William H. Ukers (author)
Coffee is sold at wholesale in the United States chiefly by about 4,000 wholesale grocers
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly says 'Coffee is sold at wholesale in the United States chiefly by about 4,000 wholesale grocers,' which matches the subject, predicate, object, and context of the claim without requiring outside knowledge or over-generalization.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly identified as 'author' (the passage itself makes the assertion without attributing it to a named source). The stance 'asserts' matches the declarative nature of the statement. The sentiment is neutral as appropriate for a factual claim about commerce. The time qualifiers are correctly null since the passage provides no explicit temporal scope beyond the historical context of the chapter. The context 'in the United States' accurately reflects the passage's geographic restriction. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.
- twenty-nine percent of dealers bought all their coffee from wholesale grocers 1919 ⟨grocery stores in the United States⟩
twenty-nine percent of the dealers bought all their coffee from wholesale grocers
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly says 'twenty-nine percent of the dealers bought all their coffee from wholesale grocers' in the context of an analysis of 250 grocery stores in the United States made in 1919, matching all elements of the claim precisely.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (via the analysis). The stance appropriately reflects the passage's assertion. The sentiment is neutral. The time qualifiers (1919) match the passage's stated year of analysis. The context correctly specifies 'grocery stores in the United States.' The quote appears verbatim in the passage and accurately supports the claim about the analysis of 250 grocery stores.
- ten percent of dealers got over one-half of their coffee from wholesale grocers 1919 ⟨grocery stores in the United States⟩
ten percent got over one-half of their coffee from wholesale grocers
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — This claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote 'ten percent got over one-half of their coffee from wholesale grocers' appears verbatim in the analysis of 250 grocery stores conducted in 1919.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (who presents the analysis). The stance is 'asserts' which matches the factual presentation of the analysis results. The sentiment is neutral, appropriate for a statistical claim. The time is correctly specified as 1919, matching the passage's statement 'made in 1919'. The context 'grocery stores in the United States' accurately reflects the passage's 'some 250 grocery stores in the United States'. The quote is verbatim and directly supports the claim.
wholesale grocers
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage, which explicitly describes Sprague & Stetson as 'wholesale grocers.' The predicate accurately reflects the passage's characterization of the firm.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote 'wholesale grocers' appears verbatim and accurately describes Sprague & Stetson's business. The perspective (viewpoint as 'author', stance as 'asserts', sentiment as 'neutral') correctly reflects how the passage presents this information without attribution to a named source. The time qualifiers (all null) appropriately match the passage, which provides no specific temporal scope for this particular claim about what the firm was. The context is correctly left empty since the passage does not restrict the claim to a particular sense. One minor note: the 'when' could technically be inferred as spring 1862 based on context, but leaving it null is defensible since the passage does not explicitly date the formation statement itself, only Sprague's arrival.