TPO-05 - Integrated Writing Task
As early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand three or four stories high. Archaeologists have been trying to determine how the buildings were used. While there is still no universally agreed upon explanation, there are three competing theories.
One theory holds that the Chaco structures were purely residential, with each housing hundreds of people. Supporters of this theory have interpreted Chaco great houses as earlier versions of the architecture seen in more recent Southwest societies. In particular, the Chaco houses appear strikingly similar to the large, well-known "apartment buildings" at Taos, New Mexico, in which many people have been living for centuries.
A second theory contends that the Chaco structures were usedto store food supplies. One of the main crops of the Chaco people was grain maize, which could be stored for long periods of time without spoiling and could serve as a long-lasting supply of food. The supplies of maize had to be stored somewhere, and the size of the great houses would make them very suitable for the purpose.
A third theory proposes that houses were used as ceremonial centers. Close to one house, called Pueblo Alto, archaeologists identified an enormous mound formed by a pile of old material. Excavations of the mound revealed deposits containing a surprisingly large number of broken pots. This finding has been interpreted as evidence that people gathered at Pueblo Alto for special ceremonies. At the ceremonies, they ate festive meals and then discarded the pots in which the meals had been prepared or served. Such ceremonies have been documented for other Native American cultures.
Both the reading and lecture are about the function of Chaco structure function. The reading provide some reasons and examples to define their function. The professor, on the contrary, refutes all the reasons.
First of all, the reading states that similarity of Chaco sturucure with the large, well-known apartment building at Taos, New Mexico, might be concluded. Moreover, there are not any adequate room for living people, and there are nor enough fire place for daily cooking.
Secondly, the author of reading asserts that because of the great size of the Chaco structures the maize, which were one of the main crop of the Chaco people, were stored in these structures. The professor, on the contrary, points out that this is an unsupporting reason. Furthermore, he states that excavations have not covered all the dimension of these structures. If the mazes were stored there, they would been spill on the ground. additionaly, it must been a big container there.
Eventually, the reading claims that these houses were used as a ceremonial centersm because there are a lot of broken pots near these houses. The passage, by contrast, averts that there are a alot od things near the houses such as, sand, stone, and constructions deposits, to name but a few. These are thr trashes of building material remaind there. Moreovere, pots were for the consruction worker who serve their meals on them and left the the pots near constucting hosuses.
All in all, the reading suggests three functions of Chaco structures such as housing, food storage, and ceremonial centers; nonetheless, the professore casts boubt on all three theories.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 94, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'provides'.
Suggestion: provides
...f Chaco structure function. The reading provide some reasons and examples to define the...
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Line 5, column 412, Rule ID: PRP_PAST_PART[2]
Message: Did you mean 'have been' or 'be'?
Suggestion: have been; be
...the mazes were stored there, they would been spill on the ground. additionaly, it mu...
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Line 5, column 438, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Additionaly
...e, they would been spill on the ground. additionaly, it must been a big container there. ...
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Line 5, column 459, Rule ID: PRP_PAST_PART[2]
Message: Did you mean 'have been' or 'be'?
Suggestion: have been; be
...ill on the ground. additionaly, it must been a big container there. Eventually, t...
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Line 7, column 191, 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
...age, by contrast, averts that there are a alot od things near the houses such as,...
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Line 7, column 438, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
... who serve their meals on them and left the the pots near constucting hosuses. All i...
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Line 7, column 438, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
... who serve their meals on them and left the the pots near constucting hosuses. All i...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, moreover, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, well, such as, first of all, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1378.0 1373.03311258 100% => OK
No of words: 268.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14179104478 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04607285448 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64870711199 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.585820895522 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 412.2 419.366225166 98% => 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: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.0892853299 49.2860985944 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.8666666667 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8666666667 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.86666666667 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.27373068433 257% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.297410330368 0.272083759551 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0850497922705 0.0996497079465 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0670306487839 0.0662205650399 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145259861587 0.162205337803 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.074232117037 0.0443174109184 168% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.24 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.19 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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Note: 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.