Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
In the reading passage, the author explains three theories that archaeologists have proposed for purpose and meaning of carved stone balls found in Scotland. On the other hand, the professor closely examines each of three evidence and reveals that theories rely on doubtful assumptions which render the argument unconvincing.
Firstly, the author points out that since stone balls have been found with holes in them and grooves on their surface, they may be used in fighting or hunting. However, the professor views this point from an another angle and says that the balls found in the sites had no evidence of damage and they all well preserved. The lecturer further explains that if they have been used as fighting or hunting, they would be evidence of cracked balls or pieces of the balls in the sites. But, none of this evidence has been reported.
Furthermore, the writer claims that since curved balls are so uniform in size, they were used as part of a primitive system of weights and measures. The lecturer definitely refutes this point by saying that although the balls were in similar sizes, they have been made from different stones. Thus, the balls with similar size are very different in their mass because of the material they made. Considering this point, they could not have been used as standard weights to measure quantities.
Finally, the passage relies on this point that elaborate design of stone balls represent that they may have been served as the important social status of their owners. The lecturer opposes this point by explaining that some of the balls found in the Scotland had very simple shapes and they do not look like they were used as social status. In addition, in the Scotland when the high ranked person dies, they put the stone on the graves of the person which shows the high status of died person. However, no stone balls found in the graves of Scotland to represent the utilization of stone balls for social status.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 206, Rule ID: AN_ANOTHER[1]
Message: One of these determiners is redundant in this context. Choose only one: 'an angle' or 'another angle'.
Suggestion: an angle; another angle
...er, the professor views this point from an another angle and says that the balls found in the si...
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Line 5, column 63, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...r claims that since curved balls are so uniform in size, they were used as part of a primitive ...
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Line 7, column 220, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...r opposes this point by explaining that some of the balls found in the Scotland had very si...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'finally', 'first', 'firstly', 'furthermore', 'however', 'if', 'look', 'may', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'in addition', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.246575342466 0.261695866417 94% => OK
Verbs: 0.183561643836 0.158904122519 116% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0520547945205 0.0723426182421 72% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0356164383562 0.0435111971325 82% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0438356164384 0.0277247811725 158% => OK
Prepositions: 0.164383561644 0.128828473217 128% => OK
Participles: 0.0739726027397 0.0370669169778 200% => Less participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 2.31497108224 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Infinitives: 0.00547945205479 0.0208969081088 26% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.0027397260274 0.00154638098197 177% => OK
Determiners: 0.120547945205 0.128158765124 94% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0109589041096 0.0158828679856 69% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0164383561644 0.0114777025283 143% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1966.0 1645.83664459 119% => OK
No of words: 335.0 271.125827815 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.86865671642 6.08160592843 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27820116611 4.04852973271 106% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.322388059701 0.374372842146 86% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.232835820896 0.287516216867 81% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.161194029851 0.187439937562 86% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0686567164179 0.113142543107 61% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.31497108224 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.471641791045 0.539623497131 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 47.8282439945 53.8517498576 89% => OK
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0529801325 107% => OK
Sentence length: 23.9285714286 21.7502111507 110% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.7621656872 49.3711431718 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.428571429 132.220823453 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9285714286 21.7502111507 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.0 0.878197800319 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 3.39072847682 88% => OK
Readability: 47.2121535181 50.5018328374 93% => OK
Elegance: 1.84375 1.90840788429 97% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.371888571579 0.549887131256 68% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.161336928433 0.142949733639 113% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0815489578992 0.0787303798458 104% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.639910409221 0.631733273073 101% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.134763915471 0.139662658121 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.184960569432 0.266732575781 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0822974617905 0.103435571967 80% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.462907145866 0.414875509568 112% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.030108257055 0.0530846634433 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.276906729324 0.40443939384 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0195752642142 0.0528353158467 37% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.26048565121 117% => OK
Positive topic words: 2.0 3.49668874172 57% => OK
Negative topic words: 7.0 3.62251655629 193% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 3.1766004415 126% => OK
Total topic words: 13.0 10.2958057395 126% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. 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.