---
entity_slug: artificial_market_creation
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T00:35:38.238220'
overall_score: 4.4
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly distinguishes between natural market advantages
    and human-constructed enhancements, providing specific examples like canals, roads,
    and ports. It captures a distinct concept of deliberate infrastructure development
    to expand commercial reach.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity is directly grounded in Smith's specific examples from Book
    I, Chapter 3, particularly his discussion of Egyptian canals and river system
    connections. The concept emerges naturally from Smith's analysis of how human
    art enhances natural advantages.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since artificial market
    creation fundamentally concerns expanding the scope and efficiency of trade relationships.
    This infrastructure development directly serves to facilitate commercial exchange
    beyond natural limitations.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps well to S1 (primary operations of trade infrastructure)
    and S4 (intelligence about environmental constraints and adaptation through construction).
    It represents both operational capability and strategic environmental adaptation.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity illuminates an important mechanism by which markets expand
    beyond natural constraints, explaining how human intervention creates new possibilities
    for division of labor and trade. It reveals the active role of infrastructure
    in market development rather than just naming a phenomenon.
---

# Evaluation: Artificial Market Creation

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly distinguishes between natural market advantages and human-constructed enhancements, providing specific examples like canals, roads, and ports. It captures a distinct concept of deliberate infrastructure development to expand commercial reach.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

The entity is directly grounded in Smith's specific examples from Book I, Chapter 3, particularly his discussion of Egyptian canals and river system connections. The concept emerges naturally from Smith's analysis of how human art enhances natural advantages.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since artificial market creation fundamentally concerns expanding the scope and efficiency of trade relationships. This infrastructure development directly serves to facilitate commercial exchange beyond natural limitations.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps well to S1 (primary operations of trade infrastructure) and S4 (intelligence about environmental constraints and adaptation through construction). It represents both operational capability and strategic environmental adaptation.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

The entity illuminates an important mechanism by which markets expand beyond natural constraints, explaining how human intervention creates new possibilities for division of labor and trade. It reveals the active role of infrastructure in market development rather than just naming a phenomenon.
