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In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Q: The Withlacoochee River (or Crooked River) originates in central Florida's Green Swamp, east of Polk City. It flows west, then north, and then turns northwest and finally west again before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Yankeetown. The river is 141 miles (227 km) long and has a drainage basin of 1,170 square miles (3,000 km). It is believed to have been named after the Withlacoochee River to the north.
A: | where does the withlacoochee river begin and end |
Q: 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.
Mr. Brooks -- Mr. Brooks is a 2007 American psychological thriller film directed by Bruce A. Evans starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, and William Hurt. It was released on June 1, 2007. The film follows the eponymous character, a celebrated Portland businessman and serial killer (Costner) who is forced to take on a protégé (Cook) after being blackmailed, and has to contend with his bloodthirsty alter ego (Hurt) who convinces him to indulge his ``habit''. His life grows even more complicated when a driven police officer (Moore) reopens the investigation into his murders.
A: | is mr brooks based on a true story |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to fix a dented ping pong ball
Heat a cup of water.
Boil a small pot of water. Pour the water into a ceramic cup.
A: You can put the ball directly in the pot of water, but don't leave it in for more than a couple minutes. Ping pong balls can melt or burn when overheated.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
A group of people are seen standing on a stage aiming bows and arrows. the people
A: shoot arrows one after the other while people behind watch.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to recognize marburg hemorrhagic fever symptoms
Note initial " flu-like " symptoms.
The first symptoms of marburg can include severe headache, chills, fever, and joint or muscle pain. These " flu-like " symptoms appear in many other illnesses that aren't as deadly.
A: But if you or someone you know was recently in an area where marburg occurs naturally and begins showing these symptoms, seek medical attention immediately. Watch for a rash about five days after initial symptoms appear.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to teach your children to have good posture
Teach by example.
The best way to show children how to have good is to demonstrate as much yourself. Children, especially very young children, tend to learn best by observation.
A: | If you've worked a desk job for a long time, you may have developed bad habits regarding your own posture. Be conscious of how you're sitting and make sure you keep your back straight at all times. |
Over the last six years I have learned what patience is. Growing up I did not have this virtue and it is a very important virtue to have. Now I can see that if you are patient you will almost always get what you want if you are supposed to have it. I gained patience when I lost my freedom. I knew that I would eventually get it back in time. I was locked up in prison for a period of six years because at 19 years old I was playing with a handgun and I accidentally shot and killed my friend. The first couple of years was the hardest.I was always stressed out about everything.Time was dragging by because I was always paying attention to it.While I was locked up,Tom who I talked to helped put this virtue in me.He told me that it was possible that he would never make it home but that being patient and believing that one day he would was what had made him feel better.After a while I realized why he said a lot of things to me.Once I stopped paying attention to the days and just kept in mind that I would get freedom,it seemed that my time passed quickly. Now I am home and can see that patience paid off for me. I now use this virtue in my daily activities. I know that sometimes life gets hard and that it will pay in the end to stay patient and not to get discouraged. So if you are having a hard time in life,be patient and it will eventually work out one way or another. In the writer's opinion people will get a good result at last if they _ . A) try their best to help others B) turn to others for help C) keep patient and don't lose heart D) set different goals and keep them up
C
"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net." "I often check my e-mail forty times a day. " "I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net." "I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends." Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family. Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms : 1You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet. 2You can't wait for your next online time. 3You go out with your friends less and less. 4You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. Why do people worry about the teens? A) The teens are wasting too much money. B) They used to work on the Internet. C) The playing field of the teens will disappear. D) More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.
D
Q: New findings show that musical training affects the structure and function of different brain areas, how those areas communicate during the creation of music, and how the brain interprets and combines sensory information. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. These views suggest potential new roles for musical training including training plasticity in the brain, offering an alternative tool in education, and treating a range of learning disabilities. Today's new findings show that long-term high level musical training has a broader effect. Researchers found that musicians have a better ability to combine sensory information from hearing, touch, and sight. The age at which musical training begins influenced brain structure and its function. Beginning training before the age of seven has the greatest effect. Even older adults who took music lessons as children but haven't actively played an instrument in decades have a faster brain response to a speech sound than those who never played an instrument, according to a study appearing November 6 in the Journal of Neuroscience. The finding suggests early musical training has a lasting, positive effect on how the brain deals with sound. "Playing a musical instrument is a multi-sensory and motive experience that creates emotions and movements--from finger tapping to dancing -- and engages pleasure and reward systems in the brain. It has the potential to affect brain function and structure when done over a long period of time," said Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, press conference speaker, also an expert on music. "As today's findings show, musical training brings about new processes within the brain, at different stages of life, and with a range of effects on creativity, cognition , and learning," he added. The best title of the passage should be _ . A) Older People and Musical Training B) Musical Training Affects Brain Structure and Its Function C) Long-term High Level Musical Training D) Brain Interprets and Combines Sensory Information
A: B
Q: Box jellyfish are the most poisonous marine animals known to man. They measure 3 meters long and weigh up to 2 kilograms. They are pale blue and transparent in color, and get their name from the cube--like shape of their body, Box jellyfish have 6 eyes on all 4 sides of their body, although it is uncertain how they process what they see as they do not have a central nervous system. They also have up to 15 tentacles growing from each corner of their body that have about 5,000 stinging cells each. Box jellyfish can be found primarily in the coastal waters off Northern Australia as well as throughout the Indo--Pacific. They prefer to live at river mouths. They do not have any organs to breathe, and will sleep on the ocean floor from 3 pm to dawn. Unlike other jellyfish that merely move along with the current, box jellyfish have developed a way to travel wherever they want to go. _ will shoot themselves in a jet-like fashion, reaching speeds of up to 7.4 kilometers per hour. The diet of box jellyfish consists of thing like fish, small animals, and even other jellyfish. They use their venom, a chemical which causes heart, skin, and breath failure, to kill their prey . Since box jellyfish have eyes, some scientists believe that they actively hunt their prey while others insist that they are just passive opportunists that will wait and catch anything that wanders into their tentacles. Box jellyfish are responsible for more human deaths in Australia than snakes, sharks, and salt-water crocodiles combined. It is best to avoid them as most stings will result in death. Hopefully, humans and box jellyfish can find a way to live with one another while keeping conflicts to a bare minimum. After all, such a unique species of jellyfish deserves to live and grow just as humans do. The text is mainly about _ . A) a kind of sea animal B) some poisonous animals C) scientists' research into box jellyfish D) the relationship between humans and jellyfish
| A: A |
Q: Where would you find people standing in a line outside?
Options:
- bus depot
- end of line
- opera
- neighbor's house
- meeting
A: bus depot
Explain how we arrive at this answer: | Explanation: Bus depots are located outside in an open space. People stand at a bus depot to board a bus. People have to board the bus one person at a time. In order to avoid chaos, people usually stand in a line at a bus depot. |
Doctors fighting malaria---one of the deadliest diseases on the planet--- may soon have a new affordable weapon in their smart phones. Researchers have found a way to use the phone's camera to detect the microorganism in the patient's blood that causes the disease. According to the World Health Organization, almost 600,000 people died of malaria in 2013, making this mosquito-borne disease one of the deadliest in the world. The saddest aspect of this calamity is that it affects mostly young children. Early detection of the infection is important for successful treatment. But since the first symptoms resemble ordinary flu, a microbiologist must look at a drop of a patient's blood under a microscope for a proper diagnosis. Scientists in Britain have now developed a smart phone attachment called Xrapid, that turns the phone into a 200-power microscope, while the attached app---based on facial recognition software - quickly detects the parasitic protozoa in the blood smear . Jean Viry-Babel is the CEO of IanXen, the company that developed the app. He says it is cheap and works on the spot. "So we take a high-definition picture of a sample of blood. We separate the red blood cells from the rest---the white blood cells, the platelets ---and we start looking at each of the red blood cells individually," said Viry-Babel. Viry-Babel says the app is affordable, easy to use and provides reliability of up to 98 percent. The only additional equipment required is an ordinary glass lab slide - called a "slate." "There's only one button, which is called "Diagnose". So you put it on the slate and you put it on the dried blood, and you press diagnose and it tells you yes or no," he said. Researchers say the field-testing of the device will begin in January and February in Tanzania, Benin and Indonesia --- while commercial use is scheduled to start by the end of March. They also plan to expand the versatility of the new device---teaching it to recognize other diseases, such as tuberculosis and Lyme Disease. What can we learn from Viry-Babel? A) The app is cheap but must work in the lab. B) The white cells and the platelets must be studied carefully. C) The accuracy of the app is nearly a hundred percent. D) The "Diagnose" button should function well with others.
| C |
In an interview with the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Shaye, co-chairman of New Line and executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, said that New Line does not want to do any films, including The Hobbit, with Mr Jackson in the future. "I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch." "I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for," Mr Shaye said.
Question: New Line wants to work with Peter Jackson.
no
CVS will stop selling its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets and pull bottles from store shelves nation wide, spokesman Mike DeAngelis said.
Question: CVS will not sell its own brand of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets any longer.
yes
The third, and most remote possibility, was considered to be a so-called Jamaican coalition, again based on the party colours, between the Christian Democrats, the FDP and the Greens.
Question: It seems unlikely that there will be a coalition between Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats and Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union.
| no |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
SQL is synonymous with this language?, Context: These 4G languages are less procedural than 3G languages. The benefit of 4GL is that it provides ways to obtain information without requiring the direct help of a programmer. Example of 4GL is SQL.
Output: | 4G |
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.
Q: She was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize after standing up for girls' right in Pakistan in a campaign which saw her shot in the head during a failed Taliban assassination attempt. Now Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai has shown she is as intelligent as she is courageous - scoring a string of A*s and As in her GCSEs. The 18-year-old's proud father Ziauddin Yousafzai took Twitter to announce the news today, writing: 'My wife Toor Pekai and I are proud of Malala getting 6A*s and 4As. Education for every child.' Malala was just 14 when she survived a Taliban assassination attempt in October 2012 after her calls for equal rights and education for girls angered militants in the Swat Valley in Pakistan.Teenager was shot in head after calling for education for girls in PakistanFlown to UK for emergency treatment and has since settled in BirminghamLast year Malala became the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeToday her proud father announced her brilliant GCSE results on Twitter
Questions:'But the truth is that, whether these acquitted men were involved or not in the _ shooting, the public has been lied to.' (A) Nobel Peace Prize (B) Pakistan (C) Taliban (D) Pakistani (E) Malala Yousafzai (F) A*s (G) GCSEs (H) Twitter (I) Toor Pekai (J) Swat Valley (K) Teenager (L) UK (M) Birmingham (N) GCSE
A: | (E) |
Logic ==> Comedy shows helps us to laugh. Seeing your favourite show makes you laugh and feel happy.
laugh
Question ==> If you see your favorite show and it's a comedy you'll likely do what?
Options:
- watch tv
- laugh
- smile
- relax
- buy tickets
** Referencing means citing something that you know which is having prior knowledge. Only when you have prior knowledge, you can remember it and refrence.
prior knowledge of
** When remembering you referencing things that you have what?
Options:
- memory cells
- learning about
- prior knowledge of
- brain cells
- nerve cells
Detailed logic: Healthy is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. After recovering from the disease, the doctor call the patient as healthy.
healthy
Question for this logic: After recovering from the disease, what did the doctor call the patient?
Options:
- healthy
- passing around
- cure
- wellness
- healthy
Logic ==> Dealership can be done for car. They put a tissue holder in car when the man have asked to have a tissue holder installed at the dealership.
car
Question ==> The man asked to have a tissue holder installed at the dealership, where did they put it?
Options:
- convenient spot
- bathroom or bedroom
- office
- airplane
- car
** Addition can be done with two positive integers. Addition of two numbers can result in a result that is at most twice as large.
added up
** What would you do to numbers that are positive integers to get a result that is at most twice as large?
Options:
- divided
- subtract
- written down
- multiplied
- added up
Detailed logic: Train is a large vehicle made up of multiple sections that are attached to each other which is seen at train station. At train station, you would see a stranger that is planning to use a large vehicle.
train station
Question for this logic: | Where would you see a stranger that is planning to use a large vehicle made up of multiple sections that are attached to each other?
Options:
- park
- bus station
- town
- bus
- train station |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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].
Jurgen Klopp will consider recalling winger Lazar Markovic from his loan at Fenerbahce in January, but will need the consent of the Turkish side to do so. Liverpool do not have the option of cutting short the 21-year-old's season-long arrangement but new manager Klopp is an admirer of the Serbia international flyer. Markovic was signed last year from Benfica for £20million but largely proved a disappointment in his first season at Anfield making just 23 starts in all competitions and scoring three goals. Markovic's representatives understood the Serbian could return to Anfield in the next window but there is no official recall in place and any such agreement would have to be consented to by Fenerbahce.Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic is currently on loan at FenerbahceThe 21-year-old was a £20m signing from Benfica for the Reds in 2014He struggled to impress during his first season at AnfieldNew manager Jurgen Klopp feels he can get the best out of MarkovicReds could take him back in January, but only with Fenerbahce's consent
Question:Rossiter told _'s website: 'Even though I was on international duty, I did want to get home and get cracking on with Liverpool again to be honest.
| Liverpool |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Ex Input:
What coudl one find that suited men?, Context: Versions of revived Palladian architecture dominated English country house architecture. Houses were increasingly placed in grand landscaped settings, and large houses were generally made wide and relatively shallow, largely to look more impressive from a distance. The height was usually highest in the centre, and the Baroque emphasis on corner pavilions often found on the continent generally avoided. In grand houses, an entrance hall led to steps up to a piano nobile or mezzanine floor where the main reception rooms were. Typically the basement area or "rustic", with kitchens, offices and service areas, as well as male guests with muddy boots, came some way above ground, and was lit by windows that were high on the inside, but just above ground level outside. A single block was typical, with a perhaps a small court for carriages at the front marked off by railings and a gate, but rarely a stone gatehouse, or side wings around the court.
Ex Output:
Typically the basement area or "rustic"
Ex Input:
Although we think of Arabic languages as being Middle Eastern, what are they often referred to as in studies?, Context: A large percentage of experts on the modern Middle East began their training in university departments named for the Near East. Similarly the journals associated with these fields of expertise include the words Near East or Near Eastern. The meaning of Near East in these numerous establishments and publications is Middle East. Expertise on the modern Middle East is almost never mixed or confused with studies of the Ancient Near East, although often "Ancient Near East" is abbreviated to "Near East" without any implication of modern times. For example, "Near Eastern Languages" in the ancient sense includes such languages as Sumerian and Akkadian. In the modern sense, it is likely to mean any or all of the Arabic languages.
Ex Output:
Near Eastern Languages
Ex Input:
Who releases the energy back into the environment in a different form?, Context: Plant physiology encompasses all the internal chemical and physical activities of plants associated with life. Chemicals obtained from the air, soil and water form the basis of all plant metabolism. The energy of sunlight, captured by oxygenic photosynthesis and released by cellular respiration, is the basis of almost all life. Photoautotrophs, including all green plants, algae and cyanobacteria gather energy directly from sunlight by photosynthesis. Heterotrophs including all animals, all fungi, all completely parasitic plants, and non-photosynthetic bacteria take in organic molecules produced by photoautotrophs and respire them or use them in the construction of cells and tissues. Respiration is the oxidation of carbon compounds by breaking them down into simpler structures to release the energy they contain, essentially the opposite of photosynthesis.
Ex Output:
| Heterotrophs
|
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: Consider Input: Captured Moments by Will Shetterly I remember Papa's stopbox, a teal blue Tiempo Capturado that Mama brought home for his birthday. It was huge and inefficient, and she should never have spent so many pesos on a toy, but Papa would not let her return it. He used it to preserve baby tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries in translucent cubes that he stored in the pantry for spring-time meals in the middle of winter. Mama kept her mink jacket, a family hand-me-down, safe from time in a stopbox, and lent the capturador to my uncle for his stamp collection. Sometimes they would let us little ones to seal a treasured toy or a last piece of birthday cake until we begged them for its release, usually a few hours after enclosing it. When my father died, a year after my mother, my sisters and I cleaned out their apartment. We found our baby shoes protected in stopboxes. I took mine home, where they sat above my computer while I worked on my first play. One night when I did not believe love had ever existed for anyone, I used my own capturador, a sleek titanium Sanyo Tardar Ahora, to undo the stopbox. Bringing my face close to the shoes, I breathed deeply of air that my parents had trapped while closing up that symbol of their love for me. The instant would have been improved had my baby shoes been cleaned before they were encased. But as soon as I coughed, I laughed, and I did not try to kill myself that night. <sep>What did Papa use his birthday present for?<sep>To spend so many pesos on a toy
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: Dr. Benjamin Stone is a hotshot young surgeon who longs to leave the drudgery of a Washington , D.C. emergency room and finally leaps at his chance at more money and less death as a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills . On his last day , Ben's relationship with his co-workers is presumed to be anything but a warm one . None of his colleagues will join him for a drink and a cake in his honor has an iced portion of the phrase `` Good riddance , asshole '' sliced out . Ben's cross-country drive in a 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady , South Carolina . The crash damages the fence of local Judge Evans , who sentences him to community service at a nearby hospital . Ben offers to pay for the fence , but the stern judge increases his community service each time he talks back . Defeated , he reports to the hospital , where Nurse Packer humbles him by ordering him to clock in and out , as would a factory worker . Though upset , Ben quickly makes friends with Mayor Nick Nicholson , the town cafe's proprietor/head waitress , and Melvin , the local mechanic tasked with repairing Ben's car . Ben soon finds his clinic work to be much more laid-back than the emergency room . He has simple cases such as spots before the eyes , fishing hook impalings , and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple , whose baby he later delivers . The experience also humbles Ben when he mistreats a case of mitral valve regurgitation leading to late cyanosis in the child . <sep>Did Ben have a job?<sep>Yes, in a hospital
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: The letterhead on correspondence still bears the Bexar County Legal Aid name, even though the organization is no longer. Texas Rural Legal Aid - known for its fearless and sometimes controversial advocacy of the poorest of the poor - last week took over four other corporations serving the legal needs of the indigent in Southwest Texas, including the one in Bexar County. The new 68-county legal aid organization has yet to be named and stretches from El Paso to Corpus Christi, Harlingen to Austin. The leader for the super-sized law firm has big plans. "I'm more interested in looking at what we as advocates can do to address the serious problems of poverty than the number of cases we close," said David Hall, the TRLA executive director. In the Rio Grande Valley, Hall's attorneys set up separate groups to assist small-business owners and residents with low-interest loans and legal representation. They also operate a legal arm that assists migrant workers from Texas to Kentucky. Now, Hall said, he wants to make services to the poor more efficient by working with law students who will handle less complicated legal matters, allowing licensed attorneys to take more "high impact" cases to court. "What we need to do is handle cases as efficiently as we can, leveraging the amount of time of the lawyer that goes in there and maximizing the number of people that they can help at one time," Hall said. His plan is to place the 110 attorneys on staff in teams working on specialized legal issues. He wants to expand the law clinic it already has with St. Mary's University Law School to involve students at the University of Texas Law School. The law students at St. Mary's interview potential clients, assist them with filling out legal documents and answer the telephones for the legal hotline, freeing up TRLA lawyers to handle the complicated cases, Hall said. By the end of September, Hall said all the attorneys working with the poor in the 68county area will be placed on the same computer network so they can pass cases to the best available attorneys. Last year, board members on the former Legal Aid of Central Texas and Bexar County Legal Aid resisted the merger, saying that the mergers were done illegally and without the input of board members. They also argued that Hall's litigious style hampered their ability to garner funds from Congress. TRLA generated controversy in 1996, when its attorneys challenged the rights of 800 military personnel to vote in Val Verde County elections by absentee ballot after a former Ku Klux Klan member won a county commissioner post. Brendan Gill, the former executive director of the Bexar County group, said he has since come to see the merger as a positive move for South Texas. "I always knew there were good points to merging, just as I knew that there were bad points," Gill said. <sep>Who resisted the merge and why?<sep>Congress, the merge would require extra funding
| Output: No
|
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Jesus, now be praised), BWV 41 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1725 as part of his second cantata cycle. It is based on the hymn by Johannes Hermann (1591).
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Mr. Bach composed "Jesus, Now Be Praised" in Leipzig. | Yes |
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
Then the dark haired girl places a black eye lens into her right eye. the dark haired girl facing away from the camera.
Next sentence: turns slowly to the camera and smiles at the camera with the black eye lenses inserted into her eyes.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to defrost a turkey
Place the wrapped frozen turkey into a container.
The container should catch any juices that may seep from the package as the turkey thaws.
Put the container on the bottom shelf of your refrigerator..
Next sentence: Make sure that your refrigerator temperature is 40 f (4.5 c) or below so that the turkey stays at a safe temperature. Check your refrigerator temperature with a thermometer or use the thermometer that came with the unit.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to cope with hunger
Keep yourself hydrated.
Pouring yourself a big glass of water and drinking it may help to quell any cravings or hunger. To stay hydrated, women should consume 2.7 liters and men should consume 3.7 liters of fluids daily..
Next sentence: If you don't want to drink plain water, you could add a slice of lemon or a sprig of mint. You can also add flavorings to your water to make it more appealing.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to breastfeed
Learn to breastfeed before your baby arrives.
While you and your baby will learn a lot about breastfeeding together, it's helpful to learn as much as you can in advance. Talk to women in your family and community to get support..
Next sentence: | If you don't know many other women who have breastfed, don't let that stop you. There are many resources-both online and locally-that can help you. |
Detailed Instructions: 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".
See one example below:
Problem: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: Fossils give clues about major geological events. Fossils can also give clues about past climates. Fossils of ocean animals on the top of a mountain? Ocean animals have been found on the Earths tallest mountain. Its hard to believe, but it is true. These fossils were found at the top of Mt. Everest. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. These fossils showed that this entire area was once at the bottom of a sea. It can only mean that Mt. Everest was uplifted. In fact, the entire Himalaya mountain range was raised. It was forced up from the collision of two continents. Fossils of plants are found in Antarctica. Now, Antarctica is almost completely covered with ice. Plants do not grow in Antarctica. According to fossils, they once did. This means that Antarctica was once much warmer than it is now. These fossils tell us about Antarcticas past climate. <sep>Which mountain range has the Earth's highest mountain?<sep>The Himalaya mountain range
Solution: | Yes |
instruction:
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].
question:
This is the moment a camerman on the job became the object of affection for one very flirtatious horse. Greg Harriott was in Santiago, Chile filming an episode for ABC's show Born To Explore With Richard Wiese when he caught the eye of a horse named Chunchun. Richard Wiese was interviewing horse breeder Gonzalo Vial, and Greg was filming from the front of Chunchun's stall in the stable when the horse tried to get affectionate. Chunchun seems peaceful for a second as Richard pets a different horse and tells Gonzalo 'Typically, when I meet a horse, it's not so calm like this. It's a very gentle horse.'Greg Harriott was in Santiago, Chile filming an episode of ABC show Born To Explore With Richard WieseHe caught the attention of Chunchun, who couldn't keep its mouth off himThe Emmy award-winning cameraman was a pro and kept filming through Chunchun's advancesBut at one moment he winces in pain and mouths 'Ow' when the horse's pecks become a bit too aggressive
Question:Born to Explore with _ is an information travel series that follows the host around the world as he delves into different cultures.
answer:
Richard Wiese
question:
Da Nang, Vietnam (CNN) President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader. Trump said he took Putin at his word that Russia did not seek to interfere in the US presidential election last year, despite a finding from US intelligence agencies that it did. The fraught relations between the two leaders was underscored anew when Putin's spokesman initially said election meddling did not come up when they spoke, even though Trump said it did. And he stressed that bigger issues persist between the United States and Russia that require the two leaders to move on."He said he didn't meddle," Trump saidTrump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One in Vietnam
Question:As _ has traveled abroad, the special counsel investigation looking into possible collusion between his campaign aides and Russia has crept closer to Trump's inner circle.
answer:
Donald Trump
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Cristiano Ronaldo almost joined Arsenal after 'falling in love with the club' and also came close to signing for Liverpool - before Manchester United sealed his signature in the summer of 2003. In the new book Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography, written by Spanish journalist Guillem Balague, it has been revealed that the star and agent Jorge Mendes had been in discussions with both clubs. Ronaldo was regarded as one of the brightest talents in 2003 after breaking through at boyhood club Sporting Lisbon and was being courted by Europe's elite. As quoted in the new book, serialised by The Telegraph, Balague wrote: 'Jorge Mendes had meetings with all of Europe's top clubs about Cristiano Ronaldo – then at Sporting Lisbon - in early 2003. Liverpool decided to offer €8million (£5.7m).'Arsenal and Liverpool missed out on signing Cristiano RonaldoThe star chose to join Premier League rivals Manchester United in 2003In new book about winger, it has been revealed he 'fell in love' with ArsenalCristiano Ronaldo: The Biography claimed Liverpool made bid for wingerThe 30-year-old went on to score 118 goals during six years in Manchester
Question:The journalist added: 'The mistake by _ was that, despite the very advanced negotiations, nothing was signed.
answer:
| Arsenal
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context: People are sitting in bleachers of a gym. a woman
OPTIONS:
- walks onto the stage and begins to dance.
- is running a marathon.
- stands up and walks into the gym.
- runs up to a pole and pole volts over it.
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next sentence for the context: walks onto the stage and begins to dance.
IN: What happens next?
A young male dressed in an red jumpsuit is on the stage break dancing. once he
OPTIONS:
- is finished, a group of guys swarm him and they all point to another boy so he can take the stage.
- is done, a countdown begins and it reads 12 , 02 , 02 , 0110 before it cuts to him breaking out a knife.
- is done, he moves the pair of conga drums with his arms out and his after dance routine complete.
- is halfway done he begins to boil some jam in a large pot.
OUT: is finished, a group of guys swarm him and they all point to another boy so he can take the stage.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
Two people are dressed in all black riding their bicycles down the road. The two boys are then pictured on a split screen against each other putting on their helmets. the two
OPTIONS:
- then put on their green biking gloves and get back on the bikes.
- boys are then shown running back and fourth, jumping over wooden posts.
- then begin an arm wrestling match.
- are then standing inside the classroom in front of stairs.
A: then put on their green biking gloves and get back on the bikes.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to clean a rusty razor blade
Gather the required items.
You will need sea salt, white vinegar and an old toothbrush. The acidity of the white vinegar will help to remove the rust from your razor blade.
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- Sea salt water lemon juice rubbing alcohol table salt a toothbrush vinegar away container for 30 minutes while alcohol dissolves your rust. Start with an old toothbrush and rust remover.
- The sea salt will act as an abrasive ingredient that aids the vinegar in removing the rust. Regular table salt is fine to use, as well, but the sea salt provides a little more grit for the scrubbing.
- Prepare the container of white vinegar with an old toothbrush. If you are able to find an old toothbrush, you may use it as a cleaner.
- The herbs that you need to use include basil, garlic (use an extra clove), salt for added flavor and taste, and st. john's wort (pronounced " changtitious ").
OUT: The sea salt will act as an abrasive ingredient that aids the vinegar in removing the rust. Regular table salt is fine to use, as well, but the sea salt provides a little more grit for the scrubbing.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to make artisan bread
Prepare the dough by mixing together the flour and yeast in the large mixing bowl.
Add the salt, and combine. Pour in the water, and stir together until the mixture forms a sticky dough.
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- Form the dough using the small arms of the dough knife. Cook the bread until it turns sticky, usually about half an hour.
- Coat the inside of the medium-size mixing bowl with olive or canola oil. You want just a light coating of oil in the bowl.
- Each ball has four equally sticky-like sliders that go through each ball. The dough should resemble coarse noodles when combined so that each ball has an even texture and you don't contain any fat, sugar, or salt.
- Roll the dough out into a disc about 15 centimeters (94 in) wide by 15 centimeter (93 in) wide. Place the disc in the breadcrumb mound from the previous step.
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Answer:
Coat the inside of the medium-size mixing bowl with olive or canola oil. You want just a light coating of oil in the bowl.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to fix a leaky shower faucet
Make sure that the faucet handle is turned as far as it can go in the off position.
If water is still leaking, the handle may be the problem.
Turn off the water valves.
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- If the faucet handle is turning oddly, it may be the problem. A faucet handle does not turn unturned in order to leave pressure.
- These will be located in the bathroom or basement. If you cannot locate the water valves, turn off the main water valve to your home.
- The valves in showers should be located 2 feet (0.61 m) from the faucet. Try turning the valves clockwise at least twice before screwing them off.
- Turn on the hot hot water valve, which should be located near the faucet handle. If there aren't buttons to turn off the hot water valve, you might have to turn on the surge water valve.
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Answer:
| These will be located in the bathroom or basement. If you cannot locate the water valves, turn off the main water valve to your home. |
Personal money-management website Mint.com suggests recently that responsible parents should give their kids credit cards--possibly starting as young as middle school. The website says a credit card will help children master responsible spending habits and give parents the chance to teach them some valuable lessons. It's absolutely true that kids should learn about how a credit card works and how to use it responsibly. But the idea that they need a card of their own to practise this is questionable. Yes, credit cards are a teaching tool, but it's the time you spend educating them about money management that does the teaching, not the piece of plastic. Sit down with your child--here we are referring to teens and walk them through your credit card statements. Point out important things like the due date, late fee warning, and APR . If you have good credit, adding a child as an authorized user onto one of your credit cards also provides teachable moments. Allow kids to use the card to make specific purchases and require their participation in payment. Since the card is still in your name, you can take them off it at any point and cut off their access if they're not able to handle the responsibility. Another option is to set them up with an account at a local bank that offers free use of a debit card . Unlike credit card, the debit card has no overdraft function. Children can only use the card to pay for things and the money is taken directly from their bank account. If the account is empty, the worst that will happen is the card being declined at a cash register. What is the purpose of adding kids as credit card authorized users? A) To avoid extremely high overdraft fees. B) To encourage them to share household expenses. C) To teach them to be responsible credit card users. D) To help them pay close attention to their bank account.
| C |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Problem:A civil marriage is secular and is performed by a government official .
Solution: | When a marriage is performed and carried out by a government institution in accordance with the marriage laws of the jurisdiction , without religious content , it is a civil marriage . |
Problem: The capacity people have to adjust and make peace with a new situation, even if they feel vulnerable, is really remarkable, said Randy Quevillon, chair of the psychology department and the Disaster Mental Health Institute at the University of South Dakota.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Randy Quevillon is employed at the University of South Dakota.
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Answer: yes
Problem: The flexibility of our market-driven economy has allowed us, thus far, to weather reasonably well the steep rise in spot and futures prices for crude oil and natural gas that we have experienced over the past two years, said Mr. Greenspan.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend.
****
Answer: no
Problem: Edison decided to call "his" invention the Kinetoscope, combining the Greek root words "kineto" (movement), and "scopos" ("to view").
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Edison invented the Kinetoscope.
****
Answer: yes
Problem: The Interstate 35W Mississippi River eight-lane bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota has collapsed on both sides of the highway over the Mississippi River during rush hour. Previous reports indicated at least nine people had died, but Minneapolis police revised this to four during a 7:30 a.m. (local time) press conference. Tim Dolan, the Minneapolis Police Chief later stated that "several [adding to the four] people are confirmed dead at the scene," but would not elaborate on how many. At least 79 have been injured and at least 8 are still missing, still believed to be in the rubble.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
A bridge falls into the Mississippi River.
****
Answer: | yes |
*Question*
What's black and white and read all over? Not newspapers, at least not anymore. In fact, if you're like most young people, you probably don't read the newspaper at all. In one recent survey, just 19 percent of 18 to 34-year-old said they read a newspaper every day, while 37 percent watch local TV news and 44 percent visit Internet news sites daily. As people turn more and more to new technologies, they turn the pages of newspapers less and less. "There's a revolution in the way young people get news," says media consultant Merrill Brown. Just a generation or two ago, the newspaper was the main way that many people got their news. Now, nearly every home has at least one TV set. There's high-speed, wireless Internet both at home and in many public places. You no longer have to wait for a bundle of newsprint to arrive on your doorstep every morning. Thanks to new technology, if you want to know what's going on in the world, you can get breaking news immediately in more ways than one. So newspapers face a very big challenge. Raised on MTV and video games, today's kids and young adults want flashy displays, special effects, quick information, and the chance to interact in real time, even when they're reading about serious problems. If newspapers can't find creative ways to be more than just ink on paper, some experts suggest, they might disappear completely. Traditional newspaper articles are supposed to be read from beginning to end, lack of interaction. With Web pages, on the other hand, there's more freedom. You can look through the things you're interested in, then follow links to other sources. You can join discussion groups, read other people's opinions on a topic, or start a blog to express your own views. The author of the passage would probably think the future of newspapers is _ . A) attractive B) bright C) hopeless D) uncertain
**Answer**
D
*Question*
A study by St.. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents. Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot. "If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions," he said. To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St. Louis. One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog. The groups' respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits. After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks. "He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him," said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago. Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights.. "AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him," said the study's author, Dr. William Banks, "He's an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot." The findings of the researchers tell us that _ . A) robots are better at caring for old people than nurses B) robots can to some degree replace dogs as companions for old people C) it's easy for people to become close with robots D) every home will have a robot assistant one day
**Answer**
B
*Question*
For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recently have they come to think of it as something to look through. Stores display their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars that hold food and drink allow us to see the contents. Glass is used to make eyeglasses, microscopes, telescopes, and many other extremely useful and necessary objects. Until the Second World War, most of the glass used for optical instruments was imported from Europe. However, during the war Americans could not get European glass, and they were forced to make their own. Therefore, new kinds of glasses were developed that had been previously unknown. These new effects were achieved by mixing other chemical elements with the sand. Some of these new glasses are very strong and can resist many kinds of shocks. Legend has it that a very hard glass was invented by a Roman who showed his discovery to the Emperor. When the Emperor saw the glass he feared that it would become more valuable than gold and sliver, making his treasure worthless. Therefore, he had the glassmaker killed, and the secret was not discovered again for hundreds of years. In the present century, safety glass was invented for use in modern cars and planes. Safety glass is made by placing a layer of plastic between two layers of plate glass. When the outside layer of glass is broken, the pieces do not scatter and injure people. Some glass of the type is strong enough to resist bullets . Although nowadays plastics have replaced glass under conditions where glass might be easily broken, there are new uses being developed, for the greatest advantage of glass is that its component parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world. As time goes by, glass _ . A) is regarded as transparent B) is used to make things look pleasant C) is seen as more than decoration D) is widely used to replace steel in making containers
**Answer**
C
*Question*
Owning pet birds is not just feeding them when necessary. You have to be very responsible if you have decided to keep birds as pets. If you really want to acquire a companion, think in advance whether you are able to handle it. Depending on what pet bird you are going to have and how big it is, the cost is different. For example, the cost of a comfortable cage, the cost for nutritional food and the money for some additional things should be taken into consideration. There are also some unexpected cost. For example, when your pet bird gets sick, you have to send for a vet . You may think that you do not have free time to have a dog so you'd better have a pet bird because it doesn't require a lot of attention. You are wrong! Some people even do not have time for a short sleep. They will not have enough time for pets, either. For good bird health it is very important to handle them and play with them as much as you can. Also there are a lot of people who think that birds do not require a lot of space and they are wrong again. They also need to fly so if you do not have space for it, you'd better reconsider the things. But do not forget the great advantage of having a pet bird. In the animal kingdom, birds rank near the top when it comes to smarts. You can have a friend for life if you take good care of it. It's a real character and can bring joy and colour in your home. What is the text mainly about? A) The advantages of keeping a pet bird. B) The reasons for keeping a pet bird. C) Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird. D) Different types of pets for different people.
**Answer**
| C |
input hypothesis: A song proclaiming that United States president-elect Barack Obama is Irish has got less than 600,100 views on video sharing site YouTube
Context: A song proclaiming that United States president-elect Barack Obama is Irish has got more than 600,000 views on video sharing site YouTube, with many of those views coming after he was elected on November 4. "O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara, There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama," states the song. "You don't believe me, I hear you say. But Barack's as Irish, as was JFK. His granddaddy's daddy came from Moneygall, a small Irish village, well known to you all".
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: Gore misunderstood the governor's previous position.
Context: Well, I think we need tough enforcement of the civil rights laws. I think we still need affirmative action. I would pass a hate crimes law, as I said, and I guess I had misunderstood the governor's previous position. The Byrd family may have a misunderstanding of it in Texas also. But I would like to shift, if I could, to the big issue of education.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: The final prize was a bust of Horatio Nelson.
Context: On December 6 2008, Adela Lupse, presenting the call-in quiz Telepremii on National TV on Romanian television, had what The Daily Telegraph described as a "tantrum on air". As the final prize became available, Ms Lupse's show had no callers. Already excited, she began to shout. Throwing the telephone down on the studio floor and stomping on it, she admonished her viewers, "I want the telephone to ring now. Now. Call me now!".
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: The mother did not read more than 20 books to her child.
Context: Reading Bedtime Stories<br>My son loves bedtime stories. My mother bought my son 20 books. My son wanted all 20 books read to him. I diligently read all 20 books to my child. My son enjoyed his new stories being read to him.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: | 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: (CNN) -- First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III. Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists working at the site in central England where Richard III's body was found underneath a parking lot are currently puzzling over a sealed lead coffin containing the remains of a yet-to-be-identified person. The lead coffin was found encased in a larger stone coffin. The smaller coffin is intact "except for a hole at one end of the casket through which we could tantalizingly see someone's feet," said Mathew Morris, the fieldwork director at the site.Archaeologists found a lead coffin within a stone coffin near Richard III's graveThe identity of its occupant is unknown, but there are three prestigious contendersThe confirmation this year of the discovery of Richard's remains drew global interestThe excavation site is at a parking lot in the central English city of Leicester
Question:In February, they confirmed the body was that of Richard III, the last king of _ to die on the battlefield.
Output: | England |
Life is difficult. It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties stand for a special kind of suffering especially forced on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes a lot of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those things that hurt, instruct ." It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems. The saying from Benjamin Franklin "Those things that hurt, instruct" suggests that _ . A) we do not learn from experience B) we do not learn when we are in pain C) pain teaches us important lessons D) pain cannot be avoided
C
Attention STARBUCKS Owners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug Mug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug We've recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly result in injury from hot liquid leaking. So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only related to STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is stamped with "ThermoSServ", the distributor's name. There is not any printing on the mug handle. At STARBUCKS, customers' safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , in the interest of your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS (excluding Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to be available March 1, 2013. Don't use your mug until you exchange the lid, please. Here's what you do: * Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one. * New lids will be available March 1, 2013. * Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store. * Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid. If you'd like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment. If you have any questions regarding this recall, please don't hesitate to us at: Toll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS The passage is written in order to _ . A) warn against the danger of using the mugs B) inform people of exchanging a lid C) persuade people to buy a new lid D) introduce a new type of mugs
B
Worms,antis,and flowers live in soil.Fish,crabs,and seaweeds live in oceans.Birds,insects,and moss live in trees.soil,oceans,and trees are habitatsplaces where animals and plants live .Besides offering food and shelter, habitats allow for growth and reproduction. Humans, however,have destroyed many habitats.We change forests into parking lots. We turn grasslands into neighborhoods.We turn beach land into resorts.We turn 0ceans into chemical dumps.Some plants and animals adapt and survive.Others,however die.The changes are too much,too fast.Sometimes the death rate becomes greater than the birth rate.then the extinction occurs.An example of this happened on Florida's east coast,the habitat of the dusky seaside sparrow.This habitat changed suddenly as land was developed. And the sparrows were not able to adapt. More sparrows died than were born. In 1987 the dusky seaside sparrow became extinct.None exist in the world today. Fortunately,conservation efforts are underway.Many states have set aside land for nature preserves. Here,plants and animals live in their natural habitats.Some states have created man-made habitats .Artificial reefs,for example,have been put in ocean waters. The artificial reefs are habitats for hundreds of fish and other marine life.In 1970 the federal government passed a law to protect habitats.'Ibis~that the efforts of development must be studied.A highway,dam,or power plant may not be built if plants and animals,endangered.We were too late to save the dusky sparrow.Hopefully,however,these new efforts will save other plants and animals. The author's feeling about conservation efforts is one of _ . A) surprise B) disrespect C) hope D) enthusiasm
| C |
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:
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Comic actor Harvey Korman has died at 81, according to the UCLA Medical Center. Harvey Korman's death comes after complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Korman died at the center four months after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. "It was a miracle in itself that he survived the incident at all. Everyone in the hospital referred to him as 'miracle man' because of his strong will and ability to bounce right back after several major operations," said Korman's daughter, Kate Korman. "Tragically, after such a hard-fought battle, he passed away.""Carol Burnett Show" regular won Emmy awards, Golden Globe for work on seriesMovies included "Blazing Saddles," "High Anxiety," "History of the World, Part 1"Daughter: Actor was called "miracle man" because of strong will after surgeriesDirector Mel Brooks: "He always made it real, always made it work," AP says
Question:Korman was a regular on "The _" from 1967 through 1978, for which he won Emmy awards in 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1974.
Answer: | Carol Burnett Show |
[Q]: FOX Fan Weekend is back! Join your favorite FOX News Channel personalities for America's pastime on Saturday, July 28th or Sunday, July 29th at Yankee Stadium. For your chance to receive 2 tickets to one game, email your full name and phone number to [email protected] by Monday, July 16th. First come, first serve. The New York Yankees will take on the Kansas City Royals. The FOX Fan party starts at 12pm with the first pitch being thrown at 1:05pm. Don't miss a minute of the fun! The New York Yankees are a better team than the Kansas City Royals. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and "the usual." Wolfson, one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People in the World, is a man who unflinchingly knows what he wants and stays his course, whether it be in his choice of restaurant or in his choice of battle. And others always know when they see Evan coming what it is that he wants. Wolfson was one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People in the Nation. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
[Q]: Mullikkoräme zinc mine was active in Pyhäjärvi between the years 1989-2000. During this time 1.2 million tonnes of ore were mined. The ore contained in average 6.08% zinc, 0.30% copper and 17.05 sulphur also one tonne of ore contained 1.01 grams of gold. The ore from the mine was transported to the mine at Pyhäsalmi to be enriched. The ore was extracted during the years 1990-1993 and 1996-2000. More ore was extracted from 1996-2000 than from 1990-1993. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: The Arizona Fall League is an off-season league owned and operated by Major League Baseball which operates during the autumn in Arizona, United States, at six different baseball complexes. The Arizona Fall League attracts many of the top prospects in minor league baseball. Major League baseball players play on the Arizona Fall League. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
Answer the following question: A mental professor walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired : "How heavy is this glass of water?" Different answers called out from the audience. She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued, "The stress and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed--incapable of doing anything." It's important to remember to let go of your stress. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down! Comments Aye Chan Aung---October 27, 2015 at 11:37 am Short but valuable! It has clearly taught me how to deal with stress. Nelson Malicdem--October 28, 2015 at 8:23 pm Wow! Thanks to the author and to the one who submitted this article. I am experiencing a challenge, as I read this it gives me peace. What exactly is in the article is what I am doing. My burden actually paralyzes me without my knowing it. I should put down the glass of water that I'm holding. Thank you so much! From what the professor says, we can know a small problem _ . A) can result in a complete failure B) is seldom taken seriously C) can cause much stress D) seldom causes real problems
Answer: | C |
How to care for a child with croup
Keep your child calm.
It can be frustrating or even frightening when your airway is slightly obstructed by swelling, and children may become very upset. It's important that you try to keep them calm, as getting too agitated can make breathing problems worse.
OPTIONS:
- Speak in a soothing voice and make sure your child does not see you get visibly upset about their breathing. If your child's breathing becomes too labored, seek immediate medical attention.
- Try to keep your child's mouth open when your child is vomiting. When you are doing this, keep the child upright and ensure that their mouth is open.
- Try: exercising, taking a nap, and listening to music when they need it. Reassure them that everything is fine and you will not get sick.
- Try soothing thoughts like, " everything is going to be okay. " or, " it is your baby, everything is going to be fine.
Speak in a soothing voice and make sure your child does not see you get visibly upset about their breathing. If your child's breathing becomes too labored, seek immediate medical attention.
How to tell your partner about your bipolar disorder
Start with a " process talk.
" disclosing mental illnesses like depression and bipolar disorder to a loved one is hard and you might have trouble getting started. Begin with a " process talk.
OPTIONS:
- " ask your partner what he or she expects of you, if any, and then begin reaching out to others for help or support. Getting first-hand information will ensure that you can communicate about what's on your mind and also allow you to get to know each other better.
- " this is one of the most common forms of communication. A " process talk " is a long, rambling conversation where you discuss various processes.
- " this is when you take a moment to write out an objective argument that points to your specific disorder and tell your partner about your progress. By incorporating dialogue you can put your partner on a " balance journey " where you offer praise and support for your partner's progress.
- " this just means to talk about talking-you don't need to get into the details at this point. " process talks " will get your partner ready for the information you want to share.
" this just means to talk about talking-you don't need to get into the details at this point. " process talks " will get your partner ready for the information you want to share.
How to care for giant african land snails
Find an aquarium with a tightly fitting lid.
While the snail needs ventilation, it's also important that the lid of its container fits tightly, as it will climb out if given a chance. An aquarium works well or really any plastic or glass container that has a tight lid.
OPTIONS:
- In general, a safer looking aquarium is the best choice because it limits the species' exposure to light. Larger containers will be better for smaller snails, but may result in smaller snails falling out with the lid open.
- Skip wooden containers, as the splinters harm the snail. For two snails, your container will need to be at least 25.5 inches (65 centimeters) by 18 inches (45 centimeters) by 16 inches (40 centimeters).
- Use a glass tank to keep your snail safe, but not too tight. Only water high enough to submerge your snail is necessary.
- If the lid is completely closed, it's too tight and the snails will not be able to escape. You should not put a container with a tight lid on it out into the open.
Skip wooden containers, as the splinters harm the snail. For two snails, your container will need to be at least 25.5 inches (65 centimeters) by 18 inches (45 centimeters) by 16 inches (40 centimeters).
How to make cheap homemade wedding invitations
Decide on the level of formality your wedding will have.
This will have an effect on your design and wording choices.
Browse the web, looking for, do it yourself wedding invitation ideas.
OPTIONS:
- Create your design and ask a concierge if he or she has ideas or draft your invitations. Advertise your venue, make any necessary schedule, contact details, and send invitations written by the caterer.
- Look for questions about etiquette, standard style, spelling, dress code, punctuation...then quiz it up with study guides that help you improve your design and wording. Find designers that can adapt wedding invitations and tailor them to your particular skill level.
- You can look for printed versions of wedding invitations. Work to sort the items from the crowd, such as wedding dresses and linens, to your venue of the ceremony.
- Many sites offer free templates with or without designs and wording samples. They allow you to download templates to use as is or to adapt to suit your needs.
| Many sites offer free templates with or without designs and wording samples. They allow you to download templates to use as is or to adapt to suit your needs. |
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].
(CNN) Senate Democrats are vowing to stall action on eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees tasked with carrying out his economic, law enforcement and regulatory agenda, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Monday. If carried through, the threat that could delay confirming the President-elect's choices for months. Those targeted include secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, attorney general pick Jeff Sessions and health and human services secretary hopeful Tom Price. Democrats warn if they don't get the nominees' required background information and financial records and have adequate time to review them before confirmation hearings are held, they'll drag out confirmation votes with a series of procedural maneuvers.Republicans are already planning confirmation hearings from Donald Trump's CabinetDemocrats can take procedural steps to slow the process down to a crawl
Question:"When President Obama was elected, Republicans and _ worked together and expeditiously to carefully consider his nominees. | Democrats |
Problem: The original owner, Henry Borski, opened his tavern in 1945. He later passed it on to his son Jake Borski, then it was owned by Phylis Roberts for approximately 23 years after that.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Henry Borski and Jake Borski are relatives.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: yes
Problem: More than 6,400 migratory birds and other animals were killed in Nevada by drinking water in the cyanide-laced ponds produced by gold mining operations.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Animals have died by the thousands from drinking at cyanide-laced holding ponds.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: yes
Problem: Rather than deterring crime, capital punishment actually increases the level of brutality in society.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: no
Problem: Coal company stocks got a lift Monday morning after an article in Barron's said the industry was benefiting from soaring natural gas prices and the advent of new power plants that emit less pollution.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
Coal stocks rise.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: | yes |
The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1978 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, United States. Since the 2014 edition, it has featured a matchup of Pac-12 and Big Ten teams.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Qualcomm Stadium is one of more than a dozen football stadiums in California
Pick from: A). Yes; B). It's impossible to say; C). No; | B). |
Only a week after it had no comment on upping the storage capacity of its Hotmail e-mail service, Microsoft early Thursday announced it was boosting the allowance to 250MB to follow similar moves by rivals such as Google, Yahoo, and Lycos.
Options are:
(A). yes;
(B). no;
Question: Can we infer the following?
Microsoft's Hotmail has raised its storage capacity to 250MB. | (A). |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
The 1992 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled an 8–3–1 record, including the 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they lost, 21–14, to the Georgia Bulldogs.
Hypothesis: The 1990 Ohio State Buckeyes football team compiled a 9–2–1 record.
Choose from: (a). Yes; (b). It's impossible to say; (c). No; | (b). |
How to do a dive
Start about four feet back from the end of the board if you're a teen or adult, or further if you take large steps.
Stand in an upright position, back and legs straight.
When you're ready to do your approach, take three long steps, swinging your arms, together, in the same direction, as you walk.
When you've taken your three steps, bring one leg up and hop to the end of the board. As you are doing this, keep your head and neck straight and looking forward.
How to be civil when talking about politics
Avoid wanting to change their mind.
Don't go into a discussion with the goal of changing someone's mind or proving how bad their ideas are. Trying to change someone's beliefs is often at best futile and at worst annoying or upsetting.
If you're tempted to talk about politics with someone, check your intentions. If you want to prove something or tell them how dumb you think they are, you might want to sit this one out.
The man throws the sliced lemons into the glass. The man grabs a wooden fork and crushes the lemons inside the glass. the man
throws ice cubes into the glass.
The credits of the clip are shown. People load into orange canoes. people row canoes
| on a body of water. |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What tells us that the Nizams once ruled the area?, Context: Established in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Hyderabad remained under the rule of the Qutb Shahi dynasty for nearly a century before the Mughals captured the region. In 1724, Mughal viceroy Asif Jah I declared his sovereignty and created his own dynasty, known as the Nizams of Hyderabad. The Nizam's dominions became a princely state during the British Raj, and remained so for 150 years, with the city serving as its capital. The Nizami influence can still be seen in the culture of the Hyderabadi Muslims. The city continued as the capital of Hyderabad State after it was brought into the Indian Union in 1948, and became the capital of Andhra Pradesh after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Since 1956, Rashtrapati Nilayam in the city has been the winter office of the President of India. In 2014, the newly formed state of Telangana split from Andhra Pradesh and the city became joint capital of the two states, a transitional arrangement scheduled to end by 2025.
Output: | the culture of the Hyderabadi Muslims |
Part 1. Definition
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Answer: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 3. Exercise
A zebroid (also zedonk, zenkey, zorse, zebra mule, zonkey, and zebmule) is the offspring of any cross between a zebra and any other equine: essentially, a zebra hybrid. In most cases, the sire is a zebra stallion. Offspring of a donkey sire and zebra dam, called a zebra hinny, or donkra, do exist but are rare and are usually sterile and infertile. Zebroids have been bred since the 19th century. Charles Darwin noted several zebra hybrids in his works.
Answer: | can you cross a zebra with a donkey? |
What is the most logical next event?
A group of people are seen standing in a gym jumping rope. The people jump together while others watch on the side. the group | continues jumping rope with one another. |
Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on Earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference, leaders of the world' s 40 largest cities are meeting in Seoul this week for a summit on combating global warming -- the third to be held since 2005. "What we should do in Seoul is agree that we will stop the endless addiction of mankind to the internal combustion engine ," said Johnson. He said at a press conference the world's cities consume 75 percent of the world's energy and produce 80 percent of the emissions which cause climate change. "The problem of our planet is an urban problem," Johnson said. He said the British capital wants to use the Olympics "to drive the greening and the improvement of our city" and noted that London is committed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent by 2025. Johnson said the key measure was being taken to solve problems relating to housing and commercial buildings, which accounted for 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in London. This involved retrofitting -- installing lagging -- in large numbers of public buildings. Johnson proclaimed himself a "passionate cyclist" and said he would push ahead with cycle superhighways around London. London's air quality problem, he said, was caused by vehicle emissions from 8,300 worn and used diesel buses, which could be replaced by low-carbon vehicles. In addition, there were also 32,000 taxis running on diesel fuel, which could be replaced by electric vehicles. Johnson said there would be a few programs in the next few years to produce a "cleaner, greener" bus for the city. "The age of the diesel bus has got to be over in London." Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to this passage? A) London's air quality will be improved in the near future. B) The used buses running on diesel will be replaced by electric vehicles. C) London promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 pendent by 2025. D) Something has been done to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions.
Answer: | B |
As late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the French army led by General Louis Alexandre Berthier captured Rome and imprisoned Pope Pius VI, who would die in captivity in Valence, Drôme, France in August of 1799.
Question with options: Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Pope Pius VI died in France."?
pick from the following.
a). yes
b). no | a). |
Yes, water is a critical area of dispute in the Arab-Israeli conflict; but given the current climate of peacemaking, and given the general war-weariness among states and populations, such predictions are excitable pieces of subjectivism.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that the sentence below is true?
There is a territorial waters dispute.
Pick from: (a). yes; (b). no; | (b). |
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: 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
Solution is here: (F)
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Now, solve this: (CNN) Russia is a step closer to facing a possible ban of its athletes from the Winter Olympics in South Korea after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) upheld its decision that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) remains non-compliant. WADA tweeted its ruling following a foundation board meeting in Seoul on Thursday, less than three months before the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang in February. The tweet read, "WADA Foundation Board approves the recommendation by the Independent Compliance Review Committee that RUSADA remain non-compliant." Russia's anti-doping agency was initially deemed non-compliant after the 2016 publication of the McLaren report, commissioned by WADA, which found the Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale and ambition.Doping body upholds label of non-compliance of Russian bodyDecision to keep the label moves committee one closer to banning Russian athletes from Winter Olympics
Questions:The head of the _ (ROC), Alexander Zhukov dismissed the accusations as "a joke." (A) CNN (B) Russia (C) Winter Olympics (D) South Korea (E) World Anti-Doping Agency (F) WADA (G) Russian (H) Anti-Doping Agency (I) RUSADA (J) Seoul (K) Winter Games (L) Pyeongchang (M) WADA Foundation Board (N) Independent Compliance Review Committee (O) McLaren
Solution: | (G) |
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: Heavy wooden shutters dulled the noise of the boisterous gale outside. A thick red curtain hung over the door, and a cheery log fire burnt in the stove. A man and woman sat over it; the man, a tall, repulsive-looking creature, with unkempt hair and matted beard, his age apparently about fifty. The woman looked seventy or more. She too had once been tall, but now old age gave her a withered, witch-like appearance, in spite of her great height. She was dressed in limp, faded garments, with a tattered shawl crossed over her chest, and had a scared, miserable look in her bleared old eyes. There were a few words of explanation from the man who had come home, and then, in gruff but not unkindly tones, he bade Babette be seated, and told his mother to get some supper speedily. She spread a coarse cloth on the wooden table, and when all was ready, lifted a large black saucepan from the stove and turned out a smoking, savoury-looking stew. The youngest son produced a bottle containing the thin acid wine of the country, and another of spirits. As he set them on the table, Babette noticed that across one of his hands, which were much smaller and whiter than those of his brothers, there ran a dull red scar that looked as if he had had a bad cut there. Then they all sat down, excepting the old mother, who busied herself in waiting on them. <sep>Who has a scar on his hand?<sep>The man sitting in front of the stove
Output: | No |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Problem:Which has the lower bit rate, files that meet the ISO Standard or non-standard files?, Context: Non-standard bit rates up to 640 kbit/s can be achieved with the LAME encoder and the freeformat option, although few MP3 players can play those files. According to the ISO standard, decoders are only required to be able to decode streams up to 320 kbit/s.
Solution: | ISO standard |
instruction:
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].
question:
NSW Labor leader Luke Foley is campaigning to be the state's new Premier A political party's attempt to use LOL cat memes as part of their election campaign has backfired after social media users pointed out they should be focusing on policy not comedy. NSW Labor, whose leader Luke Foley is campaigning to win the upcoming state election, posted a series of cat memes targeted at Liberal Premier Mike Baird on Saturday which they renamed 'Caturday'. But the party's Facebook fans were quick to point out cat memes had ‘become a bit passé’ and blasted ‘get your message across in an adult way, as it is adults who vote’.NSW Labor posted cat memes on their Facebook page on SaturdayThey renamed the day 'Caturday' and targeted NSW Premier Mike BairdNSW Labor leader Luke Foley is campaigning to become PremierFacebook fans said cat memes had 'become a bit passé'Others blasted 'get your message across in an adult way'The state election will be held on March 28
Question:NSW Labor said: 'Poll after poll shows that voters do not support _'s plan to sell off our electricity'.
answer:
Liberal
question:
He has described it as a 'sad occasion' for football - the 1995 friendly against England which his Irish national team abandoned after fans erupted in riot, spurred by the raging violence of the Troubles. Twenty years on from the 1995 match, the former manager remained as hopeful for a peaceful exchange between the two sides as he strolled the pitch at Dublin's Aviva Stadium today, now a frail 80. Dressed smartly in a grey suit and bonnet, Charlton had fought off a recent spate of illness to appear at the match, determined to maintain harmony between his beloved nations.England's 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton moved by the receptionCharlton was given a standing ovation by both sets of supportersThe 80-year-old led Republic of Ireland to two World Cups as managerEngland travelled to Ireland on Sunday for the first time in 20 years
Question:'If there's anyone intent on coming over from _ to cause trouble I would urge them to stay at home.
answer:
England
question:
(CNN) -- The only scene I really loved in "Star Trek: The Voyage Home" was when Scotty tried speaking verbal commands to a Macintosh Plus. Keyboards always seem to get in the way of doing what I want to do -- and nowhere is this as apparent, or frustrating, as on smartphones and tablets. With the recent launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple's not-really-new voice recognition system Siri has been getting a lot of attention. Yet it took the India-based software company Dexetra just eight hours to create the initial version of Iris -- a blatant Android knockoff of Siri.Android has had pretty well integrated speech-to-text functionalityIt took software company Dexetra just eight hours to create the initial version of IrisA blatant Android knockoff of Siri -- "Iris" is the reverse of "Siri"
Question:I put _ on my Android phone this weekend, and it's amusing.
answer:
| Dexetra
|
Christopher Reeve, an actor and director who became an inspiration worldwide after being paralyzed in a horse riding accident, died Sunday of heart failure.
Can we say the following?
Christopher Reeve had an accident.
yes
As late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the French army led by General Louis Alexandre Berthier captured Rome and imprisoned Pope Pius VI, who would die in captivity in Valence, Drôme, France in August of 1799.
Can we say the following?
Alexandre Berthier died in 1799.
no
Argentina was still obsessed with the Falkland islands even in 1994, 12 years after its defeat in the 74-day war with Britain.
Can we say the following?
The Falklands War took place in 1982.
yes
A juvenile hacker who crippled an airport tower for six hours, damaged atown's phone system, and broke into pharmacy records has been charged in afirst-ever federal prosecution, the U.S. Attorney's office announcedtoday.
Can we say the following?
Non-authorized personnel illegally entered into computer networks.
| yes |
Part 1. 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".
Part 2. Example
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Answer: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Part 3. Exercise
Before the mysterious disappearance of one of its passenger jets this month, Malaysia wasn't a country used to finding itself dominating headlines around the world. Some of its Southeast Asian neighbors, including Indonesia and the Philippines, have suffered devastating natural disasters in recent years and are all too familiar with the media frenzy that accompanies a major crisis. But Malaysia has largely managed to stay out of the international spotlight since its independence from British colonial rule more than half a century ago. "It is one of these countries, because of its geography, that doesn't have earthquakes," said Ernest Bower, senior adviser for Southeast Asia studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It doesn't have tsunamis. It hasn't been tested with a disaster like this." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has thrust the government into the dazzling glare of worldwide attention. And it hasn't emerged with very good grades. "I think on a stress test, they're failing," Bower told CNN's Jake Tapper, pointing to the government's coordination of different agencies and communication with other countries. China among critics Criticism and complaints have come from other countries involved in the search for the missing plane, including China and Vietnam, and from the relatives of passengers. Malaysian officials have created confusion by issuing contradictory statements on key aspects of the investigation. The majority of the people on board the plane were Chinese, and Beijing has increasingly voiced its displeasure with the search, especially after Malaysia announced over the weekend that evidence suggested the plane had been deliberately flown west into the Indian Ocean, away from its last confirmed location over the South China Sea. "The new information means the intensive search in the South China Sea for the whole past week was worthless and would never bear fruit," said a commentary published by China's state-run news agency Xinhua. "Even worse, the golden time for saving possible survivors, if any, was generously wasted." <sep>Why are Chinese and Vietnamese officials critical of the Malaysian response?<sep>They've issued contradictory statements, mishandled key evidence, and wasted time that could have been spent looking for survivors
Answer: | Yes |
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.
Anne Shirley -- Anne and Gilbert finally marry at Green Gables, the house Anne grew up in, and move to the village of Four Winds, P.E.I. There, they take up residence in a small house Anne dubs the ``House of Dreams'', and Gilbert takes over his uncle's medical practice in the nearby town of Glen St. Mary. Anne praises her ``house of dreams'' as ``like a creamy seashell stranded on the harbor shore'', which is surrounded by fir trees ``enfolding secrets'' while the lane leading to the house is full of blossoming trees. The house looks up to a harbor on one side and a shining brook in the valley below. Anne's major problem at the House of Dreams is helping her neighbor Leslie Moore, whose husband was left with brain damage after an accident, and who is as emotionally damaged as her husband is brain-damaged.
did anne of green gables marry gilbert blythe
Common Core State Standards Initiative -- Since 2010, forty-two (42) of the fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia have been members of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, while Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Alaska, Nebraska, Indiana, and South Carolina did not adopt the initiative at a state level. Minnesota adopted the English Language Arts standards but not the Mathematics standards. Although starting as a fast trend, the curriculum lost momentum and found at least 12 states introducing legislation to prohibit implementation. Three states that initially adopted Common Core have since decided to repeal or replace it: Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
is common core the same in every state
Tower of London -- The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison from 1100 (Ranulf Flambard) until 1952 (Kray twins), although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard I, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site.
| does the tower of london have a moat
|
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to make seafood sauce
Combine 12 tablespoons (180 ml) ketchup , 4 tablespoons horseradish, and 4 tablespoons lemon juice in a medium-sized bowl.
Stir vigorously.
Add celery salt and tabasco sauce to taste.
Options are:
(i). Add one section of the reserved ketchup and stir again. Transfer to a covered container or storage container..
(ii). Stir gently in 2 tablespoons (10 ml) of freshly ground beef broth and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of minced garlic. If using mince, a pinch of salt is added instead..
(iii). Refrigerate for one hour to chill and then serve. Optionally, add lemon wedges to the dish so guests can squeeze in extra flavor..
(iv). Allow to cook, covered, for 20 minutes. Add shrimp and rock shrimp to the fish mixture.. | (iii). |
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.
[EX Q]: Vapor pressure -- In meteorology, the term vapor pressure is used to mean the partial pressure of water vapor in the atmosphere, even if it is not in equilibrium, and the equilibrium vapor pressure is specified otherwise. Meteorologists also use the term saturation vapor pressure to refer to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water or brine above a flat surface, to distinguish it from equilibrium vapor pressure, which takes into account the shape and size of water droplets and particulates in the atmosphere.
[EX A]: is saturation pressure the same as vapor pressure
[EX Q]: West Virginia -- West Virginia (/vərˈdʒɪniə/ ( listen)) is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
[EX A]: are virginia and west virginia the same state
[EX Q]: Relative key -- For example, G major and E minor both have a single sharp in their key signature at F♯; therefore, E minor is the relative minor of G major, and conversely G major is the relative major of E minor. The tonic of the relative minor is the sixth scale degree of the major scale, while the tonic of the relative major is the third degree of the minor scale. The relative relationship may be visualized through the circle of fifths.
[EX A]: | are g major and e minor the same
|
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The Nemadi are an African trive
The Nemadi are small hunting tribe of eastern Mauritania. Their language is according to some sources a dialect of Hassaniyya, according to others a mixture of Zenaga, Soninke and Hassaniyya. The name "Nemadi" itself appears to come from Soninke, where it means "master of dogs". | Yes |
The national men's football team (in red) ranks 134th in the latest FIFA rankings (Photo: VNA) - Vietnam's national men's football team ranks 134th in the latest FIFA rankings recently released.The team is in 21st place in Asia and third place in Southeast Asia.In the Southeast Asian region, the Philippines remain its top place, followed by Thailand.Iran lead Asia for the first place, followed by the Republic of Korean, Japan and Australia.-VNA
vietnam's team wears orange
A: No
Niederreiter scored a goal and an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over the Jets. The Wild scored all four of their goals in the third period, with Niederreiter getting the comeback rolling with his third tally of the season. After an ice-cold start to the campaign, the 26-year-old now has a respectable seven points in 11 games through November, including all three of his goals.
The Wild scored all four of their goals in the first period.
A: No
Cat<br>When I was a boy, I found a stray cat on the street. I brought it home and my parents got mad at me. They told me I could not have a cat in the house. I did not want to let it go, but I placed it outside. The cat left, but still comes around occasionally for food.
When I was a boy, I found a stray cat on the street and it was a Tabby
A: | It's impossible to say |
Several interesting American museums tell about health subjects. One is the Doctor Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry. It is at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. That is where the first college in the world to train dentists began. The museum tells about the history of the medical treatment of teeth. Visitors can see some frightening _ that once were used to remove infected teeth. They also can see sets of teeth made of animal bone. They were made for a famous American -- the first President, George Washington. Most people do not consider a visit to the dentist their idea of a good time. However, the director of the museum says he wanted to make the museum a fun place to visit. He says he also wants to teach visitors about the importance of taking care of their teeth. Another museum collects _ that help people hear. The Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum is at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The museum has more than three-thousand hearing aids from around the world. They include old and strange devices. Some hearing aids were made to look like other objects. That is because in the past many people did not want anyone to know they were wearing a hearing aid. What do we learn about George Washington from the text? A) He once visited the National Museum of Dentistry. B) He considered the Museum of Dentistry a fun place to visit C) His artificial teeth were collected in the National Museum of Dentistry. D) His teeth seemed to be made of animal bone.
The answer to this question is: | C |
Please answer the following question: What Theresa Loe is doing proves that a large farm isn't _ for a modern grow-your-own lifestyle. On a mere 1/10 of an acre in Los Angeles, Loe and her family grow, can and preserve much of the food they consume. Loe is a master food preserver, gardener and canning expert. She also operates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the goal of demonstrating that every has the ability to control what's on their plate. Loe initially went to school to become an engineer, but she quickly learned that her enthusiasm was mainly about growing and preparing her own food. "I got into cooking my own food and started growing my own herbs and foods for that fresh flavor,"she said. Engineer by day, Loe learned cooking at night school. She ultimately purchased a small piece of land with her husband and began growing their own foods. "I teach people how to live farm-fresh without a farm," Loe said. Through her website Loe emphasizes that "anybody can do this anywhere." Got an apartment with a balcony ? Plant some herbs. A window? Perfect spot for growing. Start with herbs, she recommends, because "they're very forgiving." Just a little of the herbs "can take your regular cooking to a whole new level," she added. "I think it's a great place to start." "Then? Try growing something from a seed, she said, like a tomato or some tea." Canning is a natural extension of the planting she does. With every planted food. Loe noted, there's a moment when it's bursting with its absolute peak flavor. "I try and keep it in a time capsule in a canning jar," Loe said. "Canning for me is about knowing what's in your food, knowing where it comes from." In addition to being more in touch with the food she's eating, another joy comes from passing this knowledge and this desire for good food to her children: "Influencing them and telling them your opinion on not only being careful what we eat but understanding _ ," she said, "that if we don't take care of the earth, no will." What is the"the bigger picture" (Para. 6) that Loe wishes her children to understand? A) The knowledge about good food B) The way to live a grow-our-own life C) The joy of getting in touch with foods D) The responsibility to protect our earth
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Salt to the Sea is a 2016 historical fiction young adult novel by Ruta Sepetys. It tells the story of four individuals in World War II who make their way to the ill-fated MV "Wilhelm Gustloff". The story also touches on the disappearance of The Amber Room, a work of art stolen by the Nazis that has never been recovered.
Salt to the Sea has three main people as the characters. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Kirk Johnson (born 1960) is an American scientist, author, curator, and museum administrator, and is currently serving as Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Dr. Johnson is the host of the PBS Nova series, "Making North America", which is a three-part series that describes the shaping of North America, which aired on November 4, 11 and 18, 2015.
Making North America is a CBS series. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Marina Prior (born 18 October 1963) is an Australian soprano and actress with a career mainly in musical theatre. From 1990 to 1993, she starred as the original Christine Daaé in the Australian premiere of "The Phantom of the Opera", opposite Anthony Warlow and later Rob Guest.
Marina Prior, speaking of her role in "The Phantom of the Opera" opposite Anthony Warlow, and later, Rob Guest, said that she much preferred working with Rob Guest. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
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"A Leela of Her Own" is the sixteenth episode in the third season of the animated series "Futurama". The episode is an homage to "A League of Their Own". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 7, 2002. Bob Uecker provided the voice of himself, Tom Kenny provided the voice of Abner Doubledeal, and Hank Aaron guest starred as himself and Hank Aaron XXIV.
"Futurama" has 12 seasons. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Christelyn Karazin is an American writer, columnist, and blogger on the subject of interracial dating, particularly black women dating outside their race. She hosts the blog "Beyond Black & White" and has written for "Woman's Day", "Ebony", "Jet", and Reuters. Karazin attended Loyola Marymount University, where she wrote for "The Los Angeles Loyolan".
Karazin wrote for the college newspaper where she attended. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Al Overton Jr. is an American sound engineer. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on over 40 films between 1969 and 1991. His father, Al Overton, was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.
"Overton vs. Overton" is a new movie in the works. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
The Normandy landings took place in June 1944.
The D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion force ever assembled headed for France on June 6th 1944. | no |
The subject of this year's Kunming International Expo is "man and nature walking hand in hand into the 21stCentury". When theprefix = st1 /UKwas asked to take part, it seemed natural to build a garden. Now theBritishGardenwill be a central part when Expo opens on May 1. David Patterson , the Curator of the Department of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, is leading the team now _ .The Royal Botanic Gardens were chosen for a very good reason. They have the largest collection of Chinese plants in the world outside China. "Ever since people in Britainstarted gardening for pleasure they have used Chinese plants," Patterson told English Corner. "There are probably Chinese flowers in nearly every garden inBritain. This is a good chance to give something back." The garden has been carefully designed to mix traditional British skills with the local Chinese environment. David Patterson describes the garden as "formal but gentle". It contains a raised flower bed, a summer house and a lot of local trees. The garden is contained behind a wall of local, yellow stone. It is intended to be a place of serious thinking and quiet enjoyment. "You could say that we've painted a picture," said David Patterson. "And we have designed the garden to continue for a long time, so that the people of Kunmingwill be able to enjoy it long after the Expo is over." The passage is mainly _ . A) an introduction to the British Garden B) an explanation of the design of theBritishGarden C) a high praise for the Chinese gardening D) a short talk on this year's Kunming International Expo
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It is a matter of common observation that although money income keeps going up over the years, we never seem to become richer. Prices are rising continuously. This condition is what we call inflation: the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. We have got used to higher and higher rates of inflation in recent years. What could be bought twenty years ago for one pound now costs well over 2 pounds. And at present this rate of inflation seems to be rising rather than falling. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices do. One might think that inflation doesn't matter. _ When money is losing value it also loses one of the qualities of a good money--stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable means of delayed payment. Nobody wants to hold a wasting possession, so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore simply stimulates our spending and discourages saving. .Under inflation people are likely to _ . A) go to the bank more often than usual B) save more money since their incomes rise C) spend money quickly rather than to save it D) keep money at home instead of going to banks
(Answer)
C
Ques: In many romantic movies or TV shows one scene always appears. It involves a handsome man standing outside a young woman's window, singing a love song to her to win her over. However, trying to woo a female with songs is not just something that humans do. A few animals sing love songs as well. Birds and elephants are romantic but the latest animal to _ a female might surprise you--it is the humble mouse. You may find it odd to find out that mice sing. We do not hear them because the frequency of their voice is so high. In fact, scientists have known for some time that male mice make special sounds to females, but it has always been assumed that the sounds are produced instinctively and randomly, with little thought going into the process. But new research suggests otherwise. When male mice with different voices were put in a cage together, scientists found that they would gradually change their pitches to sound like one another. But when a female mouse was put in the cage with two males, one male would change his pitch to match the other. "It was usually the smaller animal changing the pitch to match the larger animal," professor Erich Jarvis, leader of the study, from Duke University, US, told BBC News. This ability, known as vocal learning, is rare in the natural world. It had been thought to be limited to some birds, such as parrots--as well as whales and dolphins. The latest findings challenge the long-held opinion that mice cannot learn to adapt their voices. Scientists also found the part of the brain that controls the mice's singing ability. In the experiment, they damaged the cells in this part of the mice's brain and found that the animals couldn't keep their songs in pitch or repeat them any more. This also happened when the mice became deaf. Jarvis said that this finding had changed his understanding of the way mice make sound. "In mice we find that the pathways that are at least modulating these vocalizations are in the forebrain, in places where you actually find them in humans,"... Which of the following is proven wrong by the latest discovery? A) The frequency of mice's voice is so high that it's impossible for humans to hear it. B) When male mice make special sounds to females they can't control the sounds. C) Birds and elephants are both romantic animals that are good at expressing love. D) Animals like mice are smart even though they often make sounds randomly.
Ans: B
Ques:Why can't some people even get an inch of what they dream of becoming? Blame it on pure dreaming and lack of surrounding goals for achieving their dreams. Setting goals is very significant part of accomplishing and positive actions. It is like scaling a 200 feet construction and marking in the early hours on what feet you would like to reach at this specific period. People who set goals literally generate a map of their goal settings in life, marking where they should start, where to pause, where to study a bit, and where and when to end. Once this map comes into being, it allows the map drawer to check where he is in the scheme of things and whether or not he is making some planning that will take him closer to his goals. By surrounding goals, people will know how they are doing and what they should be doing to get their goals or dreams in life. They will know if they can relax or if they have to double their efforts when they are falling short of what is expected of them. Goal surroundings means a person is prepared in dealing with challenges that may affect his plans. Being proactive means one is able to outline possible difficulties that may occur as well as the solutions to these difficulties. By doing this, a person is not easily scared or defeated when challenges occur because he has already prepared for them. He knows they can happen and he has prepared a solution or strategy when that time comes. Setting goals will enable people to track their progress in whatever hard work they set out to do. It will help people become more confident in themselves and more motivated to get their plans. The purpose of this passage is to _ . A) explain the difference between the two goals. B) show the importance of surrounding goals. C) tell us how to set and achieve one's goals. D) tell us setting goals makes one confident.
Ans: | B |
Military training has long been considered a ritual that freshmen must go through in order to officially start their college lives. While some question the necessity of such training. Many students see military training as a campus tradition that should be maintained. Early in February, the Ministry of Education issued a new regulation that colleges and universities should carry out a minimum of 14 days compulsory military training for freshmen. In a report by Beijing Evening News, Hou Zhengfang, a Beijing-based education PhD, questioned the benefits of military training. "The training routine does little to improve students' physical fitness over only two weeks' time. Maybe some disaster prevention training, such as earthquake survival or escaping from fires would be of greater benefit." Meng Yang, a 19-year-old freshman at Guangxi University, fainted during training. She said that many students, especially girls, are willing to train under direct sunshine. "For me, military training is physically challenging and even damages my health." According to Li Jian from the student affairs office of Guangzhou University, feeling dizzy happens frequently during military training and the school has received a lot of complaints from both students and parents: "But I still think military training is a good thing. Students are easier to manage after the military training. They became more positive about their new environment after the training." Although autumn is fast approaching Beijing, the noon heat burns 3300 freshmen on Tsinghua University's campus. Chu Jinjing, a freshman majoring in medicine, did feel some discomfort while training in sweaty clothes in the glaring heat, the 18-year-old still enjoyed being part of group going through strict exercises. "By going through this tough training, students bond faster and a sense of belonging to the school can be formed. I've made a lot of friends already." According to the Ministry of Education, the purpose of military training is to teach students discipline, the... According to Hou Zhengfang, it seems much more beneficial to give freshmen _ . A) survival skills B) military training C) the spirit of teamwork and endurance D) strict exercises
A
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Believe it or not, in the near future people won't just wear a chicken feather suit at Halloween or for fancy dress. Chickens, which have long provided food for dinner, will also be used to make our clothes as well. Last Monday, a report by the University of Nebraska in the US said in the future it should be possible to use chicken feathers and rice straw to make clothes. "All those wasted agriculture products don't have to be wasted anymore," researcher Yiqi Yang said. New technology will change these by-products into something similar to wool, linen, or cotton. Because producing synthetic fabrics causes pollution, scientists wanted to find a cheaper and environmentally friendly replacement. They turned their eyes to the millions of tons of rice straw and chicken feathers that are widely and cheaply available worldwide. Moreover they don't cause pollution like petroleum-based fibers . Chicken feathers are mostly made up of the same kind of protein found in wool. A sweater made from chicken feathers would feel just like a wool sweater. It would be lighter in weight and warmer, too. According to Yang and his team, rice straw, on the other hand, can produce a fabric that looks and feels similar to cotton or linen. The process is also environmentally friendly. The total production cost of rice fiber is about 50 cents per pound, while cotton now sells for about 60 cents a pound. Maybe some day in the future you will wear _ clothes like these. What are the main advantage of the new clothes made of chicken feathers and rice straw? A) They are mostly made up of the same kind of protein found in wool. B) The clothes will be widely used in every field in our daily life. C) The process of producing the clothes does not cheap at all. D) A sweater made of the new clothes would be lighter in weight and warmer.
(Answer)
D
Ques: Clean water is not only important for food production, but necessary for our life. However, large numbers of people in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are going without. The World Health Organization reports that almost 4,000 children die each day for dirty water or lack of water. Agriculture is the primary user of water at 70-85% of fresh water in the world. Industrial uses of water don't often come to mind, but you may be surprised to know that industry uses 59% of the water supply in developed countries. Home use takes up only 8% in the world. But as cities grow, the local government has to cut down on water use. Many cities are turning to privatization of water as a method of controlling use. The poor are paying as much as a quarter of their monthly income for water in some developing countries. In 60% of large European cities, groundwater is being used at a faster rate. People are saving water by simply using less and being careful with what they do use. Sometimes it's as simple as not throwing out water that they could use elsewhere. In Australia overuse of water has always been a problem. The Australian government has encouraged households and industries to collect rainwater and reuse water from showers. Technology is helping householders for shower and bath water for reuse in toilets or gardens. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a water saving program designed to encourage families and businesses to examine their water use and save more water. Good water management has been considered by scientists and the UN as the key to solving the water problem. We can all work together to protect our valuable water in our daily life. To save water, what do Australians and Europeans both choose to do? A) Find more groundwater. B) Make good use of rainwater. C) Encourage people to have fewer showers D) Recycle water for a second use.
Ans: D
Ques: Cowboy or spaceman? A dilemma for a children's party, perhaps. But also a question for economists, argued Kenneth Boulding, a British economist, in an essay published in 1966. We have run our economies, he warned, like cowboys on the open grassland: taking and using the world's resources, confident that more lies over the horizon. But the Earth is less a grassland than a spaceship--a closed system, alone in space, carrying limited supplies. We need, said Boulding, an economics that takes seriously the idea of environmental limits. In the half century since his essay, a new movement has responded to his challenge. "Ecological economists", as they call themselves, want to revolutionise its aims and assumptions. What do they say--and will their ideas achieve lift-off? To its advocators, ecological economics is neither ecology nor economics, but a mix of both. Their starting point is to recognise that the human economy is part of the natural world. Our environment, they note, is both a source of resources and a sink for wastes. But it is ignored in conventional textbooks, where neat diagrams trace the flows between firms, households and the government as though nature did not exist. That is a mistake, say ecological economists. There are two ways our economies can grow, ecological economists point out: through technological change, or through more intensive use of resources. Only the former, they say, is worth having. They are suspicious of GDP, a crude measure which does not take account of resource exhaustion, unpaid work, and countless other factors. In its place they advocate moreholistic approaches, such as the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), a composite index that includes things like the cost of pollution, deforestation and car accidents. While GDP has kept growing, global GPI per person peaked in 1978: by destroying our environment we are making ourselves poorer, not richer. The solution, says Herman Daly, a former World Bank economist and eco-guru, is a "steady-state" economy, where the use of... The comparison between GDP and GPI data in 1978 has warned us that . A) GDP is crude measure that is not worth using B) car accident should by all means include in GDP C) we are gaining material wealth by destroying nature D) resources and energy will one day be totally used up
Ans: | C |
[Q]: Old Trafford is a tram stop on the Metrolink light rail system in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Before 1991, it was a railway station called Warwick Road; it reopened as a tram stop on 15 June 1992 with its current name. The stop is regularly used by crowds going to Old Trafford Football Ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground which are both nearby. old trafford was a station which was impressive
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,009. Its county seat is Alexandria. Douglas County was established in 1858. It is named for Stephen Douglas, of Illinois. The county was formed in 1858 and organized in 1866. All 36009 people that live in Douglas County are males.
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Mr. Palomar is a 1983 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. Its original Italian title is Palomar. In an interview with Gregory Lucente, Calvino stated that he began writing "Mr. Palomar" in 1975, making it a predecessor to earlier published works such as "If on a winter's night a traveler". "Mr. Palomar" was published in an English translation by William Weaver in 1985. In an interview with Gregory Lucente, Calvino stated that he began Mr. Palomar is a 1983 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino, who lived in Sicily. The novel was translated into other languages. Italy is a Mediterranean country.
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Arlette Roxburgh is a Trinidadian American singer and songwriter. She was born in Trinidad. She is best known for singing The Star-Spangled Banner before every New Jersey Devils home game started. When the Nets were in New Jersey, she also sang the national anthem before their home games at the time as well. Arlette Roxburgh is a massive hockey fan.
[A]: | It's impossible to say |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Chick-fil-A Offers Free Entrees to Cow-Dressed Customers On Cow Appreciation Day, July 12 Chick-fil-A invites customers to wear their spots, eat free and celebrate 21 years of the ‘Eat Mor Chikin’ Cow Campaign
ATLANTA (July 7, 2016) – It’s time to break out the spots and cow bells for Chick-fil-A®’s 12th annual Cow Appreciation Day event on Tuesday, July 12. On that day, customers who show their spots will receive a free entree at Chick-fil-A’s more than 2,000 restaurants nationwide.
Adult customers who dress in any type of cow attire, whether it’s “head-to-hoof” or sporting a cow-spotted accessory, will be rewarded with a free Chick-fil-A entrée of their choice, such as an Original Chicken Sandwich, Grilled Chicken Cool Wrap or Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit. Children can receive a free Kid’s Meal for dressing in a cow costume. The Cow Appreciation Day celebration will last from store opening through 7:00 p.m. local time (check local store listings for individual store opening hours).
Customers can visit www.CowAppreciationDay.com to prepare for the occasion. Fans also can share pictures of their costumes on social media by using the hashtag #CowAppreciationDay. Additionally, all Chick-fil-A restaurants will have an active Cow Appreciation Day Snapchat filter that will allow guests to share their experience with their friends and family.
“Cow Appreciation Day is the one day where it’s okay to dress ‘udderly’ crazy and get rewarded for it,” said Jon Bridges, Chick-fil-A’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “The event also affords our guests the chance to explore our menu, whether they want to try some of our newer, healthier menu options, such as our Grilled Chicken Sandwich or Grilled Nuggets, or go with a classic favorite like our Original Chicken Sandwich and Chicken Nuggets.”
Chick-fil-A first introduced the Cow campaign in 1995 as a three-dimensional billboard concept depicting a black-and-white cow sitting atop the back of another cow painting the words “Eat Mor Chikin” on the billboard. Since the first billboard two decades ago, the “Eat Mor Chikin” Cows have reached millions on television, radio, the internet and the occasional water tower to become one of America’s most popular advertising icons and a member of New York’s Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame.
About Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a family owned and privately held restaurant company founded in 1964 by S. Truett Cathy. Devoted to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate, and known for its original chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A serves freshly prepared food in more than 2,000 restaurants in 43 states and Washington, D.C.
Chick-fil-A system sales exceeded $6 billion in 2015, which marks 48 consecutive years of sales growth. Chick-fil-A earned a top spot in the 2015 Customer Service Hall of Fame for the second year in a row and is the only quick service restaurant to make the Customer Service Hall of Fame. The company was also the only restaurant brand named to the Top 10 “Best Companies to Work For” by 24/7 Wall Street. More information on Chick-fil-A is available on the chain’s website located at www.chick-fil-a.com.
# # # ||||| Facebook/Chick fil A Chick-fil-A's 12th annual Cow Appreciation Day is on Tuesday.
The chicken chain will offer a free entrée to anyone dressed in cow attire, whether "head-to-hoof" or sporting a cow-spotted accessory, like a purse or hat.
The promotion applies to breakfast, lunch, and dinner, lasting from store opening through 7 p.m. local time. Children in cow costumes will receive a free kid's meal.
Last year was the first year that Chick-fil-A moved Cow Appreciation Day from Friday to Tuesday.
The company moved it because "Tuesdays are typically slower business days than Fridays, one of the busiest days within the fast food industry," according to Chick-fil-A.
Here are some of the costumes from last year: |||||
| Want a free entrée from Chick-fil-A? All you have to do is head to one of the fast food joint's more than 2,000 locations Tuesday dressed as a cow. It's part of the 12th annual Cow Appreciation Day, Consumerist reports; the day is a celebration of the chicken chain's long-running "Eat Mor Chikin" ad campaign that features slightly less-than-literate cows doing their best to steer people away from eating steers. “Cow Appreciation Day is the one day where it’s OK to dress ‘udderly’ crazy and get rewarded for it,” Chick-fil-A VP Jon Bridges says in a press release. You don't have to go full-cow—or "head-to-hoof," as Chick-fil-A puts it—to participate. Per the chain, "sporting a cow-spotted accessory" will suffice to get adults a free entrée. Cow-costumed children will receive a free kid's meal. The promotion runs from the time stores open to 7pm, Business Insider notes. Chick-fil-A says the promotion offers customers the opportunity to "explore our menu," including "some of our newer, healthier options." |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Image copyright NZ Defence Force Image caption New Zealand's Air Force released this image of the survivors adrift in the Pacific
Eight survivors from a ferry missing in the Kiribati archipelago have been rescued in the Pacific Ocean.
The MV Butiraoi went missing nearly two weeks ago with 50 people on board.
The eight people were picked up by a fishing boat after they were spotted from air in a small dinghy, the New Zealand Defence Force said.
Search operations continued on Monday with rescuers saying there may yet be more survivors out at sea.
New Zealand and Fiji are among the countries assisting in the search and rescue operation.
A New Zealand military plane had found the 5m (16ft) dinghy adrift on Sunday morning. The New Zealand Defence Force had initially given the number of survivors on board as seven.
The crew had airdropped essential supplies and radio equipment to the survivors. Later on Sunday, the group were picked up by a fishing vessel.
John Ashby, from the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre, said the dinghy was one of two believed to have been carried by the MV Butiraoi.
"The group seem very relieved to have been found," he added, noting that sea conditions were "moderate to rough".
No further details about the fate of the 17.5m (57ft) wooden catamaran or its other passengers were given.
Image caption The ferry left the island of Nonouti ahead of a 260km (160 miles) journey to Betio.
The Butiraoi left Nonouti Island on 18 January on a 250km (155 mile) journey to the island of Betio, a journey which was expected to take two days.
The vessel had undergone repairs to its propeller shaft just before the journey.
After a week with no sign of the boat, New Zealand began offering assistance.
"We are always ready to play our part at home and in the region to help those in need," it said in a statement at the start of its involvement.
The 33 atolls that make up Kiribati occupy a vast area in the equatorial Pacific.
Many of the atolls are inhabited; most of them are very low-lying and at risk from rising sea levels as a result of global warming. ||||| Up to 100 people are feared to have been on Pacific island vessel when it capsized
Australian and American rescue teams have joined the search for survivors from the Kiribati ferry that capsized in the central Pacific more than a week ago.
It was initially estimated that around 50 people were onboard, but according to Kiribati’s president, Taneti Mamau, up to 100 people may have been passengers.
Missing Kiribati ferry: seven passengers found in lifeboat Read more
The president declared a week of prayer in the hope that more survivors would be found as rescue efforts were stepped up, RNZ reported.
Aircraft from Australia and the US Coast Guard will join the search for the MV Butiraoi and its passengers, seven of whom were rescued from a wooden dingy on Sunday after scrambling aboard the flimsy vessel after the ferry sank.
A search and rescue aircraft from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority will start searching west of Kiribati on Monday, while the US Coast Guard’s C-130 Hercules will arrive on Tuesday.
The rescue effort is being run from Fiji by New Zealand’s rescue coordination centre, more than 2,000km south-west of Kiribati, which has a population of around 100,000.
Greg Johnston, senior search and rescue officer with the coordination centre, said a New Zealand air force P-3 Orion aircraft had spent all day Monday searching an area bigger than the whole of New Zealand – 385,000 sq km.
The remoteness of the search area, which lies 800km west of Kiribati, was adding to the challenge of the rescue effort, Johnston said.
A Kiribati marine patrol boat with medical personnel was en route to the FV Lomalo, the fishing boat which picked up the seven survivors on Sunday.
The survivors on the dinghy were reported to be in “reasonable health” despite spending more than a week at sea without water, an engine, or a radio to call for help.
Three men – two in their 20s and one aged 34 – and four females – three in their 20s and one aged 14 – were found on the basic wooden dingy.
A New Zealand airforce Orion dropped emergency supplies of food, water and a radio from the air on Sunday, after spotting them 180km from the nearest major island.
Butiraoi, an inter-island passenger ferry, left Nonouti Island on 18 January for a two-day, 250km trip to Betio, the largest township of Kiribati’s capital city, South Tarawa. The 17-metre wooden catamaran failed to arrive as scheduled on 20 January.
Local authorities said the boat had run aground and undergone repairs to its propeller shaft before it left Nonouti. It has a high frequency radio but it is not known whether it had enough fuel and emergency supplies on board. ||||| WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Searchers examined an expanding zone of the Pacific Ocean around the islands of Kiribati on Monday in hopes of finding more survivors of a ferry sinking after rescuers found seven passengers alive on an aluminum dinghy following more than a week at sea.
The 56-foot wooden catamaran that vanished on Jan. 18 was believed to have been carrying at least 50 other passengers. On Friday, the New Zealand authorities were first alerted by the government of Kiribati — which is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia — that the vessel had vanished after leaving for what was supposed to be a two-day, 150-mile voyage.
New Zealand’s military joined the search the next day, and rescued seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, on the small dinghy. A spokesman for the operation said the group had survived “in the baking sun” for more than a week without supplies, shade or a motor for the dinghy.
Air Commodore Darryn Webb said Monday that the seven survivors were still on the fishing boat that had rescued them, because New Zealand’s military needed it to stay in the area in case more survivors were spotted during an air search. |||||
Output: | A search and rescue operation is heating up in the Pacific Ocean near Kiribati, where passengers from a missing ferry were discovered Sunday. The 56-foot MV Butiraoi ferry was carrying at least 50 people, and perhaps 100, when it departed on a two-day, 150-mile trip from Nonouti to the island of Betio on Jan. 18, reports the BBC. It didn't arrive as scheduled and, for unknown reasons, New Zealand's military—which is responsible for patrolling the area in question—wasn't notified until a week later, reports the New York Times. An air search began on Saturday, and seven passengers—including a 14-year-old girl—were found floating in a 16-foot aluminum dinghy on Sunday, a search spokesman tells the Times. The BBC counts the number of survivors at eight. An air commodore says the survivors are "pretty dehydrated" after a week "in the baking sun." The Guardian notes they didn't have water. Picked up by a fishing boat more than 100 miles from the nearest major island, they reportedly said the ferry split in two and sank; the vessel underwent repairs to a propeller shaft before departing after it ran aground on an atoll. Still, officials are optimistic that more survivors may be found. Kiribati's president, Taneti Maamau, says 100 people might've been on board the ferry, which had two dinghies, per the New Zealand Herald. Australian and American rescue teams are now en route to help search a 200,000-square-mile area 500 miles west of Kiribati, a country made up of 33 atolls located halfway between Hawaii and Australia, per the Guardian. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:Text size Comments (3) this story is by Chaim Levinson
Though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denies having any preference as to who wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election, it's clear he is rooting for Republican Mitt Romney. The two see eye to eye on the Middle East, and Romney in the White House would make life easier for Netanyahu, assuming he is reelected next year. ||||| Disturbing developments are sweeping across the greater Middle East. In Syria, tens of thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has come to power, and the country's peace treaty with Israel hangs in the balance. In Libya, our ambassador was murdered in a terrorist attack. U.S. embassies throughout the region have been stormed in violent protests. And in Iran, the ayatollahs continue to move full tilt toward nuclear-weapons capability, all the while promising to annihilate Israel.
These developments are not, as President Obama says, mere "bumps in the road." They are major issues that put our security at risk.
Yet amid this upheaval, our country seems to be at the mercy of events rather than shaping them. We're not moving them in a direction that protects our people or our allies.
And that's dangerous. If the Middle East descends into chaos, if Iran moves toward nuclear breakout, or if Israel's security is compromised, America could be pulled into the maelstrom.
We still have time to address these threats, but it will require a new strategy toward the Middle East.
The first step is to understand how we got here. Since World War II, America has been the leader of the Free World. We're unique in having earned that role not through conquest but through promoting human rights, free markets and the rule of law. We ally ourselves with like-minded countries, expand prosperity through trade and keep the peace by maintaining a military second to none.
But in recent years, President Obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy. Our economy is stuck in a "recovery" that barely deserves the name. Our national debt has risen to record levels. Our military, tested by a decade of war, is facing devastating cuts thanks to the budgetary games played by the White House. Finally, our values have been misapplied—and misunderstood—by a president who thinks that weakness will win favor with our adversaries.
Enlarge Image Close Associated Press/Hassene Dridi An American school adjacent to the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sept. 15. Protesters burned the school the day before.
By failing to maintain the elements of our influence and by stepping away from our allies, President Obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. He does not understand that an American policy that lacks resolve can provoke aggression and encourage disorder.
The Middle East is a case in point. The Arab Spring presented an opportunity to help move millions of people from oppression to freedom. But it also presented grave risks. We needed a strategy for success, but the president offered none. And now he seeks to downplay the significance of the calamities of the past few weeks.
The same incomprehension afflicts the president's policy toward Israel. The president began his term with the explicit policy of creating "daylight" between our two countries. He recently downgraded Israel from being our "closest ally" in the Middle East to being only "one of our closest allies." It's a diplomatic message that will be received clearly by Israel and its adversaries alike. He dismissed Israel's concerns about Iran as mere "noise" that he prefers to "block out." And at a time when Israel needs America to stand with it, he declined to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In this period of uncertainty, we need to apply a coherent strategy of supporting our partners in the Middle East—that is, both governments and individuals who share our values.
This means restoring our credibility with Iran. When we say an Iranian nuclear-weapons capability—and the regional instability that comes with it—is unacceptable, the ayatollahs must be made to believe us.
It means placing no daylight between the United States and Israel. And it means using the full spectrum of our soft power to encourage liberty and opportunity for those who have for too long known only corruption and oppression. The dignity of work and the ability to steer the course of their lives are the best alternatives to extremism.
But this Middle East policy will be undermined unless we restore the three sinews of our influence: our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values. That will require a very different set of policies from those President Obama is pursuing.
The 20th century became an American Century because we were steadfast in defense of freedom. We made the painful sacrifices necessary to defeat totalitarianism in all of its guises. To defend ourselves and our allies, we paid the price in treasure and in soldiers who never came home.
Our challenges are different now, but if the 21st century is to be another American Century, we need leaders who understand that keeping the peace requires American strength in all of its dimensions.
Mr. Romney is the Republican Party candidate for president. |||||
Solution: | Benjamin Netanyahu hasn't done such a great job concealing that he'd prefer a President Romney to President Obama, and as it happens, his donors feel the same way. Nineteen of Netanyahu's wealthiest US donors also contribute to the Romney campaign, the Republican Party, and/or other GOP candidates, a Haaretz investigation has learned. What's more, not one Democrat has donated to Netanyahu's campaign. Romney has repeatedly criticized Obama for his often contentious relationship with Netanyahu, and that continued today in an op-ed on foreign policy in the Wall Street Journal in which he accused Obama of dismissing Israel's concerns about Iran. "At a time when Israel needs America to stand with it, he declined to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," Romney wrote. He also accused Obama more broadly of allowing "our leadership to atrophy" in the Middle East, complaining that he had no "strategy for success" during the Arab Spring. Click for Romney's full op-ed. |
[Q]: Rylstone was a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 from part of Mudgee and named after and including Rylstone. It was abolished in 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation. At its peak, the Legislative Assembly had 30 different electoral districts OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Rock Star Supernova was a reality television-formed supergroup consisting of drummer Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), bassist Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica), guitarist Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N' Roses) and singer Lukas Rossi. The band was formed during the second season of the Rock Star Reality TV series which was called . The tv show has a first season OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: Yes
[Q]: Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (; born July 10, 1977) is a Singaporean-born American actress, voice actress and musician, best known for her recurring guest-star role as Xiao-Mei in the hit television series "Desperate Housewives", and as Dr. Kelly Lee in "General Hospital". Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo don't know anything about music. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
[Q]: Arthur William Feuerstein (born December 20, 1935) is an American chess player and winner of the first U.S. Armed Forces Chess Championship. According to the U.S. Chess Federation, Feuerstein is the shared 53rd ranked chess player over 65, regardless of country, residence or federation. Arthur was born on Christmas Eve. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
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.
The little girl is still traumatised by the final hug she gave her father: by the time she let go, she was covered in blood, and he was dead, murdered by ISIS. Fitha, who was just seven-years-old, had run to father Khamis Faris after hearing a knock at the door at their home in Mosul. But as she held him, the two militants at the door shot him three times - in his right arm, his neck and his heart. His crime? Before ISIS arrived in Mosul in June 2014, he had worked as a policeman. Fitha's mother Foza Motaab is not sure if her little girl will ever recover. She is, she says, 'psychologically damaged'.Fitha hugged her father Khamis Faris as he was shot dead by ISISThe Islamic militants murdered him because he had been a police officerFitha and her family are now living in a refugee camp near Erbil with thousands of other people fleeing the evils of ISIS in their home countriesEach family has their own shocking story of trauma to contend with
Questions:About 500,000 people were thought to have left _ before they even arrived. (A) ISIS (B) Fitha (C) Khamis Faris (D) Mosul (E) Foza Motaab (F) Islamic (G) Erbil | (D) |
Naser Mestarihi EP is the eponymous debut EP of Doha based hard rock guitarist Naser Mestarihi. The release of the album marked the first official release of a rock album out of Qatar. All the lyrics and music on the album were written by Mestarihi, who also plays all the instruments with the exception of the drums.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Prior to Mestarihi there had been no rock albums by Qatari artists released internationally.
Choices: -- Yes -- It's impossible to say -- No | Yes |
question: Complete the next sentence:
A young girl is seen holding a stick and speaking to the camera. The girl begins pushing pucks along the ground. she
answer: continue pushing them with the stick and speaking to the camera.
question: Complete the next sentence:
Two men stand across each other at a ping pong table. The men begin playing ping pong. one man
answer: makes a point and the other man beats on the ping pong table.
question: Complete the next sentence:
How to hire a lawyer when you have low income
Look into federally funded legal aid programs.
There is a large network of legal aid programs that operate on federal grants. Legal aid programs employ lawyers and paralegals to offer free services to people who are eligible.
answer: | If you need help with divorce proceedings, employment issues, landlord and tenant issues, and a number of other legal problems, legal aid programs are an excellent resource. To qualify for legal aid, your income must be below a certain number. |
A camera pans around a boy sitting on the ground and leads into him riding a skateboard. Several shots are shown of people riding around on skateboards as well as falling down and laughing. more clips
are shown of kids performing tricks on skateboards and riding past the camera.
How to stop sweating in your sleep
Check the temperature of your bedroom.
One of the most common causes of sweating in your sleep is a room that is too hot or bedding that is too warm. Try lowering the temperature in your room, using a fan, or using less bedding.
If your night sweating is more than occasional and is not relieved by adjusting the temperature in your room or the bedding you use, you might have night sweats. If this is the case, you will need to look into medical treatment.
How to form a non profit organization in california
Check if your name is available.
Your organization's name cannot already be used by another corporation. It also can't be too similar.
Search the business name database at the secretary of state's website. You should also download and submit a free name availability inquiry letter, which is available here: http: // www.sos.ca.
She shows us her blow dryer box. She brings the blow dryer box back into view. The lady grabs and lifts her hair. the lady
| shows us dryer attachments and the dryer. |
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.
Ex Input:
Bra size -- In 1937, Warner introduced its Alphabet Bra with four cup sizes (A, B, C, and D) to its product descriptions. Before long, these cup sizes got nicknames: egg cup, tea cup, coffee cup, and challenge cup, respectively. Two other companies, Model and Fay-Miss (renamed in 1935 as the Bali Brassiere Company), followed, offering A, B, C, and D cup sizes in the late 1930s. Catalog companies continued to use the designations Small, Medium, and Large through the 1940s. Britain did not adopt the American cups in 1933, and resisted using cup sizes for its products until 1948. The Sears Company finally applied cup sizes to bras in its catalog in the 1950s.
Ex Output:
is the letter the cup size in a bra
Ex Input:
Golden goal -- In February 2004, the IFAB announced that after Euro 2004 in Portugal, both the golden goal and silver goal methods would be removed from the Laws of the Game. Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany the golden goal has never been used in the event of a tied match during the knockout stage, and FIFA restored the original rules: in the event of a tied game after the original 90 minutes, two straight 15-minute periods of extra time are played. If a tie still remains after that, the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Ex Output:
is world cup extra time a golden goal
Ex Input:
Baseball at the Summer Olympics -- Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The event was last played in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with South Korea taking the gold; the sport was dropped from the Summer Olympic programme, but will be revived as part of the programme for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Ex Output:
| is baseball going to be in the 2020 olympics
|
The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 is a compilation album by David Bowie released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). It follows "The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974" (1997) and includes material released between 1974–1979. This album was also included as the second disc of the compilation "The Platinum Collection" (2005/2006).
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 is a single album by David Bowie released in 1999."?
OPTIONS:
(I). Yes;
(II). It's impossible to say;
(III). No;
I think the answer is | (III). |
IN: What happens next?
How to get a girl if you're short
Project confidence.
There's no substitute for confidence. When you walk into a room, hold your head high and put a little swagger in your step.
OPTIONS:
- Walk like you have a million dollars to spare. Get into the habit of knowing your destination or what you're going to walk into.
- If you can't hold your head up higher, than chances are your sister won't notice. Emphasize whether you're trying to be cute or not and always be confident.
- Acting self-assured shows that you have a lot going for you and you're not hung up on being a little more compact than the people around you. In order to feel bigger, it can also help to sound bigger.
- If you make the impression that you are confident, she is guaranteed to take care of you. Prepare a list of all of the things that scare you.
OUT: Acting self-assured shows that you have a lot going for you and you're not hung up on being a little more compact than the people around you. In order to feel bigger, it can also help to sound bigger.
IN: What happens next?
Next he makes a ball of the grain and then flattens it out, he then puts a cup onto it to make little round shaped cookies. he
OPTIONS:
- also shows how you pop the base onto the ball with an iron, then he cuts it in half and cuts a square on the inside.
- puts them on a pan and into an oven, after they're done he eats them along with some beer.
- then adds chocolate chip cookies to the pool below us and starts playing with logos, he keeps playing until a body of water changes to a green field and he builds the balls.
- then melts some butter into a juicer and adds powdered sugar to it and crimps it.
OUT: puts them on a pan and into an oven, after they're done he eats them along with some beer.
IN: What happens next?
A guy is sitting with sticks in his hands. a guy
OPTIONS:
- is playing the drums.
- moves away from him and begins to play a set of drums.
- starts playing a game of foosball.
- grabs a shot the stands at a camp site.
OUT: | is playing the drums. |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The South Eastern and Chatham Railway ( SECR ) , was a working union of two neighbouring railways , the South Eastern Railway ( SER ) and London , Chatham and Dover Railway ( LCDR ) , which operated between London and south east England .
A: | The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee ( SE & CRCJMC ) , known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway ( SE & CR ) , was a working union of two neighbouring rival railways , the South Eastern Railway ( SER ) and London , Chatham and Dover Railway ( LC & DR ) , which operated between London and south-east England . |
** Locking the knees while standing can indeed lead to fainting as it hinders the flow of blood to the brain. Fainting makes you fall generally. Singers who takes part in church services has to stand for long for singing.
standing
** The teacher told the choir that they might faint and fall if they locked their knees while what?
Options:
- getting hurt
- ocean
- stand up
- standing
- summer
Detailed logic: Different religions have different deities. People of same religion worship the same deity. People pray when they believe in god.
believe in god
Question for this logic: James noticed that people who communicate well have fewer problems. Some people communicate easily with strangers, others need to talk with members of their own groups. A religion is a type of group. What do members of a religion have in common?
Options:
- believe in god
- talk to each other
- pay bills
- learn from each other
- believe in ghosts
Logic ==> Disturbance in routine work makes person impatience. Slight traffic may disturb her driving to work because it can make her be late. Driving to work is her chore.
impatience
Question ==> Driving to work had become a chore for her and she felt what at the slightest hint of traffic?
Options:
- promotion
- pressure
- busy
- getting there
- impatience
** Business meeting is a gathering where goals regarding workplace are discussed. Attaché cases are brought to discuss workplace.
business meeting
** Where would someone likely bring an attache case?
Options:
- overhead compartment
- chair
- hospital
- in shirt
- business meeting
Detailed logic: At animal shelter, a stray small dog can be found. You could find a stray small dog at animal shelter.
animal shelter
Question for this logic: Where could you find a stray small dog?
Options:
- animal shelter
- big house
- own home
- georgia
- on a leash
** A fence is a barrier of wood or wire enclosing an area of ground to control access or escape.
fence
** | What do you put around a garden to keep animals out?
Options:
- park
- fence
- ground
- vines
- full bloom |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Which station is not connected to Back Bay, Route 128 Station or South Station?, Context: Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and Chicago lines originate at South Station, which serves as a major intermodal transportation hub, and stop at Back Bay. Fast Northeast Corridor trains, which serve New York City, Washington, D.C., and points in between, also stop at Route 128 Station in the southwestern suburbs of Boston. Meanwhile, Amtrak's Downeaster service to Maine originates at North Station, despite the current lack of a dedicated passenger rail link between the two railhubs, other than the "T" subway lines.
Output: | Route 128 Station |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| A 33-year-old woman returned to her Southeast Portland home early Sunday morning to discover an unknown man inside one of her children's bedrooms.
Portland Police said the woman shot and killed the 59-year-old man inside her Powellhurst-Gilbert home sometime before 1:47 a.m.
The homeowner wasn't identified in a press release, but police said she came home along with her 5 and 10 year-old children early Sunday and found the man inside the residence.
She has since cooperated with police, officials said, and was not arrested.
Amber Murray, who lives on the corner of Southeast Boise Street and Southeast 118th Place, said she woke up to the sound of police sirens and dozens of officers. "It's very scary," Murray said of an intruder breaking into a home in her neighborhood..
"I probably would've done the same thing," Murray said of the homeowner's reaction.
Police said the shooting case will be presented to the Multnomah County District Attorney's office for a review once the investigation is wrapped up.
The victim's name will be released once an autopsy is performed and the man's family is notified.
-- Andrew Theen
[email protected]
503-294-4026
@andrewtheen |||||
Output: | A man is dead in Portland after a 33-year-old woman returned home early Sunday to find him in her kid's bedroom, police say. Authorities say the woman arrived with her 5- and 10-year-old children in tow only to realize the 59-year-old man had somehow gotten inside during their absence, per OregonLive. She then grabbed her handgun and shot the "unknown man," police say. It isn't clear how many times he was shot, but police say he was dead when paramedics arrived around 1:47am. "The victim cooperated with the investigation and was not arrested," according to a release. "Once the investigation is complete, the case will be presented to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for review." A neighbor tells KOIN that the woman's house was vacant before she moved in and may have been home to squatters. "It's very scary," she says. "I probably would've done the same thing." (A woman shot her stalker when she found him under her bed.) |
Question: As hurricane Katrina moves beyond the Floridian peninsula, death tolls have begun to surface. On Friday, the official count was seven dead, at least five missing. 4 people in Broward, 3 in Miami. The forecast for Hurricane Katrina predicts that it will continue on its present northwesterly course and approach the panhandle of Florida and the Mississippi delta region in the next few days.
Hurricane Katrina hit Florida.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer: yes
Question: China immediately expressed regret over his decision and suggested that "ulterior motives" may be at play. "It is understandable if some people do not understand the Chinese government policy on Darfur, but I am afraid that some people may have ulterior motives, and this we cannot accept... China is also concerned about the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [But] empty rhetoric will not help. We hope that relevant people will be more pragmatic," said Liu Jianchao, the Deputy-Director General of the Information Department in China's foreign ministry.
Liu Jianchao is an employee of China's foreign ministry.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer: yes
Question: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 The Suns had been on fire for the entire month of January. Unfortunately for them, Kevin Garnett was holding the extinguisher when the Suns came into the Target Center on Monday night. Garnett posted a double-double, scoring 44 points and snaring 11 rebounds, as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-112. The loss prevented the Suns from posting a perfect record in the month of January, and ended the Suns' season-high 17-game winning streak. The Suns had problems answering Garnett's scoring prowess, but it was the Minnesota defense that doomed the Suns, limiting them to 17 points in the final quarter after allowing 95 from Phoenix in the first three periods. Steve Nash had 20 points and 18 assists, but in the fourth quarter he was only able to score 3 points and provide one assist.
Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer: | no |
Robin Weaver is an English actress well known for playing the role of recurring character Pamela Cooper in the E4 sitcom "The Inbetweeners" and its feature-length films, "The Inbetweeners Movie" and "The Inbetweeners 2". She has also appeared in several TV commercials.
Robin Weaver is American. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The National Democratic Party (NDP) is a Ghanaian political party, founded in October 2012 as a split from the ruling National Democratic Congress. Its first leader was former NDC politician Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, who is also the wife of former President of Ghana and NDC founder Jerry Rawlings.
The National Democratic Party is a political party in China. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The Arkansas Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Ozark Mountains of northwestern Arkansas. It is part of the larger Ozark Mountain AVA, which also includes regions in Missouri and Oklahoma. The smaller Altus AVA is entirely contained within the Arkansas Mountain AVA. The Arkansas Mountain AVA includes 2880000 acre , making it the ninth largest AVA as of 2008.
The Arkansas Mountain AVA is smaller than the Ozark Mountain AVA OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:In 2011, screenwriter Noxon told Collider.com that plans for an imminent sequel were shelved due to the disappointing performance of the first installment at the box office.
Solution: | is there going to be another i am four movie? |
Input:
Rana amurensis (Khabarovsk frog, Siberian wood frog, Heilongjiang brown frog or Amur brown frog) is a species of true frog found in northern Asia. It ranges across western Siberia, as well as northeastern China, northeastern Mongolia, and on the northern Korean Peninsula and on Sakhalin. "Rana coreana" was previously included in this species as a subspecies.
Sentence: Rana coreana were developed from Rana amurensis.
Output: It's impossible to say
Input:
Hard Landing is a 2004 thriller novel by British author Stephen Leather. Published in 2004 by Hodder & Stoughton, it is the first book in the Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series. "Hard Landing" is an international bestseller and is available in ebook and paperback.
Sentence: Two Thousand Sixteen was the next time Stephen released a new book.
Output: It's impossible to say
Input:
The Angel and the Soldier Boy is the 13th album by Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1989. It is the soundtrack to the animated movie of the same name and contains both the music to the movie and the narration of the story by Tom Conti. The animation is based on the award-winning children's picture book by Peter Collington.
Sentence: The Angel and the Soldier Boy was written after than 12th album of Clannad.
Output: Yes
Input:
Tosca Musk is an American filmmaker. She is a producer and director of feature films, television programs and web content. Her web series, "Tiki Bar TV", and Hallmark television movie, "Holiday Engagement" have garnered some attention, with "Holiday Engagement" setting records for the most-watched television movie on Hallmark. She is the sister of entrepreneurs Elon and Kimbal Musk.
Sentence: Tosca Musk is an American filmmaker. But she has never been a director
Output: | No |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What is the English term for Gesamtschule?, Context: A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced on an experimental basis in the 1940s and became more widespread from 1965. About 90% of British secondary school pupils now attend comprehensive schools. They correspond broadly to the public high school in the United States and Canada and to the German Gesamtschule.[citation needed] | public high school |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: "Fans" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon. It is the second single released from their 2007 album, "Because of the Times", and the ninth track on the album. Lyrically, the song pays homage to the band's fans in the UK, where the band have traditionally enjoyed more success than in their homeland: ""All of London sing / 'Cos England swings and they sure love the tales I bring"".
Hypothesis: There are eight songs on the album Because of the Times before the song Fans.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Ipomea wrightii, or Wright's morning glory, is a species of morning glory.It is generally described as an annual, perennial vine or forb or herb. Wright's morning glory is not native to the United States and is considered as an invasive species. It is found growing in the Southeastern part of the United States.
Hypothesis: Wright's morning glory is a favorable plant in American gardens.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 Technicolor drama film that tells a story of a teenage girl navigating her feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak. Written by William Inge, who appears briefly as a Protestant clergyman and who won an Oscar for his screenplay, the film was directed by Elia Kazan and features a score by jazz composer David Amram.
Hypothesis: Splendor in the Grass was the first film directed by Elia Kazan but no the first drama written by William Inge
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Dadna (Arabic: ضدنا) is a village in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, located 45 km north of the city centre. The area's economy has depended since ancient times on agriculture and fishing, in which much of the population works today. The village is known for its large supply of water and has been a site for many farms of the royal families across the Emirates.
Hypothesis: Dadna is a very poor village\ |
Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don't!". But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, though the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a repertory company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, taking care of the costumes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed. The hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy, waiting for the chances of working with a better company, or perhaps in films or television. Of course, some people have unusual chances which lead to fame and success without this long and dull training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the driver to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to tell Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her some necessary lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of Course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon! Connie Pratt soon became a famous actress after _ . A) learning some lessons about the art of speaking B) playing her part in the "Blue Colored Moon" C) successfully matching the most famous actors D) acting a leading part with a most famous actor at that time
D
Imagine that 7 out of 10 working Americans got fired tomorrow. What would they all do? It's hard to believe it would happen. But that is what the industrial revolution did to the labor force of the early 19th century. Two hundred years ago, 70 percent of American workers lived on the farm. Today automation has eliminated all but one percent of their jobs, replacing them with machines. But these workers did not sit, doing nothing. Instead, automation created hundreds of millions of jobs in completely new fields. Those who once farmed were then working in factories that produced farm equipment, cars, and other industrial products. It may be hard to believe, but before the end of this century, _ Yes, dear reader, even you will have your job taken away by machines. In other words, robot replacement is just a matter of time, First, speedy robots being able to lift 150 pounds all day long will carry boxes, sort them, and load them onto trucks. Fruit and vegetable picking will continue to be robotized until no humans pick outside of specialty farms. Next, The work of cleaning in offices and schools will be taken over by late-night robots. The trucks will be driven by robots. We need to let robots take over. They will do jobs we have been doing, and do them much better than we can. They will do jobs we can't do at all. They will do jobs we never imagined even needed to be done, and they will help us discover new jobs for ourselves and new tasks that expand who we are. They will let us focus on becoming more human than we were. What does the author want to tell us in the text ? A) Why robots should take over our jobs. B) 70% of working Americans will be jobless. C) The industrial revolution led to the automation. D) Robots will do more things for us to live better.
A
Did you know that the position you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are? A study of 1,000British people has been done by Chris,a British professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK.It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them.Have a look. 1. Fetus position - This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the _ said they sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive and shy. The more they curl up, the more worried they are. 2. Log position - This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn. 3. Yearner position - This position says that you are open-minded and eager to face challenges. 4. Soldier position - These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually reserved and quiet. 5. Freefall position - People who sleep in this position are outgoing but feel a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position. 6. Starfish position - People who sleep like this are good listeners, helpful, and uncomfortable being the center of attention. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct? A) Those sleeping in fetus position are always strong. B) Those sleeping in log position changes their ideas easily. C) Those sleeping in freefall position usually feel uncomfortable in their lives. D) Those sleeping in starfish position may feel uneasy when focused on.
| D |
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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].
question:
(CNN) -- The small, black-and-white newspaper ad offered a discount: Nine holes of golf for $9.11 -- on September 11. The management of a Wisconsin golf course said the idea was to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, but the ad turned into a public relations disaster on social media. By Tuesday, TumbleDown Trails Golf Course was reporting death threats. The golf course in Verona, Wisconsin, placed an advertisement in Monday's Wisconsin State Journal offering to "commemorate" the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks with "9 holes with cart for only $9.11 per person or 18 holes with cart for only $19.11!"Social media erupts after course offers discount to "commemorate" terror attacksOffer: $9.11 for nine holes, $19.11 for 18 holesManagement apologizes on Facebook, reports death threatsCourse may be closed on Wednesday due to security concerns
Question:By Tuesday afternoon, many _ commenters were defending the course.
answer:
Facebook
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Washington (CNN) As the Senate prepares to vote this week on Neil Gorsuch's nomination, it's unclear yet whether Republicans will have enough votes to end an expected Democratic filibuster. Republicans, who have a 52-48 majority, need a total of eight Democrats to get to 60 -- the critical number required to end the filibuster. If they don't reach 60, they can still get around that filibuster, but it would require taking a highly controversial step to change the Senate rules, a move also known as the nuclear option. RELATED: Here's where Republicans stand on the nuclear option Republicans already have three Democrats who will vote with them to end the filibuster, so they need five more of the remaining eight undecided Democrats -- as of Sunday -- to do the same and reach that 60 number.Republicans need at least give more Democrats to help them confirm Neil Gorsuch under current rulesThe GOP has three Dems, but they've only got nine undecideds left to choose from as of Sunday
Question:Here's a look at the nine undecided _ and what they've said recently about Gorsuch:.
answer:
Democratic
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A woman who was sexually abused as a child by her step-father has spoken out for the first time after a confession to her fiancé led to her attacker being jailed. Kim Hill, from Suffolk, has bravely waived her right to anonymity and spoken about how she was abused by Derek Osborne from the age of four. The now 31-year-old revealed she was forced to dress up in her mother's lingerie at the age of eight, and was even made to watch pornographic films. Kim Hill (left) was abused for years by her step-father but never revealed her past until her partner Rob (right) encouraged her to approach the police about her attacker. The couple pictured on their wedding day in 2013Kim Hill was abused by her step-father from a young ageHe forced her to wear lingerie and watch 'sick porn' films aged nineKim never revealed what had happened until she met her husband RobWith his encouragement Kim reported her abuser and saw him sentencedDerek Osborne was jailed for 21 years in 2013 aged 72He confessed to abusing other girls as well as raping another womanKim has now set up a blog to help other victims of sexual assault
Question:Kim's biological father died when she was young and she was aged three when _ began a relationship with her mother.
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| Derek Osborne
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Small pneumatic __ can hold only one person., Context: A residential elevator is often permitted to be of lower cost and complexity than full commercial elevators. They may have unique design characteristics suited for home furnishings, such as hinged wooden shaft-access doors rather than the typical metal sliding doors of commercial elevators. Construction may be less robust than in commercial designs with shorter maintenance periods, but safety systems such as locks on shaft access doors, fall arrestors, and emergency phones must still be present in the event of malfunction.
A: elevators
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Q: Where does Elizabeth live?, Context: Elizabeth's personal fortune has been the subject of speculation for many years. Jock Colville, who was her former private secretary and a director of her bank, Coutts, estimated her wealth in 1971 at £2 million (equivalent to about £25 million today). In 1993, Buckingham Palace called estimates of £100 million "grossly overstated". She inherited an estimated £70 million estate from her mother in 2002. The Sunday Times Rich List 2015 estimated her private wealth at £340 million, making her the 302nd richest person in the UK.
A: the UK
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Q: Why does the fish have to alert the shrimp of danger?, Context: A further example is the goby fish, which sometimes lives together with a shrimp. The shrimp digs and cleans up a burrow in the sand in which both the shrimp and the goby fish live. The shrimp is almost blind, leaving it vulnerable to predators when outside its burrow. In case of danger the goby fish touches the shrimp with its tail to warn it. When that happens both the shrimp and goby fish quickly retreat into the burrow. Different species of gobies (Elacatinus spp.) also exhibit mutualistic behavior through cleaning up ectoparasites in other fish.
A: | The shrimp is almost blind
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Hill College is a comprehensive community college located in Hillsboro, Cleburne, Burleson, Glen Rose and Meridian, Texas. Hill College opened its doors in 1923, one year before North Central Texas College, which is the oldest continuously-operating community college in Texas because Hill College was closed during the 1950s.
Hill College is located in Texas. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
How to protect roses in the winter<br>Reduce water and fertilizer 6 weeks before the first frost. This is a popular technique among rose gardeners, known as " hardening off. " reduce the water by half and stop fertilizing altogether to help prepare your roses for the cold weather.
Roses will die during a hard freeze. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
The Norwegian Newspaper Corpus is a large and self-expanding corpus of Norwegian newspaper texts. The collection of this dynamic and continually growing corpus began in 1998.
The Norwegian Newspaper Corpus is located in Kiev. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Detailed 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].
Problem:Jeremy Hunt said a future Conservative government would look into the findings 'in detail' The Mail’s revelations sparked outrage last night with all three major political parties backing calls for an inquiry. There was disgust too among frontline NHS staff and patients. The head of the Royal College of Nursing said nurses who had faced five years of pay freezes would struggle to comprehend the six per cent pay rise for their bosses. Patient groups said the packages were indefensible when patients were seeing spiralling waiting times and cuts to routine procedures. Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians, called for an independent review of top NHS pay while Professor Sir Brian Jarman, a senior Government health adviser, called for a public inquiry, saying bosses were manipulating the system.A Daily Mail investigation revealed NHS bosses raked in £35m last yearNearly 50 hospital separate bosses took home more than £400,000MPs and frontline staff are united in their outrage at the Mail's findingsAll three of the major political parties have called for an inquiry
Question:She said _ bosses were signing off their own pay rises and taking advantage of loopholes in the ‘exceptionally generous’ NHS pension scheme.
Solution: | NHS |
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Liberal Citizens Action (in Spanish: "Acción Ciudadana Liberal") was a political party in Spain at the time of the transition to democracy. ACL emerged from the Liberal Federation ("Federación Liberal"), an alliance of five parties, in 1977. The president of the party was José María de Areilza, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1975-1976. Areilza had left Adolfo Suarez's Democratic Center Union (UCD).
Hypothesis: Liberal Citizens Action is from spain OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Yes
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
There Is a Man in Our House (Arabic: رَجِل بيتِنا في Fi baitina rajul) is a 1961 Egyptian drama, history, romance film directed by Henry Barakat, an Egyptian film director of Lebanese origin. The film is based on a novel by an Egyptian writer, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, and stars Omar Sharif.
Sentence: The film was very popular
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Wood River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, the district was created by the "Representation Act, 1994" (Saskatchewan) out of the former constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg and half of the Shaunavon district.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Wood River is a provincial electoral district out of the former constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg and half of the Shaunavon district.
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Answer:
Yes
[Q]: The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1978 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, United States. Since the 2014 edition, it has featured a matchup of Pac-12 and Big Ten teams. The same team has never won the Holiday Bowl two years in a row OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 4 May 1952) is a retired Royal Australian Navy officer who was the 34th Governor of South Australia, serving from August 2007 to August 2014. He was succeeded by Hieu Van Le, who had previously been his lieutenant governor.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Kevin Scarce started his governor job when he was 56 years old."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Context:
The Final Blow is a compilation album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns. The album first released on the P-Vine record label in 1994, then on the Sequel label in the United Kingdom, and the AEM label in the United States. The album is made up of unreleased tracks recorded during band's heyday in the late 1970s.
Hypothesis: The Final Blow hit top of the charts when it came out! OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
| It's impossible to say |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Populations of marine wildlife have plummeted by a half on average over the past 40 years with some species suffering far greater declines as a result of habitat loss, overfishing, rising sea temperatures and worsening ocean acidity, a major report has found.
The scale of the crisis facing the animals and plants of the sea is documented in detail by the study which claims that marine species around the world, including some that are critical to human food security, are in potentially catastrophic decline.
Unprecedented pressures on the global ocean ecosystem from several directions are combining to create a perfect storm of difficulties for virtually everything that lives in the sea, says the WWF’s Living Blue Planet report.
Coral reefs are at serious risk of further decline (WWF)
Some marine habitats such as mangroves and seagrasses, on which many other species depend, have seen significant declines, while whole populations of commercially valuable fish, such as mackerel and tuna, have plummeted by as much as three quarters since the 1970s, the report found.
Many coral reefs, often described as the tropical rainforests of the oceans because of their rich diversity of life, could be threatened with extinction by mid-Century if ocean acidity continues to worsen as a result of rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere – which causes a corresponding rise in carbonic acid in the sea.
“As well as being a source of extraordinary natural beauty and wonder, healthy seas are the bedrock of a functioning global economy,” said Louise Heaps, chief advisor on marine policy at WWF-UK, who helped to compile the report.
“By over-exploiting fisheries, degrading coastal habitats and not addressing global warming, we are sowing the seeds of ecological economic catastrophe,” Dr Heaps said.
The report, based on a review of the published scientific literature as well as the Living Planet Index, a database maintained by the Zoological Society of London, is one of the most detailed surveys of marine wildlife ever undertaken.
Nearly 20 per cent of total mangrove area has been lost between 1980 and 2005 (WWF)
It investigated a wide range of wildlife, from fish, marine turtles and sea cucumbers – a worm-like animal with leathery skin – to sea plants such as mangroves and sea grasses. The report found that seagrass coverage has declined by about 30 per cent over the past century while the total area covered by mangroves has dropped by 20 per cent between 1980 and 2005, primarily as a result of shrimp farming and other forms of aquaculture.
“In the space of a single generation, human activity has severely damaged the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce while also destroying their nurseries. Profound changes a needed to ensure abundant ocean life for future generations,” said Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International.
Some of the most dramatic declines have been in species fished for commercial gain. For instance, some 58 populations of 17 species belonging to the Scrombidae family – mackerels, tunas and sardines – have fallen by 74 per cent between 1970 and 2010, with no signs of recovery, the report says.
Critically endangered species
10 show all Critically endangered species
1/10 Yangtze Finless Porpoise There are as few as 1,000 of this highly intelligent dolphin from the Chinese river of Yangtze. Wikmedia
2/10 Cross River Gorilla There are around 200-300 left in the wild. Wikmedia
3/10 The Amur Leopard There are only around 30 left, exclusively in the Russian Far East. Wikmedia
4/10 Black Rhino Improving numbers, but with fewer than 5,000 left in central Africa, it is critically endangered. Wikmedia
5/10 Hawskbill Sea Turtle Mostly threatened by wildlife trade; their shells highly valued. Wikmedia
6/10 Javan Rhino The most threatened rhino species - there are as few as 35 in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Wikmedia
7/10 Leatherback Turtle Having lost many of its habitable beaches, and impacted by fishing operations, this seaturtle is considered by WWF to be 'critically endangered'. Wikmedia
8/10 South China Tiger It is believed to be 'functionally extinct', with none of the species left in the wild. Wikmedia
9/10 Sumatran Elephant There are between 2,400 - 2,800 of this elephant native to Borneo and Sumatra. Wikmedia
10/10 Sumatran Orangutan There are an est. 7,300 but the gradual deforestation of their Sumatran habitat may threaten further. Wikmedia
“We are in a race to catch fish that could end with people starved of a vital food source and an essential economic engine. Overfishing, destruction of marine habitats and climate change have dire consequences for the entire human population, with the poorest communities that rely on the sea getting hit fastest and hardest,” Mr Lambertini said.
“The collapse of ocean ecosystems could trigger serious economic decline and undermine our fight to eradicate poverty and malnutrition,” he said.
Professor Ken Norris, director of science at the ZL, said: “These devastating figures reveal how quickly human beings are changing the wildlife in our oceans and are a stark warning of the problems we might face as a result.”
Depleted species
Seagrasses: Vast underwater “meadows” that catch mineral-rich sediments and stabilise the seabed. Coverage has declined by 30 per cent over the past century.
Mangroves: Known to exist in 123 countries, with almost half the coverage in just five nations. Nearly 20 per cent of total mangrove area has been lost between 1980 and 2005, mainly due to human encroachment.
Coral reefs: Some of the most biologically rich and productive habitats on earth. A quarter of all marine species live in or near coral reefs yet three quarters of them are currently threatened and many could be lost this century is ocean acidity continues to worsen.
Deep-sea habitats: Little is known about the deeper parts of the ocean, but the decline in the number of fish caught in these inaccessible locations over the past 40 years suggests they are also being affected by global changes to the sea. ||||| Apex ocean predators, such as great white sharks, will gain additional protection too as a result of the announced marine reserve expansion. "The creation of these kinds of marine protected areas and reserves in the ocean help to create safe travel corridors for migratory species, which recognize no boundaries in our oceans," Stone said. Photos: NOAA Salutes the Ocean
Both the Phoenix Islands Protected Area and the expanded marine reserve declared by the Obama administration are home to over 50 species of coral. One of the most distinctive and eye-catching is pearl bubble coral. It's not difficult to see how this beautiful coral got its name. Photos: 30 Days of the Ocean
Habitat for several frigatebirds exists within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, according to Stone. Frigatebirds are a family of seabirds that tend to be large and with iridescent black feathers. Major nesting populations of this particular species, the great frigatebird, are found in the Pacific. Photos: Audubon Report Names Birds at Climate Risk
Marine mammals often travel long distances, requiring widespread protected regions to ensure their safety. As Stone explained, "Sea turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins and seabirds travel through this (south-central) part of the Pacific, and protected areas can help conserve these marine animals and strengthen the marine ecosystem in the Pacific." Humpback Whale Photographed Minutes From Manhattan
Reef fish such as the Napoleon wrasse, the bohar snapper and the long-nosed parrotfish, shown here, will gain protection, according to Stone. The Waitt Foundation and Oceans 5 recently pledged $5 million dollars to support the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. Stone said that such private support remains essential because the marine reserve includes many developing nations. They are leading conservation projects, but require funding in order to ensure the long-term success of their efforts. Best Ocean Animal Photos of 2013
The marine reserve, Stone said, "is a part of the ocean that is home to some of the largest tuna stocks in the world. Expanding the area of the monument will help fish stocks recover to a healthy level, which is vital in order to meet the food needs for the growing world population." Tuna or Whale: Which is a More Efficient Swimmer
Many different kinds of sharks exist in the south-central Pacific, including the bull shark. It is near threatened so, as for green sea turtles, extra protection is needed to increase the shark's numbers.
Gentle green sea turtles are endangered, so protection of their habitat is all the more crucial. They must migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches, putting them at risk throughout the journeys. Hopefully the newly expanded marine reserve will help to stabilize their populations. Photos: Sea Turtles From Shell to Surf
This manta ray was also photographed in the south-central Pacific. Manta rays frequently have been killed, both directly and indirectly, by fisheries. Closure to commercial fishing in the region will prevent manta rays from being captured with nets, trawls, harpoons and more. Photos: These Sharks and Rays Just Got Protected
Expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument establishes 490,000 square miles of protected tropical marine habitat. This will benefit its many species ranging from delicately beautiful corals to toothsome sharks. President Obama designated the expansion this week because science has shown that large marine protected areas can help rebuild biodiversity, support fish and other marine populations, and improve overall ecosystem resilience. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument is now the largest marine reserve in the world. Greg Stone, executive vice president and chief scientist for Conservation International, told Discovery News, "The national monument shares a maritime border with the Republic of Kiribati, one of which is adjacent to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, another protected area which, as of January 1, 2015, will be closed to commercial fishing." That is good news for this blacktip shark, photographed in the region. Both it and the prey it hunts will gain protection.
In just four decades, marine species have declined by 49 percent, according to one of the most extensive surveys of marine life ever compiled.
The “Living Blue Planet Report,” just released by World Wildlife Fund in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London, documents the extraordinary losses, which occurred from 1970 to 2012. Alarmingly, some fish species were found to have declined by almost 75 percent.
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The authors of the report attribute the dramatic population drops to human-driven climate change as well as to habitat loss, overexploitation and pollution.
“In less than a human generation, we can see dramatic losses in ocean wildlife -- they have declined by half -- and their habitats have been degraded and destroyed,” Brad Ack, senior vice president for Oceans at WWF, told Discovery News. “Driving all these trends are humans actions: from overfishing and resource depletion, to coastal development and pollution, to the greenhouse gas emissions causing ocean acidification and warming.”
The findings were determined after researchers surveyed more than 10,000 populations of 3,038 marine species, including fish, birds, mammals and reptiles. The report estimates that close to one-third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished, and 1 in 4 species of sharks, rays and skates are threatened with extinction.
Several shark species “have declined dramatically around the world due to overfishing,” and other human-driven causes, confirmed Mahmood Shivji, director of the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University, who was not involved with the study.
Yet another key finding from the report is that three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs are currently threatened. At current projected levels of warming and ocean acidification, all coral reefs are projected to be lost by the year 2050.
“Corals are suffering from poor water quality due to deforestation and coastal agriculture, along with increasing fishing pressure on beneficial animals that help them stay healthy, such as reef fish,” Ack said. ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. |||||
A: | The oceans, with more than 90% of the habitable space on Earth, still contain most of the life on our planet, but there's a lot less of it than there was just 45 years ago, according to a deeply dispiriting report from the World Wildlife Fund. The group, which surveyed 10,000 populations of more than 3,000 species, says marine life—including mammals and birds as well as fish—has declined by 49% between 1970 and 2012, the BBC reports. The WWF says humans have caused the decline in marine species through overfishing, destruction of habitats like seagrass beds and mangrove swamps, and through climate change, which has caused ocean acidification. Experts warn the latter could cause a "Great Dying" even worse than what has taken place over the last few decades. Some of the steepest declines were among fish caught for food, including tuna and mackerel, which are down almost 75%, the BBC reports. "In less than a human generation, we can see dramatic losses in ocean wildlife—they have declined by half—and their habitats have been degraded and destroyed," a WWF spokesman tells Discovery. "Driving all these trends are human actions: from overfishing and resource depletion, to coastal development and pollution, to the greenhouse gas emissions causing ocean acidification and warming." Not as much is known about deep-sea populations, though declining catches suggest they're also dropping fast, the Independent reports. (Wildlife on land isn't faring any better.) |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
The Russia House is a spy novel by John le Carré published in 1989. The title refers to the nickname given to the portion of the British Secret Intelligence Service that was devoted to spying on the Soviet Union. A film based on the novel was released in 1990 starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, and directed by Fred Schepisi. The BBC produced a radio play starring Tom Baker.
Sentence: The Russia House was the first spy novel by John le Carré. | It's impossible to say |
Shares of O2 Plc, which this week agreed to be bought for 17.7 billion pounds ($31.3 billion) by Telefonica SA, fell after Deutsche Telekom AG said it won't make a counter offer.
Q with options: Can we draw the following conclusion?
Deutsche Telekom sold O2 Plc.
Available choices:
[1]. yes;
[2]. no; | [2]. |
Input:
Matthew Thomas Ryan (born May 17, 1985), nicknamed "Matty Ice", is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Boston College, Ryan was drafted by the Falcons with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Sentence: Matthew Thomas Ryan was drafted May 17th, 2008.
Output: It's impossible to say
Input:
"Eternally" is a song with music by Charles Chaplin, and words by the English lyricists Geoff Parsons and John Turner. The music was initially composed for Charles Chaplin's film "Limelight" (1952) titled "Terry's Theme"; the film won an Oscar for "Best Original Dramatic Score" at the
Sentence: The lyrics were written by Charles Chaplin.
Output: No
Input:
Joseph Eppele (born August 12, 1987) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted second overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2010 CFL Draft, being the first offensive lineman taken while being ranked fifth overall by the CFL's Amateur Scouting Bureau. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars.
Sentence: Joseph was born in the summer of 1987.
Output: Yes
Input:
Gianluca Floris (born 1964 in Cagliari) is an Italian writer and "belcanto" singer. He has featured in several recordings for Naxos Records, including playing the role of Bardolfo in a recording of "Falstaff" made at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence in 2006.
Sentence: Gianluca Floris is an Italian writer and "belcanto" singer
Output: | Yes |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: The season that comes after summer is called?, Context: Within a population, it is common for different ages and/or sexes to have different patterns of timing and distance. Female chaffinches Fringilla coelebs in Eastern Fennoscandia migrate earlier in the autumn than males do.
A: | autumn |
A mercenary group, faithful to the warmongering policy of former Somozist colonel Enrique Bermudez, attacked an IFA truck belonging to the interior ministry at 0900 on 26 March in El Jicote, wounded and killed an interior ministry worker and wounded five others.
Question with options: Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "A mercenary group was injured in El Jicote."?
Choices:
[1]. yes
[2]. no | [2]. |
Teacher: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Reason: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Now, solve this instance: A yellow line (solid or dashed) indicates that crossing the line will place a driver in a lane where opposing traffic is coming at the driver. A double yellow line is a painted marking separating two lanes of a road. It consists of two parallel, solid yellow lines, and its presence usually indicates a no-passing restriction or no passing zone, where crossing the line is prohibited. Obvious exceptions to this no-passing restriction include emergency maneuvers or temporary traffic flow changes due to road work. Often the double yellow line has sections where one of the lines becomes dashed (in which case it is no longer a ``double yellow''), indicating to the drivers traveling on the side closest to the dashed line that they may pass when it is safe. Double-yellow lines may be used to separate lanes of traffic traveling in opposite directions where passing would be dangerous, or to restrict access to lanes traveling in the same direction, such as HOV and express lanes on a highway.
Student: | is it illegal to pass on a solid yellow line? |
Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: south america | The question is: What continent is a marmot likely to be found on?
Options:
- south america
- outside
- new zealand
- wilderness
- jungle
Step-by-step reasoning process: South america is continent. A specie of marmots is foubd in south america.
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The Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from the late 1950s through the 1980s. The company was founded by American conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1958 under the name Boston Opera Group.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The Boston Opera Group was founded by a woman. | Yes |
NPF said that young people displaying onset symptoms of Parkinson's disease have special needs, because they often have children to raise, jobs to keep and other issues to address that are different than those patients in retirement years.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The symptoms of Parkinson's disease are: tremor, rigidity (stiffness; increased muscle tone), bradykinesia/akinesia, also "dysdiadokinesia", and postural instability."? | no |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to grieve and move on
Acknowledge your loss.
Losing a family member or friend is one of the most difficult things you will ever go through. The mourning process can be long and intense. | It is important to allow yourself the time and space necessary to grieve. You need to recognize that you have suffered a powerful loss. |
Question: Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance. Yoga is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar facilities in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a while you no longer just practice yoga--you love it. Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. "Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone," says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. "Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism , it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells." I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses. Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist's chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time "fighting" yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you "surrender" to the... People feel tired after yoga because _ . A) they consume energy in practicing yoga B) they respond well to yoga poses C) they spend too much time on yoga D) they force themselves into yoga poses
Answer: D
Question: A U.S. dad quit his job, giving up a massive salary, after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a 22-point list outlining all the events he missed so far during the year. As the CEO of the $2 trillion global investment fund PIMCO, Mohamed El-Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January. El-Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth, but she wasn't listening. When he asked her why, she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season. "And the school year wasn't yet over," El-Erian wrote. "I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, and urgent phone call, sudden to-dos. But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point. My work-life balance had gotten out of whack, and the imbalance was hurting my very special relationship with my daughter. I was not making enough time for her." El-Erian explained he was struggling with the same thing so many parents do--work-life balance. Dads who are quitting their profit-making jobs to improve work-life balance is a subject that is getting more traction as some high-profile executive have recently written about their experiences. Last month, former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post for Time about his decision to step down from the company's top job. He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million kilometres a year for work. "I was not with my kids when our puppy was hit by a car, or when my son had an emergency surgery," Schireson wrote. On an overnight flight to Texas he woke up in Arizona to discover the plane made an emergency landing and some traumatized crew members had to be replaced. He decided it was time to address his work-life balance. Quitting is something El-Erian and Schireson were financially able to do, but El-Erian recognizes most people don't have this luxury. He hopes... What can be inferred from the passage? A) It's never too late to see children grow up healthily. B) Many working parents can balance their career and family life well. C) CEOs are occupied with work and have no time for their family. D) Parents' love can not be replaced by money or jobs.
Answer: D
Question: Death Valley National Park, California Situated in the southeast part of California, Death Valley covers an area of more than 3.3 million acres, even larger than the famous Yellowstone National Park. Death Valley is a land of extremes. It is one of the hottest places on the surface of the earth. The highest ground temperature ever recorded was 93.9degC on July 15,1972. It is the driest place in North America with an average rainfall of only 1.96 inches a year. Death Valley also boasts the lowest point in the western hemisphere. Death Valley got its name in 1849, when a group of emigrants were looking for a short cut to the gold fields of California. They were given the bad advice and went into the valley. Some of them were killed by the bad weather and harsh roads. When the rest finally walked out, they gave the area its name by saying to it "goodbye, Death Valley". As the name might suggest, there is very little apparent vegetation within Death Valley. First impression, however, can be deceiving . Death Valley includes more than 1,000 species of plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions. Death Valley is also a land of beauties. Sunrise and sunset are two of the most spectacular attractions. Depending on different angles, they show many of the area's different moods. For the best viewing, plan to be there approximately one hour before sunset or before sunrise. Death Valley National Park is open year round. In spite of the climate, hiking is one of the most popular activities in Death Valley. The surrounding mountains produce spectacular wildflower displays along with snow-covered peaks, breathtaking sand dunes , abandoned mines and industrial structures. Though Death Valley has horrible living conditions, the author thinks highly of_. A) the view of sunrise and sunset B) its special climate C) its wild life D) its snow-covered peaks
Answer: | A |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[Q]: What was the latter teaching school or opening up a school, Context: Unsure of his future, he first contemplated returning to London to complete his studies, but decided to return to Boston as a teacher. His father helped him set up his private practice by contacting Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the president of the Clarke School for the Deaf for a recommendation. Teaching his father's system, in October 1872, Alexander Bell opened his "School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech" in Boston, which attracted a large number of deaf pupils, with his first class numbering 30 students. While he was working as a private tutor, one of his most famous pupils was Helen Keller, who came to him as a young child unable to see, hear, or speak. She was later to say that Bell dedicated his life to the penetration of that "inhuman silence which separates and estranges." In 1893, Keller performed the sod-breaking ceremony for the construction of the new Bell's new Volta Bureau, dedicated to "the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf".
[A]: Bell opened his "School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech
[Q]: What distinguishes the district of Houston?, Context: Houston was incorporated in 1837 under the ward system of representation. The ward designation is the progenitor of the eleven current-day geographically oriented Houston City Council districts. Locations in Houston are generally classified as either being inside or outside the Interstate 610 Loop. The inside encompasses the central business district and many residential neighborhoods that predate World War II. More recently, high-density residential areas have been developed within the loop. The city's outlying areas, suburbs and enclaves are located outside of the loop. Beltway 8 encircles the city another 5 miles (8.0 km) farther out.
[A]: classified as either being inside or outside the Interstate 610 Loop
[Q]: Whose instructors was Bell supposed to train?, Context: Bell's father was invited by Sarah Fuller, principal of the Boston School for Deaf Mutes (which continues today as the public Horace Mann School for the Deaf), in Boston, Massachusetts, to introduce the Visible Speech System by providing training for Fuller's instructors, but he declined the post in favor of his son. Traveling to Boston in April 1871, Bell proved successful in training the school's instructors. He was subsequently asked to repeat the program at the American Asylum for Deaf-mutes in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts.
[A]: | Fuller's
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