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Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
In an address to the IAEA board of governors in Vienna, Hans Blix said a technical team that visited North Korea last month found that "facilities subject to the freeze were not in operation and that construction work had stopped."
Hypothesis: there is a technical team
OPT:
(A). Yes;
(B). It's impossible to say;
(C). No; | (A). |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
One example is below.
Q: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild.
A: China
Rationale: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Q: A former Matildas vice-captain claims she was forced onto the dole when she could not find work to supplement her income as a professional soccer player. Joey Peters, who retired from the Australian women's soccer team in 2009, made the shocking admission to the ABC after the Matildas accepted an interim deal following an ongoing dispute over their pay. Peters revealed she had to work as a cleaner to make ends meet as a Matilda because she was 17 years old when she made the team and did not have many qualifications or skills. 'The [thing] that I'd think about when I was cleaning toilets was Harry Kewell... I'd just be cleaning toilets going: "Oh if only I was a boy I'd be able to not have to do this and live comfortably",' she said.Former Matildas player Joey Peters reveals she was forced on the doleWhen she could find work, Peters said she worked as a cleaner part-timeShe said she often thought her life would be different if she was a boyHer comments come after the Matildas sought a pay rise from $21,000Ongoing salary dispute came to a head after they went on strike last monthThe Matildas have struck an interim deal with Football Federation Australia
Question:With the boycott firmly behind them, _ defender Alanna Kennedy said the focus was well and truly on the field.
A: | Matildas |
Definition: 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.
Input: Traveling (basketball) -- A player who comes to a stop on step one when both feet are on the floor or touch the floor simultaneously may pivot using either foot as his pivot. If he jumps with both feet he must release the ball before either foot touches the floor.
Output: | is an up and down a travel in basketball |
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".
Input: During this time, Alexander adopted some elements of Persian dress and customs at his court, notably the custom of proskynesis, either a symbolic kissing of the hand, or prostration on the ground, that Persians showed to their social superiors. The Greeks regarded the gesture as the province of deities and believed that Alexander meant to deify himself by requiring it. This cost him the sympathies of many of his countrymen, and he eventually abandoned it. A plot against his life was revealed, and one of his officers, Philotas, was executed for failing to alert Alexander. The death of the son necessitated the death of the father, and thus Parmenion, who had been charged with guarding the treasury at Ecbatana, was assassinated at Alexander's command, to prevent attempts at vengeance. Most infamously, Alexander personally killed the man who had saved his life at Granicus, Cleitus the Black, during a violent drunken altercation at Maracanda (modern day Samarkand in Uzbekistan), in which Cleitus accused Alexander of several judgemental mistakes and most especially, of having forgotten the Macedonian ways in favour of a corrupt oriental lifestyle. Later, in the Central Asian campaign, a second plot against his life was revealed, this one instigated by his own royal pages. His official historian, Callisthenes of Olynthus, was implicated in the plot; however, historians have yet to reach a consensus regarding this involvement. Callisthenes had fallen out of favor by leading the opposition to the attempt to introduce proskynesis. <sep>How many plots of Alexander's death were there?<sep>Less than two
Output: | 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. 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].
Example input: 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.
Example output: China
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Q: Tony Abbott and a number of other politicians claimed $10,000 in flight and travel at the taxpayers expense around a charity bike ride event they participated in last year. The prime minister claimed $1,116 for two nights accommodation at the end of the 1,000km pollie pedal charity ride in August that raised more than $750,000, the Guardian reports. Kevin Andrews, who was social services minister at the time, and Parkes MP Mark Coulton claimed $4,603 for the time they participated in the charity event. Mr Andrews charged the taxpayer $432 on the first day and $357 each day for the following eight days. He also claimed $1,274 for his flights to and from Sydney for the ride.Tony Abbott claimed $1,116 for two nights accommodation on bike ridePollie pedal charity ride raised more than $750,000 in last year's eventMP Kevin Andrews claimed flights for him and his wife to attend bike rideParkes MP Mark Coulton claimed $1,315 for electorate business
Question:'_ is a very intense engagement with the community,' he said at the time.
A: | Pollie |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Becerra announced the legal challenge standing in front of the existing border fencing at Border Field State Park near San Diego, saying the federal government failed to comply with federal environmental laws and relied on federal statutes that don’t authorize border wall projects in San Diego and Imperial counties.
“No one gets to ignore the laws. Not even the president of the United States,” Becerra said. “The border between the U.S. and Mexico spans some 2,000 miles. The list of laws violated by the president’s administration in order to build his campaign wall is almost as long.” ||||| California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Wednesday that the state will sue the Trump administration over one of President Trump’s paramount campaign promises—the border wall.
Becerra’s lawsuit, which targets planned projects in San Diego and Imperial counties, marks the latest shot in California's legal and legislative war against Trump.
The state essentially has emerged as the heart of the Trump "resistance," pumping out lawsuits against his immigration policies and even passing a resolution Friday in the Assembly censuring Trump for his comments on the violence stemming from white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Va.
Becerra's latest lawsuit charged that the Trump administration "violated the U.S. Constitution, failed to comply with federal and state environmental laws, and relied on a federal statute that does not authorize the proposed projects."
"The Trump administration has once again ignored laws it doesn't like in order to resuscitate a campaign talking point to build a wall on our southern border," Becerra said in a statement Wednesday. "President Trump has yet to pivot from candidate Trump to leader of a nation built on the rule of law. That's dangerous."
The lawsuit comes as Trump works with Congress to try and secure funding for a border wall -- though the specifics of the project itself remain unclear.
The president issued an executive order in January calling for securing the “southern border of the United States through the immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border, monitored and supported by adequate personnel so as to prevent illegal immigration, drug and human trafficking and acts of terrorism.”
SESSIONS BLASTS CALIF. FOR SANCTUARY STATE BILL
Last month, the administration awarded contracts to four companies to begin construction.
The president tweeted last week that “the WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built.”
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders underscored the president’s commitment to the border wall earlier this month.
“I don’t think the president has been shy about the fact that he wants a wall,” Sanders said. “It’s certainly something he feels is an important part of a responsible immigration package.”
This isn’t Becerra's first lawsuit against the Trump administration. Just last week, Becerra joined state attorneys general from Minnesota, Maryland and Maine in filing suit against the administration over its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, arguing that the White House violated the Constitution and federal laws by rescinding the Obama-era program.
But Trump has put the onus on Congress to draft legislation that would protect ‘Dreamers,’ even meeting with Democratic congressional leadership last week to discuss a path forward.
California has been firmly against most Trump administration immigration policies. The state’s legislature also passed a sanctuary state measure over the weekend and is awaiting approval by Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown that would bolster protections for illegal immigrants in the state—a move Attorney General Jeff Sessions called “unconscionable” on Tuesday.
“The bill risks the safety of good law enforcement officers and the safety of the neighborhoods that need their protection the most,” Sessions said during a speech in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. “There are lives and livelihoods at stake.”
Sessions urged Brown not to sign the law that would halt local police from cooperating with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants.
The Trump administration has faced significant roadblocks in efforts to crack down on jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration agents. Last week, a federal judge in Chicago ruled that Sessions could not withhold public grant money from sanctuary cities for refusing to follow federal immigration law—an option the attorney general has used to threaten states and localities who call themselves ‘sanctuaries.’
“We strive to help state and local law enforcement,” Sessions said. “But we cannot continue giving such federal grants to cities that actively undermine the safety of federal law officers and actively frustrate efforts to reduce crime.”
Fox News’ Alex Pappas and the Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra accompanied by San Diego City Councilmember David Alvarez walks along the U.S.-Mexico border at the Pacific Ocean after announcing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its plans to begin construction of border wall in San Diego and Imperial Counties, in San Diego, California, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California filed a lawsuit on Wednesday over the Trump administration’s plan to construct a wall along the border with Mexico, adding to the obstacles facing one of the Republican president’s key campaign promises.
President Donald Trump has insisted Mexico would pay for building the wall, which experts said could cost about $22 billion and take more than three years to complete.
With Mexico refusing to pay, Trump has said since taking office in January that the wall will initially need U.S. funding but that he will find a way to make Mexico ultimately pay for it.
Democrats in the U.S. Congress, however, firmly oppose the border wall, and at least some Democratic senators would need to vote for its inclusion in a spending package.
Democratic attorneys general including California’s Xavier Becerra have sued the Trump administration on a range of issues.
The border wall lawsuit filed in a San Diego federal court alleges that Trump’s wall violates federal environmental standards, as well as constitutional provisions regarding the separation of powers and states’ rights.
Representatives for the U.S. Justice Department declined to immediately comment on the case.
The lawsuit asks a judge to stop the administration from building the wall until it demonstrates compliance with environmental laws, and issue an order that the Department of Homeland Security cannot waive any federal guidelines in order to facilitate the project.
Last month the Trump administration said it had selected four construction companies to build concrete prototypes for a wall, which will be will be 30 feet (9 meters) tall and about 30 feet wide and will be tested in San Diego. |||||
Output: | “No one gets to ignore the laws," Xavier Becerra says. "Not even the president of the United States." The California attorney general sued the Trump administration Wednesday over the president's proposed border wall, which Becerra says violates myriad environmental laws, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The border between the US and Mexico spans some 2,000 miles," Becerra says. "The list of laws violated by the president’s administration in order to build his campaign wall is almost as long.” According to Reuters, the lawsuit asks a judge to stop all construction on the wall until the federal government ensures it complies with environmental laws and also to tell the Department of Homeland Security it can't circumvent federal guidelines in order to build the wall. The lawsuit claims plans for the border wall include the improper waiver of 37 federal statutes and that federal officials haven't shown that the wall will reduce undocumented immigrants in the San Diego area or that undocumented immigrants are even a major problem in the area. It also claims the Department of Homeland Security violated the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine by allowing the Trump administration to waive state and local laws. Fox News reports the lawsuit is the latest stage in California's war on the Trump administration, which includes a lawsuit over DACA last week, a sanctuary state measure passed over the weekend, and a recent censure against Trump for his comments on neo-Nazis and white nationalists. |
Part 1. Definition
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.
Part 2. Example
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Answer: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Part 3. Exercise
A thermodynamic state is the macroscopic condition of a thermodynamic system as described by its particular thermodynamic parameters .
Answer: | For thermodynamics , a thermodynamic state of a system is its condition at a specific time , that is fully identified by values of a suitable set of parameters known as state variables , state parameters or thermodynamic variables . |
Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Real estate is a business of buying and selling houses.
The answer: real estate | The question I want to make a fortune selling houses, what should I study?
Options:
- real estate
- treasure chest
- stock market
- business
- bank |
** Doctors office has nurse. Doctors office has doctors. Doctors office have nurses working with a doctor.
doctor's office
** Where do nurses work with one doctor?
Options:
- resuscitate
- doctor's office
- hospital
- reception
- nursing home
Detailed logic: Parking lot is an area to park vehicles. Car is a type of vehicle.
car
Question for this logic: What can you put in a parking lot?
Options:
- car
- town
- circus
- city
- business district
Logic ==> Self-help books are inspiring. He feels inspiration in his heart after studying many self-help books.
inspiration
Question ==> After studying many self-help books, what did he feel in his heart?
Options:
- inspiration
- dreams
- more intelligence
- understanding
- knowing more
** A reception area is available in hospitals. If you are suffering, you will have to wait in the hospital's reception area.
hospital
** Where will you wait in a reception area when you're suffering?
Options:
- hospital
- people
- motel
- drug store
- hotels
Detailed logic: Nasa works for space shuttle. Nasa floods the immediate area when space shuttle takes off.
space shuttle
Question for this logic: Nasa floods the immediate area when what takes off?
Options:
- disneyland
- electrical circuit
- space shuttle
- washing machine
- sink
** Sunscreen makes people resistant to sunlight. Sunscreen is a good resistant for the one who is sensitive to sunlight.
resistant
** | Sarah was sensitive to sunlight, so she wore thick sunscreen to make herself waht?
Options:
- uncaring
- resistant
- non sensitive
- sun-resistant
- stoic |
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage, caring them with love. Luckily, the birds grew strong little by little. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds. One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. So as he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go weak, so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. It was her desperate love that had killed him. She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his strong desire--needing to fly into the clear, blue sky. Unwillingly, she lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice, three times. The girl watched delightedly at the bird. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard. Remember, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it wings! What can we learn from the passage? A) Catch what you can catch on your way to success. B) Going too far is as bad as not going far enough. C) East or west, home is best. D) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Answer: | B |
Thanks to the thirty Heads who responded to my question about maternity leave. Clearly, the amount of maternity leave offered to teachers at international schools varies greatly from school to school.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: Maternity leave varies in Europe.
no
Al-Qaida-linked militants have carried out a series of suicide bombings targeting Western interests in Indonesia since 2002.
Is this true: Since 2002 Al-Qaida militants have tried to hit Western interests in Indonesia.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes
Question:
Epiphyte is the name applied to the class of plants which typically do not root in the soil but, rather, attach themselves to trees or other tall objects where they can obtain light and moisture.
Is this true?
Plants are grown in substances other than soil.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer:
yes
Problem: The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is also practiced in neighboring Laos, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka.
Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The official religion of Thailand is Theravada Buddhism.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
****
Answer: no
Q: US telecom giant AT&T reported a nearly 10 percent drop in quarterly net profit on Wednesday but beat expectations on a hefty increase in wireless revenue and improved performance by Apple's iPhone. Net profit fell 9.7 percent in the first quarter compared with the same quarter last year to 3.12 billion US dollars while revenue fell 0.6 percent to 30.6 billion US dollars, the company said in a statement. Earnings per share of 53 cents were better than the 48 cents per share expected by Wall Street analysts.
iPhone is a product of AT&T's.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
Even the most draconian proposal — to reinstate flight limits to ease the bottlenecks at Kennedy — might backfire, industry analysts say, because airlines would end up shifting flights to Newark Airport, which is already strained. "Kennedy is the perfect example of putting 10 pounds in a 5-pound bag," said Darryl Jenkins, a longtime airline consultant. "J.F.K. was never set up to be a hub for anybody; its been a gateway," he said. But in recent years it became a hub for JetBlue and Delta. These days, delays at Kennedy are so bad, he said, that "it's backing up the whole country.".
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: JFK airport is in New York.
| no |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: PENSACOLA, Fla. — Anyone listening to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show Tuesday could be forgiven for thinking that Judge Roger Vinson has the federal government dead in his sights.
Mr. Limbaugh spent some time profiling Judge Vinson, a senior judge on the Federal District Court in Pensacola, who had just announced he would allow a legal challenge to the new health care law to advance to a full hearing. The conservative radio host informed his listeners that the judge was an avid hunter and amateur taxidermist who once killed three brown bears and mounted their heads over his courtroom door to “instill the fear of God into the accused.”
“This,” Mr. Limbaugh said, “would not be good news” for liberal supporters of the health law.
But, in fact, Judge Vinson has never shot anything other than a water moccasin (last Saturday, at his weekend cabin), is not a taxidermist and, as president of the American Camellia Society, is far more familiar with Camellia reticulata than with Ursus arctos.
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Apparently, Mr. Limbaugh had fallen prey to an Internet hoax.
On Sunday night, and again Monday morning, someone identified only as “Pensacolian” edited Judge Vinson’s Wikipedia entry to include the invented material. The prankster footnoted the entry to a supposed story in The Pensacola News Journal. The article — like its stated publication date of June 31, 2003 — does not exist. The same person who posted the information removed it on Tuesday afternoon, Wikipedia logs show.
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As calls flooded in about Mr. Limbaugh’s depiction, Judge Vinson, 70, took it all in stride. “I’ve never killed a bear,” he said Wednesday, “and I’m not Davy Crockett.”
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His wife, Ellen, was less amused. “It offended me,” she said, “because I don’t think you should be able to broadcast something nationally if you can’t verify it.” ||||| No matter what Rush Limbaugh says, Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has never killed any bears, and he isn't a taxidermist on the side.
Actually, he's a flower guy, camellias in particular.
On his radio program Tuesday, Limbaugh said Vinson, the Pensacola judge presiding over a legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reform, was an "avid hunter" who once had severed bear heads mounted in the court room to intimidate defendants. ... ||||| "Everybody in the world knows you don't believe anything on Wikipedia," Rush Limbaugh told his listeners last year. So, uh, it must be embarrassing for him that he just used Wikipedia as a source—and got his facts wrong.
On Tuesday, Limbaugh told his listeners about Judge Roger Vinson, of the Federal District Court in Pensacola, Florida, is presiding over a legal challenge to the country's new health-care reform law. Here's a transcript, quoting liberally from Vinson's Wikipedia article:
Who is this judge? Judge Clyde Roger Vinson is a Ronald Reagan appointee. Judge Clyde Roger Vinson is an avid hunter. He's an amateur taxidermist. Do you know what a taxidermist is? That's right. For our liberal caller today, this would not be good news. A taxidermist stuffs dead game. If you go into a big, all-male club, you'll see some moose head over the fireplace. A taxidermist is responsible for it. "After a 2002 hunting trip during which he killed three brown bears, Vinson had their heads mounted over the door through which defendants must pass to enter the courtroom. At the time Vinson said the sight of the severed bear heads would ‘instill the fear of God' into the accused. The heads were removed in June 2003," it didn't even take a year (laughing) "following complaints by local defendants' rights groups."
What a scary, conservative-sounding judge! Too bad none of that is true. Judge Vinson is not much of a hunter ("I've never killed a bear, and I'm not Davy Crockett," he said in a statement). In fact, his main hobby is horticulture: He's the president of the American Camellia Society. As his wife Ellen asked The New York Times, rhetorically: "Can you imagine the president of the American Camellia Society having three stuffed bears in the courthouse?" (No, we cannot, but we also are having trouble imagining the president of the American Camellia Society, period.)
When Limbaugh was called out over the incorrect information, a spokesman insisted that the story had come from an article in The Pensacola News Journal. Only, the News Journal says no such article ever existed. The only reference to such an article online? The footnotes to Judge Vinson's Wikipedia page, which list the article as having appeared on June 31, 2003. (June 31, in case you need a reminder, is not an actual date.)
Well, we've all been there, right? Probably, Limbaugh just didn't know not to believe everything he reads on Wikipedia. Oh, wait. He did know! In fact, he was ranting about it last October, after a series of racist quotes was misattributed to him on Wikipedia sister site Wikiquote:
I mean, everybody in the world knows you don't believe anything on Wikipedia because anybody can go in there and put anything on that they want to unless you succeed in getting your site locked, and I don't even care about that. Wikipedia is as irresponsible as anything else. Anybody can post anything they want on there. But these are the professionals! They're supposed to check this stuff.
You're exactly right, Rush! Broadcast professionals are totally supposed to check on this stuff. What's that you say? People who don't fact-check are "literal professional scum"?
Whatever happened to journalists calling people and saying, "Did you actually say this? I'm doing a story on blah, blah, blah. Did you actually say this?" They didn't want to take the chance I didn't say it. They wanted the excuse to run the fabricated quote. They wanted the opportunity to do it. These people are scum. They are literal professional scum and they are responsible in many ways for the deteriorating standards and quality of journalism. They are leading the pack. They are found on both the news side and the sports side, and they are doing everything they can to promote disunity and discord throughout our culture and society while holding themselves up in their own minds as great unifiers and people who care only about social justice. When they're basically just incompetent, irresponsible, impersonators of journalism.
"Incompetent, irresponsible, impersonators of journalism." Yeah, that sounds about right.
[Pensacola News Journal; NYT; pic via Getty] |||||
A: | Even though Rush Limbaugh once said, "Everybody in the world knows you don't believe anything on Wikipedia," he managed to get himself fooled by, yep, a Wikipedia hoax. Limbaugh, speaking Tuesday about the judge who is presiding over a challenge to the president's health care reform, called him an "avid hunter" who intimidated defendants by mounting bear heads around his courtroom. But "I've never killed a bear, and I'm not Davy Crockett," says Judge Roger Vinson—in fact, he's actually more interested in the camellia flower—and Limbaugh appears to have gotten the story from Wikipedia. Making the story even better, Gawker notes, is the fact that Limbaugh himself was once the target of a similar hoax, in which racist quotes that he never actually said were attributed to him on sister site Wikiquote. One of his reps tells the New York Times Limbaugh got the information about the judge from the Pensacola News Journal, but that paper says it never published any such thing. Wikipedia, however, referred to such a story, supposedly written on June 31, 2003, a date that doesn't even exist. (The reference has since been removed.) For more fun Limbaugh stories, click here. |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself. I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen! ||||| In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center, during a meeting... (Associated Press)
A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place.
Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have been engaged in talks at the Korean village of Panmunjom, which straddles the border inside the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ. One can cross the border simply by stepping across a painted line, but moving beyond several footsteps into the North at Panmunjom would be rare for U.S. officials.
Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last Thursday, but quickly announced it could still happen. His tweet Sunday afternoon, which offered praise for the longtime U.S. adversary, was the latest signal that his concerns about the North's stance toward the summit had been allayed.
"Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself," he tweeted Sunday. "I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!"
South Korean President Moon Jae-in gave details about his surprise meeting Saturday with Kim in Panmunjom, saying Kim had committed to sitting down with Trump and to a "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tapped veteran American diplomat Sung Kim, the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, to handle pre-summit negotiations. On a separate but complementary track was the CIA team Pompeo set up last year when he headed the spy agency. And on a third track was a White House logistical group sent to Singapore on Sunday to prepare in case the summit takes place. It was led by Joe Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff for operations.
The Korean leaders' second summit in a month saw bear hugs and broad smiles. But their quickly arranged meeting appeared to highlight a sense of urgency on both sides of the world's most heavily armed border.
The talks, which Moon said Kim Jong Un requested, capped a whirlwind 24 hours of diplomatic back and forth. They allowed Moon to push for a U.S.-North Korean summit that he sees as the best way to ease animosity that had some fearing a war last year.
Kim may see a meeting with Trump as necessary to easing pressure from crushing sanctions and to winning security assurances in a region surrounded by enemies.
Moon told reporters that Kim said he's willing to cooperate to end confrontation and work toward peace for the sake of the successful summit with Trump.
Moon said he told Kim that Trump has a "firm resolve" to end hostile relations with North Korea and initiate economic cooperation if Kim implements "complete denuclearization."
"What Kim is unclear about is that he has concerns about whether his country can surely trust the United States over its promise to end hostile relations (with North Korea) and provide a security guarantee if they do denuclearization," Moon said.
"During the South Korea-U.S. summit, President Trump said the U.S. is willing to clearly put an end to hostile relations (between the U.S. and North Korea) and help (the North) achieve economic prosperity if North Korea conducts denuclearization," he said.
Kim, in a dispatch issued by the North's state-run news service earlier Sunday, "expressed his fixed will on the historic (North Korea)-U.S. summit talks." During Saturday's inter-Korean summit, the Korean leaders agreed to "positively cooperate with each other as ever to improve (North Korea)-U.S. relations and establish (a) mechanism for permanent and durable peace."
They agreed to have their top officials meet again June 1. Moon said military generals and Red Cross officials from the Koreas will also meet separately to discuss how to ease military tensions and resume reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. |||||
Student: | A US team is in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting will indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have been engaged in talks at the Korean village of Panmunjom, which straddles the border inside the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ. One can cross the border simply by stepping across a painted line, but moving beyond several footsteps into the North at Panmunjom would be rare for US officials, the AP reports. Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last Thursday, but quickly announced it could still happen. His tweet Sunday afternoon, which offered praise for the longtime US adversary, was the latest signal that his concerns about the North's stance toward the summit had been allayed. "Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself," he tweeted. "I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!" (Kim met South Korea's President Moon Jae-in for a surprise summit in Panmunjom Saturday.) |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Part 2. Example
For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild. (A) Tian Tian (B) UK (C) Edinburgh Zoo (D) Sweetie (E) Yang Guang (F) China
Answer: (F)
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Part 3. Exercise
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama, as his tenure draws to a close, is deploying his legal authority in a last-minute bid to cement the areas of his legacy threatened by Donald Trump's incoming administration. Obama has tasked his staff with locating as many areas as possible where his top agenda items could be calcified and protected from Trump's wrecking ball, according to officials. He's placing an indefinite ban on oil drilling in huge swaths of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, wary of a successor who promised a boost in US energy production. He's advised lawmakers of plans to transfer almost one-third of the remaining population at Guantanamo Bay to other countries, despite Trump's vow to fill up the prison with "bad dudes."It's expected Trump will seek to peel back some of Obama's movesObama is attempting to solidify his legacy
Questions:Obama himself acknowledged on the campaign trail this fall that a _ presidency would bode poorly for his top achievements, including his work on climate and global diplomacy. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Barack Obama (D) Donald Trump (E) Obama (F) Arctic (G) Atlantic (H) US (I) Guantanamo Bay
Answer: | (D) |
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.
Input: Consider Input: British nationality law -- From 1 January 1983, a child born in the UK to a parent who is a British citizen or 'settled' in the UK is automatically a British citizen by birth. This provision is extended to children born to such parents in a British Overseas Territory other than Akrotiri and Dhekelia after 21 May 2002. Since 13 January 2010, a child born to a parent who is a member of the British Armed Forces at the time of birth also automatically acquires British citizenship if he or she was born in the UK or a qualified British Overseas Territory.
Output: are you automatically a british citizen if you are born in the uk
Input: Consider Input: Hairless dog -- Worldwide recognized breeds at this time are the Chinese Crested Dog, the Mexican Hairless Dog, and the Peruvian Hairless Dog.
Output: is there such thing as a hairless dog
Input: Consider Input: Sum of angles of a triangle -- In several geometries, a triangle has three vertices and three sides, where three angles of a triangle are formed at each vertex by a pair of adjacent sides. In a Euclidean space, the sum of measures of these three angles of any triangle is invariably equal to the straight angle, also expressed as 180°, π radians, two right angles, or a half-turn.
| Output: do all angles on a triangle add up to 180
|
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.
Example input: 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
Example output: (F)
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Q: The Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi has become known for his love of selfies and turning any event into a photo opportunity. So it was no surprise that when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stood in the way of a picture-perfect moment, the Indian leader had no qualms about grabbing his arm and moving him aside. The hilarious moment captured on film shows Mr Modi alongside Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg before an event in Silicon Valley. The Indian Prime Minister had been visiting California to meet with thousands of Indian immigrants working in the tech industry for companies such as Google and Apple.Narenda Modi visited Facebook in Silicon Valley during a trip to CaliforniaHe was presented with a gift by Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl SandbergBut the Facebook founder accidentally stood in the way of photographersThe Indian PM swiftly grabbed him by the arm and pulled him aside to stop him ruining pictures
Questions:This was soon after Zuckerberg told him his parents were in the audience, and _ greeted them warmly. (A) Indian (B) Narenda Modi (C) Facebook (D) Mark Zuckerberg (E) Zuckerberg (F) Sheryl Sandberg (G) Silicon Valley (H) California (I) Google (J) Apple
A: | (B) |
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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
(CNN) On Saturday, President-elect Trump went after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, a man millions of Americans rightly admire for his courage and principles. Lewis had commented Friday that he didn't view Trump as a "legitimate" president since in his view "the Russians participated in helping this man [Trump] get elected." Well, Trump used Twitter to go after Lewis: "Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart." In a second tweet Trump added, "All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!" It appears that to Trump, Lewis risking his life in leading a civil rights march in 1965 across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and being instrumental in leading the way for the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts is just talk and not action.John Lewis' books sold out after the President-elect criticized him on TwitterDean Obeidallah says he wants to be Trump's next target
Questions:I think I've earned a tweet or two from _. (A) CNN (B) Trump (C) John Lewis (D) Americans (E) Lewis (F) Russians (G) Twitter (H) Edmund Pettus Bridge (I) Selma (J) Alabama (K) Civil Rights and Voting Rights (L) Dean Obeidallah
| (B) |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Following a prolonged campaign, including a series of demonstrations by photographers dealt with by police officers and PCSOs, the Metropolitan Police was forced to issue updated legal advice which confirms that ``Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel'' and that ``The power to stop and search someone under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 no longer exists.'' | do you need permission to film in public uk? |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
Kids are standing in a line in front of a white table. kids
[A]. are jumping onto the table and playing with a popsicle.;
[B]. are playing hopscotch in an open area and peolpe are gathered around.;
[C]. are playing shuffleboard on the floor.;
[D]. are playing fishing in a large hole in the ice.; | [B]. |
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: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A small religious group has lost its fight before the Supreme Court to erect a granite monument in a Utah park next to an existing Ten Commandments display. Summum,a religious group, wanted to place its own monument next to this Ten Commandments monument. In the free-speech case involving competing faiths, politics and social norms, the justices voted unanimously on Wednesday that such privately donated displays on public property represent "government speech" subject to local officials' discretion. Summum, a Salt Lake City-based group, wanted to put up a 3-foot granite slab on the "Seven Aphorisms of Summum" in the city of Pleasant Grove, at the group's expense. Local officials argued they should be allowed to decide which permanent displays can be erected, since they would claim ultimate ownership and control.Justices ruled park displays are government speechReligious group Summum wanted to erect monument in city parkGroup wanted its 'Seven Aphorisms' to join Ten Commandments monumentCity said no; group alleged discrimination, violation of free speech
Question:_ displayed in public schools were banned in 1980.
Output: | Ten Commandments |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: The QMJHL was created in 1969 from two different junior leagues in Quebec , the Quebec Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League .
A: | The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League was founded in 1969 , through the merger of best teams from the existing Quebec Junior Hockey League and the Metropolitan Montreal Junior Hockey League , declaring themselves a " major junior " league . |
Consider the question. What can be the result of having an unhealthy lunch?
Options:
- become tired
- spending money
- obesity
- obesity
- heartburn
What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: heartburn? | Having an unhealthy lunch can cause indigestion. Indigestion is the problems caused in the digestion of some foods. Indigestion causes heartburn. |
Given the question: Opposition is growing to the Berlin Zoo's plans to find a new home for Knut, the moneymaking celebrity polar bear whose popularity has been exploited by environmentalists and even Canadian tourism promoters. No longer cute, and just days before his second birthday, Knut will be given a new home that is expected to include a potential mating partner. The Berlin Zoo, facing the global economic crisis, can't afford the estimated $ 13 million it would take to acquire a female and a new home for them to share. "It's time for him to go--the sooner he gets a new home the better," said senior bear keeper Heiner Kloes. But some Berliners are beginning a campaign, collecting petition signatures and arguing that he's a tourist draw and a symbol as important as the Brandenburg Gate. "He means a lot to many people. When you're with him you forget your problems," Hartmut Wiedenroth, co-founder of the campaign, told Spiegel Online. Knut became an international celebrity in 2007, drawing huge crowds to his cage and _ sales of thousands of Knut toys and Knut-shaped candies. The Vancouver-based Canadian Tourism Commission made Knut a major part of its "Canada--Keep Exploring" campaign to draw tourists to the country-- and especially to polar bear country in northern Manitoba to see them in their natural habitat. Environmentalists also used the bear to promote the fight against global warming. But Knut's popularity diminished as his size increased to 210 kilograms, He was photographed at one point snapping at a child near his cage. In September his keeper, Thomas Doerflein, died of a heart attack. Doerflein, who became a celebrity himself after nursing the tiny ball of white fur when Knut's mother rejected him, had been re-assigned shortly after Knut's first birthday. Some animal rights critics said Knut has been showing unusually aggressive behavior because of his unnatural upbringing. The Berlin Zoo intends to find a new home for Knut mainly because of _ . A) the mother bear deserting him B) Knut's aggressive behavior C) lacking a skillful bear keeper D) its financial problem
The answer is: | D |
Q: 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".
She led the way into the cheerful schoolroom, where big girls and little girls were sitting about, amusing themselves in the quiet of a long Sunday afternoon. Several of the younger children ran to her as she came in, and stood holding fast to the folds of her black habit, staring up at the strangers, while she explained the kind of instruction given, the system, and the order reigning in each department. Finally, she persuaded a little girl, only six years old, to take her dusky face out of the long flowing veil of the nun, and show how quickly she could read a sentence that Sister Winifred wrote on the blackboard. Then others were called on, and gave examples of their accomplishments in easy arithmetic and spelling. The children must have been very much bored with themselves that stormy Sunday, for they entered into the examination with a quite unnatural zest. Two of the elder girls recited, and some specimens of penmanship and composition were shown. The delicate complexion of the little nun flushed to a pretty wild-rose pink as these pupils of hers won the Colonel's old fashioned compliments. <sep>How is the weather of that Sunday afternoon?<sep>Stormy
A: | Yes |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
The FSM was formerly a part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), a United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration, but it formed its own constitutional government on May 10, 1979, becoming a sovereign state after independence was attained on November 3, 1986 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. Other neighboring island entities, and also former members of the TTPI, formulated their own constitutional governments and became the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the Republic of Palau (ROP). The FSM has a seat in the United Nations.
Output: | are the federated states of micronesia a us territory? |
Consider the question. John took a carboard box and emptied his closet racks into it. He was using the box to do what?
Options:
- hold secret
- store food
- store clothes
- store data
- hold things
What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: store clothes? | Clothes are stored in a cardboard box. Clothes can be moved from closet racks into boxes. Boxes are used to store things. Clothes are things. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Boneyard Beach is a 1995 album by Raleigh, North Carolina band Dish, led by singer and pianist Dana Kletter, on Interscope Records. The album was produced by John Agnello at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Interscope's VP, Tom Whalley, told "Billboard" magazine that "the high quality of songwriting in Dish and the sound of Dana's voice are two things that set this band apart."
Hypothesis: dish was involved with agnello prior to the album release
Options:
1). Yes;
2). It's impossible to say;
3). No; | 1). |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Three Christs is an upcoming American drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Jon Avnet, based on the book "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti" by Milton Rokeach. It screened in the Gala Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Hypothesis: Three Christs is written in German.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering nearly 350 programs to more than 27,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Wayne State University is Michigan's third-largest university and one of the 100 largest universities in the United States.
Hypothesis: WSU is located in Canada.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: The Peace Palace (Dutch: "Vredespaleis" ; ] ) is an international law administrative building in The Hague, the Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library.
Hypothesis: The Peace palace is in the Netherlands.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Svengali is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1973 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Ted Dunbar, Howard Johnson, David Sanborn, Billy Harper, Richard Williams, Trevor Koehler, and Hannibal Marvin Peterson. The name of the album is an anagram for Gil Evans.
Hypothesis: Svengali is a live album.The album is made by a person , hidden in the name of the album. |
Q: 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].
Australian journalist Peter Greste has thanked Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for using her 'laser-like eyes' to secure his release from an Egyptian prison, comparing her to the Terminator. Speaking at The National Press Club in Canberra, Mr Greste, who has now been a free man for seven weeks, paid a special tribute to Ms Bishop, claiming she had brought out her famous stare which he described as her 'secret weapon'. 'One person... commented on your uncanny ability to smile very warmly and at the same time burn holes through the back of their skulls giving them the distinct impression that they've just been hugged by the Terminator,' Mr Greste said to the room full of journalists.Peter Greste has thanked Julie Bishop for her involvement in his releaseHe claimed she used her 'laser-like eyes' which are her secret weaponHe said a source told him it was like 'hugged by the Terminator'
Question:_ was released from prison and deported after a presidential 'approval,' according to an Egyptian prison official and the nation's official news agency.
A: | Peter Greste |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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SEATTLE-- The Seattle Police Department said it would hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. Monday about a Renton mother who disappeared after she went on a date Friday night.
Renton Police say Ingrid Lyne’s disappearance is part of an ongoing investigation, and Seattle Police are also involved.
Neighbors say investigators have been in the neighborhood all weekend. Now friends have taken their concerns to social media, and they are desperate for answers.
Getting choked up at times, Edward Franceschina shares his concern over the disappearance of his neighbor Ingrid Lyne, who he says he saw more as a daughter.
“I don’t know; it’s not good,” said Franceschina. “The purse, the telephone and everything was in the house.”
Franceschina said he last saw the Renton mom on Friday afternoon checking her mail before heading to a Mariner’s game. Her friends have now taken her disappearance to social media, saying she went on a date with someone she met online. When she didn’t show to pick up her kids Saturday morning, her friends raised the alarm.
Friends and neighbors say her car is missing too and since Lyne’s disappearance, investigators have been showing up in the neighborhood all weekend.
“It’s a pretty quiet neighborhood and a pretty quiet cul-de-sac so it was a little weird to see all the police activity,” said neighbor Dawn Early.
And as each day passes, their worry over the mother of three only grows.
“It’s not good, and the longer it goes on the more you think she’s not coming back,” said Franceschina.
Q13 News has learned that Lyne is a nurse with Swedish hospital. A spokesperson for Swedish said Seattle Police alerted them to the situation and they are concerned. They are now helping police in any way they can.
Friends say Lyne's car is a gray 2015 Toyota Highlander with Washington plates AUW 3230.
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Solution: | Friends say a woman in Washington state went on a first date Friday night with a man she'd met online and hasn't been seen since, reports Q13 Fox. The awful revelation that something might be wrong came Saturday morning when Ingrid Lyne, 40, didn't pick up her three kids from a friend's home. The Renton woman's car is missing, too, and friends say the disappearance is completely out of character, reports KIRO. "It's not good, and the longer it goes on the more you think she’s not coming back," says neighbor Edward Franceschina. The identity of Lyne's date isn't known. The pair were planning to go to a Seattle Mariners game, and police in both Renton and in Seattle are investigating her disappearance. Lyne is a nurse at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. |
Logic ==> Bed is a piece of furniture for sleep or rest. People generally go to sleep after going to bed.
good sleep
Question ==> What could happen after going to bed that could be either good or bad?
Options:
- might dream
- insomnia
- needing a nap later on
- good sleep
- feeling refreshed
** Car is to be kept in a garage. The tool was stored with the car in garage which is the part of the house.
garage
** The tool was stored in what part of the house with the car?
Options:
- basement
- garage
- hardware store
- living room
- repair shop
Detailed logic: Prescribed suntan lotion can be bought from pharmacy. Pharmacy is a place to buy any type of medicines or lotion.
pharmacy
Question for this logic: WHere do you typically buy prescription suntan lotion?
Options:
- beach bag
- grocery store
- pharmacy
- shop
- tanning salon
Logic ==> Generally bow is tied loosely first in order to adjust it later with the collar of shirt.
loosely
Question ==> When you tie a bow, how is it tied?
Options:
- light
- lightly
- loosely
- slowly
- correct
** Car is a vehicle. Vehicles belong on the road. Road is a way.
road
** Where does a car belong?
Options:
- air port
- repair shop
- road
- race track
- freeway
Detailed logic: Cabinet contains enclosed shelf. There are many shelves inside a cabinet.
cabinet
Question for this logic: | What is likely to have an enclosed shelf?
Options:
- cabinet
- a mortuary
- bookstore
- school building
- bedroom |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: Rescue from Gilligan's Island is a 1978 made-for-television comedy film that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964--67 sitcom Gilligan's Island, starring Bob Denver and Alan Hale, Jr., and featuring all the original cast except Tina Louise. The film first aired on NBC as a two-part special on October 14 and October 21, 1978. The film has the characters finally being rescued after 15 years on the island. The film was directed by Leslie H. Martinson.
A: | do they ever get off of gilligan's island? |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A woman is showing her hair to the camera. She starts braiding her hair. she
OPTIONS:
- moves the brush all along her hair.
- demonstrates how to properly braid your hair and ends by holding a hair dryer.
- styles her hair several times.
- turns around and shows her hair to the camera.
A: turns around and shows her hair to the camera.
Two people are seen hosing a news segment that leads into a man speaking in a snow storm. cars
OPTIONS:
- move on snowy roads while people jump into the car and ski.
- are shown off the roads as well as people driving around.
- drive past on a city street as well as on sidewalks.
- drives passing interviews with other people and shots of snow are shown.
are shown off the roads as well as people driving around.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A man in a blue shirt is playing bag pipes. People are standing behind him watching. the man
OPTIONS:
- finishes playing and sets the bag pipes down.
- tune the bag pipes and play.
- is playing the bag pipes.
- in the blue shirt is throwing darts at a board behind him.
answer: finishes playing and sets the bag pipes down.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A close up of several cars are seen that leads into a person cleaning the cars. The person wipes down the front of the cars with a rag including along the tires. the cars
OPTIONS:
- are then shown only in one direction and then continuing down the street with the car still in wheel well.
- slide down the hill while the person continues cleaning.
- are shown lined up afterwards and shown all cleaned off.
- are seen driving around then set on fire in the end..
Next sentence: are shown lined up afterwards and shown all cleaned off.
context: How to take care of mice
Get the right aquarium size.
An aquarium can be a good choice to keep mice. If you opt for an aquarium, make sure it's at least 10 gallons (about 38 liters) and has a mesh lid to prevent a mouse from escaping.
OPTIONS:
- If you have a large tank, find a tank that's 32 gallons (about 46 liters) and has mesh lid for good ventilation. Many aquarium owners opt for aquariums that offer plenty of filtration systems in their tanks.
- Choose a tank that is at least 10 gallons for a small amount of mice but always have at least one inch of air available for maximum ventilation. Be sure the movement of the water level into the tank is optimal before you begin to introduce your mice.
- If you have one to three mice, a bigger aquarium is necessary. Four to five mice need at least a 15 gallon (about 58 liters) aquarium.
- Look for sets that are located close to smaller tanks or lower tanks, as many mice don't like standing around in larger tanks. If you're keeping mice in smaller aquariums, for instance, aim for 50 gallons (about 40 liters).
****
next sentence for the context: If you have one to three mice, a bigger aquarium is necessary. Four to five mice need at least a 15 gallon (about 58 liters) aquarium.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A guy sits and talks inside. The credits of the clip are shown. A man surfs on a body of walk. a male
OPTIONS:
- surfs on a body of walk in the beach.
- talks on a body of walk.
- surfs shirtless on a body of walk.
- pulls a duffel bag.
A: | pulls a duffel bag. |
*Question*
Water is the "life blood" of our earth. It is in every living thing. It is in the air. It runs through mountains and valleys. It forms lakes and oceans. Water is everywhere. Nature has a great water system. Rain water finds its way to streams and the oceans. Here at the mouth of a river there is much important plant and animal life. Pollution destroys this life, so we have to clean out streams and rivers. Man has to work with nature--not against it. The water in streams and rivers all comes from _ . A) rain B) nature C) valleys D) oceans
**Answer**
A
*Question*
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as a result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language--all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts. By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected obstacles . In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept. In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may "fail" at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is extremely important to our ability to grow. Do we notice ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we're shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we're slow to adapt to change or that we're not smart enough to deal with a new challenge. Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all. These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making. For personal growth, the writer is in favor of _ . A) being cautious with changes B) having little interest in new things C) staying away from failures and challenges D) having an open mind to new experiences
**Answer**
D
*Question*
The city of Vienna has always been popular for its famous physicians. Around the year 1482 one such well-known physician was Dr. Paul Urssenbeck. His fame came from his ability to predict with certainty whether a patient would recover his or her health or would die. He thus became known as the doctor of death. In his earlier years, he followed the trade of a poor but honest weaver in the town of Deckendorf near Straudigen in Bavaria. It was a time of famine , and he, his wife, and their eleven children were in great need. Then a twelfth child was born, and they could find no one to serve as its godparent. As a last chance, the poor weaver walked to a nearby village and asked an old friend to serve as godfather, but met only rejection. Disappointed and frustrated, the poor man made his way back to his family. While walking sorrowfully through the dense forest toward his home, he said, "If only I could die." Suddenly a tall figure dressed in a dark cloak appeared before him, saying, "You called me. I am Death. What can I do for you?" As much as the man had previously wanted to die, he now wanted to live. "I am seeking a godfather for my youngest child. But I cannot find anyone who will serve as his godparent," answered the weaver sadly. "I will accept this responsibility," said Death. And thus it happened. Following the baptism , the mysterious godfather took the father aside and said, "Since I own neither gold nor silver to give to your child as a baptism present, I will make you into the most famous doctor of all times. Whenever you are called to a sick person, I--invisible to others--will seat myself either to the head or to the feet of the patient. If I am seated at the head, then this will show you that hope for recovery exists. If I am seated at the feet, then the patient will die." Through this gift, the weaver was able to cure many illnesses, for he knew whether the patient who had sought his treatment would be helped by medications, or whether he would die. Soon the previously poor weaver became a... Why did Death make the weaver a famous doctor? A) Because he wanted to play a trick on him. B) Because he didn't have any baptism gift for his child. C) Because he wanted to give him something as a reward. D) Because he wanted to show his sympathy to the weaver.
**Answer**
B
*Question*
If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake,there would be a lot of candles.He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day,few people in the United States will give him a passing thought.It's nothing personal.Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius.In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past two decades,the Chinese study programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.These schools teach both Chinese language and culture.The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art,history and philosophy.Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the old Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy.Students in the United States,at the same time,are racing to learn Chinese.So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States.Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker,he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West,even if his birthday is. The reason why few Americans remember Confucius on his birthday is probably that _ . A) they don't care about Confucius at all. B) they consider their own national heroes more important. C) he has become a bridge between foreigners and China. D) they don't pay much attention to the birthdays of famous people.
**Answer**
| D |
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Q: In photography , a multiple exposure is when a single frame of film is taken more than once .
A: | In photography and cinematography , multiple exposure is a technique in which the camera shutter is opened more than once to expose the film multiple times , usually to different images . |
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Answer: Context: Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of which are:
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Answer: Context: George Henry Christopher (December 9, 1888 – January 23, 1959) was a Democratic Party representative from Missouri's 6th congressional district from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1951 and from the Missouri's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1955 until his death January 23, 1959.
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Answer: Context: The Death and Life of John F. Donovan is an upcoming Canadian drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Xavier Dolan in his English-language debut. It stars Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Jacob Tremblay, Ben Schnetzer, Thandie Newton, Amara Karan, Chris Zylka, Jared Keeso, Emily Hampshire and Michael Gambon.
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Answer: | Context: Choi Jong-hoon (Korean: 최종훈; hanja: 崔鐘訓) ] ; Japanese: チェ•ジョンフン; born March 7, 1990) is a South Korean guitarist, musician and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean rock band F.T. Island, where he serves as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, lyricist and composer.
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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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
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
Example solution: (F)
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld West Virginia's redrawn congressional districts, and officials hope to have the changes in place for the November vote. The justices said in an unsigned opinion on Tuesday that a divided three-judge federal district court panel had "misapplied the standards for evaluating" challenges to voting maps drawn by the state legislature. The case was thrown back to the lower court, which is expected to approve the changes in time for Election Day. West Virginia officials indicated previously they would use the redrawn map if they prevailed in court. All states are required to redo their voting boundaries following the recently completed U.S. Census. There are about 30 court cases nationally dealing with similar challenges.U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned lower court ruling on redrawn voter mapState officials said they would proceed with new map in time for November electionIssue was whether population variances in U.S. House districts were enough to violate the law
Questions:The lower court concluded last January that the redrawn districts did not provide equal representation among seats for the _. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) U.S. (D) Supreme Court (E) West Virginia (F) Election Day (G) U.S. Census (H) U.S. House
| Solution: (H) |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
The answer to this example can be: Russian Revolution
Here is why: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
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What location served to produce ceramics for less than 100 years?, Context: Between the 8th and 18th centuries, the use of glazed ceramics was prevalent in Islamic art, usually assuming the form of elaborate pottery. Tin-opacified glazing was one of the earliest new technologies developed by the Islamic potters. The first Islamic opaque glazes can be found as blue-painted ware in Basra, dating to around the 8th century. Another contribution was the development of stone-paste ceramics, originating from 9th century Iraq. Other centers for innovative ceramic pottery in the Old world included Fustat (from 975 to 1075), Damascus (from 1100 to around 1600) and Tabriz (from 1470 to 1550).
Answer: | Tabriz |
Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: It is the teaching that , since the Fall of Man , every person who has been born into the world is a slave of sin and , without the irresistible grace of God , it is not possible for man to choose to follow God or accept salvation as He freely offers it .
Student: | It is the teaching that , as a consequence of the Fall of Man , every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin as a result of their fallen nature and , apart from the efficacious or prevenient grace of God , is utterly unable to choose to follow God , refrain from evil , or accept the gift of salvation as it is offered . |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada. (AP Photo/Evan... (Associated Press)
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took more swipes at Canada and its prime minister over trade issues as he settled in for a summit with North Korea in Singapore, contending that "Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal."
Trump roiled the weekend Group of Seven meeting of industrialized nations in Canada by agreeing to a group statement on trade only to withdraw from it while flying to Asia. He complained that he had been blindsided by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's criticism of his tariff threats at a summit-ending news conference. In tweets, Trump insulted Trudeau as "dishonest" and "weak."
The attack on a longtime ally and its leader drew sharp criticism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who also attended the summit, told German public television that she found Trump's tweet disavowing the G-7 statement "sobering" and "a little depressing." She also said the European Union would "act" against the U.S. trade measures.
Unbowed, Trump tweeted anew Monday morning from Singapore, repeating his criticism of U.S. trade policies with Canada — he also took aim at Germany — in a multitweet rant that went beyond 200 words all told. At one point he wrote, "Justin acts hurt when called out!"
"Why should I, as President of the United States, allow countries to continue to make Massive Trade Surpluses, as they have for decades, while our Farmers, Workers & Taxpayers have such a big and unfair price to pay?" he tweeted.
Yet his top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, downplayed the severity of the rift. Addressing reporters in Singapore ahead of Trump's summit Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pompeo said he was "unconcerned" that Trump's treatment of Canada — a close ally — boded poorly for his ability to forge peace with a longtime U.S. adversary.
"There are always irritants in relationships," Pompeo said, adding that without partners like Canada, "we wouldn't be in this place, we wouldn't have this diplomatic opportunity" with the North.
Still, other Trump advisers had taken up the attack in appearances on Sunday's news shows, leveling more withering and unprecedented criticism against Trudeau, branding him a back-stabber unworthy of Trump's time.
"There's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door," Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro said on "Fox News Sunday."
Navarro said Trump "did the courtesy to Justin Trudeau to travel up to Quebec for that summit. He had other things, bigger things, on his plate in Singapore. ... He did him a favor, and he was even willing to sign that socialist communique. And what did Trudeau do as soon as the plane took off from Canadian airspace? Trudeau stuck our president in the back. That will not stand."
Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, suggested Trump saw Trudeau as trying to weaken his hand before the summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, saying the president won't "let a Canadian prime minister push him around. ... Kim must not see American weakness." Trudeau pulled a "sophomoric political stunt for domestic consumption" that amounted to "a betrayal," said Kudlow, who appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" and CBS' "Face the Nation."
In response to the initial tweets critical of her country and prime minister, Canada's foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, said her nation "does not conduct its diplomacy through ad hominem attacks."
Trudeau, who had said at the news conference that Canada would retaliate for new U.S. tariffs, didn't respond to questions about Trump when the prime minister arrived at a Quebec City hotel Sunday for meetings with other world leaders. Freeland later told reporters that "we don't think that's a useful or productive way to do business."
A Trudeau spokesman, Cameron Ahmad, said Saturday night that Trudeau "said nothing he hasn't said before — both in public and in private conversations" with Trump.
And Roland Paris, a former foreign policy adviser to Trudeau, jabbed at Trump on Twitter: "Big tough guy once he's back on his airplane. Can't do it in person. ... He's a pathetic little man-child."
Trudeau said he had reiterated to Trump, who left the G-7 meeting before it ended, that tariffs would harm industries and workers on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. Trudeau told reporters that imposing retaliatory measures "is not something I relish doing" but that he wouldn't hesitate to do so because "I will always protect Canadian workers and Canadian interests."
The Americans' criticism of Trudeau left a former Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, stumped. "I don't understand the obsession with trade relations with Canada," he said on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures," given that Canada is the biggest single buyer of American goods and services in the world. From promoting democracy and to fighting terrorism, "we're on the same page. We're the closest partners in the world, and you don't want to see a dispute over one particular issue poison everything."
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Lucey reported from Singapore and Gillies from Quebec City. Associated Press writer Josh Lederman in Singapore contributed to this report. ||||| His “retraction, per tweet, is … disillusioning and depressing,” Merkel told German talkshow host Anne Will | Zick Jochen-Pool/Getty Images Angela Merkel on Trump’s G7 show: It’s ‘depressing’ ‘We don’t let ourselves be taken advantage of again and again,’ chancellor says.
BERLIN — At the end of a long weekend of rhetorical salvos over the G7 summit’s chaotic ending, German Chancellor Angela Merkel added her voice to the chorus, saying she found Donald Trump’s actions “sobering and a bit depressing,” while calling for more civility in international exchanges.
“The situation isn’t very nice,” Merkel told German public television in a lengthy interview. “I don’t think that ratcheting up the rhetoric is going to improve things.”
While Merkel, who has been frustrated over the past year by Trump’s decision to withdraw from international agreements including the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accord, said she intends to engage the president, she voiced a deepening disappointment over her failure to win him over to her point of view.
“Sometimes I get the impression that the U.S. president believes that only one side wins and the other loses,” Merkel said, adding that she believes in “win-win” situations.
Her comments, which echo those of France’s Emmanuel Macron and others, highlight a growing transatlantic estrangement that Europe insists it doesn’t want but has been powerless to stop.
Merkel’s comments followed Trump’s abrupt decision via Twitter early Sunday to cancel his support for the just-agreed G7 communiqué, apparently out of anger over comments made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a press conference.
Trump’s tweets triggered a bizarre string of appearances by his surrogates on American television. Top Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Trudeau “stabbed us in the back,” suggesting that the Canadian leader’s criticism of Trump’s trade policies undermined the president before his summit meeting with North Korea.
Peter Navarro, another top counselor, abandoned any semblance of decorum, suggesting “there is a special place in hell” for Trudeau.
The latter comment prompted European Council President Donald Tusk to quip “there is a special place in heaven” for Trudeau for his organization of the G7.
Merkel said that despite the tensions at the summit’s conclusion, she remains committed to the transatlantic relationship, while sounding a note of caution.
“There are good reasons on our side to continue to fight for it but we can’t count on it anymore,” she said.
Asked why she allowed Trump to run rings around her, Merkel pointed to the EU’s retaliatory tariffs and said, “We don’t let ourselves be taken advantage of again and again.”
Merkel said she is open to Trump’s idea of eliminating tariffs between G7 members, but that such a goal would require intense negotiations and “take a long time.”
Getting defensive
Merkel suggested the tensions with Washington would continue to fuel a reappraisal of Europe’s security needs. For the Continent to succeed in becoming less dependent on the U.S., European countries would have to become “more loyal” to the EU, which has to develop “its own strategic culture.”
In that regard, she pledged to spend more on defense. The U.S. has long criticized Germany for its meager defense budget, which stood at about 1.1 percent of GDP in 2017, well below NATO’s 2 percent target. Trump has raised the issue most forcefully, however, regularly taking Berlin to task over the military budget and Merkel said he “had a point.”
She said that even though such spending is unpopular with Germans, it is necessary, suggesting she would make a harder push to accelerate spending in the coming years.
On the current trajectory, Berlin’s defense budget is expected to hit 1.5 percent of GDP in 2025 and 2 percent by 2030. Under an agreement reached among NATO countries in 2014, members pledged to reach the 2 percent goal by 2024.
Nein to a G8
Merkel also said she doesn’t support Trump’s suggestion that Russia rejoin the G7. While Russia is an important interlocutor when it comes to security questions in Europe and the Middle East, there’s no justification for it to join the forum, the chancellor said, adding she “wasn’t convinced” by Trump’s arguments.
Merkel said she is disappointed that Italy’s new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, endorsed Trump’s call on Russia before consulting with other European powers.
“If we want Europe to appear strong, then we have to find compromises amongst ourselves,” she said in a swipe at Italy’s new populist government.
In the wide-ranging interview, Merkel repeated her support for a European asylum system, saying she is counting on Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to make headway on the proposal during his country’s EU presidency, which begins in July.
She also defended her own government’s handling of the administration of refugee cases. A series of recent revelations exposed deep problems in the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, going back several years. Merkel took responsibility for the problems and pledged to get the situation under control. She said her goal is to restore public trust in her government’s ability to manage the refugee influx, which she acknowledged has been “damaged.”
Read this next: In Russia, change will come from grassroots ||||| German Chancellor Angela Merkel participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. (Sean... (Associated Press)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)f (Associated Press)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)f (Associated Press) German Chancellor Angela Merkel participates in the G-7 Working Session with Outreach Countries and International Organizations at the G-7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec on Saturday, June 9, 2018. (Sean... (Associated Press)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel found the contentious Group of Seven summit with U.S. President Donald Trump a "sobering" and "depressing" experience but said European leaders won't be "taken advantage of" on trade.
She conceded in an interview on German public television Sunday that the meeting's outcome "wasn't a great thing."
"I have spoken of a sobering experience, which for me is a lot," she added.
Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and the other leaders clashed with Trump over steel and aluminum tariffs as well as his decision to abandon a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program.
The group managed a common statement in which they agreed to disagree on some issues, only to have Trump disavow the document in a tweet after leaving the meeting.
Merkel said that "taking it back by tweet was of course sobering and also a little depressing."
She said the European Union would "act" against the U.S. trade measures, which European leaders regard as going against the rules of the World Trade Organization. |||||
A: | Angela Merkel has called President Trump's decision to to disavow the only just agreed upon G-7 statement "a little depressing." Per the AP, the German chancellor found the contentious Group of Seven summit with the US president a "sobering" experience but said European leaders won't be "taken advantage of" on trade. She conceded in an interview on German public television that the meeting's outcome "wasn't a great thing." Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and the other leaders clashed with Trump over steel and aluminum tariffs as well as his decision to abandon a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program. The group managed a common statement in which they agreed to disagree on some issues, only to have Trump disavow the document. "Taking it back by tweet was of course sobering and also a little depressing," she said. According to Politico, Merkel's frustration appears to stem from what she sees as Trump's unwillingness to compromise. “Sometimes I get the impression that the US president believes that only one side wins and the other loses,” Merkel reportedly said. Merkel's comments come on the heels of similar sentiments from French leaders. Trump's decision to walk back his previous support of the statement of shared goals and priorities came after he complained that host country Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blindsided him with criticism of his tariff threats at a summit-ending news conference. Following the president's tweets Sunday, he tweeted anew Monday morning from Singapore, repeating his criticism of US trade policies with Canada and, this time, also calling out Germany. |
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.
Their native language , the Ma ̄ ori language , is an official language of the country . | The Ma ̄ ori language , also known as " te reo Ma ̄ ori " ( pronounced ˈmaːoɾi , te ˈɾeo ˈmaːoɾi ) or simply " Te Reo " ( " the language " ) , has the status of an official language . |
[1] Dave worked hard because he wanted to know what his wife was thinking and feeling. He put effort into listening to her and this lead to him understanding her better. Both of them found something in this. What did they obtain?
Options:
- increased knowledge
- satisfaction
- friendships
- compassion
- increase knowledge
satisfaction
[2] As Dave worked hard and put efforts in understanding his wife better so both of them found satisfaction in this. Dave was satisfied after knowing what she was thinking and feeling as he put effort into listening to her.
[1] John stumbled in the dark trying to find a lamp, but there wasn't one nearby. It was late and everything was dark. The entire what was pitch black.
Options:
- country
- bedroom
- building
- store
- desktop
building
[2] Building is a structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory. John stumbled in the dark trying to find a lamp, but there wasn't one nearby. It was late and everything was dark. The entire building was pitch black.
[1] If you needed a lamp to do your work, where would you put it?
Options:
- office
- desk
- bedroom
- desktop
- corner
office
[2] Office is a room or set of rooms or a building where people work, usually sitting at desks. If you needed a lamp to do your work, you would put it in your office.
[1] Where could you find many people standing inside?
Options:
- school
- supermarket
- street corner
- public place
- space shuttle
public place
[2] | Places with a lot of people are called public places. |
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:The New York Observer -- a newspaper owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law that is perhaps best known for publishing a sex column in the mid-1990s -- took issue with a piece I wrote in The Huffington Post about ghost tours in New Orleans.
This was the writer's opening sally:
James Franco, the real voice of our generation, has taken time out from his busy schedule of Art and Teaching and also Learning to begin a Huffington Post diary. It's about time!
So what important issue of our times is Mr. Franco tackling? President Obama's stance on gay rights? The construction of Marina Abramovic's performance space over on the Hudson? His new album, perhaps?
Those are all great guesses, but James Franco is actually here to talk to us today about a matter close to his heart: Haunted tours in New Orleans that he took with his Nana. (Which is the name of his Japanese hairdresser, not his grandmother.)
Yes, this is all true. I didn't write about the president's stance on gay rights -- I figured there was enough talk about that already. (Plus, who wants to hear an actor's take on it anyway?) I didn't write about Marina, but only because we are doing an episode of Iconoclasts for the Sundance Channel together and I figured everything one would want to know about her would come out then. And yes, I am working on an album with my art school band, but I wouldn't want to write an article for HuffPost that promotes my own work. Instead, I wrote about New Orleans and ghost tours because I think there is something interesting about the way we are repelled by violence, on one hand, and attracted to it for its entertainment value, on the other. Maybe the great journalists at the New York Observer should stop wondering why I am not covering Obama or Abramovic -- and start asking themselves why, instead of covering pressing world issues, they are covering my writing, which they claim to consider petty.
Which leads me to my next topic: commencement speeches. I figure people don't really want to hear what I have to say about politics, or sports, or geography. But I do feel entitled to write about film and performance, the way that our lives are shaped by these things, and how I personally am engaged with them. Most people have never given a commencement speech -- there just aren't a ton of those offers going around. So because I just gave a commencement speech at UT Arlington -- which is in Texas, if you didn't know -- I want to write about it to shine a little light on what the experience was like.
Commencement speeches suck. To set the scene: About four years ago, I was asked to give the commencement speech at U.C.L.A. in front of all the members of the graduating class and their families. In all, it's more than 10,000 people, enough to fill the stands and the floor of Pauley Pavilion. Because I had only just earned my B.A. from U.C.L.A. -- I had returned when I was in my late 20s to finish my English degree -- some of the students felt that I hadn't accomplished enough to inspire them. They created a Facebook group, which attracted about 220 members from a class of 6,000 -- enough to earn them some local news coverage and an invitation for the creator of the page to speak on NPR. I'm sure it must have seemed odd that someone who had been in their classes the previous year was asked to give the speech, but I couldn't help noticing that not one of the protesters had bothered to sign up for the selection committee that actually chooses the commencement speaker each year. My guess is that they didn't really care who gave their commencement speech; they were just taking advantage of the opportunity to blow off some steam. Because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that no one remembers their commencement speaker's speech.
Around the time of the Internet protests, I happened to meet President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Because his choice as a commencement speaker was being protested at Notre Dame, and since he wasn't given an honorary degree after speaking at Arizona State because the officials felt like he hadn't accomplished enough, I asked him how he dealt with such detractors. He said, "humor." I tried to take his advice. I wrote a speech for UCLA where I planned to flip off the protestors as a model for how to deal with empty negativity, but it seemed ill-conceived. Obama had something I didn't: the snub from the Arizona State officials was laughable because he had obviously accomplished so much. I was an actor who had been in some big movies, but I guessed that most people chalked that up to good looks or blowing some casting directors. Since I was speaking only because it was an honor to have been asked, I decided not to object when the film I was contracted to work on demanded that I fly to Ireland early for rehearsals. I bowed out of the speech, and the school got a member from the band Linkin Park to speak in my stead.
I once asked Tina Fey if she ever gave commencement speeches, and she said she only speaks at high schools -- there's too much pressure at the college level. And when UT Arlington invited me to speak, I had a ton of reservations. Mainly, I didn't want to give a thankless speech to a bunch of ungrateful people who would criticize me and then forget the speech anyway. Commencement speeches are the worst kind of speech, because you need to be enthusiastic and inspiring in your own voice. There is nothing cheesier than that. No wonder Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen gave their Harvard speeches in character. Liberated from the burden of being Tony Robbins, they were free to simply entertain. If I thought about the famous commencement speeches I knew -- Ralph Waldo Emerson's, David Foster Wallace's, Steve Jobs' -- I realized they either contained excellent advice or told a good story. But I wouldn't dare to give any concrete advice about how to live, and the only story I had to tell was that I had been a commercially successful actor who wasn't happy with the work I was doing, so I went back to school to focus on my other interests. Then again, I suppose that's not the worst message -- the message being, you can change your life.
I have no shame about getting help with anything I do, especially something as quickly forgotten as a commencement speech, so I had my friend Deenah Vollmer work on a draft and then I passed it on to Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who passed it on to their writer friends Kyle and Ariel, who punched up some of the jokes. Here's the best part:
I hope you all realize how lucky you are to be in this position right now. Looking up on stage, at a man with deep brown eyes, a flawless head of hair, chiseled good looks, staring right back at you. And I'm just talking about Arlington U president James D. Spaniolo!!! (Note: point to Spaniolo) You're leading the charge, Spaniolo. Great stuff.
(OPTIONAL: When I say James, y'all say Spaniolo! James! Spaniolo! James! Spaniolo!)
In all seriousness, you guys are incredibly lucky. There's no better feeling than the sense of accomplishment that comes with graduating. It's such a good feeling that I've been chasing it for the last 6 years. I have a BA, a few Masters, and I'm currently pursuing a PhD. Seriously. I think I'm developing a bit of a problem. It's gotten to the point where if I don't graduate something within a 6-month period, I start getting the shakes, I break out with hives. I wake up with cold sweats. Cotton mouth is becoming a pesky little issue. So I feel very privileged to be here today just to get a taste of that sweet graduation feeling. If I'm being completely honest, I'm already starting to get a contact high off it. So thank you for that.
I know a lot of you are probably looking at me on stage and thinking, "Why should we listen to you? You've never enrolled in our school, you're not from Texas, you have no connection to us whatsoever. You're just a spoiled actor, celebrated the world over." But the truth is, I'm not just a spoiled actor. I'm also a filmmaker, an author, a teacher, a lover of pets, and an organ donor. The point is, I try to be a lot of things. I've been fortunate enough to explore various areas of interest in my life, and I hope the same for all of you.
The crowd was so into it, they cheered when I said, "Good evening." I guess all the worry was for nothing. ||||| Writing for new 'Nicolas Cage and 'The Human Centipede'' vertical
James Franco, the real voice of our generation, has taken time out from his busy schedule of Art and Teaching and also Learning to begin a Huffington Post diary. It’s about time!
So what important issue of our times is Mr. Franco tackling? President Obama’s stance on gay rights? The construction of Marina Abramovic‘s performance space over on the Hudson? His new album, perhaps?
Those are all great guesses, but James Franco is actually here to talk to us today about a matter close to his heart: Haunted tours in New Orleans that he took with his Nana. (Which is the name of his Japanese hairdresser, not his grandmother.)
As you would expect, Nicolas Cage is name-checked several times over the course of this hard-hitting piece of journalism :
I had great memories of living in the Quarter a decade ago, when I acted in Nicolas Cage’s directorial debut, Sonny. I guess New Orleans is the place actors go to direct their first films. We were shooting Sonny when Mardi Gras came around, and Nic was crowned King of Bacchus in the Krewe of Bacchus parade. I was on a different float, but I threw plenty of beads.
I had a similar experience during the Sonny shoot, when Nic Cage and I purposely took the two haunted rooms in the Bourbon Orleans Hotel, itself a former convent. My room was said to house the spirit of a nun who had leapt from the window. After unpacking my bags, I heard the sound of rushing water and realized that the sink in the bathroom was running full blast. It hadn’t been on when I entered the room, and its knob wasn’t the least bit loose.
We also visited a strange mansion that at one point was owned by Nicolas Cage. It was the site of horrific medical/carnival experiments on slaves in the vein of Human Centipede. About 200 years ago, the mansion belonged to a rich socialite with red hair. A fire broke out during one of her parties, and the fireman who answered the call discovered a chamber that smelled so bad it brought them to their knees, retching. Inside were living and dead victims of a variety of mutilations: amputations, limbs exchanged between people, sexes switched (meaning dicks were sewn onto women), skin flayed in designs to turn the victims into “human caterpillars” and other grotesque monstrosities. The house is still occupied, but it has not had a single owner for more than a five-year period.
In conclusion: human centipedes, Nicolas Cage, New Orleans, ghosts. Let’s just hope that this experience doesn’t inspire Mr. Franco’s syllabus at NYU next semester with over-eager undergrads. Or even scarier…a new book collection.
Follow Drew Grant via RSS. |||||
Solution: | Internet Fight Alert: James Franco is in a bit of a tiff with a New York Observer writer over his series of columns on the Huffington Post. Writer Drew Grant took issue with the fact that Franco addressed New Orleans ghost tours in his column, rather than something more substantive like politics. Franco responded in yesterday’s column, where he first slammed the Observer for being “a newspaper owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law that is perhaps best known for publishing a sex column in the mid-1990s.” He goes on to explain that he didn’t discuss politics—specifically President Obama’s stance on gay marriage—because there’s “enough talk about that already,” and “plus, who wants to hear an actor’s take on it anyway?” He chose his topic because it seemed interesting, he concludes, and the real question is why “the great journalists at the New York Observer” are, “instead of covering pressing world issues, … covering my writing, which they claim to consider petty.” Click for his full column, which somehow segues into the topic of commencement speeches. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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 Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world .
| The Suda or Souda ( ; ; ) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world , formerly attributed to an author called Soudas ( Σου ́ δας ) or Souidas ( Σουι ́ δας ) . |
Q: Although the number of the confirmed Ebola cases has risen slightly to 26 in Gabon and to 16 in Congo Brazzaville, new infections are now so low that it seems the epidemic is "burning out".
Ebola Epidemic breaks out in Zaire.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
A collection of real-life testimonies by Klaus Pohl, one of Germany's most performed dramatists, its power resides less in the conventional meaning of the word drama than in what it reveals - a country still deeply at odds with itself, a kaleidoscope of events that flatters neither side, neither Western capitalism nor the former communist regime.
Can we say the following?
Klaus Pohl is a German dramatist.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
yes
Question: Every year, about a quarter of all children sustain an injury serious enough to require medical attention, school absences, and/or bed rest.
Fireworks may cause serious injuries.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Answer: no
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below.
Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters is in Japan.
Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Tuesday that it has developed the first laptop computer with its new HD DVD drive: a next-generation disc format it is promoting over a rival standard pushed by Sony Corp.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
yes
On 12 August, the San Carlos Battalion came across mines placed in their path and one soldier was killed while two were seriously injured. Meanwhile on 10 August, urban commandos took a patrol car by surprise and dropped a grenade inside the car, injuring four and partially destroying the vehicle.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: Four people were injured by a grenade.
yes
Q: Vinicio Cerezo tacitly blamed president Alfredo Cristiani's administration for the crisis which prevails in the country as a result of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front's (FMLN) offensive. Meanwhile, Morales Ehrlich blamed the extreme- right, death-squads of El Salvador for the assassination of six Jesuit priests at the Central American University.
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front is suspected of the assassination of six Jesuit priests.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: | no |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Chris Brown Booted From Rehab For Throwing Rock At Mom's Car
Chris Brown -- Booted From Rehab After Throwing Rock At Mom's Car
EXCLUSIVE
Chris Brown was booted from his rehab program earlier this month for throwing a rock through his mom's car window ... TMZ has learned.
We just got hold of the probation report in the Rihanna case, which outlines what happened during his 13 days in a Malibu rehab joint for anger management counseling.
According to the report, Chris' mom showed up for a family session and was urging her son to stay in the facility for extended treatment. Apparently, Chris violently disagreed with her and in a fit of anger threw a rock through her car window, shattering it.
The report goes on to say without continued therapy and a strong recovery support network, Probation says his prognosis is "very guarded."
And here's an interesting detail from the report: before Chris entered rehab on October 29th, he says he had issues with Attention Deficit Disorder and also underwent a period of depression.
TMZ broke the story ... Chris got booted from the Malibu facility earlier this month following the outburst ... after just two weeks of treatment.
As we reported, the judge has just ordered Brown to 90 days in a facility and also ordered him to submit to drug testing.
||||| Chris Brown was ordered by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday to check into a live-in rehab facility for 90 days' worth of anger management, L.A. Now reports.
That order came during a probation hearing that had been on the schedule before the R&B singer was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27 and charged with misdemeanor assault.
During the 90-day live-in stint, to be done in Los Angeles County at a facility approved by probation officials, Brown will also have to complete three eight-hour days of community service each week and undergo periodic drug tests. He's still on probation related to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna.
He will be allowed to fly to Washington for legal proceedings related to his assault charge.
Also, it turns out that Brown, who'd gone to rehab of his own accord after the D.C. arrest but walked out about two weeks later, was actually ordered out of that Malibu facility Nov. 10 for violent behavior after he threw a rock and shattered a window on his mother's car, according to a probation report obtained by L.A. Now.
The blow-up was initiated during a family counseling session in which his mom said she wanted him to stay in treatment, the records show. Brown then walked out and tossed the rock. Nobody was hurt.
Brown previously completed an anger-management course as part of his assault sentence, but he appears to need a little bit more work in that area.
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Chris Hemsworth's wife pregnant with baby No. 2
Alec Baldwin's angry incidents begin to pile up again
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Output: | Chris Brown didn't voluntarily leave anger management rehab this week, he was chucked out for being too angry, it emerged at a probation hearing in Los Angeles yesterday. The singer, who voluntarily checked himself into the Malibu facility after last month's assault arrest in Washington, DC, was ordered to leave after he threw a rock at his mother's car, smashing a window, according to a probation report obtained by TMZ. She was at the facility for a family session and Brown was infuriated by her suggestion that he stay there for extended treatment. The judge in Los Angeles—where Brown is still on probation for beating up then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009—ordered the singer to spend 90 days in a live-in anger management rehab program at a court-approved facility, reports the Los Angeles Times. During the 90 days, he will be required to complete three days of community service every week and to submit to drug tests. "There is much concern with the probationer's new arrest and his violent outburst that resulted in his discharge from a treatment facility," the probation report states. Brown will be allowed to travel to Washington, DC, for legal proceedings relating to the new assault charge. |
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".
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
Example solution: No
Example 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: Alexander's body was laid in a gold anthropoid sarcophagus that was filled with honey, which was in turn placed in a gold casket. According to Aelian, a seer called Aristander foretold that the land where Alexander was laid to rest "would be happy and unvanquishable forever". Perhaps more likely, the successors may have seen possession of the body as a symbol of legitimacy, since burying the prior king was a royal prerogative. While Alexander's funeral cortege was on its way to Macedon, Ptolemy seized it and took it temporarily to Memphis. His successor, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, transferred the sarcophagus to Alexandria, where it remained until at least late Antiquity. Ptolemy IX Lathyros, one of Ptolemy's final successors, replaced Alexander's sarcophagus with a glass one so he could convert the original to coinage. The recent discovery of an enormous tomb in northern Greece, at Amphipolis, dating from the time of Alexander the Great has given rise to speculation that its original intent was to be the burial place of Alexander. This would fit with the intended destination of Alexander's funeral cortege. Pompey, Julius Caesar and Augustus all visited the tomb in Alexandria, where Augustus, allegedly, accidentally knocked the nose off. Caligula was said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from the tomb for his own use. Around AD 200, Emperor Septimius Severus closed Alexander's tomb to the public. His son and successor, Caracalla, a great admirer, visited the tomb during his own reign. After this, details on the fate of the tomb are hazy. The so-called "Alexander Sarcophagus", discovered near Sidon and now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, is so named not because it was thought to have contained Alexander's remains, but because its bas-reliefs depict Alexander and his companions fighting the Persians and hunting. It was originally thought to have been the sarcophagus of Abdalonymus (died 311 BC), the king of Sidon appointed by Alexander immediately following the battle of Issus in 331. However, more recently, it has been suggested that it may date from earlier than Abdalonymus' death. <sep>What was special about Alexander's burial?<sep>It is in the northern Greece
| Solution: No |
Detailed logic: Letter is to be written on a paper. You need to have paper to write a letter.
have paper
Question for this logic: What do you need to write a letter?
Options:
- have paper
- literate
- not give up
- move fingers
- to keep warm
Detailed logic: Accidents are caused in skiing. Skiing can be very risky as it can cause a very serious accident.
accident
Question for this logic: Skiing can be very risky, it can be the cause of a very serious what?
Options:
- fall down
- fall in
- getting cold
- accident
- trip and fall
Detailed logic: Unfortunate is to be unlucky and have bad effects. Unhappiness with marriage and drifting apart is unlucky and has bad effects.
unfortunate
Question for this logic: John was not happy with his marriage. He and his wife drifted apart. All and all, recent turns could be described as what?
Options:
- inappropriate
- sadness
- unsatisfied
- unfortunate
- disenchanted
Detailed logic: People feel thirst when they are dehydrated. People prefer to drink water when they are thirsty.
drink water
Question for this logic: | The person was thirsty, what should he have done?
Options:
- eat
- sunny days
- compliments
- drink water
- all kinds of things |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Some Girl(s) is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Neil LaBute. It is based on the play of the same name, also written by LaBute. The film stars Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro, Jennifer Morrison and Emily Watson. The film was released on June 26, 2013, by Leeden Media.
Hypothesis: Emily Watson firected the movie Some Girl(s).
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Mary Ramsey (born 24 December 1963), a resident of Buffalo, New York, is a member of folk rock duo John & Mary and lead singer and violinist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Ramsey has also worked with other well-known artists such as Jackson Browne, Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Bragg, Warren Zevon, Alex Chilton and Ani DiFranco.
Hypothesis: Mary Ramsey is a man.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: The 2005 Big East Men's Basketball Championship was played from March 9 to March 12, 2005. The tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Syracuse Orange won the tournament and were awarded an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Hypothesis: Syracuse Orange won the tournament that was held in 2005.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2008 hardback graphic novel written by science fiction and fantasy author Jim Butcher and illustrated by Ardian Syaf. Set in the world of Butcher's contemporary fantasy/mystery novel series, "The Dresden Files", "Welcome to the Jungle" was written as a prequel to the first novel, "Storm Front". It was nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Graphic Novel category.
Hypothesis: "The Dresden Files" has been nominated for a Hugo Award |
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.
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Question: He adds that the show 's popularity produced an American audience for musical theatre , and that the show has served as a model of the musical ever since .
Answer: He adds that its " unprecedented ... popularity fostered an American audience for musical theatre , while the show itself became a model for form , content , and even intention of ... musicals ever since , especially socially relevant musicals . "
Question: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport or also called as Santiago-Pudahuel Airport is an airport located in Santiago , Chile , is Chile 's largest aviation facility .
Answer: Arturo Merino Beni ́ tez International Airport , also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport , located in Pudahuel , 15 km north-west of downtown Santiago , is Chile 's largest aviation facility and the busiest international airport in the country .
Question: The Lower Cretaceous is the first geological epoch in the Cretaceous .
Answer: | The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name ) or the Lower Cretaceous ( chronostratigraphic name ) , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous .
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Explain simply why past is the correct answer to: The dime store was full of old donated goods, it reminded the customer of the what?
Options:
- strip mall
- past
- shopping center
- old movie
- india. Explanation: | Past is gone by in time and no longer existing. The dime store was full of old donated goods; it reminded the customer of the past. |
input hypothesis: Before Gardens After Gardens was one of the first three album by Big Sir.
Context: Before Gardens After Gardens is the third album by Big Sir. The album features contributions by The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Deantoni Parks, Rx Bandits’ Matt Embree and Steve Choi, bassist Jonathan Hischke and Beastie Boys producer Money Mark.
true or false: Yes
input hypothesis: The Amateur is a 1969 Italian drama novel wrote by Spanish director Juan Mendez, about Ann Soarez. It is based on the award-winning 1946 film "Live and Love" by Allan Alexander.
Context: The Professional (original title: Le Professionnel; ] ) is a 1981 French action film directed by French director Georges Lautner, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly and Robert Hossein, based on the award-winning 1976 novel "Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal" by Patrick Alexander.
true or false: No
input hypothesis: Edward rochette was executive vice president for over a decade
Context: Edward C. Rochette (born February 17, 1927) has devoted nearly all of his adult life in service to the American Numismatic Association. His first exposure to the ANA was as an editor of "The Numismatist" in 1966. Later, he would spend most of his 20 years as executive vice president. In 1987 he was elected to the ANA Board of Governors, and would serve as its president from 1991 to 1993.
true or false: Yes
input hypothesis: Rebeccais was released in Ghana before it was released in London.
Context: Rebeccais a 2016 Ghana-Nigeria film directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso, and starring Yvonne Okoro and Joseph Benjamin (actor). According to Manso, the film was released first in London, before Ghana due to the economic situation of the country causing reduced patronage for films. The film is the second two cast film that features Nigerian born actress Yvonne Okoro.
true or false: | No |
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.
Input: The basic game strategy is to improve one's hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Gin has two types of meld: Sets of 3 or 4 cards sharing the same rank, e.g. 8♥ 8 8♠; and runs of 3 or more cards in sequence, of the same suit, such as 3♥ 4♥ 5♥ or more. Deadwood cards are those not in any meld. Aces are considered low--they can form a set with other aces but only the low end of runs (A♠ 2♠ 3♠ is a legal run but Q♠ K♠ A♠ is not). A player can form any combination of melds within their hand, whether it contains all sets, all runs, or a mix of both. A hand can contain three or fewer melds to knock or form legal gin.
Output: | does a run in gin rummy have to be the same suit? |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
CTV Kitchener A man was taken to hospital by air ambulance Friday after being seriously injured at a workplace in Puslinch Township. Emergency crews were called to a workplace on Kerr Crescent, south of Aberfoyle, around 8 a.m. in response to the incident. According to Wellington County OPP, a 48-year-old man received serious injuries to one of his hands. The Ministry of Labour is investigating the incident.
Hypothesis: The man had been seriously injured. | Yes |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana (reˈpuβliˌka ðoˌminiˈkana)) is a sovereign state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two countries. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area (after Cuba) at 48,445 square kilometers (18,705 sq mi), and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
A: is the domincan republic part of the usa?
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Q: In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called Mountain Time (MT). Specifically, it is Mountain Standard Time (MST) when observing standard time, and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) when observing daylight saving time. The term refers to how the Rocky Mountains, which range from northwestern Canada to the US state of New Mexico, are located almost entirely in the time zone. In Mexico, this time zone is known as the Zona Pacífico (Pacific Zone). In the US and Canada, the Mountain Time Zone is to the east of the Pacific Time Zone and to the west of the Central Time Zone.
A: is central time the same as mountain time?
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Q: Shoeing, when performed correctly, causes no pain to the animal. Farriers trim the insensitive part of the hoof, which is the same area into which they drive the nails. This is analogous to a manicure on a human fingernail, only on a much larger scale.
A: | does putting a shoe on a horse hurt?
****
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Q: Jason seemed calm on the exterior, but his recent loses had made him what?
Options:
- anxious
- frustrated
- flustered
- excited
- calmness
A: frustrated
Explain how we arrive at this answer: | Explanation: Being frustrated means to be annoyed. Frustration is a feeling. Loss can frustrate a person. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What allowed for higher understanding and better translation?, Context: Maas comments further that "A dictation revised by the author must be regarded as equivalent to an autograph manuscript". The lack of autograph manuscripts applies to many cultures other than Greek and Roman. In such a situation, a key objective becomes the identification of the first exemplar before any split in the tradition. That exemplar is known as the archetype. "If we succeed in establishing the text of [the archetype], the constitutio (reconstruction of the original) is considerably advanced.
| Solution: succeed in establishing the text of [the archetype], the constitutio (reconstruction of the original) is considerably advanced |
Teacher: 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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Solution: is house tax and property tax are same
Reason: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Now, solve this instance: Mount Fuji -- Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan, IPA: (ɸɯꜜdʑisaɴ) ( listen)), located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707--08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.
Student: | is mount fuji the highest volcano in japan |
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>What does the fact that fossils have been found on the top of Mt. Everest?<sep>There are no fossils up there
Solution: | No |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example input: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: Juggling can be for entertainment , art or sport .
A: | Juggling is a physical skill , performed by a juggler , involving the manipulation of objects for recreation , entertainment , art or sport . |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A group of people have gathered at an outdoor court. They are involved in a game of curling. each person
A: uses the stick to push the puck as a girl talks to the camera.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to roast cauliflower
Purchase a medium head of cauliflower.
Rinse it thoroughly under running water.
Place a baking rack in the center of the oven.
A: Preheat your oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit (218 celsius). Pull the leaves off of the base of the cauliflower head.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to promote a handyman business
Complete a few jobs for friends, co-workers, family members and neighbors.
You can offer to help for free, or charge them very little. This will give you experience and a few satisfied customers.
A: Ask if you can use those people as references. If your references will be willing to write a letter or a testimonial talking about your excellent work, you can use it to attract additional clients.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to make money during a semester abroad
Apply for a paid internship.
While most internships are not paid, there are some that will give you a stipend to help pay your bills or offset the cost of traveling abroad. There are even internships that provide housing, which can be a huge help financially.
A: | These positions are usually highly sought after but are applied for just as unpaid internships are, so if you are highly qualified a paid internship may be right for you. If you are interested in getting a paid internship you will need to find some to apply for. |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Christopher Tafoya (born June 2, 1976), better known by his stage name Sleep or Sleep of Oldominion, is an American hip hop artist from Farmington, New Mexico, who is currently based in Portland, Oregon. He is a founding member of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion and hip hop duo The Chicharones alongside Josh Martinez. He is currently signed to Strange Famous Records.
Hypothesis: Christopher Tafoya was born in January
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: "Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits from their eponymous debut album, which band frontman Mark Knopfler wrote and composed. Although it was first released in 1978, it was its 1979 re-release that caused it to become a hit in both the UK and U.S.
Hypothesis: Dire Straits had at least one hit song.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: The Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts (known commonly as Pikes Peak Center) is a concert auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves as an entertainment, cultural, educational, and assembly center for the citizens of El Paso County, the Pikes Peak region, and the surrounding area.
Hypothesis: The Pikes Peak Center is not located in Florida.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Cloverdale Depot is a bus station and future intermodal station in Cloverdale, California. It is served by Amtrak Thruway and Sonoma County Transit buses. Additional service to Sonoma County Airport station is provided by Sonoma County Transit under contract by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit.
Hypothesis: Cloverdale Depot is expected to become an intermodal station within the next decade |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What city did the Ortiz Taranco brothers live in?, Context: The Palacio Taranco is located in front of the Plaza Zabala, in the heart of Ciudad Vieja. It was erected in the early 20th century as the residence of the Ortiz Taranco brothers on the ruins of Montevideo's first theatre (of 1793), during a period in which the architectural style was influenced by French architecture. The palace was designed by French architects Charles Louis Girault and Jules Chifflot León who also designed the Petit Palais and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It passed to the city from the heirs of the Tarancos in 1943, along with its precious collection of Uruguayan furniture and draperies and was deemed by the city as an ideal place for a museum; in 1972 it became the Museum of Decorative Arts of Montevideo and in 1975 it became a National Heritage Site. The Decorative Arts Museum has an important collection of European paintings and decorative arts, ancient Greek and Roman art and Islamic ceramics of the 10th–18th century from the area of present-day Iran. The palace is often used as a meeting place by the Uruguayan government.
A: | Ciudad Vieja |
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".
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
Example solution: No
Example 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: "The impact of her interest and work on the provision of legal services in the state of California is immeasurable," said Patricia Philips, senior of-counsel for Los Angeles' Morrison & Foerster. "Its value is felt every day by someone who would otherwise be floundering around in the legal system yet dealing with very serious problems." Zelon's public-interest work has not gone unnoticed. Several organizations that share her commitment to public service - including the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the State Bar of California - have honored her. Two years ago, Zelon received the Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award, which had been named for her one year earlier by the Law Firm Pro Bono Project, which she'd helped found. "I didn't find out until I was standing in the great hall of the Supreme Court, surrounded by 300 people who were there, that the award had been named for me and was thereafter going to be given in my name. It's very hard to believe, for anyone who knows me well, but I was actually speechless for a period," Zelon said. Zelon faced one of the greatest challenges of her legal career, she said, when her appointment to the bench forced her to switch gears from civil litigation to criminal law. "It was a steep learning curve for me," she said. "It's a whole different set of processes. The rules are different. The case law is a whole body unto itself." Attorneys praise Zelon for her thorough understanding of the law. "She's extremely well-versed in the law," Leon said. "She's very thorough in her research," Wong said. Of course, not all attorneys concur with every decision Zelon makes in court. Some city attorneys disagree with her interpretation of evidentiary statutes when Zelon puts limits on their use of hearsay testimony. But lawyers who have appeared before her say that they appreciate her intelligent interpretation of the law. <sep>How long ago did Zelon win the award?<sep>2 years ago
| Solution: Yes |
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.
Book News: Hippies Were Dirty And Liked Music By Satanists, Louisiana Textbook Claims : The Two-Way Also: Sarah Palin is writing a book about Christmas; Rachel Aviv on the literary genius of Julian Jaynes; author Sarah Manguso on memoir. ||||| FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2012 file photo, Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, and former Alaska governor speaks in Washington. Palin has a deal with HarperCollins for "A Happy Holiday... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2012 file photo, Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, and former Alaska governor speaks in Washington. Palin has a deal with HarperCollins for "A Happy Holiday... (Associated Press)
Sarah Palin has a new book coming, this time about Christmas.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor has a deal with HarperCollins for "A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas," scheduled for November. HarperCollins announced Monday that the book will criticize the "over-commercialism" and "homogenization" of Christmas and call for a renewed emphasis on the religious importance.
"Amidst the fragility of this politically correct era, it is imperative that we stand up for our beliefs before the element of faith in a glorious and traditional holiday like Christmas is marginalized and ignored," Palin said in a statement released through her publisher. "This will be a fun, festive, thought provoking book, which will encourage all to see what is possible when we unite in defense of our faith and ignore the politically correct Scrooges who would rather take Christ out of Christmas."
Financial terms were not disclosed. Palin was again represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, who negotiated deals for Palin's "Going Rogue" and "America by Heart." Both books were released by HarperCollins.
According to the publisher, the book will advocate "reserving Jesus Christ in Christmas _ whether in public displays, school concerts (or) pageants. Palin also "will share personal memories and traditions from her own Christmases and illustrate the reasons why the celebration of Jesus Christ's nativity is the centerpiece of her faith." |||||
| Sarah Palin's message-broadening campaign is apparently up and running. Her next book, a defense of traditional Christmas values, is slated to hit shelves this November, reports the AP. A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas, published by HarperCollins, will be a critical look at the "overcommercialism" and "homogenization" of Christmas. Palin promises her "fun, festive, thought-provoking book" will urge readers to "unite in defense of our faith and ignore the politically correct Scrooges who would rather take Christ out of Christmas." NPR reminds us that we're still waiting for Palin's fitness book, too. |
Definition: 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.
Input: The winner of the tournament will not qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup because Chile already won the 2015 Copa Ame ́ rica .
Output: | Despite the tournament being an official iteration of the Copa Ame ́ rica , the winner would not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup due to the commemorative nature of the tournament , although eventual winners Chile had already qualified through their 2015 victory . |
Question: Context: Nancy Grace and the others, they just bashed her to the end, said Duckett's grandfather, Bill Eubanks, during an interview with The Orlando Sentinel. "She wasn't one anyone ever would have thought of to do something like this. She and that baby just loved each other, couldn't get away from each other. She wouldn't hurt a bug." Grace's spokeswoman called the suicide "a sad development," and Grace herself issued a statement saying, "I do not feel that our show is to blame for what happened to Melinda Duckett."
Generate a hypothesis.
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Answer: Hypothesis: Bill Eubanks was Melinda Duckett's grandad.
Question: Context: The terrorist is suspected of being behind several deadly kidnappings and dozens of suicide attacks in Iraq.
Generate a hypothesis.
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Answer: Hypothesis: The terrorist may have caused suicide attacks and kidnappings.
Question: Context: Microsoft Israel was founded in 1989 and became one of the first Microsoft branches outside the USA.
Generate a hypothesis.
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Answer: Hypothesis: Microsoft was established in 1989.
Question: Context: Last week, saw the fall of the Dutch right wing coalition government, made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called left-liberal D66.
Generate a hypothesis.
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Answer: | Hypothesis: Three parties form a Dutch coalition government. |
Answer the following question: Anyone arriving in Shanghai at night from the airport for the first time is immediately attracted by the Oriental Pearl TV Tower , which stands out in the evening sky like an amazing space ship landing. Dramatic lighting effects make this unusual structure attractive. This ultra-modern tower combines ancient concepts such as the spherical pearls, with 21st century technology, commerce, recreation, educational and conference facilities. In 1995 it began broadcasting nine television channels and 10 FM radio channels. The construction began in 1991 and was completed in 1995. This 468-meter-high (1,536 feet) tower is the tallest tower in Asia, and the third tallest tower in the world. The viewing area offers a great view of the most recently developed Special Economic Zone of Pudong . Visitors travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators that can hold up to fifty people at the rate of seven meters per second. At the base of the tower is Pudong Park, which was designed as a contrast to the massive commercial development of the Special Economic Zone of Pudong. There are wonderful views across the Huang-Pu River from the "New Bund " to the original. The tower has three observatory levels. The highest one (Space Module) is at 350m. The lower ones are at 263m (Sightseeing Floor) and at 90m (Space City). There is a revolving restaurant at the 267m level. The project also contains exhibition facilities, restaurants and a shopping mall. There is also a 20-room hotel called the Space Hotel between the two big balls. What can we infer from the passage? A) It took people about 5 years to complete the construction of the tower. B) Visitors can have a cup of coffee and relax themselves in the tower. C) The tallest tower in the world is not higher than1,536 feet. D) Pudong Park faces the tower across the Huang-Pu River.
Answer: | B |
input hypothesis: Merchants in Lillehammer were financially exploiting visitors to the Olympics.
Context: To avoid further price-gouging, Norway's Ministry of Government Administration announced that it was freezing prices on lodging, food and beverages in the Lillehammer area during the Winter Olympics.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: Yes
Context:
The magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred today on the Hayward fault (a part of the San Andreas fault system, along the densely populated eastern side of San Francisco bay) caused hundreds of deaths and almost $100 billion of damage.
Hypothesis: The Hayward fault system had an earthquake that resulted in the death of hundreds of individuals and almost one billion dollars in damage. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
No
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Isabelle Guérard (born July 1, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actress. She garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Actress at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for "The Storm Within (Rouge sang)", and a Jutra Award nomination as Best Actress in 2010 for "Détour".
Sentence: Isabelle Guerard got a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.
Output: No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
The Playpen<br>Andrea had to get some chores done. She put her kid in the playpen. She zoomed around the house and cleaned it quickly. The house looked great! Her baby cried and demanded that she take him out.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Andrea quickly cleaned the house
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Answer:
Yes
[Q]: Dan was the oldest ; he was my age -- thirteen .<br>He was a lean , freckled fellow with rather long , lank , brown hair and the shapely King nose .<br>We recognized it at once .<br>His mouth was his own , however , for it was like to no mouth on either the King or the Ward side ; and nobody would have been anxious to claim it , for it was an undeniably ugly one -- long and narrow and twisted . Dan's best friend is named Sally. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: It states that we should not negotiate any further liberalization of trade or investment at the Seattle meeting of the WTO or the free trade area of the Americas without first securing enforceable international rules on core labour standards, environmental protection, cultural diversity, the preservation of public health care and public education. Achieving more stringent environmental laws is important to liberals. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | It's impossible to say |
Q: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Under the current language of the eagle feather law, individuals of certifiable American Indian ancestry enrolled in a federally recognized tribe are legally authorized to obtain eagle feathers. Unauthorized persons found with an eagle or its parts in their possession can be fined up to $250,000.
A: | is it legal to keep an eagle feather? |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: Leatherface is a 2017 American horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, written by Seth M. Sherwood, and starring Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, and Lili Taylor. It is the eighth film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise (TCM), and works as a prequel to 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, explaining the origin of the series' lead character.
Output: is leatherface a prequel to texas chainsaw massacre?
Input: Consider Input: On the night of Will's flight to Switzerland, Louisa visits him one last time. They agree that the past six months have been the best in their lives. He dies shortly after in the clinic, and it is revealed that he left Louisa a considerable inheritance, meant to continue her education and to fully experience life. The novel ends with Louisa at a café in Paris, reading Will's last words to her in a letter, that tell her to 'live well'.
Output: does will actually die in me before you?
Input: Consider Input: 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.
| Output: is it illegal to pass on a solid yellow line?
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Q:The best family vacation that I ever had was going on a road trip to Myrtle Beach. The trip was for 2 weeks during the March break from school. This trip was probably about 20 years ago so it was before the time of things like portable video games and being able to watch movies in the back seat.2 So to pass the many hours of travel my brother and I had to entertain ourselves and each other. My mum would set the back seat up so that it was our own little playroom. She would pack everything up so that we had a big level area to play in. We would play cards and board games.C When it got to the point where we were at each other's throats we would be sent back to our own side of the seat and would be forced to either nap or read by ourselves until we could be friendly to each other again. I can remember us playing for quite some time when we turned the back seat into a spaceship and traveled around the earth.f Another time we turned it into a kitchen and had a bake-off . But the thing that I remember the most and that gave us many hours of enjoyment was using each other's faces as silly Plasticine and making funny faces. We would see how far we could stretch each other's mouths open, see how thin we could make the other's eye by pulling on it. We would keep going until one of us begged for mercy because we had to give our faces a rest.7 So while I can remember us having a great time on the beach, laughing a lot trying to put the tent up in the rain, what I remember the most of that trip and what always makes me smile the most is remembering the pain that our faces would be in after the trip.g What did the author do when traveling to Myrtle Beach?m A) Watch movies.W B) Play video games.2 C) Have fun with his brother.8 D) Pack things up to amuse himself.e
A: | C |
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:Where can I find information on horses and their uses?, Context: There are also other types of museums in the city. The Museo del Gaucho y de la Moneda, located in the Centro, has distinctive displays of the historical culture of Uruguay's gauchos, their horse gear, silver work and mate (tea), gourds, and bombillas (drinking straws) in odd designs. The Museo Naval, is located on the eastern waterfront in Buceo and offers exhibits depicting the maritime history of Uruguay. The Museo del Automóvil, belonging to the Automobile Club of Uruguay, has a rich collection of vintage cars which includes a 1910 Hupmobile. The Museo y Parque Fernando García in Carrasco, a transport and automobile museum, includes old horse carriages and some early automobiles. The Castillo Pittamiglio, with an unusual façade, highlights the eccentric legacy of Humberto Pittamiglio, local alchemist and architect.
Solution: | Museo y Parque Fernando García |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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Four days before being fatally shot outside a Fayette County car wash, a Ruffsdale woman made a seemingly innocuous post on Facebook.
"After this week, I (really) need to get taken out… on a date or by a sniper either one is fine (with) me at this point," read the social media message shared Wednesday by Chelsie Lou Cline, 25.
The sole response came from Tim Smith.
"I could do both," he wrote.
Early Sunday, he made good on one offer, authorities said.
Wearing body armor and toting an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a 9 mm handgun — along with several magazines for each — Timothy O'Brien Smith opened fire on Cline and others just before 3 a.m. at Ed's Car Wash on Indian Creek Valley Road in Melcroft, Saltlick Township, District Attorney Rich Bower said.
Cline died at the scene along with William "Billy" Scott Porterfield, 27; Courtney Sue Snyder, 23; and Seth William Cline, 21.
Authorities did not say where the victims lived.
Smith, 28, remained on life support in a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, possibly self-inflicted, Bower said.
Another woman, who is in her early 20s, survived the rampage and was treated for minor injuries suffered from broken glass. She was not identified.
"Obviously, it's a traumatic experience for her," said Sgt. Jeremy Barni, supervisor of the state police criminal unit in Uniontown.
Authorities did not divulge a motive or reveal details that led to the mass shooting. They declined to say what items were seized during a search of Smith's residence but noted the investigation is ongoing.
Investigators are examining surveillance video and information from cellphones as well as conducting interviews.
Barni could not specify the relationship between the Clines.
Sierra Kolarik, 24, of nearby White, said they were siblings. She identified herself as Chelsie Cline's half-sister, saying the two have the same mother.
Smith and Chelsie Cline knew each other and possibly dated, Kolarik said. He developed an obsession with her, leaving beer on her car, sending her flowers and buying her Christmas presents, she said.
Smith "came off as the most kind-hearted person," Kolarik said, but she added that his interests were "guns and guns and guns and shooting and beer and rolling cigarettes."
Ryan Shields, a friend of Smith's from high school in Mt. Pleasant, said the shootings were out of character.
"It's all still quite a shock," Ryan Shields said Monday. "He was the kind of guy who would do anything for you."
Shields said Smith, who lives in Stahlstown and works as a chef in Ligonier, had been in a relationship with Chelsie Cline. According to Shields, Smith frequented a Donegal restaurant where Chelsie Cline recently worked.
Shields said Smith is a gun enthusiast who enjoyed target shooting.
Seth Cline would "do anything to protect anyone, even if it meant taking a bullet," Kolarik said.
Still, she struggled Sunday to deal with what happened.
"I don't understand," Kolarik said. "I still don't believe it."
Bower expressed sympathy for the victims' families.
"This one horrific event will change their lives forever," he said.
Bower said the victims arrived at the car wash in two vehicles — Porterfield and Chelsie Cline in a Dodge Stratus, and Snyder driving a green Chevy Silverado pickup truck with Seth Cline and the unnamed woman as passengers.
Bower said Smith is believed to have arrived ahead of time in his red Toyota Tacoma pickup. He parked on the side of the two-bay car wash where Porterfield and Cline were shot and killed after exiting their vehicle.
Snyder and Seth Cline were shot inside their truck while it was stopped, Bower said. The young woman who survived took cover in the rear seat.
An unspecified number of shots were fired, Bower said. Smith also had a .308 rifle in his possession, he said.
Chelsie Cline worked a late shift Saturday at Sarnelli's Corner in nearby Jones Mills. Coworkers said she appeared cheerful, singing and dancing behind a deli counter.
She started working there just before Thanksgiving, said co-owner Mike Sarnelli, who described her as a good worker who was polite to customers.
April Cline, 37, of Acme said she walked her cousin out into the rainy night after they finished their shifts and closed up just after 11 p.m.
She said she received a text about 8 a.m. Sunday from her aunt saying there had been a shooting. April Cline watched television footage of what looked like Chelsie's Dodge Stratus at the scene.
"I felt that sick feeling, one of those things," she said. "I hoped to God it wasn't her."
Assistant city editor Jason Cato contributed. Jeff Himler and Wes Venteicher are Tribune-Review staff writers. Reach Himler at 724-836-6622, [email protected] or via Twitter @jhimler_news. Reach Venteicher at 412-380-5676, [email protected] or via Twitter @wesventeicher. ||||| 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. |||||
Student: | A man suspected of gunning down four people at a Pennsylvania car wash was driven by jealousy, according to family members of the shooting victims. State police say Timothy Smith, 28, was armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a .308-caliber rifle, and a handgun and was wearing body armor without the ballistic panels inserted when he opened fire early Sunday morning at Ed's Car Wash in Saltlick Township, a rural town about 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, the AP reports. Twenty-seven-year-old William Porterfield, 25-year-old Chelsie Cline, 23-year-old Courtney Snyder, and 21-year-old Seth Cline were all killed. Smith was on life support Sunday and not expected to survive after suffering a gunshot wound to his head. State police say it might have been self-inflicted. A woman who took cover in Snyder's pickup when Smith opened fire survived with minor injuries from broken glass. Chelsie Cline's half-sister, Sierra Kolarik, tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Smith had developed an obsession with Cline. Porterfield's pregnant wife, Jenna Porterfield, 24, tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that a state police investigator told her that Smith was a jealous former boyfriend of Cline. Porterfield says she was told by family members of other victims that her husband and Cline had spent the past two days together after Cline ended a relationship with Smith. Porterfield says she and her husband—who were married in November—had been "having some troubles" this month, but she doesn't hold it against him. "I'd give anything to have him back," she says. |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Walkin' is the debut mini-album by South Korean singer Suran. It was released on June 2, 2017, by Million Market and distribuited by LOEN Entertainment. It consists of five songs, including "Wine" featuring rapper Changmo, previously released as a digital single, and the title track "1+1=0" featuring singer Dean.
Hypothesis: Suran is not the only singer featured on the album Walkin'
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: KDMD is an Ion Television-affiliated television station located in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Ketchikan Television LLC, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 (or virtual channel 33 via PSIP) from a transmitter located in Eagle River. KDMD maintains studios on East 66th Avenue near the Seward Highway in Anchorage.
Hypothesis: KDMD has had a studio on 66th Avenue in Anchorage for the last 10 years.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Mark Baltz is a former official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1989 through 2013. He has worked as a head linesman throughout his entire career in the NFL and has been assigned to 21 post-season games, including five conference championship games (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004). He wore uniform number 26.
Hypothesis: Mark Baltz belongs to the National Football League.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: A symphonic song cycle can either refer to a symphony composed of separate movements played consecutively or to a set of symphonic works linked by theme, common composer, or common conductor. A symphonic cycle should not be confused with the closely related song cycle.
Hypothesis: A symphonic cycle refers to how many beats the composer uses in each song. |
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:Former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, having defected to the U.K., faces possible prosecution there after the government said he wouldn't receive immunity.
At the same time, Scottish law officials said they wanted to interview Mr. Koussa, a former longtime intelligence spy chief, in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
Enlarge Image Close Prerna Sodhi for theThe Wall Street Journal Former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa behind Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at a meeting of Arab leaders in Doha, Qatar, in 2009.
Mr. Koussa's arrival in the U.K. late Wednesday on a private jet from Tunisia was widely hailed as the biggest diplomatic setback for Col. Moammar Gadhafi since the start of the Libyan uprising in February.
U.S. and European officials say they expect more defections and are seeking to engineer that, while Tripoli swirled with rumors of who might be next.
But some analysts say news that Mr. Koussa might have to answer for his time in Col. Gadhafi's inner circle might put other members off from following his lead. "This puts them into a dilemma, they may not find a welcoming environment out of Libya after all," said Azzedine Layachi, a professor of international and Middle East affairs at St. John's University.
It also underscores the dilemma faced by Western governments that both want to warn Col. Gadhafi confidants that they will be held to account for any crimes, and yet encourage them to leave his side. U.S. and European officials continue to say there are signs of fissure in Col. Gadhafi's inner circle.
That circle is increasingly made up of family members who are considered as hard-line as Col. Gadhafi. By most accounts, he is relying on brigades commanded by his two sons to fight the rebels in the eastern part of Libya and towns closer to his stronghold of Tripoli.
There is no suggestion that the country's fearsome intelligence services have faltered in the wake of the defections. Mr. Koussa, for all his lengthy service as Col. Gadhafi's intelligence chief, officially left the spy service two years ago when he became foreign minister.
Where Mr. Koussa's defection could provide aid to those seeking to oust Col. Gadhafi from power is his insider knowledge of the leader's security regime and the cryptic defense structure within the leader's Tripoli residence known as Bab Aziziyah, which he spent years building as a protective cocoon against bombing raids and assassination attempts, say people familiar with the matter.
Meanwhile, Ali Treki, who served formerly as Libya's foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations, also defected, announcing his departure on several opposition websites,the Associated Press reported.
Two other officials, Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem and the head of the intelligence agency Abu Zayd Dorda, appeared on television shows Thursday to quash rumors that they had also defected. Mr. Dorda said he "would not even dream" of doing so.
Libya put forth Mr. Treki as its U.N. representative, but the U.S. didn't grant him a visa to come to New York.He also had been apprehensive about taking up a new diplomatic post for Col. Gadhafi and leaving his family behind in Tripoli in case war broke out there, according to a close friend of the family.
Associated Press Mr. Koussa in Tripoli last week.
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague on Thursday said Mr. Koussa wouldn't be offered immunity from U.K. and international justice.
Scottish prosecutors and police said they have asked the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to interview Mr. Koussa in connection with Lockerbie. The case "remains open and we will pursue all relevant lines of inquiry," a Crown Office spokeswoman said.
The U.K. foreign office said it would "respond to any request" to interview Mr. Koussa. An independent police force "should follow evidence wherever it takes them," it said.
Some Libyan opposition leaders and family members of the Lockerbie bombing's victims believe that Mr. Koussa had a hand in organizing the attack. He has never been indicted for it.
Any interview could shed more light on the orchestration of the bombing—something that many family members of the victims have long desired. Former Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was the only one convicted in the bombing of a Pan Am airliner as it flew over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Frank Duggan, president of a group of U.S. victims of the attack, said the group wanted more information and Mr. Koussa was likely to have it."We would love to have him interrogated not just as a witness but as a primary actor and suspect in this criminal act," he said.
WSJ Middle East Bureau Chief Bill Spindle explains how Libyan rebels are receiving assistance from CIA operatives. Also, Libya's foreign minister abruptly resigned and flew to England.
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Mr. Koussa had first asked to go to Tunisia on sick leave and was allowed to do so, but then Mr. Koussa made his decision to resign there. "The information we have is that he's tired, exhausted, and he resigned. That's it," he said. In Tripoli on Thursday there was speculation that Shukri Ghanem, the country's oil minister, was laying the groundwork to defect, but Mr. Ibrahim dismissed that rumor.
British officials said Mr. Koussa was at a "safe location" in the U.K. and meeting with a variety of British officials, including intelligence officials and diplomats who had worked at the British embassy in Tripoli.
"His resignation shows that Gadhafi's regime, which has already seen significant defections to the opposition, is fragmented, under pressure and crumbling from within," Mr. Hague said in a news conference Thursday.
Mr. Hague revealed that Mr. Koussa had been his contact in the Libyan government and that he had spoken to him on Friday. Mr. Hague, though, said he was aware that Mr. Koussa was coming to Britain only a "very short time in advance."
Prime Minister David Cameron had signed off on Mr. Koussa being allowed into the U.K., and Britain had been in contact with the U.S. over the defection, a Downing Street spokesman said.
Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, called the defection of Mr. Koussa was "a significant blow to the Gadhafi regime."
Mr. Vietor described Mr. Koussa as one of Col. Gadhafi's most trusted aides "who can help provide critical intelligence about Gaddafi's current state of mind and military plans," an agenda one British official said they intend to pursue.
—Adam Entous, Paul Sonne and David Gauthier-Villars contributed to this article.
Tripoli's Envoy At U.N. Hits Snag UNITED NATIONS—The U.S. was locked in a new row with Libya on Thursday over Col. Moammar Gadhafi's attempt to name a former Nicaraguan foreign minister as his ambassador to the United Nations. Former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, who has since defected, informed member nations but not the U.N. secretariat that Libya wants Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to succeed Abdel Rahman Shalgam as its envoy, according to U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq. Mr. Shalgam and his staff at Libya's U.N. mission broke with Col. Gadhafi in January to back the rebel cause. Since then, Col. Gadhafi has struggled to find a representative at the U.N. after failing to get Ali Treki, a former Libyan foreign minister, appointed to the post. Thursday Mr. Treki became the second high-profile Libyan official to defect in as many days. He announced his departure on opposition websites, the Associated Press reported. Mr. d'Escoto, a Catholic priest and supporter of the Sandinistas who was suspended by the Vatican for his political activities, is a controversial figure, known for his blunt criticism of the U.S. and Israel. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice told reporters that though Mr. d'Escoto was born in Los Angeles, he had renounced his U.S. citizenship and was in New York on a tourist visa. She said he would need to return to Nicaragua to apply for a U.S. diplomatic visa. But it appeared likely that Mr. d'Escoto, like Mr. Treki, wouldn't be granted a diplomatic visa, officials said.
—Joe Lauria ||||| Scottish prosecutors have asked to interview Moussa Koussa about the Lockerbie bombing after the Libyan foreign minister and spy chief defected to Britain.
The request from the Crown Office in Scotland follows demands from Libya's rebel leadership for Koussa to be returned to Libya for trial for murder and crimes against humanity after Muammar Gaddafi is toppled from power.
William Hague, the British foreign secretary, has said the UK is not offering Koussa immunity from prosecution.
The Crown Office in Edinburgh has said it is formally asking for its prosecutors and detectives from Dumfries and Galloway police to question Koussa about the 1988 bombing. "We have notified the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that the Scottish prosecuting and investigating authorities wish to interview Mr Koussa in connection with the Lockerbie bombing," it said.
"The investigation into the Lockerbie bombing remains open and we will pursue all relevant lines of inquiry."
Dumfries and Galloway police, which investigated the Lockerbie case, has confirmed its detectives are keen to interview Koussa.
It remains unclear what role Koussa played when Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 passengers, crew and townspeople. He later emerged as head of Libyan intelligence services.
Koussa's defection provides Britain with an unparalleled source of intelligence on the state of the Libyan ruler's inner circle. The Crown Office interview request will further complicate the position of the UK government, which is immediately concerned with using his defection to intensify pressure on Gaddafi and his close allies, and to provide intelligence to the rebellion.
Senior figures in the Lockerbie case – including Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the attack, and Professor Robert Black, a lawyer and architect of the trial of two Libyans accused of the atrocity – have said they believe Koussa might have significant information about Libya's role.
Koussa was pivotal in the negotiations to hand over the two suspects – Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Al-Amin Khalifah Fhimah – for trial at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands in 2001. He oversaw Libya's negotiations to pay billion of pounds in reparations for the attack.
The Libyans' consistent denial of responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing has been repeatedly rejected by the UK and US governments, and Scottish prosecutors.
Swire, from UK Families of Pan Am Flight 103, and Black, emeritus professor of Scots law at Edinburgh University, have said they believe Megrahi is innocent. He remains the only man convicted of the bombing.
As Libyan foreign minister, Koussa met Foreign Office and Scottish government officials at least twice in 2008 and 2009 to negotiate Megrahi's release from Greenock prison. Koussa visited Megrahi in jail. Megrahi's lawyer, Tony Kelly, has declined to comment on the latest developments.
Swire said the weight of evidence pointed to Syria as the main culprit but "within the Libyan regime [Koussa] is in the best position of anyone other than Gaddafi himself to tell us what the regime knows or did. He would be a peerless source of information".
Detective Superintendent Mickey Dalgliesh, who is in charge of the Lockerbie case at Dumfries and Galloway police, said the Crown Office request to interview Koussa was "in line with our position that the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing remains open and we are determined to pursue all relevant lines of inquiry".
Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland, said the Crown Office request was "an extremely positive step forward". Koussa "may well have important information to reveal which can assist what has always remained a live investigation".
"Megrahi was convicted by a Scottish court on the basis that he was a Libyan intelligence officer and that he did not act alone. This welcome announcement by the Crown Office, and the intention of Dumfries and Galloway police to interview him, will hopefully lead to further information and lines of inquiry coming to light about the Lockerbie atrocity," he said.
Libya rebels insist on prosecuting Koussa
Mustafa Gheriani, a spokesman for the Libyan revolutionary council, has said the rebels are not bent on revenge against the regime's officials but some of Gaddafi's closest associates "have a lot of blood on their hands" and must stand trial.
Speaking from the rebel capital, Benghazi, Gheriani said Koussa had been partly responsible for assassinating opposition figures in exile, murderous internal repression and Lockerbie.
"We want to bring him to court," Gheriani said. "This guy has so much blood on his hands. There are documented killings, torturing. There's documentation of what Moussa Koussa has done. We want him tried by Libyan people.
"I believe once we have our government 100% in control in Libya, things are normalised, we want him tried here. I think international law gives us that right."
Gheriani said it was up to Britain to decide whether to arrest Koussa in the meantime. Koussa's arrival in London was evidence that Gaddafi's regime was "starting to crumble". He expected other senior officials to follow.
"He is a very, very major person to defect. Gaddafi trusted him more than some of his sons. Now Gaddafi doesn't even trust his own people any more," Gheriani said.
Gheriani said a senior military official in Kufra, Colonel Saleh al-Zaroug, had defected to the rebels. He had served in an army division commanded by one of Gaddafi's sons. The defection was impossible to confirm.
Hague said Koussa had come to the UK on a private plane from Tunisia having left Libya of his own free will. "Gaddafi must be thinking to himself: 'Who will be the next to walk away?'" Hague said.
It would not be "helpful to advertise" whether other senior members of the regime planned to quit, Hague said, but he believed it was likely that many opposed Gaddafi's actions. Koussa was in a secure place in the UK and talking voluntarily to British officials, including staff at Britain's Tripoli embassy now based in London. |||||
Solution: | The defection of Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa to Britain may not spell the end of his trouble: Scottish prosecutors want to interview him to determine whether he played a role in the 1988 bombing of Pam Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, reports the Wall Street Journal. British officials, meanwhile, say they haven't offered him immunity. Koussa—who had been one of Moammar Gadhafi's key henchmen for decades—has never been indicted in the bombing, but opposition leaders have long maintained that he helped plan it. If he dodges the Scottish inquiry, another looms. Libyan rebels want him returned to the country once Gadhafi falls so he can be charged with murder and crimes against humanity, notes the Guardian. |
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:What scene expresses complex movement and sequences?, Context: The earliest examples of visual representations in Iranian history are traced back to the bas-reliefs of Persepolis, c. 500 BC. Persepolis was the ritual center of the ancient kingdom of Achaemenids, and the figures at Persepolis remain bound by the rules of grammar and syntax of visual language. The Iranian visual arts reached a pinnacle by the Sassanid Era. A bas-relief from this period in Taq Bostan depicts a complex hunting scene. Similar works from the period have been found to articulate movements and actions in a highly sophisticated manner. It is even possible to see a progenitor of the cinema close-up in one of these works of art, which shows a wounded wild pig escaping from the hunting ground.
Solution: | a wounded wild pig escaping from the hunting ground |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
There is a growing sense of urgency to deal with the country's social issues, and a large number of professional NGOs can meet BOVESPA's standards of transparency and accountability.
Hypothesis: The country doesn't need any changes
+ Yes
+ It's impossible to say
+ No | No |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
The car which crashed against the mail-box belonged to James Clark, 68, an acquaintance of James Jones' family.
Hypothesis: James Clark is not a stranger to Jones' family.
Available choices: -- Yes. -- It's impossible to say. -- No. | Yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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.
Example solution: China
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: Prince William has joined a host of celebrities sending messages of support to the England Women's football team after their historic victory against Canada yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge praised the squad after they won a place in the Women's World Cup semi-finals. William, who is president of the Football Association, said he could not wait for England's semi-final clash. The Prince, an Aston Villa fan, said in a statement: 'Congratulations to both the English and Canadian teams for such a great game in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals. 'As president of the FA I'm thrilled to see the England women progress to the semi-finals for the first time.This team is making history and I can't wait to see them in action against Japan.The Duke of Cambridge described the team's victory as historicWilliam met the squad in May when they gave him a shirt for baby CharlotteDavid Beckham, Gabby Logan and Wayne Rooney have all congratulated the England women on social mediaThe team will now face Japan in the semi-final on Wednesday
Question:'I know a lot of people have been following the team's progress and I'm sure many more will now seize the chance to support this great moment for _ football.
| Solution: English |
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.
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
Example solution: (F)
Example explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: Hong Kong (CNN) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Asia later this week for a regional meeting on security issues, which is expected to be attended by ministers from North Korea, China, South Korea and Japan. It could be an opportune moment for a diplomatic breakthrough on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, which have been causing massive headaches for US President Donald Trump. But questions linger over whether Tillerson can speak for his administration given contradictory remarks from US politicians. "The Trump administration is still scrambling to find a policy on North Korea. They're still seeking an easy solution when none exist," said Adam Mount, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.Top US officials haven't been consistent on North Korea policy, analysts sayOn July 28 North Korea tested missile that could potentially hit US mainland
Questions:US officials have steadily condemned _'s missile tests, which are a violation of international law. (A) Hong Kong (B) CNN (C) US (D) Rex Tillerson (E) Asia (F) North Korea (G) China (H) South Korea (I) Japan (J) Pyongyang (K) Donald Trump (L) Tillerson (M) Trump (N) Adam Mount (O) Center for American Progress (P) Top US
| Solution: (F) |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
A person is seen riding down a long street on a skateboard while the camera follows from behind. the person
OPTIONS:
- looks off into the distance while still riding with the skateboard following behind.
- continues riding down the hill with the camera capturing scenery and cars as well as placing his hand on the boarder in front of him.
- keeps going down the long road and includes turning off of were and back on again.
- rides on the board all along the city while stopping to jump in the remains of cars and trash.
****
Answer:
continues riding down the hill with the camera capturing scenery and cars as well as placing his hand on the boarder in front of him.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to make thin european style pancakes
Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat them until the yolks and the whites are blended together.
Add the milk and whisk until it's mixed together with the eggs.
Slowly add the flour whisking thoroughly after every 1/4 cup.
OPTIONS:
- If there are lumps, use a mixer to break them down. Cover the inside of the pan with butter/cooking oil.
- Mix again until there is a thin film formed at the bottom of the pan that the egg yolks and whites blend in. Add the oil in the other pan.
- Pour the water into a heat-proof bowl and beat for about 3 seconds until the egg whites are added. Slowly pour and whisk in the water.
- Pour in the eggs and whisk them until they're thoroughly blended and the flour is thoroughly incorporated in the mixture. Slowly add the dry ingredients and stir, the mixture will continue to pour the mix after every 1/4 cup.
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Answer:
If there are lumps, use a mixer to break them down. Cover the inside of the pan with butter/cooking oil.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to account for rent free periods
Know how to use dual-entry accounting.
Dual-entry (also called double entry) accounting is a fundamental process of modern bookkeeping. It makes sure that every transaction is recorded in the two (or more) accounts that it affects.
OPTIONS:
- It is therefore the most useful and standardized accounting method. There are two ways to use the double entry accounting method : Avoid being surprised by the results of your calculations.
- If you don't know if both quickbooks and the accounting software you use have dual-entry accounting, you can use other business acumen to help you choose the right accounting setup when working with quickbooks. Not all businesses dedicated to ordinary accounting services do business in dual-entry accounting.
- In addition, it ensures that the sum of these entries is $0 under the equation assets = liabilities + shareholders' equity. An understanding of dual-entry accounting is essential to accounting for rent-free periods properly.
- If you use two-entry accounting, you cannot evaluate a single transaction without reading the written terms of both accounts. You are the only one who can deposit, redeem, and claim the earnings you collect when you first open an account.
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Answer:
In addition, it ensures that the sum of these entries is $0 under the equation assets = liabilities + shareholders' equity. An understanding of dual-entry accounting is essential to accounting for rent-free periods properly.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to house a quaker parrot
Buy a correctly-sized cage.
Your quaker parrot deserves to have enough space to live in happily. It will need enough space to spread its wings and to have separate spaces to nest, eat, and play.
OPTIONS:
- Read other established bird literature to get an idea of the type of, but not so, what size cage your quaker might need. Lower gauge cages tend to be more expensive and constructed.
- However, quaker parrots are relatively small birds, so one bird typically needs a cage that is at least 18 inches (45.7 cm) tall , 18 inches wide, and 18 inches (45.7 cm) deep. If you can afford to buy your bird a bigger cage, then you should do that.
- Your quaker parrot will also need to be able to stand and stretch its wings, like some species do. Ultimately, having a 12 or 16-foot cage is going to be the cheapest and most well-kept cage for a quaker parrot.
- Ideally, quaker birds should be able to sleep with around 10 feet (3.0 m) of room between them. Putting a large cage in an area in your home that receives lots of sunlight will make it extremely unlikely that you need more house birds in your living space.
****
Answer:
| However, quaker parrots are relatively small birds, so one bird typically needs a cage that is at least 18 inches (45.7 cm) tall , 18 inches wide, and 18 inches (45.7 cm) deep. If you can afford to buy your bird a bigger cage, then you should do that. |
Carl studied in our middle school three years ago. Last August his father found a job in another city and his family moved there. He began to study in the new school and we often write to each other. He often tells me something about the city where he lives now and his studies in the school. So I can know what happens to him. Last Friday Carl came to our city again. He hoped to accompany his old grandpa during the summer holiday. He was taller and stronger than before. We swam in the river outside the city together and had a picnic on the island. It surprised me that he had learnt to cook when we were traveling in the wild forest. He told me his parents were both busy and sometimes he stayed at home and he had to look after himself. "How do you like your school?" I asked. "Wonderful," said the young man." It has a tall building and there 're two chemistry labs, two biology labs and three physics ones. And its library is big and there're plenty of books in it." "I can see you are satisfied with it." "Yes," he answered. "But our geography teacher often says it himself in class." "So does our new history teacher." I said. "But he doesn't notice it. He often talks on and on in a flow of the eloquence , but none of us listens to him." I can know what happens to Carl because _ . A) he lives near to me. B) he often calls me C) I often visit him D) he often writes to me.
Answer: | D |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance 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 is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Why? This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input: Which of the following is consumed in the smallest portions: herbs, vegetables or fish?, Context: Armenian cuisine is as ancient as the history of Armenia, a combination of different tastes and aromas. The food often has quite a distinct aroma. Closely related to eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, various spices, vegetables, fish, and fruits combine to present unique dishes. The main characteristics of Armenian cuisine are a reliance on the quality of the ingredients rather than heavily spicing food, the use of herbs, the use of wheat in a variety of forms, of legumes, nuts, and fruit (as a main ingredient as well as to sour food), and the stuffing of a wide variety of leaves.
Solution: | herbs |
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].
See one example below:
Problem: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild.
Solution: China
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Problem: A toy company that makes empowering products for young girls has paid tribute to 2015's most powerful women with a music video featuring girls dressed up as a host of different influential figures, including Amy Schumer, Hillary Clinton and Beyonce. The GoldieBlox music video, which features YouTube star - and Ellen DeGeneres favorite - Sophia Grace, 12, singing Fifth Harmony's hit I'm Worth It and was created a part of the brand's Fast-Forward Girls campaign, honors the year's most impressive female role models, with a variety of young YouTube starlets dressing up as the female icons. Oftentimes the little starlets are acting out important moments in the careers of the women they are portraying, and follow up each fun performance by holding up inspiring hashtags on cards, such as #ILookLikeAComedian for actress Amy, or #ILookLikeAJustice for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Created by toy brand GoldieBlox as part of its Fast-Forward Girls campaignOther role models who feature include Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ballerina Misty Copeland and actress Viola Davis
Question:The video, which debuted Tuesday, isn't _'s first reworking of a popular tune for an empowering and engaging commercial.
Solution: | GoldieBlox |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
PROBLEM: Scotch whisky -- Scotch whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha na h-Alba; often simply called Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky made in Scotland. Scotch whisky must be made in a manner specified by law.
SOLUTION: does scotch have to be made in scotland
PROBLEM: Lana Lang (Smallville) -- Even though Lana eventually marries Lex in season six, Al Gough argues that Lana still loved Clark and Clark still loved her. The only reason Lana was with Lex was because Clark forced her in that direction and she ended up getting in over her head. By contrast, writer Caroline Dries feels that Lana did love Lex, and that she did not make any hasty decisions when she agreed to marry him. Dries believes that the progression of the show demonstrates that Lex earned Lana's love. To answer viewers that hated to see Lana marry Lex, Dries contends that as viewers we are seeing all of Lex, including how evil he truly is, while Lana only sees the portion of Lex that appears good.
SOLUTION: does lana lang marry lex luthor in smallville
PROBLEM: Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Saint Croix (/ˌseɪnt ˈkrɔɪ/; Spanish: Santa Cruz; Dutch: Sint-Kruis; French: Sainte-Croix; Danish and Norwegian: Sankt Croix, Taino: Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
SOLUTION: | is st. croix part of the us virgin islands
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Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
A man is standing at a bar. we
Options:
[a]. see the title screen on how to make a drink.;
[b]. then see him shaking handed a glass.;
[c]. see bottles on the ground.;
[d]. see a group of people dancing.; | [a]. |
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.
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Question: Mures ̧ is a county ( judet ̧ ) of Romania , in the historical region of Transylvania .
Answer: Mures ̦ County ( -RSB- , , ) is a county ( " judet ̦ " ) of Romania , in the historical region of Transylvania , with the administrative centre in Ta ̂ rgu Mures ̦ .
Question: The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore .
Answer: Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider , referred to as a surfer , rides on the forward or face of a moving wave , which usually carries the surfer towards the shore .
Question: Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire , England .
Answer: | Skipton ( also known as Skipton-in-Craven ) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire , England .
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For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question?
Library books are kept in a shelf. Bookends are used to prevent books in a shelf from falling. Library books need bookends to be supported.
A: library book | Q: Two bookends were on the shelf. They supported a line of what?
Options:
- librarian
- pair
- school library
- library book
- bookshelf |
Logic ==> Glass cage provide safety to pet animals. lizards are genrally stored in closed spaces to provide them care.
glass cage
Question ==> Where should you keep a pet lizard?
Options:
- desert
- garden
- galapagos archipelago
- wild
- glass cage
Logic ==> There are many varieties of plants in a botanical garden. Unusual varieties of roses can be found in a botanical garden easily.
botanic garden
Question ==> Where might I find unusual varieties of roses?
Options:
- botanic garden
- flower garden
- backyard
- supermarket
- outdoors
Logic ==> Fear is created by a horror film. If you're watching a horror film then you are likely to experience fear.
fear
Question ==> | If you're watching a horror film what are you likely to experience?
Options:
- laughter
- feisty
- insight
- being entertained
- fear |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
One example: For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild.
Solution is here: China
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Now, solve this: Havana (CNN) U.S. President Barack Obama put the authoritarian government in Havana on the spot Monday, taking questions from reporters and insisting that his Cuban counterpart also deliver answers to pointed queries on human rights, political prisoners and economic reforms. Though they both acknowledged deep disagreements on these issues, the two leaders found common ground on the topic of the economic embargo on Cuba, which both want lifted. Obama went so far as to declare that "the embargo's going to end," though he couldn't say when. In an extraordinary sign of the shifting attitudes, Castro was willing to answer one question on why his regime was keeping Cubans incarcerated for expressing anti-government views. But his response only underscored the schisms between himself and Obama.President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro shook hands at the Palace of the Revolution in Old Havana on MondayScores of anti-Castro dissidents from the group Ladies in White were arrested over the weekend and detained after their weekly protest"¿Que bolá Cuba?" the U.S. President wrote on Twitter on Sunday, using an informal Cuban greeting
Question:_, making a statement before the reporters' questions, said that work toward improving economic conditions in his country was progressing.
Solution: | Castro |
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.
Input: Consider Input: For instance , a Land constitutional court can write its own budget and hire or fire employees .
Output: For instance , a state constitutional court can write its own budget and hire or fire employees , powers that represent a degree of independence unique in the government structure .
Input: Consider Input: The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship ( or the Euro 2008 ) was the 13th UEFA European Championships .
Output: The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008 , was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship , a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations .
Input: Consider Input: Gaslighting is a type of psychological abuse where somebody uses lies or tricks to make another person doubt their memory and mental health .
| Output: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group , making them question their own memory , perception , and sanity .
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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.
Q: Which of the following is not the name of a body of water: Dnieper, spices, or Black Sea?, Context: Relations between the Rus' and Byzantines became more complex after Oleg took control over Kiev, reflecting commercial, cultural, and military concerns. The wealth and income of the Rus' depended heavily upon trade with Byzantium. Constantine Porphyrogenitus described the annual course of the princes of Kiev, collecting tribute from client tribes, assembling the product into a flotilla of hundreds of boats, conducting them down the Dnieper to the Black Sea, and sailing to the estuary of the Dniester, the Danube delta, and on to Constantinople. On their return trip they would carry silk fabrics, spices, wine, and fruit. The importance of this trade relationship led to military action when disputes arose. The Primary Chronicle reports that the Rus' attacked Constantinople again in 907, probably to secure trade access. The Chronicle glorifies the military prowess and shrewdness of Oleg, an account imbued with legendary detail. Byzantine sources do not mention the attack, but a pair of treaties in 907 and 911 set forth a trade agreement with the Rus', the terms suggesting pressure on the Byzantines, who granted the Rus' quarters and supplies for their merchants and tax-free trading privileges in Constantinople.
A: | spices |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: WHy might a manfuacturer expose wood to large amounts of water?, Context: The general effect of the water content upon the wood substance is to render it softer and more pliable. A similar effect of common observation is in the softening action of water on rawhide, paper, or cloth. Within certain limits, the greater the water content, the greater its softening effect.
| Solution: render it softer and more pliable |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
We see kids washing their hands in a class room at kid height sinks. We watch the boy try and get soap. the boy
Pick from: [-] laughs and the adults laugh. [-] messes while at the sink. [-] uses the soap dispenser again. [-] then uses a rod to lift the drain. | uses the soap dispenser again. |
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: He repeatedly calls on his followers to embrace martyrdom since "The walls of oppression and humiliation cannot be demolished except in a rain of bullets." For those yearning for a lost sense of order in an older, more tranquil world, he offers his "Caliphate" as an imagined alternative to today's uncertainty. For others, he offers simplistic conspiracies to explain their world. Bin Laden also relies heavily on the Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood executed in 1966 on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, Qutb mixed Islamic scholarship with a very superficial acquaintance with Western history and thought. Sent by the Egyptian government to study in the United States in the late 1940s, Qutb returned with an enormous loathing of Western society and history. He dismissed Western achievements as entirely material, arguing that Western society possesses "nothing that will satisfy its own conscience and justify its existence." Three basic themes emerge from Qutb's writings. First, he claimed that the world was beset with barbarism, licentiousness, and unbelief (a condition he called jahiliyya, the religious term for the period of ignorance prior to the revelations given to the Prophet Mohammed). Qutb argued that humans can choose only between Islam and jahiliyya. Second, he warned that more people, including Muslims, were attracted to jahiliyya and its material comforts than to his view of Islam; jahiliyya could therefore triumph over Islam. Third, no middle ground exists in what Qutb conceived as a struggle between God and Satan. All Muslims-as he defined them-therefore must take up arms in this fight. Any Muslim who rejects his ideas is just one more nonbeliever worthy of destruction. Bin Laden shares Qutb's stark view, permitting him and his followers to rationalize even unprovoked mass murder as righteous defense of an embattled faith. Many Americans have wondered, "Why do 'they' hate us?" Some also ask, "What can we do to stop these attacks?" Bin Laden and al Qaeda have given answers to both these questions. <sep>How do Bin Laden and Qutb rationalize the mass murder and hate of Americans and nonbelievers?<sep>The prophet Mohammed said so
Output: | No |
Commander Thomas Karremans, who was in charge of Dutch troops in Srebrenica at the time, was filmed drinking a toast with war-crimes suspect and Serb general Ratko Mladic.
Question: Dutch photos of Srebrenica have disappeared.
no
BEIJING — In the decade since the Chinese government began repressing Falun Gong, a crusade that human rights groups say has led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of practitioners and claimed at least 2,000 lives, the world's attention has shifted elsewhere. The drive against the spiritual group has eliminated its leadership, decimated the ranks of faithful and convinced many Chinese that the group is an "evil cult," as the government contends. But 10 years on, the war on Falun Gong remains unfinished.
Question: Falun Gong is a spiritual group.
yes
The lion's share of this traffic comes from Angola, where diamonds from the area controlled by UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) rebels are subject to an embargo.
Question: Angola was subject to an embargo on the export of diamonds.
| yes |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday despite Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, lawmakers are not prepared to form a deportation force to round-up and deport undocumented immigrants. "We are not planning on erecting a deportation force. Donald Trump's not planning on that," Ryan told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." "I think we should put people's minds at ease: That is not what our focus is. That is not what we're focused on. We're focused on securing the border. We think that's first and foremost, before we get into any other immigration issue, we've got to know who's coming and going into the country -- we've got to secure the border," he added.Trump has said he wanted a "deportation force" during the campaignHouse Speaker Paul Ryan said that's not his focus
Question:Pressed by Tapper, _ said: "I'm not going to get into hypotheticals about legislation that hasn't even been drafted yet."
Output: | Paul Ryan |
*Ans* expensive
*Question* When you go to buy a sheep you will learn that it is what?
Options:
- expensive
- wolf
- wool
- goat
- lamb
*CoT* Sheep is very expensive. At time of buying something, we realise that it is cheap or expensive.
*Ans* hot room
*Question* Where do you need to use a fan?
Options:
- hot room
- sports stadium
- appliance store
- hockey game
- sauna
*CoT* Hot room need use of a fan to cool down the room temprature.
*Ans* flowers on
| *Question* What part of plants is pretty?
Options:
- dirt
- no neurons in
- millions of cells
- flowers on
- roots
*CoT* Plants are always green. FLowers have different colors and designs. Flowers are very pretty and they smell nice. |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
New input case for you: JBL earned his championship match against Cena after winning a Fatal Four-Way elimination match on the December 29 , 2008 episode of " Raw " by beating Chris Jericho , Randy Orton , and Shawn Michaels .
Output: | JBL earned his championship match against Cena after winning a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match — a standard match in which the last remaining competitor who has not been eliminated is declared the winner — on the December 29 , 2008 , episode of " Raw " by defeating Chris Jericho , Randy Orton , and Shawn Michaels . |
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