It seems to me that it depends on whether or not one views the idea of being lucid as a level of awareness.

One camp believes that some form of awareness is inherent, and the other does not. I guess I am in camp two.

Regardless of your stance here, both sides have good intentions, but I think it should be emphasized in any case that such a low level of "lucidity" if indeed lucidity it is, should always be described as a minor milestone, and not a signal to rest on one's laurels, as Sageous's post more than adequately demonstrates. In other words, just saying "Yes sir, you were lucid" would be unsatisfactory without some explanation of the situation. It seems easier to just say "No, you were not lucid, but you were on the verge." Both sentences would probably require further explanation in any case, otherwise this argument would not exist.