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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>
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entity_slug: usury
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evaluator: null
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evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T06:36:16.735690'
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overall_score: 4.2
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scores:
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- name: definition_precision
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value: 4.0
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max_value: 5.0
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rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes usury from normal interest by emphasizing
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"excessively high" rates that exceed legal or economic justification. It avoids
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circularity and captures a distinct economic practice rather than a vague concept.
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- name: source_grounding
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value: 5.0
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max_value: 5.0
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rationale: This entity is directly grounded in Smith's actual discussion in Book
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II, Chapter 4, where he explicitly analyzes usury laws and their economic effects.
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The context accurately reflects Smith's argument about how usury prohibitions
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can backfire.
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- name: domain_placement
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value: 5.0
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max_value: 5.0
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rationale: '"Regulation" is the correct domain placement since Smith''s discussion
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of usury centers on legal interest rate controls and their regulatory effects.
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This is fundamentally about government intervention in financial markets.'
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- name: vsm_relevance
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value: 3.0
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max_value: 5.0
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rationale: Usury maps reasonably well to S3 (internal regulation) as it represents
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a regulatory mechanism for controlling financial behavior within the economic
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system. However, the mapping is not as natural or structurally fundamental as
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core VSM concepts.
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- name: explanatory_value
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value: 4.0
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max_value: 5.0
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rationale: The entity provides genuine explanatory power by illuminating the mechanism
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of how interest rate regulation can produce unintended consequences (driving legitimate
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transactions underground). It reveals an important structural relationship between
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legal constraints and market behavior.
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# Evaluation: Usury
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## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0
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The definition clearly distinguishes usury from normal interest by emphasizing "excessively high" rates that exceed legal or economic justification. It avoids circularity and captures a distinct economic practice rather than a vague concept.
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## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0
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This entity is directly grounded in Smith's actual discussion in Book II, Chapter 4, where he explicitly analyzes usury laws and their economic effects. The context accurately reflects Smith's argument about how usury prohibitions can backfire.
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## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0
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"Regulation" is the correct domain placement since Smith's discussion of usury centers on legal interest rate controls and their regulatory effects. This is fundamentally about government intervention in financial markets.
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## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0
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Usury maps reasonably well to S3 (internal regulation) as it represents a regulatory mechanism for controlling financial behavior within the economic system. However, the mapping is not as natural or structurally fundamental as core VSM concepts.
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## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0
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The entity provides genuine explanatory power by illuminating the mechanism of how interest rate regulation can produce unintended consequences (driving legitimate transactions underground). It reveals an important structural relationship between legal constraints and market behavior.
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