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title: uninformative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «uninformative» in the school dictionary: Uninformative means giving little or no useful information. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# uninformative

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**Who acts:** Uninformative, sign, stuff, answer, His, graph · **What happens:** mean, give, say, happen, be, answer · **To what, where:** little, answer, project · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«uninformative» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [uninformative in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uninformative.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Uninformative means giving little or no useful information.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:m1:1
# text = Uninformative means giving little or no useful information.
1	Uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
7	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Uninformative |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | gerund | Uninformative *not said here* | little or no useful information |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The sign just said «Danger» – very uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x1:1
# text = The sign just said «Danger» – very uninformative.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Danger	Danger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	–	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sign |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His answer «stuff happened» was uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x2:1
# text = His answer «stuff happened» was uninformative.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | stuff | His answer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | His answer |  |  |  |  | uninformative *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A graph without labels is uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x3:1
# text = A graph without labels is uninformative.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	labels	label	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a graph without labels |  |  |  |  | uninformative *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The website was colourful but uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x4:1
# text = The website was colourful but uninformative.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	colourful	colourful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the website |  |  |  |  | colourful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the website *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The weather report was so short it was uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x5:1
# text = The weather report was so short it was uninformative.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the weather report |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | report |  |  |  |  | uninformative *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Give your project a title that is not uninformative.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:uninformative:x6:1
# text = Give your project a title that is not uninformative.
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	uninformative	uninformative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | your project |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent project=Recipient title=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a title |  |  |  |  | uninformative *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **project** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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