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Marco Polo unspecified sense

person · 4 mentions

Venetian merchant and traveler

Defining properties

Perspectives

Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

Kakuzo Okakura (author)

  • Marco Polo records deposition of Chinese minister of finance 1285
    assertsneutralsource: okakura-book-of-tea
    Marco Polo records the deposition of a Chinese minister of finance in 1285 for his arbitrary augmentation of the tea-taxes
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote 'Marco Polo records the deposition of a Chinese minister of finance in 1285 for his arbitrary augmentation of the tea-taxes' appears verbatim in the text, fully supporting all elements of the claim including subject, predicate, object, and time.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is highly faithful to the passage. The viewpoint should be 'Marco Polo' rather than 'author' since the passage explicitly attributes the statement to Marco Polo as a named source, not the passage author. All other qualifiers are accurate: stance is correctly 'asserts', sentiment is neutral, time is correct (1285), context is appropriately empty, and the quote matches the passage verbatim and supports the claim.

Robert O. Fielding (author)

  • Marco Polo saw ginger in India and China 1230-1239
    assertsneutralsource: spices-pg60192
    Marco Polo saw it in India and China, 1230–1239
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'Marco Polo saw it in India and China, 1230–1239.' The subject, predicate, object, and timeframe all match exactly what is written.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. However, the viewpoint qualifier is incorrect: the passage does not attribute this statement to a named source but is written by the author of the historical text. The claim should use "author" for viewpoint, which it correctly does. All other qualifiers are faithful: stance is "asserts" (the passage presents it as fact), sentiment is neutral, time matches the passage's dates (1230-1239), context is appropriately empty, and the quote appears verbatim. Minor deduction for ensuring complete accuracy in source attribution conventions.

Change over time

1230-1239
  • saw ginger in India and China
1285
  • records deposition of Chinese minister of finance