tpo33Carved stone balls
In the passage, the author states three theories of the purpose and meaning of the carved stone balls. Similarly, in the lecture, the professor thinks that it is convincing to believe these three theories.
First, in the passage, the author holds the view that carved stone balls were weapons used in hunting and fighting. And in the lecture, the professor provides the evident that they have hand access and sign of weapon use. So, the professor thinks that the balls could be used as weapons though the surface of the ball is well preserved.
Besides, another theory the author mentions in the lecture is that the carved stone balls were used as part of a primitive system of weights and measures. In the lecture, the professor really illustrates the process of measuring used by these balls. The lecturer explains that the balls are different in size and made from different types of stone, so they have different density, and in this way, the balls can be used for a weighing system.
Lastly, in the passage, the author states that the carved stone balls served a social purpose as opposed to a practical or utilitarian one. And in the lecture, the professor provides evidence to claim that. The professor thinks that the ball is the social marker and she finds that some balls are ornamental but some are extremely simple. Besides, she also discovers that the balls are never found in tombs so that she guesses that the ball represents social status.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 174, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'believing'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'convince' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: believing
... professor thinks that it is convincing to believe these three theories. First, in th...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 292, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: different
...he lecturer explains that the balls are different in size and made from different types of stone,...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, if, lastly, really, similarly, so, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1223.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 251.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.87250996016 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98032404683 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34631928836 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 113.0 145.348785872 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.450199203187 0.540411800872 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 370.8 419.366225166 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.8179015437 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.916666667 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9166666667 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06452816374 78% => 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 : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.447895690101 0.272083759551 165% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.173161756433 0.0996497079465 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.111409090422 0.0662205650399 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.277966860261 0.162205337803 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0930423754886 0.0443174109184 210% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.71 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 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 1, column 174, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'believing'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'convince' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: believing
... professor thinks that it is convincing to believe these three theories. First, in th...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 292, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: different
...he lecturer explains that the balls are different in size and made from different types of stone,...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, if, lastly, really, similarly, so, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1223.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 251.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.87250996016 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98032404683 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34631928836 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 113.0 145.348785872 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.450199203187 0.540411800872 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 370.8 419.366225166 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.8179015437 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.916666667 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9166666667 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06452816374 78% => 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 : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.447895690101 0.272083759551 165% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.173161756433 0.0996497079465 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.111409090422 0.0662205650399 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.277966860261 0.162205337803 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0930423754886 0.0443174109184 210% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.71 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 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.