Mima mounds are low, flattened, domelike mounds composed of loose unstratified sediment as a over-thickened top soil (A Horizon). These mounds come in many sizes of mound and groups of mounds. There are three theories on how Mima mounds originated.
The first theory is that they are made by Native Americans. There have been records of similar structures being created by Native Americans during burial rites. Because of the similarities in the structure it was concluded that the Mima mounds were made by Native Americans.
A second theory is they were created by a major earthquake. Seismic activity generates vibrations through the earth that can move sediment and loose soil. This is concluded based on the loose structure of the soil in the Mima mounds.
Finally, the third theory is that they were created by pocket gophers. More commonly referred to as gophers, they are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. A reason that these creatures, who live mostly underground, would create these large mounds of earth in nutrient poor landscapes would be to provide a place for them to go when it rains. This way they are above the water line and can receive plenty of oxygen.
The given passage defines Mima Mounds as low, flattened, domelike mounds compased of loose unstratified sediment as a over-thickened top soil. The speaker in the lecture completely agrees to the given definition of Mima Mounds and also confirms the validity of information present in the first paragraph of the given passage.
Speaker in the lecture is quite skeptical about the theories related to Mima Mounds. The first one says that, they are made by Native Americans and also records of similar structures being created by them during burial sites are present. Speaker casts doubt on this and says that there is no specific evidence confirming the originality of creators of Mima Mounds. Also, remains of American bodies were absent from the constituents of Mima Mound. Hence, speaker says that there's no enough information for the first theory to be valid.
The second theory specifies that they were created by major earthquake. According to the speaker, Mima Mounds are basically found in the areas with low seismic activity. Hence, second theory is also not an enough reason for Mima Mound to be formed by earthquakes.
The third theory specifies that Mima Mounds were created by pocket gophers and specifies the conditions under which they might have been created. Speaker casts doubt on the given information and says that, gophers basically live in already created Mima Mounds. They live in there opportunistically. Even experiments consisting of metal tracers buried in such Mounds were carried out, which concluded that gophers push the soil towards the centre, hence, creating Mounds like structures over large amounts of time slowly and consistently.
Hence, according to the speaker, although, the given information might be correct but still the evidence is not strong enough to prove the correct existence of Mima Mounds.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 117, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...pased of loose unstratified sediment as a over-thickened top soil. The speaker in...
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Line 5, column 473, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: there's
...of Mima Mound. Hence, speaker says that theres no enough information for the first the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, if, second, so, still, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 22.412803532 58% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1566.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 294.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32653061224 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14082457966 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66009011339 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510204081633 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 475.2 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.7336907941 49.2860985944 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.4 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.53333333333 7.06452816374 50% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.337465974839 0.272083759551 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.129831989318 0.0996497079465 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.136318193881 0.0662205650399 206% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.209880151013 0.162205337803 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.123197471977 0.0443174109184 278% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.2367328918 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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