Question: Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
The professor discusses theories, which explain objective and meaning of carved stone balls are not persuading. The information she presents is in direct contrast to the theories outlined in the reading passage.
Firstly, the lecturer explains that evidence shows carved stone balls were not weapons, since their shapes are maintained thoroughly and they are not broken. Therefore, they were not used in hunting or fighting. On the other hand, according to the reading, one theory is that carved stone balls were weapons, as they have holes in them and grooves on the surface.
In addition, the speaker implies that although carved stone balls are uniform, they did not have similar weight, since they had been created from different types of stones with different density. On the contrary, the author of the reading emphasizes that a theory suggests that carved stone balls were uniform in size and were used as a unit of measure to weigh measurable things.
Finally, the instructor points out that carved stone balls were not social markers, since they have not found in groove or tombs of high-ranked people in ancient society. Furthermore, carved stone balls were too plain and their patterns were not elaborated. However, the passage makes it clear that a theory emphasizes that carved stone balls are marks of social status of their owners, due to their intricate design and carving.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 303, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...y suggests that carved stone balls were uniform in size and were used as a unit of measure to w...
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Discourse Markers used:
['finally', 'first', 'firstly', 'furthermore', 'however', 'if', 'so', 'therefore', 'in addition', 'on the contrary', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.249011857708 0.261695866417 95% => OK
Verbs: 0.197628458498 0.158904122519 124% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0790513833992 0.0723426182421 109% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0592885375494 0.0435111971325 136% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0513833992095 0.0277247811725 185% => OK
Prepositions: 0.130434782609 0.128828473217 101% => OK
Participles: 0.0513833992095 0.0370669169778 139% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.43347315837 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0158102766798 0.0208969081088 76% => OK
Particles: 0.00395256916996 0.00154638098197 256% => OK
Determiners: 0.0711462450593 0.128158765124 56% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0 0.0158828679856 0% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00395256916996 0.0114777025283 34% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1398.0 1645.83664459 85% => OK
No of words: 227.0 271.125827815 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.15859030837 6.08160592843 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.88156143495 4.04852973271 96% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.378854625551 0.374372842146 101% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.281938325991 0.287516216867 98% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.202643171806 0.187439937562 108% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.101321585903 0.113142543107 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43347315837 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 120.0 145.348785872 83% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.528634361233 0.539623497131 98% => OK
Word variations: 48.8301173949 53.8517498576 91% => OK
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0529801325 77% => OK
Sentence length: 22.7 21.7502111507 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.0809272309 49.3711431718 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.8 132.220823453 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7 21.7502111507 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.1 0.878197800319 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.39072847682 29% => OK
Readability: 50.8938325991 50.5018328374 101% => OK
Elegance: 1.39743589744 1.90840788429 73% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.279452930132 0.549887131256 51% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.127491310948 0.142949733639 89% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0379343790709 0.0787303798458 48% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.648070426819 0.631733273073 103% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.102226425436 0.139662658121 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.152686010659 0.266732575781 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.110013054555 0.103435571967 106% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.419587838935 0.414875509568 101% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0552328544855 0.0530846634433 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.225589689191 0.40443939384 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0656864546684 0.0528353158467 124% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.26048565121 117% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 3.49668874172 114% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 3.62251655629 28% => More negative topic words wanted.
Neutral topic words: 5.0 3.1766004415 157% => OK
Total topic words: 10.0 10.2958057395 97% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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