higher risks unspecified sense

J. Ewing Ritchie (author)

• higher risks correlate with higher profits ⟨slave trade⟩
  assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg52820

  The greater the risks the higher the profits

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact quote 'The greater the risks the higher the profits,' which explicitly asserts that higher risks correlate with higher profits in the context of the slave trade.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to 'author' (the passage is presented as the author's own argument, not attributed to a named source). The stance 'asserts' is appropriate as the author presents this as a statement of fact. The sentiment 'neutral' fits the matter-of-fact tone of the economic observation. The time qualifiers are correctly null as the passage provides no specific temporal scope for this general principle. The context 'slave trade' accurately reflects the passage's subject matter. The quote 'The greater the risks the higher the profits' appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim that higher risks correlate with higher profits.