tegwick
a9ca0adfcf
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>
65 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
65 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
entity_slug: commercial_society
|
|
evaluator: null
|
|
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T04:59:51.616286'
|
|
overall_score: 4.0
|
|
scores:
|
|
- name: definition_precision
|
|
value: 4.0
|
|
max_value: 5.0
|
|
rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes commercial society from subsistence-based
|
|
organization through the key criterion of widespread exchange and trade. It avoids
|
|
circularity by grounding the concept in observable social practices rather than
|
|
abstract economic theory.
|
|
- name: source_grounding
|
|
value: 5.0
|
|
max_value: 5.0
|
|
rationale: This concept is directly grounded in Smith's text, particularly his discussion
|
|
in Book I, Chapter 4 of how division of labor necessitates exchange and transforms
|
|
every person into "in some measure a merchant." The entity accurately reflects
|
|
Smith's core argument about societal transformation through commercial interaction.
|
|
- name: domain_placement
|
|
value: 5.0
|
|
max_value: 5.0
|
|
rationale: '"General Theory" is the appropriate domain placement as this represents
|
|
one of Smith''s foundational theoretical concepts about how societies organize
|
|
economically. It''s neither a specific mechanism nor a narrow application, but
|
|
rather a broad structural category that underpins much of his analysis.'
|
|
- name: vsm_relevance
|
|
value: 2.0
|
|
max_value: 5.0
|
|
rationale: "Commercial society is too broad and foundational to map naturally to\
|
|
\ specific VSM systems\u2014it represents the overall environmental context within\
|
|
\ which all VSM systems would operate. It's more of a background condition than\
|
|
\ a functional subsystem with specific cybernetic properties."
|
|
- name: explanatory_value
|
|
value: 4.0
|
|
max_value: 5.0
|
|
rationale: This entity provides significant explanatory power by identifying the
|
|
structural transformation that enables Smith's entire analysis of market mechanisms,
|
|
specialization, and wealth creation. It illuminates the fundamental shift from
|
|
self-sufficiency to interdependence that makes modern economic life possible.
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
# Evaluation: Commercial Society
|
|
|
|
## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0
|
|
|
|
The definition clearly distinguishes commercial society from subsistence-based organization through the key criterion of widespread exchange and trade. It avoids circularity by grounding the concept in observable social practices rather than abstract economic theory.
|
|
|
|
## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0
|
|
|
|
This concept is directly grounded in Smith's text, particularly his discussion in Book I, Chapter 4 of how division of labor necessitates exchange and transforms every person into "in some measure a merchant." The entity accurately reflects Smith's core argument about societal transformation through commercial interaction.
|
|
|
|
## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0
|
|
|
|
"General Theory" is the appropriate domain placement as this represents one of Smith's foundational theoretical concepts about how societies organize economically. It's neither a specific mechanism nor a narrow application, but rather a broad structural category that underpins much of his analysis.
|
|
|
|
## vsm_relevance — 2.0 / 5.0
|
|
|
|
Commercial society is too broad and foundational to map naturally to specific VSM systems—it represents the overall environmental context within which all VSM systems would operate. It's more of a background condition than a functional subsystem with specific cybernetic properties.
|
|
|
|
## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0
|
|
|
|
This entity provides significant explanatory power by identifying the structural transformation that enables Smith's entire analysis of market mechanisms, specialization, and wealth creation. It illuminates the fundamental shift from self-sufficiency to interdependence that makes modern economic life possible.
|