When all else fails, read the law.

ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual other than—
,,,
‘‘(2) any individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer...

That’s from the American Recovery Act, but similar language can be found in the statutes enacting other credits or payments.

I count 25 words. Which ones do you not understand?

An individual who is a dependent does not avoid that status by claiming not to be a dependent.

And people are still paying that Dutch company good money to rewrite simple English into ambiguous gobbledygook.