Repenomamus robustus (R.robustus) was not an active hunter
The reading and the lecture are both about R.Robustus which is a mammal lived in 150 million years ago. The author of the reading believes that this mammal was not an active hunter in spite of finding residue of a dinosaur on its stomach. The lecturer casts doubts on this proposition made by the author. she thinks that R.robustus was a predatory animal which preys dinosaur.
To begin with, the author points out the size difference between the mammal and that particular type of dinosaur. It is mentioned that an adult R.robustus were two meters in height which were even smaller than psittacosaurs. This point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that Robustus was small in size but that doesn't mean it can't hunt, it could hunt 100 baby dinosaurs which were shorter than a grown-up mammal. Furthermore, she argues about size relationship which works in support of her conception that the mammals were twice as much as psittacosaurs,
Secondly, the author contends that the size of the leg and position of the leg resembles that robustus was adept for scavenging. The article notes that robustus was unable to run after prey which was more faster than him. The lecturer rebuts this argument. She made a comparison with another animal, a Tasmanian devil which also has shorter legs and the leg positions are also different. She elaborates on this by mentioning that Tasmanian Devil can run 15 Km/hr in spite of having shorter legs and anomality in leg position.
Finally, the author states about the absence of teeth marks on bones of a hunted animal. The article establishes that R.robustus attacked unprotected dinosaur nest with full of eggs and devour all the eggs where the small pssitacosaurs still inside the eggshell. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that this specific mammal had powerful jaws which are used for holding and grabbing a prey. Besides, there is no evidence of back teeth of robustus. As a result, Robustus may swallow whole prey or making it big pieces.
In conclusion, the professor effectively challenges the claims made in the article.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 46, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Robustus
...eading and the lecture are both about R.Robustus which is a mammal lived in 150 million ...
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Line 1, column 306, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
...on this proposition made by the author. she thinks that R.robustus was a predatory ...
^^^
Line 3, column 281, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hallenged by the lecturer. She says that Robustus was small in size but that does...
^^^
Line 3, column 297, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: small
... lecturer. She says that Robustus was small in size but that doesnt mean it cant hunt, it c...
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Line 3, column 320, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...t Robustus was small in size but that doesnt mean it cant hunt, it could hunt 100 ba...
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Line 3, column 335, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...s small in size but that doesnt mean it cant hunt, it could hunt 100 baby dinosaurs ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 335, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'cants'?
Suggestion: cants
...s small in size but that doesnt mean it cant hunt, it could hunt 100 baby dinosaurs ...
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Line 5, column 201, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'faster' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: faster
... was unable to run after prey which was more faster than him. The lecturer rebuts this argu...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, finally, furthermore, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, in conclusion, as a result, in spite of, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 12.0772626932 182% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1737.0 1373.03311258 127% => OK
No of words: 350.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 4.96285714286 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32530772707 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61457297407 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.545714285714 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 528.3 419.366225166 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 53.8407418668 49.2860985944 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.4210526316 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4210526316 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05263157895 7.06452816374 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.255337133169 0.272083759551 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0794776950242 0.0996497079465 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0822800674509 0.0662205650399 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131867810626 0.162205337803 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0863320597811 0.0443174109184 195% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 63.6247240618 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => 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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