---
entity_slug: landlord_s_share
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:40:42.734820'
overall_score: 4.0
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes the landlord's share from wages
    and profits, and specifies it as the portion going to rent after production costs.
    It could be slightly more precise about what constitutes "necessary costs of production"
    but is otherwise well-defined.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This concept is thoroughly grounded in Book I, Chapter 11 of The Wealth
    of Nations, where Smith extensively analyzes rent as a component of price and
    examines how landlords' returns vary with land productivity. The entity accurately
    reflects Smith's tripartite division of produce among rent, wages, and profit.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Distribution" is the correct domain assignment, as this entity directly
    concerns how the total product is divided among the three classes (landlords,
    laborers, and capitalists). This is a core distributional concept in Smith''s
    framework.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 2.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity represents a distributional outcome rather than a systemic
    function, making it largely VSM-neutral. While it might relate tangentially to
    S3 (internal regulation) in terms of how surplus is allocated, it doesn't naturally
    map to any specific VSM system.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity provides genuine explanatory value by illuminating how agricultural
    surplus is distributed and how rent functions as a residual claim on land productivity.
    It helps explain the structural relationship between land quality, cultivation
    efficiency, and distributional outcomes.
---

# Evaluation: Landlord S Share

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly distinguishes the landlord's share from wages and profits, and specifies it as the portion going to rent after production costs. It could be slightly more precise about what constitutes "necessary costs of production" but is otherwise well-defined.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This concept is thoroughly grounded in Book I, Chapter 11 of The Wealth of Nations, where Smith extensively analyzes rent as a component of price and examines how landlords' returns vary with land productivity. The entity accurately reflects Smith's tripartite division of produce among rent, wages, and profit.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

"Distribution" is the correct domain assignment, as this entity directly concerns how the total product is divided among the three classes (landlords, laborers, and capitalists). This is a core distributional concept in Smith's framework.

## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0

This entity represents a distributional outcome rather than a systemic function, making it largely VSM-neutral. While it might relate tangentially to S3 (internal regulation) in terms of how surplus is allocated, it doesn't naturally map to any specific VSM system.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

The entity provides genuine explanatory value by illuminating how agricultural surplus is distributed and how rent functions as a residual claim on land productivity. It helps explain the structural relationship between land quality, cultivation efficiency, and distributional outcomes.
