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tegwick a9ca0adfcf feat(example): add per-entity LLM evaluations for 985 WoN entities (S3.3)
Batch evaluation of all 988 entities via OpenRouter. 984 succeeded on
first pass; 3 failed (network errors). eval-summary --update-metrics
written with per_entity_mean=3.9556.

Viability dashboard: 6/6 PASS
  redundancy_ratio   0.0061  (max 0.10)
  coverage_ratio     0.6190  (min 0.40)
  coherence_comps    0.0000  (max 3)
  consistency_cycles 0.0000  (max 0)
  granularity_entropy 2.6748 (min 1.0)
  per_entity_mean    3.9556  (min 3.5)

Dimension breakdown (mean across 985 entities):
  definition_precision  3.62
  source_grounding      4.36
  domain_placement      4.56
  vsm_relevance         3.31
  explanatory_value     3.94

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-23 09:36:46 +01:00

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entity_slug, evaluator, evaluated_at, overall_score, scores
entity_slug evaluator evaluated_at overall_score scores
military_defense_expense null 2026-02-23T05:52:25.440602 4.2
name value max_value rationale
definition_precision 4.0 5.0 The definition clearly specifies what constitutes military defense expense (armed forces, naval forces, war expenditures) and identifies the key asymmetry that the mother country bears costs while colonies receive benefits. It avoids circularity and captures a distinct economic concept with measurable components.
name value max_value rationale
source_grounding 5.0 5.0 This concept is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 7, where he extensively discusses the costs of colonial defense and argues that Britain bears disproportionate military expenses relative to the benefits received from colonial trade monopolies.
name value max_value rationale
domain_placement 4.0 5.0 "Regulation" is appropriate since this involves government policy decisions about resource allocation and colonial administration. However, it could also fit in a "Public Finance" or "Imperial Economics" domain, as it fundamentally concerns fiscal burdens and imperial cost-benefit analysis.
name value max_value rationale
vsm_relevance 3.0 5.0 This entity has moderate VSM relevance, primarily mapping to S1 (operational costs of maintaining empire) and S4 (environmental threats requiring defensive response). However, it's more of a cost category than a systemic function, making the VSM mapping somewhat forced.
name value max_value rationale
explanatory_value 5.0 5.0 This entity provides crucial explanatory power for Smith's critique of mercantilism by quantifying the hidden costs of empire that offset supposed benefits from colonial monopolies. It illuminates the structural mechanism by which imperial systems create fiscal burdens that undermine their purported advantages.

Evaluation: Military Defense Expense

definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly specifies what constitutes military defense expense (armed forces, naval forces, war expenditures) and identifies the key asymmetry that the mother country bears costs while colonies receive benefits. It avoids circularity and captures a distinct economic concept with measurable components.

source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This concept is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 7, where he extensively discusses the costs of colonial defense and argues that Britain bears disproportionate military expenses relative to the benefits received from colonial trade monopolies.

domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

"Regulation" is appropriate since this involves government policy decisions about resource allocation and colonial administration. However, it could also fit in a "Public Finance" or "Imperial Economics" domain, as it fundamentally concerns fiscal burdens and imperial cost-benefit analysis.

vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity has moderate VSM relevance, primarily mapping to S1 (operational costs of maintaining empire) and S4 (environmental threats requiring defensive response). However, it's more of a cost category than a systemic function, making the VSM mapping somewhat forced.

explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides crucial explanatory power for Smith's critique of mercantilism by quantifying the hidden costs of empire that offset supposed benefits from colonial monopolies. It illuminates the structural mechanism by which imperial systems create fiscal burdens that undermine their purported advantages.