The passage and the lecture offer two opposing explanations on the mechanisms by which humpback whales migrate long distances. While the text lists reasons to support the hypothesis which states that humpback whales navigate by the stars, the professor counters this argument by another hypothesis stating that they may navigate using the earth's magnetic field.
First, although the text asserts that humpback whales seem to have a remarkable intelligence through which they could use the sky for orientation due to their ability to make use of complex, abstract sensory systems, the professor contends that other animals, like docks, have average cognitive abilities, yet they are able to instinctively migrate long distances.
Second, unlike what the text has to explain about why those whales migrate in straight lines, the professor asserts that humpback whales can use an external sign other than the stars at night for directionality; they are possibly able to use the magnetic field of the earth due to the existence of a chemical in their brains called "biomagnetide".
Third, the professor provides an alternative explanation to the "spy-hopping" theory in which he suggests that humpback whales are not the only ones exhibiting this kind of behavior. In fact, sharks, which don't migrate, are observed to have this behavior while they hunt during the day. So the idea that spy-hopping of humpback whales is explained by their tendency to look at the stars is merely a speculation.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 68, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[3]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'remarkable intelligence'.
Suggestion: remarkable intelligence
...serts that humpback whales seem to have a remarkable intelligence through which they could use the sky fo...
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Line 7, column 217, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ind of behavior. In fact, sharks, which dont migrate, are observed to have this beha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, look, may, second, so, third, while, as to, in fact, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1281.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 238.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.38235294118 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.92775363542 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.17207968716 2.5805825403 123% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.567226890756 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 391.5 419.366225166 93% => 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: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 7.0 13.0662251656 54% => 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: 34.0 21.2450331126 160% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 101.416699506 49.2860985944 206% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 183.0 110.228320801 166% => OK
Words per sentence: 34.0 21.698381199 157% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.57142857143 7.06452816374 135% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.492840548309 0.272083759551 181% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.224870983529 0.0996497079465 226% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0687677204158 0.0662205650399 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.301982034534 0.162205337803 186% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0271379089384 0.0443174109184 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.9 13.3589403974 156% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.97 53.8541721854 69% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.6 11.0289183223 151% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.52 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.57 8.42419426049 114% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 63.6247240618 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.5 10.7273730684 182% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.6 10.498013245 149% => OK
text_standard: 21.0 11.2008830022 187% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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