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entity_slug: money_price_of_corn
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T05:54:19.866209'
overall_score: 4.2
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies corn's money price as a fundamental
    price regulator for other commodities, establishing a distinct economic concept.
    While it could be slightly more precise about the mechanism of regulation, it
    avoids circularity and captures a specific theoretical role.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This concept is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter
    5, where he explicitly discusses how corn's money price serves as the basis for
    determining prices of labor and other goods. The entity accurately reflects Smith's
    theoretical framework about price relationships.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since this concept deals
    with price formation and the monetary expression of value relationships between
    commodities. This is fundamentally about how exchange values are determined and
    expressed in the market system.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity has moderate VSM relevance, potentially mapping to S2 (coordination)
    as it describes how prices coordinate across the economy, or S3 (regulation) as
    a regulatory mechanism for the price structure. However, it's more of a market
    phenomenon than a clear organizational system component.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the
    structural mechanism through which one commodity's price influences the entire
    price system. It reveals an important causal relationship in Smith's economic
    theory rather than merely naming a surface-level observation.
---

# Evaluation: Money Price Of Corn

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies corn's money price as a fundamental price regulator for other commodities, establishing a distinct economic concept. While it could be slightly more precise about the mechanism of regulation, it avoids circularity and captures a specific theoretical role.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This concept is directly grounded in Smith's analysis in Book IV, Chapter 5, where he explicitly discusses how corn's money price serves as the basis for determining prices of labor and other goods. The entity accurately reflects Smith's theoretical framework about price relationships.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since this concept deals with price formation and the monetary expression of value relationships between commodities. This is fundamentally about how exchange values are determined and expressed in the market system.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity has moderate VSM relevance, potentially mapping to S2 (coordination) as it describes how prices coordinate across the economy, or S3 (regulation) as a regulatory mechanism for the price structure. However, it's more of a market phenomenon than a clear organizational system component.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the structural mechanism through which one commodity's price influences the entire price system. It reveals an important causal relationship in Smith's economic theory rather than merely naming a surface-level observation.
