sixteen and one-half cents unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• December dropped to sixteen and one-half cents after June 17
  assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500

  a drop to sixteen and one-half cents

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 0.70 pass — The claim is supported by the passage, which states 'On June 17, another battle commenced, December dropping back to seventeen cents. Then came a rally to eighteen and one-tenth cents, a drop to sixteen and one-half cents.' The specific price drop to sixteen and one-half cents is directly stated, though the exact timing relative to June 17 requires minor inference from the sequence of events described.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote appears verbatim and supports the claim. However, there is a minor temporal imprecision: the passage states 'On June 17, another battle commenced, December dropping back to seventeen cents. Then came a rally to eighteen and one-tenth cents, a drop to sixteen and one-half cents' - the sequence indicates the drop to sixteen and one-half cents occurred after the rally to eighteen and one-tenth, not immediately 'after June 17' as the claim's 'when' qualifier suggests. The valid_from date of 1887-06-17 is therefore slightly inaccurate; it should reflect the point in the sequence after the rally was mentioned. All other qualifiers (viewpoint, stance, sentiment, context, quote) are faithful to the passage.