Welcome
Lovers of language and literature, this is the place where you can work together to improve future generations of language technology. By indicating relationships between words and phrases you will help to create a resource that is rich in linguistic information.
Don't worry if you spend hours playing this game - you'll be doing it in the name of Science.
When you play Phrase Detectives you will be asked your opinion of how phrases in texts (both fiction and non-fiction) refer to each other. This is done in two game styles:
1) NAME THE CULPRIT
You will be shown a text with a phrase highlighted in orange. You will be asked if this phrase refers to an entity (person, or other object) that has already been mentioned in the text. For example, you might see:
Sherlink Holmes went to the shop. He got some tobacco for his pipe.
In this example, the phrase in orange, He, refers to the same person as the phrase "Sherlink Holmes" in the previous sentence. In such cases, you should click on the earlier phrase and then on the Done button.
However, not all phrases refer to a previously mentioned things. In the text above, for instance, the phrases "some tobacco" and "his pipe" in the second sentence refer to objects not mentioned in the previous sentence. In these cases you should click the Not mentioned before button.
2) DETECTIVES CONFERENCE
You will be asked whether you agree with another detective's decision. An example of this might be:
Sherlink Holmes went to the shop. He couldn't believe it was closed.
If you think that the word in orange, It, refers to the same object as the phrase in blue, the shop, you should say that you agree with this decision.
Further instructions
You could win £50 in Amazon vouchers for being the top scorer of the month, as well as other prizes for being in the top 10, if you have a minimum score of 5000 points in the month. If you have more than 10,000 points in the month, you get DOUBLE THE PRIZE!
When you play a head-to-head game you will be rated against expert answers. If you rating is 100 and you have over 1000 points, you automatically join the 100 Club and will be entered into a monthly draw for a £50 Amazon voucher.
Did you know you can add comments in the game? Some of these comments have been extremely valuable to the team and the most useful each month will get an extra prize of £30 Amazon voucher.
To enter, simply play the game and start scoring points. Winners will be contacted by email so if you want to win please add your email, on your Settings page. Full details are in the FAQ.
Good luck!
Prizes May 2021
Most annotations:Magoogy £50
Best decision:
Wellington £50
Best comments:
"Norman ex-knight: "a" is missing from the selection (NP)."
AColson £30
"incomplete NP. it should be "her first cousin once removed His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, a member of a morganatic branch of the Hessian Royal Family who had adopted British nationality and was serving as an officer in the Royal Navy"
Wellington £30
Prizes June 2021
Most annotations:Magoogy £50
Best decision:
AColson £50
Best comments:
"Ideally, the saint's name would not be split up by highlighting, but that is a lot to ask."
Hawkeye £30
"the correct Noun Phrase here is: "Mrs. Senior Subaltern""
AColson £30
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 | magoogy | 10983 |
 | Hawkeye | 8940 |
 | JRS | 2712 |
| 4 | Wellington | 2101 |
| 5 | Ravi123 | 1697 |
| 6 | MIM | 436 |
| jurs02 | 1024 |
| sarahdavies | 1084 |
| hgwalles | 4911 |
| jow | 2498 |
| 121a0012 | 10795 |
| niklasm | 2513 |
| gabbyrr | 4304 |
| Jacco | 2570 |
| sydehawk | 1179 |
| lali | 1402 |
598 documents completed
The most recent was Charles Edward Magoon (Wikipedia) completed by JRS on 15 Jul 2021The last document to be worked on was The Leather Funnel (Arthur Conan Doyle) by Hawkeye