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Their work has stimulated research into microbes as possible reasons for other chronic inflammatory conditions, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, the Nobel assembly said.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by microbes.
Select from the following. i. yes. ii. no. | ii. |
Sound waves are mechanical waves. They can travel only through matter. They cannot travel through empty space. This was demonstrated in the 1600s by a scientist named Robert Boyle. Boyle placed a ticking clock in a sealed glass jar. The clock could be heard ticking through the air and glass of the jar. Then Boyle pumped the air out of the jar. The clock was still running, but the ticking could not be heard. Thats because the sound couldnt travel without air particles to transfer the sound energy. Is there any other place where sound cannot be heard? Here is a hint: is there any other place that does not have air molecules? Thats right, in space sound cannot be transferred. So can astronauts hear each other? Yes, they can, because they are in enclosed space stations or pressurized suits.In both cases, they are surrounded by air molecules. If they left their space ship and did not use their electronics, they would not be able to hear each other. Next time you watch a science fiction movie, think about this factoid. When spaceships are destroyed by hostile alien beings, there would be no sound heard. Sound waves can travel through many kinds of matter.
What can sound waves move through?
Howland talked but little on their way back to camp. The scene that he had just witnessed affected him strangely; it stirred once more within him all of his old ambition, all of his old enthusiasm, and yet neither found voice in words. He was glad when the dinner was over at Thorne's, and with the going of the mail sledge and the senior engineer there came over him a still deeper sense of joy. Now _he_ was in charge, it was _his_ road from that hour on. He crushed MacDonald's hand in a grip that meant more than words when they parted. In his own cabin he threw off his coat and hat, lighted his pipe, and tried to realize just what this all meant for him. He was in charge--in charge of the greatest railroad building job on earth--_he_, Jack Howland, who less than twenty years ago was a barefooted, half-starved urchin peddling papers in the streets where he was now famous! And now what was this black thing that had come up to threaten his chances just as he had about won his great fight? He clenched his hands as he thought again of what had already happened--the cowardly attempt on his life, the warnings, and his blood boiled to fever heat. That night--after he had seen Meleese--he would know what to do. But he would not be driven away, as Gregson and Thorne had been driven. He was determined on that.
How did Jack feel after dinner and why did he feel this way?
Independence with Partition: The British began to see India's independence as inevitable; however, only a few seemed to understand the vital role of the religious groups. Britain prepared a parliamentary democracy with majority rule, but the majority were Hindus — and Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs had been killing each other in war for many centuries. Nehru's Congress Party, largely Hindu with a socialist leadership, wanted a parliamentary democracy. As counterweight, British legislation reserved parliamentary seats for religious minorities, but the Punjab and Bengal had such a complicated mixture of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs that it was not possible to avoid fights over how separate constituencies were to be formed. The seeds of future trouble were sown. The legislation on reserving seats gave the Muslims the basis for an alternative to an India in which they were only a quarter of the population: Partition. In 1930, the poet Muhammad Iqbal proposed a separate Muslim homeland in the northwest of India. A small group of Indian Muslims at Cambridge came up with the name Pakistan, using the initials of the Punjab, Afghania (N.W. Frontier Province), Kashmir, and Sind (at the same time producing the word pak, meaning "pure"), and adding "stan," the Persian suffix for the word "country. " The Muslim campaign for Partition was led by London-trained Bombay lawyer, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Meanwhile, Gandhi vehemently opposed any dismemberment of the country, and tried to keep people united by fasting to uphold the spirit of love, and by focussing on the common adversary: the British. Advocating civil disobedience, he led his famous Salt March to the sea, to scoop up salt and circumvent the hated British salt tax. This put more than 60,000 in jail. Against this militancy, World War II did not elicit the solidarity of the first. Indians courageously fought alongside the British troops, in Burma, the Middle East, and Europe, but Gandhi saw the British as a provocation for Japanese invasion and was jailed yet again, for launching a "Quit India" campaign in the year 1942. Some anti-British extremists saw the Japanese as an Asian liberator. Winston Churchill didn't want any Indian independence and so it was probably as well for India that he was defeated by Attlee's Labor Party in 1945. With riots growing ever more bloody in Bengal, Bihar, and the Punjab, India's last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, kept a mandate to make the British departure as quick and as smooth as possible. Quick it was — six months after his arrival — but not smooth.
| Who were the main religious groups involved in India's Independence struggles? |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Surely the member would admit that we should not prejudge the inquiry and that there were some students or even non-students who were members of groups such as the International Socialist Workers Party and other radical organizations who were clearly there to disrupt the summit, posing a security threat and tearing down a security wall separating them from heads of states.
Hypothesis: Security at the summit was so secure no one was able to attend the summit without an invite.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: The richest provinces, Ontario, Alberta and B.C, have spent billions on tax cuts and slashing services while at the same time howling for Ottawa to give them more money for medicare.
Hypothesis: Ontario has no money.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Partygoing is the third studio album by American indie pop group Future Bible Heroes. Future Bible Heroes member and lead songwriter Stephin Merritt was inspired by The B-52's' 1981 album "Party Mix!" to create "Partygoing", conceived as "a party album that only just happens to be largely about drunk suicide, aging, death, loss, and despair."
Hypothesis: Future Bible Heroes made songs
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Bad Service<br>Tom moved into a new apartment. He liked everything except for one thing. His cell phone provider service was terrible. There was only one corner where he could make calls. Tom still liked the rest of the apartment enough to make up for it.
Hypothesis: Tom is a longtime resident of the apartment. |
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 Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1972, when the 110-story North Tower of the original World Trade Center was completed. At 1,368 feet (417 m), The World Trade Center briefly held the title as the world's tallest building until the completion of the 108-story Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) in Chicago in 1974. The World Trade Center towers were destroyed by terrorist attacks in 2001, and the Empire State Building regained the title of tallest building in the City. It remained the tallest until April 2012, when the construction on One World Trade Center surpassed it. The fourth-tallest building in New York is the Bank of America Tower, which rises to 1,200 feet (366 m), including its spire. Tied for fifth-tallest are the 1,046-foot (319 m) Chrysler Building, which was the world's tallest building from 1930 until 1931, and the New York Times Building, which was completed in 2007. If the Twin Towers were still standing today, they would be the third and fourth tallest buildings in the city, or second and third assuming the new buildings would not have been built. Only 432 Park Avenue is taller.
Output: | are the twin towers taller than empire state building? |
Q: (CNN) -- A former campaign staffer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner became the second woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, saying Tuesday that the then-congressman patted her "posterior" while at a fundraising event.
Laura Fink, who now runs a political consulting firm, told KPBS-TV that it happened in 2005 when she was working as Filner's deputy campaign manager.
Fink said she didn't go public with the incident at the time because she was trying to build her political career. But she said she now feels emboldened to tell her story after Filner's former spokeswoman, Irene McCormack Jackson, sued him for sexual harassment Monday.
Jackson said Filner subjected her and other women to "crude and disgusting" comments and inappropriate touching. She said she resigned as Filner's communications director in June after deciding the mayor would not change his behavior.
"I had to work and do my job in an atmosphere where women were viewed by Mayor Filner as sexual objects or stupid idiots," Jackson said. She said Filner asked her to work without underwear and made repeated sexual advances toward her.
"He is not fit to be mayor of our great city. He is not fit to hold any public office. A man who lacks character makes a mockery of his ideas," she said.
Fink told KPBS on Tuesday that the incident happened as she was escorting Filner from table to table at a fundraising dinner. At one point, she said, someone at the event told Filner that Fink had "worked her ass off" for him.
1. Laura Fink.
2. Bob Filner
Numbered questions:
1. Who was harassed?
2. by whom?
Q: CHAPTER XV
Mr. Amos Cuthbert named it so--our old friend Amos who lives high up in the ether of Town's End ridge, and who now represents Coniston in the Legislature. He is the same silent, sallow person as when Jethro first took a mortgage on his farm, only his skin is beginning to resemble dried parchment, and he is a trifle more cantankerous. On the morning of that memorable day when, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" came to the capital, Amos had entered the Throne Room and given vent to his feelings in regard to the gentleman in the back seat who had demanded an evening sitting on behalf of the farmers.
"Don't that beat all?" cried Amos. "Let them have their darned woodchuck session; there won't nobody go to it. For cussed, crisscross contrariness, give me a moss-back Democrat from a one-boss, one-man town like Suffolk. I'm a-goin' to see the show."
"G-goin' to the show, be you, Amos?" said Jethro.
"Yes, I be," answered Amos, bitterly. "I hain't agoin' nigh the house to-night." And with this declaration he departed.
"I wonder if he really is going?" queried Mr. Merrill looking at the ceiling. And then he laughed.
"Why shouldn't he go?" asked William Wetherell.
Mr. Merrill's answer to this question was a wink, whereupon he, too, departed. And while Wetherell was pondering over the possible meaning of these words the Honorable Alva Hopkins entered, wreathed in smiles, and closed the door behind him.
"It's all fixed," he said, taking a seat near Jethro in the window.
1. Jethro.
2. yes
3. no
4. Cuthbert
5. Jethro
6. Mr. Merrill
7. yes
8. Wetherell
9. high up in the ether of Town's End ridge
10. Coniston in the Legislature
11. Amos
12. yes
13. Mr. Merrill
14. Mr. Merrill
15. Alva Hopkins
16. Alva Hopkins
17. yes
18. "It's all fixed,"
19. "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
20. Amos
Numbered questions:
1. Who asked Amos if he was going to the show?
2. Was he going?
3. was he happy about going?
4. What was Amos' last name?
5. Who took a mortgage out on their farm?
6. Who winked?
7. was Jethro sitting near the window?
8. Who was pondering?
9. Where does Amos live?
10. Who does Amos represent?
11. Who left?
12. Did Mr.Merrill wonder if Amos was actually going?
13. Who was laughing?
14. Who left after Amos left?
15. Who came in the rooms smiling?
16. Who sat next to Jethro?
17. Did he say anything when he entered the room?
18. what did he say as he sat down?
19. What came to the capital?
20. Who vented their feelings?
Q: François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his "nom de plume" Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.
François-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children of François Arouet (19 August 1649 – 1 January 1722), a lawyer who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite Daumard (c. 1660 – 13 July 1701), whose family was on the lowest rank of the French nobility. Some speculation surrounds Voltaire's date of birth, because he claimed he was born on 20 February 1694 as the illegitimate son of a nobleman, Guérin de Rochebrune or Roquebrune. Two of his older brothers—Armand-François and Robert—died in infancy and his surviving brother, Armand, and sister Marguerite-Catherine were nine and seven years older, respectively. Nicknamed 'Zozo' by his family, Voltaire was baptized on 22 November 1694, with , and Marie Daumard, the wife of his mother's cousin, standing as godparents. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704–1711), where he was taught Latin, theology, and rhetoric; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.
1. No
2. François-Marie Arouet
3. Voltaire
4. No
5. 20,000
6. 2,000
7. 21 November 1694
8. 1660
9. 13 July 1701
10. About 40
11. yes
12. civil liberties
13. Catholic Church
14. no
15. 'Zozo
16. Marie Daumard
17. his mother's cousin
18. Collège Louis-le-Grand
19. 1704–1711
20. no
Numbered questions:
| 1. Was this writer's mother of high ranking birth?
2. What is this writers birth name?
3. and his nickname?
4. was he a lazy writer?
5. about how many paper communications did he send to others?
6. what about works that were published?
7. when was he born?
8. what about his mom?
9. when did she die?
10. how old was he when she died?
11. did he insist he had different parentage?
12. what was something for which he advocated?
13. what church did he criticize in his writings?
14. did he want them to be involved in government?
15. what was the nickname his family gave him?
16. who was his godmother?
17. who was she married to?
18. where did he go to school?
19. during which years?
20. did he only speak one language? |
(CNN) -- The U.S. space shuttle program retired in 2011, leaving American astronauts to hitchhike into orbit. But after three long years, NASA's successor is almost ready to make an entrance. Orion, the agency's newest manned spaceship, is being prepared for its first mission in December. In future missions, it will journey into deep space -- to Mars and beyond -- farther than humans have ever gone before. Orion comes loaded with superlatives. It boasts the largest heat shield ever built and a computer 400 times faster than the ones on the space shuttles. It will be launched into space on the most powerful rocket NASA has ever made. No astronauts will be aboard the December flight, which will test the spacecraft's systems for future manned missions. Final work on the spacecraft is under way at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion came one step closer to completion this month with the stacking of the crew module atop the service module. "Now that we're getting so close to launch, the spacecraft completion work is visible every day," Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer said in a statement. A 3,600-mile journey When complete, the Orion capsule will resemble a fencing foil, with a tall spire shooting up from a rounded base. At the top will sit a launch abort system, with downward-facing thrusters that would save the crew from a jarring crash in the event of a rocket malfunction. The bottom portion, the service module, will perform various functions such as in-space propulsion and cargo storage. Nestled between the two will be the crew module, capable of supporting human life from launch until recovery. Attached to the service module will be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. For the first time since the space shuttle's debut launch in 1981, the crew compartment will ride on the tip of the rocket rather than hanging onto its side, evoking the configuration of the famous Apollo or Gemini missions.
Question: "What is significant about the Orion?"
Answer: "Its computere is less than 400 times faster than the shuttle's"
Is this answer correct? | no |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Input: Consider Input: Washington (CNN) The White House kitchen can produce most anything, but it looks like President Donald Trump keeps running back to an old favorite: meatloaf. Tom Barrack, a longtime confidant of Trump, told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront" Tuesday that he ate meatloaf with the President, days after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he had to do the same. Barrack met with Trump at the White House earlier in the day and said the President loves the White House kitchen's meatloaf, a dish whose ingredients could be prepared into any number of things that are not a rectangular slab of fully baked ground meat.Tom Barrack and Chris Christie said they ate meatloaf at the White House with Trump"The meatloaf is incredible," Tom Barrack said Tuesday
Questions:He says, 'there's the menu, you guys order whatever you want,' and then he says, '_, you and I are going to have the meatloaf,'" Christie said. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) White House (D) Donald Trump (E) Tom Barrack (F) Trump (G) Erin Burnett (H) OutFront (I) New Jersey (J) Chris Christie (K) Barrack
Output: (J)
Input: Consider Input: 'Size doesn't matter anymore. Lionel Messi has changed everything. Look at some of the best players in the Premier League – Santi Cazorla, David Silva, Sergio Aguero – they're not tall, but they're brilliant.' The man talking to me is smaller than all of them, but on Saturday in the hurly-burly of League On he set up a goal, he scored a goal, was named man of the match, and received a standing ovation when he was substituted with the game already comfortably won. Erhun Oztumer is just 5ft 3in and after scoring 61 goals in 97 games over two seasons at Dulwich Hamlet - he credits their manager Gavin Rose, who built the team around him, as a big influence - he earned the nickname 'non-League Messi.'English-born Turk Erhun Oztumer, 24, in fine form in League OneOztumer stands at 5ft 3in and was rejected by Charlton for being too smallHe is taking inspiration from small players such as Lionel MessiOztumer's former manager believes he can go 'to the very top'READ: Steve Evans deserves his chance at Leeds UnitedGain an extra Fantasy Football transfer this week with the code baines22
Questions:When the time came to make a decision on his future, the club carried out bone tests on _ to see if he would grow any taller. (A) Lionel Messi (B) Premier League (C) Santi Cazorla (D) David Silva (E) Sergio Aguero (F) League On (G) Erhun Oztumer (H) Dulwich Hamlet (I) Gavin Rose (J) League Messi (K) English (L) League One (M) Charlton (N) Steve Evans (O) Leeds United (P) Fantasy Football
Output: (G)
Input: Consider Input: (CNN) Debbie Wasserman Schultz's stewardship of the Democratic National Committee has been under fire through most of the presidential primary process. Now, on the eve of the party's convention, Wasserman Schultz is facing pressure to resign, and will have no major role on the convention stage, after Wikileaks released nearly 20,000 DNC emails that bolster Sanders' supporters' claims that the party favored Clinton. One email appears to show DNC staffers asking how they can reference Bernie Sanders' faith to weaken him in the eyes of Southern voters. Another seems to depict an attorney advising the committee on how to defend Hillary Clinton against an accusation by the Sanders campaign of not living up to a joint fundraising agreement.Leaked DNC emails have Bernie Sanders supporters upset at treatment of his campaignThey've long maintained the party committee was tilted against him
Questions:The emails were leaked from the accounts of seven _ officials, Wikileaks said. (A) CNN (B) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (C) Democratic National Committee (D) Wasserman Schultz (E) Wikileaks (F) Sanders (G) Clinton (H) Bernie Sanders (I) Southern (J) Hillary Clinton
| Output: (C)
|
Rampage is an upcoming American action adventure monster film directed by Brad Peyton and written by Ryan Engle. It is based on the 1980s arcade video game of the same name. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, Marley Shelton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. New Line Cinema will release the film on April 20, 2018 in 3D and IMAX.
Can we infer the following?
The writer had video game knowledge of Rampage.
Possible answers: (A). Yes (B). It's impossible to say (C). No
The answer is: | (A). |
Stream of consciousness rationale: A bad dream can be seen by a person only in his or her head. You could see a sloth in bad dreams that only exists in your head.
The question and answer pair are described below. | Q: Where could you see a sloth that only exists in your head?
Options:
- picture book
- bad dream
- another place
- universe
- rainforest
A: bad dream |
Write the next sentence.
The journey over the hills was a lot less difficult than the trip through the woods, because the
Choose from:
+ journey was on an hard path..
+ trip was on an hard path..
Answer: | trip was on an hard path. |
Given the stream of consciousness rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Rationale: Istanbul is a city. Istanbul is a place in Turkey.
The question and answer: | Mary looked though the chest that her grandfather brought with him. She could no longer return to his birthplace, because it was not gone. Now it's called what?
Options:
- bedroom
- istanbul
- body
- human being
- treasure
The answer is istanbul |
In those days many Edinburgh undergraduates had little money to buy textbooks and so were very dependent on lectures
A: In those days many Edinburgh undergraduates had little money to buy textbooks and so were very dependent on lectures.
Theres a new contender for IT and business mindshare on the rise however
A: There’s a new contender for IT and business mindshare on the rise, however.
Connect and integrate FocalScope to other systems
A: Connect and integrate FocalScope to other systems.
After the summer we begin a new KluBora year
| A: After the summer we begin a new KluBora – year. |
Please answer the following question: What does the word "heart" mean? Strictly speaking, a heart is an organ of the physical body which pumps blood into the organism . The term "heart", however, extends to more than the physical body. When lovers separate, one will often claim to have a broken heart, yet remain living. A sad gent or lady will often grasp the area between the ribs at the center of the chest, and moan in sorrow over the lost lover. Physical or not, the heart in _ is also something that pumps life into the emotional body. "Don't lose heart," says a friend to another who has been discouraged by one of life's many trials. Now how can anyone lose a heart? I ask. Easily, by getting discouraged. Again, the heart becomes a symbol of pumping life into a system but not a physical one. When one gets to the heart of the matter, she gets to its center - which gives its meaning. When people beg, "Have a heart," they are asking you to be kind - hearted - to recognize the soul in another. Having a heart - to - heart talk means sharing something from the center of our being with someone else. Speaking from the heart always impliescommunicating from what is real andessentialin our lives. Perhaps the most common definition of the word "heart", therefore, should recognize that "heart" is something essential to every human being, whether it is physical or not. If you would like to have a heart - to - heart talk with someone,_. A) you will follow the other's advice without hesitation B) you will give your own opinion in a direct way C) both of you will be honest as well as open minded D) both of you will talk about others' affairs instead of yours
A: | D |
Input: Mr. Neville ( ( ( Anthony Higgins , a young and arrogant artist and something of a Byronic hero , is contracted to produce a series of 12 landscape drawings of an estate by Mrs. Virginia Herbert for her absent and estranged husband . Part of the contract is that Mrs. Herbert agrees `` to meet Mr. Neville in private and to comply with his requests concerning his pleasure with me . '' Several sexual encounters between them follow , each of them acted in such a way as to emphasise reluctance or distress on the part of Mrs Herbert and sexual aggression or insensitivity on the part of Mr Neville . Meanwhile , whilst living on the estate , Mr. Neville gains quite a reputation with its dwellers , especially with Mrs. Herbert's son-in-law , Mr. Talmann . Mrs. Herbert , wearied of meeting Mr. Neville for his pleasure , tries to terminate the contract before all of the drawings are completed and orders Mr. Neville to stop . But he refuses to void the contract and continues as before . Then Mrs. Herbert's married , but as yet childless , daughter , Mrs. Talmann , who has apparently become attracted to Mr. Neville , seems to blackmail him into making a second contract in Which he agrees to comply with what is described as her pleasure , rather than his a reversal of the position in regard to her mother . A number of curious objects appear in Neville's drawings , Which point ultimately to the murder of Mr. Herbert , whose body is discovered in the moat of the house . Mr. Neville completes his twelve drawings and leaves the house .
"What was Mr. Herbert contracted to do and did he finish his work?" is "Yes, he completed the 12 estate paintings"?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Output: yes
Input: Imagine you are standing in a farm field in central Illinois. The land is so flat you can see for miles and miles. On a clear day, you might see a grain silo 20 miles away. You might think to yourself, it sure is flat around here. If you drive one hundred miles to the south, the landscape changes. In southern Illinois, there are rolling hills. Why do you think this is? What could have caused these features? There are no big rivers that may have eroded and deposited this material. The ground is capable of supporting grass and trees, so wind erosion would not explain it. To answer the question, you need to go back 12,000 years. Around 12,000 years ago, a giant ice sheet covered much of the Midwest United States. Springfield, Illinois, was covered by over a mile of ice. Its hard to imagine a mile thick sheet of ice. The massive ice sheet, called a glacier, caused the features on the land you see today. Where did glaciers go? Where can you see them today? Glaciers are masses of flowing ice.
"What is the landscape in the Illinois farmlands?" is "Caves"?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Output: no
Input: Mastermind Charlie Mascarenhas and his accomplice Riya are one of the greatest pair of thieves in India . A friend of Charlie , Raj is killed by the Russian mafia . At Raj's funeral , his wife hands Charlie a CD containing information about the transfer of gold by train from Russia to Romania . Charlie decides to rob the train with the help of imprisoned Don and con-artist Victor Braganza . They hire a team of criminals to join them in the robbery . The group includes Spider , who is a world-class hacker , an explosives expert Bilal Bashir , a prosthetic makeup artist Sunny , and an illusionist Ronnie . Charlie is also having an affair with Victor's daughter , Naina , who knows nothing about her father and Charlie's criminal activities . The group devise a plan to rob the Russian train in the sliest way possible . Spider hacks into a Russian satellite system and Ronnie uses his illusion to trick the soldiers guarding the gold while the rest of the team transfer the gold from the train . The robbery is executed successfully , however while celebrating Spider double crosses the gang and tries to flee with all of the gold . Spider is stopped by Ronnie , who is then shot multiple times by Spider's assassins . The group are chased by the assassins and Ronnie and Riya are killed . Charlie , Bilal and Sunny manage to escape after Spider blows up the location and flees with the gold . Charlie calls Victor to tell him about the betrayal , but Naina overhears the conversation . At the same time Spider's assassins breaks into the house and murder Victor .
"What is the last name of the person Charlie calls to tell about the betrayal?" is "Ronnie"?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Output: | no |
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.
Ms Markle was baptised at the Chapel Royal during a closely-guarded ceremony at which only a handful of royal aides were in attendance
Meghan Markle has been baptised into the Church of England in a secret ceremony with Prince Harry at her side.
The intimate 45-minute service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Chapel Royal on Tuesday evening.
They were joined by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, but neither Prince William nor the Queen were present.
Miss Markle’s baptism, which formally introduces her into the Anglican faith ahead of her wedding to Harry in two months, marks an important step on her transformation from divorced American actress to future granddaughter-in-law to the Queen.
The ceremony was a closely-guarded secret with only a handful of royal aides involved.
Miss Markle, 36, had asked the 62-year-old Archbishop, Justin Welby, to lead the service after forming a close bond with him in recent weeks as he instructed her on the rites and sacraments of the Church.
Her baptism was followed immediately by her confirmation, which means she will be able to join Harry, 33, at Holy Communion.
Miss Markle did not need to become an Anglican in order to marry Harry in church, but at the time of their engagement last November she made clear she had chosen to be baptised and confirmed out of respect for the Queen’s role as the head of the Church of England.
The Chapel Royal is where Princess Diana’s body lay for a week before her funeral in 1997 and where King Charles I received the Holy Sacrament before his execution in 1649
Insiders also said it was fitting that the Prince of Wales, who will be the next head of the Church, attended the service.
Miss Markle and Harry will marry on May 19 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The marriage service will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor, David Connor, with the Archbishop presiding as the couple make their vows.
Tuesday’s service observed the full ritual of the Church with holy water from the River Jordan from the private Royal Family font poured on Miss Markle’s head.
The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace is particularly significant in Harry’s life as well as the history of the Royal Family.
It is where Princess Diana’s body lay for a week before her funeral in 1997 and where King Charles I received the Holy Sacrament before his execution in 1649.
The chapel also hosted Prince George’s christening in 2013.
Among those assisting with the service was the Crown Jeweller Mark Appleby, who brought the silverware used for Royal Family christenings. This included a silver font, basin and flask of holy oil.
In accordance with tradition Miss Markle had two sponsors, the equivalent of godparents, to support her in the baptism.
It is understood one supporter was a close girlfriend.
Miss Markle was following partly in the footsteps of the Duchess of Cambridge, who was baptised as an infant but had a private confirmation after her engagement to Prince William.
Miss Markle, 36 (right, with Prince Harry), had asked the 62-year-old Archbishop, Justin Welby (left), to lead the service after forming a close bond with him in recent weeks as he instructed her on the rites and sacraments of the Church
The Chapel Royal choir of six Gentlemen-in-Ordinary and ten Children of the Chapel – the oldest continuous musical organisation in the world – performed throughout the service.
It is not thought either Miss Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, or her father, Thomas Markle, who are divorced, travelled from the US for the service.
However, it is understood there were 18 guests who after the ceremony walked to Clarence House, where Charles and Camilla hosted a dinner.
Miss Markle’s multi-faith upbringing is not uncommon in California where she was born in 1981.
The chapel also hosted Prince George’s christening in 2013. The young royal is pictured arriving for his first day at school at Thomas's School in Battersea
Her father, a retired Hollywood lighting director, was Episcopalian – the main US offshoot of the Anglican Church – while her mother belonged to another Protestant denomination.
After her parents split, Miss Markle attended the Roman Catholic Immaculate Heart girls’ high school in Los Angeles, although she was not Catholic.
Her first husband Trevor Engelson was Jewish but she did not convert to his faith. The couple met in 2004 and married in 2011 but were divorced two years later.
Church guidelines suggest that Miss Markle may be interviewed about her divorce from Engelson, a film producer.
If such a conversation were to occur, the minister would ask if there had been ‘sufficient healing of the personal and social wounds’ from the divorce.
The Church of England conducted 111,500 baptisms last year, of which 9 per cent were for those aged over 13.
Guidance from one church notes: ‘If you are an adult and want to be baptised and/or confirmed, you must undertake a course of preparation called catechesis.
'This takes place over several months in order to give you a thorough grounding in knowledge of the Christian faith.’
Kensington Palace declined to comment. ||||| Meghan Markle is one step closer to becoming a royal.
The royal bride-to-be was baptized into the Church of England in a secret ceremony on Tuesday evening with fiancé Prince Harry by her side, according to a new report in the Daily Mail by veteran royals columnist Richard Kay.
The move is a significant nod to Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth�?s role as head of the Church of England.
The 45-minutes service, which was also attended by her future father-in-law, Prince Charles, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, was reportedly conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Royal Chapel at St. James’s Palace in London.
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Meghan was confirmed immediately following her baptism, which means she is now able to join her husband-to-be at Holy Communion.
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The future royal reportedly asked Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to conduct the private ceremony. The Archbishop is helping prepare her and Harry in the lead up to their wedding at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19.
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Meghan was brought up as an Episcopalian — which has some similarities to the Church of England — but was enrolled in a Catholic high school in Los Angeles. Shortly after her engagement in November, palace sources outlined her plans to formally be baptized into the Church of England.
Harry was baptized as an Anglican shortly after he was born.
The former Suits actress’ move matches that of Kate Middleton, 36, who was confirmed into the Church of England in a private service at St. James’s Palace in the weeks leading up to her 2011 marriage to Prince William. ||||| On Tuesday at St. James’ Palace's Royal Chapel in London, Meghan Markle got baptized and confirmed into the Church of England, sticking tightly to tradition. Though many of the church's beliefs aren't that far off from what Markle likely learned at Catholic school back in Los Angeles, her decision to become an official member of the Church of England holds a lot of significance.
Markle's latest decision isn't in the very least bit surprising. All the way back in November, Prince Harry’s Communications Secretary, Jason Knauf, confirmed she was set on doing this, People reported. The Church of England, which is Protestant Anglican, has been inextricably linked to the royal family for centuries. It started in the early 1500s when Pope Leo X gave King Henry VIII the title of "Defender of the Faith." But soon after, the king broke away from Catholicism (and thus, the pope) and was given a new name: the Supreme Head of the Church of England. As the British Monarchist Foundation explained in an article, the Queen now gets to choose bishops and archbishops. On top of that, the Preface to the 39 Articles of the Church of England essentially crowns the sovereign as Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England, all "by God's Ordinance."
So, you can see how things might have gotten awkward if Markle refused to join the church of the queen. It's basically a right of passage in the Royal Family.
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Though church and state seem more intertwined in the United Kingdom than in the United States, it's important to note that the monarchy definitely accepts other religions. In 2004, for instance, the Queen said, "Everyone is our neighbour, no matter what race, creed or colour.” In fact, attending traditional church ceremonies seems to becoming less and less popular among U.K. citizens. At the beginning of 2016, The Guardian reported that attendance at Church of England ceremonies dropped to below 1 million people per week. In other words, less than two percent of the U.K. population partake. That's not to say more people don't identify with the Church of England or practice in their own way.
But the Church of England's homepage reassures people that no one is ever too old and that "being baptized as an adult is a wonderful experience." Unlike the photo on the Church of England's homepage though, Markle probably wasn't baptized in a plastic pool. St. James' Palace, where the baptism took place, was built in the 1500s and still houses the Royal Court.
As a matter of fact, Markle wasn't the only woman who got confirmed there before marrying into the Royal Family. Kate Middleton was confirmed at the same place prior to marrying Harry's brother, Prince William, in 2011.
Markle and Prince Harry are set to be married on May 19, 2018. The location — St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in England — is actually where Prince Harry was baptized. And don't worry. You don't have to be invited to the wedding in order to watch the vows be taken in real-time. Us Weekly reported that the couple's spokesperson said they want everyone to feel included.
The couple of course want the day to be a special, celebratory moment for their friends and family. They also want the day to be shaped so as to allow members of the public to feel part of the celebrations too and are currently working through ideas for how this might be achieved.
And now that Markle has been both baptized and confirmed, she's one step closer to becoming an official member of the Royal Family. |||||
| Meghan Markle is following in the footsteps of her future sister-in-law, having been baptized and confirmed into the Church of England ahead of her marriage to Prince Harry. Fiance Harry, Prince Charles, and his wife, Camilla, attended Markle's intimate baptism and confirmation Tuesday in the Royal Chapel at St. James' Palace in London, People reports, citing a report in the Daily Mail. Prior to her marriage to Prince William, Kate Middleton was also confirmed into the Church of England in a private service at St. James' Palace. Joining the Protestant Anglican church, which recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as its head, is "basically a right of passage in the Royal Family," per Bustle. In Markle's case, the ceremony was performed by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who is helping prepare Prince Harry and Markle for their May 19 wedding at Windsor Castle's St. George's Chapel, which is where Harry was baptized. Markle, who was raised Episcopalian before attending Catholic school, can now take part in Holy Communion. |
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The one person who, by his interference, could have settled all doubts was debarred by circumstances from interfering in the matter. Wykham Delandre had quarrelled with his sister--or perhaps it was that she had quarrelled with him--and they were on terms not merely of armed neutrality but of bitter hatred. The quarrel had been antecedent to Margaret going to Brent's Rock. She and Wykham had almost come to blows. There had certainly been threats on one side and on the other; and in the end Wykham, overcome with passion, had ordered his sister to leave his house. She had risen straightway, and, without waiting to pack up even her own personal belongings, had walked out of the house. On the threshold she had paused for a moment to hurl a bitter threat at Wykham that he would rue in shame and despair to the last hour of his life his act of that day. Some weeks had since passed; and it was understood in the neighbourhood that Margaret had gone to London, when she suddenly appeared driving out with Geoffrey Brent, and the entire neighbourhood knew before nightfall that she had taken up her abode at the Rock. It was no subject of surprise that Brent had come back unexpectedly, for such was his usual custom. Even his own servants never knew when to expect him, for there was a private door, of which he alone had the key, by which he sometimes entered without anyone in the house being aware of his coming. This was his usual method of appearing after a long absence. <sep>Who is the one person who could have settled all doubts just by interfering?<sep>Margaret
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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>Where is an unexpected location fossils have been found?<sep>Hawaii
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The driver of the Facel Vega car, Michel Gallimard, who was Camus's publisher and close friend, also died in the accident. In August 2011, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera reported a theory that the writer had been the victim of a Soviet plot, but Camus's biographer, Olivier Todd, did not consider it credible. Camus was buried in the Lourmarin Cemetery, Lourmarin, Vaucluse, France. He was the second-youngest recipient, at the age of 44, of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, at the age of 42. He was survived by his wife and twin son and daughter, Jean and Catherine, who hold the copyrights to his work. Two of Camus's works were published posthumously. The first, entitled A Happy Death (1970), featured a character named Patrice Mersault, comparable to The Stranger's Meursault. There is scholarly debate as to the relationship between the two books. The second was an unfinished novel, The First Man (1995), which Camus was writing before he died. The novel was an autobiographical work about his childhood in Algeria. <sep>What was "The first Man" mainly about?<sep>His wife and twin son and daughter
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: When I look down at my left hand, I see the usual to someone with a critical eye. My fingers are a little fat, and most rings don’t fit over them. I have a light dusting of hair on the first segment of my digits, the closest to my knuckles, and I remember reading somewhere, as a child, that … ||||| Kent State University has cancelled its fall musical production of “West Side Story” following complaints that too many white students landed lead roles.
Bridgett Martinez, a junior musical theatre major who is of Puerto Rican descent, tried out for her “dream role” of Maria, but she said “it all just got screwed up” when “it was given to a white female,” KentWired.com reported.
Martinez was instead cast as her understudy, and the other three leads that portrayed Latino characters were given to non-Latino students.
The outrage to the casting led to a September schoolwide town hall meeting, in which Eric van Baars, Kent State’s School of Theatre and Dance director, decided to cancel the show as a substitute for recasting, and replaced it with a production of “Children of Eden,” a musical which he believes will regroup the divided school.
“The cancellation of West Side Story was in response to our community members’ voices and the national dialogue regarding the desire for authenticity on our stages,” van Baars told Fox News. “To be current and culturally engaged, the School of Theatre and Dance supports the progression of conscious casting in the American theatre today.”
Van Baars announced the move in a schoolwide email, writing “while not all will agree with this choice, I hope most everyone in the school supports a fresh start on the process.” He added that all the actors cast in West Side Story will also be in Children of Eden.
Students pointed, not to talent, but rather diversity and inclusion as their main focus.
“Something we would like to continue to push for is have a person of color in that room all the time – auditions, callbacks, cast lists being made – because we should have someone on our side in that room,” Martinez told KentWired.com.
HIGH SCHOOL CANCELS MUSCIAL AFTER WHITE STUDENT LANDS LEAD ROLE
One student told Campus Reform the theatre program is “bowing to racists.”
Skyler Dye, a theatre performance minor, blasted the decision to cancel the performance because “those people can’t see anything but skin color" and said the decision says more than enough about the university and its dedication to quality.” ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. |||||
A: | The Sharks and the Jets will not be rumbling at Kent State this fall. The university canceled an upcoming production of West Side Story because too many leading roles went to white and non-Latino actors, Fox reports. The decision was made after a campuswide town hall meeting last month that was prompted by complaints about the casting. "The cancellation … was in response to our community members' voices and the national dialogue regarding the desire for authenticity on our stages," Eric van Baars, the university's theater director, tells Fox. A different musical, Children of Eden, will replace West Side Story as the fall production. Debuting in 1957, West Side Story is a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, centering on the rivalry between the Sharks, a gang comprised of Puerto Ricans, and the Jets, a white gang. Some students at Kent State were angered when they saw that three leading roles portraying Puerto Rican characters, along with many supporting roles, were given to white and other non-Latino students, Kentwired reports. "It's more than just getting a role," Viviana Cardenas says. She was in the running for a Puerto Rican character, Anita, but an African-American student ultimately got the role. "When there is this story that is about people of cultures like me, about people of color like me, and that gets taken away from me … that was the most heartbreaking." However, another theater student tells the Kansas City Star that the university was "bowing to racists." The Star notes that casting issues have dogged West Side Story for decades, ever since Natalie Wood, a white actress, was cast as the Puerto Rican female lead, Maria, in the 1961 film. |
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The eighteenth edition ( 2012 ) was edited by poet , critic , and editor Geoffrey O 'Brien .
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The eighteenth edition , which came out in 2012 , was edited by poet , critic , and editor Geoffrey O 'Brien ( O 'Brien is also the editor-in-chief of the Library of America ) .
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The PBS NewsHour is an American evening television news program that is broadcast seven nights a week on more than 300 PBS stations .
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
The Hughes Glomar Explorer was more than just a giant ship — it was a giant secret, possibly the biggest and strangest covert operation the CIA pulled off during the Cold War. But now, 40 years after its original mission, it’s finally headed to the scrapyard.
The ship, now called GSF Explorer, had been retrofitted for oil drilling and exploration since it left US Navy service in 1997. But with the price of oil falling worldwide, its owner Transocean has decided to scrap it, along with several other vessels.
The ship’s origin story began in March 1968, when a Soviet Golf II class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the K-129, sank in the Pacific Ocean. This was at the height of a high-risk cat-and-mouse game between the USA and the USSR. After the Soviet Navy failed to pinpoint the location of the wreckage, the US Navy found it. So the CIA decided to raise it off the seabed. They called this mission “Project Azorian,” and its details have been an official secret for decades. It took three years for retired CIA employee David Sharp to get permission to publish in 2012 his account of the mission and his role.
Sharp was at the engineering meetings where they tried to come up with a way to do what was at the time considered impossible, to pull up a huge object from an ocean depth of nearly 17,000 feet, or three miles.
“I think given a better background in marine engineering, we likely would not have tried” what they did, Sharp says. Luckily, the CIA also brought in skilled contractors like the deepwater drilling experts Global Marine (whose truncated name “Glomar” adorns the vessel).
What they designed may never be seen again: The Hughes Glomar Explorer itself was massive — too wide to fit in the Panama Canal — and it was built to heave up and down on waves while its center held steady, lifting an enormous claw with the K-129 wreckage inside. Every piece of this hydraulic lifting apparatus was its own engineering nightmare, from the gymbals with bowling-ball-sized ball bearings, to the heave compensators and derrick that had to handle 14 million pounds of submarine, claw, and heavy pipe string. Lockheed engineers designed the “claw” itself, more accurately called a “capture vehicle,” and got it into the HGE via an elaborate submersible barge (echoes of which a few people detected during the 2013’s not-as-awesome Google Barge mystery).
It would be impossible for the US military to build such a huge and complicated ship, or to bring it out on the high seas, without getting the attention of the Soviets. Hence the true wonder of Project Azorian: its commercial cover story, one that puts the movie “Argo” to shame. From about 1970-74, the CIA managed to convince the world that billionaire inventor Howard Hughes had decided to invest millions to mine “manganese nodules,” balls of heavy metals that lie on the ocean floor. Via fake press releases, events, technical specs and front companies, the CIA convinced the world that Hughes was leading a new ocean-mining rush.
In the end, the expensive mission was only a partial success: the ship’s lifting apparatus broke apart about 9000 feet below the surface, and the majority of the K-129 fell back to the floor of the ocean. It was impossible to retrieve without building a new claw, and before that could happen, details of the mission broke in the press. That didn’t stop the CIA from trying to keep it under wraps for as long as possible, leading to its notorious “Glomar Response” to Freedom of Information Act requests: the non-answer “we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the materials requested.” That answer has held up in court over the decades and proliferated among federal and even local government agencies.
It was also the inspiration for the extra-dry humor of the CIA’s first tweet.
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. — CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014
Hughes Glomar Explorer entered popular culture in other ways, as conspiracy theories have swirled around the K-129 and the mission to retrieve it. One of them is promulgated in the 2005 book “Red Star Rogue” by Kenneth Sewell and Clint Richmond. The book became the basis of the 2013 drama "Phantom," which features Ed Harris and David Duchovny as Soviet military officers who sip vodka in a very un-Russian way.
In 2006, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers declared Hughes Glomar Explorer an historic landmark. “Grasping and raising a 2,000-ton object in 17,000 feet of water in the central Pacific Ocean was a truly historic challenge, requiring a recovery system of unprecedented size and scope,” ASME wrote.
Americans can remember the whole affair for its daring, hubris, disappointment and secrecy. But for the loved ones of the Soviet sailors who died on the K-129, the words “Hughes Glomar Explorer” are more bitter. The Soviet government tried for 30 years to keep the fate of the submarine a secret from the families. After the USSR fell apart, both the Russian and US governments decided to make a clean slate of it, and then-US Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered some of the intelligence on Project Azorian to the Russian government, along with artifacts from the chunk of the submarine the CIA managed to retrieve.
Gates also released a secret video of a funeral at sea for the remains of six Soviet sailors that were pulled up from the ocean floor. It remains one of the strangest artifacts of the entire Cold War — the other being ship itself, but it appears that one will not be with us for much longer.
Giant floating Museum of Secrecy, anyone?
Hear more of Julia Barton's reporting on the Hughes Glomar Explorer over at Radiolab from WNYC. ||||| (Repeats story that ran on Thursday, with no changes to text)
By John Miller
ZURICH, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A ship built by the CIA for a secret Cold War mission in 1974 to raise a sunken Soviet sub is heading to the scrap yard, a victim of the slide in oil prices.
Christened the Hughes Glomar Explorer, after billionaire Howard Hughes was brought in on the CIA's deception, the 619-foot vessel eventually became part of the fleet of ships used by Swiss company Transocean to drill for oil.
But the oil price rout means the former spy ship now called GSF Explorer is just one of 40 such offshore drilling rigs that have been consigned to scrap since last year.
It's the end of a story that began when a Soviet G-II sub called the K-129 sank in September 1968 "with all hands, 16,500 feet below the surface of the Pacific", according to an official U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) history.
The sub sank with nuclear-armed ballistic missiles and nearly 100 sailors, according to declassified documents at George Washington University's National Security Archive.
According to the CIA history of the mission, called "Project Azorian", the Soviet Union failed to locate the sub in a massive two-month search, but the United States found it, 1,500 miles (2,400 km) northwest of Hawaii.
The CIA wanted to get its hands on the nuclear missiles, as well as cryptography gear to break Soviet codes, but needed a cover story because any recovery ship would quickly be spotted by its Cold War foe.
The CIA brought billionaire Hughes in on the secret. Under a meticulously crafted fiction, the ship was built for Hughes at Pennsylvania's Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, because he needed it to mine sea-bed manganese nodules.
"If the Russians had become aware of the real purpose of the mission, we'd have had to cancel it, and all the money would go down the drain," David Sharp, a 50-year CIA veteran from Maryland who was the 1974 mission's deputy for recovery operations, told Reuters in an interview.
COVER BLOWN
While the CIA has over the years lavished billions on covert planes and spacecraft, Jeffrey T. Richelson, a senior fellow at the National Security Archive, told Reuters: "They have not built anything so elaborate as the Glomar for such a limited mission".
Too wide for the Panama Canal, the Hughes Glomar Explorer, also named after the company Global Marine Inc. that designed it, rounded Cape Horn to reach the Pacific.
In August 1974, its huge mechanical claw raised a 145-foot section of the K-129 Soviet sub.
Sharp, now 81, who published "The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation" in 2011 after years of wrangling with the agency over classified material, acknowledged the audacious mission was not a complete operational success.
The claw failed, he said, and only the sub's bow, with the bodies of six Russian sailors but no missiles or code equipment, was brought to the surface.
The operation's secrecy was shattered after a June 1974 break-in at Hughes' Los Angeles headquarters, where the haul likely included a memo linking the mission to the billionaire.
The circle within the government and law enforcement that knew of the project widened. The Los Angeles Times ran a story in February 1975.
"The source of the leak was never identified," the CIA said. "With Glomar's cover blown, the White House canceled further recovery operations."
The Glomar's mission has a Cold War postscript: In 1992, then-CIA Director Robert Gates gave Russian President Boris Yeltsin a decades-old video of the six sailors' burial at sea.
A GLOMAR RESPONSE
Converted to a deepwater drill ship in 1997 and renamed the GSF Explorer, the vessel was bought by Transocean in 2010 and has been deployed by the world's largest offshore driller from the Gulf of Mexico to Angola.
Its stern has a helicopter landing pad and the vessel is topped by a towering 170-foot tall derrick, so it can drill to depths of up to 30,000 feet.
In its heyday, the ship was hired out for more than $400,000 a day, could house a crew of 160 and was held steady for drilling in heavy seas by 11 powerful thrusters.
But with falling oil prices approaching $40 a barrel and demand for exploration from companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP plunging, old ships without contracts or facing hefty maintenance bills are being culled.
Transocean, whose Deepwater Horizon drill rig explosion in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore environmental disaster in U.S. history, condemned the GSF Explorer in April.
Altogether, the company is scrapping some 20 vessels, shelving deliveries of new ultra-deepwater drillships, forecasting $2 billion in writedowns and cancelling its interim dividend.
Houston's Diamond Offshore and London's Noble Corp have also consigned about a dozen ships to scrap since last year.
"We've seen the largest number of floaters being scrapped over two consecutive years," said Rystad Energy analyst Joachim Bjorni in Norway.
But no "floater" destined for the world's scrap yards is quite like the GSF Explorer.
Transocean declined to name the vessel's buyer, nor where it will be scrapped, fitting for a ship whose original name has become synonymous with U.S. government secrecy.
After the CIA's initial refusal to acknowledge its "Project Azorian" in 1975 with a "neither confirm or deny" reply, such answers became know as "Glomar responses". (Editing by David Clarke) |||||
Output: | More than 40 years after it was the centerpiece of what PRI calls "possibly the biggest and strangest covert operation" of the Cold War, a piece of CIA history is headed for the scrap heap. After the Soviet Union failed to find one of its nuclear submarines that sank 1,500 miles northwest of Hawaii in 1968, the CIA swooped in, hoping to recover both the sub's nuclear missiles and its cryptography gear, according to Reuters. Under the code name Project Azorian, the CIA schemed to raise the 14 million-pound sub three miles to the surface—an undertaking considered impossible. "I think given a better background in marine engineering, we likely would not have tried," says the retired CIA employee who finally revealed the long-officially-secret story in 2012. The ship that the CIA came up with—and what is now being scrapped: the Hughes Glomar Explorer. The ship was unique to say the least: 619 feet long and too wide to fit in the Panama Canal, it featured massive hydraulics, ball bearings the size of bowling balls, and one huge claw with which to grab the sub wreck. The CIA was able to cover up the construction of the ship for four years by convincing the world Howard Hughes was building it to mine manganese nodules from the ocean floor. Project Azorian was modestly successful, with the Hughes Glomar only raising the bow of the Soviet sub. The CIA's infamous "Glomar Response" ("we can neither confirm nor deny...") has its origins in the agency's attempt to keep the project secret even as details leaked. The ship has had a long post-CIA career as an oil drilling rig, but with worldwide oil prices falling, owner Transocean has decided to send the ship to the scrapyard. Fittingly enough for a longtime CIA secret, Transocean won't say where the Hughes Glomar is being scrapped. (For more Cold War secrets, check out these spy photos of lost cities.) |
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I still remember that day when my mother realized that finally I had matured and was no longer a child. It was the month of December and my parents were not at home. It was very cold and I was thinking of doing something that can raise my body temperature . Well, now I think I should have chosen doing exercise over porn . The mood was set, wi-fi speed was good and Google search was working. It took me half an hour to select a porn video. After selecting the video I downloaded it . WTF where are my earphones. Took 15 minutes to locate my earphones. The movie began and just after 5 seconds the door bell rang and this was where I got screwed when I forgot to minimize the movie. My parents were back home and I was back to my studies and just forgot about the movie. Now I have a habit that while I am studying I keep the phone in the next room. My mother was in the same room where the phone was. Now comes the worst part when my phone received a whatsapp message and my mother saw that message was dropped. Without giving any damm to my privacy she opened the phone and it was my bad luck that there was no screen lock. The movie automatically started and after 5 seconds she took the phone to my dad she said “This is what he is doing when he's alone” My parents called me what is this ?? I said it's a video message from the company and it starts automatically. I have nothing to do with that stuff and suddenly my dad said yes he is right, it's a video from the company and asked me to delete the video. My dad saved me because he already knew that I watched that kind of stuff. From that day on, I never download the movies but I watch them online, I just hate the buffering part . How long did the discussion with his parents take? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - not enough information - an hour - 10 minutes - a half hour
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a great film, and often regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. I never much paid attention to how the film was lit, but on examination I don’t know what I think of the lighting. Maybe i’m totally wrong, but the lighting seems quite obvious when you pay attention to it, which makes me thing it could have been done better? Certainly the lighting is masterfully done, in the way it properly exposes the characters faces and splashes off and around certain props and objects, adding a great deal of dimension to many of the shots. But it does look quite obvious, once you pay attention to it, especially when you can see multiple shadows coming from a single character. All that said, the lighting is still pretty masterful and I’m very intrigued to properly analyse it. The first shot of the scene has extremely beautiful (even though it is obvious 😉 ) lighting. As the cowboy stands in the hallway you can tell that there is a strong key light coming from the left of the frame, that will light his face once he steps out of the shadows. It seems like there is another light, maybe coming from high up near the roof, lighting the right hand side of the frame, near the back of the hallway. Most likely facing towards the character to light him from his right hand side, to seperate him from the background. The lighting setup of this shot is extremely beautiful the way it enhances the various pieces of wood and props within the frame, and how they’ve managed to keep the cowboy drenched in shadows as he sneaks around, even though there is quite a lot of light within the frame. It looks like they may have used a cutter to achieve that effect as its a very specific area, essentially just the top half of the cowboy thats drenched ins shadow. Theres also this curious black circular shadow which exists at the very top of the door near the cowboys head which permanently stays extremely dark, much darker than the rest of the shadows in the frame. I wonder how they achieved this effect? Maybe a... How does the writer feel about the lighting in the movie "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly?" Pick the correct answer from the following options: - he is impressed - he doesn't think it is superior - he doesn't care about it - not enough information
(A).
he is impressed
(Q).
Nothing I can think of. I’ve unwittingly embarrassed my daughter by stopping by my daughter’s place too often to drop things off, I guess. I guess I embarrassed my daughter when she was living with her boyfriend by stopping by with healthy food and favorites groceries and other things I thought she needed and might like. The boyfriend always told me the groceries were a help. My daughter complained she already had too many clothes and if I tried to surprise her with something new. I think my husband and I embarrass our daughter now practically no matter what we do just because we’re parents and maybe because we’re older in our 60’s and too happy to see her and too eager to please and we inadvertently treat our daughter like she is still a kid although she will be 22. I’ve never had a deliberate favorite thing to do except maybe by accident when I used to share too many photos of the cats when I used to be on FB? Parents can’t help but embarrass their children beyond a certain age maybe? I can picture if we had an in the ground pool and my husband and I were continually doing silly moves and cannon ball jumping in I think or even simply lazing around in ridiculous color and style too teeny bathing suits for our age that too would embarrass my daughter. When push comes to shove parents like myself don’t have to be too inventive or think much to come up with things they might do that embarrass their kids. My daughter told me she could not stand to go to the movies with me because I used to cry during movies. She never forgets one time I got emotional during a movie “Spirit” my husband and I took her to when she was little. I tried to hide this but my husband blurted out “You aren't crying, are you” like it was the dumbest thing to do and for the entire movie going audience to hear. Sheesh! Who cried during the movie Spirit? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - Mom - Dad - not enough information - Daughter
(A).
| Mom |
In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
passage: Sweden have been one of the more successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having reached 4 semi-finals, and becoming runners-up on home ground in 1958. They have been present at 11 out of 20 World Cups by 2014.
question: has sweden ever been in a world cup final?
No
passage: The number of valence electrons of an element can be determined by the periodic table group (vertical column) in which the element is categorized. With the exception of groups 3--12 (the transition metals), the units digit of the group number identifies how many valence electrons are associated with a neutral atom of an element listed under that particular column.
question: the number of valence electrons in an atom of an element is equal to the group number?
Yes
passage: Hurricane Ginger was the second longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane on record. The eighth tropical cyclone and fifth hurricane of the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season, Ginger spent 27.25 days as a tropical cyclone, lasting from September 6 to October 3. Twenty of those days (September 11 -- September 30), Ginger was classified as a hurricane. The storm formed northeast of the Bahamas, and for the first nine days of its duration tracked generally eastward or northeastward while gradually strengthening to peak winds of 110 mph (175 km/h). On September 14, Ginger slowed and turned to a general westward track, passing near Bermuda on September 23. There, the hurricane produced gusty winds and high waves, but no damage.
question: has there ever been a hurricane named ginger?
| Yes
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input hypothesis: Some bombs didn't detonate
Context: Al-Qaida-linked militants have carried out a series of suicide bombings targeting Western interests in Indonesia since 2002.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
Mr. Speaker, just yesterday it was announced that the Atlantic Salmon Federation will be awarding the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans with the prestigious Atlantic Salmon Federation International Award which recognizes achievement in the field of Atlantic salmon conservation in the North Atlantic.
Hypothesis: The Atlantic Salmon Federation International Award is special. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Yes
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Well, let's stay on the subject for a moment. New question related to this. I figured this out; in the last 20 years there have been eight major actions that involved the introduction of U.S. ground, air or naval forces. Let me name them. Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo. If you had been president for any of those interventions, would any of those interventions not have happened?
Sentence: The person being addressed is being interviewed.
Output: Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
LISBON, Jan. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Anibal Cavaco Silva, a former prime minister, won Portugal's presidential election on Sunday.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Anibal Cavaco Silva is considered to be a more conservative politician.
****
Answer:
It's impossible to say
[Q]: BOSTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management staunched two months of bloodletting in September, with his flagship fund eking out a tiny gain, leaving its main fund roughly flat for the year, according to a performance update. The activist investor told clients that the Pershing Square LP fund inched up 0.2 percent last month, marking an improvement from August’s 3.6 percent loss and July’s 2.2 percent decline, according to an update which was seen by Reuters. The company is still in the red OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Miller has one goal and two assists working against a minus-2 rating through a pair of preseason games. The Bolts only have two games remaining on the preseason schedule, and they'll face the Panthers both times -- once at home and the other at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Miller will be expected to live up to a $5.25 million cap hit after signing a five-year deal in June. Acquired from the Rangers in a trade last February, he fashioned 10 goals and 18 points -- including five goals an assist on the man advantage -- over 19 regular-season games with the Bolts. Bolts will face the Panthers. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | Yes |
Kuhn & Komor, also known colloquially as "K&K", was a Hungarian multinational luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, having headquarters in Shanghai, China. K&K produced jewelry, sterling silver, china, crystal, stationery, and personal accessories. K&K was renowned in East Asia for its luxury goods, also being called the "Asprey of Asia."
In Hungary the k&k jewels are the only jewels for sale OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Jojo Burger Tempest is a double album by the British band Working for a Nuclear Free City. Released in 2010, the album is the band's third album, and the second to be released in the U.S. The album contains one disc of 17 individual songs and one of a single 33-minute suite.
Jojo Burger Tempest was released before 2000 OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Montasser el-Zayat (] ) or Muntasir al-Zayyat (Arabic: منتصر الزيات "Muntaṣir az-Zayyāt ") (born 1956) is an Egyptian lawyer and author whose former clients, according to press reports, included Ayman al-Zawahiri, since 2011 the leader of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization, and al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya.
Montasser el-Zayat is more than 12 years old. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
CapX is a British online news website and aggregator founded by the Centre for Policy Studies, and features columnists and contributors such as Tim Montgomerie, Daniel Hannan and V. S. Naipaul. The site offers original content and aggregated news and blogs, and features opinion on politics, economics, and business issues.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The Centre for Policy Studies focuses on business issues the most.
Options:
-- Yes.
-- It's impossible to say.
-- No. | It's impossible to say |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
Example Input: where was saint paul from?
Example Output: Tarsus, Mersin
Example Input: who was neptune discovered by?
Example Output: John Couch Adams
Example Input: who is married to jane krakowski?
Example Output: | Robert Godley
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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 Boeing 767 is a passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing .
Output: | The Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size , mid- to long-range , wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes . |
Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is a British-American actor, model, and screenwriter. He rose to prominence following his role as Michael Scofield in the five seasons of the Fox series Prison Break, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He made his screenwriting debut with the 2013 thriller film Stoker. In 2014, he began playing Leonard Snart / Captain Cold in a recurring role on The CW series The Flash before becoming a series regular on the spin-off Legends of Tomorrow. Miller reprised his role as Michael Scofield for the fifth season of the limited-run Prison Break revival, which aired on April 4, 2017 and concluded on May 30, 2017.
Based on this passage, who plays leonard snart in legends of tomorrow? Let's think fast. Stream of consciousness: | The relevant sentence in the passage is: In 2014, he began playing Leonard Snart / Captain Cold in a recurring role on The CW series The Flash before becoming a series regular on the spin-off Legends of Tomorrow. So the final answer is Wentworth Earl Miller III. |
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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Problem:Neymar has confirmed he wants to renew his contract with Barcelona but insists there is no hurry on his part to put pen to paper. Speaking in the Spanish press the Brazil star, who returned to his club on Monday following the international break, spoke of his desire to sign an extension on his current deal that runs until June 2018. Neymar elevated his status during a stellar campaign in 2014-15 scoring 43 goals in all competitions and helping Barcelona win a historic domestic and European treble and the club are keen to ward off any potential suitors by tying him down to a new long-term deal.Neymar has confirmed he wants to sign a new contract at BarcelonaBrazil star has three years left on current deal but wants to commit futureThe 23-year-old also says he is not afraid of taking on greater responsibilitySpanish media praise David de Gea for his performance for national sideSpain beat Ukraine 1-0 to complete their Euro 2016 qualifying campaignItalian reports claim Antonio Conte will leave Italy after Euro 2016Corriere dello Sport claim Italy have been set a target to reach semi-finals
Questions:The front page of the newspaper is dedicated to _'s extended interview, with the headline reading: 'As Neymar sees it.' (A) Neymar (B) Barcelona (C) Spanish (D) Brazil (E) European (F) David de Gea (G) Spain (H) Ukraine (I) Euro 2016 (J) Italian (K) Antonio Conte (L) Italy (M) Euro (N) Corriere dello Sport
Solution: | (A) |
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: Vultures' faces and large intestines are covered with bacteria that is toxic to most other creatures, but these birds of prey have evolved a strong gut that helps them not get sick from feasting on rotting flesh, according to a new study.
In the first analysis of bacteria living on vultures, the study's researchers found that these scavengers are laden with flesh-degrading Fusobacteria and poisonous Clostridia. As bacteria decompose a dead body, they excrete toxic chemicals that make the carcass a perilous meal for most animals. But vultures often wait for decay to set in, giving them easy access to dead animals with tough skins.
Moreover, vultures will often pick at a dead animal through its back end — that is, the anus — to get at the tasty entrails. Their diet may be filled with toxic bacteria and putrid feces, but vultures are apparently immune to these deadly microbes, the researchers said. [In Photos: Birds of Prey]
"Our results show there has been strong adaptation in vultures when it comes to dealing with the toxic bacteria they digest," Michael Roggenbuck, a researcher of microbiology at the University of Copenhagen, said in a statement.
To sample the vultures' bacterial communities — called microbiomes — the team captured and euthanized 26 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) and 24 turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in Nashville, Tennessee. Autopsies and DNA tests revealed the bacteria that lived on the birds' faces and large intestine.
Like other vertebrates, vultures had more types of bacteria on their faces than in their guts: 528 different types of microorganisms compared with 76.
The DNA of their prey was broken down in the vultures' gut bacterial samples, which suggests the birds have harsh chemical conditions in their gastrointestinal (GI) tracts, the researchers found. The acidic GI tract also filters out many microorganisms that live on decaying carrion, so the large intestines have large amounts of Clostridia and Fusobacteria.
"On one hand, vultures have developed an extremely tough digestive system, which simply acts to destroy the majority of the dangerous bacteria they ingest," Roggenbuck said. "On the other hand, vultures also appear to have developed a tolerance toward some of the deadly bacteria — species that would kill other animals actively seem to flourish in the vulture lower intestine."
Both Clostridia and Fusobacteria appear to have adapted to the vultures' harsh gut conditions, but may also help the birds by further breaking down nutrients, the researchers said.
The scientists also examined fecal samples from captive turkey vultures and other birds, such as the red-tailed hawk and African spotted owl, at the Copenhagen Zoo. Although the zoo animals had similar diets, the fecal bacteria from captive vultures more closely resembled the microbiomes of their brethren in the wild than it did their avian relatives in the zoo, the researchers found.
The vultures' bacterial similarities indicate that their digestive system has more influence on gut bacteria than diet does, the researchers said.
The findings suggest the relationship between microbes and vulture digestion is more complicated than previously thought, the researchers said.
"The avian microbiome is terra incognita, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that the relationship between birds and their microbes has been as important in avian evolution as the development of powered flight and song," said co-researcher Gary Graves, of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
The study was published today (Nov. 25) in the journal Nature Communications.
Follow Laura Geggel on Twitter @LauraGeggel. Follow Live Science @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science. |||||
Model (microbial) citizens. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
Have you thanked a vulture today? It turns out that they're getting rid of an awful lot of dangerous bacteria for us. According to new research published Tuesday in Nature Communications, the vulture has a gut designed to kill off the bacteria that thrive on the carrion they crave. When they chow down, they remove the dangerous microbes from the ecosystem -- and if we can learn more about how the vultures manage this feat, we might be able to harness their skills in our own fights against bacterial infections.
In the past few years, new technology has helped to unlock the secrets of the microbiome -- the bacterial communities that thrive around, on, and in all of us. But little has been done to investigate the bird microbiome.
"If you're going to study any kind of bird's microbiome, we figured, vultures would be a great place to start," said study co-author Gary Graves, the curator of birds for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. "It's a microbially rich environment, to say the least."
That's because of the bird's dietary habits: You've probably seen a vulture picking at roadkill at least once in your life. But it gets even more gross than that.
To tear into the rotting carcasses, they usually stick their beaks into the anus of their prey. It's the easiest opening, but exposes them to an extra set of nasty bacteria: In addition to the microbes that thrive in rotting flesh, they also get a taste of whatever bacteria live in the deceased prey's fecal matter.
Graves and his colleagues didn't know what to expect. They were basically going in with a blank slate. Previous studies had taken small samples of bacteria from different species of birds, but no one had ever sat down to profile the entire microbiome of one -- let alone one of the dirtiest birds in the business.
And it turns out that in some ways, vultures have a microbiome in reverse -- in comparison to humans, anyway. Humans have much more bacterial diversity in their stomachs and mouths than they do on the surface of their skin. We carry multitudes of beneficial bacteria inside us, with our own colonies vastly outnumbering any bacteria we might pick up from the outside world.
But vultures have dirty, dirty faces -- and shockingly clean guts. The researchers found an average of 528 kinds of bacteria on the vulture faces they sampled, but only 76 kinds of bacteria in their guts.
"They're sticking their heads into decaying carcasses, so it's not surprising that their faces have so many kinds of bacteria," Graves said. "But when you get to the lower intestine, it's dominated by a small number of very common bacteria. There's a huge reduction from what they actually consumed."
So during their digestive processes, vultures must kill off the vast majority of the microbes they consume. It's possible that most of the bacteria just can't compete with the champion few that survive.
The species that continue to thrive in their guts are ones that cause a lot of problems for humans. Clostridia and Fusobacteria are the winners of the vulture gut showdown. The former includes bacteria that causes botulism, gangrene, and tetanus -- dangerous pathogenic infections for humans. Fusobacteria contribute to gum disease and ulcer formation, and may also be involved in some cases of colon cancer. But vultures, whose guts are teeming with the deadly microbes, don't suffer from bleeding gums or rotting limbs. So if scientists can figure out how vultures manage to tolerate those microbes, they might be able to give humans the same skill.
So it's possible that these gross birds will actually save lives one day. But really, Graves said, they already do.
"People oftentimes don't recognize the enormous ecosystem services that vultures offer to humans," he said. "It's a free, mobile sanitation department. They're discarding and consuming and getting rid of millions of pounds of decaying flesh that could threaten public health." And now we know that they also kill off most of the microbes instead of passing them back into the ecosystem.
Vultures definitely deserve our appreciation -- but it's probably best not to show your thanks with a smooch. At least not one on the mouth. |||||
Student: | Vultures eat all kinds of nasty stuff that humans can't (and wouldn't if we could). But how do they survive living off the rotting flesh of roadkill? Researchers set out to answer that query by examining the guts of 24 turkey vultures and 26 black vultures trapped and killed in Tennessee. Expecting to find plenty of bacteria as in human intestines, scientists were surprised to find ... poisons. The first, fusobacteria, is known to cause blood infections in humans, while the second, clostridium, "produces deadly botulism toxins," NPR reports. In vultures, the poisons appeared ineffective. Researchers also found "harsh chemical conditions" inside the birds' gastrointestinal tracts, LiveScience reports; vulture stomach acid is anywhere from 10 to 100 times stronger than that of humans. Scientists guess the vultures' "extremely tough" digestive systems developed an immunity to the toxins, which may in turn help break down other nasty bacteria during digestion. "I think it's mind-boggling that organisms that are perceived as very bad for you seem to be very useful for other biological creatures," a researcher says. "It is not unreasonable to suppose that the relationship between birds and their microbes has been as important in avian evolution as the development of powered flight and song," another adds. The Washington Post reports vultures help kill dangerous microbes before they pass back into the ecosystem, and adds that understanding their immunity could help humans fight our own bacterial infections. (Click to find out what scientists learned about vultures when they left human bodies to decompose in a field.) |
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) You have to love the exquisite timing, at the very least. Our ears are still ringing from the concussive noises and boycott threats after a second consecutive year of all-white Academy Awards nominees were announced only days ago. Now comes the disclosure that Joseph Fiennes, a white actor best known for playing the title role in the 1998 Oscar winner "Shakespeare in Love," has been cast to play another artistic icon: Michael Jackson. No, this website didn't just morph into The Onion before your eyes. These are the facts: The British-based Sky Arts cable channel is scheduled to broadcast a road movie speculating on what might have happened if, as urban legend has it, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando and Michael Jackson, who were all in New York when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred, drove together back to Los Angeles.Gene Seymour: White actor Joseph Fiennes will play Michael Jackson in British dramedy. This is an outrageous decision on many levelsHe says Jackson was a real person, unlike James Bond. Suggestions of Bond being played by black actor caused uproar
Questions:So far, it's hard to find anybody willing to speculate as to how Michael Jackson himself would feel about a white _ actor assuming his persona for dramatic purposes. (A) Academy Awards (B) Joseph Fiennes (C) Oscar (D) Shakespeare in Love (E) Michael Jackson (F) The Onion (G) British (H) Sky Arts (I) Elizabeth Taylor (J) Marlon Brando (K) New York (L) Los Angeles (M) Gene Seymour (N) White (O) Jackson (P) James Bond (Q) Bond | (G) |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance 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.
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Why? The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input: The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.
Solution: | is the first amendment the bill of rights? |
Detailed logic: Working continuously causes stress and stress relief is necessary for mental health. Having fun causes stress relief.
stress relief
Question for this logic: Billy set aside a block of time for having fun after work. Why might he do this?
Options:
- happiness
- stress relief
- pleasure
- ocean
- may laugh
Logic ==> New york has a lot of skyscrapers. Skyscrapers are buildings where many offices are found.
skyscraper
Question ==> Where are a lot of offices in New York?
Options:
- school building
- skyscraper
- business
- grocery store.
- work
** Students live in a hostel and they have hallway. When do not disturb boards are kept in hallway, every passerby can see it and hence the message is conveyed.
hallway
** It was finals week and students wanted to be left alone, one put a do not disturb paper sign out in the what?
Options:
- store window
- public place
- doorway
- shop window
- hallway
Detailed logic: Gratitude is the quality of being thankful and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Gratitude is shown to people who give assistance. Smiling is a way of showing gratitude.
smiles
Question for this logic: If you're giving assistance to people in need what are you likely to see on their faces?
Options:
- smiles
- warm expressions
- happiness
- dependence
- good will
Logic ==> People usually feel sad when their lover breaks up with them. Feeling very sad also means having a broken heart.
broken heart
Question ==> A person broke up with me, what do I have now?
Options:
- annoyance
- hospitalized
- schizophrenia
- broken heart
- stress
Logic ==> Corals are tiny marine animals whose group is called coral sea.
coral sea
Question ==> | Many sea anemones live in what group of tiny marine animals?
Options:
- intertidal zone
- florida keys
- flower bed
- coral sea
- cool |
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
The song was written by Bryan Adams and was already recorded in 1999 by Melanie C .
The song was written by Melanie C and was already recorded in 1999 by Bryan Adams .
Output:
[no]
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
A mechanical nightingale is featured in `` and is used to replace a real nightingale for a princess .
A mechanical nightingale is used in `` and '' to replace a real nightingale for a princess .
Output:
[yes]
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
The journalist played by Elio Germano ( Lorenzo Guadagnucci , the fictional Journal of Bologna ) is Luke Gualtieri , journalist of Il Resto del Carlino .
The journalist played by Elio Germano ( Luke Gualtieri , the fictional journal of Bologna ) is Lorenzo Guadagnucci , journalist from Il Resto del Carlino .
Output:
| [no] |
Q: Owen Wilson played Lightning McQueen's voice in the entire Cars series.
Cars Toons is a series of American computer-animated short films by Pixar. It features Lightning McQueen and Mater from "Cars". Larry the Cable Guy reprises his role as Mater while Keith Ferguson replaces Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen (until "The Radiator Springs 500 ½" when Wilson reprises his role).
A: No
Q: The Boston Opera Group was world famous.
The Opera Company of Boston was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was active from the late 1950s through the 1980s. The company was founded by American conductor Sarah Caldwell in 1958 under the name Boston Opera Group.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: A Man Apart was one of the highest grossing films of 2003.
A Man Apart is a 2003 American vigilante action film directed by F. Gary Gray and released by New Line Cinema. The film stars Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate. The story follows undercover DEA agent Sean Vetter who is on a vendetta to take down a mysterious drug lord named Diablo after his wife is murdered. The film was released in the United States on April 4, 2003.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: North Wingfield is near Chesterfield, close to London.
North Wingfield is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, located approximately 4½ miles south-east of Chesterfield, and 1 mile north-east of Clay Cross. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 6,505. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. The A6175 road from the M1 motorway to the A61 road runs through the village.
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: When two North Carolina brothers found out their wives were both pregnant at the same time, they decided to join forces to surprise their family and friends in a creative way. Aaron and Jon Murray, and their wives Liz and Danielle, parodied Walk the Moon's 'Shut Up and Dance', writing new lyrics to help share the exciting double baby news. Jon told Daily Mail Online that Danielle knew even before they got pregnant again that she wanted to do a pregnancy announcement video if the couple, who have three daughters, got the chance. But it was when they shared the idea with Aaron and Liz, who like Jon and Danielle also live in Raleigh, that they found out they weren't the only family that was about to get a little bigger.Jon and Aaron Murray are both expecting babies within two weeks of each other this December and JanuaryShared the news with family and friends in a music video with wives Danielle and Liz and appearances from their five childrenJon and Danielle are expecting baby number four and Liz and Aaron are pregnant with their secondJon said one of the main motivator's for the video was to celebrate how exciting it is to find out you're expecting, even when it's your fourth childWith only daughters, Jon and Aaron are both openly hoping for boys
Questions:But no matter whether its a boy or a girl, _ knows one thing. (A) North Carolina (B) Aaron (C) Jon Murray (D) Liz (E) Danielle (F) Walk the Moon (G) Shut Up and Dance (H) Daily Mail Online (I) Raleigh (J) Aaron Murray
A: | (C) |
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) New revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last summer with a Russian lawyer are continuing to surface a week after the revelation rocketed the President's eldest son to the center of allegations of collusion with Russia. Daily news reports offering a steady drip of disclosures and shifting statements from Trump Jr. and others involved have triggered an ever-mounting list of questions. A Russian-American lobbyist has now confirmed to The Associated Press and The Washington Post that he also attended the meeting with Trump Jr. -- the latest piece of information to surface since emails revealed that Trump Jr. hoped to obtain damaging information on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government. Sources told CNN on Friday that a translator and representative for the Agalarov family were also in the room.Daily news reports offering a steady drip of new informationThe lack of full disclosure has left some at the White House frustrated
Question:Instead, he described his meeting with Veselnitskaya as a "short introductory meeting" during which they "primarily discussed a program about the adoption of _ children."
Output: | Russian |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: Which country has less than 650,000 elevators installed as of January 2008, the United States or China?, Context: As of January 2008, Spain is the nation with the most elevators installed in the world, with 950,000 elevators installed that run more than one hundred million lifts every day, followed by United States with 700,000 elevators installed and China with 610,000 elevators installed since 1949. In Brazil, it is estimated that there are approximately 300,000 elevators currently in operation. The world's largest market for elevators is Italy, with more than 1,629 million euros of sales and 1,224 million euros of internal market.
Answer: China
Question: What did Darwin think about Wallace's theory, Context: Darwin was hard at work on his "big book" on Natural Selection, when on 18 June 1858 he received a parcel from Wallace, who stayed on the Maluku Islands (Ternate and Gilolo). It enclosed twenty pages describing an evolutionary mechanism, a response to Darwin's recent encouragement, with a request to send it on to Lyell if Darwin thought it worthwhile. The mechanism was similar to Darwin's own theory. Darwin wrote to Lyell that "your words have come true with a vengeance, ... forestalled" and he would "of course, at once write and offer to send [it] to any journal" that Wallace chose, adding that "all my originality, whatever it may amount to, will be smashed". Lyell and Hooker agreed that a joint publication putting together Wallace's pages with extracts from Darwin's 1844 Essay and his 1857 letter to Gray should be presented at the Linnean Society, and on 1 July 1858, the papers entitled On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection, by Wallace and Darwin respectively, were read out but drew little reaction. While Darwin considered Wallace's idea to be identical to his concept of natural selection, historians have pointed out differences. Darwin described natural selection as being analogous to the artificial selection practised by animal breeders, and emphasised competition between individuals; Wallace drew no comparison to selective breeding, and focused on ecological pressures that kept different varieties adapted to local conditions. Some historians have suggested that Wallace was actually discussing group selection rather than selection acting on individual variation.
Answer: On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties
Question: People who go through the university are called?, Context: The University of Houston System's annual impact on the Houston area's economy equates to that of a major corporation: $1.1 billion in new funds attracted annually to the Houston area, $3.13 billion in total economic benefit and 24,000 local jobs generated. This is in addition to the 12,500 new graduates the U.H. System produces every year who enter the workforce in Houston and throughout the state of Texas. These degree-holders tend to stay in Houston. After five years, 80.5% of graduates are still living and working in the region.
Answer: | graduates
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TASK 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".
PROBLEM: New York (CNN) -- Three defendants pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiring to defraud a Holocaust reparations organization out of $57.3 million, according to court documents. Genrikh Kolontyrskiy, Moysey Kucher and Dora Kucher, all of Brooklyn, helped produce and process some of the thousands of fraudulent applications for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany that are under investigation. The organization, also known as the Claims Conference, distributes more than $400 million a year from funds provided by the German government to victims of the Holocaust. "Our efforts to hold to account all of the individuals who participated in defrauding an organization that exists solely for the purpose of aiding victims of Nazi atrocities continues," said Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement. The defendants aided in defrauding two funds managed by the Claims Conference, the Article 2 Fund and the Hardship Fund, of $45 million and $12.3 million, respectively, according to court documents. The Article 2 Fund makes monthly payments of around $400 to survivors of Nazi persecution who make less than $16,000 per year "and either lived in hiding or under a false identity for at least 18 months," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office. The Hardship Fund pays a one-time payment of $3,500 to "victims of Nazi persecution who evacuated the cities in which they lived and were forced to become refugees." Kolontyrskiy, 80, knowingly processed fraudulent applications for payment while employed with the Article 2 Fund, according to court documents. Moysey Kucher, 66, and Dora Kucher, 58, recruited individuals to provide identification documents that were used to prepare fraudulent applications for both funds, in exchange for money paid out to the false applicants, according to court documents. Jesse Siegel, Kolontyrskiy's attorney, said his client was by no means a major instigator, but he takes responsibility for his actions. <sep>When Genrikh Kolontyrskiy, Moysey Kucher and Dora Kucher submitted applications fraudulently, what two organizations did their money come from?<sep>Claims Conference and the Holocaust reparations organization
SOLUTION: No
PROBLEM: Newton was the first one to suggest that gravity is universal. That means gravity affects all objects in the universe. Thats why his law of gravity is called the law of universal gravitation. Universal gravitation means that all objects are affected by gravity in the same way. This is the reason the apple falling from the tree and the Moon being held in orbit is the same. Universal gravitation also means that while Earth exerts a pull on you, you exert a pull on Earth. In fact, there is gravity between you and every mass around you. Even tiny molecules of gas are attracted to one another by the force of gravity. Newtons law had a huge impact on how people thought about the universe. It explains the motion of objects not only on Earth but in outer space as well. <sep>How does Newton's law affect how people think about the universe?<sep>It only explains the motions of objects on earth
SOLUTION: No
PROBLEM: After his cousin Joe dies , Layne Vassimer and his girlfriend Macy , along with their friends Stephen , Maurice , Iris and Katrina , decide to clean up Joe's house with the intention of selling it . When they see it for the first time , they discover the house completely covered in plates of iron armor . The group also finds crop circles in the nearby cornfield . When Iris , one of their friends , suddenly disappears they realize something is really wrong . During a blackout , the house is attacked by aliens , who had previously killed Joe and abducted Iris . The group figures out the aliens are allergic to iron , Joe had covered the house in it to keep them out . They attempt to fight the aliens off , but the house is eventually blown up with Layne , Macy , and Katrina the only survivors . In the end , they drive off , listening to the radio . They hear a news report stating that the blackout they experienced affects five western states and parts of Canada . They also hear that people everywhere are being attacked by `` strange creatures . '' <sep>What happens to the group as they go to Joe's house?<sep>They had a pary
SOLUTION: | No
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Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The Lower Cretaceous is the first geological epoch in the Cretaceous .
A: | The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name ) or the Lower Cretaceous ( chronostratigraphic name ) , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous . |
Q:Not as a nurse, but as a patient. I had my appendix removed in about 1970 before keyhole surgery and the surgeon had not properly stitched the inside incision. This meant I was slowly “leaking” blood into the area between my abdominal cavity lining and my skin. I was kept in the hospital for two weeks and every day the same nurse would come along and open the end of the incision in my skin to relieve the pressure caused by the pooling of my blood. That was fine for the first five days, but the weekend came and she was off duty. Apparently, nobody else knew what to do. By Monday morning, I was in agony and when she arrived, she was appalled I had not been drained during the weekend. The other thing that happened during the weekend was the end of the skin incision, which she had opened, had mostly healed meaning there was no convenient hole for the blood to be drained. The nurse used a sharp pair of scissors to reopen one end of the partly-healed incision, but still the blood would not simply drain of its own accord. She used both hands to squeeze downwards onto the swollen blood reservoir. At first, there was no reaction except agonizing pain, but after a few seconds and a very hard squeeze, the stinking, coagulated blood jetted out of the hole she’d made squirting across the ceiling, down the wall and down her full-length coating her face and the front of her uniform. Despite the pain, I couldn’t keep myself from laughing loud and long. She then dressed the wound, directed some junior nurses to clean the ceiling and the wall while she went to clean herself. I apologized for laughing the following day when she returned. She told me she appreciated the humor of the situation so there was no “hard feelings.” How long did it take the author to fully recover from the surgical mishap? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - not enough information - Six months - Four weeks - Two months
A: | not enough information |
Explain simply why boredom is the correct answer to: If you're attending school and are falling asleep you're likely experiencing what?
Options:
- boredom
- malaria
- graduate
- inspiration
- detention. Explanation: | Boredom is the feeling of being uninterested in something. Lack of interest usually causes one to start sleeping. |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Ohannes Tunçboyacıyan (a.k.a. Onno Tunç; Armenian: Օհաննես Թունչբոյաջյան ; December 20, 1948 - January 14, 1996) was a leading Armenian-Turkish musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double bass, contributing to the albums of several musicians. He was the elder brother of musician Arto Tunçboyacıyan.
Hypothesis: Arto Tunçboyacıyan resented his older brother
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Voila is the seventh studio album by the American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in 2007. It was Carlisle's first studio album in over a decade, and is a covers album of "classic French chansons and pop standards", much different from Carlisle's previous English language pop records.
Hypothesis: Voila came out after a divorce Carlisle went through.
****
Answer:
It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 75,643, it is the largest club football stadium in the United Kingdom, the second-largest football stadium, and the eleventh-largest in Europe. It is about 0.5 mi from Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the adjacent tram stop.
Hypothesis: New Trafford is a football stadium.
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Answer:
| It's impossible to say |
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: Isosceles triangle -- Whether the isosceles triangle is acute, right or obtuse depends on the vertex angle. In Euclidean geometry, the base angles cannot be obtuse (greater than 90°) or right (equal to 90°) because their measures would sum to at least 180°, the total of all angles in any Euclidean triangle. Since a triangle is obtuse or right if and only if one of its angles is obtuse or right, respectively, an isosceles triangle is obtuse, right or acute if and only if its vertex angle is respectively obtuse, right or acute.
SOLUTION: can the base angle of an isosceles triangle be obtuse
PROBLEM: Assist (baseball) -- If a pitcher records a strikeout where the third strike is caught by the catcher, the pitcher is not credited with an assist. However, if the batter becomes a baserunner on a dropped third strike and the pitcher is involved in recording a putout by fielding the ball and either tagging the runner out or throwing to first base for the out, the pitcher is credited with an assist just as any other fielder would be.
SOLUTION: does a catcher get an assist on a strikeout
PROBLEM: 2006 UEFA Champions League Final -- Barcelona were expected to line up in a 4--2--3--1 formation, with Ronaldinho, Ludovic Giuly and Deco supporting Samuel Eto'o who would be deployed as the lone striker. They had doubts about the fitness of Lionel Messi going into the final. He had pulled a thigh muscle during the second leg of their match with Chelsea, and had not played since, though he was included in the 22 man squad for the final. Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard stated he would leave it late before deciding whether to select him. Despite being included in the squad Messi did not feature in the final. Arsenal were expected to line up in a 4--5--1 formation, with Thierry Henry as the sole striker. There was much discussion about whether José Antonio Reyes would take the place of Robert Pirès on the left of midfield. It had been announced before the match that this would be Pirès' last match as he had agreed to join Villarreal next season.
SOLUTION: | did messi play in 2006 champions league final
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input hypothesis: David Jeffrey is the founding manager of the Balleymena United Football Club.
Context: Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the NIFL Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds.The club is managed by iconic Irish League player/manager David Jeffrey.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
Context:
Dangerously Excited (; lit. "I'm a Civil Servant") is a 2012 South Korean comedy-drama film starring Yoon Je-moon as a stuffy municipal bureaucrat who learns to embrace life when a budding rock band moves into his basement. The film premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival and also screened at the 2012 Udine Far East Film Festival.
Hypothesis: The film is about a council official. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Yes
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Songbook is an acoustic live album by American musician and Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, released on November 21, 2011. The live album features songs recorded during Cornell's Songbook Tour, an acoustic solo tour which took place during March–May 2011 in the US, and is his first live album as a solo artist.
Sentence: Songbook is a bad acoustic live album
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Carlyle Eubank is an American writer and screenwriter. His 2014 film "The Signal", starring Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites, and Olivia Cooke, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released in US theaters on June 13 by Focus Features.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Carlyle Eubank is not proud of his film the signal
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Answer:
It's impossible to say
[Q]: Hundreds of ancient stone religious monuments lie on the island of Java. Known as "candi" in Indonesian, they date from the early classical period of Javanese civilisation, beginning in the first part of the 8th century CE and ending after 900 CE. The majority were built between 780 CE and 860 CE, even though the civilisation that created them existed for many centuries. Java has been visited by Jordan. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Wuqiang County () is county of southeastern Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of Hengshui City, with a population of 210,000 residing in an area of 442 km2 . Both China National Highway 307 and G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway pass through the county. Wuqiang County () is not in China. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: | No |
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: After the 1998 embassy bombings, the U.S. government tried to develop a clearer picture of Bin Laden's finances. A U.S. interagency group traveled to Saudi Arabia twice, in 1999 and 2000, to get information from the Saudis about their understanding of those finances. The group eventually concluded that the oft-repeated assertion that Bin Laden was funding al Qaeda from his personal fortune was in fact not true. The officials developed a new theory: al Qaeda was getting its money elsewhere, and the United States needed to focus on other sources of funding, such as charities, wealthy donors, and financial facilitators. Ultimately, although the intelligence community devoted more resources to the issue and produced somewhat more intelligence, it remained difficult to distinguish al Qaeda's financial transactions among the vast sums moving in the international financial system. The CIA was not able to find or disrupt al Qaeda's money flows. The NSC staff thought that one possible solution to these weaknesses in the intelligence community was to create an all-source terrorist-financing intelligence analysis center. Clarke pushed for the funding of such a center at Treasury, but neither Treasury nor the CIA was willing to commit the resources. Within the United States, various FBI field offices gathered intelligence on organizations suspected of raising funds for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups. By 9/11, FBI agents understood that there were extremist organizations operating within the United States supporting a global jihadist movement and with substantial connections to al Qaeda. The FBI operated a web of informants, conducted electronic surveillance, and had opened significant investigations in a number of field offices, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, and Minneapolis. On a national level, however, the FBI never used the information to gain a systematic or strategic understanding of the nature and extent of al Qaeda fundraising. Treasury regulators, as well as U.S. financial institutions, were generally focused on finding and deterring or disrupting the vast flows of U.S. currency generated by drug trafficking and high-level international fraud. Large-scale scandals, such as the use of the Bank of New York by Russian money launderers to move millions of dollars out of Russia, captured the attention of the Department of the Treasury and of Congress. Before 9/11, Treasury did not consider terrorist financing important enough to mention in its national strategy for money laundering. <sep>What US government agency was Clark a member of?<sep>Information not provided
| Solution: Yes |
Q: A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
what does chad michael murray play in?
A: | Renee |
Schoolwork will allow teachers to assign an app and an activity within that software to see how an individual student is performing
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
Schoolwork will allow teachers to assign an app and an activity within that software to see how an individual student is performing.
According to Gabriel the environment is an important parameter among customers
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
According to Gabriel the environment is an important parameter among customers.
There he married Catharina Kortenbach the daughter of the pharmacist Wilhelm Kortenbach Wilhelm Killing the subject of this biography was one of their three children the other two being Hedwig and Karl
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation?
| There he married Catharina Kortenbach, the daughter of the pharmacist Wilhelm Kortenbach. Wilhelm Killing, the subject of this biography, was one of their three children, the other two being Hedwig and Karl. |
Instructions: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
Input: List of Rugby World Cup finals -- New Zealand are the most successful team in the history of the tournament, with three wins. They are also the only team to have won consecutive tournaments, with their victories in the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup. Australia and South Africa have won the competition twice, while England have one win. They are the only nation from the northern hemisphere to have won the competition. France are the only team to appear in a final without winning, losing all three finals they have contested.
Output: | have england ever won the rugby world cup |
Problem: Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville (French: [aleksi SaRl aRi kleRel d@ tokvil]; 29 July 1805 - 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these, he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States, and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830-1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849-1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup, and thereafter began work on The Old Regime and the Revolution. He argued that the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government, but was skeptical of the extremes of democracy.
Question: "Tocqueville's two best known works examine political life in what two countries?"
Answer: "The Revolution"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: no
Problem: Zakariya Essabar, a Moroccan citizen, moved to Germany in February 1997 and to Hamburg in 1998, where he studied medical technology. Soon after moving to Hamburg, Essabar met Binalshibh and the others through a Turkish mosque. Essabar turned extremist fairly suddenly, probably in 1999, and reportedly pressured one acquaintance with physical force to become more religious, grow a beard, and compel his wife to convert to Islam. Essabar's parents were said to have made repeated but unsuccessful efforts to sway him from this lifestyle. Shortly before the 9/11 attacks, he would travel to Afghanistan to communicate the date for the attacks to the al Qaeda leadership. Mounir el Motassadeq, another Moroccan, came to Germany in 1993, moving to Hamburg two years later to study electrical engineering at theTechnical University. A witness has recalled Motassadeq saying that he would kill his entire family if his religious beliefs demanded it. One of Motassadeq's roommates recalls him referring to Hitler as a "good man" and organizing film sessions that included speeches by Bin Laden. Motassadeq would help conceal the Hamburg group's trip to Afghanistan in late 1999. Abdelghani Mzoudi, also a Moroccan, arrived in Germany in the summer of 1993, after completing university courses in physics and chemistry. Mzoudi studied in Dortmund, Bochum, and Muenster before moving to Hamburg in 1995. Mzoudi described himself as a weak Muslim when he was home in Morocco, but much more devout when he was back in Hamburg. In April 1996, Mzoudi and Motassadeq witnessed the execution of Atta's will. During the course of 1999, Atta and his group became ever more extreme and secretive, speaking only in Arabic to conceal the content of their conversations. 87 When the four core members of the Hamburg cell left Germany to journey to Afghanistan late that year, it seems unlikely that they already knew about the planes operation; no evidence connects them to al Qaeda before that time. Witnesses have attested, however, that their pronouncements reflected ample predisposition toward taking some action against the United States. In short, they fit the bill for Bin Laden, Atef, and KSM. Going to Afghanistan The available evidence indicates that in 1999, Atta, Binalshibh, Shehhi, and Jarrah decided to fight in Chechnya against the Russians.
Question: "Who were the members of the Hamburg cell?"
Answer: "Mzoudi"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: yes
Problem: Physical properties include the state of matter. We know these states as solid, liquid, or gas. Properties can also include color and odor. For example, oxygen is a gas. It is a major part of the air we breathe. It is colorless and odorless. Chlorine is also a gas. In contrast to oxygen, chlorine is greenish in color. It has a strong, sharp odor. Have you ever smelled cleaning products used around your home? If so, you have probably smelled chlorine. Another place you might smell chlorine is at a public swimming pool. The chlorine is used to kill bacteria that may grow in the water. Other physical properties include hardness, freezing, and boiling points. Some substances have the ability to dissolve in other substances. Some substances cannot be dissolved. For example, salt easily dissolves in water. Oil does not dissolve in water.
Question: "Where would you find Chlorine?"
Answer: "in cleaning products, swimming pools"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: | yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: Non-stop flights from Europe to Australia could become a reality thanks to a stunning 'blended-wing' plane design with hybrid engines that drastically lowers fuel consumption. Dutch airline KLM has teamed up with Delft University of Technology to produce concept designs that could be the future of planes. The main feature is a wing design that will ensure better fuel efficiency due to the aircraft being more streamlined. The AHEAD aircraft, which stands for Advanced Hybrid Engine Aircraft Development, is being designed to carry 300 passengers over a range of 8,700 miles – which would put the UK within striking distance of .The plane has a huge range - nearly 9,000 miles - as it's very fuel efficientConcept designs released by Dutch airline KLM and technology universityBut chief engineer admits it is a 'long-term study,' with 2050 the target
Questions:But don't get excited just yet, as _'s concept is a long way from becoming reality. (A) Europe (B) Australia (C) Dutch (D) KLM (E) Delft University of Technology (F) Advanced Hybrid Engine Aircraft Development (G) UK
A: (D)
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Q: (CNN) -- The Obama administration urged Qatar on Thursday to allow an American couple convicted of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted daughter to return to the United States. A heightened State Department appeal comes after the family increased pressure on U.S. officials to do more to secure the release of Matthew and Grace Huang. When their daughter, Gloria, died in January 2013, the couple was immediately arrested on charges they starved her to death. The Huangs, who maintained their daughter suffered from an eating disorder, have denied any wrongdoing in connection with her death and are fighting the conviction.State Department steps up pressure on Qatar over U.S. couple's convictionMatt and Grace Huang were tried and convicted in the death of their daughterThey said the girl had an eating disorder, while Qatar prosecutors said they starved herThe case comes at a delicate time for U.S. and Qatari ties
Questions:"The State Department will continue to engage _ officials at the highest levels. (A) CNN (B) Obama (C) Qatar (D) American (E) United States (F) State Department (G) U.S. (H) Matthew and Grace Huang (I) Gloria (J) Huangs (K) Matt (L) Grace Huang
A: (C)
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Q: Washington (CNN) Bob Hemseath, whose corn-farming business hinges on the whims of mother nature, is comfortable with uncertainty. But as the fourth-generation farmer heads onto his northeast Iowa farm for the 2017 planting season, it's the uncertainty coming from the White House that has Hemseath increasingly worried. The farmer listened during the 2016 campaign as Donald Trump, the real estate magnate turned politician, promised to end the North American Free Trade Agreement. Hemseath, a Republican whose industry relies heavily on exports to Mexico, chalked it up to political bluster, noted Hillary Clinton's anti-trade rhetoric and voted for Trump in November.Trump has said he wants to renegotiate NAFTAHe recently spoke with the leaders of Canada and Mexico
Questions:"We are trying very diligently to make sure he understands the agriculture portion of _ is really quite good." (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Bob Hemseath (D) Iowa (E) White House (F) Hemseath (G) Donald Trump (H) North American Free Trade Agreement (I) Republican (J) Mexico (K) Hillary Clinton (L) Trump (M) Canada
A: | (H)
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Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
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.
Output: Russian Revolution
This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input case for you: What happened during the 40th year of the 20th century?, Context: The US ended World War I with two 3-inch AA guns and improvements were developed throughout the inter-war period. However, in 1924 work started on a new 105 mm static mounting AA gun, but only a few were produced by the mid-1930s because by this time work had started on the 90 mm AA gun, with mobile carriages and static mountings able to engage air, sea and ground targets. The M1 version was approved in 1940. During the 1920s there was some work on a 4.7-inch which lapsed, but revived in 1937, leading to a new gun in 1944.
Output: | The M1 version was approved |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
Example Input: what are historical places in new york?
Example Output: Chelsea Art Museum
Example Input: where is downtown littleton?
Example Output: Arapahoe County
Example Input: what are the two major religions in canada?
Example Output: | Protestantism
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1. Another Georgian Partisan of Soviet origin , David Tatuashvili , described the funeral as follows :
2. Another Georgian partisan Soviet origin , David Tatuashvili , described the funeral as follows :
Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Select from:
[a]. no;
[b]. yes;...I think the answer is | [b]. |
Unión Deportiva Vall de Uxó is a football team based in La Vall d'Uixó, in Castellón province, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1975, it plays in Regional Preferente – Group 1. Its stadium is "José Mangriñán", which has a capacity of 4,000 seats.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
The stadium is overflowing for home games at above capacity of 4,000 | It's impossible to say |
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. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is not a very good movie. Actually, it's less of a movie than a horrific catalogue of everything that is miserable and boring in modern Hollywood: The urge to sequelize into infinity, the paycheck-gravitas of great British actors, the redefinition of "plot" as "a series of digitalized set-pieces signifying nothing," the notion of Shia LaBeouf as an action hero, the notion that Russians still make interesting villains, the limits of Cate Blanchett's greatness, but, most of all, the TV-ification of movie stardom, whereby every movie star is only really a star when they're sleepwalking through reheated incarnations of their most iconic roles. (See also: Renée Zellweger, Sylvester Stallone, everyone who has ever starred in a superhero movie besides Christian Bale, the cast of "Fast Five," the cast of "Twilight.")"Crystal Skull" was directed by Spielberg, who has earned the right to strike out every now and thenSpielberg has been producing great, complex, entertaining Hollywood fare for 40 years nowIn a new interview with Empire, Spielberg sounds pretty serene about the "Indiana Jones" fourquel
Questions:You don't just pick out your favorite _ film; you pick out your favorite Spielberg phase. (A) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) Hollywood (C) British (D) Shia LaBeouf (E) Russians (F) Cate Blanchett (G) Renée Zellweger (H) Sylvester Stallone (I) Christian Bale (J) Fast Five (K) Crystal Skull (L) Spielberg (M) Empire (N) Indiana Jones
A: | (L) |
What was the question for this implicit rationale, and corresponding answer?
The relevant information is: Mara Wilson as The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, a former mayoral candidate and being who simultaneously lives in the homes of all Night Vale residents.
The answer: Mara Wilson | The question: Dylan Marron as Carlos, Cecil's scientist boyfriend and later husband. Jasika Nicole as Dana Cardinal, former Night Vale Community Radio Intern and current Mayor of Night Vale. Kevin R. Free as Kevin, Cecil's Desert Bluffs counterpart obsessed with blood and gore, offsetting his always cheery disposition. Mara Wilson as The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, a former mayoral candidate and being who simultaneously lives in the homes of all Night Vale residents. Jackson Publick as Hiram McDaniels, a literal five-headed dragon and former mayoral candidate. Retta as Old Woman Josie, Cecil's dearest friend and the only person in town to directly acknowledge the existence of Angels. Hal Lublin as Steve Carlsberg, Cecil's brother-in-law whom he distrusts. Symphony Sanders as Tamika Flynn, a well-read young woman in charge of a teenage militia in the desert. Lauren Sharpe as Lauren Mallard, the former head of StrexCorp. Maureen Johnson as Intern Maureen, a disgruntled former Night Vale Community Radio Intern. Mark Gagliardi as John Peters, A local farmer who is always referred to as "John Peters; you know, the farmer?" Kate Jones as Michelle Nguyen, the owner of Dark Owl Records who vehemently disdains anything remotely popular. Desiree Burch as Pamela Winchell, the former Mayor of Night Vale and current Head of Emergency Press Conferences. Emma Frankland as Sheriff Sam, who became sheriff of Night Vale after the previous sheriff mysteriously disappeared. Tina Parker as Huntokar, the goddess who created Night Vale. Wil Wheaton as Earl Harlan, a local celebrity chef and childhood friend of Cecil. Meg Bashwhinner as Deb, a sentient patch of haze, who comes on the show to read advertisements. She also provides the voice of "Proverb Lady" who reads the credits at the end of every episode. James Urbaniack as Leonard Burton, the former host of Night Vale Community Radio before Cecil. Mark Evan Janson as Marcus Vanston, an extraordinarily wealthy Night Vale citizen who was turned into an Angel during the mayoral debate. Molly Quinn as Fey, a computer program reading random numbers that eventually becomes sentient. Molly Quinn also voices her creator, Melony Pennington. Felicia Day as Joanna Rey, a shapeshifting zookeeper. Jason Webley as Louie Blasko, the former owner of Louie's Music Shop before it burned down and he skipped town. Aliee Chan as Basimah Bashara a young woman whose father has been away fighting the Blood Space War for most of her life. Dessa as Sabina, Cecil's cousin. Erica Livingston and Christopher Loar as Maggie and Donald Penebaker, a husband and wife who serve as the voices of the phone tree menus for all services in night vale. Flor De Liz Perez as Lacy, a representative for the Night Vale Department of Water
Answer this question: who voices the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home? |
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].
Ex Input:
(CNN) The internet still wants Justin Timberlake to apologize to Janet Jackson for Nipplegate, but it looks like she's doing just fine. The announcement that Timberlake will perform in Super Bowl LII's halftime show on February 4 in Minneapolis has reignited criticism that the "Cry Me A River" singer didn't do right by Jackson after her "wardrobe malfunction" during their halftime Super Bowl XXXVIII performance in 2004. Related: Justin Timberlake to perform at his first Super Bowl since 'Nipplegate' For those who need a refresher, Timberlake ripped off Jackson's bodice and revealed her right breast while the two were performing his hit "Rock Your Body" at the end of the halftime show. The stunt occurred just as Timberlake sang the last line,"I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song."Some want Timberlake to apologizeBoth he and Jackson have had successful careers since 'Nipplegate'
Question:In 2012, _ quietly married Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana.
Ex Output:
Janet Jackson
Ex Input:
(CNN) Squeals of delight echo around the room at Vanderbilt's Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Nine-year-old cancer survivor Bryce Greenwell turns to his mother, Jenny. "Did you know about this?" he asks, hands cupped to his face in surprise. "Yes," she says with a nod, smiling from ear to ear. "Oh, my gosh, he has missed you guys so much!" pet therapist Michelle Thompson says as she hands Swoosh, her trained toy Pomeranian, over to two eager boys. "Did you miss him? He talks to me about you boys all the time." "I haven't seen him in a long time," says 7-year-old Mitchell Montalbano, who recently graduated from chemotherapy treatment, cancer-free. "Swoosh, what have you been up to?"Two boys who were treated for cancer treasured their time with therapy dog SwooshA new study looked at the impact of therapy dogs on children and their parents
Question:"I think everyone should have a chance with _," Bryce says.
Ex Output:
Swoosh
Ex Input:
(CNN) Can an old war horse that dates back more than 40 years hold its own against the newest warbird loaded with the latest in technology and weaponry? The Pentagon said it aims to find out and will pit the venerable A-10 Warthog against the F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter in a series of rigorous tests replicating what the planes would face in battle. "We are going to do a comparative test of the ability of the F-35 to perform close air support, combat search-and-rescue missions and related missions with the A-10," Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation, told a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on Tuesday.Pentagon wants to show F-35's improved capability"If you asked an A-10 to do air-to-air, it's hopeless," Pentagon official says
Question:The F-35 is designed to fulfill a variety of roles, close air support among them, so it won't function exactly in the same manner as the _, Pentagon officials said.
Ex Output:
| A-10 Warthog
|
Over the last six years I have learned what patience is. Growing up I did not have this virtue and it is a very important virtue to have. Now I can see that if you are patient you will almost always get what you want if you are supposed to have it. I gained patience when I lost my freedom. I knew that I would eventually get it back in time. I was locked up in prison for a period of six years because at 19 years old I was playing with a handgun and I accidentally shot and killed my friend. The first couple of years was the hardest.I was always stressed out about everything.Time was dragging by because I was always paying attention to it.While I was locked up,Tom who I talked to helped put this virtue in me.He told me that it was possible that he would never make it home but that being patient and believing that one day he would was what had made him feel better.After a while I realized why he said a lot of things to me.Once I stopped paying attention to the days and just kept in mind that I would get freedom,it seemed that my time passed quickly. Now I am home and can see that patience paid off for me. I now use this virtue in my daily activities. I know that sometimes life gets hard and that it will pay in the end to stay patient and not to get discouraged. So if you are having a hard time in life,be patient and it will eventually work out one way or another. In the writer's opinion people will get a good result at last if they _ . A) try their best to help others B) turn to others for help C) keep patient and don't lose heart D) set different goals and keep them up
C
"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net." "I often check my e-mail forty times a day. " "I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net." "I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends." Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family. Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms : 1You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet. 2You can't wait for your next online time. 3You go out with your friends less and less. 4You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. Why do people worry about the teens? A) The teens are wasting too much money. B) They used to work on the Internet. C) The playing field of the teens will disappear. D) More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.
D
Q: New findings show that musical training affects the structure and function of different brain areas, how those areas communicate during the creation of music, and how the brain interprets and combines sensory information. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. These views suggest potential new roles for musical training including training plasticity in the brain, offering an alternative tool in education, and treating a range of learning disabilities. Today's new findings show that long-term high level musical training has a broader effect. Researchers found that musicians have a better ability to combine sensory information from hearing, touch, and sight. The age at which musical training begins influenced brain structure and its function. Beginning training before the age of seven has the greatest effect. Even older adults who took music lessons as children but haven't actively played an instrument in decades have a faster brain response to a speech sound than those who never played an instrument, according to a study appearing November 6 in the Journal of Neuroscience. The finding suggests early musical training has a lasting, positive effect on how the brain deals with sound. "Playing a musical instrument is a multi-sensory and motive experience that creates emotions and movements--from finger tapping to dancing -- and engages pleasure and reward systems in the brain. It has the potential to affect brain function and structure when done over a long period of time," said Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, press conference speaker, also an expert on music. "As today's findings show, musical training brings about new processes within the brain, at different stages of life, and with a range of effects on creativity, cognition , and learning," he added. The best title of the passage should be _ . A) Older People and Musical Training B) Musical Training Affects Brain Structure and Its Function C) Long-term High Level Musical Training D) Brain Interprets and Combines Sensory Information
A: B
Q: Box jellyfish are the most poisonous marine animals known to man. They measure 3 meters long and weigh up to 2 kilograms. They are pale blue and transparent in color, and get their name from the cube--like shape of their body, Box jellyfish have 6 eyes on all 4 sides of their body, although it is uncertain how they process what they see as they do not have a central nervous system. They also have up to 15 tentacles growing from each corner of their body that have about 5,000 stinging cells each. Box jellyfish can be found primarily in the coastal waters off Northern Australia as well as throughout the Indo--Pacific. They prefer to live at river mouths. They do not have any organs to breathe, and will sleep on the ocean floor from 3 pm to dawn. Unlike other jellyfish that merely move along with the current, box jellyfish have developed a way to travel wherever they want to go. _ will shoot themselves in a jet-like fashion, reaching speeds of up to 7.4 kilometers per hour. The diet of box jellyfish consists of thing like fish, small animals, and even other jellyfish. They use their venom, a chemical which causes heart, skin, and breath failure, to kill their prey . Since box jellyfish have eyes, some scientists believe that they actively hunt their prey while others insist that they are just passive opportunists that will wait and catch anything that wanders into their tentacles. Box jellyfish are responsible for more human deaths in Australia than snakes, sharks, and salt-water crocodiles combined. It is best to avoid them as most stings will result in death. Hopefully, humans and box jellyfish can find a way to live with one another while keeping conflicts to a bare minimum. After all, such a unique species of jellyfish deserves to live and grow just as humans do. The text is mainly about _ . A) a kind of sea animal B) some poisonous animals C) scientists' research into box jellyfish D) the relationship between humans and jellyfish
| A: A |
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In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Input: Consider Input: passage: White spirit (UK) or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ), turpentine substitute, petroleum spirits, solvent naphtha (petroleum), Varsol, Stoddard solvent, or, generically, ``paint thinner'', is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting.
question: is clean spirit the same as white spirit?
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: passage: On August 3, 2017, both CBC and Netflix renewed the series for a 10-episode second season to premiere in 2018. Season 2 began production in November 2017.
question: are they going to make another season of anne with an e?
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: passage: The Himalayan range has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is 6,961 metres (22,838 ft) tall.
question: is mount everest a part of the himalayas?
| Output: Yes
|
TASK 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].
PROBLEM: (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader took verbal jabs at the United States Saturday in his first public reaction since the United States accused Iran of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labeled the allegations "meaningless and absurd." "They (the U.S.) want to isolate Iran," Khamenei said over chants of "down with America" in a speech before thousands in the western Iranian city of Gilangharb. Also, an Iranian official said claims by the United States that a high-level U.S. diplomat had met Wednesday with an Iranian counterpart over the plot were untrue. "There were no kinds of negotiations between the two countries, and there was not such a contact," said Alireza Miryousefi, press secretary for the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.NEW: Scholar says plot does not fit Quds Force "M.O."Ayatollah Khamenei calls the U.S. allegations "absurd"Iranian diplomat: U.S. claims of a meeting with Iran are not trueThe U.S. alleges Iran was involved in a plot to kill a Saudi official in the United States
Question:"Doing so on _ soil is unmistakably an attack on the United States, not on Saudi Arabia."
SOLUTION: United States
PROBLEM: It was a day of firsts for Whitecaps FC striker Robert Earnshaw as he wasted no time in grabbing his first goal for his new club by scoring with his first touch of the ball against Portland Timbers on Saturday evening. With the game looking as though it was heading for a 1-1 draw, Welsh manager Carl Robinson put faith in his veteran compatriot, bringing him on as an 87th minute substitute for the Vancouver outfit Within three minutes, the former Premier League striker was putting the ball in the back of the net and showboating his trademark somersault celebration.Striker Robert Earnshaw scored on his Whitecaps debut with his first touchThe 33-year-old had been on the pitch for just three minutes before nettingVeteran Earnshaw's 90th minute strike won the game for his new MLS club
Question:'The length of time I've been playing football and that feeling when the ball hits the net, oh my god, it's the best,' _ told reporters after the game.
SOLUTION: Robert Earnshaw
PROBLEM: Andy Murray has stepped up his pursuit of a second Wimbledon crown as he hit the practice courts with heavily pregnant coach Amelie Mauresmo and new back-room recruit Jonas Bjorkman. Murray will head into the tournament as No 3 seed, it was confirmed on Wednesday, ahead of the draws being made on Friday morning. And the British No 1 enters Wimbledon full of confidence after beating Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4 in the Aegon Championship final at Queen's club last Sunday. The win over Anderson, which he achieved in 64 minutes, replicated his success in 2009, 2011 and 2013, when he also emerged the winner.Andy Murray has been seeded third at this year's Wimbledon tournamentMurray was put through his paces by pregnant coach Amelie MauresmoMauresmo was a doubt but will be in attendance at the All England ClubThe duo were joined in training by new back-room recruit Jonas Bjorkman
Question:'I'd imagine during Wimbledon that Amelie can take the lead and _ can see how we operate a bit more as a team.
SOLUTION: | Jonas Bjorkman
|
question: The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of , comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.
Controversy exists over the Falklands' discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, although Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine forces temporarily occupied the islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end of the Falklands War. Most Falklanders favour the archipelago remaining a UK overseas territory, but its sovereignty status is part of an ongoing dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
The population (2,932 inhabitants in 2012) primarily consists of native-born Falkland Islanders, the majority of British descent. Other ethnicities include French, Gibraltarian and Scandinavian. Immigration from the United Kingdom, the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a population decline. The predominant (and official) language is English. Under the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, Falkland Islanders are British citizens.
1. who takes care of it's defence and foreign affairs?
2. how many different settlements has it had over different times?
3. please name them?
4. what was the population in 2012?
5. what citizenship do they hold?
6. according to what act?
7. what is it's capital?
8. where is that?
9. when did Britain reassert it's rule?
10. was it occupied by another nation?
11. which one?
12. when?
13. how long did that last?
14. are the islands in the Pacific?
15. which ocean then?
16. which country do the people prefer being under.
17. what are the two main islands?
18. what language do they officially speak?
19. which other ethnicities can you find there?
20. how many smaller islands does it consist of?
****
answer: 1. United Kingdom
2. Four
3. French, British, Spanish, and Argentine
4. 2,932
5. British
6. British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983
7. Stanley
8. East Falkland
9. 1833
10. yes
11. Argentina
12. 1982
13. two months
14. no
15. Atlantic
16. UK
17. East and West Falkland
18. English
19. French, Gibraltarian and Scandinavian
20. 776
question: For Iris Grace Halmshaw, the world was a lonely place. The autistic five-year-old girl tried to speak, and she was often thrown into pain by the world around her. She filled her days with painting, and nothing could quite change this situation. Until, that was, a cat called Thula came along. The pair are now inseparable . Iris' parents believe the gentle cat is helping their little girl communicate with others, as well as influencing her works of art. In the beginning, they thought it was just _ , but now they believe Iris is expressing her love for Thula through her painting. Mother said, "When Iris is painting, Thula is told by her to "sit down" if she jumps up onto the table. She stays there, watching Iris with great interest, sometimes wanting to play with the brushes, but mostly just patiently watching." And the pair's bond doesn't end there. Thula is at Iris' side for every part of her life. The pair's closeness is having an effect on Iris' relationships with others, and her parents find it easier to encourage her to talk to others. After researching the advantages of animal therapy for autistic children, the couple had tried introducing Iris to horses, dogs and even other cats with no success --- but things changed when Thula came to live with the family. During weeks, the cat was helping to comfort the little girl in times of stress. Mother said, "It was as if they were old friends from the day they met. Thanks to Thula, new doorways to communication and feelings are opening and Iris is happier than ever before."[:Zxxk.Com]
1. What was Iris's last name?
2. How was she different?
3. What changed her life?
4. What was its name?
5. Do they spend a lot of time together?
6. Is the cat aggressive?
7. Do Iris's parents think the cat is good for her?
8. How so?
9. What kind of art?
10. What does the cat do when she's painting?
11. Does Iris like other animals?
12. Where does Thula live?
13. What other animals did Iris meet?
14. How old was Iris?
15. What was her middle name?
16. Without Thula, how did Iris feel?
17. When did the cat comfort her?
18. Did they like each other when they first met?
19. What does Iris tell the cat when she gets onto the table?
20. Does Thula leave Iris for parts of the day?
21. What's easier for Iris now?
22. How does Iris feel now?
23. Why did Iris and Thula meet?
24. Why did they want to do that?
25. What did Iris do to spend her time?
****
answer: | 1. Halmshaw
2. She was autistic
3. She met a cat
4. Thula
5. Yes
6. No
7. Yes
8. It helps her communicate with others and influences her art
9. Painting
10. Mostly just watching
11. No
12. With the family
13. horses, dogs and even other cats
14. Five
15. Grace
16. She was in pain
17. In times of stress
18. Yes
19. "Sit down"
20. No
21. talking to others
22. Iris is happier than ever before
23. Iris's parents were trying animal therapy
24. They researched the advantages of animal therapy for autistic children
25. She painted |
question: CHAPTER XLII
The Prince dined carefully, but with less than his usual appetite. Afterwards he lit a cigarette and strolled for a moment into the lounge. Celeste, who was waiting for him, glided at once to his side.
"Monsieur!" she whispered. "I have been here for one hour."
He nodded.
"Well?"
"Monsieur le Duc has arrived."
The Prince turned sharply round.
"Who?"
"Monsieur le Duc de Souspennier. He calls himself no longer Mr. Sabin."
A dull flush of angry colour rose almost to his temples.
"Why did you not tell me before?" he exclaimed.
"Monsieur was in the restaurant," she answered. "It was impossible for me to do anything but wait."
"Where is he?"
"Alas! he is with madam," the girl answered.
The Prince was very profane. He started at once for the elevator. In a moment or two he presented himself at Lucille's sitting-room. They were still lingering over their dinner. Mr. Sabin welcomed him with grave courtesy.
"The Prince is in time to take his liqueur with us," he remarked, rising. "Will you take fin champagne, Prince, or Chartreuse? I recommend the fin champagne."
The Prince bowed his thanks. He was white to the lips with the effort for self-mastery.
"I congratulate you, Mr. Sabin," he said, "upon your opportune arrival. You will be able to help Lucille through the annoyance to which I deeply regret that she should be subjected."
Mr. Sabin gently raised his eyebrows.
"Annoyance!" he repeated. "I fear that I do not quite understand."
The Prince smiled.
1. Did the prince have good appetite?
2. Did he have a cigarette after that?
3. What he did next?
4. Who approached him next?
5. How long she had been waiting?
6. Who did she inquire about?
7. What is his other name?
8. Did prince know about it?
9. Who was with Sabin at that time?
10. Where he was?
****
answer: 1. no\
2. yes
3. strolled for a moment into the lounge.
4. Celeste
5. one hour.
6. Monsieur le Duc
7. Mr. Sabin.
8. no
9. madam,
10. Lucille's sitting-room
question: What could a poem writer and a movie director share? More than you think! Langston Hughes began writing poems in high school and soon became one of America's greatest writers. Most of his writing is about his experiences as an African American. He wrote poems about people who worked hard through life but still found things to be happy about. He wrote plays and books about justice for all people, and he wrote kids' books, too. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book is a book of his animal poems. Pictures and photos were used in the book. "Hold fast to dreams" is a line in a famous Hughes poem. That's exactly what he did throughout his life. When Steven Spielberg was in middle school, he wanted to make a film. He had an idea for a movie, but no money. He started a tree-planting business and made his film with the money he earned. Spielberg never stopped making films, even after many film schools refused him. Today he is one of the most popular and important filmmakers in the world. His movies are about people who are adventurous , brave, kind. His characters often fight for what is good. Some of his films are about his Jewish background, such as Schindler's List. Spielberg once said, "I don't dream that much at night because I dream for a living." In different ways, both Hughes and Spielberg have encouraged people of all ages to reach for their dreams.
1. What is the writers name?
2. What were most his writings about?
3. Did he write about justice?
4. For whom?
5. Who else did he write books for?
6. What was a famous line mentioned in his children's book?
7. What book was this line from?
8. Who wanted to make a film while in middle school?
9. Why couldn't he make one?
10. How did he earn money?
11. Did he stop making films?
12. Where is he now considered most popular?
13. What is his background?
14. Were his movies about this backgroud?
****
answer: 1. Langston Hughes
2. his experiences
3. Yes
4. all people
5. kids
6. Hold fast to dreams
7. its a line in a famous Hughes poem
8. Steven Spielberg
9. no money
10. He started a tree-planting business
11. No
12. the world.
13. he has a Jewish background
14. Schindler's List
question: CHAPTER XVI
"NON PROVEN"
"There is no doubt," continued the man in the corner, "that what little sympathy the young girl's terrible position had aroused in the public mind had died out the moment that David Graham left the witness-box on the second day of the trial. Whether Edith Crawford was guilty of murder or not, the callous way in which she had accepted a deformed lover, and then thrown him over, had set every one's mind against her.
"It was Mr. Graham himself who had been the first to put the Procurator Fiscal in possession of the fact that the accused had written to David from London, breaking off her engagement. This information had, no doubt, directed the attention of the Fiscal to Miss Crawford, and the police soon brought forward the evidence which had led to her arrest.
"We had a final sensation on the third day, when Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of High Street, gave his evidence. He said that on October 25th a lady came to his shop and offered to sell him a pair of diamond earrings. Trade had been very bad, and he had refused the bargain, although the lady seemed ready to part with the earrings for an extraordinarily low sum, considering the beauty of the stones.
"In fact it was because of this evident desire on the lady's part to sell at _any_ cost that he had looked at her more keenly than he otherwise would have done. He was now ready to swear that the lady that offered him the diamond earrings was the prisoner in the dock.
1. Who was in a terrible position?
2. Who had just left the witness box?
3. On what day of the trial?
4. Who had a lover?
5. How was the lover described?
6. Was Crawford being accused of murder?
7. Were a lot of people against her?
8. What profession was Mr. Campbell?
9. Of what street?
10. Did a man or woman come into his shop?
11. In what month?
12. On what day?
13. What did she offer to sell him?
14. Did he buy them?
15. What had been very bad for him lately?
16. What was he prepared to swear about the woman?
17. Were the stones in the earrings ugly?
18. What word was used to describe them?
19. What is the title of this chapter?
20. What is the number of it?
****
answer: | 1. the young girl
2. David Graham
3. second
4. Edith Crawford
5. deformed
6. yes
7. yes
8. a jeweller
9. High Street
10. a lady
11. October
12. 25th
13. a pair of diamond earrings
14. no
15. Trade
16. that she was the prisoner in the dock
17. no
18. beauty
19. "NON PROVEN"
20. XVI |
We were cornered in a sort of way already. But these butchers up the cavern had been surprised, they were probably scared, and they had no special weapons, only those little hatchets of theirs. And that way lay escape. Their sturdy little forms--ever so much shorter and thicker than the mooncalf herds--were scattered up the slope in a way that was eloquent of indecision. I had the moral advantage of a mad bull in a street. But for all that, there seemed a tremendous crowd of them. Very probably there was. Those Selenites down the cleft had certainly some infernally long spears. It might be they had other surprises for us.... But, confound it! if we charged up the cave we should let them up behind us, and if we didn't those little brutes up the cave would probably get reinforced. Heaven alone knew what tremendous engines of warfare--guns, bombs, terrestrial torpedoes--this unknown world below our feet, this vaster world of which we had only pricked the outer cuticle, might not presently send up to our destruction. It became clear the only thing to do was to charge! It became clearer as the legs of a number of fresh Selenites appeared running down the cavern towards us.
Question: "Where are the Selenites in relation to the narrator?"
Answer: "Below the cavern"
Is this answer correct?
Select from: (I) no; (II) yes;...I think the answer is | (I) |
3096 (3096 Tage) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Sherry Hormann. The film is based on the true story of Natascha Kampusch, a 10-year-old girl and her eight-year ordeal being kidnapped by Wolfgang Přiklopil. Northern Irish actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes portrays Kampusch, while Thure Lindhardt plays Přiklopil.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Sherry Hormann only directed one film in 2013, which was 3096 (3096 Tage).
Options are:
* Yes.
* It's impossible to say.
* No. | It's impossible to say |
Mark Ingram Jr. (born December 21, 1989) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Alabama, won the Heisman Trophy, and was a member of a national championship team. The New Orleans Saints chose him in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Mark Ingram Jr. was born on December 21, 1989. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Swayfield is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 316. It is situated just over 3 mi east from the A1 road, 9 mi south-east from Grantham and 10 mi north from Stamford. It has approximately 138 houses.
Swayfield had a population in 2011 that was more than 300. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Sonechka is a novella and collection of short stories by Russian writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya. It was originally published in Russian in the literary journal "Novy Mir" in 1992, and translated into English by Arch Tait in 2005. "Sonechka" was nominated for the Russian Booker Prize.
The English translation to Sonechka was badly written. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
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.
Q: Canadian English -- Where Canadian English shares vocabulary with other English dialects, it tends to share most with American English, but also has many non-American terms distinctively shared instead with Britain. British and American terms also can coexist in Canadian English to various extents, sometimes with new nuances in meaning; a classic example is holiday (British) often used interchangeably with vacation (American), though, in Canadian speech, the latter can more narrowly mean a trip elsewhere and the former can mean general time off work. Canadian English morpho-syntactic features also affect their vocabulary; this includes their tendency to use the possessive ``have'' as opposed to ``have got'' or ``got,'' which differs from both British English and American English. In addition, the vocabulary of Canadian English also features some words that are seldom (if ever) found elsewhere. A good resource for these and other words is the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, which is currently being revised at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canadian public appears to take interest in unique ``Canadianisms'': words that are distinctively characteristic of Canadian English--though perhaps not exclusive to Canada; there is some disagreement about the extent to which ``Canadianism'' means a term actually unique to Canada, with such an understanding possibly overstated by the popular media. As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Canada shares many items of institutional terminology and professional designations with the countries of the former British Empire -- for example, constable, for a police officer of the lowest rank, and chartered accountant.
A: | is canadian english the same as british english |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
Tree Surprise<br>One day, my brother and I went for a walk in the woods. We heard a mewing sound behind one of the trees. We investigated and found a kitten there. The kitten was starving so we took it home to feed it. We decided to keep the kitten as a pet.
Sentence: The kitten was lost.
Available choices:
+Yes;
+It's impossible to say;
+No; | It's impossible to say |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
(CNN) "Right now, he's probably in his PJs watching cable news, reaching for his cell phone/ In the middle of the night from the privacy of a gold-plated white toilet seat, he's writing Liddle Bob Corker, NFL and covfefe." Those are lyrics from Brad Paisley's fake remix of Carrie Underwood's smash hit, "Before He Cheats," which the pair performed to a laughing audience while hosting the 51st Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville Wednesday night, where they mocked President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and other political figures in a series of musical zingers. "And it's fun to watch, yeah, that's for sure, until Little Rocket Man starts a nuclear war, and then maybe next time he'll think before he tweets," Paisley continued singing, poking fun at Trump's Twitter habits and the President's nickname for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosted their 10th CMA Awards showThey get political, mocking Trump and other public figures
Question:"Now _, I don't know if you heard about this, but the CMA has given us some 'guidelines' with specific topics to avoid," Underwood said.
| Brad Paisley |
Please capitalize where necessary: interior product, in bodymaterial aluminium, for floor mounting, in white (ral9016) colour, ip20, lightsource led, lumen out 8825lm, ballast type hf = high frequency, light source supplied type cri>80, 4000k, 2 meter cable, withshuco plug, optic type bl = black silk print, with glass difuser material, gives an up/down lightdistribution 80/20.
A: Interior product, in bodymaterial Aluminium, for Floor mounting, in White (RAL9016) colour, IP20, lightsource LED, lumen out 8825lm, ballast type HF = High frequency, light source supplied type CRI>80, 4000K, 2 meter cable, withShuco plug, optic type BL = Black silk print, with Glass difuser material, gives an up/down lightdistribution 80/20.
Q: 3320 € standard programme intensive (german course - 25 lessons per week - 60 minutes per lesson)
A: 3320 € Standard Programme Intensive (German Course - 25 lessons per week - 60 minutes per lesson)
Q: in psoriasis, it is often individual which remedies help which persons.
A: In psoriasis, it is often individual which remedies help which persons.
Problem: simple style hat shape colored glaze perfume bottle pendant necklace (color random and the thread can be adjusted)
Can you repeat this sentence, but capitalize it?
Answer: Simple Style Hat Shape Colored Glaze Perfume Bottle Pendant Necklace (Color Random and The Thread Can Be Adjusted)
Text: i am motivated by the possibilities of diversity, and that is what makes copenhagen street food unique. i would like to help maintain and develop through my experience from many years in the industry.
Correct capitalization: I am motivated by the possibilities of diversity, and that is what makes Copenhagen Street Food unique. I would like to help maintain and develop through my experience from many years in the industry.
Q: alex21 a record 30 years the first film "guest from the future." 5 series.
A: | alex21 a record 30 years the first film "Guest from the Future." 5 series. |
(CNN) -- Has there ever been a rivalry in a sporting team quite like the one between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber?
Their fractious, not to say poisonous, relationship reached a new low on Sunday, after the three-time world champion ignored Red Bull team orders to snatch victory from Australian Webber at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
With another three weeks before the next grand prix -- the Chinese GP on April 14 -- Webber plans to going surfing as he reflects on his treatment by Vettel and his place in the Red Bull hierarchy.
"I'll be catching a few waves on my surfboard and reflecting on everything that's happened," Webber told reporters.
"There were a lot of things going through my head in those closing laps," he said. "Not just from today, but from the past as well."
The past probably includes the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, a race in which Webber was flying when, on the verge of a hat-trick of wins, he and Vettel famously crashed -- leading to a sense of ill feeling within the team.
Despite protestations in public to say otherwise from team principal Christian Horner, the frustration for Webber is that he is very much the team's understudy.
Vettel has long been nurtured by Helmut Marko, titled a motorsport consultant at Red Bull but widely regarded as the eyes, ears and mouth piece of team owner Dietrich Mateschitz, and a figure Webber has not always seen eye to eye with.
"Seb made his own decisions and will have protection as usual," continued Webber after Sunday's race, a not too subtle reference to the Australian's apparent place in the Red Bull pecking order.
1. WHO IS THE RIVALRY BETWEEN
2. WHO IS COVERING THE STORY?
3. WHO PLANS ON SURFING?
4. WHEN WAS THE CHINESE GP?
5. WHAT DID HE REFLECT ON?
6. WHAT TWO WORDS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH VETTEL?
7. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT WHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP REACHED A NEW LOW?
8. WHO IS THE THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION OF THE TWO?
9. WHO DID HE IGNORE?
10. WHERE DID IT TAKE PLACE?
11. WHAT DID WEBBER SAY WAS GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD DURING CLOSING LAPS?
12. WHO IS THE TEAM PRINCIPAL?
13. WHAT IS WEBBERS FRUSTRATION?
14. WHO HAS NURTURED VETTEL?
15. WHO IS HE A CONSULTANT FOR?
16. AND WHO IS THE TEAM OWNERS NAME?
17. WHO DOES HE HAVE ISSUES WITH
18. THE TURKISH GRAND PRIX RACE TOOK PLACE IN WHAT YEAR?
19. WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT RACE?
20. WHAT DID THAT DO TO THE TEAM?
Numbered answers: | 1. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
2. CNN
3. Webber
4. April 14
5. everything that's happened
6. fractious, not to say poisonous
7. Sunday
8. Webber
9. Red Bull team
10. Malaysian Grand Prix
11. a lot of things
12. Christian Horner
13. he is very much the team's understudy.
14. Helmut Marko
15. Red Bull
16. Dietrich Mateschitz
17. Webber
18. 2010
19. he and Vettel famously crashed
20. leading to a sense of ill feeling |
"All You Need Is Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon -- McCartney. The Beatles performed the song over a pre-recorded backing track as Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by over 400 million in 25 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967. The song captured the utopian sentiments of the Summer of Love era and topped singles charts in Britain, the United States and many other countries.
Answer this question: who wrote all you need is love lyrics? Let's do a good job answering this.
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Stream of consciousness: This is the relevant information: It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon -- McCartney.... The answer is John Lennon.
The Taft -- Hartley Act outlawed the closed shop in the United States in 1947. The union shop was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court. States that have passed right-to-work laws go further by not allowing employers to require employees to pay the agency fee. An employer may not lawfully agree with a union to hire only union members, but it may agree to require employees to join the union or pay the equivalent of union dues to it, within a set period after starting employment. Similarly, while a union could require an employer that had agreed to a closed shop contract prior to 1947 to fire an employee who had been expelled from the union for any reason, it can not demand that an employer fire an employee under a union shop contract for any reason other than failure to pay those dues that are uniformly required of all employees.
The federal law which made closed shops and preferential shops illegal was the? Let's do a good job answering this.
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Stream of consciousness: To answer the question, consider the following: The Taft -- Hartley Act outlawed the closed shop in the United States in 1947.... The answer is The Taft -- Hartley Act.
Context: The Brahmaputra (/ ˌbrɑːməˈpuːtrə / is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh. As such, it is known by various names in the region: Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ (' নদ' nôd, masculine form of' নদী' nôdi "river") Brôhmôputrô (bɹɔɦmɔputɹɔ); Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र, IAST: Brahmaputra; Tibetan: ཡར ་ ཀླུངས ་ གཙང ་ པོ ་, Wylie: yar klung gtsang po Yarlung Tsangpo; simplified Chinese: 布 拉 马 普 特 拉 河; traditional Chinese: 布 拉 馬 普 特 拉 河; pinyin: Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé. It is also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (when referring to the whole river including the stretch within Tibet). The Manas River, which runs through Bhutan, joins it at Jogighopa, in India. It is the ninth largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest.
Question: by what name is the brahmaputra known in tibet and bangladesh? Let's do a good job answering this.
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| Stream of consciousness: To answer this question, we should know that: As such, it is known by various names in the region: Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ (' নদ' nôd, masculine form of' নদী' nôdi "river" ) Brôhmôputrô (bɹɔɦmɔputɹɔ); Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र, IAST: Brahmaputra; Tibetan: ཡར ་ ཀླུངས ་ གཙང ་ པོ ་, Wylie: yar klung gtsang po Yarlung Tsangpo; simplified Chinese: 布 拉 马 普 特 拉 河; traditional Chinese: 布 拉 馬 普 特 拉 河; pinyin: Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé.... The answer is ཡར ་ ཀླུངས ་ གཙང ་ པོ ་ , Wylie : yar klung gtsang po Yarlung Tsangpo. |
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and BJP prime ministerial candidate LK Advani are among candidates whose seats are holding voting in the third phase. Results are due on 16 May and no party is expected to win a clear majority. Voters in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are casting ballots on Thursday. Voting is also being held in the federally-administered territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: Sonia Gandhi is winning in the Uttar Pradesh state.
no
Anastasia, in the village of Nagutskoye, had a neighbor who gave birth in 1914 to Yuri Andropov: KGB chief and persecutor of Anastasia's nephew, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's wife's name is Anastasia.
no
Gross domestic product, a measure of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a 3% annual pace in the April-June period.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
Question: Annual rate increase of 3% in second quarter much lower than forecasts.
| no |
Question:
Do these mean the same?
He died on August 16 , 1850 in Clarkstown ( now New City ) , New York City .
He died on 16 August 1850 in New City ( now Clarkstown ) , New York City .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
****
Answer:
[no]
Question:
Do these mean the same?
Greenberg was born in 1930 in Montreal , Quebec , and has three brothers , Harvey , Sydney and Ian .
Greenberg was born in Montreal , Quebec , in 1930 and has three brothers , Ian , Sydney , and Harvey .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
****
Answer:
[yes]
Question:
Do these mean the same?
His name is decorated by the Federal Office Building of Reuss Plaza in Dundee , Wisconsin , and the National Park Service 's Henry Reuss Ice Age center near Milwaukee .
His name graces the Reuss Plaza Federal Office Building in Milwaukee , and the National Park Service 's Henry Reuss Ice Age Center near Dundee , Wisconsin .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
****
Answer:
[no]
Question:
Do these mean the same?
The transcontinental ferry ran to 42nd Street and for short time was a component of the main Lincoln Highway .
The transcontinental ferry ran to 42nd Street and was a part of the main Lincoln Highway for a short time .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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Answer:
| [yes] |
Renewable Energy Resource Sunlight Sunlight can be used to heat homes. It can also be used to produce electricity. This conversion is made possible by solar cells. However, solar energy may not always be practical. Some areas are just too cloudy. Example Solar panels on the roof of this house generate enough electricity to supply a familys needs. Moving Water Falling water can have a lot of energy. Its energy can be converted into kinetic energy. This energy can turn a turbine and generate electricity. The water may fall naturally over a waterfall or flow through a dam. A drawback of dams is that they flood land upstream. They can also reduce water flow downstream. Either effect may harm ecosystems. Wind Wind is moving air. It has kinetic energy that can do work. Wind turbines change the kinetic energy of the wind to electrical energy. Only certain areas of the world get enough steady wind. Many people also think that wind turbines are noisy and not very nice to look at.
Question: "What are some shortcomings of wind turbines?"
Answer: "Turbines are noisy and not very nice to look at"
Is this answer correct? | yes |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
[EX Q]: what county is lancaster ca located in?
[EX A]: Los Angeles County
[EX Q]: what is daniel radcliffe name in the woman in black?
[EX A]: Arthur Kipps
[EX Q]: what currency does hungary have?
[EX A]: | Hungarian forint
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
Write the right answer to the question based on the context passage.
Countess Nicolette de Gobignon pressed a wet cloth tothe King's brow. Though he lay there helpless, still she found him an awesome figure, like a fallen cathedral tower.
Only two other men are as tall, she thought. Amalric and Orlando.
She felt a pang of guilt. How could she be thinking about the troubadour here where her royal master lay slowly dying?
She fixed her eyes on Louis, and on the ivory and wood crucifix that rose and fell on his chest with his labored breathing.
Nicolette felt as if she, too, could hardly breathe. Across the crowded room a fire roared in a huge stone-lined fireplace. The air was stifling. She resented all that made it so, down to the woolen draperies and wall hangings and the thick carpets that sealed in the heat. But she knew that this northern chateau, Pontoise-les-Noyons, a day's ride from Paris, had had to be built to withstand cold, its walls thick and its windows tiny ? so totally unlike the bright, airy Languedoc manor she had grown up in.
Sweat trickled down her brow and stung her eyes. Her breath was coming in little gasps. She felt as if she would faint if she couldn't go outside soon.
Dozens of people, the King's family and courtiers, had packed themselves uselessly into the room, making it even more suffocating. Their whispers, like the buzzing of mosquitoes, irritated Nicolette.
Almost all of them, she was sure, worried more about their own welfare than about the King's. And even Louis's wife and mother, though they grieved for him, were too distracted to do much to alleviate his suffering.
She saw the King's lips quiver, and quickly she bent close to him. Any last words could be terribly important.
"Jerusalem," he mumbled. "Towers - golden. Gates of pearl. Crystal waters." Then he panted heavily.
"Hush, sire," she whispered. "Rest easy." Question: Who was as tall as a King?
Output: | Amalric and Orlando |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to make cheesy chicken spinach stuffed shells
Preheat oven to 450 ° f (232 ° c).
Sprinkle chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper and roast for 30-35 minutes.
Bring a large pot of water to boil and add salt if you'd like.
Choices:
A). Chop onion and crushed garlic and then place the chicken breast into the boiling water and turn on the broiler. Blend the onion and marinate for 5 minutes and after 10 minutes season with both garlic and salt.;
B). Drain excess water from chicken breasts and chop them finely. Add the garlic and herbs and cook them for 15-30 minutes.;
C). Boil eggs in the pot and let them boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Put all the ingredients in a container large enough to hold all the ingredients except chicken (this is optional).;
D). Boil pasta shells until al dente, about 12 minutes. Drain and rinse cooked pasta shells with cool water.; | D). |
China supports international efforts to secure cyberspace but believes each nation's "Internet sovereignty " must be respected, a top Chinese official said at a cyber security conference on Tuesday. "China, like many other countries, is very concerned about cyber security," said Liu Zhengrong, deputy director general of the Internet Affairs Bureau of the State Council Information Office. "China faces severe cyber security threats," Liu told participants here at the Worldwide Cyber Security Summit, a gathering of government and business leaders from 40 countries hosted by the EastWest Institute think tank. "International cooperation is much needed to safeguard international cyberspace," Liu said. But "Internet sovereignty of each country needs to be respected," the Chinese official added. "Different national and cultural conditions" should be taken into account. Liu declined to answer repeated questions about cyber attacks last year on Google which the Internet giant said originated in China and led to the California company's decision to reroute its searches through Hong Kong. "The Chinese government firmly opposes cyber attacks in any form and Chinese law clearly states that any hackers will be held responsible for their actions," he said. Liu said China itself is a "a major victim of cyber attacks and network viruses" and has laws in place to deal with hackers. "Internet-related crimes (in China) are showing a steady upward trend," Liu said. "We suffer big economic losses from hacking networks and viruses - around $1 billion dollars (6.8 billion yuan) a year." In 2009, Chinese law enforcement authorities investigated about 48,000 cases, a 37 percent increase over 2008, he said. While China has a dynamic Internet population of more than 400 million users and millions of bloggers, there is no "absolute freedom" on the Web, Liu said. "I don't think there is absolute freedom in this world," he said. "When you are speaking via the Internet you must obey laws and respect others' lawful rights." Last Thursday,... Which of the following is NOT the measure that China has taken to guarantee better Internet information and service management? A) Promoting real-name registration for Internet use. B) Promoting real-name registration for cell phone use. C) Tightening State Secrets law to stop leaking State secrets. D) Monitoring for harmful information and blocking overseas hostile forces.
D
Visitors worry that London is an expensive city but there really are so many free things to do here. The following ideas should get you started. All of London's major museums are free, but most offer some special exhibitions for a fee. My favorite is the Museum of Londonwhere you can learn the history of London from Roman times to today. And I love theGeffrye Museumwhich shows English domestic interiors and helps bring to life what it was really like to live in London. I regularly hear people tell me theQueen Mary's Rose Gardens in Regent's Parkis their favorite spot in London, and who am I to argue? I would also recommend St. James's Park as it offers one of the best views ofBuckingham Palace. Hyde Park is enormous and Kensington Gardens nearby includes the ever popular Diana Memorial Playgroundand thePeter Pan Statue. No visit to London is complete without seeing this military tradition. The Queen's Guard in London changes in the Forecourt inside the gates ofBuckingham Palaceat 11.30am every day in the summer and every other day in the winter. Get there early and view the spectacle from outside the front gates. Trafalgar Square is one of Britain's greatest visitor attractions and was designed by John Nash in the 1820s and constructed in the 1830s. This iconic square has many sights to see including Nelson's Columnand theNational Gallery. It is both a tourist attraction and the main focus for political demonstrations. Every December, Norway donates a marvelous Christmas tree, to thank Britain for liberation from the Nazis. The writer wrote the passage to _ . A) compare some free places in London. B) advertise some free places in London. C) recommend some free places in London. D) expose some free places in London.
C
Q: Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was once traveling in France .He went by train to Dijon. He was very tired and wanted to sleep. He therefore asked the conductor to wake him up when the train came to Dijon But first he explained he was a very heavy sleeper,"I may bossibly protest loudly when you try to wake me up,"he said to the conductor. "But don't take any notice of what I say. Just put me off the train anyway." Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up it was night time and the train had reached Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was so angry that he ran to the conductor and began to shout at him. "I have never been so angry in my life,"Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him calmly ."You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon,"he said. Mark Twain knew that he was a heavy sleeper, so_. A) he protested loudly to the conductor B) he did not sleep before he arrived at Dijon C) he told the conductor to wake him up no matter how loudly he might protest D) he slept lightly that time
A: C
Hu Li's heart sank due to the color of the air.Driving 140 kilometers from Tianjin City to Beijing last week,she held her breath as the air became a charcoal grey haze .The 39yearold businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade,and this past month,she said,brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen.It gave her husband a cough and left her sevenyearold daughter housebound ."My husband as well as I is working here,so we have no choice," she said."But if we had a choice,we'd like to escape from Beijing." The extended heavy pollution over the last month,which caused punishment in return for a day last week-called the "airpocalypse" by internet users- has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the country's air.On one day,pollution levels were 30 times higher than levels considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO).Flights were cancelled.Roads were closed.One hospital in east Beijing reported they had treated more than 900 children for breathing issues.Bloomberg found that for most of January,Beijing's air was worse than that of an airport smoking area. The smog's most threatening aspect is its high concentration of PM 2.5 - particulate matter that is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream,causing breathing infections,lung cancer and possibly damaging children's development.The WHO has estimated that outdoor air pollution accounts for two million deaths per year,65% of them in Asia. From the passage we know high concentration of PM 2.5 _ . A) can lead to choke B) can cause heart cancer C) will damage children's development D) will damage people's organ
| D |
Women work harder than men at university and get better degrees as a result, according to a study at Brunel University. The research, which followed 200 students for four years, found that women consistently outperformed men in their studies even though they had started their courses with almost identical A-level grades. An analysis of the results showed that while 65 percent of female graduates were awarded, only 35 percent of male graduates did as well. Girls are known to outperform boys at school, but this research showed that trend continued at university. Fiona Smith, who led the research, said, "The research shows that the difference has something to do with schools in general." "It also shows something about the inequality for working women in terms of pay and promotion. Women work harder at school, harder at university, and do better at both, but they still receive less pay." The research found that female students were more faithful, less likely to miss lectures, and more likely to believe that their marks reflected their abilities than male students. Female students were also more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors. Women were also more likely to choose their universities because they liked the courses offered. In contrast, men were more likely than women to miss lectures due to "other affairs" and "laziness", and to believe that playing sports was an important part of university life. Generally, people think that women's success comes from more emphasis on coursework, but the research showed that female geographers at Brunel did better in their exams than in their coursework. Dr Smith said, "Most women feel that getting good grades is the most important part of university life. They believe that they need to work harder in order to compete in the male-dominated environment they will encounter at work. Good grades are viewed as an 'insurance policy' for success. Men, on the other hand, prefer going out and playing sports to academic work." "This research shows how... The main purpose of the research is to _ . A) give the government some advice on higher education B) show us some information about higher education C) show the sex difference in higher education D) make all students work hard and realize the importance of higher education
D
SYDNEY 2005-01-01 08:30--Mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life--or--death decision. Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive. Fighting to stay above the waters, she had to choose which one would have to take his chances in the swirling torrent. "I knew I had to let go of one of them and I just thought I'd better let go of the one that's the older," she told Sky News television in a report broadcast on Thursday. She said she was accompanied by the two, Lachie, 5, and two--year--old Blake, and their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck." And I was screaming, trying to find _ , and we thought he was dead."she told reporters on arrival back in Australia. Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters. British surfer Martin Markwell is also a lucky man. He had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave--but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare. He was on his surfboard when he was swept up by a tsunami wave. "It was really terrible because I was surfing, I was really surfing on a wave I wasn't supposed to be on,"he said. "As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come I realized something was wrong, but I couldn't escape because my surfboard was tied to my ankle." His wife, Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony as he crashed towards the shore. Luckily, he stayed atop his board until he reached the hotel, jumped off and got to safety as the ocean rolled back to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way. The family regrouped and ran to safety just minute before a giant tsunami wave 10 meters high. Which of the following is the best title? A) Narrow Escape B) Disaster Caused by Tsunami C) Exciting Surfing Experience D) Struggle Against Tsunami
A
South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit in March 2013,which completed the first cycle of BRICS summits,BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world's leading up-and-coming economies,namely Brazil,Russia,India,China and South Africa.The BRICS aims to achieve peace,security,development and cooperation.It also seeks to contribute to the development of humanity and build a more stable and fairer world. The industry leaders from the business communities of the five countries agreed that the BRICS countries will actively support industrialization on the African continent in order to contribute significantly to its development and to expand trade links between Africa and BRICS.The global economic situation,though improving,continues to remain uncertain with the Euro-crisis a major concern.The task ahead is to build on these developments and BRICS countries remain committed to the cause of promoting sustainable growth.Greater economic cooperation among BRICS countries can be significantly important,which will prove beneficial for global economic growth. According to Dr.Rob Davies,South African Minister of Trade and Industry,the African continent is recognized as the second fastest growing continent after Asia.There are four drivers of the economic growth in African continent.These are the boom in mineral products in the African continent,the development of the service industries,the benefit of not having the financial crisis,and infrastructure development.Davies also adds that other BRICS countries have advantage of large populations providing big home markets for their products.The South African population is small compared to other BRICS countries,but if you add up numbers on continent then you have a critical mass that can support the new industrial wave in Africa:That is why the South African needs to create large trading blocks across large parts of African continent. "BRICS" refers to _ . A) the most active economy group in today's world B) the most powerful economies in western world C) leading countries with fast development of humanity D) the most stable and secure countries in the world
| A |
Do these two sentences from wikipedia have the same meaning?
Bradykinin receptor B is a G-protein coupled receptor for bradykinin , encoded by the BDKRB2 gene in humans .
Bradykinin - Receptor B is a G-protein - coupled receptor for Bradykinin , which is encoded in humans by the BDKRB2 - Gene .
(A). no (B). yes
The answer is: | (B). |
Q: What are the potential outcomes of playing ball?
Options:
- competition
- injury
- making a touchdown
- losing
- having fun
A: losing
Explain how we arrive at this answer: | Explanation: A game of ball only has two outcomes which are either winning or losing. |
How to build strength gradually<br>Choose the appropriate weight. When you're just starting out with exercise or you want to build your strength slowly, it's important to choose the appropriate weight. Too much or too little won't help you in the long-term.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
If you want to build strength gradually, just try to lift the most weight possible as soon as you start.
Options: (A). Yes (B). It's impossible to say (C). No | (C). |
Definition: Write the right answer to the question based on the context passage.
Input: Lancôme Juicy Tubes changed my life.
Ok, well that's a slight exaggeration but it was the first high-end make-up item that I ever bought and it made me feel like I was really getting somewhere. I'd got a good job, was in the process of buying my own house and I could afford to buy premium beauty products. I chose a transparent lemon yellow gloss with tiny flecks of iridescent glitter in, and over the following months I treated myself to several other Juicy Tube variants including a shimmery nude gloss called Pamplemousse which I wore on nights out for years (incidentally Pamplemousse is still going!).
Fast forward several (ahem…) years and Juicy Tubes are still going strong, but there's a new member of the Juicy family vying for attention – the Juicy Shaker.*. Another lip product, this one is a nourishing tinted lip oil which acts a bit like a gloss, and I was sent two of the new shades to try out – Piece of Cake and Show Me The Honey.
Juicy Shakers are a bi-phase nourishing lip oil, when the product is allowed to settle the pigment falls to the bottom and the oil rises to the top, giving a split effect. Then you need to shake the bottle to mix the two layers together, giving the product it's name. The ingredients include sweet almond oil, omega 3 and cranberry oil and really help care for your lips unlike most other glosses.
Show Me The Honey is a nude coral shade, it looks rather orange and scary in the bottle but in reality it's much more of a gentle shade. Piece of Cake is a damson pink, and again looks much darker in the bottle. I found that Piece of Cake matches almost exactly with the natural colour of my lips so it's perfect for when I want my make-up to look really pared back with glossy supple natural looking lips. Question: Which lipgloss matched the customer's lip color the closest?
Output: | Piece of Cake |
Old Zeke handed Justin his day's worth of mail and looked longingly at the cool shade under the porch, half hoping, half anticipating an invitation to enjoy a cool drink and a few minutes out of the sun. His state-of-the-art mail delivery vehicle, an old green Ford with busted air-conditioning, sometimes elicited sympathy from those along his route, but the ones with beer were the best. However, Justin just looked through his mail and then began watching the sky. "You ever think about gravity?" Justin asked suddenly. "No," admitted Old Zeke, wiping the perspiration from his forehead. Justin sighed a little. "You ever fall off your ladder?" "Well," considered Zeke. Damned if this wasn't a round-about way to offer a fella a drink, but maybe after all this Justin would offer him a beer instead of that watery lemonade he made. "Yeah." "How long did it take you to fall?" Well hell, muttered Old Zeke under his breath. Maybe all those stakes he was driving in had given Justin a touch of the sun. The thought made him consider hauling Justin back to town, although the truck might finish the job the sun had started. "A second or two," Zeke replied. But before he could load Justin into the truck, he figured he would have to collect a few things from the house, and maybe from the fridge he'd collect a few drinks... "That thing up there hasn't fallen a foot in ten minutes or so." Maybe Justin had a small bottle of something tucked away under the... "What thing?" Justin pointed. Zeke shielding his eyes with his hands and looked up. "Oh, that weather balloon?" Justin's expectant face seemed to droop. "That what it is?" "Yep. Looks like it's almost out of helium, the way it's floating so low. Launched 'em myself thirty years ago in the Army." How does Justin feel after Zeke identifies the weather balloon? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - not enough information - Excited - Happy - Disappointed
Disappointed
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Today, I want to share why I think you should interview real estate agents before hiring one. Why You Should Interview Real Estate Agents Truth be told, I have only purchased one house and I’m in the process of selling it. My husband and I thought long and hard about whether we would try to sell our property on our own or hire someone to represent us. In the end, we chose the latter. If you have ever shared with friends or family that you’re looking for a home or thinking of selling your own, most everyone says something along the lines of, “Oh! I know a realtor I can recommend!” Many of you may know a real estate agent personally as well. I still think it makes sense to interview any prospective agents because they are being paid by you. When you hire someone to do work on your home, you get estimates and gather information about how and when the work will be done. When you are looking for babysitters, you meet them and see how they’ll interact with your child. When you’re an employer, you interview any potential employees. Don’t Take The Easy Route with Previous Agents and Friends Just because a friend is a realtor, doesn’t mean they’ll be the best real estate agent for you. Just because a friend recommends their realtor to you, doesn’t mean you have to hire him/her. It’s business and nobody should take it personally. Interviewing real estate agents just makes sense. Oftentimes, people don’t. Why not just use the realtor that sold you the house you’re currently in? Well, you can. But do you know how that realtor handles business when they are the listing agent versus the buyer’s agent? Do you know if they’ll want to pursue the option to be a dual agent (and double their commission)? Why not interview them while interviewing others? It won’t hurt. How long will it take to find a realtor you trust Pick the correct answer from the following options: - a year - not enough information - a few weeks - a day
a few weeks
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That fall came and I went back to Michigan and the school year went by and summer came and I never really thought about it. I'm not even sure if I was officially asked, I just wound up heading back to New Jersey when school was out. I think my parents thought it was a good enough deal. They were already having some problems and without Nonna there anymore to take care of me I think my cousin's house on the coast seemed like as good a spot as any to stick me for the summer. It certainly wasn't because of any great love between me and my cousin. We weren't really very good friends at that point. I think she saw me as sort of foisted off on her and getting in the way of her summers. Which was a fair enough judgment. But she could have been nicer. It's pretty amazing that she wound up as my Maid of Honor. Time does strange things. Your lovable jack-ass of a father would mention something about magic in here. You know if you took a group of fifty strangers, had them chat with your father for half an hour then with me for half an hour, then told them that one of us was an English Professor and one of us was head of distribution in the northeast for a large soft drink manufacturing concern, I'm pretty sure all fifty would peg your father as the English Professor and me as the head of distribution. He's honestly so good at what he does that I can almost allow him to claim it's magic except that it'd be nice if he took credit for some of the things he's done with his life. Of course he has this idea that he deserves credit for all sorts of things that he had no control over. Like our first kiss. How long were they forced to interact with the cousin who later be ame maid of honor? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - not enough information - 5 years - many summers - a year
not enough information
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Sheila split open and the air was filled with gumballs. Yellow gumballs. This was awful for Stan, just awful. He had loved Sheila for a long time, fought for her heart, believed in their love until finally she had come around. They were about to kiss for the first time and then this: yellow gumballs. Stan went to a group to try to accept that Sheila was gone. It was a group for people whose unrequited love had ended in some kind of surrealist moment. There is a group for everything in California. After several months of hard work on himself with the group, Stan was ready to open a shop and sell the thousands of yellow gumballs. He did this because he believed in capitalism, he loved capitalism. He loved the dynamic surge and crash of Amazon's stock price, he loved the great concrete malls spreading across America like blood staining through a handkerchief, he loved how everything could be tracked and mirrored in numbers. When he closed the store each night he would count the gumballs sold, and he would determine his gross revenue, his operating expenses, his operating margin; he would adjust his balance sheet and learn his debt to equity ratio; and after this exercise each night, Stan felt he understood himself and was at peace, and he could go home to his apartment and drink tea and sleep, without shooting himself or thinking about Sheila. On the night before the IPO of gumballs.com, Sheila came to Stan in a dream. She was standing in a kiddie pool; Stan and his brothers and sisters were running around splashing and screaming; she had managed to insert herself into a Super-8 home movie of Stan's family, shot in the late 70's. She looked terribly sad. "Sheila, where are you?" Stan said. "Why did you leave me, why did you become gumballs?" "The Ant King has me," Sheila said. "You must rescue me." After the story, Stan most likely: Pick the correct answer from the following options: - Drinks some tea - not enough information - Tries to rescue Sheila - Eats the gumballs
| Tries to rescue Sheila
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Problem:(CNN) The Iraqi military has "fully liberated" all of Iraq's territory of "ISIS terrorist gangs" and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border, it said Saturday in a statement. "Our heroic armed forces have now secured the entire length of the Iraq-Syria border," Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said on his Twitter account. "We defeated Daesh (ISIS) through our unity and sacrifice for the nation. Long live Iraq and its people." ISIS, an acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, rapidly captured large territories in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate in 2014. The group controlled more than 34,000 square miles of territory from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad.US will keep "advising, training, and equipping" Iraqi Security Forces, official says3.2 million people have been displaced in the fight against ISIS, the United Nations reports
Question:"Our people have paid a high price for its security and stability and the blood of its finest youth, men and women," _-Abadi said.
Solution: | Haider Al |
Question: Similar games to Rusty Spot the Difference
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Question: And nothing is too complicated concerning this whole technology
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Fixed: [And nothing is too complicated concerning this whole technology.]
Question: In fact Internet poker has been responsible for the amazing growth of Holdem on the Net
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Fixed: [In fact Internet poker has been responsible for the amazing growth of Holdem on the Net.]
Question: Construction height D 140 mm
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instruction:
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".
question:
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>How do we know that Antarctica used to be warm?<sep>Plants can't live in Antartica
answer:
No
question:
Triumph and Disaster: The 20th century saw a stupendous release of energies that had been pent up for the 250 years of Tokugawa isolation. By 1930 raw-material production had tripled the figure of 1900, manufactured goods had increased twelve-fold, and heavy industry was galloping towards maturity. Britain led the World War I Ailies in large orders for munitions, while Japan expanded sales of manufactured goods to Asian and other markets cut off from their usual European suppliers. Merchant shipping doubled in size and increased its income ten-fold as the European fleets were destroyed. Setbacks in the 1930s caused by the European postwar slump were only a spur to redouble efforts by diversifying heavy industry into the machine-making, metallurgical, and chemical sectors. Even the terrible 1923 Tokyo earthquake, which cost over 100,000 lives and billions of dollars, provided another stimulus due to the construction boom that followed. Riding the crest of this economic upsurge were the zaibatsu conglomerates — a dozen family-run combines, each involved in mining, manufacturing, marketing, shipping, and banking. These tightly controlled commercial pyramids were the true heirs to the old feudal structures. Japan's progress toward parliamentary democracy was halted in the 1930s by the growing nationalism being imposed on government by the generals and admirals. They proclaimed Japan's mission to bring progress to its backward Asian neighbors in language not so very different from that of the Europeans in Africa or the US in Latin America. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Soviet Union was regarded as a major threat to Japan's security, and the army felt it needed Manchuria and whatever other Chinese territory it could control as a buffer against Russian advances. In 1931 the Japanese occupied Manchuria. And then in 1937, with the popular support of ultra-right-wing groups, the army overrode parliamentary resistance in Tokyo and went to war against the Chinese Nationalists. By 1938, they held Nanking, Hankow, and Canton. Japanese expansionist policies were leading to direct confrontation with the West. Japan hoped that war in Europe would divert the Soviet Union from interference in East Asia, giving Japan a free hand both in China and, through its alliance with Germany, in French IndoChina after the defeat of France. The US responded to the Japanese invasion of IndoChina with a trade and fuel embargo, cutting off 90 percent of Japan's supplies. The result was the attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) and total war. <sep>What event allowed the zaibatsu conglomerates to take advantage of an economic upsurge?<sep>The 1923 Tokyo earthquake
answer:
Yes
question:
An atom is the very smallest particle that still the elements properties. All the atoms of an element are alike. They are also different from the atoms of all other elements. For example, atoms of gold are always the same. It does not matter if they are found in a gold nugget or a gold ring. All gold atoms have the same structure and properties. For example, all gold atoms contain 79 protons. One of golds unique properties is that it is a great conductor of electricity. Gold is a better conductor of electricity than copper. Gold is more rare and expensive than copper. Copper is used in house wiring. Gold is far too expensive. <sep>What is gold used for and why?<sep>It's rare
answer:
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Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest said she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people's opinions of Saudi women and Saudi women's opinions of themselves.
Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak Mount Everest, talks to the media at Yak and Yeti Hotel in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. According to mountaineering... (Associated Press)
Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak Mount Everest, talks to the media at Yak and Yeti Hotel in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. According to mountaineering... (Associated Press)
Raha Mobarak told reporters in Katmandu on Tuesday after returning from the mountain that her next goal is to climb the highest peaks in all seven continents. She said she has already scaled five of them.
Mobarak, 27, was among hundreds of climbers who reached Everest's 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit in recent days because of favorable weather conditions on the mountain.
"It was very personal thing. I didn't do it to cause a movement, did not do it because of anything, but If I can change people's opinion or the world's opinion on Saudi women and if I can change Saudi women's opinion about themselves I would be really happy," Mobarak said.
Women's freedoms are severely limited in Saudi Arabia. Females are not allowed to drive and cannot travel or attend school without the permission of a male guardian.
Last year, two Saudi female athletes made an unprecedented appearance at the Olympics.
Mobarak said she didn't have any problems during the climb. She was among the first batch of climbers to head to the summit and there were fewer people on the narrow trail on the day she and her teammates reached the summit.
"I am very lucky that I adapted to the altitude well but it was really hard for me to get used to the cold, I come from Saudi Arabia," she said.
She said she began climbing by scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa nearly two years ago and set her sights on Everest "simply because someone said I couldn't do it and I wanted to prove to myself."
"It wasn't a prefect day on the summit, it was windy but it was beautiful," she said. "I was standing on the summit of the world with my two feet and I could not believe it." ||||| Nepal probes Briton's 'illegal' Everest broadcast
(AFP) – May 20, 2013
KATHMANDU — A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday.
British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday morning.
"This is the world's first live video call -- never been done before -- from the rooftop of the world," said the climber while breathing heavily through an oxygen mask and wearing a clown's red nose for charity.
"I don't have a camera man with me. It's me with a pole, an HTC smartphone...and of course my red nose. It's a very proud moment to be here and two-and-a-half years in the making," he added.
The mountain has had mobile phone coverage for several years.
But Purnachandra Bhattarai, joint secretary of Nepal's tourism ministry, told AFP Hughes had broken the law by not seeking permission from the government for his broadcast.
"Even the tourism ministry has to seek permission from the communication ministry to film, broadcast or conduct media related events on Everest," Bhattarai said.
He said Hughes' trekking agency was under investigation as a result of the incident but did not elaborate further.
During a so-called "fair weather" window on Sunday, 146 people reached the summit of the world's highest peak, featuring teams claiming records for the first women from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Indian sisters as the first twins, and a British climber completing the feat for his eleventh time.
Hughes was climbing to raise money for a Britain-based charity.
The mountain has become a popular symbolic pilgrimage site for record-setting, awareness-raising, and pledge drives for charities, which have increased crowds on the mountain.
Last year, more than 250 climbers reached the summit in a 48-hour stretch of good weather despite warnings of potentially deadly bottlenecks in the "death zone" above 8,000 metres.
A brawl between European climbers and Nepalese Sherpas high on the mountain in April cast a shadow over the climbing season, which marks the 60th anniversary of Edmund Hillary's and Tenzing Norgay's maiden summit.
"This summit season has already been marked by controversy and we don't want it to happen again," said Bhattarai.
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British explorer Daniel Hughes has reached the summit of Mount Everest in an attempt to raise £1m for the charity Comic Relief.
Daniel spoke to the BBC from the top of the world's highest mountain using his smartphone. |||||
Output: | One more sign that climbing Everest just ain't what it used to be: When a British mountaineer got to the summit over the weekend, he pulled out his smartphone and gave the BBC a video billed as "the world's first live video call ... from the rooftop of the world." Now Nepal tourism officials are in a huff because he didn't clear it beforehand, reports AFP. "Even the tourism ministry has to seek permission from the communication ministry to film, broadcast, or conduct media related events on Everest," says one. The climber, incidentally, was one of nearly 150 people who reached the summit on Sunday alone. One critic thinks all these inexperienced hikers are making a mess of the mountain, though there have been some nice milestones of late—along with a sherpa fight. |
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].
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Question: (CNN) Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjure himself in testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing? On Thursday, Sessions recused himself from any investigation of the campaign and has indicated he will send a clarification note to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sessions met with a Russian diplomat twice last year in Washington -- the same one that cost Michael Flynn his national security adviser job when Flynn failed to disclose the contact to Vice President Mike Pence. Here's the reason this is suddenly controversial: Sessions did not mention his meetings with the Russian representative during his confirmation hearing, and testified that he knew of no contacts between Russians and Trump surrogates.Danny Cevallos: Perjury charges against Attorney General Jeff Sessions are unlikelyIt would be difficult to prove willful intent to give misleading testimony, he says
Question:I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the _."
Answer: Russian
Question: The EU's migration chief has urged European leaders to stop thinking about whether accepting refugees into their country will affect the next election. Dimitris Avramopoulos hinted that EU heads of state is letting their worry about how their actions in response to the migration crisis will be seen by voters cloud their humanitarian judgement. The 62-year-old said EU leaders should think more like the Commission, which does not need to be re-elected and therefore does not take into account how their actions might change public opinion. Avramopoulois is European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship and has served as both Defence and Foreign Minister in Greece as well as Mayor of Athens.Dimitris Avramopoulos said EU leaders must stop thinking of next electionEU Migration chief said to stop thinking about 'political cost' of refugeesSaid reason for delay in action on crisis was that EU was taken by surprise
Question:'The _ is here for five years to do its job and we did it with vision, responsibility and commitment.
Answer: Commission
Question: (CNN) Several Republican and Democrat lawmakers agree that Congress needs to prevent a collapse of the health insurance market, which could hurt millions of consumers -- and that concern has opened up some bipartisan dialogue. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said the Senate health committee will hold bipartisan health care hearings on how to repair the individual market. In the House, a group of 40 lawmakers from both parties endorsed an outline of ideas aimed at making urgent fixes to Obamacare. The step toward bipartisanship on health care comes as some Republicans consider an approach that diverges from the president's stance.Bipartisan efforts in both Senate and House over concerns in individual health care marketPresident Trump threatened to stop paying insurance companies cost-sharing subsidies
Question:Last week, Alexander voted for two out of the three repeal _ bills that went up for a vote in the Senate.
Answer: | R
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Explain simply why become tired is the correct answer to: Dancing for a long time will lead you to become what?
Options:
- sore
- intercourse
- fatigue
- become tired
- expression. Explanation: | More dancing can make you tired. Dancing for a long time will lead you to become tired. |
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
Ulpio Minucci ( June 29 , 1917 - March 9 , 2007 ) was an Italian-born American composer and musician .
Ulpio Minucci ( June 29 , 1917 -- March 9 , 2007 ) was an Italian composer and musician .
Output:
[no]
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
The castle is used now as a fancy place near Madrid for glamorous weddings , social events , banquets and so on .
The castle is now being used as a chic place near Madrid for glamorous weddings , social events , banquets and so on .
Output:
[yes]
Input:
Are these paraphrases?
Later they moved to Whitefish Bay , Wisconsin , and then to New York City .
They later moved to New York City and then to Whitefish Bay , Wisconsin .
Output:
| [no] |
In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
passage: Dressing up as a police officer in costume (e.g. for Halloween), or pretending to be a police officer for the purpose of play or a harmless prank toward an acquaintance is generally not considered a crime, provided that those involved recognize the imposter is not a real police officer, and the imposter is not trying to deceive those involved into thinking he/she is. Nevertheless, replica police uniforms sold in the UK must not be identical to the uniforms currently used by the police, and traders have been jailed in the past for selling on genuine uniforms
question: can you dress as a cop for halloween?
Yes
passage: Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopian 2040s, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which will lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune. Cline sold the rights to publish the novel in June 2010, in a bidding war to the Crown Publishing Group (a division of Random House). The book was published on August 16, 2011. An audiobook was released the same day; it was narrated by Wil Wheaton, who was mentioned briefly in one of the chapters. In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association and won the 2012 Prometheus Award.
question: was ready player one based on a book?
Yes
passage: The term ``Grand Slam'' was first applied to Bobby Jones' achievement of winning the four major golf events of 1930: The Open Championship, the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur. When Jones won all four, the sports world searched for ways to capture the magnitude of his accomplishment. Up to that time, there was no term to describe such a feat because no one had thought it possible. The Atlanta Journal's O.B. Keeler dubbed it the ``Grand Slam,'' borrowing a bridge term. George Trevor of the New York Sun wrote that Jones had ``stormed the impregnable quadrilateral of golf.'' Keeler would later write the words that would forever be linked to one of the greatest individual accomplishments in the history of sports:
question: has anyone won all 4 majors in the same year?
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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.
Sentence: The Professional the only adaptation of the award-winning 1976 novel "Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal" by Patrick Alexander. | It's impossible to say |
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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.
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(CNN) Editor's note: This is a developing story that is being constantly updated as the storm progresses. Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities. A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina. The deaths occurred mostly when tree limbs fell on victims during the tropical storm that stretched 650 miles from east to west, affecting at least nine states. As Jacksonville, Florida, grappled with record storm surge, the level of the destruction became more apparent in the hard-hit Florida Keys at the southern tip of the state. Areas without water, power or communications are likely to remain so for some time.South Carolina man is killed by a falling tree limbFlooding inundates Savannah's River Street and The Battery neighborhood in Charleston
Questions:-- Storm surge warnings in _, Georgia and South Carolina mean "there is a danger of life-threatening inundation," the hurricane center said. (A) Florida (B) Irma (C) Charleston (D) South Carolina (E) Atlanta (F) Georgia (G) Jacksonville (H) Savannah (I) River Street (J) The Battery
answer:
(A)
question:
Washington (CNN) The Trump kids aren't alright. As the campaign enters its final stretch, some of Donald Trump's children are showing signs of impatience and struggling to stay on message. In the past 24 hours, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have cut off interviews when pressed for answers on tough questions. Trump Jr. strayed from the campaign's talking point about the Republican nominee's tax returns -- that they'll be released once an IRS audit concludes -- when he said unveiling the documents would "detract" from his father's message. And Trump Jr. caused a firestorm when, during a Thursday interview with a Philadelphia radio station, he raised the specter of the Holocaust by saying if Republicans acted like Hillary Clinton, the media would be "warming up the gas chamber." The campaign later said Trump Jr. was referring to capital punishment, though the Clinton campaign quickly seized on the remarks.Trump's children have increased their appearances on the campaign trail in recent weeksIvanka and Don Jr. both cut off interviews when faced with tough questions
Questions:_, in particular, often softens Trump's image and the children are known for exerting power behind the scenes and bringing discipline to the freewheeling campaign. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Trump (D) Donald Trump (E) Ivanka Trump (F) Donald Trump Jr. (G) Trump Jr. (H) Republican (I) IRS (J) Philadelphia (K) Holocaust (L) Republicans (M) Hillary Clinton (N) Clinton (O) Ivanka (P) Don Jr.
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(E)
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(CNN) The internet still wants Justin Timberlake to apologize to Janet Jackson for Nipplegate, but it looks like she's doing just fine. The announcement that Timberlake will perform in Super Bowl LII's halftime show on February 4 in Minneapolis has reignited criticism that the "Cry Me A River" singer didn't do right by Jackson after her "wardrobe malfunction" during their halftime Super Bowl XXXVIII performance in 2004. Related: Justin Timberlake to perform at his first Super Bowl since 'Nipplegate' For those who need a refresher, Timberlake ripped off Jackson's bodice and revealed her right breast while the two were performing his hit "Rock Your Body" at the end of the halftime show. The stunt occurred just as Timberlake sang the last line,"I'm gonna have you naked by the end of this song."Some want Timberlake to apologizeBoth he and Jackson have had successful careers since 'Nipplegate'
Questions:In 2012, _ quietly married Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana. (A) Justin Timberlake (B) Janet Jackson (C) Nipplegate (D) Timberlake (E) Super Bowl LII (F) Minneapolis (G) Cry Me A River (H) Super Bowl XXXVIII (I) Super Bowl (J) Rock Your Body
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Logic ==> When a person feels loneliness, they need someone to talk to. Meeting friends will help them talk to someone.
meet friend
Question ==> When experiencing loneliness who would be a good person to see?
Options:
- socialize
- meet friend
- make people laugh
- make friends
- get fight
** Irritability is the quality of being irritable. Irritability is generally caused by insomnia. Insomnia means inability to sleep. People with insomnia awaken in the middle of the night.
irritability
** Awaking in the middle of the night may cause what?
Options:
- depression
- irritability
- shock
- discomfort
- alertness
Detailed logic: After wearing shoes, people walks. The business require of everyone to wear shoes and walking into their store.
wear shoes
Question for this logic: What did the business require of everyone walking into their store?
Options:
- wear shoes
- learn
- hope for peace
- have a great day.
- do well
Logic ==> A rock hurts a bug. Rock is used to smash frightening bugs. Rock is found outdoors.
rock
Question ==> You might grab what to smash a large, frightening bug when you're outdoors?
Options:
- tree
- garden
- meadow
- rock
- rug
** Reproduction is the process of creating new species through intercourse. To continue living, reproduction is essential as it is natural process if animals.
reproducing
** What must happen for an animal to and it's offspring to continue livng?
Options:
- death
- flying
- reproducing
- food consumed
- eventually die
Detailed logic: A game of ball only has two outcomes which are either winning or losing.
losing
Question for this logic: | What are the potential outcomes of playing ball?
Options:
- competition
- injury
- making a touchdown
- losing
- having fun |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Could the public radio show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” soon have a weekly perch on television?
The BBC America cable channel is giving the popular NPR quiz show a try-out of sorts. It’s going to tape a 2011 year in review edition of “Wait Wait” next month and televise it on Dec. 23.
For the BBC, it is a one-hour special, but it could turn into something more. Television channels regularly make pilots for possible shows by commissioning one-hour specials.
Asked whether that’s the case this time, an NPR spokeswoman said, “BBC and NPR are testing and learning. We’ll see how it goes and take it from there.”
Peter Sagal, the witty host of “Wait Wait,” answered the same question thusly: “No comment. (I’ve always wanted to say that to The New York Times.)”
The Times has a partnership with “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me” for a weekly news quiz in the Sunday Review section of the newspaper.
NPR is known to have contemplated a television version of “Wait Wait” once before, in 2008, when it worked with the CBS network on a pilot for such a series. The pilot did not go forward.
In an interview in 2009, Mr. Sagal said he valued the intimacy and the spontaneity of the current format on radio. ”We’re a bunch of guys who like joking around with each other,” he said.
The television special for BBC America, to be taped in Chicago on Dec. 2, seems designed to preserve the intimacy and spontaneity of radio. It will have Mr. Sagal, the official judge Carl Kasell and a panel like all other editions of the show.
Reflecting the relationship with the British broadcaster, it will include both an “American and British perspective,” according to a news release on Wednesday, “and will also include listener contests and celebrity guests from both sides of the pond.”
Doug Berman, the series creator, said in a statement, “It’s going to be pretty much what we do every week, except NPR has to add a budget line for pants.”
December’s one-hour special will be the first time NPR has partnered with BBC America. ||||| NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me" is coming to TV for the first time.
The comedic radio quiz show will debut on BBC America with a year-in-review special Dec. 23. Host Peter Sagal, scorekeeper Carl Kasell and a panel including Paula Poundstone and Alonzo Bodden will discuss 2011's biggest events.
When "Wait Wait" would ever make the leap to television has long been a point of conjecture. Now in its 14th season, the show draws 3.2 million listeners weekly on 595 NPR member public radio stations.
BBC Worldwide Americas General Manager Perry Simon calls the TV debut "long overdue."
"Wait Wait" creator Doug Berman says it would be a typical show, "except NPR has to add a budget line for pants."
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Online:
http://www.npr.org/waitwait |||||
A: | NPR's popular Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me is heading for the bright lights of television. The quiz show will get a one-hour special that will air Dec. 23 on the cable channel BBC America, reports AP. The New York Times sees it as a "try-out of sorts"—if it does well, expect to see more next year. Host Peter Sagal wasn't divulging much: "No comment. (I've always wanted to say that to the New York Times.)" The shows draws 3.2 million weekly listeners on the radio. |
How does the sentence end?
Jessica could make an arrest against the criminal but not Katrina because
pick from the following.
(1). Jessica was an officer..
(2). Katrina was an officer.. | (1). |
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