sugar above 7 D. S., not above 10 D. S. commodity

passage

• sugar above 7 D. S., not above 10 D. S. subject to tariff of 2c per pound effective immediately from December 22, 1870 ⟨under Tariff Act of December 22, 1870⟩
  assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616

  Sugars above 7 D. S., not above 10 D. S., 2c per pound

  judge verdicts (4)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage. The quote 'Sugars above 7 D. S., not above 10 D. S., 2c per pound' appears verbatim in the Tariff act July 14, 1870 section, and the timing of after January 1, 1871 is correctly established as the effective date (amended by December 22, 1870 to be effective immediately, then the July 14, 1870 act became effective January 1, 1871).
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.50 fail — Multiple qualifier issues: (1) Viewpoint should be 'passage' or null, not 'author' - the passage presents tariff legislation, not a named source's viewpoint. (2) Time qualifier is incorrect - the passage states the July 14, 1870 act 'to be effective on and after December 31, 1870, which means January 1, 1871' BUT it was 'Later amended by tariff act of December 22, 1870, to be effective immediately,' meaning the December 22 amendment superseded the July 14 date. The claim should reflect when this specific tariff rate actually took effect (December 22, 1870 immediately), not January 1, 1871. (3) Context should specify this is under the tariff act of December 22, 1870 (the amending act that actually made it effective), not July 14, 1870. The quote is accurate but the temporal and contextual qualifiers are unfaithful to the passage's structure.
  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote 'Sugars above 7 D. S., not above 10 D. S., 2c per pound' appears verbatim in the section describing the tariff act of December 22, 1870, which is noted as effective immediately.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote appears verbatim and the tariff amount, subject, viewpoint, stance, and sentiment are all accurate. The context correctly identifies the December 22, 1870 tariff act. However, there is a minor issue with the time qualifier: the passage states the December 22, 1870 act was 'to be effective immediately,' but the 'valid_from' date of 1870-12-22 is correctly normalized. The 'when' field could be more concise ('December 22, 1870' rather than 'effective immediately from December 22, 1870'), though this is not strictly unfaithful. All qualifiers meet the fidelity standard.