---
entity_slug: proportion_between_metals
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T06:11:39.695782'
overall_score: 4.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies a specific concept - the exchange ratio
    between precious metals - and distinguishes between official and market-determined
    ratios. It avoids circularity and captures a measurable economic relationship.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Smith explicitly discusses the proportion between gold and silver in
    Book I, Chapter 5, examining how these ratios affect monetary systems and the
    relative values of different metals as money. This is directly grounded in the
    source text.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Regulation" is the appropriate domain since Smith discusses both market-determined
    ratios and official government attempts to establish stable proportions between
    metals. This sits squarely within monetary regulation and policy.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity has some VSM relevance as it relates to S2 (coordination
    between different monetary standards) and S3 (regulatory mechanisms for maintaining
    stable ratios), but the mapping is not particularly strong or illuminating for
    organizational analysis.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity reveals an important structural mechanism in monetary systems
    - how the relative values of different metals create coordination problems and
    regulatory challenges. It illuminates the underlying dynamics of bimetallic monetary
    systems rather than just naming a surface phenomenon.
---

# Evaluation: Proportion Between Metals

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies a specific concept - the exchange ratio between precious metals - and distinguishes between official and market-determined ratios. It avoids circularity and captures a measurable economic relationship.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

Smith explicitly discusses the proportion between gold and silver in Book I, Chapter 5, examining how these ratios affect monetary systems and the relative values of different metals as money. This is directly grounded in the source text.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

"Regulation" is the appropriate domain since Smith discusses both market-determined ratios and official government attempts to establish stable proportions between metals. This sits squarely within monetary regulation and policy.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity has some VSM relevance as it relates to S2 (coordination between different monetary standards) and S3 (regulatory mechanisms for maintaining stable ratios), but the mapping is not particularly strong or illuminating for organizational analysis.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity reveals an important structural mechanism in monetary systems - how the relative values of different metals create coordination problems and regulatory challenges. It illuminates the underlying dynamics of bimetallic monetary systems rather than just naming a surface phenomenon.
