In the set of the materials, the article states that Humpback whales use stars as a navigator when they migrate. In the lecture, the professor explains that this is a fascinating idea but it's not convincing one and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that because Humpback whales are intelligent enough, they can use stars for navigating during their migrations. However, the professor argues that being intelligent doesn't any relationship with using the stars. According to the professor, a lo of birds uses stars to navigate their migration but their intelligence are medium. Therefore, intelligent doesn't good reason for using stars for navigation.
Second, the reading passage says that since Humpback whales migrate in straight lines, they use stars to orient themselves. The professor counters this claim by stating that this animal have a bio magnetite in their brain that let them to sense the earth magnetic and use it for their orientation. Thus, this specific whales don’t use stars when they migrate.
Third, the reading make the argumentation that Humpback whales sometimes shows spy-hopping that means that they are looking at the stars. The professor refutes this idea by pointing out that shark has this behavior too, but it don't migrate and it use spy-hopping for haunting. Furthermore, this whales show spy-hopping during the day when the stars are not visible. Hence, this can't be understand from Humpback whales' spy-hopping that they searching the stars.
To summarize, in this reading, the author states that Humpback whales orient their migration path by using star’s position. The professor disagrees with this point and gives three pieces of evidence to show that it’s a fallacy to think that these animals uses stars to navigate.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 192, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...professor argues that being intelligent doesnt any relationship with using the stars. ...
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Line 3, column 377, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ence are medium. Therefore, intelligent doesnt good reason for using stars for navigat...
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Line 7, column 228, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...hat shark has this behavior too, but it dont migrate and it use spy-hopping for haun...
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Line 7, column 248, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'uses'?
Suggestion: uses
...ehavior too, but it dont migrate and it use spy-hopping for haunting. Furthermore, ...
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Line 7, column 379, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
... the stars are not visible. Hence, this cant be understand from Humpback whales spy-...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, look, second, so, therefore, third, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 45.0 22.412803532 201% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1526.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 286.0 270.72406181 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33566433566 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11236361783 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67775560488 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503496503497 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 444.6 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 29.4364852974 49.2860985944 60% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 101.733333333 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0666666667 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.66666666667 7.06452816374 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.419787225999 0.272083759551 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.17328085765 0.0996497079465 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0826067198007 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.257039727864 0.162205337803 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0712126379696 0.0443174109184 161% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.69 12.2367328918 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => 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: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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