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Two-pence unspecified sense

concept · 1 mention

Defining properties

Perspectives

Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

D. Quélus (author)

  • cacao kernels from Colonies pay duty for entry of Two-pence from April 1717 ⟨by Regulation from April 1717⟩
    assertsneutralsource: pg24588
    by the Regulation from the Month of _April_, 1717, the Kernels of our Colonies pay but Two-pence Duty for Entry
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'by the Regulation from the Month of _April_, 1717, the Kernels of our Colonies pay but Two-pence Duty for Entry' matches the subject, predicate, object, and temporal context of the claim exactly.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. Viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (implicit narrator); stance is appropriately 'asserts' as the passage states this as fact; sentiment is neutral as befits a regulatory statement; time is properly set to 'from April 1717' with valid_from as '1717-04' and valid_to as null (passage provides no end date); context accurately reflects the regulatory restriction; quote is verbatim and directly supports the claim.

William H. Ukers (author)

  • dish of coffee or tea cost two pence ⟨coffee houses⟩
    assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500
    Two pence was the usual price of a dish of coffee or tea
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact quote provided: 'Two pence was the usual price of a dish of coffee or tea, this charge also covering newspapers and lights.' No rewording or inference is needed.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is highly faithful to the passage. The quote matches verbatim, the context is accurate (coffee houses), perspective/stance/sentiment are all appropriate for an authored historical account. One minor deduction: the passage does not explicitly attribute this statement to a named source beyond the general historical narrative ("we are told"), so using "author" as viewpoint is acceptable but could be more precise. The time qualifiers (all null) are appropriate since the passage discusses this as a general practice during the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries without specifying a particular date range for this specific price point. All qualifiers are faithful to the passage.

Change over time

from April 1717
  • pay duty for entry of cacao kernels from Colonies