TPO 33. CARVED STONE BALLS
The reading passage describes three theories that explain possible purpose or meaning of the ancient carved stone balls found in Scotland, dated from the Neolithic period. And the lecturer rejects each one of them as unconvincing.
The first theory mentioned by the passage states that the carved stone balls were used as weapons in hunting since they present holes whereby cords could pass and be thrown out. However, the professor argues that other types of weapons such as arrows or axes show signs of damage on their surface as a result of being used like weapons but those stone balls have a ...
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Score: 27 in 30
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 7 12
No. of Words: 260 250
No. of Characters: 1249 1200
No. of Different Words: 138 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.016 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.804 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.221 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 86 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 58 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 28 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 18 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 37.143 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 22.055 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.714 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.461 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.761 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.118 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4