Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The author suggests that woven baskets with a different pattern was found only in palean and therefore was believed that the baskets were made only by the people of palean. but later it was found by archaeologists that the woven baskets were also found in lithos, it an ancient village across the Brim river from palean. The author thinks as the river is very deep and broad people from paleans could have crossed it by boat. Following the so called palean baskets were not uniquely palean.
Firstly, In th ancient period boats were made up of wood sticks aligned together in a straight line and tied with rope. they might have untied the rope so that the wood can be used for other purpose and tied back when they want to sail again. there might be possibility that people from lithos might have come to palean and learnt the art of woven baskets from the people.
Secondly, the difference of woven baskets can be identified by the distinctive patterns. The people of lithos must have made different types of baskets when compared to the people of palean. Did the archaeologists observe the pattern. As there is no observation of distinctive pattern one cannot be sure if they are unique or not. And also the archaeologists have no survey of other near by places. people of lithos must have learnt the making of pattern baskets from other nearby villages or they must have got it from another village and sold here. The author does not mention of making of baskets anywhere in the city. it might be possible to buy the baskets in whole sale and sell in their respective villages.
Thirdly, Even if the similar type of baskets was found in another village but the origin of the basket does not change. if the baskets where firstly found in palean then it will be uniquely identified because it was made by the palean people and will have the distinct touch of palean.
Lastly, the argument stated is flawed and based on the assumptions discussed. To firmly know whether the origin of the basket is in Palean or no, the author will need to find out why was the occurrence of the basket in lithos and also the author should also identify the patterns on woven baskets are similar or not. Without the all these assumptions one cannot say palean baskets were not uniquely palean
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Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 14 15
No. of Words: 404 350
No. of Characters: 1842 1500
No. of Different Words: 167 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.483 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.559 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.27 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 134 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 76 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 37 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 19 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 28.857 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 19.478 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.643 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.378 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.588 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.062 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 174, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...were made only by the people of palean. but later it was found by archaeologists th...
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Line 3, column 121, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: They
... in a straight line and tied with rope. they might have untied the rope so that the ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 244, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: There
...tied back when they want to sail again. there might be possibility that people from l...
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Line 6, column 384, Rule ID: NEAR_BY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'nearby'?
Suggestion: nearby
... archaeologists have no survey of other near by places. people of lithos must have lear...
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Line 6, column 400, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: People
...have no survey of other near by places. people of lithos must have learnt the making o...
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Line 6, column 623, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...making of baskets anywhere in the city. it might be possible to buy the baskets in...
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Line 8, column 121, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...e origin of the basket does not change. if the baskets where firstly found in pale...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, lastly, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, third, thirdly
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.6327345309 117% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.9520958084 131% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 11.1786427146 152% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 28.8173652695 62% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 55.5748502994 103% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 16.3942115768 30% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1891.0 2260.96107784 84% => OK
No of words: 404.0 441.139720559 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.68069306931 5.12650576532 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48327461151 4.56307096286 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.31389310764 2.78398813304 83% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 204.123752495 83% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.420792079208 0.468620217663 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 588.6 705.55239521 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.5067129768 57.8364921388 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.55 119.503703932 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.6 5.70786347227 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.25449101796 133% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 6.88822355289 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.67664670659 278% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.300167817714 0.218282227539 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100940218019 0.0743258471296 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0723163713871 0.0701772020484 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186354769288 0.128457276422 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0706618346926 0.0628817314937 112% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 14.3799401198 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.3550499002 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.86 12.5979740519 78% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.09 8.32208582834 85% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 98.500998004 64% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => 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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