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) -- The small, black-and-white newspaper ad offered a discount: Nine holes of golf for $9.11 -- on September 11. The management of a Wisconsin golf course said the idea was to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, but the ad turned into a public relations disaster on social media. By Tuesday, TumbleDown Trails Golf Course was reporting death threats. The golf course in Verona, Wisconsin, placed an advertisement in Monday's Wisconsin State Journal offering to "commemorate" the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks with "9 holes with cart for only $9.11 per person or 18 holes with cart for only $19.11!"Social media erupts after course offers discount to "commemorate" terror attacksOffer: $9.11 for nine holes, $19.11 for 18 holesManagement apologizes on Facebook, reports death threatsCourse may be closed on Wednesday due to security concerns 
 Question:By Tuesday afternoon, many _ commenters were defending the course.

SOLUTION: Facebook

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has signaled to congressional Republican leaders that his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process as soon as April, according to House Republican officials. The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump repeatedly said he would force Mexico to pay for the construction of the wall along the border, though in October, Trump suggested for the first time that Mexico would reimburse the US for the cost of the wall. Trump defended that proposal Friday morning in a tweet, saying the move to use congressional appropriations was because of speed.The Trump transition team says his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations processThe move would break a key campaign promise when Trump promised to force Mexico to pay for the wall 
 Question:According to the bank of _, Mexico received $24.8 billion in remittance payments in 2015.

SOLUTION: Mexico

PROBLEM: It's tense in Thailand, where violence has spilled into the streets, people have died or been injured, and the army declared martial law Tuesday. Underscoring the instability, the army's decision to take control of the country came as a surprise to acting Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, an aide to the leader told CNN. The army "took this action unilaterally," said the aide, who did not wish to be named. The person described the action as "half a coup d'etat." Lt. Gen. Nipat Thonglek said the move was not a coup. "The army aims to maintain peace, order and public safety for all groups and all parties," a ticker running on the army's television channel said. "People are urged not to panic, and can carry on their business as usual," he said.Military says it wants to bring stability after protests and Prime Minister's removalAnalyst: Military is trying to persuade protesters to go home, "dial down the tensions"Government aide calls situation "half a coup d'etat," says military's action was unilateralThailand's army has declared martial law but stresses the move is not a coup 
 Question:_, the lieutenant general, said the precise restrictions of martial law were being worked out.

SOLUTION:
Nipat Thonglek

