TPO 43: Integrated task
The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is about agnostides which were a species of marine animal and became extinct about 450 years ago. The author of the passage states three theories about feeding habit and behavior of agnostids. While the lecturer believes those theories are not basically true and have some weaknesses.
First of all, the author brings up the theory that agnostids were free swimmers and hunted smaller animals. This theory is based on the fact that primitive arthropods were also strong swimmers and active predators. Hence, it is possible that agnostids would behave this way too. On the other hand, the lecturer argues that strong predators have well-developed sight system and big eyes in order to track their prey, while the agnostids did not have a complicated vision system. Therefore, If they were strong predators, they might have had a strong sensory system.
Secondly, the author mentions that as some primitive arthropods lived on the seabed it is possible that agnostids had the same behavior too. The speaker, however, asserts that creatures which live on the seafloor are not agile and usually do not have the ability to move fast and they are localized in a specific site. By contrast, agnostids had the ability to move fast and swim along far distances. Also, evidence indicates that they were in multiple geological areas.
Finally, the author states that as many modern arthropods like flea and tick are parasites and live and feed on a large animal it is possible that agnostids had the same behavior. The lecturer, however, rebuts this theory by explaining that parasites should have a short population, otherwise they would kill off their host. Base on vast amounts of fossil records, agnostids had a large population, hence, it is not likely that they were parasites.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 337, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...asically true and have some weaknesses. First of all, the author brings up the t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, hence, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1527.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0396039604 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48491840151 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.518151815182 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 484.2 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.8163365986 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.8 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.26666666667 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.475446202484 0.272083759551 175% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.154403709644 0.0996497079465 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0623789761029 0.0662205650399 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.278206915958 0.162205337803 172% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.077935407426 0.0443174109184 176% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.3589403974 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 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.