TPO 32- Starting in the 1960s and continuing until the 1980s, sailors in Russian submarines patrolling the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean would occasionally hear strange sounds. These underwater noises reminded the submarine crews of frog croaks, so they called the sounds "quackers" (from the Russian word for frog sounds). The sources of the sound seemed to be moving with great speed and agility; however, the submarines' sonar (a method of detecting objects underwater) was unable to detect any solid moving objects in the area. There are several theories about what might have caused the odd sounds.
The reading and lecture are both about strange noises heard underwater in North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. The author of the reading believes the sounds are caused by three reasons. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article and refutes the theories presented in the reading passage.
First of all, the author points out that noises are coming from Orca whales during their courting rituals. The article notes that Orca lives in the area where submarines detects the strange noises. Conversely, the point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that sound that the submarine picked up are coming from the Orca are plausible at first. Furthermore, she argues that in that specific area the population of the whale are at large. In addition, they live near the surface of the water and the submarine route was deep under water and it is impossible that Orca are swimming deep underwater.
Secondly, the author contends that the sound comes from giant squid. The article establishes that squids are undetectable by the sonar system in the submarine because of their genetic make up, but it is possible that they can emit sounds. On the contrary, the lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that submarine can detect quackers on year 1960 and disappear in 1980s and it is not plausible to hearing the sound the squid is emitting then suddenly disappears 20 years later. Moreover, she elaborates on this by mentioning that squid live in the ocean where the submarine are deployed and currently still migrates there.
Finally, the author states that the submarines are getting signals from other submarine surveying secretly the area. The article denotes that the foreign submarine used technology where they can be undetected by other vessel. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that the secret submarine move around and change direction quickly. She puts forth the idea that there are no submarine that are capable of moving fast and change direction quickly. Moreover, up to this date there are no technological advancement that makes submarine that has quiet engine and can move fast.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 368, Rule ID: IN_1990s[1]
Message: The article is probably missing here: 'in the 1980s'.
Suggestion: in the 1980s
...ect quackers on year 1960 and disappear in 1980s and it is not plausible to hearing the ...
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Line 5, column 404, Rule ID: IT_IS_JJ_TO_VBG[1]
Message: Did you mean 'hear'?
Suggestion: hear
...ear in 1980s and it is not plausible to hearing the sound the squid is emitting then su...
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Line 7, column 377, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'submarines'?
Suggestion: submarines
...e puts forth the idea that there are no submarine that are capable of moving fast and cha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, still, then, in addition, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 12.0772626932 182% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 22.412803532 156% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1779.0 1373.03311258 130% => OK
No of words: 350.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08285714286 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32530772707 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.4507574839 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 145.348785872 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514285714286 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 552.6 419.366225166 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.3047275296 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.6315789474 110.228320801 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4210526316 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.68421052632 7.06452816374 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.401973097199 0.272083759551 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117616663984 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.069863022991 0.0662205650399 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.222871720386 0.162205337803 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0703026532311 0.0443174109184 159% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.3589403974 88% => 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: 12.18 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.18 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 63.6247240618 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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