TPO31

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TPO31

The reading states that a Sinosauropteryx's fossil skeleton which had been preserved in volcanic ash has been discovered in China, and it contained subtle lines around the bones. Some researchers believe they are feathers, while others refute this claim in several ways. The professor finds the evidence convincing enough for the existence of feathers on the animal's body and rejects the critics' ideas in what follows.
First, the text points out that these lines may not be signs of functional parts during the creature's life, but they are were created after its death and due to the decomposition of its skin. The speaker denies this argument in that she propounds the same pattern had not been seen in any other fossils. Besides, the functional skin structures of other animals have been well preserved in volcanic ash. Thus, these lines can probably be the signs of functional structures of the animal - i.e. feathers.
Next, the reading observes that even if these are the signs of functional structures, no one can say exactly which parts they were; in particular, they can be remnants of frills of the dinosaur. The professor adds that the frills did not contain a special protheinprotein, called bethacarothinBeta-keratin, while there are evidence that these lines contain the mentioned protheinprotein. So she does not find this opposition sensible as well.
Finally, the passage mentions that feathers help animals fly or regulate their body's heat, while the claimed feathers on the dinosaur are located mostly on the backbone and its tail; hence, they cannot be feathers. The listening rejects this idea by stating that, as an example, the peacocks have feathers on their tails which are merely for display purposes and not the aforementioned ones. Especially the feathers of the dinosaur are found to be white and orange which proves that they are some feathers for the same end.

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Average: 8.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 93, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'creatures'' or 'creature's'?
Suggestion: creatures'; creature's
...be signs of functional parts during the creatures life, but they are were created after i...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 122, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...during the creatures life, but they are were created after its death and due to the ...
^^^^

Discourse Markers used:
['besides', 'but', 'finally', 'first', 'hence', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'while', 'in particular']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.256559766764 0.261695866417 98% => OK
Verbs: 0.166180758017 0.158904122519 105% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0583090379009 0.0723426182421 81% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0553935860058 0.0435111971325 127% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0408163265306 0.0277247811725 147% => OK
Prepositions: 0.122448979592 0.128828473217 95% => OK
Participles: 0.0408163265306 0.0370669169778 110% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.90798176756 2.5805825403 113% => OK
Infinitives: 0.00583090379009 0.0208969081088 28% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.00291545189504 0.00154638098197 189% => OK
Determiners: 0.137026239067 0.128158765124 107% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0145772594752 0.0158828679856 92% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0174927113703 0.0114777025283 152% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1892.0 1645.83664459 115% => OK
No of words: 310.0 271.125827815 114% => OK
Chars per words: 6.10322580645 6.08160592843 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19604776685 4.04852973271 104% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.341935483871 0.374372842146 91% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.267741935484 0.287516216867 93% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.196774193548 0.187439937562 105% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.106451612903 0.113142543107 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90798176756 2.5805825403 113% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.554838709677 0.539623497131 103% => OK
Word variations: 58.6855951273 53.8517498576 109% => OK
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0529801325 107% => OK
Sentence length: 22.1428571429 21.7502111507 102% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.6271511942 49.3711431718 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.142857143 132.220823453 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1428571429 21.7502111507 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.857142857143 0.878197800319 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 3.39072847682 59% => OK
Readability: 48.9170506912 50.5018328374 97% => OK
Elegance: 1.6 1.90840788429 84% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.754766249595 0.549887131256 137% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.108630112038 0.142949733639 76% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0919255911814 0.0787303798458 117% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.573366445655 0.631733273073 91% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.214985556311 0.139662658121 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.336273095578 0.266732575781 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.155803161374 0.103435571967 151% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.442197926409 0.414875509568 107% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0511828447288 0.0530846634433 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.56723456101 0.40443939384 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0532142411944 0.0528353158467 101% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.26048565121 117% => OK
Positive topic words: 2.0 3.49668874172 57% => OK
Negative topic words: 5.0 3.62251655629 138% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 3.1766004415 126% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 10.2958057395 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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