In this task, you are given a sentence and question which can be answered using the sentence. Your task is to answer the question using the information from the sentence. The answer to the question is unique and it is a continuous text span from the sentence.

Sentence: Pitt spoke out against the Convention of El Pardo which aimed to settle the dispute peacefully . 
 Question: who   spoke  out?
Pitt

Sentence: Following the report , Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials involved in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys broke the law . 
 Question: why might something have been broken?
former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials involved in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys

Sentence: If neither contestant has been eliminated before time runs out in round three , the contestant with the higher score is declared the champion , adds their opponent 's score to their own , and their opponent is dropped . 
 Question: who is  declared something?

the contestant with the higher score

