Archaeologists have long thought that an artifact called the pemchint was used by Dodecan people solely as a musical instrument. Pemchints consist of hollowed pieces of bone, shell, or wood that are tied together with long straps. When whirled in the air, the pemchints create pleasant tones. Until recently, pemchints were found only at locations known to be used for Dodecan rituals and celebrations. Additionally, they were always excavated in proximity to other musical artifacts. Recently, however, a pemchint was found along with Dodecan hunters' tools located miles from the nearest known Dodecan settlement, while no other music-related objects were found in the area. Clearly, then, the pemchint was used by Dodecan hunters, who most probably used the sounds to repel dangerous wildlife.
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
From the above explanation it is asserted that pemchint was used by Dodecan hunters to repel dangerous wildlife.But because of the lack of relevant evidence, unaddressed assumptions, the argument is unsubstantiated and deeply flawed.
Pemchints as stated above are generally used to create pleasant tones. Mostly soft tones are enjoyed by every creature on earth and there is no possibility that these pleasant tones can scare dangerous wildlife. Generally, harsh sounds are used to scare the wildlife. So, to repel dangerous wildlife one cannot use pleasant tones.
Since pemchints are used by Dodecan people in rituals and celebrations, there is a high probability that the hunter is one among them and he must have used it to entertain himself. The jungles are always scary and have unpleasant silence. To overcome this, the hunters must have carried Pemchints along with hunting tools with them. For example, while going for hunting the Dodean hunter must have carried it with him and used it to entertain himself since there would be no human present in jungle to talk or interact. The only way he could pass his time would have been through the pemchint by listening to its pleasant tones. We just do not know.
Further, the assertion contains ‘most probably’ used to repel wildlife. Here, there is no strong evidence on which one can say that pemchints are used to scare wild animals. The phrase ‘ most probably’ is uncertain and based on this one cannot come to a conclusion. This statement is logically unreliable and flawed.
Additionally, in the above argument it is stated that Pemchints were ‘always’ excavated in proximity to other musical artifacts. So, a single occurrence cannot prove the assertion that pemchints are used by hunters to scare wildlife. The pemchint found along with other Dodecan hunter’s tools may be a mere coincidence. Therefore, unless it is fully representative and reliable, it cannot be used effectively to back the argument.
Finally, examining all the facts one cannot reach to a conclusion that pemchints are used by Dodecan hunters to repel dangerous wildlife. The archaeologists must consider all the valid details and proofs for the assertions and come to a conclusion.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 2.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 21 15
No. of Words: 362 350
No. of Characters: 1808 1500
No. of Different Words: 174 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.362 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.994 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.669 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 127 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 102 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 75 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 45 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.238 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.269 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.333 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.316 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.564 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.116 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 6 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
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From the above explanation it is asserte...
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Suggestion: But
...can hunters to repel dangerous wildlife.But because of the lack of relevant evidenc...
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... is unsubstantiated and deeply flawed. Pemchints as stated above are generally ...
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Suggestion:
...ngerous wildlife one cannot use pleasant tones. Since pemchints are use...
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...dlife one cannot use pleasant tones. Since pemchints are used by Dodecan peop...
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Message: Did you mean 'to its pleasant'?
Suggestion: to its pleasant
... been through the pemchint by listening to it’s pleasant tones. We just do not know. Fu...
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Message: Did you mean 'its pleasant tones'?
Suggestion: its pleasant tones
...en through the pemchint by listening to it’s pleasant tones. We just do not know. Further,...
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...s pleasant tones. We just do not know. Further, the assertion contains ‘most pr...
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...nt is logically unreliable and flawed. Additionally, in the above argument it i...
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...entative and reliable, it cannot be used effectively to back the argument. ...
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...sed effectively to back the argument. Finally, examining all the facts one can...
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...etails and proofs for the assertions and come to a conclusion.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, if, may, so, therefore, while, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.6327345309 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 55.5748502994 81% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1879.0 2260.96107784 83% => OK
No of words: 362.0 441.139720559 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.19060773481 5.12650576532 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.36191444098 4.56307096286 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84013503583 2.78398813304 102% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 204.123752495 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.494475138122 0.468620217663 106% => OK
syllable_count: 594.9 705.55239521 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.22255489022 118% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 19.7664670659 106% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 22.8473053892 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.3685294563 57.8364921388 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.4761904762 119.503703932 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2380952381 23.324526521 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.66666666667 5.70786347227 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 5.25449101796 228% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.20758483034 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.88822355289 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.67664670659 128% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.183996174478 0.218282227539 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0600410184237 0.0743258471296 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0451915942683 0.0701772020484 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.099697797865 0.128457276422 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0373739689872 0.0628817314937 59% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.3799401198 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.3550499002 112% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.5979740519 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.93 8.32208582834 95% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 98.500998004 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 12.3882235529 69% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.1389221557 79% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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