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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

3.8 KiB

entity_slug, evaluator, evaluated_at, overall_score, scores
entity_slug evaluator evaluated_at overall_score scores
colonial_military_burden null 2026-02-23T04:51:25.901539 4.2
name value max_value rationale
definition_precision 4.0 5.0 The definition clearly specifies what constitutes the colonial military burden (naval forces, troops, war expenditures) and identifies the key asymmetry that the mother country bears costs while colonies receive benefits. It captures a distinct economic concept rather than being vague or circular.
name value max_value rationale
source_grounding 5.0 5.0 This entity is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 7, where he explicitly discusses the military costs of empire and argues they cannot be justified by colonial trade benefits. The asymmetric burden between mother country and colonies is a central theme in Smith's critique of the colonial system.
name value max_value rationale
domain_placement 4.0 5.0 "Regulation" is appropriate since this concerns the regulatory and administrative costs of maintaining imperial control. However, it could also fit in a "Public Finance" or "Imperial Economics" domain, as it deals with government expenditure and fiscal burden distribution.
name value max_value rationale
vsm_relevance 3.0 5.0 This entity has some VSM relevance as it relates to S3 (internal regulation/control costs) and potentially S4 (environmental threats requiring military response). However, it's primarily a cost accounting concept rather than a cybernetic control mechanism, making the VSM mapping somewhat forced.
name value max_value rationale
explanatory_value 5.0 5.0 This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the structural economic contradiction in Smith's colonial critique - that the supposed beneficiaries of empire (colonies) don't bear its primary costs (military protection). This asymmetry is crucial to understanding Smith's argument against the colonial system's economic rationality.

Evaluation: Colonial Military Burden

definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly specifies what constitutes the colonial military burden (naval forces, troops, war expenditures) and identifies the key asymmetry that the mother country bears costs while colonies receive benefits. It captures a distinct economic concept rather than being vague or circular.

source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 7, where he explicitly discusses the military costs of empire and argues they cannot be justified by colonial trade benefits. The asymmetric burden between mother country and colonies is a central theme in Smith's critique of the colonial system.

domain_placement — 4.0 / 5.0

"Regulation" is appropriate since this concerns the regulatory and administrative costs of maintaining imperial control. However, it could also fit in a "Public Finance" or "Imperial Economics" domain, as it deals with government expenditure and fiscal burden distribution.

vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity has some VSM relevance as it relates to S3 (internal regulation/control costs) and potentially S4 (environmental threats requiring military response). However, it's primarily a cost accounting concept rather than a cybernetic control mechanism, making the VSM mapping somewhat forced.

explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the structural economic contradiction in Smith's colonial critique - that the supposed beneficiaries of empire (colonies) don't bear its primary costs (military protection). This asymmetry is crucial to understanding Smith's argument against the colonial system's economic rationality.