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entity_slug: exclusive_corporation
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:25:11.662459'
overall_score: 4.4
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies exclusive corporations as legally privileged
    trading organizations with specific characteristics (restricted membership, limited
    competition, higher prices). It avoids circularity and captures a distinct institutional
    form rather than a vague concept.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is directly grounded in Smith's text from Book I, Chapter
    10, where he extensively discusses exclusive corporations and their anti-competitive
    effects. The definition accurately reflects Smith's analysis of how these organizations
    operate and their economic consequences.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The "Regulation" domain placement is precisely correct, as exclusive
    corporations represent a form of market regulation through legal privilege that
    distorts natural market mechanisms. This fits perfectly within Smith's broader
    analysis of regulatory interventions in markets.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: While exclusive corporations could relate to S3 (internal regulation)
    as they represent regulatory mechanisms, they are primarily institutional forms
    rather than cybernetic functions. The VSM mapping is possible but not particularly
    natural or illuminating for this concept.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides excellent explanatory power by identifying a specific
    mechanism through which market competition is artificially restricted, helping
    explain how legal privileges create economic distortions. It illuminates a key
    structural relationship in Smith's analysis of market regulation.
---

# Evaluation: Exclusive Corporation

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies exclusive corporations as legally privileged trading organizations with specific characteristics (restricted membership, limited competition, higher prices). It avoids circularity and captures a distinct institutional form rather than a vague concept.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is directly grounded in Smith's text from Book I, Chapter 10, where he extensively discusses exclusive corporations and their anti-competitive effects. The definition accurately reflects Smith's analysis of how these organizations operate and their economic consequences.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

The "Regulation" domain placement is precisely correct, as exclusive corporations represent a form of market regulation through legal privilege that distorts natural market mechanisms. This fits perfectly within Smith's broader analysis of regulatory interventions in markets.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

While exclusive corporations could relate to S3 (internal regulation) as they represent regulatory mechanisms, they are primarily institutional forms rather than cybernetic functions. The VSM mapping is possible but not particularly natural or illuminating for this concept.

## explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides excellent explanatory power by identifying a specific mechanism through which market competition is artificially restricted, helping explain how legal privileges create economic distortions. It illuminates a key structural relationship in Smith's analysis of market regulation.
