William H. Ukers (author)
the price broke to sixteen cents, a drop of six and one-quarter cents in less than two weeks
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'the price broke to sixteen cents, a drop of six and one-quarter cents in less than two weeks.' The passage explicitly confirms both the price level and the timeframe specified in the claim.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as factual narration, not attributed to a named source). The stance 'asserts' matches the passage's presentation. The sentiment 'negative' is appropriate given the context of a price crash/break. The time qualifiers are consistent with the passage stating the break occurred 'in less than two weeks' after June 1, 1887, with the date range 1887-06-01 to 1887-06-15 appropriately capturing this scope. The context is correctly empty as the passage provides no restrictive context. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim about the price breaking to sixteen cents.