that swept the Long Wharf
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact quote provided. The passage explicitly states that the Crown was destroyed in 1780 by a fire that swept the Long Wharf, matching all elements of the knowledge graph claim.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (passage narrative voice, not a named source). The stance appropriately reflects assertion. The sentiment of 'negative' matches the destructive connotation. The time qualifier correctly specifies 1780 with matching valid_from and valid_to dates. The context is appropriately empty as the passage provides no restrictive context. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.
  • opened in the "first house on Long Wharf" in 1711 by Jonathan Belcher
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage, which explicitly states that the Crown 'was opened in the "first house on Long Wharf" in 1711 by Jonathan Belcher.' The subject, predicate, object, and time are all accurately reflected from the source text without addition or generalization.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The viewpoint, stance, sentiment, and time qualifiers are all correct. The quote is verbatim and supports the claim. However, there is a minor issue: the valid_to field should be null (which it is), but given that the passage states 'The Crown stood until 1780, when it was destroyed in a fire,' the temporal scope is not fully captured by valid_from and valid_to alone. The claim represents the opening action in 1711 accurately, but for complete fidelity to context, it could note that the establishment ceased to exist in 1780. Since the claim specifically addresses the opening action rather than the lifespan, and the quote is accurate, this is a minor contextual consideration rather than a direct qualifier error. All required qualifiers are faithful as specified.
  • Thomas Selby is first landlord of Crown 1711
    The first landlord of the Crown was Thomas Selby
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'The first landlord of the Crown was Thomas Selby' explicitly confirms that Thomas Selby was the first landlord of the Crown, and the passage establishes this was in 1711 when the Crown opened.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage states the fact without attribution to a named source). The stance is appropriately 'asserts' as the passage presents this as factual information. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's neutral tone. The time qualifier correctly identifies 1711 as valid_from (when the Crown was opened and Selby was its landlord) with valid_to as null, which is appropriate since the passage does not specify when Selby's tenure ended. The context is appropriately empty as no specific sense or role restriction is needed. The quote matches verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.
  • Fidelity Trust Company stands on site of Crown ⟨148 State Street⟩
    On its site now stands the Fidelity Trust Company at 148 State Street
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'On its site now stands the Fidelity Trust Company at 148 State Street.' This explicitly asserts that the Fidelity Trust Company stands on the site where the Crown coffee house once stood.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (narrator of the passage). The stance is appropriately marked as 'asserts' - the passage makes a straightforward factual statement without dispute or questioning. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's neutral reporting. The time qualifier is correctly set to null, as the passage provides no specific temporal indication for when the Fidelity Trust Company stands on the site (only that it stands 'now'). The context correctly identifies the location as 148 State Street. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim that the Fidelity Trust Company stands on the site where the Crown once stood.

George M. Rolph (author)

  • crown contains sugar accompanied by many organic salts sugar
    assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616
    The sugar contained in the crown is accompanied by so many organic salts
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'The sugar contained in the crown is accompanied by so many organic salts that it does not pay to extract it.' This is a direct quote that fully supports the knowledge-graph claim about the crown containing sugar accompanied by many organic salts.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (implied narrator of the instructional text). The stance is appropriately 'asserts' as the passage presents this as factual information. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's objective, technical tone. Time qualifiers are correctly null as the passage provides no temporal scope. Context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict the statement to a specific sense or period. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim about the crown containing sugar with organic salts.
  • assertsnegativesource: sugar-pg73616
    it does not pay to extract it
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly says 'The sugar contained in the crown is accompanied by so many organic salts that it does not pay to extract it,' which matches the claim that extraction of sugar from the crown does not pay.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote is verbatim and supports the claim. Perspective, stance, sentiment, and time qualifiers are all correct. However, the context qualifier is empty when it should specify "of beet sugar" or similar, since the passage explicitly restricts this observation to sugar in the beet crown (as opposed to sugar in leaves, which is not extracted). The passage states 'The sugar contained in the crown is accompanied by so many organic salts that it does not pay to extract it,' making the context restriction relevant to understanding what type of sugar extraction is being discussed.

Change over time

1711
  • opens Jonathan Belcher
  • is first landlord of Thomas Selby
1780
  • destroyed in fire Long Wharf