instruction:
In this task, we ask you to write an answer to a question about the events that may happen before or after a certain event. For example, "earning money" usually appears before "spending money". Note that a lot of the questions could have more than one correct answer. We only need a single most-likely answer. Please try to keep your "answer" as simple as possible. Concise and simple "answer" is preferred over those complex and verbose ones.
question:
Sentence: No defendants were ordered to pay more than a $250 fine for violating the court order. 
Question: What happened after the ruling was issued?
answer:
they paid the fine.


question:
Sentence: The Portuguese Crown, delighted with its first important discovery, immediately embarked on a program of colonization. 
Question: What happened after the Portuguese attempted to colonize the new territory?
answer:
they stayed there and claimed it as theirs.


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Sentence: There are some exceptions, including pregnancies that resulted from sexual assault, incest or other violations of law. 
Question: What happened after the violations of law?
answer:

the perpetrator was arrested.


