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Question: Banning ivory is the surest road to extinction for the African elephant, argue leaders in those countries.
The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Answer: no
Question: For others, in the northern hemisphere, judgment may be a little off due to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is often at its peak in the weeks following the shortest hours of daylight.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a worldwide disorder.
Answer: no
Question: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's investigators submitted the preliminary results of their work in early October to around 200 organisations and individuals to warn them of charges against them and to give them the opportunity to respond before final drafting of the report.
The Commission investigated 200 people and oragnisations, before charging them, in order to prevent them from responding prior to the official release of the report.
Answer: | no |
*Question*
Phillip Island Penguins The Little Penguin has called prefix = st1 /PhillipIslandhome for untold generations. Get to Phillip Island inplenty of time to watch a summer sunset at Summerland Beach-the stage is attractively set to see the Little Penguin leave water and step onto land. *Leave Melbourne at 5:30 pm. for a direct journey to PhillipIsland *See the Gippsland area-Guinness Book of Records place for the world's longest earthworm *Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance *Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island-natural home for Little Penguins and many animals *Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little penguins Ultimate Penguins (+U) Join a group of up to 15. This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Pen-guins. You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses. Adult $ 60.00 Child $ 30.00 Viewing Platform Penguin Plus (+V) More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands. Adult $ 25.00 Child $ 12.50 Penguin Skybox (+S) Join a group of only 5 in the comfort of a special, higher-up viewing tower. Gain an excellent overview of SummerlandBeach. Adult 16 yrs + $ 50.00 We can learn from the text that Little Penguins _ . A) have been on PhillipIslandfor years B) keep a Guinness record for their size C) are trained to practice diving for visitors D) live in large groups to protect themselves
**Answer**
A
*Question*
A public high school in the rural town of Boonsboro,Maryland,offers a special program recently. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math,science,English and social studies. The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. "What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here,so that they're prepared for college," she said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities. Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High School for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. "The novels they're reading now,are very manly novels. They're novels that deal with the arrogance of man and the pride of man." One of those books,for example,is "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada's Klondike Gold Rush. On this day,the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they're drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said,"The main character,Buck,gets abducted , and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I'm drawing part of the story where he's in the train. It gets you to _ the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what's going on in the story,the important events of the story."" Instead of just doing work sheets about it,this is a lot more fun," Logan added happily. Morgan Van Fleet likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. "To me,it almost seems like it's hindering your chances at developing yourself because you're more focused on 'Oh,I wish they'd shut up. Oh,what do they think of me?' instead of focusing on what's the homework... The text is probably taken from _ . A) a school's introduction B) a teacher's diary C) a headmaster's speech D) a news report
**Answer**
D
*Question*
Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taiper 101, Saturday. Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101-storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours. "It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was already so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful. I felt completely eased," said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower's lifts, the world's fastest. Several hundred onlookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Roberts progress through live pictures on a large television screen. At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper storeys. The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower-without permission or any safety equipment or ropes. This time Robert was wearing a harness fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb. He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections. He said the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery. Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time. According to the text, we can infer that_. A) Alain Robert spent three hours climbing Taipei 101 B) Alain Robert chose a rainy day on purpose C) Alain Robert will climb Taipei 101 a second time D) Alain Robert got lots of help from onlookers
**Answer**
C
*Question*
Why does the rate of heart attacks increase during the World Cup football finals? How can we help an overweight patient to lose weight? They're just some of the topics covered in a new book by University of Sussex academics, which is helping student doctors to consider the importance of psychology in medical practice. Psychology for Medicineis the first textbook of its kind, providing medical trainees and new doctors with all the relevant psychological knowledge they need. Previously, students had to refer to many different books for the relevant psychology. The book, by Sussex psychologists Dr. Sussex Ayers and Dr. Richard de Visser, has been well received by fellow academics and medical doctors and was finished with the help of the students and staff of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The studentsproofread the chapters, provided ideas for the content and even modeled for the photographs. The book provides a solid grounding in psychological study relevant to medicine, along with practical tips and advice for practice. One student, Simon Hall, drew cartoons for the book. The study psychology is important for doctors for a number of reasons. Psychological and physical symptoms are highly related. Up to a third of patients will have psychological disorders, while physical causes are usually only found in around 15 per cent of people's symptoms. In treatment, a lot of the effect drugs can be due to patients believing they will recover rather than the drug itself. Dr. Ayers says, "The important thing about this book is that it's applied science --- it shows why psychology is important to medicine and how we should use it. The book's presentation is really important. It's not just lots of theory, but full of tips and advice so that students can take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to real-life situations." We can infer that the text is a(n) _ . A) research report B) introduction to a book C) advertisement for a book D) introduction to a psychologist
**Answer**
| B |
Please check if these have the same meaning.
The episode was written by Bill Wrubel and directed by Lev L. Spiro .
The episode was written by Bill Wrubel and was directed by Lev L. Spiro .
Answer: yes
Please check if these have the same meaning.
When Justice Tyler died in 1813 , John Tyler inherited Greenway at the age of 23 .
When Judge John Tyler died in 1813 , Tyler at the age of 23 inherited Greenway .
Answer: no
Please check if these have the same meaning.
The penultimate whorl contains 28-31 spiral threads and 10-11 strong , axial ribs .
The penultimate host contains 28-31 spiral threads and 10-11 strong , axial ribs .
Answer: no
Please check if these have the same meaning.
The fumarate - hydratase - gene , located on the long arm of chromosome 1 ( 1q42.3-43 ) , stretches over 22 kilobases and has 10 exons .
The fumarate hydratase gene , located on the long arm of chromosome 1 ( 1q42.3-43 ) , spans 22 kilobases and has 10 exons .
Answer: | yes |
In this task you will be given a question and a passage. You need to determine if the answer to the question is contained in the passage. If the answer can be found in the passage you should output 'True'. If the answer cannot be found in the passage you should output 'False'.
Passage: 'Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures are episodes that can vary from brief and nearly undetectable to long periods of vigorous shaking. These episodes can result in physical injuries including occasionally broken bones. In epilepsy, seizures tend to recur and as a rule, have no immediate underlying cause. Isolated seizures that are provoked by a specific cause such as poisoning are not deemed to represent epilepsy. People with epilepsy in some areas of the world experience stigma due to the condition.'. Question: 'why do man city have a ship on their badge'.
False
Passage: 'Vikramashila was founded by Pāla king Dharmapala in the late 8th or early 9th century. It prospered for about four centuries before it was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji along with the other major centres of Buddhism in India around 1200.'. Question: 'where is the opera house in paris located'.
False
Passage: 'The father, who represents the Heavenly Father, implies to the older son that his love for both sons is not dependent upon their perfection, but their willingness to return to Him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.'. Question: 'what is the star signs for each month'.
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Add spaces between the words in the following text: Theso-calledChristianchurchestodaydonotunderstandorteachwhatsinis–theydonotteachthatsinmustbeputaway–theydonotunderstandwhatmanis,thepurposeoflife,themeaningofbeingbornagain,andoftheindwellingpresenceoftheHolySpirit–theydonotunderstandthatGod’sChurch,today,isnottoconverttheworld,buttoproclaimtheGospeloftheKingdomasawitness,tolivealifeofovercomingsin,enduringuntotheend,andthattheovercomersshallreignwithChrist,beingkings,andpriests,inHisKingdom. | The so-called Christian churches today do not understand or teach what sin is – they do not teach that sin must be put away – they do not understand what man is, the purpose of life, the meaning of being born again, and of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit – they do not understand that God’s Church, today, is not to convert the world, but to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom as a witness, to live a life of overcoming sin, enduring unto the end, and that the overcomers shall reign with Christ, being kings, and priests, in His Kingdom. |
Please add spaces between words: todevelopmentenvironment-friendlierproductsincooperationwithcustomers/suppliers | to development environment-friendlier products in cooperation with customers/suppliers |
Does the sentence ""In 1727 the to-min or 'idle people' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing), the yoh-hu or 'music people' of Shanxi province, the si-min or 'small people' of Kiang Su (Jiangsu) province, and the Tanka people or 'egg-people' of Canton (to this day the boat population there), were all freed from their social disabilities, and allowed to count as free men."" provide a valid answer to the question "What does 'si-min' mean?"
A: yes
Does the sentence "This was in spite of some carbon microphones used, which had resonances that colored the recorded tone." provide a valid answer to the question "At at time was radio gaining popularity?"
A: no
Does the sentence "This constitution was created when the U.S. Congress directed local government to organize a constitutional convention to write the Puerto Rico Constitution in 1951." provide a valid answer to the question "What clause gives Puerto Rican citizens the same rights as US citizens?"
A: no
Does the sentence "14–15; overall, boys tend to view drinking in a more social light than girls, who report on average a more frequent use of alcohol as a coping mechanism." provide a valid answer to the question "During what ages do reasons for alcohol consumption between males and females begin to diverge?"
A: | yes |
IN: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel, first published in 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Scholastic Corporation in 1998. The plot follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old.
is harry potter and the philosopher's stone the first book?
OUT: yes
IN: The Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion franchise, alongside the Kansas City Scouts. Since purchasing the team in 1999, Leonsis revitalized the franchise by drafting star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Braden Holtby. The 2009--10 Capitals won the franchise's first-ever Presidents' Trophy for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. They won it a second time in 2015--16, and did so for a third time the following season in 2016--17. In addition to eleven division titles and three Presidents' Trophies, the Capitals have reached the Stanley Cup Finals twice (in 1998 and 2018), winning in 2018.
has the washington capitals ever made it to the stanley cup?
OUT: yes
IN: This is a list of train stations served by Metro-North Railroad. This includes stations shared with NJTransit, but only those within New York State. Stations are listed in alphabetical order. Stations along the Pascack Valley Line from Hoboken, NJ to Montvale, NJ and along the Main Line and Bergen County Line from Hoboken, NJ to Mahwah, NJ are operated solely by New Jersey Transit.
does the metro north go to new jersey?
OUT: no
IN: Stranger Things is an American science fiction-horror web television series created, written, and directed by the Duffer Brothers. The Duffer Brothers, Shawn Levy, and Dan Cohen serve as executive producers. The first season, released in July 2016, stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono and Matthew Modine, with Noah Schnapp and Joe Keery in recurring roles. For the second season, Schnapp and Keery were promoted to series regulars, along with the additions of Sadie Sink, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin and Paul Reiser.
does stranger things season 2 have the same characters?
OUT: | yes |
Input: Read this: At various times, there have been cardinals who had only received first tonsure and minor orders but not yet been ordained as deacons or priests. Though clerics, they were inaccurately called "lay cardinals" and were permitted to marry. Teodolfo Mertel was among the last of the lay cardinals. When he died in 1899 he was the last surviving cardinal who was not at least ordained a priest. With the revision of the Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1917 by Pope Benedict XV, only those who are already priests or bishops may be appointed cardinals. Since the time of Pope John XXIII a priest who is appointed a cardinal must be consecrated a bishop, unless he obtains a dispensation.
Question: What year did Pope Benedict X revise the Code of Canon Law?
Output: unanswerable
QUES: Bohemia (as Czech civilization was known by then) increased in power over the centuries, as its language did in regional importance. This growth was expedited during the fourteenth century by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded Charles University in Prague in 1348. Here, early Czech literature (a biblical translation, hymns and hagiography) flourished. Old Czech texts, including poetry and cookbooks, were produced outside the university as well. Later in the century Jan Hus contributed significantly to the standardization of Czech orthography, advocated for widespread literacy among Czech commoners (particularly in religion) and made early efforts to model written Czech after the spoken language.
In what city did Jan Hus found Charles University?
What is the answer?
ANS: unanswerable
QUES: The sequence of operations that the control unit goes through to process an instruction is in itself like a short computer program, and indeed, in some more complex CPU designs, there is another yet smaller computer called a microsequencer, which runs a microcode program that causes all of these events to happen.
In some CPU designs there is tinier computer called what?
ANS: microsequencer
Copyright infringement is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works. The copyright holder is typically the work's creator, or a publisher or other business to whom copyright has been assigned. Copyright holders routinely invoke legal and technological measures to prevent and penalize copyright infringement.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): You wrote a song that was based on an original work, what is this called?
Ah, so.. derivative works
Question: The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, the federal constitution, stipulates that the structure of each Federal State's government must "conform to the principles of republican, democratic, and social government, based on the rule of law" (Article 28). Most of the states are governed by a cabinet led by a Ministerpräsident (Minister-President), together with a unicameral legislative body known as the Landtag (State Diet). The states are parliamentary republics and the relationship between their legislative and executive branches mirrors that of the federal system: the legislatures are popularly elected for four or five years (depending on the state), and the Minister-President is then chosen by a majority vote among the Landtag's members. The Minister-President appoints a cabinet to run the state's agencies and to carry out the executive duties of the state's government.
Try to answer this question if possible: What is the name of the federal legislative body?
Answer: unanswerable
QUES: Nasser was greatly influenced by Egyptian nationalism, as espoused by politician Mustafa Kamel, poet Ahmed Shawqi, and his anti-colonialist instructor at the Royal Military Academy, Aziz al-Masri, to whom Nasser expressed his gratitude in a 1961 newspaper interview. He was especially influenced by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim's novel Return of the Spirit, in which al-Hakim wrote that the Egyptian people were only in need of a "man in whom all their feelings and desires will be represented, and who will be for them a symbol of their objective". Nasser later credited the novel as his inspiration to launch the 1952 revolution.
What novel influenced Nasser greatly?
ANS: | Return of the Spirit |
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.
One example is below.
Q: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
A: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Rationale: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: As luminosity of stars increases greatly with mass , the luminosity of hypergiants often lies very close to the Eddington limit .
A: | As the luminosity of stars increases greatly with mass , the luminosity of hypergiants often lies very close to the Eddington limit , which is the luminosity at which the radiation pressure expanding the star outward equals the force of the star 's gravity collapsing the star inward . |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
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".
What if you could drain all of Earths oceans? What would it look like? You might be really surprised. You see that the surface has two main features. It has continents and ocean basins. Continents are large land areas. These are the areas that are mostly above sea level. Ocean basins extend from the edges of continents. They include the ocean floor and Earths deep ocean trenches. You will also notice the ocean floor is not flat. It too has many Continents are much older than ocean basins. Some rocks on the continents are billions of years old. Ocean basins may only be millions of years old. Because the continents are so old, a lot has happened to them! As we view the land around us, we see landforms. Landforms are physical features on Earths surface. These features change over time, but how? There are actually two types of forces at work. <sep>Do features of the Earth changes over time?<sep>Some rocks on the continents are billions of years old
Output: | Yes |
Teacher: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Solution: is house tax and property tax are same
Reason: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Now, solve this instance: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 18) -- On May 20, 2014, Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were crowned the champions, marking the first time that Chmerkovskiy has won. Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were the runners-up, and Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas finished in third place.
Student: | did candace cameron win dancing with the stars |
11:32 those who do wickedly against the covenant, he shall pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their god shall be strong and do exploits.
Capitalize this past sentence correctly. | 11:32 Those who do wickedly against the covenant, he shall pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Problem:What kind of schools are in the group that includes 8 schools?, Context: Melbourne universities have campuses all over Australia and some internationally. Swinburne University has campuses in Malaysia, while Monash has a research centre based in Prato, Italy. The University of Melbourne, the second oldest university in Australia, was ranked first among Australian universities in the 2010 THES international rankings. The 2012–2013 Times Higher Education Supplement ranked the University of Melbourne as the 28th (30th by QS ranking) best university in the world. Monash University was ranked as the 99th (60th by QS ranking) best university in the world. Both universities are members of the Group of Eight, a coalition of leading Australian tertiary institutions offering comprehensive and leading education.
Solution: | tertiary |
Organic fertilizers like vermi compost are used for increasing the quality, fertility and mineral content of the soil.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that the sentence below is true?
Organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
Pick your answer from:
[a]. yes.
[b]. no. | [a]. |
Problem: If this is the response, what came before? Pablo Dyego Pablo Dyego da Silva Rosa (born 8 March 1994) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fluminense as a winger.
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What is the fluminense player Pablo Dyego?
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Problem: If this is the response, what came before? Her writing debut came in 1933, with articles and literary fragments in "Rampa" and "Adevărul literar și artistic".
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Before this should be: DIALOG:
What is the connection between Lucia Demetrius and the Enlightenment?
- From 1936 to 1941 she was a clerk at the offices of Nicolae Malaxa, who facilitated a trip to Italy for her.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- During World War II and the attendant anti-Jewish laws, she feared persecution due to her background.
- Did she face any persecution?
- Although her name was removed from a theatrical poster where she was listed as translator, she was allowed to join a large group of writers attending the inauguration of the Romanian theatre in Odessa, capital of the Transnistria Governorate.
- What was her greatest accomplishment?
- Over the course of the war, she worked as a nurse at a hospital for wounded soldiers, located in her former high school building; the activity would later draw criticism from the Romanian Communist Party.
- What is the most important fact in this article?
- From 1944 to 1949, she taught at the workers' conservatory, was first secretary for the press at the Information Ministry between 1946 and 1949, and worked as a theatre director at Sibiu, Brașov and Bacău from 1950 to 1952.
- When did she start writing?
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Problem: If this is the response, what came before? The yearly festival is celebrated during the December–January which lasts 28 days.
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Before this should be: DIALOG:
list of festivals in chengannur mahadeva temple
- The major festivals in the temple are flag hoisting on the Thiruvathirai month of Dhanu and Aaratu during the Thiruvathirai month of Makaram.
- any other festivals
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Problem: If this is the response, what came before? On May 19, 1994, he signed with the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League.
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What was Curvin Richards' release about?
- The next day, Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson released him, citing the fact that he could not tolerate a running back with a fumbling problem going into the playoffs, even though he would not be able to replace his roster spot by signing a new player, that he would have to pay him in full for all of the remaining games and eventually would have to give him a Super Bowl ring.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- Thus, Richards missed the entire 1992 postseason, including the Cowboys' 52-17 win over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVII.
- Did he play anywhere else?
- In 1993, he signed as a free agent with the Detroit Lions.
- Did he do well with them?
- He was released on August 30 and recalled off waivers the next day.
- Did he play any other sports?
- He was cut on September 7, after playing in one game.
- Where did he go after Detroit?
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On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of firstgraders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It's a hand,a simple hand. But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. "I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food," said one child, "A farmer's," said another, "Because he grows beautiful flowers. " Finally when the others were at work ,the teacher went over to Douglas' desk and asked whose hand it was. "It's your hand, Teacher," he said quietly and shyly. She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone's thanksgiving,not for the material things we get,but for the chance,in whatever small way, to give to others. why did Douglas draw a simple hand? A) He was good at drawing it. B) His teacher asked him to draw it. C) He wanted to show his thanks to his teacher D) He hoped to get his teacher's praise.
C
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When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time. One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour late, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn`t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to Wait right here. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, "You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?" I did not know how to answer that question. He continued,: It is OK if you can`t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother." Then he sent us to mum`s workplace by taxi. I have depended on the kindness of many strangers in my whole life. I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I don't even remember what the man`s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson--people are more important than things. ,,. Why did the younger brother cry for his mother? A) Because he wanted to sleep. B) Because he wanted to play outside. C) Because he was hungry. D) Because he missed his mother
(Answer)
D
Ques: Four friends live in a small town. Their names are Cook, Miller, Smith, and Carter. They have different jobs. One is a policeman, one is a carpenter , one is a farmer, and one is a doctor. One day Cook's son broke his right leg, and Cook took him to the doctor. The doctor's sister is Smith's wife. The farmer isn't married . He has a lot of good hens. Miller always buys eggs from the farmer. The policeman sees Smith every day because they are neighbors . Cook's son is taken to _ . A) Miller B) Smith C) Smith's wife D) Carter
Ans: A
(Q).
In my country, daily meals usually start with breakfast. People usually have something to drink for breakfast, like tea with sugar and lemon, cold or warm milk or Coke. Many people have some bread, egg, hamburgers and so on. We must always remember that breakfast must be healthy and light. The noon is lunchtime, many people take their meals to schools or their workplaces, but some people like going to a restaurant or having fast food in McDonald's. I think that these meals are not healthy. We can have some rice with some vegetables or meat. More healthy fish and poultry slowly _ beef and pork. It's healthy to drink one glass of water, juice or tea after each meal. At six or seven in the evening, it's time for dinner. At this time, family members usually get together. We often have warm dishes. Sometimes we go out to restaurants. The writer mainly tell us _ . A) what three meals are B) how to eat healthily C) three meals in his / her country D) where to eat meals
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C
Ques:Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England. On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift , it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday. There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day. Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them." When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he _ . A) was cold, weak, hungry and tired B) wouldn't work there any more C) said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them." D) went home at once
Ans:A
Question: A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to bury it in the garden and wait for it to flower . A biodegradable mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage users to recycle. Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and able to change shape. Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals. British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that includes a sunflower seed .When this new type of cover turns into waste, it forms nitrates . These feed the seed and help the flower grow. Engineers have designed a small transparent window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away. "We've only put sunflower seeds into the cover so far. But we are working with scientists to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time." said one scientist. As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly throwing their mobiles away. This means producers are under pressure to find ways of recycling them. Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can change this, according to the scientists. ,A, B, C, D,. (10) After you have finished using the new type of mobile phone, _ . A) the phone will do harm to the environment B) the phone cover will break down easily in the soil you bury it C) it will be recycled by the producers D) it can be sent back to the shops.
Answer: | B |
A. All of the church's attendees; B. Abduraheem's family; C. not enough information; D. The pastor of the church;
Given those answer options, answer the question: Six weeks after arriving in the United States, Hassan Abduraheem takes a seat in the back pew of Tar Wallet Baptist Church. Tucked into the woods along a country road in rural Virginia, the church holds about 50 worshippers. On this cold November Sunday, Abduraheem and his family of eight noticeably increase the congregation's size. They do their best to follow the unfamiliar English of the old Baptist hymns, which are very familiar to their new neighbors. And they share the hymns from their former home — Sudan. Standing in a single line in front of the altar, the family fills the church with Arabic song. "Unbelievable," Abduraheem says repeatedly, as he describes his journey from a crowded prison cell in Sudan to a fixed-up house on the farm of his new pastor. "Unbelievable" seems like the only word that could describe the turn his life took, thanks to a Facebook post and a U.S. congressman. Abduraheem's work as a former pastor is not outlawed in his native Sudan, but Christians are a minority in a diverse country that has suffered through multiple civil wars. According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, there has been "an escalation in the Sudanese government's persecution of Christians,” since the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Abduraheem says his work was spreading the gospel; the Sudanese government accused him of espionage, and he was detained along with two other pastors in December 2015. "The first day when they took us to the prison, they beat us,” he says softly. Abduraheem was shifted from prison to prison. For five months, he wore the same clothes he was wearing when he was arrested. His eyes became damaged from the harsh prison light. Yet, despite constant interrogations, just two meals of beans a day and a tiny cell with barely enough room to sleep, he says the worst part of prison was not knowing. According to the above context, answer the following question. Who is singing Arabic songs in the English Baptist church?
A: | B. |
Q: Given the below context: Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, runs into the church and hides in the Attavanti private chapel – his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, has left a key to the chapel hidden at the feet of the statue of the Madonna. The elderly Sacristan enters and begins cleaning. The Sacristan kneels in prayer as the Angelus sounds. The painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to continue work on his picture of Mary Magdalene. The Sacristan identifies a likeness between the portrait and a blonde-haired woman who has been visiting the church recently (unknown to him, it is Angelotti's sister the Marchesa). Cavaradossi describes the "hidden harmony" ("Recondita armonia") in the contrast between the blonde beauty of his painting and his dark-haired lover, the singer Floria Tosca. The Sacristan mumbles his disapproval before leaving. Angelotti emerges and tells Cavaradossi, an old friend who has republican sympathies, that he is being pursued by the Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Cavaradossi promises to assist him after nightfall. Tosca's voice is heard, calling to Cavaradossi. Cavaradossi gives Angelotti his basket of food and Angelotti hurriedly returns to his hiding place. Tosca enters and suspiciously asks Cavaradossi what he has been doing – she thinks that he has been talking to another woman. Cavaradossi reassures her and Tosca tries to persuade him to take her to his villa that evening: "Non la sospiri, la nostra casetta" ("Do you not long for our little cottage"). She then expresses jealousy over the woman in the painting, whom she recognises as the Marchesa Attavanti. Cavaradossi explains the likeness; he has merely observed the Marchesa at prayer in the church. He reassures Tosca of his fidelity and asks her what eyes could be more beautiful than her own: "Qual'occhio al mondo" ("What eyes in the world"). After Tosca has left, Angelotti reappears and discusses with the painter his plan to flee disguised as a woman, using... Guess a valid title for it!
A: Tosca
Q: Given the below context: In Santa Monica, California, a pair of Mormon missionaries—by-the-book Elder Farrell, and his soon-to-leave companion, Elder Lozano (Ignacio Serricchio)—proselytize until they are caught between a gang drive-by shooting targeting nearby thugs. The shootout kills one thug and wounds another, Carl, whom Elder Lozano saves. After being released from the hospital, Carl tracks down the two missionaries, thanking Lozano for saving his life, who gives Carl a Book of Mormon. Later, the missionaries notice an unconscious street preacher lying behind a Dumpster. Despite Farrell's hesitation, the missionaries bring the man—later identified as Louis (Jo-sei Ikeda)—to rest in their apartment. Meanwhile, Carl, who has been reading the Bible and Book of Mormon, is eager to be baptized and begins taking lessons from the missionaries. While they do so, the missionaries ask their next-door neighbor, Holly, to check on the homeless preacher in their home. Upon their return, they have dinner with Holly and Louis and continue to do so for a few days. In this time, the missionaries learn that Louis once was a preacher who lost his congregation due to alcoholism and that Holly—a struggling actress—acted in a few adult movies, her parents back home discovering and cutting off contact with her as a result. Elder Farrell promises that God will never stop loving her regardless of her mistakes. At a local ward luau, another missionary interviews Carl for baptism, teaching him the story of Ammon, a missionary who teaches a group of people to give up their weapons and bury them deep in the ground, vowing never to use them again. The night before his baptism, Carl buries his weapons in the yard and Elder Lozano baptizes him the following day. Guess a valid title for it!
A: States of Grace
Q: Given the below context: The Chicxulub crater (; Mayan: [tʃʼikʃuluɓ]) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named. It was formed by a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometres (6.8 to 50.3 miles) in diameter, the Chicxulub impactor, striking the Earth. The date of the impact coincides precisely with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary), slightly less than 66 million years ago, and a widely accepted theory is that worldwide climate disruption from the event was the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a mass extinction in which 75% of plant and animal species on Earth became extinct, including all non-avian dinosaurs. The crater is estimated to be 150 kilometres (93 miles) in diameter and 20 km (12 mi) in depth, well into the continental crust of the region of about 10–30 km (6.2–18.6 mi) depth. It is the second largest confirmed impact structure on Earth and the only one whose peak ring is intact and directly accessible for scientific research.The crater was discovered by Antonio Camargo and Glen Penfield, geophysicists who had been looking for petroleum in the Yucatán during the late 1970s. Penfield was initially unable to obtain evidence that the geological feature was a crater and gave up his search. Later, through contact with Alan Hildebrand in 1990, Penfield obtained samples that suggested it was an impact feature. Evidence for the impact origin of the crater includes shocked quartz, a gravity anomaly, and tektites in surrounding areas. In 2016, a scientific drilling project drilled deep into the peak ring of the impact crater, hundreds of meters below the current sea floor, to obtain rock core samples from the impact itself. The discoveries were widely seen as confirming current theories related to both the crater impact and its effects. Guess a valid title for it!
A: | Chicxulub crater |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Problem:What is the seventh episode of South Park before Ass Burgers?
Solution: | You're Getting Old |
Detailed Instructions: Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
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Problem: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility. To see if you might be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, visit our pre-screening tool. For households in the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. To get SNAP benefits, households must meet certain tests, including resource and income tests: 1 Resources. 2 Income. 3 Deductions. 4 Employment Requirements. 5 Special Rules for Elderly or Disabled. 6 Immigrant Eligibility. In fact, we’re not spending enough on food stamps. The need for food assistance is greater than food stamps can fill, and the benefit amount is too low to allow a family to purchase an adequate, healthy diet. The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. Between 2009-2011 the purchasing power of food stamps declined by about 7%, or $47/month for a family of four, due to inflation in the cost of food. You’ve likely heard stories (and outrage) about people using food stamps to purchase “steak and lobster” as well as cigarettes and alcohol, showing up at the grocery store in a nice car, nice clothes, a nice purse or an iPhone. But the federal government sets the food stamps benefit amount at, on average, roughly $4 a day per person. Yes, someone could save up their monthly allotment to buy some high-priced food items for a special occasion. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Effective October 2016. Maximum Monthly SNAP Amounts. The chart below shows the maximum dollar amount of SNAP benefits your household can receive each month. This dollar amount is based on the number of people in your household, your income and your expenses. You could receive any amount up to or including these amounts. National Standards for reasonable amounts have been established for five necessary expenses: food, housekeeping supplies, apparel and services, personal care products and services, and miscellaneous. See the SNAP page on Applicants and Recipients for detailed information about eligibility requirements and benefits. The SNAP home page provides access to information on all aspects of the program. fns On average, 45 million people received SNAP benefits each month in fiscal year 2011, which represents a 70 percent increase over the roughly 26 million people (or one of every 11) who received benefits in 2007. The truth is, a $125 per person per month grocery budget may seem like a farce to a household currently spending $300 per person per month, but it’s actually quite achievable. *For households with more than eight people, add $5,408 per additional person. Always check with the appropriate managing agency to ensure the most accurate guidelines. To see if you might be eligible for SNAP benefits, use SNAP's pre-screening tool. Related Links. ¡ 1 Exija Sus Derechos! - 4300 S. ¡ 2 EXIJA SUS DERECHOS! Usted Tiene El Derecho - DHS 8219 S. ¡ 3 La tarjeta Illinois Link se acepta en mercados de agricultores selectos! DHS 9201 S. 4 B Attitude - Folic Acid - DHS 4758. 5 AABD Cash Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled - DHS 587. 6 Active Play for Families - DHS 4586. Query: average amount food stamps per one person in al for a month
Solution: The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person.
Explanation: The passage details the eligibility and resources provided by SNAP. The passage includes information on individual per meal food stamp benefit, that can be used to answer the query.
Problem: Having maxed out credit cards, but on-time payments my credit score prior to filing for Ch 7 was 530, post discharge it was 632 and now six months later is 692! There is life after Bankruptcy! GWNorris3rd's response was: Bankruptcy will ruin your credit for some time to come. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy can remain on your credit report for up to 10 years. Although a bankruptcy stays on your record for years, the time to complete the bankruptcy process under Chapter 7, from filing to relief from debt, takes only about 3-6 months. If you decide against Chapter 7 when it may be the right decision for you, your missed debt payments, defaults, repossessions, and lawsuits will also hurt your credit, and may be more complicated to explain to a future lender than bankruptcy. The impact to your credit score is largely based on where your credit stands now and what information is on your credit report.. In 2010, FICO released information about how bankruptcy and other credit mistakes affect your credit score. Using a mock scenario with two different credit profiles, FICO showed a bankruptcy could cost up to 240 points for someone with a 780 credit score and 150 points for someone with a 680 credit score. And, while a bankruptcy can severely damage your credit score, that doesn’t mean that bankruptcy has to be the end of a good credit rating forever. How Long Does Bankruptcy Stay On The Record. There are two types of bankruptcy – Chapter 13 bankruptcy and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Plus, as long as your report is filled with nothing but A+ grades, you should have a decent credit score within a few years, and even a good score by the time the bankruptcy drops off your report. 4. Keep Your Oldest Accounts Active Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. The bankruptcy itself and the debts associated with the bankruptcy will be displayed differently on your credit report. A completed Chapter 13 bankruptcy will stay on your report for up to seven years, and discharged debts will also stay on the report up to seven years after they are discharged. How Long Does Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Last? In most cases, it takes approximately three to four months to complete a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and obtain a discharge. However, if you have a complex case or creditors object to your discharge, it can take longer. This means that you can complete your case quickly and begin rebuilding your credit right away. How Long Does Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Remain on Your Credit Report? A Chapter 7 bankruptcy will usually stay on your credit report for ten years. But in general, this does not prohibit you from obtaining new credit and moving on with your life. In fact, most debtors start receiving new credit card offers shortly after they receive their discharge. To do this we’ll need to set the record straight on some of the most commonly held misconceptions about how bankruptcy impacts credit scores. Myth #1: Having no negative information on your credit report prior to bankruptcy leads to a higher post-bankruptcy credit score than if your report contained derogatory information prior to the filing. Myth #3: You will have a low credit score for as long as the bankruptcy information remains on your credit report. Fact #3: While it’s true that you should not expect a high score following bankruptcy, if you manage your credit optimally in its aftermath you can be looking at a 700 score or higher after only about 4-5 years. You cannot file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy if you previously went through bankruptcy proceedings under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 within the last six years. If you obtained a Chapter 13 discharge in good faith after paying at least 70% of your unsecured debts, the six-year bar does not apply. Query: how long bankruptcy affect credit
Solution: | A Chapter 7 bankruptcy can remain on your credit report for up to 10 years. |
DIALOG:
What is Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown?
- Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown is a 2002 action-adventure role-playing video game released by Blitz Games.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- The game is based on the "" television series.
- Who developed the game?
- It is developed by Blitz Games, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, Daewon Media, and Cinepix and published by The 3DO Company.
- What is the gameplay like?
- "Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown" features three gameplay modes including story, battle, and puzzle.
- What is the game about?
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Next turn: The player can transform Cubix into a variety of vehicles The battles take place in turn-based combat environments, and for each battle that is won the player can add a robot to his collection, which can be used in future fights.
Problem: What could be the response? DIALOG:
What is the main thing about Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn?
- Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn (died 577) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the ruling Eoganachta dynasty.
- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
- This branch was centered at Glanworth, County Cork.
- Who were his parents?
- He was the son of Crimthann Srem mac Echado (died circa 542).
- What about his siblings?
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A: The chronology of the 6th-century kings of Munster in the sources is contradictory.
QUESTION: Write another turn of this conversation. DIALOG:
What is Papiine betaherpesvirus 4?
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ANS: Papiine betaherpesvirus 4 Papiine betaherpesvirus 4 (PaHV-4) is a species of virus in the genus "Cytomegalovirus", subfamily "Betaherpesvirinae", family "Herpesviridae", and order "Herpesvirales".
question: Write a response. DIALOG:
What happened in the 1980 Molise regional election?
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response: 1980 Molise regional election The Molise regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.
Q: See the conversation. DIALOG:
What is the capital city of Myllyoja?
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Next: Myllyoja Myllyoja is a neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland.
Read the dialog and predict the next turn. DIALOG:
What started Rahul Dravid's golden years?
- A.
- When did Rahul Dravid's golden years end?
- R.
- Who is Anjan Umma?
- Anjan Umma Abdul Rahman Anjan Umma (born 6 September 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician and teacher.
- What happened with Anjan Umma in 2004?
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| In the 2004 election, she was elected from the Gampaha District to the Parliament of Sri Lanka as a United People's Freedom Alliance candidate. |
What is the next dialog turn? DIALOG:
P1: What is Tang-e Anar-e Sofla?;
P2: | Tang-e Anar-e Sofla Tang-e Anar-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Tang-e Anār-e Soflá) is a village in Poshteh-ye Zilayi Rural District, Sarfaryab District, Charam County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. |
Multi-choice question: Same meaning?
Patrick Aussems ( born February 6 , 1965 in Moelingen , Belgium ) is a former Belgian football player and former coach of the National Team of Nepal .
Patrick Aussems ( born 6 February 1965 in Moelingen , Nepal ) is a former Belgian footballer and the former coach of the Belgium national football team .
OPTIONS: A. no; B. yes; | A. |
A lot of the time celebrities have a team of people telling them what to wear for every different occasion. However, a naturally style savvy celebrity is not unheard of.
Kate Moss
Rising to fame in the mid-1990s, Kate Moss is one of the biggest supermodels ever and a fashion veteran . According to Forbes magazine, Moss has since earned more money than ever before.
Emma Watson
Born in 1990,well-known for starring in the Harry Potter films, Emma Watson is known for her beauty, and flawless style and grace on and off the red carpet. An advocate of eco-friendly fashion, Emma's worked with Italian designer Alberta Ferretti in 2011 on a collection of organic clothing featuring a series of environmentally friendly dresses.
Victoria Beckham
Well known for being real trendsetter , It's not _ that Victoria Beckham is among the list of style savvy celebrities . Indeed it was only a matter of time for her to start designing her own collection. The former Spice Girl had her own fashion brand, dvb, in 2007. Her designing works, ranging from clothes to fragrances , have been well received.
Justin Timberlake
A global music superstar, Justin Timberlake also earned the respect of fashion gurus --not only for being one of the most stylish celebrities but also for being a promising designer. Justin has managed to incorporate his sense of style into the clothing line, which is best known for its jeans.
1. What does Kate Moss do for a living?
2. When did she become famous
3. What is Emma Watson an advocate for?
4. What movies does she star in?
5. What designer does she collaborate with?
6. What is Victoria Beckhams brand?
7. When did it launch?
8. What fashion component is Timberlake best known for?
9. How are the persons described in this article related?
10. What about their fashion?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. she's a supermodel
2. 1990s
3. eco-friendly fashion
4. the Harry Potter films
5. Alberta Ferretti
6. , dvb
7. 2007
8. jeans
9. they're celebrities
10. they're style savvy |
Christine made Maria cold because
Christine sprayed them with water while trying to fix the leaky pipe.
Grapes are a favorite of Kevin, but Leslie really can't stand the taste.
Kevin is a fruit lover.
It was a large sum of money spent by Natalie but not Jennifer because
| Natalie had the kitchen remodeled. |
Q: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 -- May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway, in early silent film, and subsequently in sound film. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939), which starred Judy Garland.
Who played glinda the good witch on the wizard of oz?
A: `` Billie '' Burke. How to explain the answer? To answer this question, we should know that: She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939), which starred Judy Garland.
Q: Little House on the Prairie (known as Little House: A New Beginning in its final season) is an American western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books. Television producer and NBC executive Ed Friendly became aware of the story in the early 1970s. He asked Michael Landon to direct the pilot movie. Landon agreed on the condition that he could also play Charles Ingalls.
Answer this question: where was little house on the prairie tv show set?
A: on a farm in Walnut Grove , Minnesota. How to explain the answer? This is the relevant information: Little House on the Prairie (known as Little House: A New Beginning in its final season) is an American western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Q: This is a list of the best-selling video games of all time. The best-selling video game to date is Tetris, a tile-matching puzzle video game originally released for the Electronika 60 in 1984 and then popularised upon its Game Boy release in 1989. The game has been ported to a wide range of platforms and sold in excess of 170 million units, including 100 million paid downloads on mobile phones and 35 million as sales for the Game Boy version. Minecraft is the only other video game to have sold over 100 million units, with 144 million units sold as of January 2018. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sales for the Wii console.
Based on this passage, whats the best selling video game of all time?
A: Tetris. How to explain the answer? The relevant information to answer the above question is: The best-selling video game to date is Tetris, a tile-matching puzzle video game originally released for the Electronika 60 in 1984 and then popularised upon its Game Boy release in 1989.
Q: Díaz is a common Spanish surname with multiple meanings in multiple languages. First found in Castile, where the name originated in the Visigoth period, the name accounts for about 0.17 % of the Spanish population, ranking as the 14th-most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004 compared to the most popular Spanish surname of those years.
Where does the last name diaz originate from?
A: | in Castile , where the name originated in the Visigoth period. How to explain the answer? The relevant information to answer the above question is: First found in Castile, where the name originated in the Visigoth period, the name accounts for about 0.17 % of the Spanish population, ranking as the 14th-most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004 compared to the most popular Spanish surname of those years. |
Detailed Instructions: A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
See one example below:
Problem: where did france surrender ww2?
Solution: Mediterranean Sea
Explanation: This is a good example and the output correctly answers the question.
Problem: who is tia and tamera mowry parents?
Solution: | Darlene Mowry |
Compose the next sentence for this paragraph.
Andy Murray produced a classic display of hard-nosed and controlled tennis to set up a version of Friends Reunited in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Scot defused the power of Australian tyro Nick Kyrgios to come through 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to clear the path to a fascinating contest against Tomas Berdych, now coached by Murray's long-time friend and chief lieutenant Dani Vallverdu. Murray was like an expert football team playing away from home – soaking up the pressure and coming with a solid, skilfull, tactical game to defy the home crowd and get the right result.
Murray, who now has a 11-0 record against Australians, knows that a colossal task awaits him now against | Tomas Berdych. |
In 1878, Martinez Campos was Governor-General of Cuba, and Maximo Gomez was Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban forces. Both parties were weary of the prolonged hostilities, and neither was able to compel the other to surrender. Spain, however, professed a willingness to yield an important part of the demands of her rebellious subjects. Martinez Campos and Gomez met at Zanjon and, on February 10, 1878, mutually agreed to what has been variously called a peace pact, a treaty, and a capitulation. The agreement was based on provisions for a redress of Cuban grievances through greater civil, political, and administrative privileges for the Cubans, with forgetfulness of the past and amnesty for all then under sentence for political offences. Delay in carrying these provisions into effect gave rise to an attempt to renew the struggle two years later, but the effort was a failure. Matters then quieted down for a number of years. The Cubans waited to see what would be done. The Spanish Governor-General still remained the supreme power and, aside from the abolition of slavery, the application of the Spanish Constitution and Spanish laws to Cuba, and Cuban representation in the Cortes, much of which was rather form than fact, the island gained little by the new conditions. Discontent and protest continued and, at last, broke again into open rebellion in 1895.
What was the reason for rebellion after the peace pact?
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that laboratory tests on popular smoking devices known as electronic cigarettes have found they contain carcinogens and other toxic chemicals dangerous to humans. E-cigarettes are battery-operated and contain cartridges filled with nicotine and other chemicals. Known as "e-cigarettes," the devices are battery-operated and contain cartridges filled with nicotine and other chemicals, spiced with flavors such as chocolate, cola or bubble gum. While manufacturers tout e-cigarettes as a "healthy way" to smoke, federal health officials say the devices turn nicotine, which is highly addictive, and other chemicals into a vapor that is inhaled by the user. "The FDA is concerned about the safety of these products and how they are marketed to the public," said Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, commissioner of the FDA. CNN contacted Florida-based Smoking Everywhere, one of the largest manufacturers of e-cigarettes, after the FDA announcement, and a spokeswoman said the company had no comment. Because e-cigarettes have not been submitted to the FDA for evaluation or approval, the agency had no way of knowing the levels of nicotine or the amounts or kinds of other chemicals that the various brands of these products deliver to the user. That is why the FDA began to test them. The FDA's Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis analyzed the ingredients in a small sample of cartridges from two leading brands of e-cigarettes. In releasing its information, the FDA did not identify the two companies, but said in one sample, diethylene glycol -- a chemical used in antifreeze that is toxic to humans -- was detected. Other samples detected carcinogens that are dangerous to those who smoke them, the FDA said. The FDA has been examining and seizing shipments of non-U.S.-made e-cigarettes at the U.S. border since summer 2008. To date, 50 shipments have been stopped. The products examined thus far meet the definition of a combination drug-device product under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. "We know very little about these devices, said Dr. Jonathan Samet, director of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Southern California, "but to say they are healthy -- that's highly doubtful."
What did the FDA find in the e-cigarette samples that were tested?
The series starts in Baghdad at an undetermined time . The Sultan Shahryar has gone mad after accidentally killing his wife during a failed coup d' tat , Which she had planned with Shahryar's brother Schahzenan . In his madness , Shahryar believes that all women now want to kill him , but the law states that the Sultan must be married again or the throne will be passed to his brother . Shahryar therefore orders Grand Vizier Ja'Far ( ( ( Jim Carter to bring him a harem girl to marry and then have executed the next day . In order to prevent this , the Grand Vizier's clever daughter , Scheherazade , decides to marry the Sultan herself . Scheherazade has a plan to prevent her execution and at the same time cure the Sultan of his madness . With the help of some tutoring from a bazaar storyteller , Scheherazade tells the Sultan a story every night , stopping at dawn with a cliffhanger and refusing to continue until dusk . Shahryar must therefore let Scheherazade live for another day in order to hear the rest of the story . Cunningly , Scheherazade has hidden a moral within every story , to bring the Sultan out of his madness . Meanwhile , Schahzenan hears about the Sultan's madness and that he is unable to execute Scheherazade . Perceiving this as weakness , Schahzenan leads his army to Baghdad in an attempt to take the throne by force . However , by the time Schahzenan's army reaches the city , Scheherazade's plan has worked . As a result of her stories , Shahryar has overcome his madness and has fallen in love with Scheherazade .
| Based on what weakness of Sultan, Schahzenan lead his army to Baghdad in an attempt to take the throne? |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Costs are associated with particular goods using one of the several formulas, including specific identification, first-in first-out (FIFO), or average cost. Costs include all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs that are incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. Costs of goods made by the businesses include material, labor, and allocated overhead. The costs of those goods which are not yet sold are deferred as costs of inventory until the inventory is sold or written down in value.
| does cost of goods sold include fixed and variable costs? |
The Nelly Sachs Prize (German:"Nelly Sachs Preis") is a literary prize given every two years by the German city of Dortmund. Named after the Jewish poet Nelly Sachs, the prize includes a cash award of €15,000. It honours authors for outstanding literary contributions to the promotion of understanding between peoples.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The Nelly Sachs Prize cash award has been turned down by at least one recipient in the past.
Choices: (1). Yes. (2). It's impossible to say. (3). No. | (2). |
It's OK to put pantyhose on your leg, but not OK on your head, since putting it on the
OPTIONS:
- leg is analogous with criminality.
- head is analogous with criminality.
head is analogous with criminality.
It was ironic that Victoria mocked Laura for being fat, since it was
OPTIONS:
- Victoria who was the slender one.
- Laura who was the slender one.
Laura who was the slender one.
Jim has no problem writing letters to people, but he hates writing essays because the topic of the
OPTIONS:
- letters are more personal to him.
- essays are more personal to him.
| letters are more personal to him. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Predators is a 2010 American science-fiction action film directed by Nimród Antal and starring Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, and Laurence Fishburne. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment of the Predator franchise (the fifth counting the two Alien vs. Predator films), following Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990). Another film, The Predator, is set for release in 2018.
is there going to be a sequel to predators?
Federal law requires background checks for commercial gun sales, but an exemption exists for private-party sales whereby ``Any person may sell a firearm to an unlicensed resident of the State where he resides as long as he does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law.'' Under federal law, private-party sellers are not required to perform background checks on buyers, record the sale, or ask for identification, whether at a gun show or other venue. This is in contrast to sales by gun stores and other Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders, who are required to perform background checks and record all sales on almost all buyers, regardless of whether the venue is their business location or a gun show. Some states have passed laws to require background checks for private sales with limited exceptions. Access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is limited to FFL holders.
is a background check required to buy a gun at a gun show?
Radiator Springs is a fictional town in the Cars series created as a composite of multiple real places on historic U.S. Route 66 from Kansas to Arizona. It appears in the 2006 Pixar film Cars and the associated franchise, as well as a section of the Disney California Adventure theme park.
| is there a real town called radiator springs?
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Write the right answer to the question based on the context passage.
One example: Television drama's whole point is to bring you through an often slow start, followed by a complex development to a point where there are two or three potential dénouements before, "Cut!", it is the end of the episode and you will have to await the "right answer" in the following week's show.
This post came to me at 10pm last night, on Day 16 of this challenge, after a day of holidaying in London and with my head (and feet) too weary to put finger to touchscreen.
Mrs Mc and I had just watched another live instalment of Broadchurch, murder mystery extraordinaire, particularly since in the second series there is no actual fresh murder to investigate. The verdict is about to be given on the accused killer from Series 1 when the inevitable happens... Cue title music.
This moment has even gained a moniker in British homes, based on the theme tune to the real masters of the four-times-a-week cliffhanger, London-based soap opera Eastenders. It's call a "ba...ba...ba...ba, ba, ba-ba-ba-ba" (YouTube will provide overseas readers with auditory explanation).
Eastenders is such a master of writing in the perfect pace that every 28 minute episode ends with a tantalising screen freeze on the latest shocked face / smirking baddy / confused victim. For really big stories the cliffhanger can last significantly longer. This week, to celebrate the show's 30 year birthday, we will finally find out the answer to a question unanswered for the past 14 months: "Who killed Lucy Beale?"
Now, most classrooms do not involve murder, incest, dodgy deals and danger, but "good teaching" encourages a type of pacing that totally ignores the ingredients that have millions in the edges of their seats every day: the good old cliffhanger. In fact, we see teachers giving away the punchline at the beginning: "Today we are learning this:...". Question: What was the soap opera admired by British people that the author says is a master of writing?
Solution is here: Eastenders
Explanation: The seventh sentence of the passage clearly states that Eastenders is master of writing. So, the answer is Eastenders.
Now, solve this: ROLAND HELD HIS BODY STIFF AS HE FACED THE CATHAR FORTRESS and watched the tall wooden doors swing open. He saw now that the fire of that final night's battle, now fifteen days past, had left no structure standing but the stone keep. Inside the limestone walls stood forlorn, crude shelters made of tent cloths spread over blackened beams.
Cries of farewell and loud wailing came from the battlements above and from the open gateway, as the condemned emerged from the fortress, a long line of men and women in black. Roland's heartbeat broke its rhythm.
During the fifteen days of grace granted under the terms of surrender, he had waited in camp with the other crusaders. Now that Diane and Perrin were safely off on the road to Paris, he felt impelled to be with the Cathars in their final moments, to bear witness. He had volunteered, despite his dread, to help escort the prisoners to their execution. Those Cathars who joined the Catholic religion would now be allowed to leave in peace, though they would be forced to give everything they owned to the Church and wear the yellow crosses for the rest of their lives. But those who clung to their faith would die.
As the Cathars emerged, a man-at-arms directed each to stop at a table beside the doorway, where two Dominican friars sat with parchment scrolls. The friars recorded the name of each person about to die. This meticulous record-keeping, Roland thought, was one source of the Inquisition's power.
At the head of the procession was the Cathar bishop. Bertran d'en Marti's head glowed with the red-gold rays of the low afternoon sun striking his white hair, as if it were already enveloped in flames.
"Form around them," called the leader of Roland's party.
Roland reluctantly stepped forward with the other crusaders. His longsword and dagger swung heavy at his waist. He wore them only because, as a knight, he was expected to. He had left his helmet and mail shirt back in his tent. Question: Who is allowed to leave Cathar Fortress in piece?
Solution: | Catholics |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics as passages and a question from the passage. We ask you to answer the question by classifying the answer as 0 (False) or 1 (True)
PROBLEM: Passage: Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) -- The Kingdom of Italy (Latin: Regnum Italiae or Regnum Italicum, Italian: Regno d'Italia) was one of the constituent kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, along with the kingdoms of Germany, Bohemia, and Burgundy. It comprised northern and central Italy, but excluded the Republic of Venice. Its original capital was Pavia until the 11th century.
Question: was italy part of the holy roman empire
SOLUTION: 1
PROBLEM: Passage: Alligator snapping turtle -- The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae, native to freshwater habitats in the United States. M. temminckii is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world. It is often associated with, but not closely related to, the common snapping turtle, which is in the genus Chelydra. The specific epithet temminckii is in honor of Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
Question: is there such thing as an alligator snapping turtle
SOLUTION: 1
PROBLEM: Passage: Citric acid cycle -- The name of this metabolic pathway is derived from the citric acid (a type of tricarboxylic acid, often called citrate, as the ionized form predominates at biological pH) that is consumed and then regenerated by this sequence of reactions to complete the cycle. The cycle consumes acetate (in the form of acetyl-CoA) and water, reduces NAD to NADH, and produces carbon dioxide as a waste byproduct. The NADH generated by the citric acid cycle is fed into the oxidative phosphorylation (electron transport) pathway. The net result of these two closely linked pathways is the oxidation of nutrients to produce usable chemical energy in the form of ATP.
Question: is citric acid a product of the citric acid cycle
SOLUTION: | 0
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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.
Q: passage: Although the seashore is most commonly associated with the word beach, beaches are also found by lakes and alongside large rivers.
question: can there be a beach on a lake?
A: Yes
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Q: passage: A drinking establishment is a business whose primary function is the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Some establishments may also serve food, or have entertainment, but their main purpose is to serve alcoholic beverages. There are different types of drinking establishment ranging from seedy bars or nightclubs, sometimes termed ``dive bars'', to 5,000 seat beer halls and elegant places of entertainment for the elite. A public house, informally known as a ``pub'', is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises in countries and regions of British influence. Although the terms are increasingly used to refer to the same thing, there is a difference between pubs, bars, inns, taverns and lounges where alcohol is served commercially. A tavern or pot-house is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licensed to put up guests. The word derives from the Latin taberna and the Greek ταβέρνα/taverna.
question: is there a difference between a pub and a bar?
A: Yes
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Q: passage: Statewide, New York enforces various firearm related prohibitions, many proscriptions similarly listed in the now-expired Federal Assault Weapons Ban. On January 15, 2013, the state assault weapons ban was made more restrictive by the NY SAFE Act. Specified rifle magazines are banned: a) manufactured after 1994; and b) the magazine holds in excess of 10 rounds (handguns included). In December 2013, a federal judge ruled the seven-round magazine limitation is ``'tenuous, straitened, and unsupported,' and therefore unconstitutional.'' Any semi-automatic rifle (with a detachable magazine) or shotgun (non-pump) with just one of these features are banned: 1) pistol grip; 2) bayonet lug; 3) telescoping or folding stock; 4) flash suppressor; 5) threaded barrel; or 6) grenade launcher. The SAFE Act expanded the ban to add the following features: 7) muzzle brake (Dec 2014 Federal court All references to muzzle ``brake'' be stricken); 8) muzzle compensator; 9) thumbhole stock; and 10) foregrip. All semi-automatic versions of assault-style rifles and shotguns purchased prior to January 15, 2013 are grandfathered, but must be registered within one year of the SAFE Act passage.
question: are pistol grip shotguns legal in new york?
A: | No
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instruction:
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
question:
To maintain morale, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Papers were free to report the epidemic's effects in neutral Spain (such as the grave illness of King Alfonso XIII). This created a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit, thereby giving rise to the pandemic's nickname, 'Spanish Flu'.
answer:
where does the name of the spanish flu come from
question:
Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest. Ethical egoism holds, therefore, that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be considered ethical in this sense.
answer:
how does egoism define what is morally right
question:
Cross-validation, sometimes called rotation estimation, or out-of-sample testing is any of various similar model validation techniques for assessing how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent data set. It is mainly used in settings where the goal is prediction, and one wants to estimate how accurately a predictive model will perform in practice. In a prediction problem, a model is usually given a dataset of known data on which training is run (training dataset), and a dataset of unknown data (or first seen data) against which the model is tested (called the validation dataset or testing set )., The goal of cross-validation is to test the model's ability to predict new data that was not used in estimating it, in order to flag problems like overfitting or selection bias and to give an insight on how the model will generalize to an independent dataset (i.e., an unknown dataset, for instance from a real problem).
answer:
| cross-validation of findings from a prediction study is particularly important for
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics as passages and a question from the passage. We ask you to answer the question by classifying the answer as 0 (False) or 1 (True)
Problem:Passage: White House Medical Unit -- The WHMU also oversees the mobile medical suite aboard Air Force One and Air Force Two. Air Force One contains a full surgical suite with operating table, two beds, resuscitation equipment, various medical monitors, and a full pharmacy. Air Force Two contains a first aid unit as well as an automated external defibrillator, oxygen tanks, and limited pharmaceuticals. The WHMU also establishes temporary emergency medical facilities as needed to support presidential or vice presidential trips. These usually consist of an eight-member intensive care and surgical team, and a temporary operating room at each stop. WHMU staff may also carry operating room equipment in backpacks to provide emergency medical care as needed on-site when the temporary operating room is too distant. When the President travels overseas, an advance medical team travel ahead of Air Force One to set up its medical facilities days in advance. This way, a fully rested medical team is available to assist the President upon arrival and take over from the team which traveled aboard the presidential aircraft.
Question: is there an operating room on air force one
Solution: | 1 |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
So perhaps we should be profoundly grateful that the coalition government elected in 2010 failed so miserably in its ambition to rebalance the UK towards the makers and away from services (UK manufacturing is still more than 5% smaller than it was before the 2008 crash, whereas the service sector is about 10% bigger).
The point is that manufacturing seems to be struggling again: its output fell 0.5% in July compared with a year ago - and was 0.8% lower compared with the previous month.
As for exports of goods, they fell by £2.3bn to £22.8bn in July - to their lowest since September 2010.
And it was a widening of our deficit with the rest of the world in trade of physical stuff that was wholly responsible for an enlargement of the overall deficit in goods and services to £3.4bn.
Of course it would be foolish to read too much into a single month's figures, but more recent survey data suggests that these statistics are neither anomalous nor a temporary blip.
What is going on? Why, at a time when the British economy is one of the few economic bright spots in the rich developed world, are our manufacturers staring at possible recession?
Well the pound has been strengthening, making our exports less competitive, and the world economy has been slowing down, cutting demand for what we make.
This slowdown has been caused in large measure (as you will surely know by now, since I've been banging on about it) by a deceleration of Chinese growth that has infected the emerging market half of the global economy particularly badly.
All the signs are that this global economy will weaken further.
So thank goodness that we have a world-class service sector, which is around 80% of our economy and seems to be less sensitive to global economic conditions.
And hooray for mild deflation that is increasing British households' disposable income and encouraging them to spend a bit more.
But the economy cannot grow at the current rate of 2.5% a year forever based purely on domestic demand - because we are buying more from the rest of the world than we sell to the rest of the world, and are financing our growth by borrowing from the rest of the world at an unsustainably great rate of 5% of GDP or national income.
Or to put it another way, we run the risk that at some point our overseas creditors won't wish to lend quite so much to us to finance our lifestyles - and at that point, they would want their money back and would dump sterling.
At which ill-starred juncture, the price of imports would shoot up and inflation would rise, forcing the Bank of England to raise interest rates more than would be comfortable in our heavily indebted economy.
Which is another way of saying, as if you hadn't guessed, that we are not immune to global economic conditions, even if right now we - and the US - seem to be jogging along quite nicely, as Japan and the eurozone are struggling to walk.
But let's not end on a sour or dismal note.
Some may despair that the rebirth of British manufacturing hasn't been all that might be desired, but the UK's 5% manufacturing shrinkage since the peak is as nothing compared with the 23%, 16% and 14% contractions suffered by Italy, France and Japan respectively.
If the British economy was driven by manufacturing we could well be in seriously dire economic straits, figures released today show.
Yasunori Kagoike said the donation had been passed to him by Mr Abe's wife, in testimony that contradicted Mr Abe's repeated denials.
The school is under fire both for its proposed curriculum and the low price it paid for state-owned land.
The scandal has gripped the nation and hit Mr Abe's approval ratings.
Mr Kagoike's testimony to parliament was broadcast live on several Japanese television networks.
At the heart of the controversy is a primary school that he planned to build in Osaka, Japan's second city.
Mr Kagoike already runs a kindergarten that has come under scrutiny for drilling its young charges in pre-war nationalistic principles and patriotism.
His organisation, Moritomo Gakuen, bought land to build a primary school run on a similar curriculum but Japanese media say he paid less than a sixth of the land's value.
Critics allege the government intervened to award the school a large discount. The government says the discount related to industrial waste found on the site.
Mr Abe's wife, Akie, was named as honorary principal of the school for several months before resigning in February.
But the prime minister, regarded by many as a right-wing hawk with a revisionist view of Japan's war history, has denied any role in the land deal and offered to resign if any proof emerged.
Mr Abe has also denied donating money to the school, though it would not have been illegal.
Lawmakers summoned Mr Kagoike to parliament for questioning after he said last week he had received money from the prime minister via his wife in 2015.
He told parliament he clearly remembered the occasion: "She asked her aide to step outside.
"When it was just the two of us alone in the room, she said 'This is from Shinzo Abe' and gave me an envelope containing 1m yen [£7,200; $8,980) as a donation.
"I have heard Madame Akie has [recently] said she absolutely does not remember it. But for us, it was such an honour and I remember it very well."
Asked about the land deal, he said: "My understanding is that political involvement probably took place regarding the acquisition of state-owned land."
Responding to the testimony, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga rejected Mr Kagoike's allegations: "Following our checks with Ms Akie [Abe], there are no records of any receipts, and Ms Akie herself has not made any donations.
"That continues to be our understanding and is unchanged."
Mr Abe's polling figures have fallen as the scandal has rumbled on. However, the most recent poll, in the Yomiuri newspaper, put support for him at a still-healthy 56%, down 10%.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave money to a controversial nationalist school, its head told parliament, amid an escalating political scandal.
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Throughout the week thousands of performers and competitors will take to the stage.
You can see everything from dance to brass bands and choirs.
But what is it really like to be a competitor here?
BBC Wales reporter Rebecca John sings in Cor Y Gleision, the Cardiff Blues Choir.
Here is her take on what happens behind the scenes.
| The National Eisteddfod is under way in Meifod, in mid Wales.
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Input: Read this: Sanskrit (/ˈsænskrɪt/; Sanskrit: saṃskṛtam [səmskr̩t̪əm] or saṃskṛta, originally saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, a philosophical language in Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India. It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European. Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand. As one of the oldest Indo-European languages for which substantial written documentation exists, Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.
Question: What is concidered a sacred language in Buddhism?
Output: unanswerable
QUES: The National Library of Nepal is located in Patan. It is the largest library in the country with more than 70,000 books. English, Nepali, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Nepal Bhasa books are found here. The library is in possession of rare scholarly books in Sanskrit and English dating from the 17th century AD. Kathmandu also contains the Kaiser Library, located in the Kaiser Mahal on the ground floor of the Ministry of Education building. This collection of around 45,000 books is derived from a personal collection of Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana. It covers a wide range of subjects including history, law, art, religion, and philosophy, as well as a Sanskrit manual of Tantra, which is believed to be over 1,000 years old. The 2015 earthquake caused severe damage to the Ministry of Education building, and the contents of the Kaiser Library have been temporarily relocated.
What government department is located in the same building as the Kaiser Library?
What is the answer?
ANS: Ministry of Education
QUES: Increasing military and cultural contacts with the Muslim world, including the Norman conquest of Islamic Sicily in 1090, the Crusades, beginning 1096, and the Islamic presence in Spain, may have influenced Medieval Europe's adoption of the pointed arch, although this hypothesis remains controversial. Certainly, in those parts of the Western Mediterranean subject to Islamic control or influence, rich regional variants arose, fusing Romanesque and later Gothic traditions with Islamic decorative forms, as seen, for example, in Monreale and Cefalù Cathedrals, the Alcázar of Seville, and Teruel Cathedral.
What event in the year 1090 could have had an effect on Medieval Europe's embracing of the pointed arch?
ANS: the Norman conquest of Islamic Sicily
Hyderabad's role in the pearl trade has given it the name "City of Pearls" and up until the 18th century, the city was also the only global trading centre for large diamonds. Industrialisation began under the Nizams in the late 19th century, helped by railway expansion that connected the city with major ports. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Indian enterprises, such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), Bharat Electronics (BEL), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) and Andhra Bank (AB) were established in the city. The city is home to Hyderabad Securities formerly known as Hyderabad Stock Exchange (HSE), and houses the regional office of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). In 2013, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) facility in Hyderabad was forecast to provide operations and transactions services to BSE-Mumbai by the end of 2014. The growth of the financial services sector has helped Hyderabad evolve from a traditional manufacturing city to a cosmopolitan industrial service centre. Since the 1990s, the growth of information technology (IT), IT-enabled services (ITES), insurance and financial institutions has expanded the service sector, and these primary economic activities have boosted the ancillary sectors of trade and commerce, transport, storage, communication, real estate and retail.
If it is possible to answer this question, answer it for me (else, reply "unanswerable"): During what era was The Defence Research and Development Organisation founded?
Ah, so.. From the 1950s to the 1970s
Question: In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and on 27 May 1992 the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in Lancaster Gate. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained the same as the old First and Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted.
Try to answer this question if possible: The Football League would have a single division and the Premier league would have how many?
Answer: unanswerable
Problem: In England, one of the few licensed venues The Eclipse attracted people from up and down the country as it was open until the early hours. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was a government attempt to ban large rave dance events featuring music with "repetitive beats". There were a number of abortive "Kill the Bill" demonstrations. The Spiral Tribe at Castle Morten was probably the nail in the coffin for illegal raves, and forced through the bill, which became law, in November 1994. The music continued to grow and change, as typified by Leftfield with "Release the Pressure", which introduced dub and reggae into the house sound, although Leftfield had prior releases, such as "Not Forgotten" released in 1990 on Sheffield's Outer Rhythm records.
what act was passed in england in an attempt to ban large rave dance events?
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Answer: | Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 |
For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he played for the school's golf team, he lost the only important match of the season. Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates...everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being refused. However, one thing was important to Sparky - drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down, Sparky was so confident about his ability that he decided to become an artist. After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected once again. Another loss for the loser. So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons. He described his childhood - a little boy loser and underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had little success in school and whose work was rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and little cartoon character - Charlie Brown.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. an artist
2. yes
3. yes
4. Sparky
5. .no
6. Charles Schulz
7. nor well
8. . He failed every subject in the eighth grade.
9. yes
10. golf
11. no
12. , he lost the only important match of the season.
13. Walt Disney Studios
14. no
15. rejected him
16. his own autobiography in cartoons.
17. Peanuts
18. no
19. a comic strip
20. Charlie Brown. | 1. What did this person want to become?
2. Had he been doing well as one while schooling?
3. Did he have confidence in his skills?
4. What was his name?
5. Was that his real name?
6. What was it?
7. How did he do in middle school?
8. What happened?
9. Was he in any athletic programs?
10. What was it?
11. Was he good at it?
12. What happened?
13. Who did he send a note to about his art?
14. Did they show initial interest?
15. What did they do?
16. What did he end up creating?
17. What was it called?
18. Was it an animated feature film?
19. What was it then?
20. Who was the main character? |
SHANGHAI - Health experts in Shanghai are calling for more protection for young children as the latest research shows about half of the youngsters are suffering from secondhand smoke. About 45 percent of children suffer passive smoking in families, 50 percent in public places, and almost 6 percent on public transportation, shows a research released by the Shanghai Children's Medical Center on Tuesday. "Not only adults but also children and newborn babies are at risk for the adverse effects of passive smoking," said Tang Jingyan, a doctor at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center. "Actually, those young children whose bodies are still growing and developing are more sensitive to the effects of secondhand smoke." Research has shown that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke will suffer from more colds, coughs and sore throats, and they are more likely to suffer from bronchitis, pneumonia and will have a higher risk of developing cancer. Doctors even suggested that children suffering passive smoking are more likely to have behavioral problems and may not develop mentally as quickly as their peers. Other research by the Shanghai Children's Medical Center has found that more than 80 percent of child patients in the center live in a smoke-filled household, where one or both parents smoke. "Though doctors have stressed the harm of passive smoking over and over, it is still hard to reach a totally 'smoke free' home," said a pediatrician named Zhang Yiwen, noting that parents are often tempted to smoke even though they have learned the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. China has 540 million people suffering from passive smoke, 180 million of them younger than 15.The age of smokers is also getting lower, earlier reports said. "There are more young smokers than before.You can see young people wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag light a cigarette on the street.Some of them are even female students," said Jing Xingming, a professor of children's developmental behavior at the center. "Children like... Which of the following disease may not be connected with secondhand smoking? A) Cancer. B) Behavioral problems. C) Sore throats. D) Coughs.
| B |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you are given a passage and a question regarding that passage. You must determine whether or not the question is answerable from the given passage. If a question is answerable, output should be 'True', otherwise 'False'. You must not consider any other information that is not provided in the passage while labelling True or False.
Part 2. Example
Passage: Madonna released the Material Girl clothing line, which she designed with her daughter, Lourdes. The 1980s inspired clothing line, borrowed from Madonna's punk-girl style when she rose to fame in the 1980s, was released under the Macy's label. Madonna also opened a series of fitness centers around the world named Hard Candy Fitness. In November 2011, Madonna and MG Icon announced the release of a second fashion brand called Truth or Dare by Madonna to include footwear, underclothing, and accessories. She also directed her second feature film, W.E., a biographic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson; it was co-written with Alek Keshishian. Critical and commercial response to the film was negative. Madonna contributed the ballad "Masterpiece" for the film's soundtrack, which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Question: Material Girl clothing line is released under which brand?
Answer: True
Explanation: The answer to given question is 'Macy's', which can be determined from the second sentence of the paragraph "The 1980s inspired clothing line, borrowed from Madonna's punk-girl style when she rose to fame in the 1980s, was released under the Macy's label". Since this question is answerable, the output is True.
Part 3. Exercise
Passage: Economist Simon Kuznets argued that levels of economic inequality are in large part the result of stages of development. According to Kuznets, countries with low levels of development have relatively equal distributions of wealth. As a country develops, it acquires more capital, which leads to the owners of this capital having more wealth and income and introducing inequality. Eventually, through various possible redistribution mechanisms such as social welfare programs, more developed countries move back to lower levels of inequality. Question: What leads to lower income inequality?
Answer: | True |
What is a synonym for faith?
Options:
- trust
- move mountains
- uplift
- belief
- experience
Let's solve it slow. Faith is the substance of hope. Faith requires no evidence for belief so faith and belief are same.... So the answer is belief.
Bill loved riding his bike and did it all the time. He had trouble going up hills and sometimes pushed himself to the point of what?
Options:
- falling down
- give up
- exhaustion
- travelling
- going somewhere
Let's solve it slow. Bill loved riding his bike all the time but at a certain point of time he feels exhaustion. Bill sometimes pushed himself to the point of exhaustion when he had trouble in going up to hills.... So the answer is exhaustion.
what is better than a paper clip to hold together paperwork in a hospital desk drawer?
Options:
- file folder
- staple
- desk drawer
- plastic holder
- hospital
Let's solve it slow. Hospital have many paper and can use file folders to hold paperwork together. File folders can be kept in a drawer.... So the answer is file folder.
What do you keep in a billfold?
Options:
- identification
- cell phone
- hip pocket
- money
- man's back pocket
| Let's solve it slow. Billfold is a wallet. Wallet is used to put money.... So the answer is money. |
STOCKHOLM - Sweden's civil protection agency says the country needs more water-dropping resources to fight serious wildfires like the ones last year and improve co-operation between the rescue services. Agency head Dan Eliasson says the path ahead is "to get us the skills and ability" to use water-dropping planes before the summer.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
The agent is talking about france only | No |
Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurated a free zone for e-commerce today, called Dubai Internet City. The preliminary stages of the project, the only one of its kind according to its designers, are estimated at $200 million. Sheikh Mohamed, who is also the Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates, announced at the inauguration ceremony that "we want to make Dubai a new trading center." The minister, who has his own website, also said: "I want Dubai to be the best place in the world for state-of-the-art technology companies." He said companies engaged in e-commerce would be able to set up offices, employ staff and own equipment in the open zone, including fully-owned foreign companies. The e-commerce free zone is situated in north Dubai, near the industrial free zone in Jebel Ali, the top regional and tenth international leading area in container transit. The inauguration of Dubai Internet City coincides with the opening of an annual IT show in Dubai, the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (Gitex), the biggest in the Middle East. <sep>Why was an e-commerce free zone inaugurated in Dubai?<sep>To make Qatar, next to UAE a new trading center
Output: | No |
Question: Features Stainless Steel Case Stainless Steel Bracelet Scratch Resistance Mineral Glass Caliber 46943 21 Jewels Automatic Movement White Dial Day And Date Display See Through Case back 50M Water Resistant Approximate Case Diameter 4200mm Approximate Case Thickness 1180mm 57 OFF Orient Automatic FEM7K00AB9 Model FEM7K00AB9 US 20500 US 8900 Add to Cart
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Answer: Features: Stainless Steel Case Stainless Steel Bracelet Scratch Resistance Mineral Glass Caliber 46943 21 Jewels Automatic Movement White Dial Day And Date Display See Through Case back 50M Water Resistant Approximate Case Diameter 42.00mm Approximate Case Thickness 11.80mm 57% OFF Orient Automatic FEM7K00AB9 Model: FEM7K00AB9 US $205.00 US $89.00 + Add to Cart
Question: But what about the traffic and buildings
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Answer: But what about the traffic and buildings?
Question: It is particularly suitable for sandblasting indoors or in tanks
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Answer: It is particularly suitable for sand-blasting indoors or in tanks.
Question: After having experienced a violent outbreak of scurvy in 1747 the English ships doctor James Lind decided to test a two hundred year old Dutch experience by giving citrus fruits to sailors on long voyages
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Answer: | After having experienced a violent outbreak of scurvy in 1747, the English ship's doctor James Lind decided to test a two hundred year old Dutch experience by giving citrus fruits to sailors on long voyages. |
The fencing he had worked hard on provided him with what?
Options:
- protection
- competition
- sword
- dexterity
- obesity Let's give stream of consciousness first: | The practice of fencing sport usually done with protection equipments so that person doesn't get hurt.
Therefore, the answer is protection. |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
One example is below.
Q: Ms Bourne, who became Sussex's first PCC in 2012, was declared winner after the vote went to a second count.
Three candidates were eliminated in the first count, leaving only Ms Bourne and Labour's Michael Jones.
In the first count, Ms Bourne had 114,570 votes and Mr Jones had 61,017. The second count brought their totals to 139,335 and 86,392 respectively.
She said: "I'm absolutely honoured and very privileged to be elected."
She said she needed to "find extra savings because budgets are still reducing" and "to invest in frontline policing because I know that is really important to people in Sussex".
Voter turnout was 22.5% compared with 15.3% in 2012.
The three eliminated in the first count were Green Party candidate James Doyle, UKIP's Patrick Lowe and James Walsh from the Liberal Democrats.
Results listed alphabetically by surname are as follows. BBC News App users: tap here to see the results.
A: Conservative Katy Bourne has been re-elected police and crime commissioner for Sussex.
Rationale: This is a good example. The output correctly summarizes the article.
Q: She is famous all over the world thanks to her debut album 19 and follow-up 21. Last year she won the best song Oscar for James Bond theme tune Skyfall.
The London-born singer came to public attention when she became the first winner of the Brits Critics' Choice Award in 2008, and since then she's gone on to win six Grammy awards in the US.
She enjoyed the longest run ever by a woman at the top of the UK album charts and she became the first woman to have two singles and two albums in the UK top five at the same time.
MBE stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire.
People with MBE's include TV chef Jamie Oliver, and Olympians Jessica Ennis and Nicola Adams.
This Honour is part of a group of awards created by King George V during world war one.
A: | Singer Adele has been awarded an MBE for services to music by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. |
Choose the next sentence for this paragraph.
(CNN) -- An isolated Indian tribe in Brazil seemingly has vanished like a morning mist in the Amazon jungle. Concerns are rising that the tribe, filmed this past year for the first time, may have been run off by drug traffickers. Aid group Survival International first reported this week that suspected traffickers had destroyed a Brazilian guard post built near the tribe's location to protect them from outsiders. The organization said it was feared that a nearby river has become a transit point for cocaine from Peru. An overflight of huts where the tribe lives showed no one in the area, Bruno Perez, a spokesman for Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), told CNN Thursday.
Perez, of
OPTIONS:
- Amazon, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Brazil, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Brazilian, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Bruno Perez, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- CNN, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- FUNAI, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Indian, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Indians, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- National Indian Foundation, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Peru, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
- Survival International, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new.
| FUNAI, agreed that drug trafficking in the area was new. |
(Question)
Ironically, J. Paul Getty never saw the Getty Villa. He died two years after his museum opened to the public in January 1974 in a new building modeled on an ancient Roman luxury home. It was not until after Getty’s death in June 1976 that he returned from his estate in England to his “ranch” on the Pacific Coast: he is buried there at the edge of the property on a private plot overlooking the ocean, alongside his eldest and youngest sons, George and Timothy, both of whom predeceased him. Following a renovation and reinstallation of the galleries, the Getty Villa opens a new chapter in its history. Although Getty never set eyes on his creation, the story of how he built the Villa and assembled his collection pervades the galleries even today. A suite of revamped rooms—Galleries 105 to 108—share this history. Featuring ancient works of art Getty bought himself along with archival documents, the new displays place the objects in their cultural contexts and shed light on Getty’s personal relationship to his museum and final resting place. From a Ranch House to an Ancient Villa Getty bought the 64-acre ranch—once part of the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, an early-nineteenth-century 6,656-acre Mexican land grant—just after the end of World War II, intending it as a weekend retreat where his fifth wife Theodora (“Teddy”) could ride horses and he could display his growing art collection. He knew the area well, for he already owned a small house on the beach in nearby Santa Monica, just steps from the sprawling complex his friend and rival collector William Randolph Hearst had built for the actress Marion Davies. (The Davies estate is now the Annenberg Community Beach House, while Getty’s beach house has been replaced by a large modern condo complex, 270 Palisades Beach Road.) How long did Getty's body spend traveling to its final resting place? Pick the correct answer from the following options: - several hours - several months - not enough information - a few days
(Answer)
several hours
(Question)
Yes, it's actually happened to me before. Let me explain before I get called irresponsible, or incapable of having a dog, or incompetent, My dog is my baby, since the day I got her we've been inseparable. I learned from this mistake and have taken every precaution to prevent it from happening again. She was uninjured luckily, but I was freaking traumatized. I have a SUUUUPPPPEEEERRR long driveway, so I usually drive my truck to the end to check my mail, and on this particular day, I was out in my yard playing with Roxie, I saw the mailman drive by through my fence, and so we walked back to the house, I grabbed my keys, and off we went. This wasn't too long ago, maybe May, so it's hot, typical North Carolina weather, maybe 92 and some change, so my windows are down, because I drive a 13 year old black truck, so it's hot as hell, and it makes it hard to breathe. The AC works, it just takes time to kick in, and number 5 (my highest AC setting) does not work. As I'm driving down, I'm going maybe 5 miles an hour. I'm petting Roxie with my right hand when I feel her jerk out of my reach and I hear a bush rustle, I look to the passenger side, slam on brakes (because the last thing I want is to hurt my baby) and put the truck in park. Sure enough, my mom and her Chihuahua were out in the front yard, and Roxie, being her playful self jumped out and ran. She scared the absolute shit out of me, so now when I drive with her in the car, the window stays shut or cracked. Lesson learned. The woman believed the lesson learned was: Pick the correct answer from the following options: - not enough information - to ignore the dog - to keep her mom safe - to keep the dog safe
(Answer)
to keep the dog safe
(Question)
The black-and-white aerial footage shows a line of purported Taliban insurgents slowly walking along a path in a lightly forested desert in Afghanistan's western Farah province. Suddenly, the screen flashes to white as the men disappear in a fireball — the result of a bomb dropped from a U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone. "Taliban fighters on the run following Afghan-led offensive in #Farah province, #Afghanistan. Video shows U.S. airpower (MQ-9s) in support," declared a short message accompanying the video, which was posted on the official account of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Subsequent footage showed more Taliban scrambling, in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the airstrikes. The Pentagon footage was released Wednesday, as U.S., NATO and Afghan government forces were locked in a fierce battle with the Taliban for control of the capital of Farah, which borders Iran. The tweet was unusually graphic. While the U.S. military often releases footage of buildings or vehicles being destroyed, it does not as frequently distribute videos that show individuals being bombed. Less than 24 hours later, the U.S. Air Force posted its own Afghanistan-related tweet that raised eyebrows — this one referencing a viral audio clip that has sparked a lighthearted online debate among those who hear the word "Laurel" and others who hear "Yanny." "The Taliban Forces in Farah city #Afghanistan would much rather have heard #Yanny or #Laurel than the deafening #BRRRT they got courtesy of our #A10," read the Air Force tweet. The Air Force has since apologized and deleted the tweet, saying it was sent in "poor taste." The USFOR-A tweet remains. In a statement to VOA, a Pentagon spokesperson said the tweets do not represent a new social media strategy. "As with any other organization, the post was an attempt to bring awareness to a major/ongoing organizational activity by tying it to references or conversations already trending with their established audiences," said Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner. What did the spokesman think of the strike Pick the correct answer from the following options: - He hated it - He thought it was just - not enough information - He was saddened by it
(Answer)
| not enough information |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Input: Two Denver police officers will not face charges in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl driving a stolen car in January as the teen 'ignored the officers orders.' Jessica Hernandez was shot by police after she drove toward them in an alley in the Park Hill section, northeast Denver in January but she didn't hit either officer. However, the car was dangerously close to Officers Gabriel Jordan and Daniel Greene, which posed a threat to Jordan's life, according to Mitch Morrissey, the city's district attorney. Morrissey explained his decision in the case to police saying: 'If there is one message I hope our community understands from this case, it is that this shooting was completely preventable,'Police shot and killed Jessica Hernandez, 17, in January this yearThe city's district attorney said the shooting was 'completely preventable'He said Hernandez was shot because she did not follow police ordersDeadly confrontation took place in Park Hill section of DenverHernandez was shot by police after she drove toward them in an alleywayEyewitness described how officers 'yanked' her limp body from the carDozens of people held a vigil at the crime scene in January this year
Questions:But _ told investigators he didn't remember the car hitting him. (A) Denver (B) Jessica Hernandez (C) Park Hill (D) Gabriel Jordan (E) Daniel Greene (F) Mitch Morrissey (G) Morrissey (H) Hernandez
Output: | (D) |
In this task, you are given a passage and a question regarding that passage. You must determine whether or not the question is answerable from the given passage. If a question is answerable, output should be 'True', otherwise 'False'. You must not consider any other information that is not provided in the passage while labelling True or False.
Example Input: Passage: Another cause is the rate at which income is taxed coupled with the progressivity of the tax system. A progressive tax is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable base amount increases. In a progressive tax system, the level of the top tax rate will often have a direct impact on the level of inequality within a society, either increasing it or decreasing it, provided that income does not change as a result of the change in tax regime. Additionally, steeper tax progressivity applied to social spending can result in a more equal distribution of income across the board. The difference between the Gini index for an income distribution before taxation and the Gini index after taxation is an indicator for the effects of such taxation. Question: What system has an impact on income inequality?
Example Output: True
Example Input: Passage: Six of the seven lines of the commuter rail system, Metrolink, run out of Downtown Los Angeles, connecting Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties with the other line connecting San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties directly. Question: Where do seven lines of Metrolink run out of?
Example Output: False
Example Input: Passage: Overactive immune responses comprise the other end of immune dysfunction, particularly the autoimmune disorders. Here, the immune system fails to properly distinguish between self and non-self, and attacks part of the body. Under normal circumstances, many T cells and antibodies react with "self" peptides. One of the functions of specialized cells (located in the thymus and bone marrow) is to present young lymphocytes with self antigens produced throughout the body and to eliminate those cells that recognize self-antigens, preventing autoimmunity. Question: What is the function of specialize cells located in the brain?
Example Output: | False
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Complete the following sentence.
Working in the kitchen was perfect for Adam but not Jason because | Jason went to engineering school. |
Question: Canada is officially a bilingual country but, with nearly 60% of the population speaking English as their mother-tongue, and only 24% speaking French as their first language, some people are questioning whether Canada is truly a bilingual nation or rather, a bilingual nation on paper only. French is not the only linguistic minority in Canada, and some of the languages spoken, in order of popularity, are Chinese, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Arabic, Dutch, Tagalog, Greek, Vietnamese, Cree and Inuktitut.
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.
Answer: no
Question: Gemayel's assassination is almost certain to deepen the political crisis in Lebanon, which started after the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers, two from Hezbollah, hours after all-party round table talks collapsed.
After the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers a deep political crises started in Lebanon.
Answer: yes
Question: Edwin Hubble is recongized as having been one of the foremost astronomers of the modern era.
Edwin Hubble was an astronomer.
Answer: | yes |
We usually believe what our brain tells us, but there are some amazing facts which show that the brain tricks us. As a result, we think we can see something that is not actually there or we ignore things that actually are there. Scientists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris have researched this phenomenon , which they call "change blindness". Their experiments show how we sometimes just do not see what is in front of our eyes because _ . Here is one of their most famous experiments. In this experiment, the participants were shown a video of two groups of people (one group in white T-shirts and one group in black T-shirts) who passed basketballs around in a hallway. Each group had three members. Simons and Chabris asked the participants to count how many times the white team passed the ball. While the two teams were passing their balls around, a person dressed up as a big bear walked through the group and stopped to look at the camera. Simons and Chabris found that about half of the research participants did not notice the big bear. How many people did the experiment need in the video? A) Three. B) Four. C) Six. D) Seven.
| D |
Detailed Instructions: 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.
See one example below:
Problem: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: A language isolate is a language that is not known to be related to any other language .
Solution: | A language isolate , in the absolute sense , is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical ( or " genetic " ) relationship with other languages , one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common with any other language . |
Q: martinus: the eternal world picture, vol. 1, sect. 8.4.
A: Martinus: The Eternal World Picture, vol. 1, sect. 8.4.
++++++++
Q: white and dark blue freshwater pearl necklace ( can be worn in several ways )
A: White and Dark Blue Freshwater Pearl Necklace ( Can be worn in several ways )
++++++++
Q: 3. denmark - royal danish airforce f. dagger m/1966.
A: | 3. Denmark - Royal Danish Airforce f. dagger M/1966.
++++++++ |
Modern legislation, however, frequently makes provision for the imposition of other types of fees or payment which, although not taxes in a strict sense, have enough of the characteristics of taxation to require to be treated as ``charges upon the people'' and therefore to be authorized by a Ways and Means resolution moved by a Minister of the Crown.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Modern legislation can't make provision.
Options:
[I] Yes
[II] It's impossible to say
[III] No | [III] |
Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
Input: What is the population of the township that contains a site that is one of only a few continuously operating Independent Chautauquas still in existence ?
Output: | 4,631 |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
what four regions make up the united kingdom?
| Wales |
instruction:
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
question:
Hundreds of bones are laid out on the floor and Dr Hilary Ketchum, of the Oxford Museum of Natural History, has kindly offered to piece them all together.
It takes more than an hour to slot the makeshift skeleton of Eve the plesiosaur into place.
And you can clearly see the giant scale of the animal, with its large flippers and long neck.
Plesiosaurs ruled the oceans for more than a hundred million years before dying out at the same time as the dinosaurs.
Despite their dominance of the prehistoric oceans, there are still many unanswered questions about their biology, anatomy and evolution.
Plesiosaurs are really unusual animals, says Dr Ketchum, who looks after geological specimens at the museum.
"They're a type of reptile related to other reptiles like dinosaurs, crocodiles, ichthyosaurs and turtles for example, but actually we're not really sure where they fit in the grand scheme of things."
The animal was spotted by a group of amateur archaeologists from a shard of bone at a quarry.
"One day, one of the members found a little bone over there from the flipper just lying on the clay," explains Dr Ketchum, gesturing at the 165-million-year-old skeleton beside her on the floor.
"On further investigation, they found more and more bone and eventually they discovered the entire skeleton, which is very exciting.
"We think it's possibly a new species but even if it's not, it's very unusual. They're very rare fossils - plesiosaurs, especially nearly complete ones like this."
The fossil was discovered at the Must Farm quarry near Peterborough.
Mark Wildman and members of the Oxford Working Group - a team of amateur and professional archaeologists who search for fossils - nicknamed her Eve, as she was their first major find.
The true gender of the fossil is unclear, as the only confirmed female plesiosaur is a fossil found with a baby inside.
The quarry hit the headlines earlier this year, when a Bronze Age settlement was unearthed.
Eve was discovered in 2014 in a much older layer of the Earth - a swathe of rock from Jurassic times which was once beneath the ocean and is known for containing fossils of marine animals such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs.
The Oxford Clay, as it is called, stretches across much of England, and is exposed in quarries around Oxford, Peterborough and Weymouth, where many of the fossil discoveries of Victorian times were made.
The fossil was donated by quarry owners Fonterra to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, where staff have spent months cleaning and repairing it.
In a laboratory at the side of the museum, conservator Juliet Hay is delicately paring away mud from the reptile's skull with a scalpel.
The skull is still encased in clay that is being removed a flake at a time in order to preserve the delicate bones and teeth.
It is a painstaking task, requiring nerves of steel, but essential to get the skull of the specimen ready for further analysis.
A few weeks later, in the basement of the Life Sciences Building at Bristol University, I meet Dr Roger Benson, who is investigating the fossil.
As the skull goes round in the CT scanner, he tells me about the find.
"I think we're going to see some really beautiful bones," he says.
The skull has already been scanned once at the Royal Veterinary College in London to examine the positioning of the bones and teeth inside the block of clay.
This more powerful CT scanning machine at the University of Bristol could unlock the secrets of Eve the plesiosaur and determine whether she is a new species.
"It's really clear in these high-resolution scans that we've got lots of really well-preserved bones that are going to give us lots of information," says Dr Benson.
"From what we've seen already from the body, we know it has some features that are different to the other animals that we've seen before so it's very likely that this is an animal that is new to science."
He says further examination of the new details of the skull will help to confirm this.
It will also help Juliet Hay to extract the bones with more precision.
"This is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle when you do have the lid and its picture," he adds.
Follow Helen on Twitter.
answer:
It's the biggest jigsaw puzzle you've ever seen but in this case, there are no instructions on the box.
question:
Ronchi, 35, has been picked by his country for their forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
He is now set to play his last game against Northants on Friday, 1 July.
"Luke's departure obviously presents an opportunity to bring in an additional overseas player," said Bears director of cricket Dougie Brown.
"It's frustrating to lose him as we approach the business end of the group. But we want all players to realise their international ambitions."
Brown has discussed likely replacements for Ronchi, who had been signed to play in all the Bears' 14 group matches, with captain Ian Bell.
"We hope to make an announcement in the coming days," added Brown. "Ian Bell and I have discussed what option we wish to take. Luke will continue to play a key role for the team in his remaining four matches in June."
Ronchi made 22 off just 10 balls on his debut in the six-wicket win over Nottinghamshire, before making 21 off 16 balls in the home derby defeat by local rivals Worcestershire.
But he was not required to bat in the nine-wicket win against Durham, before Friday night's home game with Yorkshire was washed out at Edgbaston without a ball being bowled.
Brown's Bears currently stand fourth in the northern group table, with five points from their first four games, three adrift of table-topping Worcestershire.
answer:
Birmingham Bears need a replacement for New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi for the final six matches of this summer's T20 Blast campaign.
question:
The robot was supposed to have touched down on the Red Planet at 1458 GMT (1558 BST), but radio contact was lost in the minute before this time.
It was hoped that a satellite at Mars might have tracked the full descent, but it was unable to add any further insight.
This will likely stoke fears that Schiaparelli has been lost.
But the European Space Agency (Esa) will not be rushed to judgement.
It will wait on further information from yet more satellites at the Red Planet.
They may have detected something missed by the first orbiter, known as Mars Express.
Esa does have something to celebrate now, however. It has received confirmation from Schiaparelli's "mothership", the Trace Gas Orbiter, that it has successfully parked itself above the planet.
In the coming years, this spacecraft will study the atmosphere of Earth's near neighbour.
Landing on Mars is always a daunting prospect.
It is a high-speed approach that has to be got just right or the spacecraft runs the risk of crashing into the ground.
Schiaparelli had a heatshield, a parachute and rocket thrusters to try to get itself to the surface intact.
If Schiaparelli is later confirmed as lost, it will be a major blow to Esa which suffered the disappointment of the Beagle-2 lander's failure at Mars in 2003.
That mission got down to the surface intact, but stopped working within minutes of its arrival.
Schiaparelli was conceived largely as a technology demonstrator - a project to give Europe the confidence to try to land a more ambitious six-wheeled rover on Mars in 2021.
This future vehicle was expected to use some of the same landing technology as Schiaparelli, including its doppler radar to sense distance to the surface, and its guidance, navigation and control algorithms.
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answer:
| There is still no word on the fate of the European Space Agency's Mars lander, Schiaparelli.
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In this task, you will be presented with a question and you have to answer the question based on your knowledge. Your answers should be as short as possible.
Example Input: Which empire was the author of Naturalis historia a naval commander of ?
Example Output: Roman Empire
Example Input: Who is the undefeated team ( s ) whose notes person was the warden of Tennessee State Prison from 1955 until his death ?
Example Output: Georgia Tech North Carolina Vanderbilt
Example Input: What is the name of the oldest person whose result , not including team race , was above 2 minutes ?
Example Output: | Ryan Lochte
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question. You have to answer the question based on your information.
Which list did "Fires of Winter" reach?
| "New York Times" bestseller |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Example Input: A man allegedly stabbed his former partner to death in broad daylight outside a Melbourne shopping centre after the pair left a court. Craig McDermott and Fiona Warzywoda were together for 18 years before they separated in February last year, the Supreme Court of Victoria was told on Tuesday. Both attended Sunshine Magistrates Court on April 16 last year before they headed separately to a nearby shopping centre. Crown prosecutor Brendan Kissane QC said Ms Warzywoda told court staff McDermott had approached her and said 'you're f***ed'. She went to visit her solicitor after the hearing, the court heard.A man allegedly stabbed his former partner to death in broad daylightFiona Warzywoda was attacked outside a Melbourne shopping centreCraig McDermott allegedly stabbed her six times in the chestMr McDermott has pleaded not guilty while the trial continues
Question:Mr Kissane said McDermott and his son were at a coffee shop when _ approached Ms Warzywoda as she headed to her car.
Example Output: Craig McDermott
Example Input: A homeless couple forced to live in their car after pay-day loan debts spiralled out of control are getting their lives back on track - thanks to a caring businessman. Philip and Victoria Sherlock have been living out of their car for three months, after a stomach operation meant Philip could no longer work as a £400 a week gardener. Their loss of income saw Victoria take on more hours as a shop assistant, but the desperate couple then had their benefits cut. Philip was given a lifeline by local businessman Jasen Jackiw (right) a Manchester business owner who heard about the story on a TV programmePhilip and Victoria Sherlock, from Warrington, forced to live in Ford FocusPay day loan costs went out of control after he had a stomach operationThe pair left their home and lived out of the car, washing at supermarketsPhilip was handed a lifeline by local businessman who gave him a new job
Question:_, 42, added: 'Jasen saw what I was going through, and it's heart-warming that there are people out there who will do this for a total stranger and I'm really enjoying the job.
Example Output: Philip
Example Input: (CNN) A German submarine from World War I that was said to have been taken down by a sea monster has been discovered off the coast of Scotland. Incredible sonar images show the 100-year-old wreck to be mostly intact, and the find has led to the resurfacing of nautical folklore. Experts say the wreckage may be the infamous UB-85, which, legend has it, was attacked by a sea beast during the war. According to the old tale, the U-boat commander -- Capt. Gunther Krech -- said the submarine had been cruising on the surface of the water to recharge its batteries when a "strange beast" rose from the sea with "large eyes, set in a horny sort of skull." Krech said the animal had a small head, but with "teeth that could be seen glistening in the moonlight," according to a statement from Scottish Energy News.U-boats were used by Germany in WWI to attack Britain's food supplyCrews doing a survey to lay a new power cable on sea floor found wreck
Question:She said the _-boat strategy was controversial, leaving many of Britain's allies angry.
Example Output: | German
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Problem:You may be wondering, how can a glacier get so big? Why does it move? These are both good questions. In the winter months, precipitation falls as snow. This solid form of water builds up on the ground as long as the temperatures stay cold enough. As the temperature rises, the snow starts to melt. The frozen water changes state back into a liquid state. Nearer the poles, summer does not last very long. If the summer is long enough and warm enough, all the snow may melt. This is what typically happens now. The earth was a little cooler 12,000 years ago. As a result, during the summer months, that amount of snow did not melt. It may have only been an inch or so of snow that melted. The following winter, snow fell on top of this left-over snow. This next winters snowfall had a head start. Year after year, the snow that did not melt became thicker and thicker. Inch by inch the snow started to build up. Over many years, layer upon layer of snow compacted and turned to ice. <sep>What are two characteristics of glaciers?<sep>Not moving
Solution: | No |
Ask a question about Punjab, Pakistan. | What was the last territory added to British India? |
Jackie Chan appears as a guard during the underground lair battle scene and gets his neck snapped by Lee. He also performed several stunts for the film, including the scene where Lee's character quickly climbs a rooftop at night. However, Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: was jackie chan in the movie enter the dragon?
Available choices:
(I). no;
(II). yes; | (II). |
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.
--------
Question: passage: While the kids are away at college, Oliver eventually calms down and attempts to make peace with Barbara over an elegant dinner, but finally reaches his breaking point when Barbara serves him a paté which she implies was made from his dog. (It later turns out to be a bluff. The dog is still alive.) Oliver physically attacks Barbara, who flees into the attic. Oliver boards up the house to prevent Barbara from escaping so he can kill her, while Barbara loosens the chandelier to drop on Oliver to kill him. When their housekeeper Susan pays them an unexpected visit during the night, she senses something is terribly wrong and discreetly contacts Gavin for help. By the time Gavin arrives, Oliver and Barbara's quarrel has culminated in the two hanging dangerously from the insecure chandelier. During this time, Oliver admits to Barbara that despite their hardships, he always loved her, but Barbara does not respond. Before Gavin can come inside with a ladder, the chandelier's support cable snaps and sends them crashing violently to the floor. In his final breaths, Oliver reaches out to touch Barbara's shoulder, but Barbara uses her last ounce of strength to knock his hand away, firmly asserting her feelings for him even in death.
question: do they die in war of the roses?
Answer: Yes
Question: passage: In mathematics, a polynomial is an expression consisting of variables (also called indeterminates) and coefficients, that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and non-negative integer exponents of variables. An example of a polynomial of a single indeterminate x is x − 4x + 7. An example in three variables is x + 2xyz − yz + 1.
question: does a polynomial have to have a variable?
Answer: Yes
Question: passage: In 1951, Parliament re-worded the law, making it an offence to operate or have care or control of a motor vehicle while the driver's ability to operate the motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol or other drugs.
question: is impaired driving a criminal offence in alberta?
Answer: | Yes
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Input: While this process moved along, diplomacy continued its rounds. Direct pressure on the Taliban had proved unsuccessful. As one NSC staff note put it, "Under the Taliban, Afghanistan is not so much a state sponsor of terrorism as it is a state sponsored by terrorists." In early 2000, the United States began a high-level effort to persuade Pakistan to use its influence over the Taliban. In January 2000, Assistant Secretary of State Karl Inderfurth and the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator, Michael Sheehan, met with General Musharraf in Islamabad, dangling before him the possibility of a presidential visit in March as a reward for Pakistani cooperation. Such a visit was coveted by Musharraf, partly as a sign of his government's legitimacy. He told the two envoys that he would meet with Mullah Omar and press him on Bin Laden. They left, however, reporting to Washington that Pakistan was unlikely in fact to do anything," given what it sees as the benefits of Taliban control of Afghanistan." President Clinton was scheduled to travel to India. The State Department felt that he should not visit India without also visiting Pakistan. The Secret Service and the CIA, however, warned in the strongest terms that visiting Pakistan would risk the President's life. Counterterrorism officials also argued that Pakistan had not done enough to merit a presidential visit. But President Clinton insisted on including Pakistan in the itinerary for his trip to South Asia. His one-day stopover on March 25, 2000, was the first time a U.S. president had been there since 1969. At his meeting with Musharraf and others, President Clinton concentrated on tensions between Pakistan and India and the dangers of nuclear proliferation, but also discussed Bin Laden. President Clinton told us that when he pulled Musharraf aside for a brief, one-on-one meeting, he pleaded with the general for help regarding Bin Laden." I offered him the moon when I went to see him, in terms of better relations with the United States, if he'd help us get Bin Laden and deal with another issue or two." The U.S. effort continued.
Does the response "Bin Laden" correctly answer the question "Who did The State Department feel should visit both India and Pakistan?"?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
***
Output: no
Patricia Cross and her boyfriend Larry Osborne , two students in a San Francisco school , become expelled for the publication of an off-campus underground paper . As a result , a philosophy professor , Dr. Jonathon Barnett , resigns his teaching position and decides to become an advocate for the counterculture youth movement and , specifically , the use of LSD . The hippies of the Haight-Ashbury district first see him as a hero and then as something even more . Dr. Barnett even makes an appearance on the Joe Pyne TV show to voice his support of the hippie community and the use of LSD . One scheming young man sees the opportunity to build Dr. Barnett as the head of a cult centered around the use of LSD . He hopes to earn profit from the users , Dr. Barnett's speeches known as `` happenings , '' and their lifestyles . At a massive LSD-fueled dance , Patricia begins to have a bad trip Which leads to an argument between her and Pat , ultimately splitting the couple up . After Patricia realizes that she's pregnant , Dr. Barnett advises her to have an abortion , ultimately leading to Patricia attempting suicide . However , Larry saves her and makes the destruction of Dr. Barnett's cult his primary objective . Larry shoots Dr. Barnett from the crowd at one of his massive speeches . As another hippie in attendance calms the audience and Elliot sees his new leader for their cult-like organization , Larry realizes that his assassination of Dr. Barnett simply made him a martyr for the hippie movement .
Question: "Why did Dr. Barnett resign from teaching?"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer: "Patricia's pregnancy"
Response: no
In remarks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony here on Wednesday, Gov. George E. Pataki said he expected the facility to generate thousands more jobs in the Hudson Valley area for contractors and suppliers catering to the factory. He praised IBM for being "a critical partner in our economic development efforts" in New York state. In a brief speech, Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM's chief executive, emphasized that it was important to make long-term investments despite the current slump in the technology business. "To play to win in technology, you innovate and you lead," he said. But manufacturing technology products is a costly and cyclical business. In June, IBM announced that it was taking a charge of more than $2 billion against earnings. The largest single reasons for the charge were the cost of getting out of the business of manufacturing hard disks for storage, which it sold to Hitachi, and closing down some of its older semiconductor operations. But Kelly said the demand for advanced chips, like those produced at IBM's facility in Burlington, Vt., is strong. "I need more capacity in that end of the market," he said, "and this is factory is critical to meeting that growing demand." If IBM has miscalculated the demand, it will suffer badly as both the high operating costs and depreciation on the huge capital investment for the East Fishkill factory drag down earnings. But industry analysts said the plant should be insulated from a falloff in one or a few segments of the semiconductor market.
Question: "What Factory was just opened in Hudson Valley with a ribbon cutting ceremony?"
Response: "Vermont Factory"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: no
(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 will the Orion allow NASA to do and why?"
Response: "Travel beyond Mars"
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A: | yes |
Roosevelt and Wilson Elementary schools were combined in the 1970s to Roosevelt - Wilson Elementary , as the city 's growth began to stabilize .
Roosevelt and Wilson Elementary schools were combined to form Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary in the 1970s as the city 's growth began to stabilize .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes
Finally , the global rigidity matrix is expanded by adding together the individual constructed element matrices .
Finally , the global stiffness matrix is built up by adding together the individual element matrices expanded .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no
This point of view is common in northern India and parts of southern India .
This view is used in southern India and parts of northern India .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no
Dye rode after eight years in Mauritius , Hong Kong .
Dye rode in Mauritius after eight years in Hong Kong .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
| no |
This text is missing some spaces, please add them: EntertheworldofbenefitswiththeFinnairPlusfrequentflyerprogram | Enter the world of benefits with the Finnair Plus frequent flyer program |
An old problem is getting new attention in the United States--bullying. Recent cases included the tragic case of a 15-year-old girl whose family moved from Ireland. She hanged herself in Massachusetts following months of bullying. Her parents criticized her school for failing to protect her. Officials have brought criminal charges against several teenagers.
Judy Kuczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USA. Her daughter Tina was also the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minnesota. She said,"Our daughter was a very outgoing child. She was involved in all kinds of things and had lots of friends. And over a period of time her grades fell completely. She started having health issues. She couldn't sleep. She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains and didn't want to go to school."
Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person. It can involve physical violence, or it can be verbal--for example, insults or threats. Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.
And now there is cyber-bullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messages. It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.
The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late 1970s. The latest government study in the United States was released last year. It found that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at school.
Susan Swearer is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research Network. She says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they need. She says bullying is connected to depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior and bullies are often victims themselves. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what is bullying connected to?
2. and what else?
3. according to who?
4. who is she?
5. how many students are bullied?
6. of what age?
7. what is bullying defined as?
8. where was the girl who died from?
9. where was the family from?
10. who else is mentioned as a victim?
11. when did her bullying start?
12. where was the first research?
13. when?
14. is it an old problem?
15. when was US study released?
16. what does cyber-bullying include?
17. who is Tina's mom?
18. is she involved in any groups?
19. which one?
20. what is that?
21. was anyone charged for the girl in Mass.?
Answer: 1. depression
2. anxiety and anti-social behavior
3. Susan Swearer
4. a psychologist
5. one-third
6. twelve to eighteen
7. negative behavior
8. Massachusetts
9. Ireland
10. Tina
11. middle school
12. Norway
13. late 1970s
14. yes
15. last year
16. Internet, e-mail or text messages
17. Judy Kuczynski
18. yes
19. Bully Police USA
20. anti-bullying group
21. yes
"I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage to Mecca... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests." So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris-the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.
Almost two centuries before Columbus, Ibn Battuta set off for Mecca, returning home three decades later as one of history's great travelers. Driven by curiosity, he journeyed to remote comers of the Islamic world, traveling through 44 modern countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated in the West, his name is well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a cafe, a ferry boat, and even a hamburger are named after him.
Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years, but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment with the sultan of Delhi.On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen. "We fought... killing one of their horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers... I was hit by an arrow and my horse by another, but God in his grace preserved me... ". In Delhi, the sultan gave him the position of judge, based on his _ study at Mecca. But the sultan had an unpredictable character, and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the sultan offered to finance a trip to China, he agreed. IbnBattuta set off in three ships, but misfortune struck while he was still on the shore. A sudden storm grounded and broke up two ships, scattering treasure and drowning many people and horses. As he watched, the third ship with all his belongings and slaves (one carrying his child), was carried out to sea and never heard from again.
After a lifetime of incredible adventures, Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world. Fortunately, he agreed and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When did IBN Battuta leave for Mecca?
2. When did he return?
3. How many countries did he go through?
4. Compared to Marco Polo, how far did he travel?
5. Is he famous with Arabs?
6. Where was he born?
7. On what date?
8. What did he do while in Mecca?
9. What did he hope to do in India?
10. Did he have a peaceful journey?
11. How many men attacked him on foot?
12. How many horsemen?
13. How many horsemen were killed?
14. Who did he think preserved him?
15. What job did he get in Delhi?
Answer: | 1. 1325
2. three decades later
3. 44
4. three times as far
5. yes
6. Tangier
7. unknown
8. studied
9. work with the sultan of Delhi
10. no
11. 80
12. two
13. one
14. God
15. judge |
Question: Let's complete this passage.
(CNN) -- Caroline Gold calls out to her three children as she takes pizza bagels out of the oven. Shai, 18 months old, runs to her high chair chanting, "Pizza, pizza!" Natanel, 7, comes in from another room in their Atlanta home. They join their sister, Eden, who is already at the table. Randy Gold sits down next to his son while Caroline puts food on everyone's plates. They seem like the quintessential family, in what could be any household in America. But a closer look reveals Caroline is feeding 5-year-old Eden. Eden cannot talk or walk. She needs help sitting up and doing most anything a girl her age should be doing on her own.
The pediatrician continued to reassure
Answer: Caroline that every child develops at her own rate.
Question: Let's complete this passage.
Transgender DJ: Billy-Joe Newington, 25, is set to have new genitalia made using the skin on his tattooed arm - leaving him with a tribal-print penis A transgender DJ is set to have new genitalia made using the skin on his tattooed arm - leaving him with a tribal-print penis. Billy-Joe Newington, 25, from Cardiff, was born as a girl called Connie, but has been desperate to be a boy since the age of four. He started taking male hormones more than two years ago, quickly transforming him from a size-eight girl into a muscular man with stubble. He had a double mastectomy in January after years of binding his 32C breasts and is booked in for his first ‘lower-half’ taxpayer-funded NHS operation later this year.
'When I met
Answer: Celyn Phillips she knew straight away about me.
Question: Let's complete this passage.
London (CNN) -- Investigators are searching the London area home where the body of former Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found for possible chemical, radiological or biological evidence, police said in a statement released early Sunday. Circumstances surrounding the death of Berezovsky, one of the most politically influential of Russia's oligarchs until a bitter falling out with the Kremlin, were not immediately known, and authorities in the United Kingdom said it was being investigated. "His death is currently being treated as unexplained and a full inquiry is under way," Thames Valley Police said in a statement. Officers, including specialized investigators, are conducting a number of searches "as a precaution."
In 2003, as Russia was seeking his return, Berezovsky was granted political asylum by
Answer: United Kingdom authorities after it was determined he was wanted on political grounds, not criminal, according to published reports at the time.
Question: Let's complete this passage.
Tom Brady experienced a career high on Sunday when he led his team The New England Patriots to a Super Bowl win over the Seattle Seahawks. And on Wednesday it was time to celebrate properly. The 37-year-old football star took his son Benjamin, aged five, to a Patriots parade in snowy Boston. Scroll down for video Father and son: Super Bowl XLIX MVP Tom Brady with his youngest son Benjamin at the Patriots parade in Boston on Wednesday Kissing the ball: Gisele Bundchen's eldest child planted a peck on the famous award which was also waved at fans below
Earlier,
Answer: | Gisele Bundchen shared a photo of the pair getting ready for the big event. |
Text: Only Bobby Jones has ever completed a Grand Slam. No man has ever achieved a modern era Grand Slam. Tiger Woods won all four major events consecutively within a 365-day period, but his victories were spread over two calendar years.
Question: has anyone won all 4 majors in one year?
Choose from: (a). no; (b). yes; | (b). |
IN: What happens next?
How to make a smash turkey sandwich
Put the 12 slices of cheese on a plate.
Put the plate in the microwave.
Cook it until it starts bubbling, when you hear it bubbling take it out of the microwave as quick as you can.
OPTIONS:
- Stir it up a bit, sprinkle parmesan cheese over it and put the plate into the microwave. Add the sliced pieces of deli ham and the two parmesan cheeses.
- Put half of the cheese on the top of the turkey sandwich and top of the sandwich with the rest of the cheese. Put the sandwich together with the grated turkey sandwich.
- Use your oven mittens or anything that can keep your hands from burning and grab 2 slices of cheese and put them on one slice of turkey. Keep putting 2 slices on each slice of turkey.
- Cover the top of the plate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave the cheese until the mixture bubbles. After the cheese is melted take the can of chop onion and place it in a large bowl.
OUT: Use your oven mittens or anything that can keep your hands from burning and grab 2 slices of cheese and put them on one slice of turkey. Keep putting 2 slices on each slice of turkey.
IN: What happens next?
He pierces through her septum. He cuts it and removes the clamp. The man puts an earring through the hole. he
OPTIONS:
- puts qtips in her nose to catch the blood.
- pierces the lobe of her septum.
- then clamps her nose.
- paints the finger nails then dries them.
OUT: puts qtips in her nose to catch the blood.
IN: What happens next?
How to become a dietician
Know about the benefits and demands dietitian.
Being a food and nutrition expert can be an extremely rewarding job. Although it can be a competitive industry that comes with some demands, there are many benefits to working as a dietitian.
OPTIONS:
- It requires an incredible amount of knowledge. You'll need to know about everything from biochemistry to anatomy to food preparation.
- Learn how to manage the environment, maintain energetic and stable people in your workforce. Donate support to mental health professionals and join a similar soup club or farmer's market group.
- Find a job that provides you with high wages and a steady supply of supplies. Being a dietician is an incredibly competitive field.
- A wide variety of certifications can help you become a dietician. Before you get a certification, read the certification agreement and talk to a dietician.
OUT: | It requires an incredible amount of knowledge. You'll need to know about everything from biochemistry to anatomy to food preparation. |
input question: Is it true that "The table broke." if "I put the heavy book on the table and it broke." is true?
output answer: yes
input question: Is it true that "The man subtracted that amount from the man's wages." if "Then Dad figured out how much the man owed the store; to that he added the man's board-bill at the cook-shanty. He subtracted that amount from the man's wages, and made out his check" is true?
output answer: no
input question: Is it true that "The heavy book broke." if "I put the heavy book on the table and it broke." is true?
output answer: no
input question: Is it true that "Bill was the winner of the competition." if "Frank felt vindicated when his longtime rival Bill revealed that he was the winner of the competition." is true?
output answer: | no |
It has had a variety of restoration work conducted since 2011.
The preceding conversation: | A 2 person dialog:
-What is the Wedding Cake House in Providence, Rhode Island?
-Wedding Cake House (Providence, Rhode Island) The Wedding Cake House (formally known as the Kendrick-Prentice-Tirocchi house), is a three-story historic house located at 514 Broadway Street in the Broadway-Armory Historic District of Providence, Rhode Island.
-Is there anything interesting about this house?
-Built in 1867 and occupied continuously until 1989, its contents were the subject of a 2001 exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
-Is the house open for tours?
- |
A question is presented to you in this task, and your job is to write a potentially correct answer.
where did jeff dunham go to school? | Baylor University |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: The Stanley Cup playoffs consists of four rounds of best-of-seven series. Each series is played in a 2--2--1--1--1 format, meaning the team with home-ice advantage hosts games one, two, five, and seven, while their opponent hosts games three, four, and six. Games five, six, and seven are only played if needed.
A: is stanley cup 2-3-2?
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Q: 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.
A: was ready player one based on a book?
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Q: Gun show loophole is a political term in the United States referring to the sale of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, that are exempt from federal background check requirements. This is dubbed the private sale exemption or ``secondary market''.
A: | are gun shows required to do background checks?
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next question: A meteor travels through galaxies which are a part of what?
Options:
- republic of ireland
- sky
- orbit
- universe
- school
reasoning: | Galaxies are present in universe. Universe has many elements that include galaxies, stars, meteors etc. The answer is universe. |
Please capitalize where necessary: one of the most important tasks of the journalists, interior stylists and professionals from other creative disciplines that use plants in their work is to accommodate as wide a variety as possible.
A: One of the most important tasks of the journalists, interior stylists and professionals from other creative disciplines that use plants in their work is to accommodate as wide a variety as possible.
Please capitalize where necessary: new trio lighting hondo modern anthracite diecast aluminium wall lamp fr.79
A: New Trio Lighting Hondo Modern Anthracite Diecast Aluminium Wall Lamp Fr.79
Please capitalize where necessary: in the joke salazar is lamenting to an old friend about the sad state of the economy.
A: In the joke Salazar is lamenting to an old friend about the sad state of the economy.
Please capitalize where necessary: we are committed in this case, to refund the payments, deduction for the benefit, you dragged possibly already out of the house / property.
A: | We are committed in this case, To refund the payments, deduction for the benefit, you dragged possibly already out of the house / property. |
Detailed Instructions: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Q: This was the saturation and 125-piece walk sequence Enhanced Carrier Route mail volume in 1996. Many of these items are so called "marriage mail" pieces which contain several individual advertisements combined into a single piece.
A: | This was the 125-piece walk sequence Enhanced Carrier Route mail volume in 1996. called "marriage mail" combining several individual advertisements into a single piece. |
El Arco Mine is a large copper mine in the northwest of the Baja California in Mexico .
The El Arco mine is a large copper mine located in the north-west of Baja California in Mexico .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes
Reilly made his first appearance on `` Lassie '' in the tenth episode of the last season , `` The Wayfarers '' ( 1964 ) .
In the first episode of the tenth season , `` The Wayfarers '' ( 1964 ) , he made his last appearance on '' Lassie `` .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
Ball died in Grayson County , Virginia in 1978 , and is buried in the Corinth Baptist Church in Rugby , Grassy Creek , North Carolina .
Ball died in 1978 in Grassy Creek , North Carolina , and is buried at Corinth Baptist Church in Rugby , Grayson County , Virginia .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no
In 1887 she played the role of the court composer Victorien Sardou in the first production of Giovanni Paisiello 's drama `` La Tosca '' .
In 1887 , she played the part of Victorien Sardou , the court composer , in the first staging of Giovanni Paisiello 's drama `` La Tosca '' .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
| yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics as passages and a question from the passage. We ask you to answer the question by classifying the answer as 0 (False) or 1 (True)
Passage: Bed -- In the mid-1950s, the United States bedding industry introduced a new size: the king size. A king-sized bed differs from the other sizes in implementation, as it is not common to have a king-sized box spring; rather, two smaller box-springs are used under a king-sized mattress. It is a common misconception that in a US ``standard'' or ``Eastern king'', the box springs are identical in size to a ``twin extra-long''; however, ``twin extra-long'' mattresses next to each other add up to 78 inches (200 cm) wide instead of the 76 inches (190 cm) width that is standard for an ``eastern king''. Another size variant in the United States is the ``California king'', which measures 72 by 84 inches (180 cm × 210 cm) long (narrower but longer than the standard king).
Question: are there different types of king size beds
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In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Example input: Question: When did the operation during which the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen begin? Passage: The group was occasionally diverted from strategic missions to carry out air support and interdiction missions. It supported Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by attacking transportation targets, including bridges, along with airfields and strong points in France. On D Day, the squadron and the rest of the 446th Group led the first heavy bomber mission of the day. The 446th aided ground forces at Caen and Saint-Lôduring July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. During Operation Market Garden, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands, the 704th dropped supplies to allied troops near Nijmegen. It struck lines of communications during the Battle of the Bulge. During Operation Varsity in March 1945, it supplied ground and airborne troops near Wesel. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945 against Salzburg, Austria. The group had flown 273 missions and had lost 58 aircraft during the war,
. Links: a. Allies of World War II b. Wesel c. Operation Market Garden d. Air Support.
Example output: c
Example explanation: The passage describes the 704th's actions during Operation Market Garden.
Q: Question: Was the bands second album also released by EMI Records? Passage:In 1990 the band signed with EMI Records and released their debut album, Strings. Their initial experiments with synthesised sounds and rhythms were not immediately recognised, although Strings sold 20,000 copies during its first week after release. Two years later the band released their second album, 2, which included the critically acclaimed single "Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar". The song was first aired on MTV Asia, and led the band to widespread fame. After the release of 2, the quartet disbanded to focus on their studies and careers. In 2000 Maqsood and Kapadia released Duur, which revived the band's popularity, and followed it with Dhaani in 2003. This album included the single "Najane Kyun", which was part of the soundtrack for the Hollywood film Spider-Man 2. Following Junoon and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings went to India (where they found remixes of one of their early songs playing in clubs). In 2008 Strings released their fifth album, Koi Aanay Wala Hai, with the singles "Yeh Hai Meri Kahani" and "Aakhri Alvida" (included on the soundtracks for Bollywood's Zinda and Shootout at Lokhandwala). The album was co-produced by Bollywood actor John Abraham, and was successful in Pakistan and India.
Links: a. 2 (Strings album) b. EMI Records c. Dhaani d. Dhaani
A: | a |
Continue writing the following text.
Patricia had a better trained dog than Emily because
OPTIONS: -Patricia knew how to use clicker training.; -Emily knew how to use clicker training.; | Patricia knew how to use clicker training. |
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In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
Ms Bourne, who became Sussex's first PCC in 2012, was declared winner after the vote went to a second count.
Three candidates were eliminated in the first count, leaving only Ms Bourne and Labour's Michael Jones.
In the first count, Ms Bourne had 114,570 votes and Mr Jones had 61,017. The second count brought their totals to 139,335 and 86,392 respectively.
She said: "I'm absolutely honoured and very privileged to be elected."
She said she needed to "find extra savings because budgets are still reducing" and "to invest in frontline policing because I know that is really important to people in Sussex".
Voter turnout was 22.5% compared with 15.3% in 2012.
The three eliminated in the first count were Green Party candidate James Doyle, UKIP's Patrick Lowe and James Walsh from the Liberal Democrats.
Results listed alphabetically by surname are as follows. BBC News App users: tap here to see the results.
Solution: Conservative Katy Bourne has been re-elected police and crime commissioner for Sussex.
Why? This is a good example. The output correctly summarizes the article.
New input: A combination of high temperatures and parched land has added to the difficulties of firefighters.
About 17 fires fanned by strong winds are raging across the length and breadth of the US state, all in different stages of containment.
The fires are especially bad in Santa Barbara County where one is spanning an area of more than 35 sq mi (93 sq km).
Thousands of firefighters have been deployed, from the Six Rivers National Forest in the north to the San Bernardino Forest east of Los Angeles. Several injuries have been reported and numerous homes destroyed.
Forecasters have warned that temperatures are likely to remain high with the elderly and children in particular danger.
Air quality is reported to be noticeably poorer in areas inland from Los Angeles.
California is regularly hit by wildfires at this time of the year.
Solution: | Wildfires in California are quickly spreading, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated, officials 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. 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].
question:
The family of schoolgirl Alice Gross have demanded to know how her murderer got into Britain despite killing his wife in his native Latvia. The 14-year-old went missing in August last year and her body was discovered the following month in the Grand Union Canal in Ealing, west London. Her killer Arnis Zalkalns, 41, had been named as a suspect in her disappearance but his body was later found hanging in a woodland nearby. Police later confirmed that the Latvian builder, who had come to the UK in 2007, was responsible, and the CPS announced that he would have been charged with murder if alive.Alice went missing last year and body later found in canal in west LondonThe man suspected of killing her was found hanging in woodland nearbyArnis Zalkalns had been jailed in native Latvia for 7 years for killing his wifeCame to UK in 2007 and in 2009 was arrested on suspicion of sex asault
Question:Mr Thacker told the court, that _'s nationality was not the issue here and that Alice's family 'just want answers'.
answer:
Arnis Zalkalns
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Sure, St Andrews is the home of golf and Monaco hosts the most glamorous race on the Formula One circuit, but the sporting world offers so much more than what can be seen on television. With the warmer months upon us the countdown is on for all manner of festivals around the globe, with many of them revolving around intriguing, entertaining and downright wacky events. MailOnline Travel sheds some light on the most unique sporting escapes you could take this year as a spectator or in some cases even as a participant, from the historic cheese-rolling race in Gloucestershire to the Mud Olympics in Brunsbuettel, Germany.Traditional sports in Scotland's Highland Games and Mongolia's NaadamWife Carrying, Bog Snorkelling and Cheese-Rolling among the kookiestCamel Wrestling in Turkey and Prison Rodeo in the US more controversial
Question:Not for everyone, in particular animal welfare groups who oppose it, or the feint of heart but certainly historic - camel wrestling has been going on in _ for more than 2,000 years.
answer:
Turkey
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Washington (CNN) Democrats knew a general election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be rough, but many never considered the potential of a nailbiter. During a primary in which Trump usurped the GOP establishment, alienated crucial sectors of the general electorate on issues like immigration and abortion and dinged his own approval ratings, many Democrats salivated at talk of a November duel with the billionaire. Now, as Trump prepares for a general election showdown and a pair of new polls show a statistical dead heat, veteran Democrats warn there is little room for complacency. "It will be close," said Mark Alderman, a veteran Democratic Party fundraiser who worked on President Barack Obama's transition team.Dem fundraiser on Trump-Clinton race: 'It will be close'Early polls paint a mixed picture
Question:We're taking from the _, we are taking from the independents.
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Problem:Question: How many times has the game been held that McBriar was selected to during the 2010 season? Passage:In 2009, he had a team record 38 punts downed inside the red zone, ranking third in the NFL and sixth all-time in a single season in league history. With the injury of Brad Johnson that same year, he took up holding duties for the Cowboys on field goals and extra point attempts. However, after several missed field goals, holding duties were handed over to Tony Romo in the 13th game versus the San Diego Chargers. McBriar resumed his role as the team's holder during the 2010 season, in which he also was named to his second Pro Bowl, after leading the NFL in both gross punting average (47.9 yards) and net average (41.7). He also had 22 punts downed inside the red zone, with eight touchbacks.
Links: a. Pro Bowl b. Field goal c. History of the San Diego Chargers d. Touchback
Solution: | a |
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In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
Researchers, writing in the journal Pediatrics, said the results would reassure parents whose babies fail to put on weight quickly.
And they warn against boosting the calorie intake of slow-growing babies as this may increase obesity.
Experts said that monitoring of weight gain in infants remained vital.
The researchers looked at data from 11,499 children who took part in a large study in Bristol in the 1990s.
It showed that 507 who were slow to gain weight in the first eight weeks of life recovered fairly quickly and had almost caught up by the age of two years.
Another group of 480 children who were slow to gain between eight weeks and nine months continued to put on weight slowly until they were seven years, but then had a spurt and caught up by the age of 13.
The different patterns of recovery between the two groups were likely due to different reasons for slow weight gain, the researchers said.
All the children were still lighter and shorter than their peers by the time they were teenagers, but within the normal range.
The findings highlight the importance of monitoring a baby's weight and height gain during the first few weeks and months, but not creating anxiety with parents of slow-growing babies, said study leader Prof Alan Emond from the University of Bristol.
"In the past, a lot of parents have been caused a lot of unnecessary anxiety by health professionals and this is a positive and reassuring message."
He said in many cases slow growth where children who are otherwise well do not follow the standard 'curve' is just because they are following their genetic potential.
"The second point for health professionals is that for a child that is well with no symptoms they can be relaxed and not worry about pushing calories because you can push them the other way."
Feeding habits in the second six months of life determine a child's future weight gain, so consuming too many calories in infancy can lead to obesity later on, he explained.
Dr Simon Newell, vice-president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said he broadly agreed with the conclusions of the researchers but stressed that poor weight gain was something which needed to be monitored closely.
"The weight when you're first born is the impact of pregnancy, the weight at eight weeks is related to how well you are feeding, then for the next year there will be an adjustment to your natural centile."
He said health professionals needed to look at the whole picture.
"I would encourage parents to use growth charts but if measurements show your baby is smaller than average it may be completely normal."
Output: | Babies who are slow to gain weight in the first months of their lives generally catch up to their peers by age 13, a large UK study shows. |
As a result of the change in its status and the arrival of the Portuguese royal family, Brazilian administrative, civic, economical, military, educational, and scientific apparatus were expanded and highly modernized. Portuguese and their allied British troops fought against the French Invasion of Portugal and by 1815 the situation in Europe had cooled down sufficiently that João VI would have been able to return safely to Lisbon. However, the King of Portugal remained in Brazil until the Liberal Revolution of 1820, which started in Porto, demanded his return to Lisbon in 1821.
Answer this question, if possible (if impossible, reply "unanswerable"): Where did the Liberal Revolution of 1820 begin? | Porto |
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Person 1) What is Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society?.
Person 2) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society. " BAMS" is the flagship magazine of AMS and publishes peer reviewed articles of interest and significance for the weather, water, and climate community as well as news, editorials, and reviews for AMS members..
Person 1) Is the magazine open access?.
Person 2) | "BAMS" articles are fully open access; AMS members can also access the digital version which replicates the print issue" "cover-to-cover and often includes enhanced articles with audio and video. |
Question: President Donald Trump suffered a political setback Tuesday when Democrats won easy victories in governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey. In addition, Democrats cheered a turnout that could have major implications for next year's congressional midterm elections, when all 435 House seats and one-third of the Senate will be on the ballot. Democrats are pointing to exit polls in both Virginia and New Jersey that showed that anger at Trump was a major factor in stimulating Democrats to get to the polls. They also note Democratic gains in the battle for state delegate seats in Virginia, another sign of grass-roots enthusiasm that could help Democrats in races for lower-level offices across the country. In New Jersey, Governor-elect Phil Murphy, a Democrat, saw his election as a direct rebuke of the Republican president. "New Jersey sent an unmistakable message to the entire nation. We are better than this!" Murphy told cheering supporters at his victory rally. In Virginia, Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in a campaign that focused, in part, on Trump and his policies, especially on immigration. At a news conference Wednesday, Northam said his victory showed that Virginians had a message for the country and the world. "The divisiveness, the hatred, the bigotry, the politics that is tearing this country apart, that is not the United States of America that people love and it certainly not the Commonwealth of Virginia that they love," he said. Political analysts said Democratic enthusiasm and a focus on Trump were clearly on display in both states. "We have heard for months and months about all this energy on the left. It had not materialized until tonight," said Steve Peoples of the Associated Press. "A big night for Democrats and, really, it was a repudiation of sorts of the Trump nationalist message." Even some Republicans saw the results as a rejection of the Trump political brand. Representative Scott Taylor of Virginia told the New York Times that he believes the president's "divisive... What did Democrats think about Trump's policies? Pick the correct answer from the following options: A. they think he is bipartisan B. not enough information C. they think he is dividing the country D. they think he is amazing despite being a different political party
Answer: | B |
In this task, you are given an article. Your task is to summarize the article in a sentence.
Ex Input:
The country was banned earlier this month following government interference in the sport.
However, the Sudanese government has now annulled the decision that prompted the ban.
"Under the circumstances, (Fifa) decided to lift the suspension with immediate effect," wrote Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura.
The lifting of the ban comes too late for Sudan's leading sides in African club competition - with Al Merreikh and Al Hilal disqualified from the Champions League because of the Fifa suspension.
Al Merreikh had been poised to reach the Champions League quarter-finals while Al Hilal Obeid, eliminated from the Confederation Cup, had already secured a last-eight place in that competition.
However, the nation will now be able to contest a forthcoming 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier against Burundi.
Sudan earned its ban after the Ministry of Justice ordered the removal of Mutasim Gaafar Sir Elkhatim on 2 June as president of the country's FA (SFA) after two rival groups claimed control of the body.
The path to reintegration into Fifa came about when Sudan Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Salih issued a resolution overturning that decision on 7 July, so reinstating Elkhatim to his position.
Sudan's clubs were set to play between 07-09 July in African competitions but Fifa, in its letter, says it was only informed of the government U-turn on 10 July.
Ex Output:
Football's world governing body Fifa has lifted its suspension of Sudan.
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The last edition of the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser was due to be published on Wednesday.
However, the publishing company which owns the weekly has extended the consultation period by seven days.
The final edition is now scheduled for 21 December unless the paper can be sold for a "nominal amount".
The Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser was established in 1848 and has a circulation of about 1,200 copies in and around Langholm.
Last month, the CN Group announced plans to shut the paper leaving the three members of staff facing redundancy.
The company said that despite the best efforts of the team, the weekly edition had not been in profit for some time and launched a formal consultation on its closure.
At the same time, the publishing firm left the door open for a community benefactor to take over the Advertiser, which they said they would be prepared to sell for a nominal amount.
A spokesperson for the CN Group has now confirmed that the staff consultation has been extended by a week.
Ex Output:
A 168-year-old south of Scotland newspaper which is earmarked for closure has been given a short reprieve.
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Tara O'Reilly says her mother, Jackie Baker, 59, who has motor neurone disease, wants to die with dignity.
An online appeal has attracted money from 83 anonymous donors.
Assisting a suicide or suicide attempt is a criminal offence and Ms O'Reilly confirmed Dyfed-Powys Police had given her a warning.
Ms O'Reilly said £8,000 is needed to fund the trip and said she had no alternative but to ask for help.
She had organised a fundraising event, but it was cancelled after police warned her she could face prosecution.
Ms O'Reilly said: "I had a visit from the police saying if it went ahead I'd be in serious trouble.
"I just wanted to show my mother that I love her so much and I'm doing something.
"My mother has nothing. I'm sure anyone would do it for their parents or anyone they loved.
"My sister has put a page up for donations to help our mother with her daily needs and to make her more comfortable now.
"One person donated £2,000. I'm overwhelmed. We're a private family and to have the support we've had has been amazing.
"Donations have come from lots of people, doctors and lots of different people. A lot of them have gone through experiences themselves.
"My mother's wish will come true."
A person encouraging or assisting a suicide or suicide attempt could face up to 14 years in prison, if a decision was taken to prosecute.
Ex Output:
| A hairdresser from Llanelli trying to raise money to send her mother to die at Switzerland's Dignitas clinic has received more than £3,000 in donations.
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Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
A person's hands are seen opening a cap of sunscreen followed by rubbing it along their arm and rubbing it in. the person
Available options: (A). continues rubbing the lotion all along their arm and the other person opened the cap.; (B). then touches their hair and face and ends with them tattooing themselves on a person's arm followed by recording it.; (C). then wraps the lotion around their legs and ties the ends of the ties into a bow with a set of scissors.; (D). then puts more sunscreen on the other arm and continues to rub both of his arms in.;
Answer: | (D). |
7.Clarification:Inatournamentlistedas$10+$1,$1istheamountconsideredasfees.
Please segment the words: | 7. Clarification: In a tournament listed as $10+$1, $1 is the amount considered as fees. |
IPA Braille is the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as recognized by the International Council on English Braille.
A braille version of the IPA was first created by Merrick and Potthoff in 1934, and published in London. It was used in France, Germany, and anglophone countries. However, it was not updated as the IPA evolved, and by 1989 had become obsolete. In 1990 it was officially reissued by BAUK, but in a corrupted form that made it largely unworkable. In 1997 BANA created a completely new system for the United States and Canada. However, it was incompatible with braille IPA elsewhere in the world and in addition proved to be cumbersome and often inadequate. In 2008 Robert Englebretson revised the Merrick and Potthoff notation and by 2011 this had been accepted by BANA. It is largely true to the original in consonants and vowels, though the diacritics were completely reworked, as necessitated by the major revisions in print IPA diacritics since 1934. The diacritics were also made more systematic, and follow rather than precede the base letters. However, it has no general procedure for marking tone, and not all diacritics can be written.
IPA Braille does not use the conventions of English Braille. It is set off by slash or square brackets, which indicate that the intervening material is IPA rather than national orthography. Thus brackets are required in braille even when not used in print.
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. No
2. It is set off by slash or square brackets
3. Yes
4. 1989
5. the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet
6. France
7. Germany
8. Merrick and Potthoff
9. London
10. 1934
11. BAUK
12. No
13. BANA
14. In 1997
15. No
16. the United States and Canada
17. Robert Englebretson
18. the diacritics
19. Yes
20. No | 1. Does IPA Braille use the conventions of English Braille?
2. what indicates that the material is IPA?
3. are those brackets required?
4. what year did IPA become obsolete?
5. what is IPA?
6. where was it put into use?
7. where else?
8. who created it?
9. where was it first published?
10. when?
11. who reissued it?
12. was that version successful?
13. who created a completely new system?
14. when?
15. was it compatible withe Braille from other places?
16. what countries was it for?
17. who revised the Merrick and Pothoff version?
18. what did he completely rework?
19. was it accepted by BANA?
20. can all diacritics be written? |
Q: 10.7.2. maintenance, land improvements (costs), dkk 1 000
A: 10.7.2. Maintenance, land improvements (costs), DKK 1 000
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A: Abu Dhabi Corniche - photography - seaside promenade, United Arab Emirates, photos of United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates pictures
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Q: the course consists of several small assignments that reflect the assignments that our operational teams have carried out over the years.
A: | The course consists of several small assignments that reflect the assignments that our operational teams have carried out over the years.
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