Five years ago, the local university built two new dormitories through different contractors: Aleph Construction and Gimmel Builders. The buildings were nearly identical, though it cost Gimmel Builders approximately 20% more to construct its dormitory. Aleph’s dormitory, however, has required approximately 10% more in maintenance costs per year over the past five years. Therefore, to construct another new dormitory with the lowest overall cost, the local university should hire Aleph Construction
The argument states that as the original cost of development from aleph construction is less as compare to gimmel builders, the school should hire aleph builders for another development however the cost analysis needs to be a little more thorough and the conclusion make few assumptions which need further dissection.
We have been told that two buildings are nearly identical, not identical, we will need to first answer this-are there any distinctions which could increase the cost by a substantial amount? like there is a statue of any founder in one building and not in other which costs very dearly and it won't be needed in a new one, so we need to register all distinctions and their cost must be analyzed before any decision.
The percentages mentioned are vague and not giving details on what absolute value will they be calculated, for example, gimmel took 20% more to construct but 20% of what? similarly, the base of aleph's 10% maintenance cost is also not mentioned, before not knowing what exactly is the base of these percentages it will be very difficult to make a judgment
if all the percentages are taken to be as true and costing to their respective building with the base then, let us assume aleph construction spent $10k for their building, and if we take the word of prompt true-Gimmel Builders took approximately 20% more to construct its dormitory, gimmel will spend $12k which will be overall cost since no cost in maintenance is spent. however, if what the prompt says is true-aleph the dormitory has required approximately 10% more in maintenance costs per year over the past five years which will equate to $5k hence the overall cost will become $15k,$3k more than gimmel's dormitory. in this case, hiring gimmel construction is more apt then aleph construction. This is the complete opposite of the conclusion
We need to answer a few things before making any decision like what distinctions between buildings are and what does the cost entails in those distinctions, whether those costs are one time or not. we will also need to know the base of which the mentioned percentages are acting
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 6 15
No. of Words: 362 350
No. of Characters: 1726 1500
No. of Different Words: 173 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.362 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.768 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.712 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 109 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 81 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 64 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 42 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 60.333 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 26.512 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 1 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.517 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.517 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.259 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 94, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[1]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
...lopment from aleph construction is less as compare to gimmel builders, the school ...
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Line 2, column 190, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Like
...rease the cost by a substantial amount? like there is a statue of any founder in one...
^^^^
Line 3, column 171, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Similarly
... 20% more to construct but 20% of what? similarly, the base of alephs 10% maintenance cos...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 369, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
... since no cost in maintenance is spent. however, if what the prompt says is true-aleph ...
^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 613, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: In
...ecome 5k,k more than gimmels dormitory. in this case, hiring gimmel construction i...
^^
Line 4, column 666, Rule ID: LESS_MORE_THEN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'than'?
Suggestion: than
... hiring gimmel construction is more apt then aleph construction. This is the complet...
^^^^
Line 5, column 127, Rule ID: DOES_NP_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'entail'?
Suggestion: entail
...en buildings are and what does the cost entails in those distinctions, whether those co...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 199, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: We
...hether those costs are one time or not. we will also need to know the base of whic...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, similarly, so, then, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.6327345309 117% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.9520958084 124% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 11.1786427146 89% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 55.5748502994 74% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1752.0 2260.96107784 77% => OK
No of words: 360.0 441.139720559 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.86666666667 5.12650576532 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35587717469 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77553242584 2.78398813304 100% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 204.123752495 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.508333333333 0.468620217663 108% => OK
syllable_count: 540.0 705.55239521 77% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.76447105788 46% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 19.7664670659 46% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 40.0 22.8473053892 175% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 134.509809638 57.8364921388 233% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 194.666666667 119.503703932 163% => OK
Words per sentence: 40.0 23.324526521 171% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.77777777778 5.70786347227 136% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 5.25449101796 152% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 6.88822355289 29% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.274862598279 0.218282227539 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.124434597347 0.0743258471296 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.081537134962 0.0701772020484 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148288046815 0.128457276422 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.101925936384 0.0628817314937 162% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 21.5 14.3799401198 150% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.34 48.3550499002 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.1628742515 156% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.7 12.197005988 145% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.56 12.5979740519 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.32208582834 103% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 98.500998004 68% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 12.3882235529 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 18.0 11.1389221557 162% => OK
text_standard: 18.0 11.9071856287 151% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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