ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Functional generative description

Okay, let's try to explain what functional generative description means like you're 5 years old:

Function means something does a specific job or has a specific purpose. Just like how your shoes have the function or job of protecting your feet while you walk.

Generative means something creates or produces something else, like how a bird generates a nest from twigs and grass.

Description means talking about something to explain what it looks like, how it works, or what it does.

So, when we put those three words together, functional generative description means we are talking about how something works and what it does, by explaining its specific purpose and how it can create or produce other things.

For example, let's talk about a car. The function of a car is to take you from one place to another quickly and comfortably. It can generatively produce other things like wind when you're driving with the windows down or sound when the radio is playing. A functional generative description of a car would explain how it's made, what its parts are, and how it works to get you where you need to go.

Overall, functional generative description is just a big fancy way of explaining what something does, how it does it, and what else it can create or produce.