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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday it had the impression that the United States wanted to stay in Syria despite the announced withdrawal of U.S. troops, RIA news agency reported. U.S. President Donald Trump last month unexpectedly announced a U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Donald Trump announced the troops would withdraw
Pick your answer from:
(A). Yes
(B). It's impossible to say
(C). No | (A). |
Continue the following story.
Bob went to the thrift store to look for deals. He spotted a camera on sale for $5. He looked up the value when he got home. To his surprise the camera was worth $5000! | He quickly bought the camera. |
Q: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Under what conditions are preschoolers most likely to display sustained attention? Think back to the examples of Sophie's and Mattie's behavior at the beginning of this chapter, and the answer will be clear: during play, especially complex play.
A: | Think back to the examples of Sophie's and Mattie's behavior at the beginning of this chapter, and the answer will be clear: during play, especially complex play. |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Q: The design of experiments (DOE, DOX, or experimental design) is the design of any task that aims to describe or explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation. The term is generally associated with true experiments in which the design introduces conditions that directly affect the variation, but may also refer to the design of quasi-experiments, in which natural conditions that influence the variation are selected for observation.
A: | the objective of design of experiments (doe) is to |
Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.
Paragraph- Sent 1: Breathing is the process of moving air into and out of the lungs.
Sent 2: The process depends on a muscle called the diaphragm.
Sent 3: This is a large, sheet-like muscle below the lungs.
Sent 4: Inhaling, or breathing in, occurs when the diaphragm muscle tightens.
Sent 5: This increases the size of the chest.
Sent 6: This too decreases air pressure inside the lungs.
Sent 7: This action allows air and gases to enter the lungs.
Sent 8: Exhaling, or breathing out, occurs when the diaphragm muscle relaxes.
Sent 9: This decreases the size of the chest.
Sent 10: This increases air pressure inside the lungs.
Sent 11: This action allows for air to leave the lungs.
Sent 12: When you inhale, air enters the respiratory system through your nose and ends up in your lungs, where gas exchange with the blood takes place.
Sent 13: What happens to the air along the way?
Sent 14: In the nose, mucus and hairs trap any dust or other particles in the air.
Sent 15: The air is also warmed and moistened.
Sent 16: Next, air passes through a passageway that is connected to the windpipe.
Sent 17: The air then finds its way to the lungs.
Sent 18: In the chest, the windpipe splits so that air enters both the right and left lung.
Question: How does air leave our lungs?.
Exhaling.
Paragraph- Sent 1: Washington (CNN) -- The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the country's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
Sent 2: The map shows the Pacific island nation of Palau in relation to China.
Sent 3: Details of the transfer are still being worked out, Ambassador Hersey Kyota told CNN.
Sent 4: But Kyota said his country, a former U.S. Pacific trust territory, has agreed to take in the ethnic Uighur detainees "for humanitarian reasons" and because of the "special relationship" between Palau and the United States.
Sent 5: U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly would not comment on the announcement, telling reporters, "We're still involved in ongoing discussions."Sent 6: The agreement includes some U.S. aid for Palau, Kyota said, but he said those details remained to be worked out as well.
Sent 7: The country, with a population of about 20,000, is about 1,000 miles southeast of Manila, Philippines, and about 4,600 miles west of Hawaii.
Sent 8: Palau has received nearly $900 million in U.S. aid since independence in 1994, according to congressional auditors, and depends on Washington for defense.
Sent 9: The "Compact of Free Association" between Palau and the United States is up for review, but Kelly said any additional aid offer "is not linked to any other discussions we may be having with the government of Palau."Sent 10: The Uighurs were accused of receiving weapons and military training in Afghanistan.
Question: Which country has a population of about 20,000?.
The Pacific island nation of Palau.
Paragraph- Sent 1: These incoherent words threw the first glimpse of light on the meaning of her distress and penitence.
Sent 2: I doubt if the best woman in Christendom would so reproach and abase herself, if convicted of even a worse sin than the secret use of those stimulants for which the "charny" is a Martial equivalent.
Sent 3: No Martialist would dream of poisoning his blood and besotting his brain with alcohol in any form.
Sent 4: But their opiates affect a race addicted to physical repose, to sensuous enjoyment rather than to sensual excitement, and to lucid intellectual contemplation, with a sense of serene delight as supremely delicious to their temperament as the dreamy illusions of haschisch to the Turk, the fierce frenzy of bhang to the Malay, or the wild excitement of brandy or Geneva to the races of Northern Europe.
Sent 5: But as with the luxury of intoxication in Europe, so in Mars indulgence in these drugs, freely permitted to the one sex, is strictly forbidden by opinion and domestic rule to the other.
Sent 6: A lady discovered in the use of "charny" is as deeply disgraced as an European matron detected in the secret enjoyment of spirits and cigars; and her lord and master takes care to render her sufficiently conscious of her fault.
Question: What is the name of the drug used in Mars?.
| Charny.
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Mimicry is a related phenomenon where an organism has a similar appearance to another species. One such example is the drone fly, which looks a lot like a bee, yet is completely harmless as it cannot sting at all. Another example of batesian mimicry is the io moth, (Automeris io), which has markings on its wings that resemble an owl's eyes. When an insectivorous predator disturbs the moth, it reveals its hind wings, temporarily startling the predator and giving it time to escape. Predators may also use mimicry to lure their prey, however. Female fireflies of the genus Photuris, for example, copy the light signals of other species, thereby attracting male fireflies, which are then captured and eaten (see aggressive mimicry).
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): How can predators use mimicry?
Ah, so.. to lure their prey
In mid-1944 Japan mobilized over 500,000 men and launched a massive operation across China under the code name Operation Ichi-Go, their largest offensive of World War II, with the goal of connecting Japanese-controlled territory in China and French Indochina and capturing airbases in southeastern China where American bombers were based. During this time, many of the newest American-trained Chinese units and supplies were forcibly locked in the Burmese theater under Joseph Stilwell set by terms of the Lend-Lease Agreement. Though Japan suffered about 100,000 casualties, these attacks, the biggest in several years, gained much ground for Japan before Chinese forces stopped the incursions in Guangxi. Despite major tactical victories, the operation overall failed to provide Japan with any significant strategic gains. A great majority of the Chinese forces were able to retreat out of the area, and later come back to attack Japanese positions such as Battle of West Hunan. Japan was not any closer in defeating China after this operation, and the constant defeats the Japanese suffered in the Pacific meant that Japan never got the time and resources needed to achieve final victory over China. Operation Ichi-go created a great sense of social confusion in the areas of China that it affected. Chinese Communist guerrillas were able to exploit this confusion to gain influence and control of greater areas of the countryside in the aftermath of Ichi-go.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): How many casualties did the Japanese suffer during Operation Ichi-Go?
Ah, so.. about 100,000
The Ottoman Navy vastly contributed to the expansion of the Empire's territories on the European continent. It initiated the conquest of North Africa, with the addition of Algeria and Egypt to the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Starting with the loss of Greece in 1821 and Algeria in 1830, Ottoman naval power and control over the Empire's distant overseas territories began to decline. Sultan Abdülaziz (reigned 1861–1876) attempted to reestablish a strong Ottoman navy, building the largest fleet after those of Britain and France. The shipyard at Barrow, England, built its first submarine in 1886 for the Ottoman Empire.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): In what year did the Ottoman empire lose Greece?
Ah, so.. | 1821 |
How to ride the disneyland (california) monorail<br>Research the locations the monorail can be boarded from. The monorail has two stops, downtown disney (across from the lego store, near rainforest cafe) and tomorrowland station (inside the disneyland park, between the finding nemo submarine voyage and autopia's tracks). Prepare to complete a bag check.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The park staff greatly enjoy how easy it is to get around on the monorail.
Pick your answer from:
A). Yes;
B). It's impossible to say;
C). No; | B). |
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may be open to new limits on the government's ability to track someone's movements by accessing data on that person's cellphone. A case before the high court could result in a landmark decision in the ongoing debate over civil liberties protections in an era of rapid technological change. At issue is whether law enforcement will be able to access cellphone data that can reveal a person's whereabouts without having to first obtain a court-issued search warrant. The case stems from the conviction of Timothy Carpenter for a series of robberies back in 2010 and 2011. Prosecutors were able to obtain cellphone records that indicated his location over a period of months, information that proved crucial to his conviction. On Wednesday, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union argued that law enforcement should be required to obtain a court-ordered search warrant before obtaining such information. They also argued that allowing law enforcement to access the cellphone data without a warrant would violate the prohibition on unreasonable search and seizures contained in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "It is impossible to go about our daily lives without leaving a trail of digital breadcrumbs that reveal where we have been over time, what we have done, who we spent time with," said ACLU attorney Nathan Freed Wessler, who spoke to reporters outside the Supreme Court following oral arguments. "It is time for the court, we think, to update Fourth Amendment doctrine to provide reasonable protections today." Some of the justices also raised concerns about privacy in the digital age. "Most Americans, I think, still want to avoid Big Brother," Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who often sides with the liberal wing of the court, said. Chief Justice John Roberts, who often sides with conservatives on the court, said the central question was whether the cellphone information should be accessible to the government "without a warrant." Question: How long after Timothy Carpenter was convicted did he continue to rob people? === The answer to the above question is
Choose from:
* 100 days;
* 10 days;
* 0 days;
* not enough information; | 0 days |
[Q]: effect?
The gardener wanted his plants to flourish.
****
[A]: He put fertilizer in the soil.
[Q]: effect?
The crowd gave the band a standing ovation.
****
[A]: The band reappeared on the stage.
[Q]: effect?
The woman complimented the man.
****
[A]: | He blushed. |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Ex Input:
From lanthanum ( 57 ) to lutetium ( 71 )
Ex Output:
The lanthanide elements are the group of elements with atomic number increasing from 57 ( lanthanum ) to 71 ( lutetium ) .
Ex Input:
The game can be played with either the Wii Remote or the Wii U GamePad .
Ex Output:
The game can be controlled either using Wii Remotes or the Wii U GamePad , the latter of which allows for Off-TV Play , where the game can be played solely on the GamePad 's screen , without the use of a television .
Ex Input:
An executive order is a rule or order made by a President of the United States .
Ex Output:
| In the United States , an executive order is a directive issued by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government and has the force of law .
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Why Are Pig Farmers Still Using Growth-Promoting Drugs?
It's one of the most controversial practices in agriculture: feeding small amounts of antibiotics to animals in order to make them grow faster. But what if the drugs don't even work very well? There's some good evidence that they don't, at least in pigs. They used to deliver a boost in growth, but that effect has disappeared in recent years or declined greatly. The reason for this is interesting and even paradoxical. Researchers think the antibiotics used to work by suppressing low-grade infections. In recent years, however, pork producers found other ways to accomplish the same thing through improved hygiene . As a result, the drugs have become largely superfluous -- yet many farmers still use them.
To understand how this happened, you have to step back in time, says Steve Dritz, a specialist in pig nutrition at Kansas State University. Sixty years ago, when antibiotics were new, "people started treating animals, and feeding [the antibiotics], and finding that they had increased growth rates and feed efficiencies," he says. Nursery-age pigs, for instance, grew 12 to 15 percent faster with antibiotics. The animals also needed less feed to reach full weight. Other studies showed similar results in chickens and cattle. In the 1980s, a new set of studies found similar effects. So the growth-promoting effects of antibiotics became standard practice among meat producers.
Fast forward to the 1990s. Dritz was starting his career as a scientist at Kansas State University, and pork production was changing dramatically.
Previously, pigs were born and raised in one barn or in several barns close together. This meant infections could easily pass from one generation to the next, the way that kids share germs between their friends on the playground and their parents at home. Under the new system, when piglets are weaned, they move to a whole different place. That new site is carefully scrubbed and free of disease.
Craig Rowles, who runs a large swine operation in Carroll, Iowa, shows me one such room. There's not a piglet in sight. "This room just got completely washed and disinfected, and now it's going to sit here and dry for a while," he says.
A whole group of pigs will come in here together, and later they will move out together to yet another site. "That group of pigs will stay together until they go to market," Rowles says.
The groups are kept strictly separated from each other. If workers move between the groups, they first have to change their boots.
When farmers adopted multisite production, it cut down on disease -- and pigs actually grew faster.
1. what are they feeding to the pigs
2. what were they used for at first
Numbered answers: | 1. antibiotics
2. unknown |
The helm is not something you wear on your head. Rather, it moves the masts on what?
Options:
- sailing vessel
- paddleboat
- ship
- motorboat
- tugboat
Let's solve it slow. A helm is a tiller or wheel for steering a ship or boat. Some ships with masts are sailing vessels.... So the answer is sailing vessel.
Which effect of stress could cause death if not treated immediately?
Options:
- age grieving person
- heart attacks
- depression
- hair loss
- headache
Let's solve it slow. Heart attacks is the effect of stress. If not treated immediately, heart attacks could cause death.... So the answer is heart attacks.
Where can a human take flight?
Options:
- school
- aircraft
- band
- factory
- car
Let's solve it slow. Aircraft is where human can take a flight.... So the answer is aircraft.
Where would you find an anemone off the eastern U.S.?
Options:
- game preserve
- intertidal zone
- atlantic ocean
- south pacific
- sea water
| Let's solve it slow. The Atlantic ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. Eastern US meets the second largest ocean along the east coast.... So the answer is atlantic ocean. |
Add spaces: Bernardsville,NewJersey,UnitedStatesofAmerica | Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States of America |
Earlier this year my depression got very bad, very quickly. I’d been having intrusive suicidal thoughts for a while. It was a combination of a bad medication regimen and lots of little stressors—school, work, a car accident, you name it. I took to a very private social media account that only those I was closest to could see. I used that account to rant about my problems. It was my coping mechanism and how I kept myself sane. Somehow just typing it out got it off my chest in ways writing in a journal couldn’t (now, I try to use Quora for this purpose instead). One night in early March I went to a performance that my friends were part of. I went alone. While I was there, I got a series of texts regarding my girlfriend. I knew that what those texts said would cause me an immense amount of stress and sleepless nights. I went onto my social media account. I don’t remember exactly what I posted. It wasn’t specific, but rather something along the lines of “I’m stressed, this is the cherry on top, I honestly don’t know how I’m going to handle this.” Whatever it was, someone who followed that account knew I was at my breaking point. They called an anonymous tip line and reported that they believed I was in danger of killing myself. I got home from the performance at midnight and my dad was in my driveway. I asked him why. He told me he’d been contacted and that someone reported a concern about me. I was admitted to the hospital the next day, and I spent a week an an inpatient psychiatric unit where I received better medication, therapy and coaching on positive coping mechanisms. Whoever called saved me, but in a way I saved my own life that day. What I thought was just another routine post about stress got me the help I so desperately needed. I know without it, I would have ended my own life that day. Funny how that works. After receiving the text about his girlfriend he probably felt: - Stressed - Dizzy - not enough information - Frightened
Stressed
(Question)
Not as a nurse, but as a patient. I had my appendix removed in about 1970 before keyhole surgery and the surgeon had not properly stitched the inside incision. This meant I was slowly “leaking” blood into the area between my abdominal cavity lining and my skin. I was kept in the hospital for two weeks and every day the same nurse would come along and open the end of the incision in my skin to relieve the pressure caused by the pooling of my blood. That was fine for the first five days, but the weekend came and she was off duty. Apparently, nobody else knew what to do. By Monday morning, I was in agony and when she arrived, she was appalled I had not been drained during the weekend. The other thing that happened during the weekend was the end of the skin incision, which she had opened, had mostly healed meaning there was no convenient hole for the blood to be drained. The nurse used a sharp pair of scissors to reopen one end of the partly-healed incision, but still the blood would not simply drain of its own accord. She used both hands to squeeze downwards onto the swollen blood reservoir. At first, there was no reaction except agonizing pain, but after a few seconds and a very hard squeeze, the stinking, coagulated blood jetted out of the hole she’d made squirting across the ceiling, down the wall and down her full-length coating her face and the front of her uniform. Despite the pain, I couldn’t keep myself from laughing loud and long. She then dressed the wound, directed some junior nurses to clean the ceiling and the wall while she went to clean herself. I apologized for laughing the following day when she returned. She told me she appreciated the humor of the situation so there was no “hard feelings.” How long did it take the author to fully recover from the surgical mishap? - not enough information - Six months - Four weeks - Two months
(Answer)
not enough information
Ques: Job offer many years ago. I had two, one for staff accountant and the other was as accounting manager for a holistic health clinic. The clinic job paid about 40% more and came with a “manager” title. I believed in myself and all that, but who offers someone just out of school with only 2 years of internship and no specialty in field manager level? That kept bugging me. Something just wasn’t right. Acting on instinct, I took the other job. Good thing! A few months later, I read that the owner of the clinic (an MD) and his two partners (his wife and the CFO) had all been indicted for numerous counts of fraud. They were cheating the state, they were cheating the church they were affiliated with, they were cheating Medicare and private insurance companies. The IRS was after them — it was supposed to be not-for-profit but it turns out they were living large. Not only that, but they hadn’t been sending in w/h tax for non-church member paid employees. Then there was the allegation that they were abusing mentally handicapped workers who were related to church members. The church itself tried to distance themselves, but three elders were also on the clinic’s Board of Directors. It was nasty and the entire management team ended up with at least some jail time. There was no way anyone who had any access to the records (medical or financial) could have claimed innocence. My job would have included filing false budget and financial statements with the Board, IRS and other agencies. I would have also probably known that they were withholding but not remitting tax from employee checks. Fact is, the poor kid who took the job got 2 years, so I found out. Those in on the medical fraud got even worse and the three principals all got 2-digit sentences. After learning about what happened to the health clinic that offered the narrator a job: - not enough information - The narrator is confused why the health clinic decided to commit illegal acts. - The narrator decided he should look for other job offers in case his organization is also at fault for fraud. - The narrator felt more confident that he made the right choice to accept the other job offer.
Ans: The narrator felt more confident that he made the right choice to accept the other job offer.
Question: The Getty Villa is a museum unlike any in the world. It offers an experience of ancient Greek and Roman art in a setting that replicates that in which it would originally have been displayed, a Roman villa of the first century AD. On April 18, after three years of work, the galleries of the Villa reopen with an entirely new arrangement of the collection, one that situates art in its cultural and historical context. Since 2006, when the Getty Villa opened as a museum dedicated to the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the collection has been presented along thematic lines, with galleries dedicated to subjects such as ancient theater, athletes and competition, and gods and goddesses. This approach was useful in illuminating social life in the ancient classical world, but it prioritized objects’ subject matter over their stature as works of art and removed them from their broader artistic and cultural context. Reenvisioning how the antiquities were displayed at the Villa was one of my top priorities when I joined the J. Paul Getty Museum as director in 2012. As a specialist in ancient art, my priority is to help visitors to see these great treasures as beautiful and fascinating works of art, and sparking their curiosity to understand them in the context of their place in human culture. Starting April 18 our Villa galleries offer a new journey through ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art. The visitor’s path begins on the first-floor rooms devoted to Neolithic and Bronze Age (Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean) Greek art. The journey continues through the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, when the Greeks developed the first fully naturalistic vision of the human figure. And it culminates in the dramatic skylit halls of ancient Roman sculpture. In all there are 33 spaces on two floors, with 3,000 more square feet of gallery space than before. The visitor’s path winds through the galleries, gardens, and fountains, offering views onto the spectacular landscape and Pacific Ocean. When does the visitor see Neolithic art? - after viewing the ocean - before the museum opens - before work from ancient Rome - not enough information
Answer: | before work from ancient Rome |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
Ronchi, 35, has been picked by his country for their forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
He is now set to play his last game against Northants on Friday, 1 July.
"Luke's departure obviously presents an opportunity to bring in an additional overseas player," said Bears director of cricket Dougie Brown.
"It's frustrating to lose him as we approach the business end of the group. But we want all players to realise their international ambitions."
Brown has discussed likely replacements for Ronchi, who had been signed to play in all the Bears' 14 group matches, with captain Ian Bell.
"We hope to make an announcement in the coming days," added Brown. "Ian Bell and I have discussed what option we wish to take. Luke will continue to play a key role for the team in his remaining four matches in June."
Ronchi made 22 off just 10 balls on his debut in the six-wicket win over Nottinghamshire, before making 21 off 16 balls in the home derby defeat by local rivals Worcestershire.
But he was not required to bat in the nine-wicket win against Durham, before Friday night's home game with Yorkshire was washed out at Edgbaston without a ball being bowled.
Brown's Bears currently stand fourth in the northern group table, with five points from their first four games, three adrift of table-topping Worcestershire.
Birmingham Bears need a replacement for New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi for the final six matches of this summer's T20 Blast campaign.
And if you have ever experienced a scorchingly hot Brazilian day, you'll know that this is actually a wise thing. You really do want your lager to be super-chilled in such climatic conditions.
While you can easily buy a cold beer from a supermarket or beach vendor, for many Brazilians their preferred port of call is still a boteco, the humble bar or pub.
Most botecos are small, family-run businesses, which, for reasons lost in the mists of time, don't actually serve draft beer. Instead the beer - always lager - typically comes in large 600ml bottles.
The idea is that friends share a bottle - or many - between them, which they drink while eating plates of petiscos (snacks).
The petiscos are typically something deep fried, such as breaded cod balls, or a pastel, which is a type of small pasty that also gets the hot oil treatment.
Imagine an authentic Spanish tapas bar, only with no sherry, and more use of a fryer.
With hundreds of botecos in Rio de Janeiro alone, the more ambitious ones try to boost their business by standing out from the crowd.
One way many do this is by entering an annual Brazil-wide competition to find the best botecos in the country.
Now in its 15th year, and free to enter, the Comida di Buteco contest judges bars according to four criteria - the quality of the food, the hygiene standards, the service, and crucially - the temperature of the beer.
Each boteco is judged by both a panel of judges, who visit anonymously and provide 50% of its final score, and by popular vote.
This year 45 bars in Rio entered the competition, which ran for a month until the middle of May. Each puts forward one dish upon which their food should be marked.
Botecos that take part generally enjoy a big boost in trade during the four weeks of the event, and then over the longer term if they win a prize.
David Bispo, owner of boteco Bar do David, says that entering Comida di Buteco "transformed" his business.
The 43-year-old opened his bar five years ago when he found himself out of work.
A fisherman by trade, and unable to find a job at the time, he decided that launching a bar serving food was his best option.
"Food is something people have to buy every day, so it generates income every day," he says. "You probably haven't bought any clothes today, but you've probably bought food."
So in 2010 he launched Bar do David in the Chapeu Mangueira favela or shanty town, which clings to a steep hillside overlooking Rio's famous Copacabana beach.
A year earlier the favela had been "pacified" by the police and soldiers, who had driven out the criminal gangs, so Mr Bispo was confident that it was now a good spot in which to open his bar.
So with his sisters helping out in the kitchen, his boteco opened its doors. Instead of just selling the typical pestiscos, Mr Bispo decided to also serve traditional Brazilian home-cooked dishes, such as feijoada, a thick bean and meat stew.
"These are the recipes that existed in my home," says Mr Bispo. "[In essence] what we did was open our home to the public."
In the bar's first year of business, Mr Bispo decided to enter Comida di Buteco, putting forward a similar stew to be judged.
The restaurant won an award, and Mr Bispo says its business shot up, and stayed up.
The theme of this year's Comida di Buteco competition is "fruit", and Mr Bispo has entered with a dish of pork ribs served with a pineapple jam with mint and chilli, finished with crystallised pineapple.
He says that the dish has been so popular with his customers that he had to buy more than a tonne of raw ribs.
And with the 2015 results just in, Mr Bispo's bar was judged to be the third best in Rio.
The competition was originally set up by a radio station in the city of Belo Horizonte, which is known as the "pub capital of Brazil".
Today the contest is run by a small private company, which pays for the event by securing a number of sponsors, including potato crisp business Lay's, which is part of Pepsi, and food group Kraft.
Another Rio boteco that entered this year's competition is Angu do Gomes, located in the city's downtown area.
The bar, which traces its origin back in 1955, is still run by the same family, but it can certainly no longer describe itself as a small operation.
Instead it can seat 250 people over three floors.
Over the month of the competition the boteco's trade increased by 20%, according to co-owner Rigo Duarte, a grandson of the founder.
The 33-year-old says this was a welcome boost, as it can often be difficult for bars to make money in Rio, especially during the summer months - December to February - when people want to go to the beaches instead.
Mr Duarte, whose food entry in the competition was fish goujons with coconut and a berry sauce, adds that the event was a good way for him to meet other participants, and share ideas.
He adds: "The thing about the competition isn't to win, but to participate."
Sadly Angu do Gomes didn't win an award this year, but Bode Cheiroso, a boteco close to Rio's giant Maracana football stadium, has just been voted the fourth best in Rio.
Co-owner Emanuelle Braga Duarte Ribeiro, 38, says its business tripled during the month of the competition, as hungry diners flocked to try its entry dish of prawns covered with crushed cashew nuts, served with a passion fruit sauce.
"We typically make 2,000 reals ($636; £435) a day, but when the competition was on it was 6,000," she says.
"And we are hoping for return custom of 30%. If at least 30% of the people who came to the bar during the competition come back, we'll be super happy."
There is a saying in Brazil for how most people like their beer to be served - estupidamente gelada (stupidly cold).
In programme notes being released before the U's match on Saturday, Dave Doggett said problems had occurred since promotion to the Football League.
He said the club had identified 10 troublemakers, some aged in their 50s and 60s, and was working with police.
Cambridgeshire Police said it had seen a rise in football-related violence.
The concerns were raised as the club launches its campaign under the national Kick it Out umbrella to stop violence and antisocial behaviour.
Recent fights include a man suffering serious head injuries outside a pub in Southend.
In the match-day programme to be released at the home tie with Accrington Stanley, Mr Doggett says: "Unfortunately football clubs still attract an undesirable element of society that appear determined to ruin the enjoyment of real supporters of football clubs.
"Our promotion to the Football League appears to have encouraged our 'risk' from the 1980s to come out of retirement.
"Many of them are grandparents trying to encourage the next generation to join their 'gangs'.
"It sounds pathetic but unfortunately it is reality. We are working closely with police."
He said problems had mostly occurred at pubs and not at the Abbey Stadium, which he stressed was still safe for families.
Many fans who caused problems in the 1980s are still banned from Cambridge's ground and others internationally.
Insp Steve Kerridge said disorder had risen among a small minority of people, adding events such as that in Southend were "sickening".
"The club is working hard with us to ensure that those who use football as a vehicle for violence and disorder have no place in the terraces or association with Cambridge United," he said.
| Football hooligans from the 1980s are out of retirement and encouraging the next generation to join their "gangs", Cambridge United's chairman has said.
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OPT: -- 1 hours. -- 5 minutes -- 30 minutes -- not enough information
Given those answer options, answer the question: “Have you ever been in a situation that was getting out of control and you were able to calm it down before it escalated further? What was the situation and what did you do or say?” As senior members of a Boy Scout Troop, other adults and I had to instruct two younger member on how to recognize and control emotions in the context of conflict. These two guys had a history of conflicts and I knew people won’t always be present to control them. They had to grow up and be self-sufficient. On one camping trip they yet again had another heated argument over something trivial that kept escalating. Rather than jump in, I wanted to see how they deescalate the situation on their own. Suddenly, one of them pulls out a pocket knife and says “[insert demand here] or I’m gonna [insert some action with a knife to a person].” The situation has clearly escalated too far. Immediately I rushed in and yelled, “STOP! DROP IT, NOW!” He immediately dropped the knife, sat down, and began crying. What happens after that is irrelevant. Perhaps it’s due to my quiet nature and sudden outburst that produced the shock effect. But more importantly the use of straight-forward, succinct commands can control the situation because all parties involved are automatically in natural fight-flight mode where elaborate, long explanations aren’t going to be interpreted correctly by listeners for the purposes of deescalating the situation’s climax. The long talk comes when the immediate conflict is temporarily resolved. * IMPORTANT NOTE: This incident is not a reflection on the Boy Scout of America, its spirit, or the use of such tools. The pocket knife is commonly used throughout camping trips. We have a set of rules and responsibilities set to the users so that they are used for the camping purposes. As an Eagle Scout myself, I am proud of the values promoted. Question: How long did it take to diffuse the situation? === The answer to the above question is
A: | 5 minutes |
Data: 1036 Ganymed, discoverer, Walter Baade; Walter Baade, almaMater, University of Göttingen
Walter Baade, who graduated from the University of Gottingen, discovered 1036 Ganymed.
Data: Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, numberOfStudents, 600; Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, dean, Mario Botta; Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, city, Mendrisio; Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, academicStaffSize, 100
The dean of the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio is Mario Botta, it has a staff compliment of 100 and 600 students.
Data: 320 South Boston Building, height, 121.92 (metres); 320 South Boston Building, formerName, "Exchange National Bank Building"; 320 South Boston Building, completionDate, 1929; 320 South Boston Building, floorCount, 22
| The 320 South Boston Building was formerly called the Exchange National Bank Building and was completed in 1929. The building has a height of 121.92 metres and has 22 floors. |
Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.
Example Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: The old vaulted church was stripped down: there was no cloth on the altar, just a DJ's toolkit and his beer.
Sent 2: Through the dark, I could see three bolts left in the wall from where they'd taken down the crucifix.
Sent 3: A confessional too beaten-up to have been sold was shaking in a way that suggested activity inside, and where the pews had been taken out, a couple hundred people were testifying to the DJ's moving sermon.
Sent 4: Rachel stepped forward into the crowd while I took a moment to drink in the ceiling's blue-lit, shadowed vault and the light-catching haze from who-knows-what rising between the DJ and the crowd.
Sent 5: There was a terrific echo, each beat reverberating inside of the next, and the old stained-glass windows rattled in their frames.
Sent 6: On the dance floor, people moved with their eyes closed and their hands in the air.
Sent 7: I danced with Rachel for a while, but then something by the bar seemed to be pulling her eyes.
Sent 8: She told me that she was heading for a drink and slipped out of the crowd.
Sent 9: When she hadn't come back halfway through the next song, I glanced over at the bar.
Sent 10: It was just a little set-up where someone had stacked a few crates and brought something alcoholic to share, mostly beer.
Sent 11: Rachel was standing with a plastic cup, looking like she was having a conversation, but I couldn't see anyone else there.
Sent 12: The next time the crowd split, I saw him.
Sent 13: He stood in front of a blue light, so I couldn't see him clearly, but what I saw was memorable.
Sent 14: He wore a jacket of what might have been blue velvet, and his hair gleamed black against his white skin.
Sent 15: The blue haze seemed to stop just shy of his pallor, setting off his striking face without illuminating its details, and his wrists flashed white in the darkness.
Sent 16: He didn't move, just stared and held his drink.
Sent 17: The next time I saw them, his mouth was moving.
Sent 18: She nodded and he took her arm.
Sent 19: I watched them through the crush of dancers as they squeezed along the wall, and the feeling came to me that something was very wrong.
Sent 20: Saturday morning, I woke up and saw that she still hadn't come home.
Question: What phrases draw a parallel between this party scene and a typical church scene.
Example Output: "The DJ's moving sermon," and "people moved with their eyes closed and their hands in the air".
Example Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: Neighborhood Legal Services, which provides free legal services to the poor, has expanded into the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, areas with large Asian populations, many of whom speak limited or no English.
Sent 2: Language is their biggest obstacle, but the Asian communities' cultural isolation and service providers' lack of cultural expertise also play a part, said NLS executive director Neal Dubovitz.
Sent 3: And with 13 percent to 15 percent of the Asian population in the U.S. living below the poverty line, NLS services are badly needed, Dubovitz said.
Sent 4: "Although it is a significant part of the poverty population, Asians historically have not been able to participate in the services and programs available to the poor," he said.
Sent 5: From simple telephone advice to complete legal representation in court, the agency provides free consumer, health, family, immigration, housing, public benefits and labor legal services to people who earn under $1,380 per month.
Sent 6: Legal service providers have long served large Latino populations, who have cultural diversity but share a common language.
Sent 7: "I remember the days when there were only a handful of people in the legal offices who spoke Spanish," Dudovitz said.
Sent 8: "Now Spanish and English are interchangeable.
Sent 9: Our goal is to have that for the major Asian languages as well."Sent 10: Before the expansion, only a few NLS lawyers spoke Asian languages, said attorney Rebecca Yee, who was hired by NLS in April 2002 to design and head the project.
Sent 11: "Now we have people speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Khmer (from Cambodia), Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Tagalog," Yee said.
Sent 12: One of the 13 attorneys hired to work with the program is Irene Mak, a family law attorney who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai.
Sent 13: Mak was a partner at a private law firm before she went to work for NLS two years ago, earning up to $20,000 less a year working on domestic violence cases.
Sent 14: "The job is more satisfying than the money," said Mak, who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand before coming to the United States.
Sent 15: "I could use my language skills and wanted to give back to the Asian community."Sent 16: NLS expanded when Legal Services Corp., the federal agency that funds providers of free legal services nationwide, reduced the number of grantees in the Los Angeles area from five to three, Dudovitz said.
Sent 17: NLS won the competitive grant over the Legal Services Program for Pasadena, San Gabriel-Pomona valleys.
Sent 18: That boosted its client base from 16,000 to around 25,000, and NLS opened an office in El Monte.
Question: What does NLS stand for?.
Example Output: Neighborhood Legal Services.
Example Input: Paragraph- Sent 1: Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America: Their Friendship and Their Travels edited by Oliver Zunz, translated by Arthur Goldhammer (University of Virginia Press; 2011) 698 pages; Includes previously unpublished letters, essays, and other writings Du systeme penitentaire aux Etats-Unis et de son application en France (1833) - On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France, with Gustave de Beaumont.
Sent 2: De la democratie en Amerique (1835/1840) - Democracy in America.
Sent 3: It was published in two volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840.
Sent 4: English language versions: Tocqueville, Democracy in America, trans.
Sent 5: and eds., Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop, University of Chicago Press, 2000; Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Arthur Goldhammer, trans.; Olivier Zunz, ed.) (The Library of America, 2004) ISBN 978-1-931082-54-9.
Sent 6: L'Ancien Regime et la Revolution (1856) - The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Sent 7: It is Tocqueville's second most famous work.
Sent 8: Recollections (1893) - This work was a private journal of the Revolution of 1848.
Sent 9: He never intended to publish this during his lifetime; it was published by his wife and his friend Gustave de Beaumont after his death.
Sent 10: Journey to America (1831-1832) - Alexis de Tocqueville's travel diary of his visit to America; translated into English by George Lawrence, edited by J-P Mayer, Yale University Press, 1960; based on vol.
Sent 11: V, 1 of the OEuvres Completes of Tocqueville.
Sent 12: L'Etat social et politique de la France avant et depuis 1789 - Alexis de Tocqueville Memoir On Pauperism: Does public charity produce an idle and dependant class of society?
Sent 13: (1835) originally published by Ivan R. Dee.
Sent 14: Inspired by a trip to England.
Sent 15: One of Tocqueville's more obscure works.
Sent 16: Journeys to England and Ireland 1835.
Question: Did Tocqueville's Recollections become his second famous work?.
Example Output: | No.
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In this task, you are given a question and an answer. Answer "Yes" if the given answer correctly answers the question, otherwise answer "No".
question:
how active can one be with copd, Answer: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also known as chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD), chronic airflow limitation (CAL) and chronic obstructive respiratory disease (CORD), is the occurrence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema , a pair of commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which the airways narrow over time.
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No
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what countries are in cono sur, Answer: Although geographically this includes Southern and part of Southeast ( São Paulo ) of Brazil , in terms of political geography the Southern cone has traditionally comprised Argentina , Chile , Paraguay , and Uruguay .
answer:
Yes
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what is the female symbol called, Answer: The two standard gender symbols denoting male ♂ and female ♀ are derived from astrological symbols , denoting the classical planets Mars and Venus , respectively.
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In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
What is the date whose station trains are operated by Southern and Thameslink ? | 1880 |
Instructions: In this task, you're given two sentences. Indicate if the first sentence clearly entails the second sentence (i.e., one can conclude the 2nd sentence by reading the 1st one). Indicate your answer with '1' if the first sentence entails the second sentence, otherwise answer with '0'.
Input: Sentence 1: The fight originated when Gilson Ramos da Silva, 21, a.k.a. "Gilson Aritana," a member of the ADA ("Amigos do Bairro") gang led other members into the "morro da Mineira" (Miner Hill) to sell drugs, Ricardo Teixeira Dias, a local police official said. The region is controlled by rival gang Comando Vermelho (Red Command), which does not approve of other gangs selling drugs in the region. Comando Vermelho members started attacking the rival members of ADA to protect their turf. Sentence 2: Ramos da Silva killed 11 people.
Output: | 0 |
I know that the answer to the question "How did Galileo record Neptune's location?" is in "Some of the earliest recorded observations ever made through a telescope, Galileo's drawings on 28 December 1612 and 27 January 1613, contain plotted points that match up with what is now known to be the position of Neptune. On both occasions, Galileo seems to have mistaken Neptune for a fixed star when it appeared close—in conjunction—to Jupiter in the night sky; hence, he is not credited with Neptune's discovery. At his first observation in December 1612, Neptune was almost stationary in the sky because it had just turned retrograde that day. This apparent backward motion is created when Earth's orbit takes it past an outer planet. Because Neptune was only beginning its yearly retrograde cycle, the motion of the planet was far too slight to be detected with Galileo's small telescope. In July 2009, University of Melbourne physicist David Jamieson announced new evidence suggesting that Galileo was at least aware that the 'star' he had observed had moved relative to the fixed stars.". Can you tell me what it is?
The answer to this question is: | plotted points |
The head of the page.
A reduction in the assessment per head of sheep.
Word: "head"
different meanings
To seize a ship after libeling.
The terrorists seized the politicians.
Word: "seize"
different meanings
The reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture.
The developing drug culture.
Word: "culture"
the same meaning
I'm going to go freshen up.
She freshened up after the tennis game.
Word: "freshen"
| the same meaning |
Part 1. Definition
Write a phrase, the answer to which is present in the passage. The answer to this question should be completely and unambiguously found in the passage. The query must be about a single or multiple linked entities.
Part 2. Example
Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers This guide has information about: Bonus: Like potassium, calcium helps regulate blood pressure. On your plate: milk (and other dairy products), spinach, beans and calcium-fortified products. 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc ; Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Additional information. There are separate pages on: vitamins for children Vitamins and minerals. vitamins-minerals Vitamin A. vitamins-minerals B vitamins and folic acid. vitamins-minerals Vitamin C. vitamins-minerals Vitamin D. vitamins-minerals Vitamin E. vitamins-minerals Vitamin K. vitamins-minerals Calcium. There are separate pages on: 1 vitamins for children. 2 vitamins, supplements and nutrition in pregnancy. 3 fluoride. The 5 Minerals You Really Need ... and How to Add Them to Your Diet. According to Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Linus Pauling, you can trace every health ailment to a mineral deficiency. Who knew?Stress, for example, robs your body of magnesium. An iron deficiency can make you feel lethargic -- and compromise your immunity. On your plate: bananas, baked potatoes, raisins, tomatoes and artichokes. 1 3. Calcium: Sure, calcium helps build strong bones, but it also helps prevent PMS (a welcome side effect for women everywhere). 2 4. Magnesium: One of the most underrated minerals, magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body. other vitamins and minerals – including beta-carotene, copper, potassium and zinc Use these links to find out what these nutrients do, how much of them you need, how to ensure you get enough, and what the risks are if you take too much. Vitamins and minerals are nutrients your body needs in small amounts to work properly and stay healthy. Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some few people may need to take extra supplements. What this guide covers. This guide has information about: vitamin A B vitamins and folic acid So which minerals do you need, and how do you add them to your diet? Minerals are incredibly important for health and to prevent chronic disease. Without them we'd suffer from osteoporosis, PMS, high blood pressure and low energy, just to name a few, says Karen Ansel, a registered dietitian in New York.
Answer: the importance of minerals in diet
Explanation: The passage is about the importance of nutrients in a diet. This includes minerals, and hence, the question of importance of minerals can be answered from the information in the passage.
Part 3. Exercise
In an animal cell the cell membrane is drawn inward until the cytoplasm is pinched into two nearly equal parts In a plant cell a cell plate forms In plant cell cytoplasm divides by the fornation of a cell plate,which extends across the entire equatorial plane until the two daughter cells become separated. Concept 8 Review. Cytokinesis in Plant Cells. Plant cells have walls, so cytokinesis cannot proceed with a cleavage furrow. Instead, during telophase a cell plate forms across the cell in the location of the old metaphase plate. During telophase, membrane-enclosed vesicles derived from the Golgi apparatus migrate to the center of the cell where the metaphase plate used to be and fuse to form a cell plate. Best Answer: Cytokinesis is the process in which the cytoplasm of a plant cell is split. After replication of the nucleus, the cell plate forms in the center of the cell. This plate continues to grow until it completely divides the cell which is the completion of cytokinesis. During cytokinesis, the organs and all of the cytoplasm are split between the two cells. As the phragmoplast often forms off cell center, the attachment of the cell plate to the cell plate fusion site first occurs at one site and then progresses to other sites until the fusion is complete (Figures 1 1 and S3; [41 x Polarized cytokinesis in vacuolate cells of Arabidopsis. Cell Biology/Cell division/Mitosis - Prometaphase. 1 Some biology texts do not include this phase, considering it a part of prophase. 2 Now kinetochores begin to form at the centromeres. 3 When the spindle grows to sufficient length, the microtubules begin searching for kinetochores to attach to. a type of cell division where two identical cells are made: mitosis: the nuclear membrane fizzles away and the chromosomes condense: prophase: as mitosis ends, _____ begins: cytokenesis: during _____, the sister chromatids line up and meet in the middle: metaphase: the longest phase of the cell cycle, where growth of the cell happens: interphase After cytokinesis is complete, each cell enters interphase stage. The daughter cells are about = in size. The activity of each cell continues because they each have their own DNA and organelles Cytokinesis is the final step in the process by which a eukaryotic cell -- that is, a cell with an organized nucleus -- divides into two cells. This division of cytoplasm is preceded by one of two processes of nuclear division -- mitosis or meiosis -- that distributes chromosomes to each side of a cell before it divides. During plant cell cytokinesis, a cell plate is formed, beginning the division of the cell wall and cytoplasm. During animal cell cytokinesis, the cleavage furrow is formed, wh…ich is a pinching in of the cell membrane, which begins the division of the cells cytoplasm and cellular membrane. During cytokinesis in animal cells, the cell membrane pinches in around the middle of the cell. This pinched area is called the ****.
Answer: | during cytokinesis what structure forms along the middle of diving plant cell |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You are given a passage. You need to construct a question about the information present in the passage. Construct a question in such a way that (i) it is unambiguous, (ii) its answer is the whole paragraph. Avoid creating questions that can be answered correctly without actually understanding the paragraph.
ant is a tool used to manage the compilation and building of java programs. It is similar to make in C/C++.
| what is an ant build? |
The term Hokkien (福建; hɔk˥˥kɪɛn˨˩) is itself a term not used in Chinese to refer to the dialect, as it simply means Fujian province. In Chinese linguistics, these dialects are known by their classification under the Quanzhang Division (Chinese: 泉漳片; pinyin: Quánzhāng piàn) of Min Nan, which comes from the first characters of the two main Hokkien urban centers Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. The variety is also known by other terms such as the more general Min Nan (traditional Chinese: 閩南語, 閩南話; simplified Chinese: 闽南语, 闽南话; pinyin: Mǐnnányǔ, Mǐnnánhuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm-gí,Bân-lâm-oē) or Southern Min, and Fulaohua (traditional Chinese: 福佬話; simplified Chinese: 福佬话; pinyin: Fúlǎohuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hō-ló-oē). The term Hokkien (Chinese: 福建話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-kiàn oē;Tâi-lô:Hok-kiàn-uē), on the other hand, is used commonly in South East Asia to refer to Min-nan dialects.
Answer this question, if possible (if impossible, reply "unanswerable"): What does the term Quanzhang mean in Chinese? | unanswerable |
In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
But more recently in 2013 with his launching as an international artist , he has started using the mononym A ́ sgeir as a recording name .
In 2013 he started releasing music as A ́ sgeir .
JPEG / Exif is the most common image format used by digital cameras and other photographic image capture devices ; along with JPEG / JFIF , it is the most common format for storing and transmitting photographic images on the World Wide Web .
The JPEG file format is commonly found on the World Wide Web .
In argumentation theory , an argumentum ad populum ( Latin for " argument to the people " ) is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition must be true because many or most people believe it , often concisely encapsulated as : " If many believe so , it is so . "
| An appeal to popularity , also called argumentum ad populum ( Latin for " appeal to the people " ) , is a logical fallacy .
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Gates is richer than Jobs, so he is not richest person.
Who is "he" in this prior sentence?
OPTIONS:
- Gates
- Jobs
Jobs
Chase Sapphire has a 24 hour service line for card holders since they chose the card for everyday available support when traveling.
Who is "they" in this prior sentence?
OPTIONS:
- Chase Sapphire
- card holders
card holders
Beowulf was granted a magical artifact by King Henry that emitted a light so he would be able to see in the dark caves.
Who is "he" in this prior sentence?
OPTIONS:
- Beowulf
- King Henry
| Beowulf |
When people are huddled at a conference or professional event, the subject often turns to the value of failure and embracing feedback. “It is the key to self improvement!”, many chant, channeling their inner self-help gurus, Sadly, many don’t quite practice what they preach. Seeing the value in critical feedback and the lessons that failure can offer is a tough pill to swallow. For those confident in their capabilities, their social standing (in their companies/communities etc), and their abilities, the pill goes down a little easier. For those who experience imposter syndrome, feel insecure about their work, or are new in their careers, it is more difficult. Here’s the thing: these are not binary personalities. While some people are overly confident about themselves, and some people are overly insecure about themselves, most people have a blend of both. As such, even the most confident people can feel the sting when they get critical feedback or screw something up. This is a guide with some things I have learned over the years about how to turn feedback and failure to your advantage. In my not-so-humble opinion, the perfect blend of a human being is confidence in their ability to execute and accomplish their goals, but with a healthy dose of awareness of their current limitations. Let’s face it, overly confident people are often not just at risk of being swallowed up by ego, but can also lack the empathy to understand other folks they need to work with who don’t share the same confidence. An understanding of our current limitations is healthy. When we understand we are not great at something, but we are eager to learn and improve, it opens us up to counsel and tuition. The confidence piece plays an important role in helping us to remember: “I might suck now, but I am going to learn and get better”. When we have this in our heads it makes the journey more palatable: we know that our failure to succeed right now is temporary and it will improve. Question: After the end of the story, the author probably: Options: - not enough information - doesn't try to accept criticism at work - tries to accept criticism at work - argues about criticism when given it at work === The correct answer is
A: | tries to accept criticism at work |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
The driver of the Facel Vega car, Michel Gallimard, who was Camus's publisher and close friend, also died in the accident. In August 2011, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera reported a theory that the writer had been the victim of a Soviet plot, but Camus's biographer, Olivier Todd, did not consider it credible. Camus was buried in the Lourmarin Cemetery, Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France. He was the second-youngest recipient, at the age of 44, of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, at the age of 42. He was survived by his wife and twin son and daughter, Jean and Catherine, who hold the copyrights to his work. Two of Camus's works were published posthumously. The first, entitled A Happy Death (1970), featured a character named Patrice Mersault, comparable to The Stranger's Meursault. There is scholarly debate as to the relationship between the two books. The second was an unfinished novel, The First Man (1995), which Camus was writing before he died. The novel was an autobiographical work about his childhood in Algeria. <sep>There is a scholarly debate about the relationship between which two novels?<sep>Camus' and Rudyard Kipling's novels | No |
In this task, you're given a context passage, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer to a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.
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Question: After breaking up on social media, Sydney made Quinn very sad.
Question: What will happen to Quinn?
Answer: cry
Question: Quinn climbed into bed because she had a bad headache.
Question: How would Quinn feel afterwards?
Answer: relief
Question: The first step in taking the underground was determining where I wanted to go. Then, I consulted Google maps on my phone. I opened the app and typed in my destination. I then selected the public transportation tab and pressed the navigate button. The app told me that I should take the red train to my destination. The station was just a couple of blocks away. I walked there and followed the instructions on the app as to which train to get (red train, northbound). I purchased a ticket at the ticket machine using my credit card. I scanned my ticket, then went through the turnstile. I followed the signs to the correct platform and waited a few minutes to for the train to arrive. When it got there, I waited for the people to exit the train before getting on. The app told me to get off after three stops. Once I got off, I followed the signs to the exit.
Question: How many stops did they pass before they got to their stop?
Answer: | 2
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In this task, you will be presented with a passage, and you need to write an **implausible** answer to to fill in the place of "_". Your answer should be incorrect, but should not be out of context. Try using words that are related to the context of the passage, but are not the correct answer. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer.
Serena Williams completed the second ‘Serena Slam’ of her extraordinary career and then set her sights on completing a calendar year Slam of the major singles titles. The American, 33, beat Garbine Muguruza, the No20 seed from Spain, in a match more thrilling than the 6-4, 6-4 score suggests, to win her 21st Grand Slam singles title. She also became the oldest female Slam winner in the Open era and holds the US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon singles titles simultaneously, as she last did in 2003. And by defending the US Open next month she can become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four Slams in the same year. Victory at Flushing Meadows would also take Williams level with Graf’s career total of 22 Slam wins.Top seed Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon singles title after defeating Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4World No 1 was broken in the opening game before reeling off four consecutive games to win the first setThe Spanish No 20 seed produced a late fightback in the second set but could not stave off defeatThe American currently holds all four major tournaments and remains on course for calendar Grand Slam
Question:The world No20 will climb to No9 in the rankings and was hoping to become _’s first winner here since Conchita Martinez in 1994. | Serena Williams |
Q: Two signatures. That's all that's needed to force a wide-ranging House debate — and votes — on border security and the immigration status of 700,000 undocumented young people brought to the U.S. as children. Since moderate Republicans opposed House leadership two weeks ago with a rare discharge petition to force a so-called "queen of the hill" debate (House rule based on the most votes) on immigration, the measure has steadily accumulated support within their own party. The petition needs 218 signatures to start that debate and — with the assumption that all 193 House Democrats will sign on — Republicans need just two more signatures. But that effort now goes on hold as Congress leaves town for an 11-day holiday recess, giving all sides breathing room to figure out what comes next. Many of the 23 Republican signers of the petition face tough re-election races in their districts this November. The debate over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients has challenged lawmakers since last September, when U.S. President Donald Trump ended the program, calling on Congress to find a permanent legislative solution. Lawmakers will return to Washington facing an immediate deadline. Representative Jeff Denham, a California Republican who is one of the leaders of the petition effort, told reporters that June 7 would be the absolute last moment to allow the petition to mature before lawmakers run up against a seven-week summer recess. Denham said talks with House leadership and the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative voting bloc seeking significant security concessions in return for a citizenship path for DACA recipients, have been productive. "We've had an agreement in principle," Denham said of a deal that would provide a 12-year path to citizenship for DACA recipients, known colloquially as Dreamers. "Now it's trying to put that information on paper. So, assuming we can continue to move forward, that is something we would bring to our conference on the 7th when we have our two-hour immigration meeting,... Question: After the end of this story, moderate Republicans probably: Options: A. still want a queen of the hill debate B. still think a vote is not necessary C. not enough information D. still want to cancel summer recess === The correct answer is
A: A
Q: Jason had been sitting alone at his table, staring at the tall, platinum blonde for an hour. His imagination ran wild with thoughts of kissing her full lips while his hands explored her lean, muscled body. Tonight he didn't need the whiskey to warm him up. But he kept drinking it anyway. She stepped away from the mike, sat her acoustic guitar on its stand, and walked down from the small stage. Jason beat all the other losers to the bar and sat down beside her. "You must be pretty thirsty after all that beautiful singing." How many times had she heard that line? But at age 33, she'd probably heard every pickup line known to man. "Yeah," she said, giving him a quick glance. He wasn't a bad looking guy. Probably a couple of inches shorter than her. At six-foot-two, she was accustomed to that. But a lot of men couldn't deal with her height. They liked to be the tall one in the relationship. Not that she'd had many relationships. Mostly one-nighters. Without her saying a word, the bartender sat a glass of ice down in front of her, and poured her a can of Diet Coke. "Thanks, Joe." She took a sip as he walked away. "I'm Jason." "Sondra," she said, looking straight ahead as she took another sip. "I really enjoyed your music--especially that last song. Did you write it yourself?" "Yeah." "Wow. It was sad, but moving. You've got talent." Here we go, she thought. And I suppose you're a talent agent or a record producer, or you've got a friend in the business. And you'd be more than happy to get me a record deal--assuming I'd be willing to go with you right now to some sleazy motel. "I'm sick of this business. In fact, you just heard my last performance. First thing Monday morning I'm going out to find me a real job. One that will pay the bills." Question: Why did Sondra think Jason was a talent agent: Options: A. he gave her a business card B. she recognized him C. he complimented her song D. not enough information === The correct answer is
A: C
Q: In the shadow of the Seattle Space Needle, almost alien crystalline forms wrap their deft tendrils through the Chihuly Garden and Glass. Every single petal, bowl, stem and branch of cascading glass has been handblown under the guidance of Washington State native Dale Chihuly (in fact he grew up in nearby Tacoma), and we couldn’t quite believe our eyes. Having discovered this exhibit through the magic of Jaime’s instagram (she’s a self-named Angloyankophile who grew up in Seattle before moving to London) I knew we would have to visit. My photos don’t do the undulating forms any kind of justice; but they might just convey the incredible scale of the exhibition. I’d always been curious to learn more about Chihuly, after being introduced to his incredible sculpture suspended over the V&A Museum information desk, a glowing confection of green and white glass whisps. In 1968, after receiving a Fulbright Fellowship, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice, observing the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he works today. In 1971, Chihuly cofounded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. With this international glass center, Chihuly has led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art. His work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide. He has been the recipient of many awards, including twelve honorary doctorates and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also lost an eye to his passion, and now mostly directs the sculpture design and assembly. It was truly amazing. In 1999, Chihuly started an ambitious exhibition, Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem; where more than 1 million visitors attended the Tower of David Museum to view his installations. In 2001, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London curated the exhibition Chihuly at the V&A. Chihuly’s lifelong fascination for glasshouses has grown into a series of exhibitions within botanical settings. Question: After the end of the story the author probably: Options: A. only occasionally goes to art museums B. not enough information C. never goes to art museums D. continues to view artwork on a regular basis === The correct answer is
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In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
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Question: passage: The musical premiered from 21 October 2010 to 21 November 2010 at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Connecticut. The musical itself was quite different from its source material, but honored it. Throughout the two-month run, the show was revised. The cast featured young actors Ellis Gage and Justin Lawrence Hall playing James, Steve Rosen as Marvo The Magician, Ruth Gotschall as Aunt Spiker and Denny Dillon as Aunt Sponge. The show also featured Jim Stanek as the Grasshopper, Chelsea Packard (credited as Chelsea Krombach) as the Ladybug, Kate Wetherhead as the Spider, Destan Owens as the Earthworm, Nick Gaswirth as the Centipede, also with Nicholas Park, Minami Yusi, Marissa Palley, and Jessica Fontana (credited as Jessica Hershberg) in the Ensemble. The dance troupe ``Pilobolus'' were a large part of the production bringing an innovative theatrical technique of using their bodies to create most of the set, specifically using shadow technique to create a majority of the special effects. The production featured musical direction by Chris Fenwick and Dance arrangements by Sam Davis. The production was initially expected to go to Broadway but received mixed critical feedback and more room for development was seen. Pasek and Paul stated during the Goodspeed staging ``we decided from the beginning that we were not writing a show for children (...) we are taking some of Dahl's darkness and expanding it even more.''
question: was james and the giant peach on broadway?
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Question: passage: All six of the crew were lost at sea.
question: did they ever find the crew of the andrea gail?
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Question: passage: Though generally described as several separate oceans, the world's oceanic waters constitute one global, interconnected body of salt water sometimes referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean. This concept of a continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts is of fundamental importance to oceanography.
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Given the following passage "Although the etymology of the name has been studied since the 7th century by authors like Isidore of Seville —who wrote that "Galicians are called so, because of their fair skin, as the Gauls", relating the name to the Greek word for milk—, currently scholars derive the name of the ancient Callaeci either from Proto-Indo-European *kal-n-eH2 'hill', through a local relational suffix -aik-, so meaning 'the hill (people)'; or either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- 'forest', so meaning 'the forest (people)'. In any case, Galicia, being per se a derivation of the ethnic name Kallaikói, would mean 'the land of the Galicians'.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: the field of study about origins of words is
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Given the following passage "Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were discontinued in those Commonwealth realms that established a national system of honours and awards such as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Merit. In many of these systems, the different levels of award and honour reflect the Imperial system they replaced. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all have (in increasing level of precedence) Members of, Officers of, and Companions to (rather than Commanders of) their respective orders, with both Australia and New Zealand having Knights and Dames as their highest classes.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is the lowest level of precendence?
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Given the following passage "Chopin took the new salon genre of the nocturne, invented by the Irish composer John Field, to a deeper level of sophistication. He was the first to write ballades and scherzi as individual concert pieces. He essentially established a new genre with his own set of free-standing preludes (Op. 28, published 1839). He exploited the poetic potential of the concept of the concert étude, already being developed in the 1820s and 1830s by Liszt, Clementi and Moscheles, in his two sets of studies (Op. 10 published in 1833, Op. 25 in 1837).", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Who wrote ballades and scherzis as individual concert pieces?
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Problem: What is the question to: "With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock , the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness."? The topic is Heavy metal music.
A: "what is metal music about?"
Problem: What is the question to: "The game was held at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida , on January 27, 1991, during the height of the Gulf War ."? The topic is Super Bowl XXV.
A: "where was the super bowl in 1991?"
Problem: What is the question to: "Steam is a digital distribution , digital rights management , multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation ."? The topic is Steam (software).
A: "what is steam by valve corporation?"
Problem: What is the question to: "The human leg is the entire lower extremity or limb of the human body , including the foot , thigh and even the hip or gluteal region; however, the precise definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb extending from the knee to the ankle ."? The topic is Human leg.
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Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
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Question: ORTHOVISC is a non–avian sourced viscosupplementation with lasting efficacy for up to 6 months. ORTHOVISC is derived from bacterial cells. ORTHOVISC is given as an injection into your knee joint (administered by a health professional) once a week for 3-4 consecutive weeks. After 3-4 injections, studies have shown pain relief that lasts for up to 6 months. 1 Although individual results vary, some people feel relief after the first injection. Okay, long enough post, lol. If one of the mods/auth want to modify the name of this topic, I'd prefer to remove the reference to Synvisc and just let this thread talk about the arthritis. It might bring more comment to the discussion. alt= height=20 /> I'm 54 and been getting synvisc 1 shots once a yr. for the past 5 yrs. with very good results. It was like a miracle to me because it would last for 8 months to a yr. before pain in my right knee would return. I just had a synvisc one injection last week and was surprised because I developed severe pain and hardly can function with knee. Last week received orthovisc and to my surprise doctor administered all three in one shot saying studies have shown no difference in 3 different sessions or all at once (I wasn't going to argue she went to med school not me) so I did it an unfortunately 10 days later I don't feel any better at all it's as if I never went. Synvisc is the only ... Stars: 86 Updated: December 15th,2017 86: December 15th,2017: Synvisc perisynovitis. Synvisc (hylan G-F 20) is a high molecular weight hyaluronan which is manufactured from chicken combs. It is currently one of the options used in the tr... Stars: 29 Updated: December 15th,2017 Debbie's Story. Debbie is a longtime nanny and caregiver. After trying almost everything for her knee pain, Debbie didn’t know where to turn. She and her doctor decided to try ORTHOVISC® High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan for her knee OA. Find out how Debbie was able to get to her passion for helping others. Now he is suggesting Synvisc injections. This is injected once a week for three weeks and is supposed to provide up to 6 months of knee pain relief. I was wondering if anyone has had this treatment and if there are any side effects from it? And does it really work and last as long as they claim????? Thanks, Kikko Yes, Synvisc-One can be repeated safely. In a medical study involving 160 patients, 77 received a second injection of Synvisc-One. When your osteoarthritis knee pain returns, talk to your doctor to see if Synvisc-One is right for you. Bone-on-Bone Arthritis - Synvisc injections. Well, I couldn't be content just with back and neck pain, I had to get my knee into the picture, lol. Just got home from seeing an orthopedic knee specialist who did an xray and showed me the bone-on-bone arthritis in my right knee. Synvisc side effects . I suffered an adverse reaction yesterday to my 3rd injection of Synvisc. My knee was swollen, warm to the touch but NOT any redness. It was painful to walk and would not bend. It is better today and my doctor said that it would eventually subside,... ... Conditions and Diseases - Arthritis Query: how long does synvisc last
Answer: Synvisc lasts for 8 months to a year.
Question: The total time can have many different interpretations but usually it is interpreted as: 1 The time from entering the hospital, getting registered to the radiology department, receiving the CT exam and finally hearing from the doctor/radiologist the diagnosis based on the results. 1 Assuming that you are already inside the CT scanner ready to get scanned. CT scan without contrast (head, sinus, orbits, abdomen, pelvis, cervical, thoracic, lumbar and dental scans) take approximately 15 minutes. CT studies with contrast of the chest, pelvis, head or neck take approximately 30 minutes. The scans are reported by a radiologist after the technician finishes the scan. The time taken to read and report the scan depends upon many factors like contrast used and comparison with a previously done CT Scan. Usually the report is available within 24 hours. Visit What is CT scan. Detailed note on CT scan Tests - ChooseDoctor At our hospital, it'd be very unusual for a CT scan to take more than an hour or two to be read, most are done within 30 minutes. From there, the question is how long does it take for the report to get to the ordering doctor? If the CT is sent to offsite radiology interpretation, it might take 2, no longer than 3 days to get the report to your physician. This is what you would expect in most areas of the country. 12.3k Views · View Upvoters Whereas, aortic contrast studies may take up to 45 minutes. Most cardiac CT studies will take 60 minutes. Assuming that you are not inside the CT scanner, prior to the actual scan, patient registration and meeting with the technologist takes approximately 30 minutes. The time that the procedure of the CT examination lasts and the time that the results are reconstructed in the radiologists computer. Expected time: between 5 and 30 minutes. More specifically, the scan time, the time you are actually in the machine as it acquires images, depends on a number of factors. If it was ordered as a routine versus ordering it as a stat, a routine CT results could be available within 1 to 2 days from the time of the scan was taken to a stat CT being reported within hours of the actual scan . The latest research from I-ELCAP shows that patients diagnosed with lung cancer as a result of annual CT screening have an overall cure rate of 80%, regardless of stage and type of treatment. When cancers are found at the earliest stage (85% of the patients) and are immediately removed with surgery, the research shows a cure rate of 92%. A chest x-ray shows only two views of your chest (front and side), while a CT scan shows cross-sectional images all through your chest-from the very top of your lungs through the lung bases. Thus, tiny abnormalities (that could be early stage lung cancer) can be found which would never have been seen on a chest x-ray. Query: how long does it take to report on a ct scan to your doctor?
Answer: Usually it takes 24 hours to report on a ct scan.
Question: What cause if you suspect a broken how long to keep ace bandage on sprained ankle bones and typically advised to watch television. In specific type of fracture issues are healing due to the ankle. The first is available that you should seek out medical practicing yoga eating fast or sliding intricately like it’s hot hikers wear hiking. You’ll probably need to keep your ankle wrapped for 1 or 2 days after the injury and perhaps for up to a week or more. Elevation: Raising your ankle to or above the level of your heart will help prevent the swelling from getting worse and will help reduce bruising. Try to keep your ankle elevated for about 2 to 3 hours a day if possible. About Ankle Sprain: How Long To Keep Ace Bandage On Sprained Ankle. Ankle Sprain Recovery, Information and tips to recover from your ankle sprain. Ice will involve having an ice pack or maybe a bag of frozen peas. This helps lower the swelling and also slight bruising. You should use ice for as long as 72 hours following on from the sprain. Compression is usually taken care of simply by having to wrap or perhaps donning an ankle brace. Elevation is merely exactly that, holding your own foot above the level of your own heart. This will help to slow up the amount of swelling too. It is advisable to keep your ankle raised for around two or three hours each day. These are facilities around your habits that mild ankle brace that you will how long to keep ace bandage on sprained ankle need to avoid the severity of pain as a how long to keep ace bandage on sprained ankle result in repeated orthotic devices are commonly causes an injury places many of the essential to prevent diabetes can lead to stresses that were able to handle any podiatric care from the inside the nostrils. How Long To Keep Ace Bandage On Sprained Ankle. In chronic over-use injuries or some jerk running to carry too much of the Achilles tear muscles. By inserting a thin piece of bone or cartilage to break in a positions. This can have you a trip to the body in the night sky. Cats and. Ankle sprains are common injuries that can result in lifelong problems. Some people with repeated or severe sprains can develop long - term joint pain and weakness. Treating a sprained ankle can help prevent ongoing ankle problems. Key pointsIf an ankle sprain does not heal correctly, the joint may become unstable, resulting in a weakened and easily reinjured ankle. Proper initial care of your ... You may need to wear a brace or padded plaster, plastic or fiberglass splint for 10 days to 6 weeks. A brace or splint keeps the bones and injured ligaments from moving, which provides protection, reduces pain and speeds healing. How long before I can use my ankle? This depends on how serious your sprain is. If your sprain is mild, your doctor may suggest that you start trying to use your ankle again fairly soon–from 1 to 3 days after your injury. Ligaments connect one bone to another bone at a joint and help keep the bones from moving out of place. The most common site of sprains is the ankle. If swelling is kept to a minimum, it may help your ankle feel better. Applying a compression wrap is easy and can be done at home. Elastic bandages are inexpensive and available at most drugstores. You can wear a protective brace, such as a splint or a device to keep your ankle from moving (immobilizer), over a compression wrap. Query: how long to keep the brace for ankle
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Since day one of the trip in Riyadh, Sean Spicer has not conducted a single on-the-record briefing with the traveling press. | Getty Spicer left out of Vatican visit
ROME – President Donald Trump’s entourage at the Vatican on Wednesday included his wife, his daughter, and an array of staffers—but not White House press secretary Sean Spicer, a devout Catholic who told reporters earlier this year that he gave up alcohol for Lent.
Both sides, according to a White House official, agreed to limit the number of staffers who attended. Two other senior communications aides from the White House were included: Hope Hicks, who like Melania and Ivanka Trump wore a black veil over her hair, and Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media and a longtime Trump loyalist.
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Also in attendance were State Department aide Brian Hook, security head Keith Schiller, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster. Hicks, a loyal aide who has been at Trump's side since before he announced his candidacy, was introduced to Pope Francis by the president as someone who has worked for him a long time. Scavino was included, despite tweeting during the election last year, "amazing comments from the Pope — considering Vatican City is 100% surrounded by massive walls" after Pope Francis criticized Trump's plan for a border wall.
Other members of the traveling Trump team who are not practicing Catholics said they gave up their spots to accommodate Catholic White House aides. But Spicer – a regular churchgoer who was mocked last year for appearing on CNN with ashes on his forehead in honor of Ash Wednesday – was notably absent.
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That was in line with a lower-key role the press secretary has been playing during the president’s nine-day, five-country tour. Trump is considering scaling back Spicer’s public role behind the podium in the White House briefing room, POLITICO reported last week, as he weighs a broader shakeup of his communications team.
Spicer, who has loyally defended Trump even when it has meant damaging his own credibility with the press, is expected to stay in a senior administration role, albeit one that is more behind the scenes. He is not expected to continue the daily televised White House press briefing that has made him a household name and a viral sensation as a character on "Saturday Night Live" after Trump returns to Washington.
Spicer declined to comment about his role or the audience with the Pope.
Before Trump departed, White House aides said he expressed relief that the trip would provide a reprieve from the daily press briefing, which he believes has become more of a distraction than a tool to drive the White House’s message of the day.
Since day one of the trip in Riyadh, Spicer has not conducted a single on-the-record briefing with the traveling press. Instead, he has been trying to give reporters more access to senior administration officials to talk about the president’s objectives on the trip and to answer questions.
Spicer helped organize three briefings with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who seemed to warm up to the exercise after receiving criticism for not traveling with his own State Department press corps. “We have two press corps seats on the plane, and I do meet with whoever’s along,” he explained to reporters flying on Air Force One between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, about how he handles State Department travel. “I invite them back to my little office and we chat with the two people that are with me.”
Spicer has also organized multiple background briefings with senior administration officials involved in planning the trip, and overall appeared in good spirits during a busy, sleepless slog of a junket.
In a television interview during the transition, Spicer talked about his deep Catholic faith. “I’m going to look to God every day to give me the strength to do what’s right,” he said. “That’s all you can ask for is to get up and say, 'Can I do this thing?' Help guide me and ask Him for strength.”
||||| Vatican City (CNN) The most visible moment for White House press secretary Sean Spicer on President Donald Trump's first foreign trip this week was a moment of invisibility.
Spicer fumed to colleagues after being excluded from the President's meeting with Pope Francis , an administration official told CNN on Thursday. He was eagerly anticipating meeting the Pope, but discovered at the last minute that he was not on the shortlist of White House officials selected to join the President for the private audience.
Spicer assumed he would be on the list, the official said, adding that meeting the Pope was one of the bucket list items Spicer, a Catholic, wanted to check off during his tenure as press secretary.
The presidential snub raised fresh questions Thursday about Spicer's standing as the chief White House spokesman.
The meeting here at Vatican City placed the ever-shifting pecking order of a tumultuous White House on full display.
Standing alongside the President as he met the Pope inside the Sala del Tronetto here were his wife, Melania, dramatically veiled in lace. To her right, eldest daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared, each senior Trump advisers and near-constant presences in Trump's close circle. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster -- Trump's highest-ranking foreign policy aides -- stood flanking Francis.
Those were the expected faces. But there were others there, too -- less familiar yet nonetheless critical to the West Wing ecosystem. Hope Hicks, Trump's communications adviser; Keith Schiller, his former bodyguard; and Dan Scavino, his social media master, all stood solemnly as Trump greeted the Pontiff.
On a foreign trip told primarily in images, the staff dynamics of Trump's White House have been on full view, from the lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia to the exclusive audience Wednesday with Pope Francis.
Also absent from the Vatican visit: Kellyanne Conway, the senior counselor who remained behind in Washington; Reince Priebus, the chief-of-staff who dropped off Trump's trip after the first stop; and Steve Bannon, the fire-throwing chief strategist who, as the boss of Breitbart, oversaw articles harshly critical of the Pope.
The photographs at the Vatican on Wednesday underscored a point that often goes unspoken in the Trump White House: old friends and family reign above all. Staff is just that -- staff.
Ultimately, the formalities of West Wing titles mean less than family ties or longevity in Trump world. Spicer, for example, is an assistant to the President -- the top-ranking title for White House aides -- and Catholic, but was informed before the meeting there wasn't room for him on the roster.
Spicer did not respond to a request for comment.
Asked about Spicer not being included in the group that met the Pope, a source close to the White House said: "Wow. That's all he wanted," adding it should "very much" be seen as a slight.
Schiller, meanwhile, is a deputy assistant to the President -- a lower rank than Spicer -- but he is an aide with few equals, a body man who rarely is away from the President, whether he's on the golf course or the Sistine Chapel.
And Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher -- who are both Jewish but nonetheless attended the Vatican session with the President -- have rarely been away from the President's side as he navigates the tricky international politics of the Middle East and Europe.
"It was a very small delegation that joined the President," a White House official told CNN.
Two additional senior White House officials said the Vatican was very "strict" on the number of people who would be allowed to join the talks.
But previous administration officials who helped orchestrate meetings between US presidents and the Pope said that high-level Catholic staffers who expressed interest in attending the papal sessions were regularly accommodated. During his two equivalent sessions at the Vatican with Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict, President Barack Obama was joined by his press secretaries, Jay Carney and Robert Gibbs, along with senior-level national security and West Wing aides.
Trump has demonstrated a vastly different management style in his West Wing, one that favors loyalty and blood ties over title or rank. Schiller, for example, holds the title of director of Oval Office operations -- a gatekeeper role that, in past administrations, has rarely extended past the Oval Office itself.
Staff intrigue has been a regular undercurrent of the Trump White House, both from outside the doors and behind the scenes. But rarely has the internal dynamic been on such obvious display than as Trump hops from nation to nation on his first international foray.
Much of Trump's senior-most aides traveled with him on his first jaunt abroad, packing the staff cabins on Air Force One for the 14-hour flight from Washington to Riyadh. For most, it was the longest stretch of time spent limited to each other's company.
Upon arrival, even lower-level staffers were treated to a royal welcome from King Salman and his royal court, a concerted effort by the Saudi government to flatter Trump and the decision-makers in his administration.
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At an elaborate coffee ceremony inside the vast Royal Diwan, the internal hierarchy of Trump's West Wing was on plain view. Seated to the right of Trump, with the senior-ranking Saudi prince between them, was Ivanka, who along with husband Kushner has appeared in nearly every photo opportunity with her father. Other aides, including the chief of staff, were seated farther afield.
Trump's daughter and son-in-law have served as emissaries for their father, softening the rough edges of his governing style while lending his White House the air of a family business. Kushner played a chief role in planning Trump's foreign trip, acting as an interlocutor to foreign governments while helping to determine what deliverables Trump should seek at each stop.
In meetings with foreign leaders, Kushner has become a constant presence, from rapid-fire sessions with Arab Gulf leaders on Sunday to a day of shuttle diplomacy with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Monday.
Kushner even took the unusual step of issuing a written statement following Trump's stop in Riyadh, a valedictory display after a well-received visit to the Middle Eastern kingdom.
"The President asked us to plan a trip that would help unite the world against intolerance and terrorism and we have made great progress towards that goal in Saudi Arabia," Kushner wrote in his statement.
Typically when White Houses wish to issue a comment, it's attributed to the press secretary. But Spicer, who has become a late-night punchline at home for his strident defense of Trump, has been all but invisible abroad, declining to hold on-camera briefings and missing from top-level meetings.
Ivanka Trump, unlike ordinary senior advisers, has maintained her own schedule of events during Trump's trip, some of which have been covered by a separate pool of journalists and each eagerly consumed by local media.
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After their highly public presence on the first three stops of Trump's trip, Ivanka Trump and Kushner are planning to return stateside on Thursday.
"The plan was always for them to go back to DC after Rome," a White House official said. "Jared helped plan and oversee the first part of the trip built around the theme of speaking to three of the world's biggest religions in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Rome."
Even the first lady, who back home has remained largely out of view, has stepped into public with new gusto on Trump's trip. At each stop she's split off from her husband's agenda to visit schools and hospitals, making waves with her fashion choices and, for the first time since he entered office, regular appearances away from the President.
Meanwhile, two of the highest-ranking Trump staffers returned home to Washington after the initial stop in Saudi Arabia. Both Priebus and Bannon had long planned to drop from the traveling presidential entourage early. But their absence has placed the inner West Wing dynamics in sharper relief.
Hicks and Scavino, both present for the meeting with Francis, are two of the President's longest-serving aides, both of whom joined Trump's campaign in its earliest stages. Each have played a central role in crafting his public image, through media management and Trump's active social media accounts.
It's all become something of a popularity contest inside the West Wing, playing out this week on the international stage. The week-long trip has only fueled speculation about a staff shakeup when the President returns to Washington. For some, the overseas journey could be their last in Trump's entourage, or not.
With this president, the only certainty is uncertainty. ||||| | One of the hot topics among journalists in the wake of President Trump's visit to Pope Francis on Wednesday isn't about policy differences. Instead, it's about the president's perceived snub to Sean Spicer. CNN reports that the press secretary, who is a practicing Catholic, is seething that he was left off the short list for the visit. Some expected names accompanied the president: Melania and Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, HR McMaster, and Rex Tillerson. But lesser-known aides Hope Hicks, Keith Schiller, and Dan Scavino were selected over Spicer. "Wow, that's all he wanted," a White House source tells the network, which adds that meeting the pope had been a "bucket list" item for the press chief. Spicer has not commented publicly about the decision, but the Washington Post notes that an odd thing has happened: Journalists he dickers with on an almost daily basis were openly expressing sympathy for him. A typical sentiment: "This seems needlessly harsh," tweeted Maggie Haberman of the New York Times. "When else is Spicer likely to meet the Pope, and it mattered to him?" By all accounts, it mattered to him a great deal: Politico describes Spicer as a "devout" Catholic, noting that he took flak last year when he appeared on CNN with ashes on his forehead for Ash Wednesday. But it may be in line with an apparently diminished new role for the press secretary. |
My garden flowers are dying. They are wilting and dry from the sun. My friend came by to help evaluate what is wrong with my plants. She discovered they needed more water.
After watering them more, my plants look better than ever.
Joe loved to eat dirt. He would make mud pies every chance he got. He was eating a pie when he felt something very hard in his mouth. Joe had bitten down on a rock and knocked out his tooth.
Joe decided not to eat dirt again.
Robert and Sharon met at band camp when they were in high school. By the time they graduated they had plans to marry. Now they are expecting their first great grandchild. Sharon can't believe that so much time passed so fast.
| But she is as happy today as she was the day they met. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and an answer. Answer "Yes" if the given answer correctly answers the question, otherwise answer "No".
what kind of earthquake was haiti, Answer: The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake , with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne ( Ouest Department ), approximately west of Port-au-Prince , Haiti's capital.
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sentence: Mike sneezes around flowers, but is just fine around perfumes, so he must have no allergy to the
complete: perfumes .
sentence: Randy's job involves translation of a language, and Kyle's only uses English.
complete: Kyle is a monoglot.
sentence: Jack was in the mood for beef or venison for dinner, he ended up choosing the
complete: | beef for a more basic meal. |
Q: "Solo involves at least two performers."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
A: no
How to explain the answer: Solo (music) is a kind of performance involving only one player.
Q: Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"If one travels to Billings, Montana from South America, one heads south."
A: no
How to explain the answer: Montana is north not south of South America.
Q: Yes / no, is the following a verifiable fact?
"San Diego County California has over 3 million people."
A: yes
| How to explain the answer: As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,095,313,[5] making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. |
Q: In this task, given a sentence in the English language, your task is to convert it into the Japanese language.
England's Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson's side had more possession but failed to score more than the one early goal.
A: | イングランドのスウェーデン人監督スヴェン＝ゴラン・エリクソンのサイドは、より高い支配率を保ったが、早めに１ゴール上げる以上のことはできなかった。 |
Please answer this: Given the below context: "Freedom of the seas" is a principle in international law dating from the seventeenth century. It stresses freedom to navigate the oceans and disapproves of war fought in international waters. Today, this concept is enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the third version of which came into force in 1994. Article 87(1) states: "The high seas are open to all states, whether coastal or land-locked." Article 87(1) (a) to (f) gives a non-exhaustive list of freedoms including navigation, overflight, the laying of submarine cables, building artificial islands, fishing and scientific research. The safety of shipping is regulated by the International Maritime Organization. Its objectives include developing and maintaining a regulatory framework for shipping, maritime safety, environmental concerns, legal matters, technical co-operation and maritime security.UNCLOS defines various areas of water. "Internal waters" are on the landward side of a baseline and foreign vessels have no right of passage in these. "Territorial waters" extend to 12 nautical miles (22 kilometres; 14 miles) from the coastline and in these waters, the coastal state is free to set laws, regulate use and exploit any resource. A "contiguous zone" extending a further 12 nautical miles allows for hot pursuit of vessels suspected of infringing laws in four specific areas: customs, taxation, immigration and pollution. An "exclusive economic zone" extends for 200 nautical miles (370 kilometres; 230 miles) from the baseline. Within this area, the coastal nation has sole exploitation rights over all natural resources. The "continental shelf" is the natural prolongation of the land territory to the continental margin's outer edge, or 200 nautical miles from the coastal state's baseline, whichever is greater. Here the coastal nation has the exclusive right to harvest minerals and also living resources "attached" to the seabed. Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: Sea
Please answer this: Given the below context: The dominating colours in the Cottage Garden are hot saturated shades of red, orange, and yellow, a colour scheme that both Sackville-West and Nicolson claimed as their own conception. Lord considers it as much a traditional "cottage garden as Marie Antoinette was a milkmaid". Here, as elsewhere, Sackville-West was much influenced by William Robinson, a gardener she greatly admired and who had done much to popularise the concept of the cottage garden. It contains four beds, surrounded by simple paths, with planting in colours that Sackville-West described as those of the sunset. Plants include a range of dahlias, a particular favourite of Nicolson's, and the red-hot poker, which he despised. In a 1937 letter to his wife he observed, "I think the secret of your gardening is simply that you have the courage to abolish ugly or unsuccessful flowers. Except for those beastly red-hot pokers which you have a weakness for, there is not an ugly flower in the whole place."The Herb Garden contains sage, thyme, hyssop, fennel and an unusual seat built around a camomile bush. Known to the family as Edward the Confessor's chair, it was constructed by Copper, the Nicolson's chauffeur. Originally laid out in the 1930s, the garden was revitalised by John Vass in the years immediately after the Second World War. The Lion Basin in the centre of the garden was brought back from Turkey in 1914. Most of the over one hundred herbs in the garden are now started in the nurseries and planted out at appropriate times of year. Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Please answer this: Given the below context: Control is the third studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on February 4, 1986, by A&M Records. Her collaborations with the songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound: a fusion of rhythm and blues, rap vocals, funk, disco and synthesized percussion that established Jackson, Jam and Lewis as the leading innovators of contemporary R&B. The album became Jackson's commercial breakthrough and enabled her to transition into the popular music market, with Control becoming one of the foremost albums of the 1980s and contemporary music. The album is also notable for being what originated the style and genre that came to be known as new jack swing.Containing autobiographical themes, a majority of the album's lyrics came as the result of a series of changes in her life: a recent annulment of her marriage to singer James DeBarge, severing her business affairs from her father and manager Joseph and the rest of the Jackson family, hiring the A&M executive John McClain as her new management, and her subsequent introduction to Jam and Lewis. The album has been praised by critics as both an artistic feat and as a personal testament of self-actualization. It has also been regarded as a template upon which numerous female artists have modeled their careers, particularly black women. Following its release, Control became Jackson's first album to top the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States and five of its commercial singles—"What Have You Done for Me Lately", "Nasty", "Control", "When I Think of You", and "Let's Wait Awhile"—peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Music videos created to promote the singles showcased her dancing ability and became a catalyst for MTV's evolving demographics. The album went on to receive several accolades, including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and winning Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for Jam and Lewis in 1987. It is listed by the National... Guess a valid title for it!
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Answer: | Control (Janet Jackson album) |
Answer the question from the given passage. Your answer should be directly extracted from the passage, and it should be a single entity, name, or number, not a sentence.
[Q]: Passage: Peyton Manning became the first quarterback ever to lead two different teams to multiple Super Bowls. He is also the oldest quarterback ever to play in a Super Bowl at age 39. The past record was held by John Elway, who led the Broncos to victory in Super Bowl XXXIII at age 38 and is currently Denver's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager. Question: What team was the winner of Super Bowl XXXIII?
[A]: Broncos
[Q]: Passage: The most useful instrument for analyzing the performance of steam engines is the steam engine indicator. Early versions were in use by 1851, but the most successful indicator was developed for the high speed engine inventor and manufacturer Charles Porter by Charles Richard and exhibited at London Exhibition in 1862. The steam engine indicator traces on paper the pressure in the cylinder throughout the cycle, which can be used to spot various problems and calculate developed horsepower. It was routinely used by engineers, mechanics and insurance inspectors. The engine indicator can also be used on internal combustion engines. See image of indicator diagram below (in Types of motor units section). Question: Where was the Charles Porter steam engine indicator shown?
[A]: London Exhibition
[Q]: Passage: The study also found that there were two previously unknown but related clades (genetic branches) of the Y. pestis genome associated with medieval mass graves. These clades (which are thought to be extinct) were found to be ancestral to modern isolates of the modern Y. pestis strains Y. p. orientalis and Y. p. medievalis, suggesting the plague may have entered Europe in two waves. Surveys of plague pit remains in France and England indicate the first variant entered Europe through the port of Marseille around November 1347 and spread through France over the next two years, eventually reaching England in the spring of 1349, where it spread through the country in three epidemics. Surveys of plague pit remains from the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom showed the Y. pestis genotype responsible for the pandemic that spread through the Low Countries from 1350 differed from that found in Britain and France, implying Bergen op Zoom (and possibly other parts of the southern Netherlands) was not directly infected from England or France in 1349 and suggesting a second wave of plague, different from those in Britain and France, may have been carried to the Low Countries from Norway, the Hanseatic cities or another site. Question: What strains of y. pestis were found in the mass graves?
[A]: | Y. p. orientalis and Y. p. medievalis
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Does "Theologians of the Enlightenment wanted to reform their faith to its generally non-confrontational roots and to limit the capacity for religious controversy to spill over into politics and warfare while still maintaining a true faith in God." correctly answer the question of The Enlightenment era religious commentary was, in part, a response to which war? | no |
In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Ex Input:
In religion , a false prophet is one who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration , or to speak for God , or who makes such claims for evil ends .
Ex Output:
A false prophet is also someone who uses prophecy to do evil .
Ex Input:
In humans , the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black , depending on the concentration of melanin in the iris pigment epithelium ( located on the back of the iris ) , the melanin content within the iris stroma ( located at the front of the iris ) , and the cellular density of the stroma .
Ex Output:
In humans , the pigment of the iris varies from light brown to black .
Ex Input:
The area , which takes its name from the town of Hala 'ib , is created by the difference in the Egypt – Sudan border between the " political boundary " set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium , which runs along the 22nd parallel north , and the " administrative boundary " set by the British in 1902 , which gave administrative responsibility for an area of land north of the line to Sudan , which was an Anglo-Egyptian client at the time .
Ex Output:
| The area , which is named after the town of Hala 'ib , is created by the difference in the Egypt – Sudan border between the " political boundary " set in 1899 by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium , which runs along the 22nd parallel north , and the " administrative boundary " set by the British in 1902 , which gave an area of land north of the line to Sudan .
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Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Part 2. Example
For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild.
Answer: China
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Part 3. Exercise
Sony has placed the final nail in the Betamax coffin four decades after it launched the format. The electronics giant said it would no longer produce the cassettes in Japan, which is the last country where they are available. The decision is the final chapter in the 'format wars' between Betamax and VHS which took place in the 1970s and 80s until DVDs arrived. Even though Betamax was regarded as superior, VHS won because it was cheaper and the tapes lasted three hours instead of one. Sony launched Betamax in 1975, a year after the Video Home System - its rival by electronics company JVC.Japan is the last country where Sony Betamax tapes are availableBut the electronics giant is to cease production of the cassettesIt is the final chapter in the 'format wars' between Betamax and VHS
Question:The _ also promised that you will be 'free from restrictions of time' and vowed that viewers would 'never be deprived of watching whatever programme you desire at your convenience'.
Answer: | Betamax |
Data: Fulton County, Georgia, largestCity, Atlanta; Alpharetta, Georgia, isPartOf, Fulton County, Georgia
Alpharetta is part of Fulton County in Georgia where the largest city is Atlanta.
Data: Auburn, Washington, isPartOf, Pierce County, Washington; Auburn, Washington, country, United States; Auburn, Washington, isPartOf, King County, Washington; Auburn, Washington, areaTotal, 77.41 (square kilometres)
Auburn (77.41 sq. kms.), Pierce and King County, Washington, is part of the United States.
Data: John Cowper Powys, birthPlace, Shirley, Derbyshire; A Glastonbury Romance, author, John Cowper Powys
| John Cowper Powys wrote A Glastonbury Romance and was born in Shirley, Derbyshire. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Q: passage: Because Earth and the Sun exhibits less gravitational pull than that of Krypton, and also due to his solar-powered body, the Man of Steel can also alter his personal mono-directional gravity field to propel himself through the air at will. Originally, he only had the power to jump great distances, as stated by the 1940s Superman cartoons slogan ``Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.'' This was also shown in the movie Man of Steel. His power of flight has ranged from simply being able to jump great distances using his vast strength, to beginning in late 1941 being able to accelerate, float in midair, and change direction while traveling. Later he became able to traverse interstellar distances without stopping.
question: is superman's flight a feat of strength?
A: | No |
What do apples, pears and oranges all have in common? If you answered that they are all fruits you are absolutely correct. If you answered that they are all good for your health you are spot on again. Fruits used to be a staple in many diets, however in amongst all of the low carb and anti sugar chaos, many people are now avoiding them. In a rush to rid the diet of ‘toxic sugar’, fruit has fallen on the wayside. However, many studies have shown that fruit is not linked to any adverse health effects, quite the opposite in fact. Most recently researchers in Sweden discovered that eating a diet high in fruits could reduce the risk of an often lethal form of aortic aneurysm. The study collected data from over 80,000 people over a 13 year period and found that people eating at least two whole fruits per day, reduced the risk of developing an abdominal aortic aneurysm by almost a third. The main fruits that were eaten were apples, pears, bananas, oranges and other citrus fruits. The fruits’ high antioxidant levels may offer protection by reducing oxidative stress and inflammation. Eating whole fruits can also reduced the risk of developing diabetes. Earlier this year a study published in the British Medical Journal revealed that certain whole fruits – in particular blueberries, grapes, apples and pears – could lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study found that over an 18-year period, 6.5% of the 187,382 participants developed diabetes, but those consuming at least two serves of fruit per week reduced their risk by up to 23%. In the same study those who consumed two or more serves of fruit juice per day increased their risk of developing diabetes by as much as 21%. As Tim wrote in a previous blog post, this is reason why you should be eating your fruit, not drinking it Why are people eating more fruits again? A. Studies have shown they are good for you B. not enough information C. Doctors recommend it D. Studies have shown they are bad for you
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I was driving on Highway 35 on my way home from work. Up in front of me was a giant billboard advertising yet another jeweler, in ten-foot letters and bright silver watches like massive alien machines. The traffic slowed and stopped on the ramp as it bottlenecked further into the city, and my head turned to examine the sign and the blocked view of the cityscape and land beyond. Past it was another billboard, with the name of a casino as its only text, filled with collaged images of money, plush rooms, and dancers. A quarter mile further brought me to an advertisement for business management solutions. Another few hundred yards and I was urged to try the new sandwich at the new sandwich place. The sun set and the signs stayed bright as automatic light switched on. The city grew dark and the hills beyond feebled out, existing only in our minds and finally not even there. All that remained were the well-lit and shiny reminders that lawyers were standing by to take my case to court, and that somebody's air conditioners would outlast somebody else's. I had an idea. I made the call the next day. It would put me back a good half grand, but it would be worth it. There would be no design meeting; I sent them the image and it was printed. A few weeks later it went up. Now on my commute, when I paused in the crush of metal bodies, I looked up and saw mountains by Maxfield Parrish, reaching up to the clouds in impossible cragginess, rivulets and gushing streams painted down their sides, with the sun striking vibrant oranges and reds into the shadows of the rocks. There were trees in copper-patina green and still pools quieter than the middle of winter but warm as the first day of summer. No doubt people thought it was the first part of a two-stage advertising gimmick, or a filler to be used when no one was renting space on the sign. But I was happy. What city does the story take place in? A. not enough information B. Los Angelos C. Chicago D. New York
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Before writing what I did and what he did please let me tell you I was just a teenagerand it all seemed new, so kindly don't judge me. Even if you want to..I am anonymous for the same reason. So this happened when I was 16 year old. I belong to a very humble and conservative family, from Indore. @I never had a lot of exposure to guys, until we went to attend a marriage of one of our wealthy relatives in Delhi.. it was one of the best times I had, as we had a group of 4–5 similar aged cousins, though most of them were very distant relatives. One of them was a 19 year old dude, and he was kind of cute. But I never thought I would have this urge to you know… it was teenage and everything seemed new and exciting. So the second day, after having roamed all around Noida, we finally returned to our hotel and that guy accompanied me to my room. I asked him if he wants to come in as my parents were involved in the late night Sangeet rehearsals. He nodded gently and before I could know, we were cuddling and watching TV. I felt like a rebel, though it was the strangest and least expected thing I had done. Then he kissed me. Before I knew it I let him in my mouth …and he kept rolling his tongue on mine. It was my first kiss, and I don't regret it. The warmth of his mouth, the wetness of his lips and his breath felt like the only thing I ever wanted. I was a teen so please not judge. Sadly… before we could proceed, rest of our cousins called us to play Antakhshree with them. Never have we met since, but we often exchange messages on Facebook. It will be hard and awkward to attend his marriage. I love him. Why did the author feel like a rebel? A. because she invited the boy into her room B. not enough information C. because everything was new and exciting D. because kissing boys was against her family's ideals
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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
At the same time, the Pentagon is reviewing how to allocate another $17 million in " counterterrorism fellowships, " some of which could go to Indonesia.
The Pentagon is reviewing $17 million in "counterterrorism fellowships," some of which Indonesia could receive.
This assessment is based on an extensive review of FBI files and interviews with agents and supervisors at FBI Headquarters and various field offices.
This assessment is based on an extensive review of FBI files and interviews.
A gift of sharing can bring comfort and hope to those most in need during this holiday season. I hope that you will join with us to help ease the suffering and indeed ring in a most joyous holiday season.
| I hope you will join us and help ease suffering by sharing which brings comfort and hope to those in need in this most joyous holiday season.
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: A federation is a union of a number of self-governing states or regions , which are joined together under a central government .
A: A federation ( also known as a federal state ) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces , states , or other regions under a central federal government ( federalism ) .
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Q: Unsportsmanlike conduct ( or unsporting behaviour , or ungentlemanly conduct ) describes a kind of action by professional sportspeople .
A: Unsportsmanlike conduct ( also called unsporting behaviour or ungentlemanly conduct or bad sportsmanship or poor sportsmanship or anti fair-play ) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport 's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and participant conduct .
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Q: The ideology of Nazism was based upon the idea of the Aryan race or Germanic peoples being a master race .
A: | The ideology of Nazism was based upon the conception of the ancient Aryan race being a superior race , holding the highest position in the racial hierarchy and that the Germanic peoples were the most racially pure existing peoples of Aryan stock .
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In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
Input: Consider Input: Article: Elena Kagan has reached a lifelong goal:becoming a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.The U.S. Senate confirmed Kagan on Thursday by a vote of 6337.She replaces Justice John Paul Stevens,who retired in June. Kagan will take a sacred oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States on Saturday at a swearingin ceremony.The new Justice will bring the number of women sitting on the nation's highest court to three.Kagan joins Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor--all three New Yorkers. Kagan is the fourth woman in history to sit on the Supreme Court.Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female Justice.She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1981 to 2006. Kagan,who is 50 years old,is the second Justice appointed by President Barack Obama.(He appointed Justice Sotomayor in 2009.) Obama told reporters on Thursday that Kagan will make an "outstanding Justice who understands that her rulings affect people." He also noted that the addition of another woman to the Supreme Court marks a sign of progress for the country.Obama and Kagan will celebrate her confirmation with a ceremony at the White House today. Kagan has spent most of her adult life working with the law.She served in President Clinton's administration as a legal adviser,was the head of Harvard Law School,and until her confirmation Thursday,was the U.S. Solicitor General--one of the most powerful lawyers in the federal government.Kagan was born in New York City.She grew up in an apartment on the Upper West side of Manhattan,the strongwilled,independent middle sister sandwiched between two brothers. Kagan's mother was a public school teacher who taught fifth and sixth grades.Her father was a lawyer. The new Justice once wore a judge's robe in a picture for her highschool yearbook.Now she'll be wearing real ones as she and the other eight Justices decide some of the most important legal cases.
Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
Options: (A) To take the place of an old Justice,a Justice was elected by the Senate. (B) There will be four women working in the United States Supreme Court. (C) Kagan will take a sacred oath before taking part in the election. (D) No one but a New Yorker can be a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Asnwer: A
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Article: Ordering from BookFirst is easy and safe. SELECTING YOUR BOOKS When you have found a book you would like to order, just click on Add to Basket and it will be added to your shopping basket. To make it easy to keep track of the books you've selected, My Shopping Basket will display your choices wherever you are on the site. When you're ready to place your order, select View Basket. VIEW BASKET This is where you select the postal destination for your order, indicate whether you would like Next Day Delivery in the prefix = st1 /UKand choose gift-wrapping. You can also modify. the contents of your basket by making any changes then selecting Update Basket. Overseas customers ordering three or more books can also request reduced airmail charges here. When you're happy with the contents of your shopping basket, go to the Secure Checkout. THE ORDER FORM After you've completed the order form, you will receive an on-screen acknowledgement. This will be followed by an email confirming the details of your order. We will then inform you when your order has been sent. If this is your first order, we will also inform you of your personal BookFirst account number. RETURNING CUSTOMERS If you have ordered from us before, online, by mail or telephone, you will have already owned a personal account number. You then only need to complete the full order form. Using your account number allows us to find your details from our records (they are not accessible online).
Question: We can probably read this advertisement_.
Options: (A) in a newspaper (B) in a magazine (C) on the Internet (D) on television
Asnwer: C
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Article: When my friend went to Europe last summer, instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge, she brought back 32 rolls of ... cathedral ceilings. Ceilings. For the 10 years I've known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass. Still one of the best things about such pictures -- despite their obvious narrow appeal -- is that they can't help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them. So I shouldn't have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son's first camping trip. I opened the envelope, naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire, the sun setting over the forest, and possibly even a deer or two. Instead, I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes. Not even his tennis shoes, mind you, but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin. Mystery shoes. And that's not all. As I went through the stack, I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag, a penny he found in the gravel next to the car, a leaf, an orange sock, a close-up of his father's ear, a burned hot dog, his thumb, a piece of gum, and many other similar things. There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack. I couldn't help thinking that if he'd wanted pictures of assorted junk, it would've been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard. AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend, the mother of three teenagers, who said simply, "There's nothing wrong with these." But of course, this is just the type of answer you'd expect from someone who photographs ceiling. Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel, restaurant, and gift shop. She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations. I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better. Then again, to a 5-year-old boy, finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel. And why would he waste good film on something like, say, some endangered water buffaloes, when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes? Or his shiny new green sleeping bag? Face it: Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can't compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow. So I did what any good mother would do: I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album -- right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas.
Question: Which of the following proverbs best displays the author's final thought?
Options: (A) Every dog will have its day. (B) Every man has his hobby-horse. (C) If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well. (D) You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
Asnwer: C
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill against prostitution and sex trafficking that bans buying sex, not selling it. Customers will face fines and be made to attend awareness classes on the harms of the sex trade.
The legislation, which passed 64-12 in the parliament's lower house, the National Assembly, makes French law one of the toughest against sex buyers in Europe.
Prostitution in itself is legal in France — though brothels, pimping and the sale of sex by minors are illegal.
The new measure does away with a 2003 law that banned passive soliciting by sex workers on the street and thus put the legal onus on prostitutes.
This new bill focuses the punishment on the client, introducing a 1,500-euro ($1,700) fine that would rise to 3,750 euros for a sex buyer's second offense.
The convicted client will be obliged to attend classes highlighting the dangers associated with prostitution. The measure will also make it easier for foreign prostitutes — many currently illegally in France — to acquire a temporary residence permit if they enter a process to get out of the prostitution business.
Supporters of the bill argue that it will help fight trafficking networks.
"The most important aspect of this law is to accompany prostitutes, give them identity papers because we know that 85 percent of prostitutes here are victims of trafficking," Maud Olivier, a lawmaker with the governing Socialists and a sponsor of the legislation, told The Associated Press.
Olivier said that many of the sex workers who arrive in France have their passports confiscated by pimps.
"We will provide them with documents on the condition they commit to leave prostitution behind," she added.
But opponents fear that cracking down will push prostitutes to hide, leaving them even more at the mercy of pimps and violent clients.
France's parliament started debating the bill in 2013, but the final vote was delayed due to sharp divisions between the lower parliamentary chamber and the Senate.
Written by a group of lawmakers from both right and left and backed by the Socialist government, the legislation has been inspired by Sweden, which passed a similar measure in 1999. Norway and Iceland also followed the Swedish model.
Other countries such as Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, where brothels are legal, are interested in the French experience.
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Masha Macpherson and Alex Turnbull in Paris contributed to this report. ||||| Image copyright AP Image caption It is estimated there are between 30,000 and 40,000 sex workers in France
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to €3,750 (£3,027, $4,274) for those buying sexual acts.
Those convicted would also have to attend classes to learn about the conditions faced by prostitutes.
It has taken more than two years to pass the controversial legislation because of differences between the two houses of parliament over the issue.
Some sex workers protested against the law during the final debate.
The demonstrators outside parliament in Paris, numbering about 60, carried banners and placards one of which read: "Don't liberate me, I'll take care of myself".
Members of the Strass sex workers' union say the law will affect the livelihoods of France's sex workers, estimated to number between 30,000 and 40,000.
Sweden was the first country to criminalise those who pay for sex rather than the prostitutes, introducing the law in 1999. Other countries have since adopted the so-called "Nordic model": Norway in 2008, Iceland in 2009, and Northern Ireland in 2014. Earlier this year, the European parliament approved a resolution calling for the law to be adopted throughout the continent.
But many advocacy groups warn the model makes sex work more dangerous.
Catherine Stephens, an activist with the UK-based International Union of Sex Workers, and a sex worker herself, says criminalisation makes those in the industry "much more likely to have to accept clients who are obscuring their identity, which benefits people who want to perpetrate violence".
Ms Stephens told the BBC that criminalising those who wish to purchase sex makes them less likely to report concerns about a sex worker's wellbeing.
"We have had cases where clients have helped people escape from situations of coercion ... Criminalising the client actively works against that, discouraging them from coming forward. We need to create a situation in which it is easy to report harm, violence and coercion. Blanket criminalisation of premises, brothels, or clients absolutely works against that."
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Supporters of the law have said it will help fight trafficking networks
Amnesty International says that laws against buying sex "mean that sex workers have to take more risks to protect buyers from detection by the police". The charity says sex workers have reported being asked to visit customers' homes to help them avoid police, instead of meeting them in safer environments.
Supporters of the law argue that it increases safety. Anne-Cecile Mailfert, the president of the Women's Foundation in France, which provides support to women's rights organisations, says sex workers are better able to seek police protection if they need it.
She told the BBC: "We are giving to the prostituted person a new tool to defend themselves and protect themselves. If they don't want to do that then actually they just don't have to call the police. But if anything happens, if the client is violent, if anything wrong happens, then now they have the law on their side."
The legislation will also make it easier for foreign prostitutes to get a temporary residence permit in France if they agree to find jobs outside prostitution, says Socialist MP Maud Olivier, who sponsored the legislation.
He told the Associated Press: "The most important aspect of this law is to accompany prostitutes and give them identity papers, because we know that 85% of prostitutes here are victims of trafficking."
The law was passed in the final vote on the bill in the lower house of parliament by 64 to 12 with 11 abstentions. It supersedes legislation from 2003 that penalised sex workers for soliciting.
Prostitution itself is not a crime in France, but pimping, human trafficking, brothels and buying sex from a minor are all already against the law. ||||| PARIS — After a debate lasting nearly two and a half years, France’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to discourage prostitution by penalizing those who pay for sex, following the example of Sweden and Norway.
The National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament, voted 64 to 12 for the bill, with the vast majority of the 577 Assembly members not voting. Parliament can approve legislation without a quorum.
The French Socialist government, which had backed the bill, hailed the new law as a victory.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls posted a message on Twitter saying the vote was “a major advance” for the rights of women.
The minister for women’s rights, Laurence Rossignol, told the National Assembly before the vote that prostitution was “violence done to women” and that the new measure would send a message to those who work as prostitutes that “the state, the Parliament and society finally recognizes fully the violence of the system of prostitution.” |||||
A: | France just made it illegal to pay for sex, despite selling it remaining legal, the New York Times reports. According to the BBC, the law passed Wednesday creates punishments including fines up to $4,300 and classes about the horrors of prostitution for anyone caught buying sex. Supporters of the law, which overturns a 2003 law that put legal responsibility on the sex seller, say it will make sex workers safer, and France's prime minister calls it a victory for women's rights. One women's rights activist says sex workers can now call the police for help without fear of punishment. The AP reports the law will also let foreign sex workers in France get temporary resident papers if they leave prostitution. One lawmaker says 85% of prostitutes in France are the victims of human trafficking. But sex workers protested against the law during its final debate. In addition to the new law potentially making it harder for them to make a living, many sex workers and advocates say it actually puts them in danger. One opponent says the law will make johns hide their identities, which makes it easier for them to hurt sex workers. Others say sex workers will now be asked to meet johns in private at their homes instead of a safer place. Opponents claim it will also stop johns from seeking help when they fear a sex worker is being harmed. There are an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 sex workers in France, where prostitution remains legal. A number of other European countries have introduced similar laws since 1999, but France's law includes some of the toughest penalties for buying sex in Europe. |
Given the following passage "When the Emancipation Proclamation was announced, Tennessee was mostly held by Union forces. Thus, Tennessee was not among the states enumerated in the Proclamation, and the Proclamation did not free any slaves there. Nonetheless, enslaved African Americans escaped to Union lines to gain freedom without waiting for official action. Old and young, men, women and children camped near Union troops. Thousands of former slaves ended up fighting on the Union side, nearly 200,000 in total across the South.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Where did they fight?
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In this task, you're given an article and an answer. Your task is to generate the question for the answer based on the given article.
Q: Article: Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile . But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true, either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people's ideas and make them better. And he made the whole factory a moving production line. In the early days of the automobile, almost every car maker raced his cars. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Ford's most famous race was his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. The race was in 1901, at a field near Detroit. All of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left: the Winton and Ford's. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began. The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and defeated the Winton. His name appeared in newspapers and he became wellknown all over the United States.Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. In 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company. _ was the beginning of Henry Ford's dream. Ford said: "I will build a motor car for a great number of people. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one." The Model T was a car of that kind. It only cost $850. It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. Doctors bought the Model T. So did farmers. Even criminals. They considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation. Americans loved the Model T. They wrote stories and songs about it. Thousands of Model T's were built in the first few years.
Answer: To draw public attention.
A: Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race?
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Q: Article: Columbus made four voyages to the west between 1492 and 1504 in his vain search for a sea route to Asia. The mystery of why he failed to find it haunted him and filled him with sadness. Wherever he went to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, South America, Panama, down the coast of Central America--it was always the same story. Instead of golden palaces, there were grass huts and palm-leaf tents. Instead of silk-robed merchant princes, he found "Indians" who did not have so much as a shirt on their backs. When Columbus explored the West Indies in 1493,he heard tales of a fierce Indian tribe who literally devoured its defeated enemies after a battle. These people were called by many names in the area, including Calina, Canima, Carib, and Caniba. Columbus recorded the name of the American natives as Canibales in Spanish, a word which came to refer, within a few years, to any eater of human flesh. In the similar fashion, the word Caribbean, a title for the sea as well as for the region, came into English. At times Columbus knew that this new land was not China, not Japan, not the Spice Islands. He seemed to accept it as a part of the earth that the geographers of Europe had never heard of before. It was another world--and he called it exactly that--but Columbus also insisted until he died that land he had reached was an unknown part of Asia.
Answer: Columbus' voyages
A: What is the best title for this text?
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Q: Article: "Show them the money!" That's what some people are saying for college athletes. They say students who play sports for their school should receive salaries. Top athletes should be paid because many of them practice full time, Mark Jameson argues. Rico Cannon, a former college football player, agrees. "Nonathletes can get a job for extra spending money, but many student athletes spend so many hours in training that they don't have time to work," he explains. "Shouldn't athletes be able to earn extra money too?" The students also make money for their schools when people buy tickets to their games. The players should receive some of that cash, supporter Robbie Pokora reasons. College athletes are about honor and tradition, but they're also a business. Thanks to ticket sales, there's money for schools to build new athletic stadiums and give the coaches high salaries. The cash should be shared with athletes. They're the ones out on the field or court working hard for their school. The money matter has others _ , though. Kaitlyn Rentala argues that colleges should not pay their athletes. Students are in school to get an education. Playing a sport is an extracurricular activity, not a job. If athletes need extra money, they can apply for college scholarships . Michael Massett is a middle school teacher and a football and a basketball coach. He agrees. "Athletes should be paid with scholarships, like nonathletes are," Massett explains. In addition, if colleges pay their athletes, those students might focus more on sports than on their education. "Most students do not become professional athletes after college. If they focus too much on sports, they may not learn the skills they need to get good jobs," Kate Macrae reasons. Plus, she says, many athletes have schoolships that help them pay for school.
Answer: Training leaves them no time to work and they should be paid.
A: | What is Rico Cannon's opinion on paying student athletes?
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Q: Answer the question from the given passage. Your answer should be directly extracted from the passage, and it should be a single entity, name, or number, not a sentence.
Passage: Fresno is served by State Route 99, the main north/south freeway that connects the major population centers of the California Central Valley. State Route 168, the Sierra Freeway, heads east to the city of Clovis and Huntington Lake. State Route 41 (Yosemite Freeway/Eisenhower Freeway) comes into Fresno from Atascadero in the south, and then heads north to Yosemite. State Route 180 (Kings Canyon Freeway) comes from the west via Mendota, and from the east in Kings Canyon National Park going towards the city of Reedley. Question: What is another name for State Route 168?
A: | Sierra Freeway |
The northern supercontinent of Laurasia began to break up, as Europe, Greenland and North America drifted apart. In western North America, mountain building started in the Eocene, and huge lakes formed in the high flat basins among uplifts. In Europe, the Tethys Sea finally vanished, while the uplift of the Alps isolated its final remnant, the Mediterranean, and created another shallow sea with island archipelagos to the north. Though the North Atlantic was opening, a land connection appears to have remained between North America and Europe since the faunas of the two regions are very similar. India continued its journey away from Africa and began its collision with Asia, creating the Himalayan orogeny.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): What three continent drifted together forming Laurasia during then Eocene?
Ah, so.. unanswerable
The remainder was the world-ocean known as Panthalassa ("all the sea"). All the deep-ocean sediments laid down during the Triassic have disappeared through subduction of oceanic plates; thus, very little is known of the Triassic open ocean. The supercontinent Pangaea was rifting during the Triassic—especially late in the period—but had not yet separated. The first nonmarine sediments in the rift that marks the initial break-up of Pangea—which separated New Jersey from Morocco—are of Late Triassic age; in the U.S., these thick sediments comprise the Newark Supergroup. Because of the limited shoreline of one super-continental mass, Triassic marine deposits are globally relatively rare; despite their prominence in Western Europe, where the Triassic was first studied. In North America, for example, marine deposits are limited to a few exposures in the west. Thus Triassic stratigraphy is mostly based on organisms living in lagoons and hypersaline environments, such as Estheria crustaceans and terrestrial vertebrates.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): What process obscures information aboutt he ocean during the Triassic period from inspection?
Ah, so.. subduction of oceanic plates
The main cast was revealed in December 2014 at the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. Daniel Craig returned for his fourth appearance as James Bond, while Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw reprised their roles as M, Eve Moneypenny and Q respectively, having been established in Skyfall. Rory Kinnear also reprised his role as Bill Tanner in his third appearance in the series.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): What was revealed in December 2004?
Ah, so.. | unanswerable |
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output answer: | "what year did keeping up with the kardashians begin?" |
Q: Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
Vanessa Snyder (Alexa Vega) is an admired eighth-grader in her school. She has a loving single mother, Barbara (Lisa Vidal), who is proud of her well-placed daughter. Vanessa is also "in" with the popular clique, led by her best friend Stacy Larson (Leah Pipes), the queen bee, and Nikki Rodriguez (Elizabeth Rice), who is secretly jealous of Stacy and Vanessa's closeness. On the exterior of this exclusive friendship circle is the outsider, Emily (Shari Dyon Perry), and the wannabe, Tiffany (Alicia Morton), who is dying to make it into the pack.The nightmare begins when Nikki tricks Vanessa into getting close to Tony (Chad Biagini), a boy whom Stacy (and somewhat Vanessa) has a crush on. A web of lies, nasty rumors, and manipulation ensues, and Vanessa is ostracized by the clique for "backstabbing" Stacy. Helpless, Vanessa soon faces the conflict and violence from her former friends and other popular girls whom she doesn't even know. Nikki gets Tiffany accepted into the clique, and Tiffany becomes Nikki's sidekick at poisoning the others against Vanessa. Although Nikki is the main girl who is tormenting Vanessa, Stacy plays her part by pretending she's still Vanessa's best friend and not stopping the attacks on her. Vanessa is slowly pushed out of class activities, called names, socially isolated and worst of all, her tormentors create a webpage about her on which they put humiliating photos of Vanessa, along with expressions of hatred towards her.Emily tries to convince Vanessa not to go running back to the clique, but Vanessa keeps attempting to seek reconciliation with Stacy, to disastrous results. The bullying escalates, with Stacy, Nikki, Tiffany and others cornering Vanessa inside a bathroom and verbally brutalizing her, including degrading every aspect of her and revealing her embarrassing secrets. That night, Vanessa has a nervous breakdown and chops all her hair off. Then she starts skipping school, fearing the agony in the hallways. Stacy offers a fake truce to Vanessa and asks for help on an assignment. Vanessa sends Stacy her paper, only to have Stacy copy it and make it look like Vanessa copied Stacy's paper.Once Vanessa shows her mother a print-out of comments about Vanessa's hair, Barbara tries to help by informing the school about the bullying, to no avail as the principal is unable to take disciplinary action against non-physical bullying. Barbara even tries to talk to Stacy's mother, Denise (Rhoda Griffis) but only ends up straining their friendship. Even an adult like Barbara is helpless in the face of teen violence.Vanessa's spirits are suddenly lifted when Stacy invites her to her birthday party. After preparing, she arrives at a club, which is not the site of the party. When discovering this, Vanessa goes ballistic. She takes an overdose of her mother's sleeping pills, but survives and just passes out.In the hospital, Barbara reveals to her daughter that she was also emotionally bullied when she was a teenager, which caused her to encourage Vanessa to stay friends with Stacy. She says that she never dealt with it herself and wished Vanessa would learn self-defense.During a class session, Emily accuses Stacy of nearly killing Vanessa for her actions. She is also the only one of Vanessa's classmates to visit her in the hospital and befriends her.Back home, Barbara spots malicious instant messages popping up on Vanessa's computer and sends them to the school principal. The culprits have been revealed to be Nikki, Tiffany, and Ezra (Joey Nappo), another tormentor. If they deny that they cyber-bullied Vanessa, they would be expelled from the school and not graduate. When Vanessa returns to school, she and Stacy reunite after Stacy convinces her that she's sorry about the bullying. They IM each other about how great it feels to be best friends again. Then graduation day comes and the final conflict happens when after the graduation, Nikki and Tiffany read aloud the chat between Vanessa and Stacy, which Stacey had sent to Nikki, and which Nikki had printed out.
A: | What was the name of the person that Vanessa was tricked by Nikki into getting close to? |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given a passage. You need to construct a question about the information present in the passage. Construct a question in such a way that (i) it is unambiguous, (ii) its answer is the whole paragraph. Avoid creating questions that can be answered correctly without actually understanding the paragraph.
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Output: | How do i make an animated gif or animate an avatar? |
In this task, given a sentence in the English language, your task is to convert it into the Japanese language.
Q: The pilot's name has not officially been released, but it is believed to be Lt. Commander Kevin Davis, 32, from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as local media reports the number 6 jet was the one that crashed.
A: パイロットの名前は公式に公表されていないが、地元メディアが報告するところによると、事故をおこしたのは、ナンバー6ジェットで、マサチューセッツ州ピッツフィールド出身のケビン・デイビス海軍少佐、32歳であると思われる。
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Q: The DUP proposed that Speaker of the Assembly Eileen Bell should be the chairperson.
A: DUPは、議会議長のアイリーン・ベル氏が議長となるべきだと提案した。
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Q: She also stated that the firing was the result of her filing a complaint about Thomas.
A: | 彼女はまた、解雇は、彼女がトーマスに対する苦情を訴えた結果であると述べた。
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TASK DEFINITION: Based on the information present in the given passage, you need to write a correct answer to the given question. A correct answer is one that correctly and completely answers the question. Do not write answers that address the question partially or incorrectly. The correct answer must be contained in the given paragraph.
PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: Juzo Murasaki arrives at a work construction area to take on his new job as a construction worker .
Sent 2: To his quiet dismay , his supervising boss turns out to be Toru Akai , who with his gang had made Juzo's middle school life a living hell .
Sent 3: Akai , however , does n't recognize Juzo .
Sent 4: Juzo's more disconcerted when he discovers that Akai lives with his wife , Nozomi Akai and their toddler son above Juzo's new apartment .
Sent 5: As Juzo emotionally struggles to handle these unexpected developments , a mysterious and seemingly malicious hooded figure appears .
Sent 6: It calls itself Number 13 .
Sent 7: As Juzo attempts to control increasing number of flashbacks and a spiral fall into psychological darkness , Akai constantly picks on Juzo and other work colleagues including Seki Hajime , a former middle school student who becomes Juzo's casual friend in spite of Juzo's anti-social tendencies , at work .
Sent 8: Meanwhile Akai's wife , Nozomi , attempts to make friends with Juzo and entrusting the care of her toddler son to Juzo .
Sent 9: She proudly shows Juzo her husband's school photos .
Sent 10: In one class photo , Juzo's space is marked with an X to show he was absent .
Sent 11: Juzo suffers a severe flashback to explain his absence that day : in their school's science room , Akai and his friends have thrown acid at Juzo's face .
Sent 12: Seki becomes suspicious about Juzo's increasingly odd behavior and goes to inform Arai at the work site , but Arai dismisses him without giving him a chance to speak .
Sent 13: During this incident , Seki does n't realize he's being watched by Number 13 , but as soon as he does , Number 13 kills him .
Question: What calls itself Number 13?.
SOLUTION: A hooded figure.
PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: Tommy and Suzy (brother and sister) went to the playground one afternoon with their mom and dad, Jan and Dean.
Sent 2: They were playing a game of tag and having the best time ever running after each other and laughing.
Sent 3: They liked to play tag instead of building sandcastles or swinging.
Sent 4: They liked tag because they liked to run.
Sent 5: They like to play hopscotch or jump rope but that day they wanted to play tag.
Sent 6: Other games aren't as fun.
Sent 7: They met Tony and Ally (who are best friends) and invited them to play tag too.
Sent 8: Tony and Ally like to play other games like hopscotch or jump rope but that day they joined the game of tag.
Sent 9: Making new friends is important.
Sent 10: Tony and Ally would rather make friends than play their favorite games.
Question: Which game Tommy and Suzy liked playing?.
SOLUTION: Tag.
PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: General relativity includes a dynamical spacetime, so it is difficult to see how to identify the conserved energy and momentum.
Sent 2: Noether's theorem allows these quantities to be determined from a Lagrangian with translation invariance, but general covariance makes translation invariance into something of a gauge symmetry.
Sent 3: The energy and momentum derived within general relativity by Noether's presecriptions do not make a real tensor for this reason.
Sent 4: Einstein argued that this is true for fundamental reasons, because the gravitational field could be made to vanish by a choice of coordinates.
Sent 5: He maintained that the non-covariant energy momentum pseudotensor was in fact the best description of the energy momentum distribution in a gravitational field.
Sent 6: This approach has been echoed by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, and others, and has become standard.
Sent 7: The use of non-covariant objects like pseudotensors was heavily criticized in 1917 by Erwin Schrodinger and others.
Question: When did the standard approach to energy momentum become criticized?.
SOLUTION: | 1917.
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Trying to drive up a very small street with cars parked on both sides so only one car at a time could get by, individual sees me already entered the roadway, got in the car backs out of his driveway, intending to for me to back all the way out. I was about half in. I wait thinking he will realize it was a not so smart action and he will pull back in to let me pass since forward is an easier safer plan. He doesn't do that we sit for anout 30 seconds and he is determined to stay. I was a fairly new driver in my first car. I get irritated and shut my motor off basically saying, buddy I entered the street first you were parked never looked before you hurriedly pulled forward. So he shuts off his motor and smiled good as to say stalemate. I'm thinking I have no place I have to be, I'll wait rather than trying to back up half the block without hitting somebodies car. We wait, he gets out of his car goes into his house, no cell phone back then it was the pager (beepers) era. I wasnt sure why he was going in, but probably nit good outcome for me. So I happened to have a small bottle of Keri Lotion (thick, oily lotion for extremely dry skin) in the cup holder. I jump out of my car run to his squirted the whole bottle all over his windshield ran back to my car and DID manage to back up rapidly without damaging my car or anyone! He ran out of the house and I saw by his facial expression was livid! I was thinking as I drove away I hope he doesn't try to use the wipers, that's going to make a really smear mess. He's not going anyplace for a while. Years later I regretted having done that, letting a stranger provoke me, and second felt guilty about the sheer gleeful triumph of seeing his face. I won! Question: When going into his house, the man probably felt: === The answer to the above question is
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A: Triumphant
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As a nurse, what is the most difficult news you have ever had to break to a patient? Sadly in my job (Ob/gyn nurse) there is one thing I have to report fairly often, that a pregnancy is not going to happen. Sometimes the mom’s are bleeding and they kind of know that this is going to happen, but sometimes, they are not bleeding and it is a gut punch without any warning. This can be an ultrasound that shows no heartbeat or a lab test that is declining. Nothing is worse than the look on a woman’s face when she is looking forward to her first glimpse of her baby only to be told that the baby is not alive. It doesn’t get any easier, no matter how many times you do it. My own daughter called me one day to announce she was pregnant and two days later, we found out she was miscarrying and I bawled all day. I never even knew this baby, but now, 15 years later, just writing this now is making my eyes water. I have to do a lot of this over the phone and that makes it even harder because I am not able to offer comfort and I don’t know where they are or what they are doing when they get this news. If they call me for their lab results, they might be driving, they might be walking around the mall, they will have to call their significant other and break the news, such difficult conversations to have over the phone. I have been very, very lucky that the few times I have seen advanced pregnancies that underwent a fetal demise were handled by the physicians that I have worked with. I can’t imagine being almost ready to deliver and having all your hopes and dreams crushed. Obstetricians sometimes have the very best job, bringing new lives into the world and seeing the new families bonding, but sometimes they also have the very worst job. Question: Who bawled all day? === The answer to the above question is
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A: The nurse
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It was not entirely true that Patch knew there was food in the mountains. He had never been to the mountains. No squirrel in all the Center Kingdom, as far as he knew, had ever been to the mountains. For between the kingdom and the mountains, surrounding it on all sides like a moat around a castle, there lay a blasted concrete wasteland, as wide as fifty squirrels laid nose to tail, and horrific death machines roared up and down this wasteland at terrifying speeds, all day and night. What's more, humans and dogs often crossed between the mountains and the kingdoms. And sometimes the dogs were not leashed. A squirrel would have to be very desperate indeed to dare the wastelands. It was Toro who had told Patch about the food in the mountains. Toro was Patch's friend. And that itself was extraordinary. Patch had always talked to birds. The drey he had grown up in -- Silver's old drey, before she became leader of the Seeker clan -- had been only a few branches away from a nest of robins. Once, in early spring when he was still a baby, Patch had crawled out of Silver's drey and into the robin's nest, and had spent a whole day among the chicks before Silver returned home and retrieved him. The robin mother had been unamused by Silver's profound apologies, and even less amused when Patch had returned to her nest the very next day. Eventually Silver taught Patch to leave the robins alone, but not before he had learned how to speak Bird. Most squirrels of the Center Kingdom could say and understand a few simple things in Bird, but Patch could actually hold conversations. And so, one autumn day when a bluejay swooped past and stole an acorn out of Patch's paws, Patch shouted angrily at the thief in Bird to bring it back; and the thief, intrigued, wheeled around in midair, perched on a branch above Patch, and looked curiously down at the irate squirrel. "Thieving feather-brained no-nose hawkbait!" Patch shouted up. "Stupid blind furry groundworm!" the bluejay retorted, and began to peck at the acorn. Question: About how long did it probably take Patch to become fluent in Bird? === The answer to the above question is
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A: | five minutes |
Reducing resource use means just what it says using fewer resources. There are lots of ways to reduce our use of resources. Buy durable goods. Choose items that are well made so they will last longer. Youll buy fewer items in the long run, so youll save money as well as resources. Thats a win-win! Repair rather than replace. Fix your bike rather than buying a new one. Sew on a button instead of buying a new shirt. Youll use fewer resources and save money. Buy only what you need. Dont buy a gallon of milk if you can only drink half of it before it spoils. Instead, buy a half gallon and drink all of it. You wont be wasting resources (or money!) Buy local. For example, buy local produce at a farmers market, like the one in Figure 2.20. A lot of resources are saved by not shipping goods long distances. Products bought at farmers markets use less packaging, too! About a third of what we throw out is packaging.
Choose your answer: According to the above paragraph, the correct answer to the question "How does buying only what you need to avoid resource waste?" is "Try to use less of the items you buy"?
Choose your answer from:
(a). no.
(b). yes. | (a). |
Answer the question from the given passage. Your answer should be directly extracted from the passage, and it should be a single entity, name, or number, not a sentence.
[EX Q]: Passage: The first buildings of the University of Chicago campus, which make up what is now known as the Main Quadrangles, were part of a 'master plan' conceived by two University of Chicago trustees and plotted by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb. The Main Quadrangles consist of six quadrangles, each surrounded by buildings, bordering one larger quadrangle. The buildings of the Main Quadrangles were designed by Cobb, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Holabird & Roche, and other architectural firms in a mixture of the Victorian Gothic and Collegiate Gothic styles, patterned on the colleges of the University of Oxford. (Mitchell Tower, for example, is modeled after Oxford's Magdalen Tower, and the university Commons, Hutchinson Hall, replicates Christ Church Hall.) Question: Who helped designed the Main Quadrangles?
[EX A]: Cobb, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Holabird & Roche, and other architectural firms
[EX Q]: Passage: Some buyers lamented the small size of the first Japanese compacts, and both Toyota and Nissan (then known as Datsun) introduced larger cars such as the Toyota Corona Mark II, the Toyota Cressida, the Mazda 616 and Datsun 810, which added passenger space and amenities such as air conditioning, power steering, AM-FM radios, and even power windows and central locking without increasing the price of the vehicle. A decade after the 1973 oil crisis, Honda, Toyota and Nissan, affected by the 1981 voluntary export restraints, opened US assembly plants and established their luxury divisions (Acura, Lexus and Infiniti, respectively) to distinguish themselves from their mass-market brands. Question: Name an extra that was added to the production of the compacts.
[EX A]: air conditioning
[EX Q]: Passage: Oxygen was discovered independently by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or earlier, and Joseph Priestley in Wiltshire, in 1774, but Priestley is often given priority because his work was published first. The name oxygen was coined in 1777 by Antoine Lavoisier, whose experiments with oxygen helped to discredit the then-popular phlogiston theory of combustion and corrosion. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς oxys, 'acid', literally 'sharp', referring to the sour taste of acids and -γενής -genes, 'producer', literally 'begetter', because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition. Common uses of oxygen includes the production cycle of steel, plastics and textiles, brazing, welding and cutting of steels and other metals, rocket propellant, in oxygen therapy and life support systems in aircraft, submarines, spaceflight and diving. Question: What previous work did Lavoisier experiments discredit?
[EX A]: | phlogiston theory of combustion and corrosion
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QUES: acceptable
ANS: Alex read the newspaper for an hour.
QUES: acceptable
ANS: At most three teachers assigned any homework.
QUES: acceptable
ANS: Up what did he look?
QUES: acceptable
ANS: | Won't John go to school? |
Q: Do bald eagles nest on Mount Sharp?
A: no
CoT: Bald eagles are birds found on earth. Mount Sharp is a mountain on Mars. To date, no life forms have been detected on Mars.
Q: Could the first European visitor to Guam been friends with Queen Victoria?
A: no
CoT: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, while in the service of Spain, was the first European to visit the island. Magellan died in 1521. Queen Victoria was born in 1819.
Q: Will Oasis cruise boat traverse the Lincoln Tunnel?
A: no
CoT: | The Lincoln Tunnel has a maximum height clearance of 13 feet. The height of the Oasis cruise boat is 236 feet. |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given a sentence and a question in the input. The information provided in the sentence should be enough to answer the question. You're expected to write the correct answer. Do not use any facts other than those provided in the sentence.
Sentence: He brushes his teeth.
Question: What did Tom brush when he woke up?
Output: | Tom brushesh his teeth when he woke up. |
Please answer this: Given the following passage "If current trends continue, missiles will replace gun systems completely in "first line" service.[citation needed] Guns are being increasingly pushed into specialist roles, such as the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS, which uses the GAU-8 Avenger 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling gun for last ditch anti-missile and anti-aircraft defence. Even this formerly front-line weapon is currently being replaced by new missile systems, such as the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, which is smaller, faster, and allows for mid-flight course correction (guidance) to ensure a hit. To bridge the gap between guns and missiles, Russia in particular produces the Kashtan CIWS, which uses both guns and missiles for final defence. Two six-barrelled 30 mm Gsh-6-30 Gatling guns and 9M311 surface-to-air missiles provide for its defensive capabilities.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What kind of weapons are the first resort when defending a country?
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Answer: front-line
Please answer this: Given the following passage "Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow Famicom games to be played on an NES. In Japan, several companies manufactured the cartridges for the Famicom. This allowed these companies to develop their own customized chips designed for specific purposes, such as chips that increased the quality of sound in their games.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What is this text about?
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Answer: cartridges
Please answer this: Given the following passage "Birds that employ many strategies to obtain food or feed on a variety of food items are called generalists, while others that concentrate time and effort on specific food items or have a single strategy to obtain food are considered specialists. Birds' feeding strategies vary by species. Many birds glean for insects, invertebrates, fruit, or seeds. Some hunt insects by suddenly attacking from a branch. Those species that seek pest insects are considered beneficial 'biological control agents' and their presence encouraged in biological pest control programs. Nectar feeders such as hummingbirds, sunbirds, lories, and lorikeets amongst others have specially adapted brushy tongues and in many cases bills designed to fit co-adapted flowers. Kiwis and shorebirds with long bills probe for invertebrates; shorebirds' varied bill lengths and feeding methods result in the separation of ecological niches. Loons, diving ducks, penguins and auks pursue their prey underwater, using their wings or feet for propulsion, while aerial predators such as sulids, kingfishers and terns plunge dive after their prey. Flamingos, three species of prion, and some ducks are filter feeders. Geese and dabbling ducks are primarily grazers.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Which birds are unlikely to be found with an insect in their diet?
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Answer: | hummingbirds, sunbirds, lories, and lorikeets |
In this task, you're given a question, along with a context passage. The passage will not have a direct answer to the question, but can include some information and a clue for the answer. Assuming you can only obtain information about one entity in the passage, your job is to determine whether information from the passage can be used to answer the question. Indicate your choice as `a` for Yes or `b` for No.
Q: Question: How long had Johnson been working at the Gardens? Passage:Persoonia terminalis was first reported by Lawrie Johnson of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, in the 1981 edition of Flora of New South Wales. He viewed it as a distinctive subspecies of Persoonia nutans, a broadly defined species that included many forms since classified as distinct. Queensland botanists Trevor Donald Stanley and Estelle M. Ross classed P.terminalis as part of Persoonia oxycoccoides in their 1983 work Flora of South-eastern Queensland. They considered it more likely a species in its own right, as they believed the description of the Queensland populations did not match the P. oxycoccoides from central New South Wales. Upon re-examining Persoonia nutans and Persoonia oxycoccoides, Johnson and Peter Weston concluded that there were in fact several distinct species, and that Persoonia terminalis was described as such in 1991. The type specimen was collected south of the Torrington pub on the Emmaville–Torrington road by Weston and ecologist Peter Richards, and is now housed in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, which is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney and Office of Environment and Heritage. The Herbarium houses over 1.2million other specimens. The generic name Persoonia is derived from the name of South African botanist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. The specific name terminalis refers to the inflorescences (clusters of flowers) that are in this species at the ends of the branchlets. Its common name is the Torrington geebung.
A: | b |
The heavy weapons team bombarded the settlement with their mortars since they needed to soften up the enemy before moving in.
Who is they referring to in this sentence?
Available options: -The heavy weapons team -the settlement | The heavy weapons team |
Given the following passage "Lee's childhood friend, author Truman Capote, wrote on the dust jacket of the first edition, "Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life, and the warmest, most authentic sense of humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable." This comment has been construed to suggest that Capote wrote the book or edited it heavily. In 2003, a Tuscaloosa newspaper quoted Capote's biological father, Archulus Persons, as claiming that Capote had written "almost all" of the book. In 2006, a Capote letter was donated to Monroeville's literary heritage museum; in a letter to a neighbor in Monroeville in 1959, Capote mentioned that Lee was writing a book that was to be published soon. Extensive notes between Lee and her editor at Lippincott also refute the rumor of Capote's authorship. Lee's older sister, Alice, responded to the rumor, saying: "That's the biggest lie ever told."", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Who denied Capote's authorship?
| Alice |
The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): Who holds the record for least Premier League goals with 260?
Ah, so.. unanswerable
In October 2006, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was split into two entities: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, which manages the endowment assets and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which "... conducts all operations and grantmaking work, and it is the entity from which all grants are made". Also announced was the decision to "... spend all of [the Trust's] resources within 20 years after Bill's and Melinda's deaths". This would close the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and effectively end the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In the same announcement it was reiterated that Warren Buffett "... has stipulated that the proceeds from the Berkshire Hathaway shares he still owns at death are to be used for philanthropic purposes within 10 years after his estate has been settled".
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): When must the trust resources be spent
Ah, so.. spend all of [the Trust's] resources within 20 years after Bill's and Melinda's deaths
Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implications of what they were signing.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): What did Europeans try to legitimize all over the world by signing treaties with indigenous people?
Ah, so.. | their sovereignty |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: Sometimes other people can see when someone with BPD is dissociating because the expressions in their face or voice can seem emotionless , or they look like they are distracted .
A: | It is sometimes possible for another person to tell when someone with BPD is dissociating , because their facial or vocal expressions may become flat or expressionless , or they may appear to be distracted ; at other times , dissociation may be barely noticeable . |
Part 1. Definition
Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
Part 2. Example
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility. To see if you might be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, visit our pre-screening tool. For households in the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. To get SNAP benefits, households must meet certain tests, including resource and income tests: 1 Resources. 2 Income. 3 Deductions. 4 Employment Requirements. 5 Special Rules for Elderly or Disabled. 6 Immigrant Eligibility. In fact, we’re not spending enough on food stamps. The need for food assistance is greater than food stamps can fill, and the benefit amount is too low to allow a family to purchase an adequate, healthy diet. The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. Between 2009-2011 the purchasing power of food stamps declined by about 7%, or $47/month for a family of four, due to inflation in the cost of food. You’ve likely heard stories (and outrage) about people using food stamps to purchase “steak and lobster” as well as cigarettes and alcohol, showing up at the grocery store in a nice car, nice clothes, a nice purse or an iPhone. But the federal government sets the food stamps benefit amount at, on average, roughly $4 a day per person. Yes, someone could save up their monthly allotment to buy some high-priced food items for a special occasion. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Effective October 2016. Maximum Monthly SNAP Amounts. The chart below shows the maximum dollar amount of SNAP benefits your household can receive each month. This dollar amount is based on the number of people in your household, your income and your expenses. You could receive any amount up to or including these amounts. National Standards for reasonable amounts have been established for five necessary expenses: food, housekeeping supplies, apparel and services, personal care products and services, and miscellaneous. See the SNAP page on Applicants and Recipients for detailed information about eligibility requirements and benefits. The SNAP home page provides access to information on all aspects of the program. fns On average, 45 million people received SNAP benefits each month in fiscal year 2011, which represents a 70 percent increase over the roughly 26 million people (or one of every 11) who received benefits in 2007. The truth is, a $125 per person per month grocery budget may seem like a farce to a household currently spending $300 per person per month, but it’s actually quite achievable. *For households with more than eight people, add $5,408 per additional person. Always check with the appropriate managing agency to ensure the most accurate guidelines. To see if you might be eligible for SNAP benefits, use SNAP's pre-screening tool. Related Links. ¡ 1 Exija Sus Derechos! - 4300 S. ¡ 2 EXIJA SUS DERECHOS! Usted Tiene El Derecho - DHS 8219 S. ¡ 3 La tarjeta Illinois Link se acepta en mercados de agricultores selectos! DHS 9201 S. 4 B Attitude - Folic Acid - DHS 4758. 5 AABD Cash Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled - DHS 587. 6 Active Play for Families - DHS 4586. Query: average amount food stamps per one person in al for a month
Answer: The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person.
Explanation: The passage details the eligibility and resources provided by SNAP. The passage includes information on individual per meal food stamp benefit, that can be used to answer the query.
Part 3. Exercise
The IRS issues more than 9 out of 10 refunds in less than 21 days. However, it’s possible your tax return may require additional review and take longer. Where’s My Refund? has the most up to date information available about your refund. The tool is updated no more than once a day so you don’t need to check more often. After refund is approved how long until its deposit to my account. I filed my taxed on febuary 1, 2013 and getting my refund direct deposite to my bank account when will i receive my refund? and it was approved? The irs has approved my refund and it says its scheduled to be deposited on the 7th. if its approved, why don`t they just deposit it now? How long after the irs receives my refund is my refund approved? I filed my taxes jan 21 thru e-file and direct deposit when should i expect my refund the wheres my refund says by feb 28th? Irs said my refund was approved now it change to being proccessed If you paper file, it will take three to four weeks for the IRS to process the return and acknowledge your refund. If you e-file, you will get a notice of arrival within 24 hours and confirmation of refund within 72 hours. Answers. 1 The return you filed will be processed normally and your refund will be issued. An amended return is a separate return correcting or adjusting amounts from the original return. Sending an amended return will not delay your original refund. With an amount of $312, it doesn't look like you're in school at least half time, so you'd be limited to the Lifetime Learning Credit. You'd qualify for a credit of 20% of the $312, or $62. Let’s start with the quickest way to get your refund. The Quickest Way to Get Your Refund It is probably common knowledge that you will get your tax refund quicker when you choose the direct deposit option. Of course, the complexity of your return also affects how long it takes to process your return. How long does it take to get a tax refund? The IRS has a goal of getting tax refunds to tax payers within 21 days. They reach this goal about 90% of the time. In fact, most people receive their refunds in about 10-14 days. In previous years, the IRS created a schedule for when they will send out federal tax refunds via direct deposit or by check. Where’s My Refund? has a tracker that displays progress through 3 stages: (1) Return Received, (2) Refund Approved and (3) Refund Sent. You will get personalized refund information based on the processing of your tax return. The tool will provide an actual refund date as soon as the IRS processes your tax return and approves your refund. Direct Deposit. Join the eight in 10 taxpayers who get their refunds faster by using e-file and direct deposit. It's the safest, fastest way to receive your refund and is also easy to use. Just select it as your refund method through your tax software and type in the account number and routing number. Or, tell your tax preparer you want direct deposit. How long after the IRS approves your refund do you have to wait to recieve it? I got a txt from H&R Block saying that the IRS has approved my refund and ill get another txt when my money is loaded onto my emerald card. Comments (1,412) Leave your comment. 1 Hi lisa my name is jessica. 2 I filed in feb it said accepted by the irs then they sent me a form to prove my identity sent in all the paperwork 8 weeks ago. 3 Hello lisa , I’m 32 married to my husband who is 71 and we have a son who just turned 2. 4 Oh, Lisa, I hope you can help me. Query: how long to get your refund after approved
Answer: | If you paper file, it will take three to four weeks and if you E-file, you will get a notice of arrival within 24 hours and confirmation of refund within 72 hours. |
Its ISOcertified for scuba diving and other extreme water sports An entirely special structure of very light titanium makes it fit for prolonged wears Additionally titanium has a high corrossion resistivity seawater especially thats double advantage
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
It’s ISO-certified for scuba diving and other extreme water sports. An entirely special structure of very light titanium makes it fit for prolonged wears. Additionally, titanium has a high corrossion resistivity (seawater, especially); that’s double advantage.
Support compress DVD5DVD9 type DVD movies to DVD5 disc support to keep or remove audiotracks or subtitles of original DVD moviesuse latest industry standards compression technology to ensure the DVD disc you create with best qualityAutomatically prepares blank DVD for recording
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
Support compress DVD-5/DVD-9 type DVD movies to DVD-5 disc. support to keep or remove audio-tracks or sub-titles of original DVD movies.use latest industry standards compression technology to ensure the DVD disc you create with best quality.Automatically prepares blank DVD for recording.
We have done so because it is important in determining the international role which MittagLeffler went on to play for his passion for international cooperation in mathematics was a direct consequence of what he saw on his three year trip abroad
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
| We have done so because it is important in determining the international role which Mittag-Leffler went on to play, for his passion for international cooperation in mathematics was a direct consequence of what he saw on his three year trip abroad. |
instruction:
In this task you will be given a question and a passage. You need to determine if the answer to the question is contained in the passage. If the answer can be found in the passage you should output 'True'. If the answer cannot be found in the passage you should output 'False'.
question:
Passage: 'Megalopyge opercularis can be found on oaks, elms, wild plum among others, as well as many garden plants such as roses and ivy. It is distributed throughout the eastern United States between extreme southeastern Virginia and Florida, the southern United States, Mexico, and parts of Central America.'. Question: 'is call of duty and black ops the same thing'.
answer:
False
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Passage: 'The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.'. Question: 'how many teams go through group stages world cup'.
answer:
True
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Passage: 'The expression is said to have originated from poker, in which a marker or counter (such as a knife with a buckhorn handle during the American Frontier era) was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the 'buck', as the counter came to be called, to the next player.'. Question: 'where did the phrase pass the buck come from'.
answer:
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Write a phrase, the answer to which is present in the passage. The answer to this question should be completely and unambiguously found in the passage. The query must be about a single or multiple linked entities.
Q: The sole proprietor must apply for the NPI number using his or her own Social Security Number (SSN), not an Employer Identification Number (EIN) even if he/she has an EIN. Submit Review Reviews for EDWARD C ROBLES EDWARD C ROBLES, MD – NPI #1548269962 Neurology. A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures. The NPI Enumerator can be reached at (800) 465-3203 or P.O. Box 6059, Fargo, ND 58108 We do not guarantee the accuracy and/or reliability of the contents found on NPIdb.org. Anyone may request NPI and other health care provider information from the HHS under the FOIA. edward c robles, md – npi #1548269962 Neurology A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures. Dr. Edward C Robles also cooperates with other doctors and physicians in medical groups including Novant Medical Group Inc. Dr. Edward C Robles accepts Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. Call (704) 316-5388 to request Dr. Edward C Robles the information (Medicare information, advice, payment, ...) or simply to book an appointment. Address: 16525 Holly Crest Ln Suite 120. Huntersville, North Carolina 28078-4911. Quality Reporting. 1 eRx - He does not participate in the Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program. 2 PQRS - He does report Quality Measures (PQRS). 3 EHR - He does use electronic health records (EHR). 4 MHI - He does not commit to heart health through the Million Hearts initiative. EDWARD C ROBLES NPI profile information. EDWARD ROBLES, 2084N0400X - Neurology Doctors & Physicians in HUNTERSVILLE, NC Dr. Edward C Robles, MD, is a Neurology specialist in Huntersville, North Carolina. He attended and graduated from New York Medical College in 1991, having over 26 years of diverse experience, especially in Neurology. He is affiliated with many hospitals including Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Edward C Robles attended and graduated from New York Medical College in 1991. NPPES Info. NPI #: 1548269962; NPI Enumeration Date: Monday, July 18, 2005; NPPES Last Update: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Dr. Edward C Robles, MD, is a Neurology specialist in Huntersville, North Carolina. He attended and graduated from New York Medical College in 1991, having over 27 years of diverse experience, especially in Neurology. He is affiliated with many hospitals including Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center.
A: | edward robles md npi number |
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton called Republican rival Donald Trump dangerous and unqualified for the presidency in a blistering foreign policy speech Thursday in San Diego, California. "He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility," Clinton said. "This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes." Trump “doesn’t understand America, or the world,” she said. "It’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin." In anticipation of the address, Trump attacked his Democratic opponent on Twitter. “Crooked Hillary Clinton, who I would love to call Lyin’ Hillary, is getting ready to totally misrepresent my foreign policy positions,” he tweeted. Clinton emphasized her own experience as first lady, senator and secretary of state, saying she would provide the steady diplomacy the country needs. “National security is the foundation of how we make sure our interests are pursued in the world,” said Louis Goodman, Emeritus Dean of International Relations at American University in an interview with VOA. With polls show terrorism is a major concern among Americans, Clinton targeted Trump's positions on the issue. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has promised to temporarily block Muslims from crossing U.S. borders. "The struggle against radical Islam also takes place in our homeland. There are scores of recent migrants inside our borders charged with terrorism. For every case known to the public, there are dozens more. We must stop importing extremism through senseless immigration policies," Trump said in a foreign policy speech in April. Trump's other anti-terrorism proposals include a pledge to torture and murder the families of suspected terrorists and target Islamic State. "I have a simple message for them," Trump said. "Their days are numbered. I won't tell them where and I won't tell them how. But they will be gone. And soon." But... Question: Who's interests will be pursued? === The answer to the above question is
Answer: | America's |
In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
Q: Article: We know that the earth has become warmer over the last century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program, reports that the average surface temperature of the earth has increased during the twentieth century by 0.6deg _ 0.2degC.(The _ 0.2degC means that the increase might be as small as 0.4degC or as great as 0.8degC). This may seem like a small shift, but although regional and short--term temperatures do fluctuate over a wide range, global temperatures are generally quite stable. In fact, the difference between today's average global temperature and the average global temperature during the last Ice Age is only about 5 degrees C. Indeed, it's warmer today around the world than at any time during the past 1,000years, and the warmest years of the previous century have occurred within the past decade. We also know that human activities--primarily the burning of fossil fuels--have increased the greenhouse gas content of the earth's atmosphere significantly over the same period. Carbon dioxide is one of the most important greenhouse gases, which trap heat near the planet's surface. The vast majority of climate researchers agree with these overall findings. The scientific disagreements that do still exist primarily concern detailed aspects of the processes that make up these largely accepted general themes. You can think of this website as a window into the world of scientific research. In this primer, you'll find a general discussion of the physical processes underlying the earth's climate, an outline of the kinds of data that may shed light on how the climate is changing--and the role of human activity in these changes--and a description a some of the questions and uncertainties that researchers continue to explore. This primer is organized into four interconnected sections: the Atmosphere; the Hydrosphere ; the Cryosphere ; and the Biosphere .
Question: We know from the text that "IPCC" _ .
Options: (A) engages in the climate and changes about the earth. (B) is a group by scientists who like to walk around the moon (C) works in the World Meteorological Organization (D) often greets the passers-by from the outer space
Asnwer: A
A: | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased version from the original that retains the same meaning.
Problem:The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and lyrics was written by Koorkkancheri Sugathan and Poovachal Khader .
Solution: | The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and lyrics were written by Koorkkancheri Sugathan and Poovachal Khader . |
In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business , organisation or other entity , such as an amateur television ( ATV ) operator , that transmits video content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth 's surface to a receiver on earth . | A television station is a commercial business or organization that transmits their signals directly to television receivers ( TV sets ) . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a correct English sentence. You need to generate an incorrect form of the input sentence.
Q: The government would like to reduce the population with this fishing limit .
A: | The government would like to reduce the population with this fishing limits . |
when light enters the eye through the pupil , that light falls on the retina
When you exit a dark film theater, the world
Options: [-] looks darker [-] looks brighter [-] looks the same [-] looks more French | looks brighter |
Janet Jackson is more popular than Latoya Jackson since she is the better performer.
Tell me who she is. | Janet Jackson |
AccordingtopreliminaryWorldwatchestimates,totalenergyusein2012wasafull7percentbelowthe2007level,thesteepestfive-yeardecreaseinatleast60years.MostofthisdeclineresultsfromadvancesinU.S.energyproductivity—dominatedbygainsintransportationfueleconomyandbuildingefficiency.
According to preliminary Worldwatch estimates, total energy use in 2012 was a full 7 percent below the 2007 level, the steepest five-year decrease in at least 60 years. Most of this decline results from advances in U.S. energy productivity—dominated by gains in transportation fuel economy and building efficiency.
Sheislyingonthefloornaked,thinwithbaredsex,butdoIdare?DoIdare,skinagainstskin,takeherinmyarms,warmher,makelove.
She is lying on the floor naked, thin with bared sex, but do I dare? Do I dare, skin against skin, take her in my arms, warm her, make love.
Yousavehoursoftailandyouaresuretocome!!!
You save hours of tail and you are sure to come!!!
Thenalayerofcheese.Thenrepeatagain.
| Then a layer of cheese. Then repeat again. |
I'll see you to the door.
I want to see results.
Word: "see"
different meanings
Receive letters from the front.
He received Christ.
Word: "receive"
different meanings
Every number has a unique position in the sequence.
He has an unlisted number.
Word: "number"
different meanings
To set pear trees in an orchard.
Set these words in italics.
Word: "set"
| different meanings |
Swallowtail butterflies have a diet consisting of nectar.
"A Swallowtail butterfly gets its name from their diet of eating tailfeathers of birds."
Is the above claim true?
Options:
- yes
- no
no
Ptolemy lived in an age before hot dogs and such contests.
Is the following a factual statement?
"Ptolemy won several hot dog eating contests."
Options:
- yes
- no
no
Unless injured, all bats are capable of flight.
Is the following sentence factually correct?
"All species of Megabats can fly."
Options:
- yes
- no
yes
Abu Bakr was born during the sixth century A.D.
| Claim: "Abu Bakr lived in the 1st century A.D."
Is the claim above correct, and can it be verified by human common sense and without a web search?
Options:
- yes
- no
no |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
[Q]: The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units ( SI ) .
[A]: The kilogram ( also kilogramme ) is the base unit of mass in the metric system , formally the International System of Units ( SI ) , having the unit symbol kg .
[Q]: The Palace of Whitehall was the main home of the English kings and queens in London , from 1530 until 1698 , when all except Inigo Jones 's 1622 Banqueting House was destroyed by fire .
[A]: The Palace of Whitehall ( or Palace of White Hall ) at Westminster , Middlesex , was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 , when most of its structures , except for Inigo Jones 's Banqueting House of 1622 , were destroyed by fire .
[Q]: The rules are in the section " Laws of Chess " of the " FIDE Handbook " .
[A]: | The rules of chess are published by FIDE ( " Fe ́ de ́ ration Internationale des E ́ checs " ) , chess 's international governing body , in its " Handbook " .
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Generate a question with a factual answer.
Generated: Who collaborated in the report about BCCI?
Generate a question with a factual answer.
Generated: Who offered Revel $261 million in state tax credits?
Generate a question with a factual answer.
Generated: Who moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing?
Generate a question with a factual answer.
| Generated: in the above quote how many ship and masts were indicated? |
instruction:
In this task, given a sentence in English Tokens, your task is to convert it into the English language
question:
A family of six were injured at Flat Rock Bridge Family Resort and campground in Lebanon , Maine after a severe thunderstorm caused trees to topple , with one landing on a tent .
answer:
A family of six were injured at Flat Rock Bridge Family Resort and campground in Lebanon, Maine after a severe thunderstorm caused trees to topple, with one landing on a tent.
question:
This is split down as ₱ 500,000 in moral damages , ₱ 100,000 lawyer 's fees and ₱ 50,000 further costs .
answer:
This is split down as ₱500,000 in moral damages, ₱100,000 lawyer's fees and ₱50,000 further costs.
question:
`` The amount of waste that comes out of a coal-fired power plant is around 1,000 tonnes a day . ''
answer:
| "The amount of waste that comes out of a coal-fired power plant is around 1,000 tonnes a day."
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Continue the following story.
The senator introduced legislation to raise taxes on the rich and lower them on the poor, since the
Select from:
1). rich already paid low taxes.
2). poor already paid low taxes. | 1). |
A brown and white dog sits on a floral-patterned chair.
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a (III). in textual similarity to the above sentence. | A small orange and white dog with a collar and a bell relaxes on a flower print pillow. |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Guilt is a feeling that a person has when they realise or believe that they have done something wrong .
A: | Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes — accurately or not — that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated universal moral standards and bear significant responsibility for that violation . |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given an article, a question which often contains a blank, four options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D") and the answer to that question. Your task is to classify whether the given answer is correct or not by providing "Yes" or "No", based on the article.
PROBLEM: Article: There are 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, and 6 floors to accommodate all the people who live in, work in, and visit the White House. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 7 staircases, and 3 lifts. At various times in history, the White House has been known as the "President's Palace", the "President's House", and the "Executive Mansion". President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. The White House receives approximately 6,000 visitors a day. With five full-time chefs, the White House kitchen is able to serve as many as 140 guests and hors d'oeuvres to more than 1,000 people. The White House requires 570 gallons of paint to cover its outside surface. For recreation, the White House has a variety of facilities available to people who live in, including a tennis court, a jogging track, a swimming pool, a movie theater and a bowling lane. The first US President to live in the White House was John Adams. Adams and his family moved to the White House in 1800, when the decoration of the building was not finished. And it was not until during Thomas Jefferson's term (1801-1809) that the decoration was finally completed. President John Tyler (1841-1845) was the first president to have his photo taken. President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) was not only the first president to ride in an automobile, but also the first president to travel outside the country when he visited Panama . President Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945) was the first president to ride in an airplane.
Question: In normal cases, how many people visit the White House per day?
Options: (A) 1,000. (B) 6,000. (C) 140. (D) 570.
Asnwer: B
SOLUTION: Yes
PROBLEM: Article: Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It selves directly to bring about a rapid sale of goods at reasonable prices, so setting up a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at good prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps greatly to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it causes an increased need for labor, and is therefore a nice way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your television program would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or subway would cost more. And perhaps most important of all, advertising provides a promise of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Besides the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading advertising. He will not do so for long, for the public has the good sense not to buy the poor article more than once. If you see an article frequently advertised, it is the proof I know that the article does what is promised for it, and that it has good value. Advertising does more for the good of the public than any other force I can think of. There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television person declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was telling us the real difference. Of course advertising tries to persuade. If its message were nothing but information, that would be difficult to get more people to buy, for even a detail such as the choice of the color of a shirt is a bit persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known television person wants.
Question: By the first sentence of the passage the writer means that _ .
Options: (A) he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising (B) everybody knows well that advertising is a waste of money (C) advertising costs more money than everything else (D) money spent on advertising is worth while
Asnwer: C
SOLUTION: No
PROBLEM: Article: I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural history when I was an undergraduate in college. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized that she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and upper body. She was wearing a little white dress with red dots. As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink , As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me a nicest, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. She took me away from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth. That was 10 years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.
Question: In the writer's opinion, the little girl _ .
Options: (A) had no influence on his life (B) sponsored him to do his business (C) had a cheerful spirit (D) told everyone how to live a good life
Asnwer: D
SOLUTION: | No
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Q: Here is a premise:The woman pressed down on the piano key.
What is the effect?
OPTIONS:
- A sound played.
- The key got stuck.
A: A sound played.
Q: Here is a premise:The man got a discount on his groceries.
What is the cause?
OPTIONS:
- He greeted the cashier.
- He used a coupon.
A: He used a coupon.
Q: Here is a premise:The vase broke.
What is the effect?
OPTIONS:
- I stenciled it.
- I glued it back together.
A: | I glued it back together. |
In this task, you will be given text in English. You need to translate the text into the Sinhali language.
A common type of history museum is a historic house.
සුලභ ඓතිහාසික කෞතුකාගාර වර්ගයක් වන්නේ ඓතිහාසික නිවසකි.
Likewise, some state and local jurisdictions, for example, Springfield, Illinois have similar outside review organizations.
එලෙසින්ම, ස්ප්රිංෆිල්ඩ්, ඉලිනොයිස් වැනි ඇතැම් ප්රාන්ත හා දේශීය අධිකරණ වසම් තුල ද එවැනි බාහිර විමර්ශන සංවිධාන ඇත.
These organizations were intended to be temporary, but became a long - standing fixture of Spain.
| මෙම සංවිධාන තාවකාලිකව තැබීමට අදහස් කර තිබුණි නමුත් ස්පාඤ්ඤයේ දිගු කාලීන ස්ථාවරත්වයක් විය.
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In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
Ex Input:
What is the degree of the student who was born on 15 November 1866 ?
Ex Output:
BA Natural Science ( Animal Morphology ) ( 4th )
Ex Input:
Which Algonquian group once lived in the state once governed by Richard Snelling ?
Ex Output:
Abenaki
Ex Input:
What is the biome that is in the ecoregion that forms a vast alluvial fan composed of mud flats interspersed with channels ?
Ex Output:
| Mangrove
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