---
entity_slug: natural_produce_of_land
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T06:00:40.276143'
overall_score: 4.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes natural produce from cultivated
    goods and specifies concrete examples (wood, grass). It precisely captures the
    concept of resources requiring only gathering labor rather than productive cultivation.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This concept is directly grounded in Smith's discussion in Book I, Chapter
    6, where he explicitly uses examples like wood and grass to explain how rent emerges
    when land becomes private property. The entity accurately reflects Smith's actual
    text and reasoning.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Production" is appropriate since this concerns what land naturally
    yields, though it sits at the boundary between production and distribution (given
    its role in rent theory). The placement captures the primary economic function
    while acknowledging its distributional implications.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps reasonably well to S1 (primary operations) as it represents
    basic resource inputs to economic activity. However, it's somewhat static as a
    resource category rather than representing dynamic systemic processes that VSM
    typically addresses.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides crucial explanatory power for understanding Smith's
    rent theory and the transition from common to private property. It illuminates
    the mechanism by which previously free resources become subject to rent, revealing
    a fundamental structural change in economic relations.
---

# Evaluation: Natural Produce Of Land

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly distinguishes natural produce from cultivated goods and specifies concrete examples (wood, grass). It precisely captures the concept of resources requiring only gathering labor rather than productive cultivation.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This concept is directly grounded in Smith's discussion in Book I, Chapter 6, where he explicitly uses examples like wood and grass to explain how rent emerges when land becomes private property. The entity accurately reflects Smith's actual text and reasoning.

## domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

"Production" is appropriate since this concerns what land naturally yields, though it sits at the boundary between production and distribution (given its role in rent theory). The placement captures the primary economic function while acknowledging its distributional implications.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity maps reasonably well to S1 (primary operations) as it represents basic resource inputs to economic activity. However, it's somewhat static as a resource category rather than representing dynamic systemic processes that VSM typically addresses.

## explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides crucial explanatory power for understanding Smith's rent theory and the transition from common to private property. It illuminates the mechanism by which previously free resources become subject to rent, revealing a fundamental structural change in economic relations.
