The main idea of both the reading and the lecture is about carved stone balls, artifact found in different areas of Scotland. The author of the lecture, by providing three theories, states the purpose of stone balls, which dated to Neolithic time around 4000 years ago. However, the lecturer says that none of the theories are convincing for the following reasons.
First of all, the writer of the text brings about that these carved stone balls were used as weapons in hunting, because they have holes in them and could be used as weapons. On the other hand, the professor rejects this idea and posits that common Neolithic weapons like hand axes were different. Some of these carved stone balls are cracked while their surface preserved in good conditions. Hence, these stone balls were not used as weapons and there is no sign of use on them.
Second of all, the writer of the passage puts forward that these carved stone balls were used as weights and measure systems, since they are uniform in size. The speaker, on the contrary, refutes this notion and expresses that these carved stone balls are uniform in size but have different mass. They have different type like sand or stone. Moreover, they have same size but different weights. So, they can't be used as weights systems.
First of all, the author of the article puts forth that carved stone balls had a special social purpose and meaning. Conversely, the lecturer rebuts this also and declares that it is unlikely because they do not have intricate patterns and they are simple to be social status. Also, there were none in graves of died Britains, whom buried with possessions and had high social statuses.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 142, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...hts and measure systems, since they are uniform in size. The speaker, on the contrary, refutes ...
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Line 3, column 256, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...esses that these carved stone balls are uniform in size but have different mass. They have diff...
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Line 3, column 404, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...me size but different weights. So, they cant be used as weights systems. First of ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, hence, however, if, moreover, second, so, while, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1388.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 288.0 270.72406181 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81944444444 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11953428781 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.15984503045 2.5805825403 84% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520833333333 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 427.5 419.366225166 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.4610100385 49.2860985944 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.5333333333 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.46666666667 7.06452816374 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.310215629182 0.272083759551 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.110163353897 0.0996497079465 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0616275586403 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.182145476198 0.162205337803 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0374234658989 0.0443174109184 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 12.2367328918 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.81 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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