Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
59/100
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A one-year-old infant has been hospitalised after being hit by a firework while in a pram during nationwide student protests that have rocked France.
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that → hospitalise → France
A high school student was arrested in connection with the incident, which took place near a blockaded school in Santi-Cyr-l’Ecole on Paris’s outskirts near Versailles.
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which → arrest → Versailles
The child was treated for tinnitus, RMC reported.
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RMC → treat → tinnitus
It comes as at least 260,000 people took part in marches across the country on Tuesday, according to France’s interior ministry, while organisers say that the figure is closer to 450,000.
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figure → come → ministry
French prime minister Sebastien Lecornu said that at least 215 teenagers and 85 school staff had been injured in the clashes, calling it the “heaviest toll in decades paid by the school system”.
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teenagers → say → system
More than 700 police officers were also hurt, he said.
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he → hurt → ?
Half of the country’s 3,700 high schools were shut or partially closed as a result of the protests.
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Half → shut → protests
The demonstrations started as an appeal for better conditions but have grown over the last fortnight leading to clashes.
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demonstrations → start → clashes
Footage of Saint-Denis mayor Bally Bagayoko went viral as he appeared to shield protesters from police in protests.
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he → go → protests
The politician was tear-gassed, according to Al Jazeera.
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politician → gas → Jazeera
Police have used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators as the clashes have growing increasingly intense.
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clashes → use → demonstrators
Schools have been set alight and police have also been injured in the unrest.
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police → set → unrest
Several storefronts have also been damaged.
“There is such a gap between the elites and us,” said Hugo Vetzel, a recent high-school graduate in Strasbourg.
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Vetzel → damage → Strasbourg
Omar Slaouti, a high school teacher in argenteuil, a northwestern suburb of Paris said: “They want to divide the young people into good and bad protesters.
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They → say → protesters
“If there were no trash cans on fire, the government would not have stepped back and become aware of the issues at stake.”
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government → be → stake
The French interior ministry said 488 people had been arrested on Tuesday and that 48 security personnel were injured.
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personnel → say → Tuesday
One 15-year-old student reportedly had his hand blown off after he picked up a stun grenade on Monday.
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he → have → Monday
Lecornu condemned the actions and said: “Burning down a high school does not improve the state of high school buildings.
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Burning → condemn → buildings
Lynching a teacher does not help replace teachers.”
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Lynching → lynch → teachers
He announced classes would be suspended for the rest of the week in a bid to calm the situation down.
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classes → announce → situation
Lecornu condemned “extreme violence” that he said has been knocking "on the door of high schools", which he "condemned unconditionally".
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he → condemn → which
The leader described the demonstrations as the most violent student protests in decades.
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leader → describe → decades
Paris police said that clashes in the capital resulted from around 300 people, most hooded or masked, facing off against security forces.
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most → say → forces
They said that the protest generally unfolded without major incident elsewhere.
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protest → say → incident
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