Table 2.
Feature Types with Examples from the Feature Set
| Feature type | Number of features | Example features |
|---|---|---|
| Length features | 15 |
Number of words Number of paragraphs Number of sentences |
| Occurrence features | 30 |
Number of nouns Number of formal words Number of unique nouns |
| Error features | 9 |
Error ratio Grammar error ratio Punctuation error ratio |
| Morphological complexity features | 11 |
Number of finite verbs Number of non-third person singular verb Ratio of comparatives |
| Cohesion features | 8 |
Number of connectors Number of unique connectors Mean noun overlap with previous sentence |
| Readability features | 15 |
Flesch score Integration cost Average number of sentences per 100 words |
| Lexical diversity features | 59 |
Type-token ratio Type-token ratio lexical words Global edit distance |
| Lexical sophistication features | 62 |
BNC easy word ratio SUBLEX easy word ratio Brown Frequencies lexical word ratio |
| Syntactic complexity features | 6 |
Number of subordinate clauses Number of fragment sentences Mean tokens before main verb |