Englishman visiting New York
- Tontine coffee house costs per day for lodging and board ten shillings currency 1794 ⟨at a common table⟩
you pay ten shillings currency a day, whether you dine out or not
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage. The contemporary account from 1794 explicitly states that at the Tontine coffee house 'you pay ten shillings currency a day, whether you dine out or not' for lodging and board at a common table.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint correctly attributes the account to 'an Englishman visiting New York at the time' rather than an anonymous author. The stance is accurately marked as 'asserts' since the account presents this as factual information. The sentiment is appropriately neutral. The time qualifiers correctly reflect the 1794 date mentioned in the passage introduction ('A contemporary account of how the Tontine coffee house looked in 1794'). The context accurately captures 'at a common table' from the passage. The quote is verbatim and directly supports the claim about the daily cost. All qualifiers are consistent with and faithful to the source material.