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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given a sentence and a question. You're expected to write the correct answer based on the sentence.
Sentence: A frisbee benefits from low friction when sliding across a frozen lake and high friction when sliding over frozen ground. Question: Which surface is going to make the frisbee slide at a lower rate of speed?
Output: | frozen ground |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
Problem:Miranda (TV series) -- Miranda was a British television sitcom written by and starring comedian Miranda Hart. It originally aired on BBC Two from 9 November 2009 and later on BBC One. Developed from Hart's semi-autobiographical BBC Radio 2 comedy Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (2008), the situation comedy revolves around socially inept Miranda, who frequently finds herself in awkward situations. The show features actors Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, Sally Phillips, James Holmes and Bo Poraj. It was filmed in front of live audiences at the BBC Television Centre and The London Studios.
Solution: | is miranda filmed in front of a live audience |
In this task, you will be given text in English. You need to translate the text into the Sinhali language.
One example is below.
Q: When ventricles systole, blood flows to the pulmonary artery or the greater aorta.
A: කෝෂිකා ඉහිල්වන විට, ධමනියේ සිට කෝෂිකාව වෙත රුධිරය නරවත ගලයි.
Rationale: The translation from English to Sinhala is correct.
Q: Boots are designed to withstand heavy wear to protect the wearer and provide good traction.
A: | උස් සපත්තු නිර්මාණය කළ ඇත්තේ රළු භාවිතයට ඔරොත්තු දීම මගින් අඳින්නාව ආරක්ෂා කරන්න සහ පොළොව හොඳින් අල්ලා ගැනීමටයි. |
You are given a sentence and a question. You're expected to write the correct answer based on the sentence.
One example is below.
Q: Sentence: Jacob and Benny are squatting at the gym. Jacob has thin frail legs and Benny has big strong legs. Question: Who squats less weight?
A: Jacob
Rationale: Typically, people with thin frail legs squat less weight than people with big strong legs, so the answer is Jacob.
Q: Sentence: Ferrari's are lightweight super cars. Question: If a Ferrari was to race a Bulldozer which vehicle would accelerate slower?
A: | Bulldozer |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a context passage. Your job is to generate relevant questions that can be answered by directly referring to the passage.
Q: Aubrey had a lot of important decisions to make, so Aubrey spent time thinking.
A: | What does Aubrey need to do before this? |
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.
Example: passage: Franchising is a way for small business owners to benefit from the economies of scale of the big corporation (franchiser). McDonald's and Subway are examples of a franchise. The small business owner can leverage a strong brand name and purchasing power of the larger company while keeping their own investment affordable. However, some franchisees conclude that they suffer the "worst of both worlds" feeling they are too restricted by corporate mandates and lack true independence. It is an assumption that small business are just franchisees, but the truth is many franchisers are also small businesses, Although considered to be a successful way of doing business, literature has proved that there is a high failure rate in franchising as well, especially in UK, where research indicates that out of 1658 franchising companies operating in 1984, only 601 remained in 1998, a mere 36%.
question: can a franchise be considered a small business?
Example solution: Yes
Example explanation: Based on the passage, a franchise can be considered a small business.
Problem: passage: Morgan is shown over the series being flirtatious towards the team's technical analyst Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). However, the relationship is platonic. He is shown to be confident and assertive, along with being very protective towards Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), whom he helps to pick up girls. He is the muscle of the team, and usually storms in when a suspect requires apprehending physically.
question: are derek and penelope dating on criminal minds?
| Solution: No |
Please add spaces between words: JensGalschiot’ssculpturehasgraduallybeeninNicaraguainthreeweeks.
| Jens Galschiot’s sculpture has gradually been in Nicaragua in three weeks. |
Use reasoning to lead to the answer of the following question:
Where would you play frisbee after enjoying some hot dogs?
Options:
- the house.
- disneyland
- bowling alley
- park
- sporting event
Reasoning process: | Park are public places and you can play frisbee here. Park has ample space to play frisbee. Therefore, the final answer is park. |
Detailed Instructions: Given a paragraph, your job is to generate a question that can be answered from the passage. The answer to your question should be a single entity, person, time, etc. that can be extracted from the passage.
Q: Tesla was renowned for his achievements and showmanship, eventually earning him a reputation in popular culture as an archetypal 'mad scientist'. His patents earned him a considerable amount of money, much of which was used to finance his own projects with varying degrees of success.:121,154 He lived most of his life in a series of New York hotels, through his retirement. Tesla died on 7 January 1943. His work fell into relative obscurity after his death, but in 1960 the General Conference on Weights and Measures named the SI unit of magnetic flux density the tesla in his honor. There has been a resurgence in popular interest in Tesla since the 1990s.
A: | What year did Tesla die? |
Problem: Write a story that ends with: She hoped the ticket was a winner.
A: Gabby didn't have much money. She was working a minimum wage job. She spent the rest of her money on a lottery ticket. She got home and scratched it off. She hoped the ticket was a winner.
Problem: Write a story that ends with: Joe regret going outside.
A: It was a bright, warm day. So Joe thought it would be nice to take a walk. He decided to walk to his local coffee shop. But halfway there, he started getting tired. Joe regret going outside.
Problem: Write a story that ends with: Larry became careful.
A: Larry bought a new motorcycle. He was excited to look cool. The first time he tried riding it he dropped it. He hurt his leg and had to go to the hospital. Larry became careful.
Problem: Write a story that ends with: Sara made the purchase enthusiastically.
A: | Sean and Sara were going to buy a guitar. Sean picked Sara up and they drove to the store. Inside, they played with several different guitars. Sara picked her favorite and they brought it to the counter. Sara made the purchase enthusiastically. |
Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Example input: Except for this small vocal minority, we have just not gotten a lot of groundswell against this from members, " says APA president Philip G. Zimbardo of Stanford University.
Example output: "Except for this small vocal minority, we have not gotten a lot of groundswell against this," says APA president Zimbardo.
Example explanation: Both texts convey the same meaning that they have not gotten much groundswell against this except for small minority.
Q: OGDEN -- For most lawyers, full waiting rooms and appointments booked out to mid-July would equate to a lucrative law practice.
A: | Ogden-- Full waiting rooms and booked appointments indicate a profitable law practice |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example input: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example output: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: What was the term for the era of great progress?, Context: Despite these crises, the 14th century was also a time of great progress in the arts and sciences. Following a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts that took root in the High Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance began. The absorption of Latin texts had started before the Renaissance of the 12th century through contact with Arabs during the Crusades, but the availability of important Greek texts accelerated with the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West, particularly Italy.
A: | Renaissance |
In this task, you are given a context and four options. Each option is a suggested ending for the context. You should read the context and pick the best ending for the context. Please answer with "A", "B", "C", and "D".
Example input: [header] How to create a christmas tree forest [title] Consider the type of tree you want to plant. [step] There are a wide variety of christmas trees and include fir, pine, spruce, cypress, and cedar. These trees thrive in different climates and look different from one another. <sep> (A) It is important to research the tree before setting up your tree to try it out to make sure you can write the tree's growing season so that you can get the most supplies you need. If you're just interested in having a tree stand out, then make sure to check for the following : [substeps] Spruce trees. (B) [substeps] Trees green may be used in a mix of green and evergreen. Greens, such as pintos and olive oil, may be more delicate than these. (C) Where the trees grow together is up to you. [substeps] Spruce trees light up the night for hours in the morning and drown out the morning sunrise between afternoons. (D) Think about where your tree forest will be located and choose a tree that can thrive in that climate. [substeps] Balsam firs are a popular christmas tree species that grow in the northern united states and canada, in hardiness zones 3-5 or states like minnesota, north dakota, and montana.
Example output: D
Example explanation: This is a good example. Only option D is about Christmas trees. So, it's the correct option.
Q: [header] How to help your kids enjoy chores [title] Involve your kids in the decision making process. [step] Talk to your children about what their household responsibilities should be, especially if they're preteens or teenagers. Agree upon specific tasks, and make sure everyone is clear about when those tasks should be completed. <sep> (A) [substeps] For example, you and your child might agree that chores should be completed right after school or as soon as they get home. Alternatively, if they're supposed to load or unload the dishwasher, it might be best for them to complete that task in the evening after dinnertime. (B) [substeps] For example, some household chores may be downloading music, while others may include moving furniture, shutting out loud noises, or getting rid of the traffic. Talk to your kids about what to expect each week and set aside a time to work on chores. (C) For example, have your kids make a list of chores they can do and let everyone know what chores they should work on as well. [substeps] Ask your kids, " who should be responsible for the chores? What should we do to help stop chore time? " [title] Teach your kids about chores. (D) [substeps] Don't feel compelled to ask your child, " what will happen when dinner is ready? " rather, encourage them to talk about important decisions and who should be involved in each decision. This can help you feel included in the decision making process.
A: | A |
Given a paragraph, your job is to generate a question that can be answered from the passage. The answer to your question should be a single entity, person, time, etc. that can be extracted from the passage.
One example: There are a million times more viruses on the planet than stars in the universe. Viruses also harbor the majority of genetic diversity on Earth. Scientists are finding evidence of viruses as a planetary force, influencing the global climate and geochemical cycles. They have also profoundly shaped the evolution of their hosts. The human genome, for example, contains 100,000 segments of virus DNA.
Solution is here: How many segments of virus DNA does the human genome contain?
Explanation: The paragraph states the number of segments of virus DNA does the human genome contain, hence the question asked above is appropriate.
Now, solve this: The agreements include fixed annual carriage fees of £30m for the channels with both channel suppliers able to secure additional capped payments if their channels meet certain performance-related targets. Currently there is no indication as to whether the new deal includes the additional Video On Demand and High Definition content which had previously been offered by BSkyB. As part of the agreements, both BSkyB and Virgin Media agreed to terminate all High Court proceedings against each other relating to the carriage of their respective basic channels.
Solution: | What were the annual carriage fees for the channels? |
Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: Sentence A | The question is: Choose the sentence that goes against common sense.
Options:
- Sentence A: "The family takes a family vacation to space."
- Sentence B: "The Family takes a family vacation to the beach."
Stream of consciousness: It is impossible to take family trips to space.
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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.
Q: Remy answered the silly question they were asked happily.
Question: Why did Remy do this?
A: | have fun |
Detailed Instructions: Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased version from the original that retains the same meaning.
Problem:Moreover , many Angika speakers have emigrated to the Persian Gulf , the United States , Canada , the United Kingdom and other countries .
Solution: | Moreover , many Angika speakers in the Persian Gulf have emigrated to the United Kingdom , the United States , Canada , and other countries . |
Q: Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.
I'm not a native English speaker. I am having difficulty with some words. Could anyone please tell me if there's any difference between the above mentioned short sentences, as I'm a little confused.
A: | The short answer is 'not much'. The two expressions are more or less interchangeable. But it can depend on distance. 'Come over here' would be used if the person you were calling was some distance away, at the other end of a hall, let's say, and there were other people in between. 'Come over here' is also perhaps a little more polite. Either expression would be enhanced by adding 'please', but 'Come here please' can sound slightly imperious in certain situations, depending on the relationship of the individuals. A parent or teacher might say it to a child, but it is not the sort of thing one would perhaps say to a colleague, without adding something like 'Would you mind coming here a moment'. 'Come over here please' sounds a bit better than 'come here please'. There are other things you can add to 'come here' which makes it sound less stark e.g. 'Come here a minute' said in a tone as though you have something important to show them, would perhaps not require even a 'please'. I'm sure a lot more could be said on the subject, but I hope that helps. |
INSTRUCTION: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
GENERATED: Context: B: Yeah. Those are pretty. A: Number one turned out just great, and the lady said she couldn't believe that they know that I had done it in the color that they had decorated the nursery
Hypothesis: they know that she had done it in the colors that they had decorated the nursery
INSTRUCTION: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
GENERATED: Context: B: But, uh, if the wind comes basically from the south it can be really bad. A: Uh-huh. B: Uh, the State of Wisconsin, as a matter of fact, uh, started some litigation against Illinois because of the air pollution we were getting. A: Uh-huh. B: Uh, I don't think it's going to go very far,
Hypothesis: it's going to go very far
INSTRUCTION: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
GENERATED: Context: A: I really don't. But no, when the time comes hopefully we'll really look around before I decide on one for my parents B: Uh-huh. A: really do, because I have been raised in one, you know, so there's lot of things I know to look for. B: Yeah. A: And I don't think they'd want to go where they used to work, either you know.
Hypothesis: they would want to go where they used to work
INSTRUCTION: Generate a context and a hypothesis.
GENERATED: | Context: B: Well, that's kind of the way I feel about rock and roll sometimes, too, I guess. They don't really, has kind of the same sound over and over, and the other thing I don't like about it is they have a tendency to play the instrumental so loud that you can't understand what the lyrics are A: Um. Right. B: you can't understand what they're saying on some of those songs which probably is just as well on some of them, too. A: Yeah. And I can't say that I like a lot of the very modern, uh, rock and roll,
Hypothesis: she likes a lot of the very modern rock and roll |
Please add spaces between words: 33Again,yehaveheardthatithathbeensaidbythemofoldtime,Thoushaltnotforswearthyself,butshaltperformuntotheLordthineoaths:
| 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: |
In this task, you will be given a passage to read. A fill in the blank question will be given to you. Your answer should fit the blank appropriately.
Q: Barker was born the second daughter and youngest child of Walter Barker , a partner in a seed supply company and an amateur artist , and his wife Mary Eleanor ( Oswald ) Barker on 28 June 1895 at home at 66 Waddon Road in Croydon , Surrey , England . Barker was an epileptic as a child , and cared for at home by her parents . Later , her sister and elder by two years , Dorothy Oswald Barker , continued the care . The family of four was moderately well off , and belonged to the lower end of the upper middle class . A nanny , a governess , and a cook to prepare special meals for Barker were hired . She spent much time in bed at home amusing herself with painting books and a nursery library that included the works of Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott – two artists who exerted strong influences on her later art.fill in the blank : Barker was born the second daughter and youngest child of Walter Barker , a partner in a seed supply company and an amateur artist , and his wife Mary __________________ ( Oswald ) Barker on 28 June 1895 at home at 66 Waddon Road in Croydon , Surrey , England .
A: | Eleanor |
Q: This task is about reading the given passage and the question, return an incorrect answer to the given question.
story: (CNN) -- A lawsuit filed by the family of Robert Champion, the Florida A&M University band member allegedly beaten to death in a hazing ritual, accuses the bus company involved in the deadly assault and the bus driver of negligence, their attorney said Monday.
The suit alleges that Fabulous Coach Lines and its driver not only consented to the illegal acts of hazing by students, they knowingly participated in the planned hazing activity over several years.
"This was a culture embraced by this bus company," Chris Chestnut said.
According to court documents, Bus C, which is was the vehicle where the incident took place and the name of a specific hazing ritual, was parked in a dark corner, separate from the other buses provided by the company.
The suit also alleges that the bus and its air conditioning system were running at the time Champion was beaten and that the bus driver was standing guard at the door to prevent anyone from entering or exiting the vehicle.
When Champion stepped off the bus at one point to vomit, the bus driver told him "he would be alright as she forced him back onto the bus," the lawsuit claims.
Despite a request for damages in excess of $15,000, Chestnut insisted the focus isn't money. It allows him to file subpoenas and take witness statements to further the investigation.
"We figure out how this happened, we figure out how to fix it, and then we stop it from happening again," Chestnut said.
Calls to the bus company and its attorneys, Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, and Ford, PA, for comment have not been returned. ', question: 'AGAINST WHOM?
A: | The family of Robert Champion |
Here is some data: The Waterman eatType restaurant; The Waterman food Italian; The Waterman priceRange high; The Waterman customer rating average; The Waterman area city centre; The Waterman familyFriendly yes.
Write a sentence that describes this data | Located in the city centre near The Waterman, is a high priced Italian restaurant. It's in the high price range, has an average rating and is children friendly. |
Add punctuation: June 5 1982 World Pair Speedway Championship Semi final
A: June 5. 1982, World Pair Speedway Championship Semi final.
QUESTION: Fix punctuation: The AGGREGATE BUYING POWER of the four sectors of the economy is
ANS: The AGGREGATE BUYING POWER of the four sectors of the economy is:
QUES: That is why we have developed the unique Volvo Electronic Climate Control ECC for our trucks
correct the punctuation.
CORRECTED: That is why we have developed the unique Volvo Electronic Climate Control (ECC) for our trucks.
Question: And for a true local experience eat reindeer drink coffee round the fire and camp with the indigenous Sami people
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Answer: And for a true local experience, eat reindeer, drink coffee round the fire and camp with the indigenous Sami people.
It is a catalog that keeps record of essential information and configuration settings of all application installed on your computer
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
It is a catalog that keeps record of essential information and configuration settings of all application installed on your computer.
QUESTION: Fix punctuation: The 1662 appendix did not only contain Boyles law which relates volume and pressure in a gas but it also contained a defence of Boyles work on the vacuum which appeared in the main text
ANS: | The 1662 appendix did not only contain Boyle's law which relates volume and pressure in a gas, but it also contained a defence of Boyle's work on the vacuum which appeared in the main text. |
Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: yes | Question: Did the death of Helen Palmer have a significant effect on Dr. Seuss?
Stream-of-consciousness: Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Geisel. Theodor Geisel was married to Helen Palmer at the time of her suicide. Theodor Geisel is quoted having said he considered suicide after the death of his wife. |
Definition: In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Input: Question: What age was Reed's father when the medical center was named after him? Passage:Walter Lawrence Reed (4 December 1877 – 1 May 1956) was a major general in the United States Army who served as Inspector General of the Army from 1 December 1935 to 23 December 1939. His father was Army Medical Corps officer Major Walter Reed, namesake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was born in Fort Apache, Arizona and moved to Washington, D.C. where he spent most of his early life. Reed fought in the Spanish–American War and traveled across the country and to the Panama Canal Zone. He then began working as an inspector during World War I and became the inspector of Base Section Number 5 in February 1919 then worked in the American Expeditionary Forces office. For his work he earned the Distinguished Service Medal. Reed attended various military schools before returning to the Inspector General's department. In 1935 he became the inspector general of the United States Army. He retired in 1940, but was recalled to active duty during World War II, filling a role in the War Department until 1946. Reed died in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1956.
Links: a. Fort Apache, Arizona b. Walter Reed c. Panama Canal Zone d. Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army
Output: | b |
In this task, you will be shown an incorrect English sentence. You need to generate a corrected form of the input sentence.
Q: The work should be good , and not just bundle of meaningless .
A: | The work should be good and not just a meaningless bundle . |
Problem: Add spaces: ”Whengoingoutforarestaurantexperience,everythingcounts:fromwhatisonyourplatetowhatisinyourglassandhowthepersonnelgreetsyou.Today,moreandmorerestaurantsarefocusingheavilyoninteriordesignaswell.”
Spaces added: ”When going out for a restaurant experience, everything counts: from what is on your plate to what is in your glass and how the personnel greets you. Today, more and more restaurants are focusing heavily on interior design as well.”
Problem: Add spaces: Thoracicradiography,orx-rayimaging,isanessentialdiagnostictoolforyourveterinariantovisualizepulmonaryabnormalitiesand/orheartdisease.
Spaces added: Thoracic radiography, or x-ray imaging, is an essential diagnostic tool for your veterinarian to visualize pulmonary abnormalities and/or heart disease.
Problem: Add spaces: TheextensiveandexitingmaterialcollectedinthebookmakesitperfectlyclearthatpointafterpointofthebiblicalMosesnarrativeanditscloselyconnectedtextsinthe'RabbinicalWritings'provemoreplausiblethanpreviouslytobeconsideredpossible.
Spaces added: The extensive and exiting material collected in the book makes it perfectly clear that point after point of the biblical Moses narrative and its closely connected texts in the 'Rabbinical Writings' prove more plausible than previously to be considered possible.
Problem: Add spaces: ThegloryofChrististhereforethesameasthegloryoftheFatherorGod.
Spaces added: | The glory of Christ is therefore the same as the glory of the Father or God. |
In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Example: Question: When did the operation during which the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen begin? Passage: The group was occasionally diverted from strategic missions to carry out air support and interdiction missions. It supported Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by attacking transportation targets, including bridges, along with airfields and strong points in France. On D Day, the squadron and the rest of the 446th Group led the first heavy bomber mission of the day. The 446th aided ground forces at Caen and Saint-Lôduring July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. During Operation Market Garden, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands, the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen. It struck lines of communications during the Battle of the Bulge. During Operation Varsity in March 1945, it supplied ground and airborne troops near Wesel. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945 against Salzburg, Austria. The group had flown 273 missions and had lost 58 aircraft during the war,
. Links: a. Allies of World War II b. Wesel c. Operation Market Garden d. Air Support.
Example solution: c
Example explanation: The passage describes the 704th's actions during Operation Market Garden.
Problem: Question: In which state did Fischell work full time in a lab for 25 years? Passage:Robert Fischell (born 1929) is a physicist, prolific inventor, and holder of more than 200 U.S. and foreign medical patents. His inventions have led to the creation of several biotechnology companies. He worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory full-time for 25 years, and part-time for an additional 13 years. He contributed to APL's satellite navigation work, and later developed a rechargeable implantable pacemaker that could be programmed with radiowaves, (Pacesetter Systems purchased by Siemens, now the CRM division of St. Jude Medical). He and his team at Hopkins also helped miniaturize the implantable cardiac defibrillator. Mr. Fischell went on to invent the implantable insulin pump (MiniMed, spun off from Pacesetter Systems in 1985), numerous coronary stents used to open clogged arteries (IsoStent merged with Cordis, in turn purchased by Johnson & Johnson), and two extraordinary feedback systems that provide early warning of epileptic seizures (NeuroPace) and heart attacks (Angel Medical Systems). Fischell recently donated $30 million to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to establish a bioengineering department and an institute for biomedical devices at the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
Links: a. Medtronic b. Applied Physics Laboratory c. Insulin pump d. Biotechnology
| Solution: b |
Benedykt Ossolinsky, age 39, began to grow childish. On the first day of his midlife crisis, he stood in front of the mirror examining his receding hairline and wrinkles on his face. In that very moment, while staring at his reflection he found in his eyes that mad look he had last seen thirty years ago in a photograph taken at a tethered flying model competition. The photo was taken by Henryk the servant, when his little charge decided he wanted a red biplane model Curtiss Consolidated Skyhawk Cruisader 3A "Bingo Star". This new look was also noticed by his co-workers, who for the most part, considered him to be an infantile spoiled brat. It fit with their idea of a boss. And Benedykt was indeed the boss, even though he himself couldn't quite believe it. He was the head of a foundation for the self-promotion of the Ossolinsky family, well-known descendants of Polish-American aristocrats, engaged in business ventures there, and charity work here. The position was highly honorable and very prestigious. Just as the employees didn't like Benedykt, in equal measure Benedykt didn't like his job. He considered it extremely stressful and felt it forced him to super-human sacrifices. Everything was arranged by the family as a penance for avoiding work. He had to go to the office at least three times a week for two full hours and entertain various smiling journalists, drink coffee with them and listen. He had to sign letters and open gifts from various companies hoping to win favors. And he had to play golf and attend social functions, movie premiers, shows and art exhibits. The family had only planned for three months of vacation time a year. Scandal! As a sign of protest he took to coming to the office wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Attention, Baby!" on it. Question: What did Benedykt have to do? Options: A. not enough information B. Fly airplanes C. Talk to his servant D. Socializing === The correct answer is
D
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had instructed his representatives not to sign a communique by all seven leaders attending the G-7 summit in Canada, citing statements by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made after he left. "Very dishonest and & weak," Trump tweeted in response to Trudeau's remark that the new U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel were "insulting." "Based on Justin's false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers, and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!" Trump added. "International cooperation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks," French President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement about Trump's withdrawal from signing the communique. The statement also said Trump's action is a display of "incoherence and inconsistency." "Germany stands by the jointly agreed communique," Germany spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement. Trudeau closed the summit Saturday by refusing to budge on positions that place him at odds with Trump, particularly new tariffs on steel and aluminum that have irritated Canada and the European Union. He said in closing remarks that Canada would proceed with retaliatory measures on U.S. goods as early as July 1. "I highlighted directly to the president that Canadians did not take it lightly that the United States has moved forward with significant tariffs," Trudeau said in the news conference following the two-day summit. "Canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we will also not be pushed around." British Prime Minister Theresa May echoed Trudeau, pledging to retaliate for tariffs on EU goods. "The loss of trade through tariffs undermines competition, reduces productivity, removes the incentive to innovate and ultimately makes everyone poorer," she said. "And in response, the EU will impose countermeasures." Trudeau and May also bucked... Question: What led to Russia being thrown out of the group of G-7 nations? Options: A. It's aggressive actions in eastern Ukraine B. because of Russia's trade stance C. not enough information D. Russia's economy is not as advanced as those of the other nations === The correct answer is
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Question: Paul was late for the victory party. When he finally arrived back at Chloe's house he found her driveway and neighborhood so crowded with cars that he had to park on the next street over. He was ever so slightly worried about leaving his car out of sight in this neighborhood, but really it was his nervousness about the party that tied his stomach in knots. A $120 bottle of champagne under his arm, Paul walked bravely up to the front door, which opened from within before he could touch the doorbell. "8:17!" shouted Chloe as she flung the door wide, a wristwatch held in her hand. "Who bet closest to 8:17?" Chloe wore a green and blue sari wrapped low around her waist and a white t-shirt on which someone had used a sharpie to write "HOOK-HER" on the front. A young, stocky Asian American woman named Bee stepped forward. She held a little piece of paper in her hand, which she shoved playfully in front of Chloe's face. "8:15! I had 8:15!" Behind the two women a tall, rail-thin man appeared, wearing a faded blue polo shirt with the Microsoft logo on it and a pair of khakis. Paul recognized him as Raff, whom he'd met the night before. "Just barely beat my 8:00." He said. Raff was the computer guy - the lead hacker in the group who'd been responsible for sorting through the reams of electronic data they'd stolen and finding the juicy bits. He'd also masterminded the attack on the company Web site and some of the other problems that had tied his former partners up in the hours after Paul had gotten the check. "I wanted to bet 'never' but Chloe had already taken that one." "Don't listen to him, Paul," said Chloe. "I just bet never because I knew everyone else would want it and I alone had faith in your return. But the others decided to have a little betting pool about when you'd finally show up after you pulled your little disappearing act earlier." Chloe waggled her finger at him in mock scolding. "You're a naughty little boy, giving me the slip like that." Question: What will Paul do? Options: A. He will open the champagne. B. He will get in a fight with Raff. C. He will sleep with Chloe. D. not enough information === The correct answer is
Answer: | A |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
See one example below:
Problem: Roman Yakub won first price in a Choral Composition Competition at a liberal arts college founded by who?
Solution: William Egbert
Explanation: This is a good example, and output correctly answers the question.
Problem: Joe O'Connor plays Marshall Darling in a tv series created by who?
Solution: | Mitchell Kriegman |
Problem: Here is a premise:
On the subject of Clinton's aggressive fund raising, Morris recently told the New York Daily News , I just think he overdid it.
Here is a hypothesis:
The New York Daily News has not received any comment from Morris.
Here are the options:
Answer: no
Problem: Here is a premise:
Combination of SCR and FGD will also result in significant reduction of mercury emissions, thereby mitigating the need for the addition of ACI.
Here is a hypothesis:
Mercury emissions are extremely detrimental to the environment and SCR and FGD are trying to stop this.
Here are the options:
Answer: it is not possible to tell
Problem: Here is a premise:
First opened in 1831, it reopened in 2000 after a renovation resuscitated much of its historic character.
Here is a hypothesis:
It was closed someone between 1831 and 2000.
Here are the options:
Answer: yes
Problem: Here is a premise:
well okay i enjoyed our discussion
Here is a hypothesis:
I learned a lot while talking to you.
Here are the options:
Answer: | it is not possible to tell |
Problem: Randomly generate a fact.
Random fact: usually plants die or become dormant during the winter
Generate a sentence that answers this question: "A car can be powered by all but".
Answer: wind is a source of energy
question: What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "While studying the rings in a fossilized tree trunk, a scientist notices a group of rings that are closer together than the other. This means that"
answer: as the amount of available water decreases , tree-growth rings will become narrower
Problem: What is a random fact?
Answer: an electromagnet contains cylindrical ferrous metal
Problem: Generate a sentence that contains a fact.
if the population of an organism increases then the ecosystem may become overpopulated with that organism
Problem: Generate a sentence that contains a fact.
| pollution is when humans pollute the environment with pollutants |
In this task, you will be presented with a context from an academic paper and a question separated with a
. You have to answer the question based on the context.
Example input: We evaluate the proposed approach on the Chinese social media text summarization task, based on the sequence-to-sequence model. Large-Scale Chinese Short Text Summarization Dataset (LCSTS) is constructed by BIBREF1 . The dataset consists of more than 2.4 million text-summary pairs in total, constructed from a famous Chinese social media microblogging service Weibo.
Question: Are results reported only for English data?
Example output: No
Example explanation: Based on the context, the dataset is constructed from a famous Chinese social media microblogging service Weibo.
Q: The RelNet model achieves a mean error of 0.285% across tasks which is better than the results of the EntNet model BIBREF17 . The RelNet model is able to achieve 0% test error on 11 of the tasks, whereas the EntNet model achieves 0% error on 7 of the tasks. The RelNet model achieves a mean error of 0.285% across tasks which is better than the results of the EntNet model BIBREF17 . The RelNet model is able to achieve 0% test error on 11 of the tasks, whereas the EntNet model achieves 0% error on 7 of the tasks.
Question: What are the relative improvements observed over existing methods?
A: | The RelNet model achieves a mean error of 0.285% across tasks which is better than the results of the EntNet model BIBREF17 . The RelNet model is able to achieve 0% test error on 11 of the tasks, whereas the EntNet model achieves 0% error on 7 of the tasks. |
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.
One example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution is here: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Now, solve this: Illyria was an ancient region in the western part of today 's Balkan Peninsula .
Solution: | In classical antiquity , Illyria ( ; , " Illyri ́ a " or , " Illyri ́ s " ; , see also : " Illyricum " ) was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyrians . |
Detailed Instructions: 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.
Problem:The Third Amendment (Amendment III) to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime. The amendment is a response to Quartering Acts passed by the British parliament during the buildup to the American Revolutionary War, which had allowed the British Army to lodge soldiers in private residences.
Solution: | the 3rd amendment prohibition on forced boarding of soldiers |
Detailed Instructions: Given a context passage, generate a question from the passage such that its answer is shortest continous span from the passage.
Problem:In 1969, Mark Bernes was dying from lung cancer.
Solution: | What was the cause of death for Mark Bernes? |
Definition: 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".
Input: When American 11 struck the World Trade Center at 8:46, no one in the White House or traveling with the President knew that it had been hijacked. While that information circulated within the FAA, we found no evidence that the hijacking was reported to any other agency in Washington before 8:46. Most federal agencies learned about the crash in New York from CNN. Within the FAA, the administrator, Jane Garvey, and her acting deputy, Monte Belger, had not been told of a confirmed hijacking before they learned from television that a plane had crashed. Others in the agency were aware of it, as we explained earlier in this chapter. Inside the National Military Command Center, the deputy director of operations and his assistant began notifying senior Pentagon officials of the incident. At about 9:00, the senior NMCC operations officer reached out to the FAA operations center for information. Although the NMCC was advised of the hijacking of American 11, the scrambling of jets was not discussed. In Sarasota, Florida, the presidential motorcade was arriving at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School, where President Bush was to read to a class and talk about education. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told us he was standing with the President outside the classroom when Senior Advisor to the President Karl Rove first informed them that a small, twin-engine plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. The President's reaction was that the incident must have been caused by pilot error. At 8:55, before entering the classroom, the President spoke to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, who was at the White House. She recalled first telling the President it was a twin-engine aircraft-and then a commercial aircraft-that had struck the World Trade Center, adding "that's all we know right now, Mr. President." At the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney had just sat down for a meeting when his assistant told him to turn on his television because a plane had struck the NorthTower of the World Trade Center. The Vice President was wondering "How the hell could a plane hit the World Trade Center" when he saw the second aircraft strike the South Tower. Elsewhere in the White House, a series of 9:00 meetings was about to begin. In the absence of information that the crash was anything other than an accident, the White House staff monitored the news as they went ahead with their regular schedules. <sep>How much time had elapsed between American 11 hitting the World Trade Centre and the senior NMCC operations officer reaching out to the FAA operations center for information?<sep>14 minutes
Output: | Yes |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
Given a passage and a question, find the answer to the question based on the passage. The answer should consist of only one word that lies in the span of only one of the sentences in the passage.
Paragraph: Ray Donovan is an American television crime drama series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime . The twelve - episode first season premiered on June 30 , 2013 . The pilot episode broke viewership records , becoming the biggest premiere of all time on Showtime . Showtime renewed the show for a fourth season , which premiered on June 26 , 2016 . On August 11 , 2016 , Showtime renewed the show for a fifth season , which premiered on August 6 , 2017 . On October 23 , 2017 , the series was renewed for a 12 - episode sixth season , to be filmed in New York City and debut in 2018 .
Question: how many seasons are there of ray donovan
Output: | sixth |
This is some data: AIDAstella, builder, Meyer Werft; Meyer Werft, location, Papenburg.
Generate a detailed description of this data.
Sentence: | The AIDAstella was built by Meyer Werft located in Papenburg. |
Sentence: "This needs mending the shoe."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
A: unacceptable
Sentence: "Pat has become crazy, and Chris in good spirits."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
A: unacceptable
Sentence: "Who did you ask saw what?"
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
A: acceptable
Sentence: "We ate enough a pudding to satisfy us."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
A: | unacceptable |
Context:Tom threw his schoolbag down to Ray after *he* reached the top of the stairs.
Is "he" the same as "Tom"? Possible answers:OPTIONS: [+] no. [+] yes.
Answer: | yes |
In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Example input: Roman Yakub won first price in a Choral Composition Competition at a liberal arts college founded by who?
Example output: William Egbert
Example explanation: This is a good example, and output correctly answers the question.
Q: Do Joshua Dugdale and Carlos Saldanha both work with films?
A: | yes |
CoT and answer: Law & Order was created by Dick Wolf. Dick Wolf won an Emmy in 2007. Dick Wolf won an Emmy in 1997. The Emmy statuette is of a winged woman holding an atom.
yes
Do reverse engineering and find the question: Are there winged statuettes in the home of the creator of Law & Order?
Solution: Osama bin Laden was an Islamic fundamentalist. The practice of putting a wafer on your tongue is called Communion. Communion is a Christian religious practice. Christians commonly attend religious services on Sunday.
Answer: no
Question: Does Osama bin Laden put a wafer on his tongue every Sunday?
Reasoning & answer: The 'Holy Trinity' in cooking is a base used for soups, stews, and more. The ingredients of the Holy Trinity base are onions, bell peppers, and celery.
no
Question: Could you make the kitchen 'holy trinity' without celery?
CoT and answer: Lemonade is made from lemons, sugar, and water. Lemons are a citrus fruit. Citrus fruit is high in Vitamin C.
yes
Do reverse engineering and find the question: Would drinking a glass of lemonade provide Vitamin C?
Solution: Macbeth features scenes with three witches throughout the play. Witches are often displayed with pointy hats and long black robes.
Answer: yes
Question: Would costumes with robes and pointy hats be helpful for Macbeth?
Solution: A monopoly refers to the exclusive supply of a good. The Bombyx mori is a moth famous for its silk production. Spiders, beetles, caterpillars, and fleas produce silk. Wild silk produced by caterpillars has been used in China, Europe, and South Asia since antiquity.
Answer: no
Question: | Does Bombyx mori have a monopoly over silk production? |
Problem: How does the sentence end?
Eric ruined their sewing machine but not Hunter because
Answer: Eric was rough with their possessions.
Problem: How does the sentence end?
Victoria asked Amy to make her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but
Answer: Amy hated peanut butter.
Problem: How does the sentence end?
Jeffrey knew how to sneak out of the house without Brett knowing, as
Answer: Brett was very oblivious.
Problem: How does the sentence end?
Patricia loves to watch television and Sarah does not so
Answer: | Patricia left the club early to watch the television show. |
Please answer the following question: Determine the topic of the passage. "A major producer of natural gas , oil , and agriculture, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology ." Topic:
A: | Oklahoma |
In this task you're given a question and you have to paraphrase the question to create the output question while retaining the meaning of the original question.
Example: What can one do after MBBS?
Example solution: What do i do after my MBBS ?
Example explanation: In this example both the question ask the same thing about what to do after MBBS hence second question is the correct output
Problem: What freedoms do women have?
| Solution: What is freedom for you? |
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.
One example: Paragraph- Sent 1: Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sent 2: He is the only President to have been born in Hawaii.
Sent 3: He was born to a white mother and a black father.
Sent 4: His mother, Ann Dunham (1942-1995), was born in Wichita, Kansas, of mostly English descent, with some German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss, and Welsh ancestry. Question: How old was Obama's mother when he was born?
Solution is here: 19.
Explanation: Obama was born in 1961. His mother was born in 1942 and 1961-1942=19. Therefore, any of the following responses are considred correct: '19' and 'almost twenty'.
Now, solve this: Paragraph- Sent 1: FEMA inspectors were in Kerrville again Wednesday, inspecting some damaged homes.
Sent 2: According to Lindsay, FEMA has already received 44,000 inspection requests in Texas.
Sent 3: The number of individuals seeking relief from the floods across South Texas increased by more than 1,000 Tuesday, bringing the total to 5,855, he said.
Sent 4: FEMA has already distributed $1.8 million in relief in the form of emergency housing.
Sent 5: "The registration process is going rapidly," Lindsay said, adding that most registrations took between 5 and 7 minutes.
Sent 6: Aid also is available from the local chapter of the Red Cross, but flooding victims must interview with the Red Cross separately to receive aid from them, too.
Sent 7: Daletta Andreas, Hill Country chapter executive director, said the chapter has received calls from people who thought registering with FEMA or for cleanup services from local groups automatically registered them for Red Cross services.
Sent 8: That's incorrect, Andreas said.
Sent 9: "They need to come in and go through our interview process," she said.
Sent 10: The Red Cross service center, 333 Earl Garrett St., is open from 9 a.m.
Sent 11: to 6 p.m.
Sent 12: daily, and will be open this weekend, Andreas said.
Sent 13: People seeking assistance must provide identification proving they reside in the area.
Sent 14: Members of the State Bar of Texas are offering free legal advice for flood victims.
Sent 15: Victims in Texas counties declared a federal disaster can call (800) 504-7030 for assistance with basic legal questions.
Sent 16: The free legal assistance hotline, operated in coordination with Texas Rural Legal Aid and volunteer lawyers from across the state, will be available from 8 a.m.
Sent 17: to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m.
Sent 18: to 6 p.m.
Question: What are the names of two organizations that provided aid or relief to disaster victims?.
Solution: | FEMA and Red Cross. |
Problem: Word: ditch
Sentence 1: Ditch a plane.
Sentence 2: Ditch a car.
Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: the same meaning
Question: This question has options. Does the word "empathize" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?
You really have to empathize.
You've really got to empathize with what they want.
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "read" used in the same way in the following two sentences?
I can read his feelings in his face.
She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Q: Does "point" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?
A point of information.
Get to the point.
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: Have an assistant.
Here is another sentence: Have a lover.
Does the have mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: Throw a javelin.
Here is another sentence: She threw herself forwards.
Does the throw mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: | different meanings |
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].
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: China
Here is why: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
OK. solve this:
(CNN) The only known surviving suspect from the Paris attacks claimed to have only played a minor role in the November bombings and shootings, two French media outlets said late Friday. Speaking to Belgian authorities on March 19, following his arrest in Brussels, Salah Abdeslam tried to diminish his role in the attacks. He often referred to his older brother, Brahim, as playing a more important part in the Paris terror operations, according to CNN affiliate, BFMTV, which gained access to the interrogation transcript. The French newspaper Le Monde also said it had access to the document. Salah Abdeslam told investigators he rented cars and hotel rooms, prior to the Paris attacks, at his brother's request.Salah Abdeslam is playing down his role in the November Paris attacksHe says he only met the allegedly ringleader once
Question:_ authorities said Abdeslam was planning new attacks when he was captured in last week's raid.
Answer: | Belgian |
Article: Other subjects that lent themselves to visual depiction included the name of battles (e.g. Trafalgar), explorers, local notables, discoveries, sporting heroes and members of the royal family. Some pub signs are in the form of a pictorial pun or rebus. For example, a pub in Crowborough, East Sussex called The Crow and Gate has an image of a crow with gates as wings.
Question: What town is The Crow and Gate located in?
Ans: Crowborough
Here is a question about this article: The rising population has resulted in an increased demand on fish stocks, which are under stress; although the creation of the Funafuti Conservation Area has provided a fishing exclusion area to help sustain the fish population across the Funafuti lagoon. Population pressure on the resources of Funafuti and inadequate sanitation systems have resulted in pollution. The Waste Operations and Services Act of 2009 provides the legal framework for waste management and pollution control projects funded by the European Union directed at organic waste composting in eco-sanitation systems. The Environment Protection (Litter and Waste Control) Regulation 2013 is intended to improve the management of the importation of non-biodegradable materials. In Tuvalu plastic waste is a problem as much imported food and other commodities are supplied in plastic containers or packaging.
What is the answer to this question: What organization has funded a waste management control plan on Tuvalu?
****
So... European Union
The problem: Answer a question about this article:
Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik fʁɑ̃.swa ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin,[n 1] was a Polish and French (by citizenship and birth of father) composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation." Chopin was born in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, and grew up in Warsaw, which after 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising.
In what area was Frédéric born in?
****
The answer: Duchy of Warsaw
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Memory:
Interestingly, research has revealed that asking individuals to repeatedly imagine actions that they have never performed or events that they have never experienced could result in false memories. For instance, Goff and Roediger (1998) asked participants to imagine that they performed an act (e.g., break a toothpick) and then later asked them whether they had done such a thing. Findings revealed that those participants who repeatedly imagined performing such an act were more likely to think that they had actually performed that act during the first session of the experiment. Similarly, Garry and her colleagues (1996) asked college students to report how certain they were that they experienced a number of events as children (e.g., broke a window with their hand) and then two weeks later asked them to imagine four of those events. The researchers found that one-fourth of the students asked to imagine the four events reported that they had actually experienced such events as children. That is, when asked to imagine the events they were more confident that they experienced the events.
What did a similar study done by Garry find?
A: researchers found that one-fourth of the students asked to imagine the four events reported that they had actually experienced such events as children
Question: Read this and answer the question
Elizabeth I of England, primarily interested in trade with the east, collaborated with English merchants to form the first trading companies to the far-flung regions, using their own jargon. Their goals were to obtain trading concessions by treaty. The queen chartered the Company of Merchants of the Levant, shortened to Levant Company, and soon known also as The Turkey Company, in 1581. In 1582, the ship The Great Susan transported the first ambassador, William Harebone, to the Ottoman Porte (government of the Ottoman Empire) at Constantinople. Compared to Anatolia, Levant also means "land of the rising sun," but where Anatolia always only meant the projection of land currently occupied by the Republic of Turkey, Levant meant anywhere in the domain ruled by the Ottoman Porte. The East India Company (short for a much longer formal name) was chartered in 1600 for trade to the East Indies.
What was Elizabeth primarily interested in?
Answer: trade with the east
By 1640, the town's theocratic government and nine-square grid plan were in place, and the town was renamed Newhaven from Quinnipiac. However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden. The settlement became the headquarters of the New Haven Colony. At the time, the New Haven Colony was separate from the Connecticut Colony, which had been established to the north centering on Hartford. One of the principal differences between the two colonies was that the New Haven colony was an intolerant theocracy that did not permit other churches to be established, while the Connecticut colony permitted the establishment of other churches.
In what year was the northern area of New Haven renamed Hamden?
| 1678 |
As it turned out, Greg would have had a hard time canceling the check, even if he'd changed his mind. Chloe's crew had already sprung into action as soon as they left the building. The company used a computer controlled switchboard to route phone calls and this immediately went down, same for their Internet access. Meanwhile, a crude but effective denial of service attack was launched against their company Web site. If Greg decided to use his cell phone there wasn't much they could do, but the hope was that he'd be so tied up with all this other crap that he wouldn't have time to think of that. Paul didn't think any of that was necessary. Greg had given in and he wasn't going to call and cancel the check now. He'd agreed for a reason, and once Greg had a reason for making a decision it was usually impossible to change his mind. And it didn't make sense anyway. All he would have done is buy himself a little more time. Chloe and Paul would just march right back in and start all over again - probably after sending out pics of Evan in drag to all the employees. From his point of view, there was no reason for Greg to do that. Of course, it was still a huge risk for Chloe and Paul. If Greg just wanted a delay to get the lawyers involved, then they were in trouble. Chloe and he had broken a fist full of laws in the past twelve hours. They needed to cash that check and disappear as soon as they could. The bank put up a bit of a fuss about the check, which was one more reason Paul hated Bank of Fucking America. They always had some rule to screw a customer. But Chloe made a bunch of noise and actually jumped up and down at one point and eventually they walked out of the bank with a cashier's check. Question: What is probably the relationship between Chloe and Paul? Options: A. They are cousins. B. They are married. C. not enough information D. They are strangers. === The correct answer is
Answer: | B |
Ques: Bea, a five-year-old girl, was born with a severe illness which means she has to be kept away from other children of her age, because her body is so weak that she would be unable to fight off a common cold. Bea was diagnosed with this disease when she was five months old. Since then, the hospital has become her second home, medicines for food, and all kinds of treatments her friends. Bea received a very special treatment when she was four years old, which would allow her to be like a normal child if successful. After that, she spent two weeks in ICU before living for four months on a separate ward . Bea was allowed home in February but still needed a special tube in her nose to send in medicines every two days. Her parents clean the house from top to bottom every two days and hoover each morning to make sure Bea is free from any possible bacteria. Anna, Bea's mother, said, "she is weak but so strong. We've never seen any child stronger than her. It seems as if nothing in the world could beat her. We really hope to send her to school next year." She used to drive on the local playground, but Bea was only allowed to watch sitting in the car. "It was heartbreaking to see Bea staring at the running and laughing children there. She never stopped fighting the disease. I know she's dying for such a normal life." Hearing of Bea's story, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has paid for a play park to be built in her back garden. "Bea is very brave and she has encouraged many children like her," said the chairman of the foundation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation had a play park built for Bea to_. A) honor her bravery in fighting against her disease B) call for attention to this immune system deficiency C) encourage more children like Bea to be optimistic D) launch a campaign against this serious disease
Ans: A
Ques: After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week. It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago.The first edition of the festival was in 1985 and the most recent edition in Rio was held in January, 2001.A total of 700,000 tickets were sold out for this year' s festival. The festival consists of four stages with the participation of International stars including Elton John, Katy Perry, and bands Metallica, Evanescence and System of a Down.Several stars which performed in previous editions are also on the list this year..In addition, a number of local singers and bands will also join this year. The performance site, named as Rock City, is a 150,000-square-meter area.Besides the concert area, the site also has a giant Ferns wheel, a roller coaster, and a small shopping mall.After the festival, the Rock City area will be converted into a leisure area to athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, who raised the hotels' occupation rate to 98 percent.Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U.S.dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs. The creator of the festival, Brazilian businessmen Roberto Medina, insisted on opening the Rock City gates himself, in the early afternoon, and greeted the first fans to enter the site."We come to the gate because the Brazilian audience is even more important than the bands.We applaud them.They make the greatest show," he said. From the passage, we can know _ . A) Rock City is a great theatre B) Only rock bands are invited to the festival? C) the festival will improve the employment of Rio D) The gate of Rock City was opened by the Brazilian audience
Ans: C
Ques: I have a rule of travel: never carry a map. I prefer to ask for directions. Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don't have names. In Japan, people tell landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, " Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and pass a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop." In the countryside of the American Midwest, usually there are not many landmarks. There are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, " Go north two miles, turn west, and then go another mile." People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map. They measure distance by means of time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it's about five minutes from here." You say, " Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don' t know. People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because visitors seldom understand the Greek language. Instead of giving you the direction, a Greek often says, " Follow me." Then he will lead you through the streets of the city to the post office. Sometimes a person doesn't know the answer to your question. What happens then? A New Yorker might say, " Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yuchatan, Mexico, no one answers " I don't know." People in Yucatan think that " I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can get very lost in Yucatan. However, one thing will help you everywhere---- in Japan, in the United States, in Greece, in Mexico, or in any other places. You might not understand a person's words, but maybe you can understand his body language. He or she will usually turn and then point in the correct direction. Go in that direction and you may find the post office. From the text we may know that _ . A) people in Greece have no sense of direction B) people don't have to carry a map when travelling C) there are few landmarks in the American Midwest D) different places have different ways to give directions
Ans: D
Ques: You might think the largest library in the world would be in Europe. But it isn't. It's in Washington D.C. It's called the Library of Congress. President John Adams started the library in 1800 for members of Congress. He wanted them to be able to read books about law. The first 740 books were bought in England. They were simply set up in the room where Congress met. Then Thomas Jefferson sold Congress many of his own books. He felt Congress should have books on all subjects, not just on law. This idea changed the library forever. The library grew and grew. Now it covers a large area of land. It contains20million books as well as many pictures, movies, globes and machines. Experts in every field work there. Hundreds of people call every day with all kinds of questions. Many of them get answers right over the phone. The library is a huge storehouse. Thomas Edison's first movie and Houdini's magic books are preserved there. And it is the proud owner of the world's best collection of humorous books. Thomas Jefferson's opinion about the library was that_. A) it should buy books on law B) it should be the largest in the world C) it should have books on all subjects D) it should answer all kinds of questions
Ans: | C |
Write a sentence based on this summary: talks succeed in ending bangladesh opposition boycott | the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party -lrb- bnp -rrb- will end a three-day parliamentary boycott and join the current session tuesday , house speaker humayun rasheed chowdhury said . |
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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
One example is below.
Q: 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. (A) Tian Tian (B) UK (C) Edinburgh Zoo (D) Sweetie (E) Yang Guang (F) China
A: (F)
Rationale: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Q: (CNN) As you scrolled through your social media feeds Tuesday night searching for election results, something striking popped up (beyond Hillary Clinton losing Pennsylvania). It was tweets and Facebook posts shared by your more liberal friends. They were trying to make sense of Clinton's impending loss and found the perfect scapegoat -- a dead gorilla. Stories of Harambe nabbing thousands of votes during the presidential election have surged through social media since Election Day. Harambe, if you've somehow forgotten, was the 450-pound gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed by zoo personnel after a 3-year-old boy fell into its exhibit back in May.Harambe the gorilla was killed back in MaySeveral states don't allow write-in candidates
Questions:The controversy over _'s killing has turned the silverback gorilla into something of a beloved figure for some, with hundreds of online memes dedicated to the animal's memory. (A) Hillary Clinton (B) Pennsylvania (C) Facebook (D) Clinton (E) Harambe (F) Election Day (G) Cincinnati Zoo
A: | (E) |
Write the right answer to the question based on the context passage.
Let me give you an example: Television drama's whole point is to bring you through an often slow start, followed by a complex development to a point where there are two or three potential dénouements before, "Cut!", it is the end of the episode and you will have to await the "right answer" in the following week's show.
This post came to me at 10pm last night, on Day 16 of this challenge, after a day of holidaying in London and with my head (and feet) too weary to put finger to touchscreen.
Mrs Mc and I had just watched another live instalment of Broadchurch, murder mystery extraordinaire, particularly since in the second series there is no actual fresh murder to investigate. The verdict is about to be given on the accused killer from Series 1 when the inevitable happens... Cue title music.
This moment has even gained a moniker in British homes, based on the theme tune to the real masters of the four-times-a-week cliffhanger, London-based soap opera Eastenders. It's call a "ba...ba...ba...ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba" (YouTube will provide overseas readers with auditory explanation).
Eastenders is such a master of writing in the perfect pace that every 28 minute episode ends with a tantalising screen freeze on the latest shocked face / smirking baddy / confused victim. For really big stories the cliffhanger can last significantly longer. This week, to celebrate the show's 30 year birthday, we will finally find out the answer to a question unanswered for the past 14 months: "Who killed Lucy Beale?"
Now, most classrooms do not involve murder, incest, dodgy deals and danger, but "good teaching" encourages a type of pacing that totally ignores the ingredients that have millions in the edges of their seats every day: the good old cliffhanger. In fact, we see teachers giving away the punchline at the beginning: "Today we are learning this:...". Question: What was the soap opera admired by British people that the author says is a master of writing?
The answer to this example can be: Eastenders
Here is why: The seventh sentence of the passage clearly states that Eastenders is master of writing. So, the answer is Eastenders.
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"Maybe we're being too harsh with the letter," said Janine.
"Hon, as his parents we have a responsibility to his well being," said Bob.
"I know but I just think he doesn't need this added pressure."
"Jan, I'll be damned if I'm gonna support and house a drug addict."
"I just think maybe he's going through tough times or something. He told me the other day he wanted to see a therapist."
"Hmm."
"Maybe there's something going on we don't understand. I mean didn't he seem a little paranoid to you today at lunch?"
"Paranoia is a side-effect of the marijuana."
"Well I still think we are being a little harsh, I mean, we can't just throw our son out on the street."
"Babe, its our job to be harsh when it comes to this kind of stuff. It's for his own good. Either he chooses to keep living rent free in the condo without the pot or he chooses to ruin his life."
"I know but don't you think we should let this little phase run its course? I mean, we're not entirely innocent ourselves. Eventually he's gonna want to stop smoking pot,"
"I don't know if he is, Jan. He's expressed to me several times that he has no interest in quitting."
"He's said that to me too."
"Well I think that's a pretty big red flag, don't you?"
"Yes."
"He needs to get his priorities in order and realize that drugs aren't gonna do him any good. If we have to force him to do that then that's what has to be done. I mean, tell me you haven't had any difficulty falling asleep at night with the notion that our sons are drug addicts."
"Well at least Ben has a job and is paying his own rent."
"I know but those people he hangs out with, Mack and Allison, those dopers that spend their time smoking weed, they...they're our age, and did you see their house, the stacks of books and newspapers and the marijuana pipes laying on the coffee table? It sickens me that there are people out there like that." Question: Who thinks the letter is too harsh?
Answer: | Jan |
Instructions: You are given a sentence and a question. You're expected to write the correct answer based on the sentence.
Input: Sentence: Mike knows that his floor has less friction then his lap. An apple seed fell from the apple he was eating and rolled across his lap before falling to the floor and rolling around there. Question: Which surface did the apple seed roll slower on?
Output: | lap |
Find the right ending to this passage.
The brother of murdered British aid worker Alan Henning has called on David Cameron to send troops to hunt down the Islamic State (IS) militants responsible for his death. Reg Henning said the brutal Islamist group were 'monsters' and ground forces were needed to find them. In a BBC interview he said that the Henning family had been in a 'living nightmare' and condemned the Government for preventing them from speaking out about his brother's capture. Alan Henning poses for a friend as they wait to cross the Turkish border. Not long after the photo was taken, he was kidnapped by IS terrorists. He believed that he would be freed but last week the Islamic State posted a video of his beheading
We've had to keep it quiet for nine months, we've been gagged by the Government and the | FCO not to say a thing. |
Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.
Example input: How are i.e. and e.g. pronounced?
Example output: i.e. stands for id est (Latin), which means 'that is'. You use it to link in a deeper explanation about something. Pronounce it 'eye - ee'. e.g. stands for exempli gratia (also Latin), which means 'for example'. You use it to link in an example of a more generic term. Pronounce it 'ee - jee'
Example explanation: Perfect answer because it's consistent with context uses required information from the question to provide the detailed answer with an example.
Q: How do you know when to use singular or plural nouns if they're used as adjectives? i.e. 32-bit computer vs 32-bits computer? teacher union vs teachers union? wedding planner vs weddings planner? sport medicine vs sports medicine? student council vs students council? Which one is correct?.
A: | You are thinking of noun adjuncts, or attributive nouns. Both Wikipedia and someone from Pearson Education state that traditionally, all attributive nouns are singular. However, the number of plural attributive nouns have increased over the years in a rather arbitrary manner. This means that there is no longer a set rule to determine whether the attributive is singular or plural. Despite this, there is a rough guide that you can use. The attributive noun tends to be plural in the following situations: 1: The singular form might lead to ambiguity an arts degree (a degree in the humanities) as opposed to an art degree (a degree in fine art) [I believe that this situation is what is referred to on wikipedia as 'lexical restrictions', providing the example of 'arm race' vs 'arms race'] 2. There is no singular form of a noun (in pluralia tantum) a customs officer 3. There is a need to denote variety a soft drinks manufacturer [but] a car manufacturer 4. A topical issue comes forth, often in newspaper stories... the tapes issue the tapes compromise the Watergate tapes affair the White House tapes mystery and other examples, including jobs cut. [I am not entirely sure what the point of this fourth category is] [Source: Pearson Education , directly quoted apart from what is enclosed inside square brackets] To this list I add my own: 5. [The attributive noun is plural if] it comes from the possessive form of the word teachers union ladies man However, this is more of an explanation rather than a rule you can use. There are too many exceptions, and you are unlikely to know the origins of the word. It doesn't make sense that it is teachers union but not students council. Note that we often 'choose by ear and it doesn't matter (employee lounge, employees lounge)' (Chicago Manual of Style). I would argue that it would be easier to just look it up every time and memorise words instead of trying to find a rule or categorise them. Even as a native speaker, I was not entirely sure whether it was 'sport medicine' or 'sports medicine' before looking it up. If you find yourself completely lost and without internet, go with the singular form because it is the traditional form and more common. |
Definition: 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'.
Input: Passage: 'The song is now a recognized standard, recorded by many artists.'. Question: 'where is turkey located in the middle east'.
Output: | False |
Problem: The Principals Committee had its first meeting on al Qaeda on September 4. On the day of the meeting, Clarke sent Rice an impassioned personal note. He criticized U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present. The "real question" before the principals, he wrote, was "are we serious about dealing with the al Qida threat? Is al Qida a big deal? Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG has not succeeded in stopping al Qida attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the US," Clarke wrote. "What would those decision makers wish that they had done earlier? That future day could happen at any time." Clarke then turned to the Cole." The fact that the USS Cole was attacked during the last Administration does not absolve us of responding for the attack," he wrote. "Many in al Qida and the Taliban may have drawn the wrong lesson from the Cole: that they can kill Americans without there being a US response, without there being a price."
Question: "Who did Clarke criticized when he sent Rice an impassioned personal note?"
Answer: "U.S. counterterrorism efforts past and present"
Answer: yes
Problem: From a human point of view, a habitat is where you live. It might be your city, town, or neighborhood. Your habitat can be altered. Most people move a few times in their lives. But a plant cannot move. An animal may not be suited to live in another area. A habitat is the natural home or environment of an organism. Humans often destroy the habitats of other organisms. The loss of habitat can cause the extinction of species. Extinction is when a species disappears forever. Once a species is extinct, it can never be brought back. Humans cause habitat destruction in many ways. There are two common ways this happens. Land may be cleared. Another way is when an animal or plant is brought to an area where it does not belong.
Question: "How many common ways do humans cause habitat destruction?"
Answer: "2"
Answer: yes
Problem: The Venetian artist Jacopo de' Barbari, whom Durer had met in Venice, visited Nuremberg in 1500, and Durer said that he learned much about the new developments in perspective, anatomy, and proportion from him. De' Barbari was unwilling to explain everything he knew, so Durer began his own studies, which would become a lifelong preoccupation. A series of extant drawings show Durer's experiments in human proportion, leading to the famous engraving of Adam and Eve (1504), which shows his subtlety while using the burin in the texturing of flesh surfaces. This is the only existing engraving signed with his full name. Durer made large numbers of preparatory drawings, especially for his paintings and engravings, and many survive, most famously the Betende Hande (English: Praying Hands, c. 1508 Albertina, Vienna), a study for an apostle in the Heller altarpiece. He also continued to make images in watercolour and bodycolour (usually combined), including a number of still lifes of meadow sections or animals, including his Young Hare (1502) and the Great Piece of Turf (1503, both also Albertina).
Question: "What caused Durer to begin his own studies and experiment with human features in his art work?"
Answer: "His still lifes of meadow sections"
Answer: | no |
In this task, you are given a sentence and question which can be answered using the sentence. Your task is to answer the question using the information from the sentence. The answer to the question is unique and it is a continuous text span from the sentence.
Let me give you an example: Sentence: The album is named after the discredited pseudoscience of phrenology , the study of head shapes to determine intelligence and character , which was used to rationalize racism during the 19th century in the United States .
Question: what is named after something?
The answer to this example can be: The album
Here is why: The output answers the question given as it is the album that is named after the discredited pseudoscience of phrenology. It is a continuous text span from the sentence and it does not use outside knowledge. Here the album is the answer that answers the what part of the question.
OK. solve this:
Sentence: Pitt spoke out against the Convention of El Pardo which aimed to settle the dispute peacefully .
Question: what did something aim to do?
Answer: | settle the dispute peacefully |
In this task you're given a question and you have to paraphrase the question to create the output question while retaining the meaning of the original question.
Example: What can one do after MBBS?
Example solution: What do i do after my MBBS ?
Example explanation: In this example both the question ask the same thing about what to do after MBBS hence second question is the correct output
Problem: What are the major stereotypes people have about Georgia and to what extent are they true?
| Solution: What are the major stereotypes people have about Myanmar and to what extent are they true? |
Instructions: 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.
Input: The origin of the custom may be in Germanic folklore, wherein supernatural beings are thought to live in trees, and can be invoked for protection.
Output: | where did the tradition of knocking on wood come from |
Given the question: Benedykt Ossolinsky, age 39, began to grow childish. On the first day of his midlife crisis, he stood in front of the mirror examining his receding hairline and wrinkles on his face. In that very moment, while staring at his reflection he found in his eyes that mad look he had last seen thirty years ago in a photograph taken at a tethered flying model competition. The photo was taken by Henryk the servant, when his little charge decided he wanted a red biplane model Curtiss Consolidated Skyhawk Cruisader 3A "Bingo Star". This new look was also noticed by his co-workers, who for the most part, considered him to be an infantile spoiled brat. It fit with their idea of a boss. And Benedykt was indeed the boss, even though he himself couldn't quite believe it. He was the head of a foundation for the self-promotion of the Ossolinsky family, well-known descendants of Polish-American aristocrats, engaged in business ventures there, and charity work here. The position was highly honorable and very prestigious. Just as the employees didn't like Benedykt, in equal measure Benedykt didn't like his job. He considered it extremely stressful and felt it forced him to super-human sacrifices. Everything was arranged by the family as a penance for avoiding work. He had to go to the office at least three times a week for two full hours and entertain various smiling journalists, drink coffee with them and listen. He had to sign letters and open gifts from various companies hoping to win favors. And he had to play golf and attend social functions, movie premiers, shows and art exhibits. The family had only planned for three months of vacation time a year. Scandal! As a sign of protest he took to coming to the office wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Attention, Baby!" on it. Who thought his job was stressful? - The journalists - Benedykt - Henryk - not enough information
The answer is: | Benedykt |
question: guatemala and venezuela on tuesday failed to break the impasse in their drawn-out contest in the un general assembly to secure a non-permanent seat on the security council .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or so.
summary: guatemala venezuela still deadlocked in race for security council seat
question: four people were injured in communal clashes between hindus and muslims in india 's riot-torn western state of gujarat , police said saturday .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or so.
summary: four injured in fresh clashes in india 's gujarat
question: a court here friday sentenced a new zealand sailor to six years in prison for the murder of a local woman .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or so.
summary: new zealand sailor gets six years for murder
question: petrochina and sinopec , china 's two leading oil producers , on friday revealed plans to increase the production and import of refined oil products in june , to ensure supply for wheat reaping and quake relief efforts .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or so.
summary: | china 's oil giants to expand refined oil supplies in june |
You are given a passage. Using the information present in the passage, you need to classify it into one of the 10 topics: 0 - 'Society & Culture', 1 - 'Science & Mathematics', 2 - 'Health', 3 - 'Education & Reference', 4 - 'Computers & Internet', 5 - 'Sports', 6 - 'Business & Finance', 7 - 'Entertainment & Music', 8 - 'Family & Relationships', 9 - 'Politics & Government'.
One example is below.
Q: Optical mice use an LED and a camera to rapidly
capture images of the surface beneath the mouse.
The infomation from the camera is analyzed by a
DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and used to detect
imperfections in the underlying surface and
determine motion. Some materials, such as glass,
mirrors or other very shiny, uniform surfaces
interfere with the ability of the DSP to
accurately analyze the surface beneath the mouse.
\nSince glass is transparent and very uniform, the
mouse is unable to pick up enough imperfections in
the underlying surface to determine motion.
Mirrored surfaces are also a problem, since they
constantly reflect back the same image, causing
the DSP not to recognize motion properly. When the
system is unable to see surface changes associated
with movement, the mouse will not work properly.
A: 4
Rationale: The passage talks about optical mice or mouse throughout which is a part of computer system. Thus, it is correctly classified to "Computers & Internet"
Q: Vitamin S aka steroids.
A: | 2 |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
And yes, I think it's something that people need to consider. This isn't something new. I read a report, or a memo, from somebody in his 1988 campaign -- I forgot the fellow's name -- warning then Senator Gore to be careful about exaggerating claims. I thought during his debate with Senator Bradley saying he authored the EITC when it didn't happen.
Hypothesis: Al Gore was a member of Congress in 1988. | Yes |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
A: Sometimes you hear things on the radio that, you know, could be true or couldn't be. B: Uh-huh. A: Uh, do you feel like this is, I guess they're spending a billion or so a year on this AIDS research. B: Uh-huh. A: Do you think they should spend more?
Hypothesis: they should spend more
Pick from:
(1). Yes;
(2). No;
(3). It's impossible to say; | (3). |
Paul Reynolds crisscrossed his sketchbook with furious strokes, filling the pages with images of the vengeance he would take on his former coworkers at Fear and Loading Games. He'd founded the company three years back and, just a few hours ago, his partners and erstwhile friends had fired him without cause or warning. He concentrated hard as his pen brought to life demonic figures from one of the best-selling comics he'd created, scythe wielding cyber-men called Myrmidons who tore into surprised computer programmers with fangs and claws. Elsewhere on the page, computers assembled themselves into 21st century Golems, rising up against traitorous CEO's and producers to crush them to bloody pulp as they cowered beneath their desks. Sitting at the bar in Señor Goldstein's Mexican Restaurant in San Jose, California, Paul's own artwork engaged him for the first time in months, maybe years. Under other circumstances, that would have made him happy. But today's circumstances allowed only two emotions: despair and a burning desire for revenge. Not wanting to succumb to the former, and not quite wanting to find a gun and go back to the office, he instead drew. He had turned to a fresh page and begun to sketch his most elaborate revenge-scheme yet when a woman walked into his line of vision. There were four or five other women in the restaurant already (most of them employees), but this one stood out. This one would've stood out anywhere. Her hair, cut short and spiky, was dyed a magenta so bright it nearly glowed. She wore a tight black t-shirt, baggy olive drab shorts that hung on shapely hips, and heavy black boots with two inch thick soles. She had a faded black messenger bag slung across her chest, the strap pressing between her breasts. If Paul had to guess, she wasn't wearing a bra. She definitely wasn't your average Silicon Valley techie on an early lunch break, and certainly not a restaurant employee. Question: When was Paul angry leaving the company meeting? === The answer to the above question is
Options are:
[-] Before he met Reynold
[-] That afternoon
[-] not enough information
[-] After he was fired.
Answer: | After he was fired. |
Sentence: "John did not leaving here."
Would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically? | unacceptable |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Input: What nationality where Terry Disley and Billy Bragg?
Output: | English |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
Problem:Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced a package of measures aimed at tackling underachievement.
There will be a target requiring 90% of pupils to take core academic subjects at GCSE.
Head teachers' leaders warned a teacher shortage in some subjects made that target "immensely challenging".
Mrs Morgan said more "robust and rigorous" checks on progress at the age of seven would help ensure that all pupils had "mastered the basics" before they left primary school.
At present, she said, there are 20 local authorities where most pupils do not achieve five good GCSEs, including English and maths.
The education secretary wants to target areas with low achievement, such as coastal towns and some northern cities.
But Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said that rather than raising standards, the government has caused a "chronic shortage" of teachers.
In a speech on Tuesday, Mrs Morgan announced details of the pre-election pledge to create a National Teaching Service.
This will recruit a pool of 1,500 high-achieving teachers over five years who would be deployed to schools in areas with weak results, such as coastal towns.
There will be financial incentives for teachers to join this project, with staff expected to stay for up to three years.
"Too many young people aren't being given a fair shot to succeed because of where they live," said Mrs Morgan.
"Coastal towns and rural areas struggle because they struggle to recruit and retain good teachers, they lack that vital ingredient that makes for a successful education," said the education secretary.
"The National Teaching Service will play a key part in solving this problem."
Brian Lightman, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union, welcomed the National Teaching Service as a way of helping schools in parts of the country where they "simply cannot recruit teachers".
The education secretary has also signalled changes to the assessment system for primary and secondary pupils.
As well as the "baseline tests" when pupils start in Reception and national curriculum tests, often known as Sats, taken at the age of 11, the government is looking at a tougher approach to tests at the age of seven.
At present, there are teacher assessments, with schools sending their results to local authorities, but a consultation will consider moving to gathering results at a national level, perhaps with external testing and the publication of results.
"To be really confident that students are progressing well through primary school, we will be looking at the assessment of pupils at age seven to make sure it is as robust and rigorous as it needs to be," said Mrs Morgan.
There will be a consultation on changes, with the aim of creating a clearer measure for how pupils are progressing through primary school.
In secondary school, there is clarification of the target that all pupils will have to take traditional GCSE subjects, in the English baccalaureate.
This requires pupils to take GCSEs in English, maths, history or geography, two sciences and a language.
There will now be a target of 90% of pupils, which will allow exemptions to be made by head teachers, such as for pupils with special needs. At present, about 39% of pupils take these subjects.
Mrs Morgan said it was "right that every child studies a strong academic core up until the age of 16".
And she said it was "tacit snobbery" to think that some pupils, usually from poorer families, were not suitable for learning these key academic subjects.
It was unacceptable for adults to "write off" children's chances to take these academic subjects "before they've even turned 15", she said.
Mr Lightman said it would be "immensely challenging" for schools to get enough staff for subjects such as modern languages to make the target achievable.
Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers. warned of "turmoil" for schools, if the push for so many pupils taking EBacc subjects took when schools were already trying to implement the new "Progress 8" way of measuring school performance.
Labour's Lucy Powell said that rather than "drive up standards", the government had a "schools policy that has allowed the attainment gap between poorer children and their peers to widen" and created "teacher shortages particularly in subjects that are key to our country's competitiveness such as English and maths".
Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "It is quite staggering the degree to which the government is unable to understand how their approach to the measurement of the performance of schools, and the system as a whole, is turning schools into exam factories."
The current system already meant that England had "the most excessively tested children in the whole of Europe", said Mr Courtney.
Solution: | Primary school pupils in England could face formal tests at the age of seven - and a pool of "elite teachers" will be recruited for struggling schools. |
Write the next sentence in this story.
On Allison's 25th birthday her family took her to bingo. She had never played before and was nervous. After they showed her how to play she was excited to begin. On the fourth game she got a bingo.
Available options:
(A). Allison plans to pay bingo again in the future.
(B). Allison thinks bingo is boring. | (A). |
Definition: Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.
Input: When someone says I stand corrected. What does that mean?.
Output: | It means 'I admit that I was wrong'. See e.g. Cambridge Dictionaries: used to admit that something you have said or done was wrong I stand corrected - the date of foundation was 1411, and not 1412 as I had written. Or Wiktionary: Said to acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct. The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1056. No it wasn't! Look in the textbook! Oh, sorry. I stand corrected - it was fought in 1066. Note that the Cambridge Dictionary marks this idiom as 'formal', and Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary as 'somewhat formal'. |
Article: In 1980, the Soviet Union, which then ruled his birthplace Bukhara, celebrated the thousandth anniversary of Avicenna's birth by circulating various commemorative stamps with artistic illustrations, and by erecting a bust of Avicenna based on anthropological research by Soviet scholars.[citation needed] Near his birthplace in Qishlak Afshona, some 25 km (16 mi) north of Bukhara, a training college for medical staff has been named for him.[year needed] On the grounds is a museum dedicated to his life, times and work.[citation needed]
Question: Besides stamps, what did the Soviet Union also create in Avicenna's honor? | a bust |
input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XVIII
When Jethro Bass walked out of the hotel that evening men looked at him, and made way for him, but none spoke to him. There was something in his face that forbade speech. He was a great man once more--a greater man than ever; and he had, if the persistent rumors were true, accomplished an almost incomprehensible feat, even for Jethro Bass. There was another reason, too, why they stared at him. In all those twelve weeks of that most trying of all sessions he had not once gone into the street, and he had been less than ever common in the eyes of men. Twice a day he had descended to the dining room for a simple meal--that was all; and fewer had gained entrance to Room Number 7 this session than ever before.
There is a river that flows by the capital, a wide and gentle river bordered by green meadows and fringed with willows; higher up, if you go far enough, a forest comes down to the water on the western side. Jethro walked through the hooded bridge, and up the eastern bank until he could see the forest like a black band between the orange sky and the orange river, and there he sat down upon a fallen log on the edge of the bank. But Jethro was thinking of another scene,--of a granite-ribbed pasture on Coniston Mountain that swings in limitless space, from either end of which a man may step off into eternity. William Wetherell, in one of his letters, had described that place as the Threshold of the Nameless Worlds, and so it had seemed to Jethro in the years of his desolation. He was thinking of it now, even as it had been in his mind that winter's evening when Cynthia had come to Coniston and had surprised him with that look of terrible loneliness on his face. 1. Who had achieved something?
2. Where was he coming from?
3. Did he speak with anyone?
4. And they to him?
5. How long had it been since he went in to the hotel?
6. Was he easy to find?
7. How many times would he leave his room in a day?
8. To do what?
9. What ws Jethro thinking of?
10. Was it near the ocean?
numbered_answers: 1. Jethro Bas
2. the hotel
3. no
4. no
5. twelve weeks
6. he had not once gone into the street
7. Twice a day
8. eat
9. another scene
10. no
input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The Nintendo DS or simply, DS, is a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo. The device went on sale in North America on November 21, 2004. The DS, short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one featuring a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-closed Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony's PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era. It was likened to the Nintendo 64 from the 1990s, which led to several N64 ports such as "Super Mario 64 DS", "Diddy Kong Racing DS", among others.
Prior to its release, the Nintendo DS was marketed as an experimental, "third pillar" in Nintendo's console lineup, meant to complement the Game Boy Advance and GameCube. However, backward compatibility with Game Boy Advance titles and strong sales ultimately established it as the successor to the Game Boy series. On March 2, 2006, Nintendo launched the Nintendo DS Lite, a slimmer and lighter redesign of the original Nintendo DS with brighter screens. On November 1, 2008, Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi, another redesign with several hardware improvements and new features. All Nintendo DS models combined have sold 154.02 million units, making it the best selling handheld game console to date, and the second best selling video game console of all time behind Sony's PlayStation 2. The Nintendo DS line was succeeded by the Nintendo 3DS family in 2011. 1. Before it's release what was the Nintendo DS Marketed as?
2. What series of of game systems did it replace?
3. What is the Nintendo DS?
4. For the Combined Nintendo DS models how many units has it sold?
5. When was it's North American release?
6. What is the only game console to outsell it?
7. How did the DS connect to other DS consules to interact?
8. What were some of the new features of the Nintendo DS Lite?
9. How many LED screens did the Nintendo DS have?
10. What was it succeeded by?
11. Which redesign was released in November 2008?
12. What are some games from the Nintendo 64 that were ported to it?
13. What previous consule did the DS offer backwards compatability with?
14. Who was the DS's main competitor?
15. What is DS short for?
numbered_answers: 1. as an experimental, "third pillar" in Nintendo's console lineup,
2. the Game Boy series
3. a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console
4. 154.02 million units,
5. November 21, 2004
6. Sony's PlayStation 2.
7. r over Wi-Fi within a short range
8. slimmer and lighter
9. Two
10. \ Nintendo 3DS family
11. Nintendo DSi,
12. "Super Mario 64 DS", "Diddy Kong Racing DS",
13. Game Boy Advance
14. Sony's PlayStation Portable
15. Developers' System"
input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- The Syrian government has told the parents of a missing American journalist that it doesn't know where their son is, the man's father said Monday at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon.
Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria reporting on the uprising there against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. He was reportedly preparing to leave Syria for Lebanon when he went missing, according to his family.
Read more: Family working for journalist's release plans visit to Lebanon
In October, a shaky video surfaced on YouTube showing a man believed to be Tice surrounded by armed men walking him up a hill.
Tice's father, Marc Tice, said that family members have been in touch, "directly and indirectly," with Syrian government officials, but they have learned nothing about his son's location despite traveling to Beirut to seek his release.
"We're reaching out to everyone that we can get in touch with," he said.
Tice's parents say they are willing to go to Syria if that what it will take to get their son back.
"We have no idea what will be required, and we would like to know from whoever is holding him what it is that we need to do," Marc Tice said.
Austin is the oldest of the couple's seven children.
"We are a big, close family. We have all felt the void [of] his absence," said his mother, Debra Tice.
With the holiday season approaching, they are "dismayed by the empty chair at our family table," she said. "We miss Austin. Knowing his smile, big laugh, great storytelling." 1. Who is missing?
2. Who is looking for him?
3. When did he last communicate with his family?
4. Where was he?
5. What was he doing there?
6. Where was he going to be heading after he left Syria?
7. Does he have any siblings?
8. Is he the youngest of them?
9. Will the family go to Syria to look for him?
10. Has there been video evidence that he is still alive?
11. What did it show?
12. When was this?
13. Where could the video be found?
numbered_answers: | 1. Austin Tice
2. The Syrian government
3. August 13
4. in Syria
5. Reporting
6. Lebanon
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Tice surrounded by armed men walking him up a hill
12. October
13. YouTube |
Instructions: 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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Input: An Arab tourist was arrested under the Terrorism Act after filming himself on his mobile phone outside a shopping centre. Nasser Al-Ansari was detained in a police van for three hours before police decided 'there was no immediate threat' - but officers kept his mobile phone for further investigation. The 38-year-old had been recording a Snapchat condolence message in Arabic for terrorist bombing victims in his native Kuwait, where 27 were killed in a blast by ISIS last week. He was ordered to delete the footage, taken outside Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton, by a store security guard but refused because he did not see why he had to.Nasser Al-Ansari was recording condolence video for Kuwait bomb victimsConcerned security at Churchill Square shopping centre called in policeOfficers detained him for three hours after arrest under the Terrorism ActMr Al-Ansari was released but the police have refused to give back iPhone
Questions:'We always work closely with _ security and the decisions on the day by them and by our officers who attended were made with the overriding aim of keeping the public safe.' (A) Arab (B) Terrorism Act (C) Nasser Al (D) Ansari (E) Snapchat (F) Arabic (G) Kuwait (H) ISIS (I) Churchill Square (J) Brighton (K) Al
Output: | (I) |
Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Japanese.
Q: So how do you do that?
A: | どうやって ？ |
Definition: You are given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence that supports the given input.
Input: 3.14) Ocean Tides and the Moon There are two high and two low tides daily.
Output: | Two low and high tides occur per day. |
Text: The Red-Light District (French: Quartier du Red Light) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was formerly centred on the intersection of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Saint Catherine Street in the borough of Ville-Marie.
Question: is there a red light district in canada?
Choices:
A). no
B). yes | B). |
Imagine the conversation that came before this response? Response: It is also called pantacosm. | A dialog between 2 people:
-- What was the primary function of a Cosmolabe?;
-- Cosmolabe The cosmolabe was an ancient astronomical instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.;
-- What are the other names of cosmolabe?;
-- |
Question with options: can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, along with top members of the Automobile Club of Southern California, along with will announce the kickoff of a $9 billion plan to fund Los Angeles County's Top Ten Traffic Busters.
Hypothesis: James Hahn is a member of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Select from the following.
1). yes.
2). no.
A: | 2). |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and an answer. Answer "Yes" if the given answer correctly answers the question, otherwise answer "No".
Input: What did the augurs use to interpret the will of the gods?, Answer: The augur was a priest and official in the classical world, especially ancient Rome and Etruria .
Output: | No |
1. Today are the railheads for the Alma Township Wellsville and Friendship .
2. Today the railheads for Alma Township are Wellsville and Friendship .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? | yes |
Instructions: 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].
Input: Germany cancelled a football match against Holland in Hanover just 90 minutes before kick-off after receiving 'concrete information' about a terror threat. A concert venue in the city was also evacuated amid heightened security concerns in the wake of last week's atrocities in Paris. One report on a local newspaper website claimed an ambulance packed with explosives was found outside the HDI Arena. There were also reports of a known trouble-maker, who was held at gunpoint by police outside the ground. According to an NTV reporter on CNN, a second suspicious device was found in a train station close to the stadium.Police said they were forced to cancel the match because they had 'concrete information' about a bomb threatGermany were due to take on Holland in an international friendly at the HDI Arena in Hanover tonightReports said a North African terror group was planning an attack Hanover with assault rifles and suicide vestsPolice had earlier removed a suspicious suitcase from the ground and closed off roads leading into the areaA second suspicious device was also found in a train station close to the stadium, according to local reportsOne report claimed an ambulance packed with explosives has been found outside the stadiumGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel had been expected to attend the match with members of her cabinetSee our full international news coverage from Germany and the rest of the world
Question:Regularly we receive information about threats against Germany, especially after an attack like in _.
Output: | Paris |
Sam Farragut is a sociopathic business executive in Southern California who forces a team of advertising agency employees to embark on a dangerous dirtbike trip to the Baja California desert in order to compete for his business . The men are Warren Summerfield , a suicidal middle-aged ad executive who has been fired from the agency ; the straightlaced Paul McIlvain who is inattentive to his wife , and brash art designer Maxon who feels suddenly trapped after his girlfriend announces she is pregnant . There are numerous long sequences of motorcycle riding on desert backroads . Summerfield has been having an affair with McIlvian's wife . He has not told his wife that he was fired and is simply serving out his tenure at the agency while looking for a new position . His wife is actually aware of the affair . Farragut convinces the ad men to make the motorcycle journey on the pretext of looking for a location to shoot a commercial . In reality , Farragut is reckless and looking to involve the men in spontaneous edgy adventure of his own manipulation . After they leave , McIlvain's wife suspects that Summerfield is planning to kill himself for the insurance money , but she can not convince Summerfield's wife to instigate a search . The four men travel deeper into Mexico on isolated dirt roads . At one point Summerfield contemplates plunging off a cliff . After being humiliated by a young American couple in a Baja bar , Farragut tracks them down on the beach while accompanied by Maxon .
Question: "What extreme action does Summerfield contemplate after traveling further into Mexico on isolated dirt roads?"
Response: "He wants to die of hunger in the Baja desert"
Based on the paragraph, is the response to the question is factually correct? | no |
[Q]: Sentence: Seven countries were promoted to this category this year, leaving the "medium development" group: Albania, Belarus, Brazil, Libya, Macedonia, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Question: What is the largest country that was included among the seven promoted countries? OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
++++++++++
[A]: yes
Q: Does "It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi (the Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy." provide a valid answer to "What year was Spoleto Festival USA founded?"?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes
Problem: Does "Religious groups such as the Waldensians and the Humiliati also attempted to return to the life of early Christianity in the middle 12th and early 13th centuries, but they were condemned as heretical by the papacy." answer the question "What notable vow was sworn by the mendicant orders?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
Does the sentence "The Cold War drew to a close in the late 1980s and the early 1990s." provide a valid answer to the question "What was the Soviet Union suffering from in the 1980's?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
Question:
Choose your answer: Is "The earliest and most credible surviving source for the Hellenistic period is Polybius of Megalopolis (c. 200-118), a statesman of the Achaean League until 168 BCE when he was forced to go to Rome as a hostage." a good answer to the question "Where was Polybius from?" OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer:
yes
[Q]: Sentence: The original city plan was designed to allow for easy travel and to keep residences separated by open space that would help prevent the spread of fire. Question: How many public parks did Penn plan? OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
++++++++++
[A]: | no |
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.
Example input: Who were the builders of the mosque in Herat with fire temples ?
Example output: Ghurids
Example explanation: This is a good example. Ghurids were the builders of the mosque in Herat with fire temples.
Q: What is the capital city of the country that this athlete who competed in the marathon and 10,000 meters events represented ?
A: | Rabat |
Q: 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: Asta could not read the note.
Question: Why did they take the note to Asta's papa?
A: | Because she couldn't read it. |
Relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late Saturday that new information from the husband has prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman.
Is this true: Relatives of a missing woman and her husband cancelled a volunteer search for the woman.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes
Question:
Wal-Mart has received a lot of negative publicity recently, including allegations that it used illegal workers and made employees work without pay during lunch breaks, as well as complaints that it generally underpays employees.
Is this true?
Wal-Mart faces allegations for underpaying employees.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer:
yes
Problem: The Dutch, who ruled Indonesia until 1949, called the city of Jakarta Batavia.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Formerly ( until 1949 ) Batavia, Jakarta is largest city and capital of Indonesia.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: no
Q: Drug development is an enormously complex and expensive process.
The Research and Development phase of creating a new drug is complicated.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes
Christopher Hitchens called him a "Bin Ladenist" and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he "blames the victims of terrorism" when he puts out a novel like Snowball's Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell's Animal Farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist attacks on September 11. "The clear references to 9/11 in the apocalyptic ending can only bring Orwell's name into disrepute in the U.S.," wrote William Hamilton, the British literary executor of the Orwell estate. That process had already begun: it was revealed Orwell gave the British Foreign Office a list of people he suspected of being "crypto-Communists and fellow travelers," labeling some of them as Jews and homosexuals. "I really wanted to explode that book," Reed told The New York Times. "I wanted to completely undermine it."
Can we say the following?
Cathy Young is the author of "Snowball's Chance".
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
no
US Federal Reserve boss, Alan Greenspan, sees increased US trade protectionism and ever-larger budget deficits as the biggest threats to the US economy.
Can we say the following?
Greenspan also said that bloated trade and budget deficits threaten the long-term health of the U.S. economy.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
| no |
In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
Example: Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Example solution: is house tax and property tax are same
Example explanation: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Problem: The Flume (Alton Towers) -- The Flume was a Log Flume at Alton Towers in Staffordshire. It opened in 1981 and was rethemed in 2004 coinciding with its sponsorship by Imperial Leather. The ride was a bath time themed log flume with three drops. It was the longest log flume attraction in the world at the time of opening. The attraction closed in 2015 and was removed a year later for the area's redevelopment into the Wicker Man rollercoaster.
| Solution: is there a water ride at alton towers |
Problem: Here is a premise:
Nye and Drew jumped up to ease him into a seat.
Here is a hypothesis:
They watched him as he go out of his chair and walked out.
Here are the options:
Answer: no
Problem: Here is a premise:
yeah they go to arts and crafts fairs and uh have their uh stand that they set up display all their uh all their products lots of vases and plates and bowls
Here is a hypothesis:
My kids go to arts and crafts fairs and make displays.
Here are the options:
Answer: it is not possible to tell
Problem: Here is a premise:
Government lawyers might not lie about the facts, says Kate Martin of the Center for National Security Studies.
Here is a hypothesis:
Kate Martin says government lawyers will lie about the facts.
Here are the options:
Answer: no
Problem: Here is a premise:
Today the Palais-Royal is a chic self-contained neighborhood of expensive apartments, shops, and restaurants.
Here is a hypothesis:
The Palais-Royal is both chic and expensive to rent in.
Here are the options:
Answer: | yes |
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].
One 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.
Solution is here: China
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Now, solve this: Washington (CNN) America is edging ever closer to a new long, national nightmare, given President Donald Trump's explosive response to signs that special counsel Robert Mueller is approaching the epicenter of White House power. The investigation has taken a serious turn in recent days, raising the clear possibility that whether Mueller finds wrongdoing or not, a period of political stress and upheaval is inevitable. Trump appears willing to test the bounds of convention and his own powers against a legal and political establishment that he believes is conspiring against him. The higher the pressure, the more defiant the President becomes -- even if it puts him at odds with his legal team.The higher the pressure, the more defiant the President becomesTrump continues to call the Russia probe a 'witch hunt'
Question:If Mueller decides there is a case to answer for either the President or his aides in the issue of alleged collusion with _ or over a potential cover-up, the political uproar will be incalculable.
Solution: | Russia |
Detailed Instructions: 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.
See one example below:
Problem: Who were the builders of the mosque in Herat with fire temples ?
Solution: Ghurids
Explanation: This is a good example. Ghurids were the builders of the mosque in Herat with fire temples.
Problem: What is the event of the athlete who became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships ?
Solution: | Long jump |
Question: I know that the answer to the question "How did Greece fair in their efforts to establish parts in Asia?" is in "In the aftermath of the First World War, Greece attempted further expansion into Asia Minor, a region with a large native Greek population at the time, but was defeated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, contributing to a massive flight of Asia Minor Greeks. These events overlapped, with both happening during the Greek genocide (1914-1922), a period during which, according to various sources, Ottoman and Turkish officials contributed to the death of several hundred thousand Asia Minor Greeks. The resultant Greek exodus from Asia Minor was made permanent, and expanded, in an official Population exchange between Greece and Turkey. The exchange was part of the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne which ended the war.". Can you tell me what it is?
Answer: | defeated in the Greco-Turkish War |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Who wrote first, Droysen or Arnold?, Context: "Hellenistic" is a modern word and a 19th-century concept; the idea of a Hellenistic period did not exist in Ancient Greece. Although words related in form or meaning, e.g. Hellenist (Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνιστής, Hellēnistēs), have been attested since ancient times, it was J. G. Droysen in the mid-19th century, who in his classic work Geschichte des Hellenismus, i.e. History of Hellenism, coined the term Hellenistic to refer to and define the period when Greek culture spread in the non-Greek world after Alexander’s conquest. Following Droysen, Hellenistic and related terms, e.g. Hellenism, have been widely used in various contexts; a notable such use is in Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold, where Hellenism is used in contrast with Hebraism.
Output: | Droysen |
Detailed Instructions: You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Japanese.
See one example below:
Problem: And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this.
Solution: 第一にキリバス共和国が彼ら自身の利益になると理解したからです
Explanation: The English sentence is correctly translated into Japanese. Kiribati is correctly translated as キリバス.
Problem: It's quite simple and fundamental.
Solution: | それは大変単純かつ根本的なものです |
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.
One example is below.
Q: Optical mice use an LED and a camera to rapidly
capture images of the surface beneath the mouse.
The infomation from the camera is analyzed by a
DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and used to detect
imperfections in the underlying surface and
determine motion. Some materials, such as glass,
mirrors or other very shiny, uniform surfaces
interfere with the ability of the DSP to
accurately analyze the surface beneath the mouse.
\nSince glass is transparent and very uniform, the
mouse is unable to pick up enough imperfections in
the underlying surface to determine motion.
Mirrored surfaces are also a problem, since they
constantly reflect back the same image, causing
the DSP not to recognize motion properly. When the
system is unable to see surface changes associated
with movement, the mouse will not work properly.
A: why doesn't an optical mouse work on a glass
table?
Rationale: The passage talks about the glass and mirror surfaces beneath the optical mice and how the mouse is unable to pick up enough imperfections in the underlying surface to determine motion. The last line of the passage explains why the mouse will not work properly on these surfaces. Thus it is a positive example.
Q: Probably the P2P application is taking control of your internet connection.
A: | my laptop loses its broweser connection whenever i use P2P programs? |
Definition: In this task you're given a question and you have to paraphrase the question to create the output question while retaining the meaning of the original question.
Input: What are the best songs to lyric prank a girl friend?
Output: | What are the lyrics to the Best Friends song from The Hangover? |
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