The article talks about how people write queries to search for information in databases. The researchers describe three steps people go through when writing a query. First, they think about what they need and write it in everyday language. Then, they translate their idea into a format the database can understand based on the database's structure. Finally, they use the specific rules of the database language to write the query. This study shows that writing database queries involves different thinking steps to go from a simple idea to a query the system can process.