summarize the points made in the lecture
Hundreds of large stone jars are scattered across an archaeological site, The Plain of Jars in Laos. Archaeologists proposeseveral theories about their possible uses some two-thousand years ago, but the professor says the real purpose is stilluncertain.
First, according to a local story, the jars were used for fermentation ordered by a king to produce a special beverage.However, the professor points out that pots used for fermentation are traditionally made of clay. Making stone jars is time-consuming and expensive. There is no reason for ancient people to spend time making stone jars when clay jars are easier tomake.
Second, the reading passage suggests that the stone jars were used to store water collected in the rainy season and waterwas later given to traveling traders who needed the water in dry season. However, the professor says that although the jars werefound close to ancient trade routes, the routes were also close to rivers. The traveling traders could get the freshwater theyneeded from the rivers and streams. They would not need the stone jars to get the water they needed.
Third,metal tools, jewelry, and glass beads are found in some of the jars. Since the jars are large enough to hold humanremains, there is the possibility that the stone jars were used as tombs. However, the professor points out a serious problem ofthis theory.Tombs are usually covered to protect the human remains and artifacts from the weather or from being stolen. Thestone jars in Laos are not covered at all. The lack of covering means the jars are not likely tombs for burials.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 119, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...by a king to produce a special beverage.However, the professor points out that pots use...
^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 6, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , metal
...ars to get the water they needed. Third,metal tools, jewelry, and glass beads are fou...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 58, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
..., jewelry, and glass beads are found in some of the jars. Since the jars are large enough t...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 260, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Tombs
...nts out a serious problem ofthis theory.Tombs are usually covered to protect the huma...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, third, as to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 7.0 22.412803532 31% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1331.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 261.0 270.72406181 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09961685824 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0193898071 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79878697928 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.567049808429 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 407.7 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.9978413995 49.2860985944 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.0714285714 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6428571429 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.42857142857 7.06452816374 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0396293768834 0.272083759551 15% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0117700274252 0.0996497079465 12% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0302343800208 0.0662205650399 46% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.024565730697 0.162205337803 15% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0277398119668 0.0443174109184 63% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 63.6247240618 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 119, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...by a king to produce a special beverage.However, the professor points out that pots use...
^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 6, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , metal
...ars to get the water they needed. Third,metal tools, jewelry, and glass beads are fou...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 58, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
..., jewelry, and glass beads are found in some of the jars. Since the jars are large enough t...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 260, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Tombs
...nts out a serious problem ofthis theory.Tombs are usually covered to protect the huma...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, third, as to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 7.0 22.412803532 31% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1331.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 261.0 270.72406181 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09961685824 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0193898071 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79878697928 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.567049808429 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 407.7 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.9978413995 49.2860985944 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.0714285714 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6428571429 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.42857142857 7.06452816374 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0396293768834 0.272083759551 15% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0117700274252 0.0996497079465 12% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0302343800208 0.0662205650399 46% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.024565730697 0.162205337803 15% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0277398119668 0.0443174109184 63% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 63.6247240618 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.