TPO 33: CARVED STONE BALLS
The reading passage claims that the carved stone balls were used for specific purposes and meanings and provides three theories for supporting the idea. However, the lecturer states that it is unconvincing to justify the claims and refutes each of the reasons.
First, the reading passage makes the point that the carved stone balls were designed for hunting and fighting purpose. The lecturer disagrees and continues to say that it is unlikely to prove they were weapons. The lecturer then states that many of the weapons used must have had cracks and been broken because they might have used in fights. As stated in the reading, the found parts are well preserved, which is not probable for this case.
Second, although the reading statement claims that balls were used as a weighing system and measure, the professor contrasts that these balls are not consistent in their masses. The professor explains that two balls with the same size have different weighs, where it is no possible to use them as a weighing system.
Finally, the reading states that the carved stone balls were used as a mark to show the social status of their possessors. The lecturer, meanwhile, firmly believes that it is highly unlikely to interpret these designs as a mark for social status. The lecturer provides an example of the same story about the past in which people buried their dead with the carved stones on the graves, but these balls were not found on the graves. Therefore, this theory is false and unacceptable.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, second, so, then, therefore, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => 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: 1257.0 1373.03311258 92% => OK
No of words: 255.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.92941176471 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.33008506807 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.505882352941 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 377.1 419.366225166 90% => 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: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.3694783677 49.2860985944 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.75 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.25 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.16666666667 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
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: 0.402353724643 0.272083759551 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.142406508407 0.0996497079465 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0980421693697 0.0662205650399 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.245060321966 0.162205337803 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0346876220734 0.0443174109184 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.3589403974 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 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.