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Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Who supported Parliament's passage of a law granting full emancipation to slaves after a period of 4 to 6 years of apprenticeship?, Context: With support from the British abolitionist movement, Parliament enacted the Slave Trade Act in 1807, which abolished the slave trade in the empire. In 1808, Sierra Leone was designated an official British colony for freed slaves. The Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1833 abolished slavery in the British Empire on 1 August 1834 (with the exception of St. Helena, Ceylon and the territories administered by the East India Company, though these exclusions were later repealed). Under the Act, slaves were granted full emancipation after a period of 4 to 6 years of "apprenticeship".
Student: | British abolitionist movement |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Part 2. Example
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Answer: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Part 3. Exercise
At 9:48, a representative from the White House shelter asked if there were any indications of another hijacked aircraft. The deputy director for operations mentioned the Delta flight and concluded that "that would be the fourth possible hijack." At 9:49, the commander of NORAD directed all air sovereignty aircraft to battle stations, fully armed. At 9:59, an Air Force lieutenant colonel working in the White House Military Office joined the conference and stated he had just talked to Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. The White House requested (1) the implementation of continuity of government measures, (2) fighter escorts for Air Force One, and (3) a fighter combat air patrol over Washington, D.C. By 10:03, when United 93 crashed in Pennsylvania, there had been no mention of its hijacking and the FAA had not yet been added to the teleconference. The President and the Vice President The President was seated in a classroom when, at 9:05, Andrew Card whispered to him: "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." The President told us his instinct was to project calm, not to have the country see an excited reaction at a moment of crisis. The press was standing behind the children; he saw their phones and pagers start to ring. The President felt he should project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening. The President remained in the classroom for another five to seven minutes, while the children continued reading. He then returned to a holding room shortly before 9:15, where he was briefed by staff and saw television coverage. He next spoke to Vice President Cheney, Dr. Rice, New York Governor George Pataki, and FBI Director Robert Mueller. He decided to make a brief statement from the school before leaving for the airport. The Secret Service told us they were anxious to move the President to a safer location, but did not think it imperative for him to run out the door. Between 9:15 and 9:30, the staff was busy arranging a return to Washington, while the President consulted his senior advisers about his remarks. No one in the traveling party had any information during this time that other aircraft were hijacked or missing. Staff was in contact with the White House Situation Room, but as far as we could determine, no one with the President was in contact with the Pentagon. <sep>What commander is able to direct all airs sovereignty aircrafts<sep>The president
Answer: | No |
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.
[EX Q]: The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games , were held in Turin , Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006 .
[EX A]: The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Turin 2006 or , was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin , Piedmont , Italy from February 10 to 26 , 2006 .
[EX Q]: In August 2002 , the USCF ( United States Chess Federation ) decided that " Any USCF member , who has had a normal post-tournament rating of 2200 or higher , has demonstrated a significant level of chess ability and thought , and is automatically awarded the lifetime title of National Master " .
[EX A]: In August 2002 , this position was codified ( after being recognized as the existing status quo ) by the USCF Policy Board with the passage of a motion stating " Any USCF member who has had a regular post tournament rating of 2200 or higher ( published or not ) has demonstrated a significant level of chess ability and is recognized by being automatically awarded the lifetime title of National Master . "
[EX Q]: The oath of office of the President of the United States is an oath that the president as he takes office .
[EX A]: | The oath of office of the president of the United States is the oath or affirmation that the president of the United States takes after assuming the presidency but before exercising or carrying out any presidential powers or duties .
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This is a test of commonsense with single/multi-choices. Complete the next sentence:
A gymnast is seen standing up on a set of uneven bars. the person
Options: 1). then spins around on the bars while a man watches on the side. 2). begins performing various gymnastics moves while moving her legs and arms. 3). springs off the side and ties their shoes. 4). then mounts the bars and begins flipping around.
The answer is: | 1). |
What happens next?
How to be a biker
Get the bike that suits you best.
Think about what you want to do with your bike, and how you want to ride it. If you're a new rider, you should consider the weight of the bike, as well as how tall it is. | You want to be able to put both feet down on the ground when you come to a stop. Bikes come in all shapes and sizes. |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: On Isla Sorna, an island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, a young girl named Cathy Bowman wanders around during a family vacation, and survives an attack by a swarm of Compsognathus. Her parents file a lawsuit against the genetics company InGen, now headed by John Hammond's nephew, Peter Ludlow, who plans to use Isla Sorna to alleviate the financial losses imposed by the incident that occurred at Jurassic Park four years earlier. Mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm meets Hammond at his mansion. Hammond explains that Isla Sorna, abandoned years earlier during a hurricane, is where InGen created their dinosaurs before moving them to Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar. Hammond hopes to stop InGen by sending a team to Isla Sorna to document the dinosaurs, thus causing public support against human interference on the island. Ian, who survived the Jurassic Park disaster, is reluctant. After learning that his girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding, is part of the team and is already on Isla Sorna, Ian agrees to go to the island, but only to retrieve her.
Output: | is jurassic park 2 on the same island? |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Output: Russian Revolution
This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input case for you: __ is a person's progres through life., Context: Oklahoma City has several public career and technology education schools associated with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, the largest of which are Metro Technology Center and Francis Tuttle Technology Center.
Output: | career |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Published on Aug 1, 2012
Spectacular activism fail in Tucson Arizona. Please do not post any contact info for this d-bag in the comments. I will nuke any phone numbers or email addresses that I see. Otherwise, have fun. Thanks. Also, quit sending me hate mail - I am not even the guy in the video. ||||| A former CFO is now on food stamps after a video he posted on YouTube two and half years ago criticizing Chick-Fil-A went viral and destroyed his career.
Adam Smith, 37, was the CFO of a medical device manufacturer in Arizona, until the summer 2012, when he -- and thousands of other people -- started protesting against Chick-Fil-A for the fast-food chain's anti-gay stance.
One day, Smith decided to go through the drive-thru at his local Chick-Fil-A, where he ordered a free water -- the fast food chain offers customers free water -- and videotaped himself telling the drive-thru attendant how much he despised Chick-Fil-A.
"Chick-Fil-A is a hateful corporation," Smith said, in part, to the drive-thru attendant. "I don't know how you live with yourself and work here. I don't understand it. This is a horrible corporation with horrible values. You deserve better."
Smith then posted the video on his personal YouTube channel, but when he got back to work, he received a major shock.
"I got into work and the receptionist, the first thing, big eyes, 'Adam, what did you do?' ... she said, 'The voicemail is completely full, and it's full of bomb threats,'" Smith said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' "20/20."
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Smith was fired that same day. He said at the time he was earning $200,000 annually and had over $1 million in stock options.
"It was taken when I lost my employment," he said.
After losing his job, Smith, his wife Amy and their four children also lost their home. They were forced to sell and give away their possessions and move into an RV. A few months later, Smith found a new CFO job in Portland, Oregon. It was the fresh start he needed.
"I felt like, 'Yeah, I got it. I am back,'" Smith said.
About two weeks later, Smith was fired from that job after his new boss discovered he was the guy from the Chick-Fil-A video. Smith told "20/20" in subsequent job interviews, he was very honest about the video and while prospective employers seemed empathetic and understanding in the end the companies would rescind the offers saying they didn't want the distraction.
Looking back at the video now, Smith said he was emotional.
"I don't regret the stand I took, but I regret… the way I talked to her," he told "20/20."
He even apologized to the drive-thru attendant he was angry with in another video posted to his YouTube channel, which also went viral. She has forgiven him. But Smith says even people who agreed with his pro-gay opinions won't hire him.
"I think people are scared," Smith said. "I think people are scared that it could happen again."
Kevin O'Leary, an entrepreneur and panelist on the hit ABC show "Shark Tank," said he always looks up potentially employees online before hiring them.
"Every time I look at hiring somebody, I go and gather their digital footprint from every source I can get," O'Leary said. "We look at who they are online, and we actually hire them in our minds before we actually ever meet them. And so the interview process is to just prove what we have already assessed online."
O'Leary warns that all the emails, texts, tweets, selfies and status updates we send out into the world can be career threatening.
Smith, with his spotty digital footprint, is still looking for a job nearly three years later, and has turned to meditation. He has also just written a new memoir, "A Million Dollar Cup of Water," detailing how his public shaming led him from riches to rags and the intensive soul search for healing.
Smith said he doesn't know if his viral video will ever go away. "It feels like it just happened," he said.
ABC News' Nick Watt contributed to this report. ||||| I confess, I had never heard of this infamous Chick-Fil-A incident until this came out last year. I was intrigued enough to look up the incident and Adam Smith and eventually got around to reading this book. Thereupon I wasn't sure what to make of it. Is this a memoir? An attempt to give sage advice on life? A personal response to The Incident? (From what I gathered from the forward, that's the best bet). My final opinion is this book's inability to decide what it wants to be makes it rather flawed, hence the three-star rating. I admittedly purchased the book with secret hopes to hate it, and in the end wanted to like it more than I did.
This personal narrative first delves into Adam's childhood, the eldest of eight in a Fundamentalist Christian family suffering from poverty and dysfunction with a father bent on atoning for the life that led to the death of his first-born son. This section is a poignant and fairly interesting account, although made too brief to be a proper memoir. Still, it's a childhood that sets the stage for Adam's adulthood. He is legally signed away from his family in his teens, marries his sweetheart Amy, attends college and becomes fairly obsessed with landing a job that would make him the most money possible--the pursuit of money becoming a strong theme in the work. His personal life continues as he and his wife build a family, wrestle with questions of religion, and get his career really going. Then enters the Chick-Fil-A incident, which I'm sure most readers would be interested in seeing. The rest of the book is the aftermath, being filled with both highs and lows as Adam's family situation is drastically changed and Adam is forced to figure out what to do next, leading to some soul-searching and greater understanding.
Handled better (I thought, more than once, after seeing excerpts of Amy's writings, why isn't she writing this book?) this would have been fine material for a finer result. Source material aside, the presentation of this book just wasn't all that polished, a problem I've seen in other similar memoirs. I finished this book vaguely thinking Adam seemed like a nice guy, but with very little significant understanding of him or his views, despite him talking about them so much. Once again, I wanted to like this book more than I did, but at some point I just wished there was more insight.
I suppose the book can work as a cautionary tale against the dangers of internet chaos and how infinitely more careful we all ought to be when expressing ourselves as the internet and social media do not forgive, though Adam focuses primarily on his reactions to his life situations; I prefer that to any incessant whine on the madness of the situation. Adam tries to share his gained wisdom, which is nice but again falls a little flat. Authentic living... what does that mean here? I appreciate his experiences, and heaven knows he and I differ on many a view, but this book wasn't eloquent enough to really change my mind or teach me anything new.
At its best, this is the story of a man who has been on a life-long journey and is still on it with all the accompanying bumps and views the reader may or may not agree with. But is it worth reading? I enjoyed it enough and even read it in one sitting, but I think it will be better appreciated by those who like the idea of the layman's memoir. |||||
Output: | Things haven't gone too well for the former CFO who criticized Chick-fil-A in a video he posted on YouTube. Unable to find lasting work, 37-year-old Adam Smith is living on food stamps with his wife and four kids in the RV they call home, he tells ABC News. "I think people are scared," Smith says of potential employers. "I think people are scared that it could happen again." Back in the summer of 2012, as thousands of people were opposing Chick-fil-A's stance on gay marriage, Smith rolled into a Chick-fil-A drive-thru for a free glass of water and slammed the female attendant: "Chick-fil-A is a hateful corporation," Smith told her as the filmed the exchange. "I don’t know how you live with yourself and work here. I don’t understand it." Smith posted the video before returning to work at Vante, a Tucson-based medical manufacturer—and the proverbial you-know-what had hit the fan by the time he got there. The receptionist told him "the voicemail is completely full, and it’s full of bomb threats," he says. Fired that day, Smith lost his $200,000 salary and more than $1 million in stock options. He and his family moved to Portland, where he got a CFO job, but lost it two weeks later when they realized who he was. He says he has since been honest in interviews, but companies have been too wary of fallout to hire him. "I don’t regret the stand I took, but I regret… the way I talked to her," an emotional Smith says of the worker. The interview coincides with his recent digital release of a memoir, A Million Dollar Cup of Water (a paperback version is out April 21), which chronicles his professional collapse and years of soul-searching. It's not faring so well on Amazon, which Smith addressed on the site on Friday. "Regarding the many 1-star ratings my book has received today and yesterday, I would like to note that I have only sold 17 digital copies thus far, yet there are 23 1-star ratings on my book. This fascinates me! LOL!" |
How to use a torque wrench
Purchase a torque wrench that you are sure is calibrated.
Purchase one directly from an auto parts store or a supplier. If you purchase a used torque wrench, take it to be recalibrated at an auto parts store.
There are four types of torque wrenches: beam, click adjustable, dial gauge and digital electronic. The main differences between these types are how they are read and how easily they can be adjusted.
Then the dog comes back and begins drinking from a coffee mug that is placed on the coffee table. The stands on its hind legs to reach the mug and drink the liquid in it. the dog
jumps down and goes stands back up on its hind legs to drink some more from the mug.
How to do a pilates push up
Align your body in the modified pilates stance by lifting your arms above your head, extending them as far upwards as possible.
Keep your body posture tall and straight. Push your shoulder blades downwards and keep them away from your ears.
Push your belly button inwards toward the spine. Inhale while allowing your chin to rest above your chest.
We see the boy backstage talking to two men. The boy walks on the stage and talks to the judges. the boy
| performs a break dance. |
Digging in a different trench Phoenix's robotic Arm connected with a hard surface that has scientists excited about the prospect of next uncovering an icy layer. "We have dug a trench and uncovered a hard layer at the same depth as the ice layer in our other trench," said Washington University robotic arm investigator for Phoenix, Ray Arvidson. The arm tried at least three times to penetrate the layer, but was unsuccessful. As a result the arm went into a holding pattern, awaiting its next commands.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The robotic arm penetrated the layer"?
Choose from:
(a). Yes
(b). It's impossible to say
(c). No
I think the answer is | (c). |
Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to hold newborn kittens
If your cat has just had kittens, then the best thing to do is to leave your cat on her own for a while.
Don't touch her or try to move her. Just give her about an hour to relax. | After an hour, come back to see her and the kittens. They should all be born and clean by now. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Were more soldiers or vehicles evacuated to Pusan?, Context: During the Hungnam evacuation, about 193 shiploads of UN Command forces and matériel (approximately 105,000 soldiers, 98,000 civilians, 17,500 vehicles, and 350,000 tons of supplies) were evacuated to Pusan. The SS Meredith Victory was noted for evacuating 14,000 refugees, the largest rescue operation by a single ship, even though it was designed to hold 12 passengers. Before escaping, the UN Command forces razed most of Hungnam city, especially the port facilities; and on 16 December 1950, President Truman declared a national emergency with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953), which remained in force until 14 September 1978.[b] The next day (17 December 1950) Kim Il-sung was deprived of the right of command of KPA by China. After that, the leading part of the war became the Chinese army. Following that, on 1 February 1951, United Nations General Assembly adopted a draft resolution condemning China as an aggressor in the Korean War.
soldiers
What buildings were usually chosen to be burned to the ground?, Context: In the 1970s, the Bronx was plagued by a wave of arson. The burning of buildings was predominantly in the poorest communities, like the South Bronx. The most common explanation of what occurred was that landlords decided to burn their low property-value buildings and take the insurance money as it was more lucrative to get insurance money than to refurbish or sell a building in a severely distressed area. The Bronx became identified with a high rate of poverty and unemployment, which was mainly a persistent problem in the South Bronx.
low property-value buildings
How did Britain carry out Naval procedures?, Context: In Britain's "imperial century", victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious international rival, other than Russia in central Asia. Unchallenged at sea, Britain adopted the role of global policeman, a state of affairs later known as the Pax Britannica, and a foreign policy of "splendid isolation". Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled the economies of many nominally independent countries, such as China, Argentina and Siam, which has been generally characterized as "informal empire". Of note during this time was the Anglo-Zulu War, which was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Empire.
| Pax Britannica
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Teacher: 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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution: No
Reason: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this instance: Tokugawa Takes All: When Hideyoshi died in 1598, he hoped to have his five-year-old son continue his "dynasty," initially under the tutelage of five regents. But one of the regents was Ieyasu Tokugawa, who had been biding his time at Edo for 12 years, nurturing dynastic ambitions of his own. Of the cunning, ruthless triumvirate that came out on top at the end of the country's century of civil war, Tokugawa was without doubt the most patient, the most prudent — and most treacherous. He moved quickly to eliminate his strongest rivals, crushing them in 1600 at the great Battle of Sekigahara (near modern Nagoya). During its subsequent two and a half centuries of rule from the new capital established at Edo, the Tokugawa organized a tightly controlled coalition of some 260 daimyo in strategic strongholds throughout the country. The allegiance of this highly privileged and prestigious group was ensured by cementing their ethical principles in the code of bushido, "The way of the warrior": loyalty to one's master, defense of one's status and honor, and fulfillment of all obligations. Loyalty was further enforced by holding the vassals' wives and children hostage in Edo. All roads into Edo, the most famous being the Tokaido Highway, had checkpoints for guns coming in and for wives going out. One of the most effective ways of keeping a tight rein on the country was to cut it off from the outside world, to keep Japan Japanese. At first, Ieyasu Tokugawa was eager to promote foreign trade. He wanted silk and encouraged the Dutch and British as good, nonproselytizing Protestants just interested in trade. But he didn't like the Portuguese and Spanish Catholic missionaries, who he felt were undermining traditional Japanese values. He banned their activities in 1612 and two years later ordered the expulsion of all missionaries and unrepentant Japanese converts. Executions and torture followed. Converts were forced to renounce their faith by trampling crucifixes and effigies of Jesus and Mary. The Catholic Church has counted 3,125 martyrs in Japan from 1597 (beginning under Hideyoshi) to 1660. In 1635 the Japanese were forbidden, on pain of death, to attempt to travel abroad, and Japanese citizens already overseas were prevented from returning, in case they brought back subversive Christian doctrines. Western books were banned, as were Chinese books that mentioned Christianity. <sep>What actions did the Tokugawa take towards missionaries and those who converted to Catholicism?<sep>He fought them in battle
Student: | No |
Boys Republic () is a South Korean K-pop boy band consisting of five members: Onejunn, Sunwoo, Sungjun, Minsu, and Suwoong. They are Universal Music's first K-pop idol group (also managed by Happy Tribe Entertainment). Boys Republic debuted on June 5, 2013 with the single, "Party Rock". Their official fan club name is "Royal Family".
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
South Korean musicians love living in South Korea.
OPTIONS: a. Yes; b. It's impossible to say; c. No; | b. |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to improve your posture at work
Adjust your chair height so your forearms line up with your keyboard.
Having to reach up or down with your arms when you're typing is bad for your posture. To have good posture at your desk, raise or lower your chair until your forearms are at the same height as your keyboard when you're typing.
OPTIONS:
a). Put about 5 mm of noise in between your word and keyboard height. Try to put a sound between your words.
b). This means that your arms should be at a 45 degree angle to your desk, and your elbows should be at a 90 degree angle. Lower yourself to the point that your toes can touch the desk.
c). Try to form a 90-degree angle with your elbows. Most office chairs have a lever or knob underneath them that you can use to adjust their height.
d). Then, pull your elbows in and lean in. You'll need to repeat the movement in various ways. | c). |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Output: No
Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
New input case for you: Have you are burned something on the stove or in the oven? Do you know why things burn? It all has to do with temperature. Changes in matter are affected by temperature. For example, what if you place a cake in the oven and you leave it in too long? What do you think will happen? Thats right, it will probably burn. The same thing will happen if the oven setting is too high and you apply too much heat. In either case, heat has affected the rate of change in matter. Its probably obvious that when the temperature is increased a chemical change, like cooking, will occur faster. What about a physical change? Are physical changes affected by temperature? Most of us have seen steam rising off a wet road after a summer rainstorm. This happens because the road surface is very warm. The warm road and warm air temperature causes the water to evaporate quickly. The liquid water is turning into water vapor, but it is still water. The evaporation of water is a physical change. So yes, temperature affects the rate that physical change occurs. <sep>What is the physical change in temperature we see during the summer and how does it occur?<sep>Steam rising off of a wet road after a rainstorm.
Output: | Yes |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
McGee (lower body) has been cleared for Friday's tilt with the Grizzlies. McGee will play through a glute contusion Friday night, but the injury will definitely be something to keep an eye on. He may see his minutes monitored more closely, in which case expect Damian Jones to see increased action.
Sentence: Expect Damian Jones to see less action. | No |
Teacher: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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Dr. Alex Cross is a psychiatrist and police lieutenant who lives in Detroit with his wife , Maria , their children , Damon and Janelle , and his grandmother , Nana Mama . Upon learning that Maria is pregnant with their third child , Cross considers accepting a job as an FBI profiler , but fears Maria's reaction , as it 'd require them to relocate to Washington , D.C. Meanwhile , a man called Picasso attends to an illegal underground Mixed Martial Arts fighting ring , where he flirts with businesswoman Fan Yau . After brutally beating his opponent , Picasso is invited to Fan Yau's house , where he sedates her while they 're having sex , tortures and kills her . Police Captain Richard Brookwell calls Cross and his partner , Tommy Kane , to the crime scene . On the way there , Cross tells Kane about Maria's pregnancy and the the FBI's offer , and Kane reveals that he is secretly dating their colleague , Monica Ashe . Cross deduces that Picasso is a professional assassin , and finds a sketch made behind by Picasso , revealing that his next target is businessman Erich Nunemarcher . Cross , Kane and Ashe go to Nunemarcher's office , but Nunemarcher ignores their claims . Picasso manages to enter the building , but is prevented from killing Nunemarcher by Cross , and escapes after being shot by Kane . Cross analyzes a drop of Picasso's blood and learns that he is a psychotic former member of the Special Forces and that his real target is billionaire CEO Leon Mercier . Cross informs Mercier that Picasso might be trying to kill him . <sep>Name two of Picasso's targets?<sep>Mercier and Cross
Student: | No |
Q: Two buildings were on fire when the firefighters arrived.
It took crews around 2 hours to extinguish a fire Sunday morning at a barn on Routt County Road 18, near Stage Coach Reservoir. According to Steamboat Deputy Fire Chief Chuck Cerasoli the back of the barn and the roof of an attached outbuilding were on fire when crews arrived on scene around 7:30. Firefighters were able to limit damage to the buildings, but a number of vehicles being stored in the barn sustained significant damage. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Related
A: Yes
Q: pizza hut has a kitchen
Pizza Party<br>Our field trip to Pizza Hut was a lot of fun. We were allowed in the kitchen, where we were shown how to make pizza. We each made our own pizzas to cook in the oven. Since we were little, we weren't allowed to use the ovens ourselves. We ate in the dining room before going back to school.
A: Yes
Q: Henry secretly hates grapes, so he overcompensates.
Grapes<br>Henry bought a huge bag of grapes. He wondered how he would eat them all. He decided he would juice them instead. He shared his juice with his wife. He went and bought more grapes.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: the election candidate has no private homes
The Damascus public have been welcomed into the election candidate's private homes or to specially erected tents where voters have been enjoying food, drink and entertainment, particularly in the home of the wealthy candidate, Adnan Mullah, where dozens of supporters and friends have been invited to dinner every evening.
A: | No |
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".
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Problem: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: What if two children push a swing at the same time? Would the swing go higher? Yes, together their force would be more. It is common for forces to be combined. Most objects on Earth have at least two forces acting on them. Do you know what one of them is? Of course, that force is gravity. How many forces do you have on you right now? Gravity pulls you down toward the center of Earth. Your legs exert a downward force. They hold you up against the pull of gravity. Consider the example in Figure 1.3. A book is resting on a table. Gravity pulls the book downward. It has a force of 20 newtons. At the same time, the table pushes the book upward. Its force is also 20 newtons. The table opposes the pull of gravity. <sep>Which forces affect a book resting on a table?<sep>Gravity and newtons
Solution: | No |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Ballet Lesson<br>It was Lane's first day in ballet. He had spent ages begging his parents to let him learn dance. Lane paid close attention and learned the first few positions. Lane had a great time. Lane's parents were gratified to see him enjoying himself.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Lane had fun in class
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Answer:
Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Okay. Some of the -- I attended a lot of meetings, so facts blur together. What I do recall, I -- as my husband said yesterday, I was pregnant at the time, so I have some reason to remember certain things. But I recall Barrie Callahan speaking about the textbook.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: The narrator went to a lot of meetings.
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Answer:
Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
After a government prosecution that lasted nearly seven years, a federal jury Wednesday convicted home-run king Barry Bonds on one charge of obstruction of justice for allegedly lying about using performance-enhancing drugs. Read the full story here: Los Angeles Times – Top News
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Barry Bonds has played with hank
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Answer:
| It's impossible to say |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: New Balance maintains a manufacturing presence in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom for the European market, where they produce some of their most popular models such as the 990 model--in contrast to its competitors, which often manufacture exclusively outside the USA and Europe. As a result, New Balance shoes tend to be more expensive than those of many other manufacturers. To offset this pricing difference, New Balance claims to differentiate their products with technical features, such as blended gel inserts, heel counters and a greater selection of sizes, particularly for very narrow and/or very wide widths. The company has made total profits of approximately $69 billion since 1992. They are the second most-renown American sporting company, after Nike.
Output: | are nike and new balance the same company? |
[Q]: Pécs-Pogány Airport (Hungarian: "Pécs-Pogány repülőtér" ) or "Pécs South Airport" (IATA: PEV, ICAO: LHPP) is a small commercial airport serving Pécs, a city in Baranya County in Hungary. Several aviation database sources incorrectly cite the IATA code for Pécs-Pogány as QPJ, however the IATA website lists it as PEV. Several aviation databases source the wrong IATA code for conspiracy reasons
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: The lawsuit did not initially mention the site's operator, Edward Webber; instead, the suit was filed against a set of people named "John Doe" to be identified at a later point. Loki Torrent's popularity had increased dramatically in recent days after the prominent BitTorrent site SuprNova.org shut down in a preemptive move to avoid a lawsuit. SuprNova.org wants to fight the lawsuit.
[A]: No
[Q]: François-Xavier Roth (born 6 November 1971 in Paris) is a French conductor. His father is the organist Daniel Roth. His brother Vincent Roth is a violist. Before turning to conducting, François was a flautist. Roth graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where his teachers included Alain Marion and János Fürst. Multiple generations of the Roth family are musicians.
[A]: Yes
[Q]: The Sweater<br>The man was shopping. He found a great sweater. He tried it on and it was way too big. He bought it and tried to shrink it. It ended up much smaller than he intended! The man has had trouble buying sweaters
[A]: | It's impossible to say |
Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: After returning to Earth, Watney becomes a survival instructor for astronaut candidates. Five years later, on the occasion of the Ares V mission launch, those involved in Watney's rescue have begun new lives.
Output: | the martian does he die at the end? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: How much of Cam Newton's yardage was for passing?, Context: The Panthers offense, which led the NFL in scoring (500 points), was loaded with talent, boasting six Pro Bowl selections. Pro Bowl quarterback Cam Newton had one of his best seasons, throwing for 3,837 yards and rushing for 636, while recording a career-high and league-leading 45 total touchdowns (35 passing, 10 rushing), a career-low 10 interceptions, and a career-best quarterback rating of 99.4. Newton's leading receivers were tight end Greg Olsen, who caught a career-high 77 passes for 1,104 yards and seven touchdowns, and wide receiver Ted Ginn, Jr., who caught 44 passes for 739 yards and 10 touchdowns; Ginn also rushed for 60 yards and returned 27 punts for 277 yards. Other key receivers included veteran Jerricho Cotchery (39 receptions for 485 yards), rookie Devin Funchess (31 receptions for 473 yards and five touchdowns), and second-year receiver Corey Brown (31 receptions for 447 yards). The Panthers backfield featured Pro Bowl running back Jonathan Stewart, who led the team with 989 rushing yards and six touchdowns in 13 games, along with Pro Bowl fullback Mike Tolbert, who rushed for 256 yards and caught 18 passes for another 154 yards. Carolina's offensive line also featured two Pro Bowl selections: center Ryan Kalil and guard Trai Turner.
A: 3,837 yards
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Q: Countries that are located in a region opposite to the Western side of said region are given which descriptor?, Context: Within a population, it is common for different ages and/or sexes to have different patterns of timing and distance. Female chaffinches Fringilla coelebs in Eastern Fennoscandia migrate earlier in the autumn than males do.
A: Eastern
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Q: Who was a cost with no benefit besides the Green Standard?, Context: First, the Yongying system signaled the end of Manchu dominance in Qing military establishment. Although the Banners and Green Standard armies lingered on as a drain on resources, henceforth the Yongying corps became the Qing government's de facto first-line troops. Second, the Yongying corps were financed through provincial coffers and were led by regional commanders, weakening central government's grip on the whole country. Finally, the nature of Yongying command structure fostered nepotism and cronyism amongst its commanders, who laid the seeds of regional warlordism in the first half of the 20th century.
A: | Banners
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Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: In chapters 3 and 4 we described how the U.S. government adjusted its existing agencies and capacities to address the emerging threat from Usama Bin Laden and his associates. After the August 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, President Bill Clinton and his chief aides explored ways of getting Bin Laden expelled from Afghanistan or possibly capturing or even killing him. Although disruption efforts around the world had achieved some successes, the core of Bin Laden's organization remained intact. President Clinton was deeply concerned about Bin Laden. He and his national security advisor, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, ensured they had a special daily pipeline of reports feeding them the latest updates on Bin Laden's reported location. In public, President Clinton spoke repeatedly about the threat of terrorism, referring to terrorist training camps but saying little about Bin Laden and nothing about al Qaeda. He explained to us that this was deliberate-intended to avoid enhancing Bin Laden's stature by giving him unnecessary publicity. His speeches focused especially on the danger of nonstate actors and of chemical and biological weapons. As the millennium approached, the most publicized worries were not about terrorism but about computer breakdowns-the Y2K scare. Some government officials were concerned that terrorists would take advantage of such breakdowns. On November 30, 1999, Jordanian intelligence intercepted a telephone call between Abu Zubaydah, a longtime ally of Bin Laden, and Khadr Abu Hoshar, a Palestinian extremist. Abu Zubaydah said, "The time for training is over." Suspecting that this was a signal for Abu Hoshar to commence a terrorist operation, Jordanian police arrested Abu Hoshar and 15 others and informed Washington. One of the 16, Raed Hijazi, had been born in California to Palestinian parents; after spending his childhood in the Middle East, he had returned to northern California, taken refuge in extremist Islamist beliefs, and then made his way to Abu Zubaydah's Khaldan camp in Afghanistan, where he learned the fundamentals of guerrilla warfare. He and his younger brother had been recruited by Abu Hoshar into a loosely knit plot to attack Jewish and American targets in Jordan. After late 1996, when Abu Hoshar was arrested and jailed, Hijazi moved back to the United States, worked as a cabdriver in Boston, and sent money back to his fellow plotters. After Abu Hoshar's release, Hijazi shuttled between Boston and Jordan gathering money and supplies. With Abu Hoshar, he recruited inTurkey and Syria as well as Jordan; with Abu Zubaydah's assistance, Abu Hoshar sent these recruits to Afghanistan for training. <sep>In Nov. 1999 what intelligence agency intercepted a call and who did they arrest in an effect to stop a terrorist attack?<sep>Jordanian intelligence intercepted a call and arrested Abu Hosher and 15 others
Output: | Yes |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
P.E.I. National Park has a surf guard.
Parks Canada announced that surf conditions in P.E.I. National Park are currently considered dangerous and visitors are asked not to enter the water, according to a news release. "Rip currents may be formed along the shores due to high winds and resulting surf conditions," reads the release. "To ensure visitor safety, entering the water is not recommended in these conditions and visitors are asked to follow surf guard instructions." | Yes |
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
In predictably unpredictable fashion, Lady Gaga has created a series of five short, arty films to accompany her latest single, "You and I."
The first installment, entitled "Haus of Ü Featuring Nymph," dropped last night, which Lady Gaga announced via Twitter. Unlike the splashy video for the song she released a couple weeks ago, this new outing does not feature her androgynous alter ago Jo Calderone.
However, as the Daily Mail notes, the film's fanciful nymph character did appear alongside Calderone in the original video, playing the piano in a field.
The black-and-white film, shot by Dutch fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, sees Gaga unusually bare-faced, wearing only a simple slip and ballet slippers.
During its two-minute running time, the Lady displays some graceful dance moves, letting her long, loose locks cascade around her and gently lifting her dress to show off some not-so-subtle tattoos.
We rather like seeing Gaga au naturel for a change. What do you think of her pared-down image?
One thing's for sure -- with this fresh-faced look, no one can say she looks embalmed. ||||| A few days ago, we saw Lady Gaga go au naturel for her "You And I" fashion-film series, and we liked her fresh-faced new look.
Now more images from the shoot by Dutch fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin can be seen in Harper's Bazaar's October issue.
In the cover story, Gaga discusses her affinity for designers like Thierry Mugler and Hussein Chalayan and proclaims that without the late Alexander McQueen's creations, "I'd be naked."
(In her last Bazaar cover story, she revealed that McQueen had been working "through her", which we take to mean... well, we're not really sure what that means ).
Turns out stripping down for the shoot, in which she sports only a skimpy slip, has always come natural. "Even when I was a kid, I used to run around naked with the babysitter, driving her crazy," Gaga reveals to the mag.
And the Lady says she was similarly carefree when she and friends plundered the Versace archive in Milan a few months back:
"We were all running around this warehouse laughing and putting on jackets and shoes. We started crying at one point. I've been dreaming of seeing those outfits my whole life."
Though some of her Versace acquisitions -- particularly a certain black harness -- proved controversial, we'd be pretty excited to have access to vintage Gianni creations too.
Read more from the cover story here.
MORE: ||||| What do you really know about
Sure, she’s always been very forthcoming about her roots in New York and feeling out of place growing up — but there’s always much more to the story.
In an extended preview for the upcoming Gaga by Gaultier, the outlandish performer leaves no question unanswered as she unabashedly talks about her attraction to women, drugs and being an exhibitionist.
“I like women,” she says bluntly, “sexually.”
The special, which airs Monday September 12 on The CW, includes footage from before she found fame, behind the scenes access and promises “no limits” as to what will be discussed. |||||
Output: | After dressing in everything from a meat dress to an egg to drag, Lady Gaga did something truly revolutionary on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar: She went au naturel. “A basically barefaced Gaga is very deliberately dressed down” in the shoot, writes Laura Brown in a preview of the cover story. But Gaga herself sees little difference between this and her typical look: “I don't really view it as ‘natural.’ I think that artifice is the new reality,” she says. “It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.” “I think the perception that I ‘put it on’ every day is probably not true,” she continues, pointing out, “Don't you think that what's on the cover of a magazine is quite artificial? There's this idea that it's all natural, but everything's been staged to look natural. It is also an invention.” Gaga was similarly stripped down for a series of films made to accompany new single, “You and I,” the Huffington Post notes. The Bazaar shoot was created by the same Dutch fashion photographers who shot the first video, which you can watch here (or see more images from the Bazaar shoot here). In other Gaga news, click here for a preview of an upcoming special in which Gaga bluntly notes, “I like women. Sexually.” |
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.
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Question: France has a multi-party system , which means that several political parties must form coalitions in order to form a government .
Answer: France has a multi-party political system : one in which the number of competing political parties is sufficiently large as to make it almost inevitable that in order to participate in the exercise of power any single party must be prepared to negotiate with one or more others with a view to forming electoral alliances and / or coalition agreements .
Question: From the Middle Jurassic of Argentina , it was one of the earliest large South American theropods .
Answer: It was among the earliest large South American theropods , having been found in Middle Jurassic strata of the Can ̃ ado ́ n Asfalto Formation in the Can ̃ ado ́ n Asfalto Basin of Argentina .
Question: Anoxic events ( AE ) occur when oceans become completely depleted of oxygen ( O ) below the surface levels .
Answer: | Oceanic anoxic events or anoxic events ( anoxia conditions ) were intervals in the Earth 's past where portions of oceans became depleted in oxygen ( O ) at depths over a large geographic area .
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What is the numerical assignment of the second division of the Canadian Army?, Context: The Canadian Army is headed by the Commander of the Canadian Army and administered through four divisions—the 2nd Canadian Division, the 3rd Canadian Division, the 4th Canadian Division and the 5th Canadian Division—the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training System and the Canadian Army Headquarters.
A: | 3rd |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to write a proof of funds letter<br>Check the client's accounts. In most cases, if you are being asked to provide a proof of funds letter, then you are working as a lending officer or other senior personnel at a bank, credit union, or other financial institution. The first step, before you begin to write the letter, is to verify that the client does indeed have the requested funds.
OPTIONS:
(i) Yes.
(ii) It's impossible to say.
(iii) No.
Hypothesis: The client's requested funds are in his account.
| (ii) |
Q: 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.
Carminic acid is extracted from the female cochineal insects and is treated to produce carmine, which can yield shades of red such as crimson and scarlet. The body of the insect is 19 -- 22% carminic acid. The insects are processed by immersion in hot water or exposure to sunlight, steam, or the heat of an oven. Each method produces a different colour that results in the varied appearance of commercial cochineal. The insects must be dried to about 30% of their original body weight before they can be stored without decaying. It takes about 80,000 to 100,000 insects to make one kilogram of cochineal dye.
A: | purified extract of the female tropical cochineal insect |
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.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: Malacan ̃ ang Palace is the official home for the President of the Philippines .
| Solution: Malacan ̃ an Palace ( colloquially " Malacan ̃ ang " ; , -RSB- ; , -RSB- ) is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the Philippines . |
IN: What happens next?
She opens the bread, and applies meat, cheese, pickles, and mustard. She closes the sandwiches, and puts them in a heated panini press. she
OUT: removes the sandwiches as they are toasted, and plates them.
IN: What happens next?
How to grow your fingernails
Wash your hands with a gentle soap.
Using a harsh soap may make your nails brittle.
Pat your hands using a towel.
OUT: Fill a plastic bowl with enough white vinegar to cover your nails. Soak your nails (one hand at a time) in the vinegar for 4-5 minutes, while your other hand holds the bowl steady.
IN: What happens next?
An introduction comes onto the screen for a video about laying a floor. the floor
OUT: | is swept, cleaned, and prepared for the process. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Ohio is a traditional open-carry state. The open-carry of firearms by those who legally possess the firearm is a legal activity in Ohio with or without a license. One need not have a concealed handgun license (CHL, CCW) to transport an unloaded handgun in a motor vehicle but it must be secured/contained and located in the vehicle requiring an exit of said vehicle to access it. Ammunition and magazines must be in a separate compartment or holding device. Note: If you have any alcohol in your system it is illegal to possess a firearm in your vehicle or on your person. | can you open carry a shotgun in ohio? |
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Problem:Britain's Prince Harry reacts as he watches the Paralympic swimming heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park September 4, 2012.
LONDON (Reuters) - An Afghan insurgent warlord branded Britain's Prince Harry on Wednesday as a shameless, drunken "jackal" out to kill innocent Afghans while on duty as an attack helicopter pilot for NATO forces in the country.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister who leads one of Afghanistan's main militant factions, told the Daily Telegraph in an interview that Queen Elizabeth's 28-year-old grandson was a relic of the colonial past.
"It seems that some British authorities still dream about the times of the 18th and 19th century and they want their ambassador to be treated like a viceroy and their prince to go out in uniform to hunt for human beings and play the Satanic role that they used to play in the past," Hekmatyar said in translated comments.
He said Britain had gained nothing by entering an "unjustified, useless but cruel conflict" to please its ally, the United States, speaking in a recorded video response to questions put by the paper.
"The British prince comes to Afghanistan to kill innocent Afghans while he is drunk. He wants to hunt down Mujahideen with his helicopter rockets without any shame.
"But he does not understand this simple fact that the hunting of Afghan lions and eagles is not that easy. Jackals cannot hunt lions," Hekmatyar added.
Britain's Ministry of Defence dismissed his remarks. "It is nonsense to suggest that any British pilot would be drunk in charge of their aircraft," a ministry spokesman said.
Hekmatyar made the recording in an undisclosed location, the Daily Telegraph said. He left Afghanistan in the mid-1990s and his whereabouts have been unclear since then.
The U.S. State Department lists Hekmatyar as a "terrorist" for supporting attacks by Islamist Taliban and al Qaeda insurgents, although he became a hero to many Afghans while leading mujahideen fighters against the Soviet occupation of the Central Asian country in the 1980s.
His Hizb-i-Islami group, which means Islamic Party, shares some of the Afghan Taliban's anti-foreigner, anti-government aims, and seeks to oust international coalition forces.
The prince, a serving British Army helicopter pilot, has worked hard to distance himself from his youthful playboy image, undertaking charity work and formal royal visits.
But those efforts were undermined when he was photographed cavorting naked with a nude young woman at a Las Vegas hotel in August, prompting headlines around the world shortly before he returned for a four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
After his deployment the Taliban said they would do all they could to kill or kidnap the prince. He was present but unharmed when Taliban insurgents attacked the Camp Bastion military base in Helmand province in September, killing two U.S. marines.
Britain is due to withdraw nearly all its 9,000 soldiers from Afghanistan when the NATO mission finishes in late 2014.
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Mark Heinrich) ||||| In the bleakest assessment yet of Afghanistan's future, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called for a "peaceful transition of the government" to democracy. But, in a wide-ranging interview arranged with T he Daily Telegraph, he added that he feared a descent into chaos and anarchy similar to that which followed the withdrawal of the Russians in the 1980s.
Hekmatyar, a veteran of that bloody war, warned: "Today the scenario of Afghanistan is exactly like that of one year before the withdrawal of Soviet Union. The Americans and their allies are tired of fighting. They can neither bear the casualties nor the expenses of this war any more. They are left with no other option except withdrawal."
This brutally realistic analysis of the military situation will be sharply challenged by David Cameron , who issued a sunnily optimistic message when he visited British troops just before Christmas.
Yet it cannot be ignored since it comes from one of just a handful of Afghan warlords who, through his Hezb-e-Islami political party, holds the key to peace in Afghanistan after coalition forces are due to withdraw in less than two years' time.
Hekmatyar has spent most of the past 11 years on the run. He is thought to have played a role in helping Osama bin Laden escape from the Tora Bora mountains after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. In 2003 he was designated a "global terrorist" by the United States, and has been labelled a "war criminal" by President Hamid Karzai's government in Kabul.
He has survived an assassination attempt by the CIA, and is believed to have masterminded some of the bloodiest attacks against American and British forces over the past few years. Today his exact whereabouts are unknown, though he is believed to be based in the mountains of south-eastern Afghanistan.
The Daily Telegraph's interview could not be carried out face-to-face. Instead, a series of questions were dispatched through an intermediary, and the answers, recorded on video tape, were returned within three weeks. The video shows that Hekmatyar, a veteran of 40 years of Afghan warfare and intrigue, now sports a white beard, though he retains his trademark black turban.
He gave answers to all of the questions sent to him. When asked what he believes will follow when combat troops pull out in 2014 his answer was both terrifying and encouraging: "The fact is that the government has failed. The authorities have lost heir credibility completely. They have fallen victims to severe internal disputes and seem hopeless and worried.
"The foreign forces have failed and the situation is worsening by the day. We might face a dreadful situation after 2014 which no one could have anticipated."
But this dire assessment was accompanied by a warm language about the democratic future of Afghanistan.
Indeed Hekmatyar sounded more like a UN election observer than a feared warlord who as prime minister of Afghanistan in the 1980s was responsible for the murderous shelling of Kabul. He called for a 'peaceful transition of the government' and demanded a 'free and fair election,' saying that the winner of a majority of the votes should 'be accepted by all.'
He added that Hezb-e-Islami was ready to take part in the 2014 presidential elections, though he set out two conditions: 'complete withdrawal of all foreign forces and elections in which all parties are equally represented. If these conditions are accepted, then we are ready to take part in the election.'
Strikingly Hekmatyar has dropped a great deal of the fanatical Islamist language for which he was notorious as a young leader. There were no calls for jihad against godless infidels.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, left, claimed Prince Harry, right at a Las Vegas party, was a jackal trying to hunt lions
Rather he presented himself as a leader of the national resistance against foreign oppressors. When asked whether he supported the Pakistan Taliban strategy of blocking girls' education, Hekmatyar was outraged: 'We are against the blowing up of schools and other institutions not only in Afghanistan and Pakistan but elsewhere in the world. I don't think that a devoted majahid could be involved in such things.'
Hekmatyar denied any links with the Pakistan Taliban, and accused foreign intelligence agencies of being involved in attacks on schools and other atrocities.
Indeed he insisted that Hezb-e-Islami 'consider education is as necessary for girls as it is for boys. We don't discriminate in this regard. The only thing that we are against is boys and girls being taught together. We think that is harmful from any perspective."
He mocked the Afghan National Army, upon which Coalition hopes depend for a peaceful future for Afghanistan, declaring that 'it is not a national army. It is made by the hands of others. The soldiers of Northern Alliance have worn American uniform. The basic aim behind making of this army was to use it against freedom fighters and freedom seekers.'
Hekmatyar reserved his most eloquent vitriol, however, for Britain, portraying British troops as lackeys of the Americans and describing Prince Harry, currently serving as a helicopter pilot with British troops in Helmand province, as a 'jackal'. Hekmatyar declared that "The British prince comes to Afghanistan to kill innocent Afghans while he is drunk. He wants to hunt down Mujaheddin with his helicopter rockets without any shame.
Prince Harry manning the 50mm machine gun on the observation post at JTAC Hill, close to FOB Delhi (forward operating base), in Helmand province Southern Afghanistan
'But he does not understand this simple fact that the hunting of Afghan lions and eagles is not that easy! Jackals cannot hunt lions. During the Mujaheddin attack on the American base the Prince saw that he was the one about to be hunted and was searching for a hole in which to hide himself.
'It seems that some British authorities still dream about the times of the eighteenth and nineteenth century and they want their ambassador to be treated like a viceroy and their prince to go out in uniform to hunt for human beings and play the satanic role that they used to play in the past.' But Britain's historic role in creating such conflicts is now finished, adds Hekmatyar: 'The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have proved that Britain has to go and take part instead in proxy wars – and this is what she cannot afford even for a short space of time. The fact is that America and her allies have lost the right to rule and lead the world both administratively and morally.'
Hekmatyar insisted that British troops had achieved nothing.
Britain dragged herself into this unjustified, useless but cruel conflict to please the White House. The British did not gain anything instead they lost blood and treasure.
They never had a positive role in Afghan affairs and they will not have any significance after 2014.
I do not understand how the British public accept their children being sent to certain death in order to please American generals".
Speaking before David Cameron's announcement of further cuts in Britain's military presence in Afghanistan, he offered to facilitate an early departure of Nato forces, saying that 'if they want a respectful exit, we can help them in this regard.'
David Cameron visits troops at Christmas
But behind these rhetorical blasts against the British and the Americans lurks an apparent readiness to play a creative role in the creation of a peaceful Afghanistan in the future. Hekmatyar concluded with a ten policy statement for his Hezb-e-Islami political party in which he called on 'all the stakeholders within Afghanistan to join hands for a workable solution for Afghanistan and resolve disputes without the involvement or influence of foreign forces.'
Watch the video of Hekmatyar's brutal analysis of Afghanistan
telegraph.co.uk/world |||||
Solution: | What happened in Vegas apparently followed Prince Harry to Afghanistan: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former prime minister known as among the "most feared and wanted warlords," brands the prince a "jackal" in a new interview with the Telegraph. "The British prince comes to Afghanistan to kill innocent Afghans while he is drunk," Hekmatyar says. The British Ministry of Defense responded, calling it "nonsense to suggest that any British pilot would be drunk in charge of their aircraft," Reuters reports. The "jackal" comment came when Hekmatyar compared the Mujaheddin to "lions and eagles," noting, "jackals cannot hunt lions. During the Mujaheddin attack on the American base, the prince saw that he was the one about to be hunted and was searching for a hole in which to hide himself." He continued with criticism for Britain, saying the nation longed to "play the satanic role that (it) used to play in the past." |
Definition: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: The United States Virgin Islands (USVI; also called the American Virgin Islands), officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, is a group of islands in the Caribbean and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.
Output: | is the virgin island part of the us? |
Q: 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".
When you get sick, your body springs to action. Your body starts to fight the illness. Thats why you want to eat right and get plenty of sleep. You need a strong immune system to fight off illness. Plants dont have an immune system. That does not mean they do not get sick. Plants are affected by disease just like us. Typically, their first line of defense is the death of part of the plant. This prevents the infection from spreading. Many plants also produce special chemicals to fight disease. For example, willow trees produce a chemical to kill the bacteria. The same compound is used in many acne products. You can see a picture of a willow tree in Figure Plants may be smarter than we think. No, they cannot talk to each other. They may be able to send messages, though. <sep>How might death of part of a plant help the plant?<sep>It will let a new part grow
A: | No |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Consider Input: You couldnt survive without your skin. It has many important functions. The main function of the skin is controlling what enters and leaves the body. It prevents the loss of too much water from the body. It also prevents bacteria and other microorganisms from entering the body. The skin helps maintain a constant body temperature. It keeps the body cool in two ways. Sweat from sweat glands in the skin evaporates to cool the body. Blood vessels in the skin dilate, or widen. This action increases blood flow to the body surface. This allows more heat to reach the surface. The heat is then able to radiate off the body. The opposite happens to retain body heat. Blood vessels in the skin constrict, or narrow. This decreases blood flow to the body surface. This reduces the amount of heat that reaches the surface. When this happens, less heat can be lost to the air. <sep>What prevents the loss of too much water from the body?<sep>Glands
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: There have been many organisms that have lived in Earths past. Only a tiny number of them became fossils. Still, scientists learn a lot from fossils. Fossils are our best clues about the history of life on Earth. Fossils provide evidence about life on Earth. They tell us that life on Earth has changed over time. Fossils in younger rocks look like animals and plants that are living today. Fossils in older rocks are less like living organisms. Fossils can tell us about where the organism lived. Was it land or marine? Fossils can even tell us if the water was shallow or deep. Fossils can even provide clues to ancient climates. <sep>Name two things fossils can tell us about the enviroment?<sep>Tell us if the water was shallow or deep
Output: Yes
Input: Consider Input: Two women trade houses without ever having met . They 're both looking for an escape from their problems , but by running away , both come to discover a great deal about themselves . Ria Lynch is married to Danny Lynch and they have a daughter and a son . Danny begins spending less and less time at home with his wife and children . Ria believes another baby is the solution , and is shocked to find out that indeed her husband is going to be a father - but to a child from an affair he has been having . Her husband's unfaithfulness is the event that leads Ria into her decision to switch homes with a woman from the US called Marilyn who lost her teenage son to a motorcycle accident on his birthday . Marilyn is struggling to come to terms with her son's death and has become estranged from her husband . She hopes her time in Dublin will cease her grief . Ria and Marilyn discover deep , dark secrets about the other during the summer . The two become close friends but do not reveal the secrets . { { Expand section } } <sep>How many children does Danny Linch have?<sep>One
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In marine sediments methane is produced when sulfates are low .
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In marine sediments the biological production of methane , also termed methanogenesis , is generally confined to where sulfates are depleted , below the top layers .
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The PBS NewsHour is an American evening television news program that is broadcast seven nights a week on more than 300 PBS stations .
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The PBS NewsHour is an American daily evening television news program that is broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) , airing seven nights a week on more than 350 of the public broadcaster 's member stations .
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The officers of arms earn money from their own private practices in heraldry and genealogy .
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| In addition to their official duties , the heralds have for many centuries undertaken private practice in heraldry and genealogy , for which professional fees are charged .
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[Q]: How to use aromatherapy for fatigue<br>Boil water. This method of using aromatherapy involves dropping a few drops into very hot water and then inhaling the steam, which will be infused with the essential oil. [substeps] You don't need to boil a giant pot of water. This method of using aromatherapy involves dropping a few drops into very hot water and then inhaling the fog outside
[A]: No
[Q]: The rest of it I don't have any problem because I think it does not do violence to my opinions. And this gets into a semantical exercise to some degree but one that is important, I understand, to the reporters. We have got to cut the Gordian knot here. Either -- A Gordian knot is an easily-solved problem.
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Basketball Camp Excitement<br>Marvin was excited to go to camp. It was no ordinary camp though. He was going to basketball camp for a week. He could barely sleep he was so excited. The next day his parents dropped him off for the week. Marvin was nervous to go to basketball camp.
[A]: No
[Q]: Tropical Storm Arthur is projected to weaken tonight, but it will likely regain strength after entering the Bay of Campeche on Sunday.The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season got off to an early start today when a tropical storm formed off the coast of Belize, one day before the season officially begins. Tropical Storm Arthur formed Saturday afternoon and quickly made landfall at the Yucatan Peninsula, near the border between Belize and Mexico. Both countries issued a tropical storm warning for the peninsula's eastern coastline. In the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, ports were closed to small boats, water sports were banned, and those living in coastal areas were encouraged to take precautions. Trpical Storm Arthur IS getting weaker
[A]: | It's impossible to say |
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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.
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Foolscap is paper cut to the size of 8 + 1/2 xx , sometimes 13 xx .
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Foolscap folio ( commonly contracted to foolscap or folio and in short FC ) is paper cut to the size of 8 + 1/2 xx ( for " normal " writing paper , 13 xx ) .
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The Belgian Revolution was the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces ( mainly the former Southern Netherlands ) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium .
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The temperaments are " sanguine " , " choleric " , " melancholy " , and " phlegmatic " .
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| The four temperament theory is a proto-psychological theory which suggests that there are four fundamental personality types : sanguine , choleric , melancholic , and phlegmatic .
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Highway 41A in Pleasant View, Tennessee. (Photo: Max R. Smith / Ashland City Times)
A Fort Campbell soldier who'd just been attacked by wasps died trying to flag down a car on Highway 41A in Pleasant View early Sunday morning, according to Jeff Landis, a detective with the Cheatham County Sheriff's Office.
Austin McGeough, 21, was trying to hail a car to take him home after a party, Landis said. "He leaned out too far, and his knee hit the front bumper," Landis said.
McGeough's body was spun around, and his head hit the car the car, killing him.
Landis said the driver then pulled over and tried to stop traffic, but two other cars coming from the other direction ran over McGeough's body.
The detective said he learned from a "very reliable source" that McGeough had been mixing alcohol and crushed Percocet that he had been given for a surgery he had to remove his wisdom teeth.
McGeough pleaded guilty to public intoxication in February, according to Montgomery County court records.
A toxicology screening had not been performed as of Monday night.
Before his death, McGeough had broken into the Pleasant View Nursery on Highway 41A. Landis speculated that McGeough was not trying to break in "to cause mischief," but was rather "so disoriented" that he thought the nursery was the location of the party he had just come from.
Landis said that McGeough reached through a broken window covered in cardboard to unlock the back door of the nursery and put his hand through a wasp nest that had been built behind the cardboard.
McGeough called 911 and told the operator he was being chased. Fifteen minutes after police received that call, they received a call that a pedestrian had been hit on Highway 41A, Landis said.
In that time, McGeough entered the nursery and "trashed the inside," according to Wendy Young, who was helping to clean up the nursery. Young said that McGeough had eaten leftover pizza and used the bathroom.
Landis said McGeough made a call to his girlfriend to tell her he had gotten stuck under a shelf that he had knocked over. At some point, McGeough freed himself and walked out the front door towards the highway.
Highway 41A was shut down from 4 a.m. until noon, Landis said.
Max Smith is editor of The Ashland City Times. He can be reached at 615-792-0036 or on Twitter @maxrsmith217.
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Read or Share this story: http://tnne.ws/2eJnOrN ||||| PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WKRN) – A young soldier based out of Fort Campbell was killed after he was hit on a Pleasant View highway early Saturday morning.
Investigators say the accident happened around 4 a.m. when Austin McGrough walked into the middle of Highway 41A and was hit by a BMW driven by an 18-year-old girl.
Cheatham County Detective Jeff Landis told News 2 the young driver had no way to avoid the collision.
According to Det. Landis, McGrough had been snorting Percocet and drinking grain alcohol after having his wisdom teeth removed a few days prior.
He and four other soldiers reportedly left Fort Campbell on Friday and were staying at a home on Highway 41A.
For an unknown reason, McGeough left his group of friends at the home and wandered a short distance to Pleasant View Nursery and Florists where investigators say he broke through the back door and pulled over shelves loaded with jams and jellies. Detectives said he may have been swarmed by wasps, though the owners of the nursery adamantly deny that.
While still in the nursery, McGeough made a series of rambling calls to 911 asking for help before cancelling the request.
In one of the calls, McGeough states that someone is stalking him.
“They’re stalking me right now. I swear to God. I walked into the woods. People who wanted to stalk… oh my God, never mind,” he tells the operator.
After making the call to 911, the Fort Campbell soldier left the nursery, leaving behind his wallet and cell phone. Police said nothing was stolen.
It still is unknown why McGeough strayed out onto Highway 41A. Investigators said he stood on the yellow line and when the BMW came toward him, he reportedly leaned into it.
News 2 spoke with Wendy Young who said she knows the nursery owners and has spoken to friends of the young BMW driver.
“She said she has been crying all weekend in bed. [She] doesn’t want to go back to school,” Young said.
According to Young, while the teenager was calling 911, two other cars ran over the soldier and kept driving. Detectives want to talk to those drivers.
“That’s something she has to live with the rest of her life,” Young said.
The teen, according to authorities, is dating one of the other soldiers who was friends with McGrough.
No charges have been filed.
McGeough, who was from Connecticut, was an E-4 specialist and had been stationed at nearby Fort Campbell for the last 17 months. |||||
A: | A soldier stationed at Fort Campbell in Tennessee died after wandering into traffic on a major highway early Monday, the Tennessean reports. Austin McGeough, 21, died after being hit by several cars on Highway 41-A in Pleasant View. Detectives working the case believe McGeough was under the influence of crushed Percocet and alcohol, a combination that intoxicated and disoriented him to the point where he didn't know where he was. After consuming the drugs and alcohol at a party, McGeough broke into a nursery, where he dislodged a wasp's nest and was chased around by the angry inhabitants. Fifteen minutes after calling 911 about the wasps, McGeough leaned out into traffic on the highway in an attempt to hail a car; instead he was struck by a car and then run over by several successive vehicles. The first car stopped, but the following ones did not, WKRN reports. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What makes it red?, Context: Red hair varies from a deep burgundy through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin (which also accounts for the red color of the lips) and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The term redhead (originally redd hede) has been in use since at least 1510. Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads and they are often portrayed as fiery-tempered. (See red hair).
| high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Family and friends mourn a Palmdale teen killed in a crash involving a driver arrested on suspicion of DUI. Reggie Kumar reports for the NBC4 News at Noon on Monday April 21, 2014. (Published Monday, April 21, 2014)
A beloved teen, who was killed in her sleep when an SUV plowed into her bedroom at an apartment building in Southern California Sunday, was remembered by friends and school officials.
Grief counselors were on the Palmdale High School campus Monday to help those who knew 16-year-old Gisselle Mendoza, a sophomore at the school, come to to grips with what happened.
"She’s a student like any other student here who had her whole world in front of her and she started to, I think, get a vision of what she wanted," Matt Anderson said, the school’s principal.
Man Posts Bail After Crash That Kills Teen in Her Sleep
As family and friends held a vigil for a teen who was killed in her sleep when an SUV plowed into her apartment, the man believed to be behind the wheel was out on bail. Gadi Schwartz reports from Palmdale for the NBC4 News at 11 on Sunday, April 20. 2014. (Published Monday, April 21, 2014)
A vigil started Sunday night with candles, flowers and photos of the girl placed outside her home.
Emergency personnel responded around 3:50 a.m. Sunday to reports of a vehicle into a building near Avenue R and 10th Street in Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Mendoza was pronounced dead when firefighters arrived at the apartment, officials said. Officials said she likely died on impact.
Girl Killed in Her Sleep When SUV Slams Into Building
A 16-year-old girl was killed in her sleep when a suspected DUI driver slammed into her apartment overnight. Jane Yamamoto reports from Palmdale for the NBC4 News at 6 on Sunday, April 20, 2014. (Published Sunday, April 20, 2014)
Authorities arrested 20-year-old driver Roberto Rodriguez on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Preliminary reports indicated that his blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit, sheriff's officials said.
A friend of the family stood outside her home Monday with a sign that read, "Alcohol Kills."
Teen Girl Killed in Apartment Complex Crash
A 16-year-old girl was killed when a suspected DUI driver slammed into a Palmdale apartment complex. The girl was asleep in her bed when the 20-year-old driver slammed into the building overnight. Reggie Kumar reports live for Today in LA on Sunday, April 20, 2014. (Published Sunday, April 20, 2014)
Two affected units of the apartment complex were evacuated after the Nissan Pathfinder careened into the complex.
Rodriguez faces charges of DUI and vehicular manslaughter. He was released on $100,000 bail Sunday night and was due in court Tuesday, April 22.
At the time of his release, Rodriguez expressed condolences to the family, but would not respond to NBC4's questions over whether he was drinking or what caused the deadly crash.
“Sincerely, I’m sorry. It wasn’t my intention. Just, I'm sorry," Rodriguez told NBC4's Gadi Schwartz.
Mendoza’s grieving family members said they want justice. The father said it seemed too soon that Rodriguez had been released.
"Me and my brother loved her so much,” said the girl’s sister, Yadira Mendoza, as she struggled to hold back tears. “She passed away and they couldn’t do nothing for her."
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. David Sauer said Rodriguez, pictured right, may have been driving home when he missed his turn.
"We just heard a witness who said that he estimated the speed to be about 80 miles an hour," Sauer said.
About half of the 11-unit complex was eventually evacuated due to leaking fuel, officials said.
Residents would be allowed to return once the SUV was removed from the building.
A fundraiser was set up online to help Mendoza's family pay for funeral costs. ||||| SARASOTA, Fla. - A woman is in police custody and another dead after a deadly car crash into a home, Sarasota police say.
Around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning police were called out to a domestic situation in the 1700 block of 29th Street.
Upon arrival they were told a man's ex-girlfriend had attempted to break into his home, but soon fled.
The woman, Jakeilah Weeks, 24, had reportedly jumped into a car and drove down Maple Avenue.
Officers on foot attempted to run after the vehicle, until they saw her drive into a house on 32nd Street.
62-year-old Eleanor Ball was asleep inside her home when Weeks drove into her bedroom, killing her.
Weeks was taken into custody and taken to a local hospital for medical attention.
She faces charges of vehicular homicide, burglary, battery, petit theft and obstruction.
According to family of the deceased this is not the first time the house has been hit by a car. ||||| (CNN) -- A car crashed through the walls of a Fort Myers, Florida, church during Easter Service, injuring close to two dozen people, police said.
Nearly 200 people were attending services at the Second Haitian Baptist Church on Sunday when the Lexus plowed into the building, police said.
The driver of the car told police her brakes failed as she entered the church parking lot.
Parishioners used vehicle jacks and brute force to lift the car to get to those trapped underneath, police said.
"We freak(ed) out," church-goer Nicholas Plancher told CNN affiliate WINK. "Then we start pulling people under the car. Some of them -- some of them were hurt pretty bad. So we hade to do what we had to do to take care of them."
Police Lt. Victor Medico said authorities were treating the incident as a "very unfortunate accident rather than a criminal act."
Car crashes through day care center in Florida |||||
A: | A 16-year-old girl was killed in her bed when a suspected drunk driver slammed into her apartment building shortly before 4am yesterday in Palmdale, Calif., police say. The 20-year-old driver has been arrested on charges of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, reports NBC. Police believe he missed a turn on his way home when his SUV plowed into the building at a speed witnesses say was around 80mph. Around half of the 11-unit complex was evacuated due to fear of leaking fuel. In Sarasota, Fla., another driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after driving into a house early Saturday morning, killing a 62-year-old woman. Police responding to reports of a domestic disturbance were chasing 24-year-old Jakeilah Weeks on foot when she hit the house, reports WPTV. Elsewhere in Florida, nearly two dozen people were injured when a car crashed through the walls of a church in Fort Myers during an Easter service, CNN reports. Police say the driver has told them her brakes failed in the church parking lot and the incident appears to be a "very unfortunate accident rather than a criminal act." |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[EX Q]: For what reason would it be easy to burn a chair?, Context: Wood has always been used extensively for furniture, such as chairs and beds. It is also used for tool handles and cutlery, such as chopsticks, toothpicks, and other utensils, like the wooden spoon.
[EX A]: Wood
[EX Q]: What is Rayleigh scattering?, Context: In nature, the red color of blood comes from hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. The red color of the Grand Canyon and other geological features is caused by hematite or red ochre, both forms of iron oxide. It also causes the red color of the planet Mars. The red sky at sunset and sunrise is caused by an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering, which, when the sun is low or below the horizon, increases the red-wavelength light that reaches the eye. The color of autumn leaves is caused by pigments called anthocyanins, which are produced towards the end of summer, when the green chlorophyll is no longer produced. One to two percent of the human population has red hair; the color is produced by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin (which also accounts for the red color of the lips) and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
[EX A]: optical effect
[EX Q]: Do people still use wood for heat?, Context: Wood has a long history of being used as fuel, which continues to this day, mostly in rural areas of the world. Hardwood is preferred over softwood because it creates less smoke and burns longer. Adding a woodstove or fireplace to a home is often felt to add ambiance and warmth.
[EX A]: | continues to this day
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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.
Let me give you an example: This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
The answer to this example can be: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Here is why: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
OK. solve this:
The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley Tariff, was an act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law on October 1, 1890. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. Protectionism, a tactic supported by Republicans, was fiercely debated by politicians and condemned by Democrats. The McKinley Tariff was replaced with the Wilson -- Gorman Tariff Act in 1894, which promptly lowered tariff rates.
Answer: | what was the mckinley tariff act of 1890 |
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".
Q: In the meantime the Indians had retreated to the lava beds and bade defiance to the soldiers. General Wheaton, commanding the district of the Lakes, ordered the concentration of troops from Camps Warner and Bidwell, while General Canby sent the forces under Colonel John Green and Major Mason from Ft. Vancouver to join the command under General Wheaton. As soon as the settlers could fort up for mutual protection, the entire forces of regulars and volunteers were concentrated at Van Bremer's ranch west of the lava beds under General Wheaton and at Land's ranch on the east side of Tule Lake and directly north of the stronghold. Such was the disposition of the forces when I arrived at headquarters at Van Bremer's ranch. By orders of Governor Grover of Oregon the volunteers under Captains O. C. Applegate and Kelley were placed under the command of General Wheaton. The two companies numbered about 225 men, and were commanded by General John E. Ross, a veteran Indian fighter, but too old to withstand the hardships of a winter campaign against Indians. The men were all poorly provided with clothing and bedding, most all having taken only what they could strap behind their saddles, but in spite of this and a temperature often below zero, no murmur was heard, and all anxiously, eagerly looked forward to a meeting with the brutal savage murderers of their fellow citizens. Such were the conditions when I arrived at headquarters. <sep>The area to where the Indians had retreated, where in proximity to Van Bremer's ranch?<sep>Yes, because the lava beds stronghold was east of Van Bremer's ranch
A: Yes
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Q: Tom plays pool in a deserted pool hall , pocketing two balls by lowdown means and then wakes Jerry up by shooting the 10-ball into the pocket where he is sleeping . Jerry awakes just in time to avoid the 10-ball and is carried out to the ball return , where the 10 and the 13 smash the mouse between each other . Jerry is mad and walks up through the pocket , first sees nothing , but after a few steps back to the pocket , he spots Tom perched behind it . Jerry tries to jump into another corner pocket , but Tom aims a cue ball with so much force that it roll's into the pocket , and spins back out of it and it rolls Jerry backwards to Tom , who has made a ramp with his cue stick for the mouse to slide up . Jerry stops at the top of the stick and is then blown down by Tom , who then shoots a stream of balls to make the mouse flat . The whole train rebounds back towards the cat and the balls stack up at Tom's end of the table . Tom shoots all the balls in succession with his cue , and then tries to shoot Jerry , but the mouse hangs onto the cue tip . The cat , as if he were saying `` Have it your way '' , chalks up and shoots the 8-ball using Jerry . The mouse drops off the cue tip and then is upended by the 8-ball rolling in circles , and Tom forces Jerry to jump through the ball rack as if he were a circus performer . Tom then sets it on fire to add an additional level of torment , and when Jerry accomplishes this with poise , Tom discards the flaming rack and shoots the 8-ball across the table and back . <sep>Why did the mouse drop off the cue tip?<sep>Anything else
A: No
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Q: For much of the world, the Algarve is synonymous with Portugal, yet the Portuguese will tell you the exact opposite: the region has little in common with the rest of the country. The southern stretch of coast is more reminiscent of a North African landscape than a European one. It has no cosmopolitan cities, like Lisbon and Porto, which are farther north. Most of Portugal is known for quaint towns, medieval castles, and grand palaces. The Algarve is more recognizable for impenetrable blocks of tourist apartments, hotels, and meticulously manicured golf courses. And beaches. Think Algarve and the mind pictures long, glorious stretches of golden sands, secluded coves framed by odd ochre-colored rock formations, and deep green waters. With about 160 km (100 miles) of coastline, Portugal's southern province is one of Europe's premier beach destinations. The occasionally chilly ocean is the Atlantic, but the Algarve has a sultry Mediterranean feel. Its consistent climate is the best in Portugal, and one of the kindest in the world: more than 250 days of sunshine a year — more than almost any other international resort area. The moderating effect of the Gulf Stream produces a fresh springtime breeze throughout winter, and in late January and February, white almond blossoms blanket the fields. In summer the heat is intense but rarely unbearable, and regardless, beautiful beaches and innumerable pools are always just a dive away. Magnificent year-round weather has made the Algarve a huge destination for sporting vacations. Superb golf facilities abound — several with tees dramatically clinging to cliffs and fairways just skirting the edge of the ocean — and horseback riding, tennis, big-game fishing, sailing, and windsurfing are immensely popular. Sports, beaches and hospitable weather — not to mention easily organized package vacations — are surely the reasons the Algarve receives as many visitors as the rest of Portugal in its entirety. But it's not just international tourists that descend on the Algarve; many Portuguese from Lisbon and elsewhere in the north have holiday homes and spend their summer vacations here. The coast is neatly divided into the rugged Barlavento to the west and the flat beauty of Sotavento to the east. West is where you'll find the famous orange cliffs and surreal eroded rock stacks. <sep>What southern stretch of coast is more reminiscent of a North African landscape than a European one?<sep>The Algarve
A: | Yes
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Hitler's 'Wolf Lair' hidden deep in Polish forest to be turned into major tourist attraction
By Emma Reynolds
'Mr Wolf': Hitler used the now-ruined fortress to conduct meetings and escape air bombardments
Adolf Hitler's secret 'Wolf Lair' set deep in the heart of a forest in north-eastern Poland is to be turned into a major tourist attraction.
Forestry workers are looking for an investor to help make the Nazi leader's ruined fortress more accessible to holidaymakers.
The camouflaged complex in the woodlands of what was once German East Prussia was one of Hitler's key military headquarters during World War II.
It is famed as the site of a dramatic assassination attempt on the dictator by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in 1944.
The incident entered popular consciousness again thanks to 2008 film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as the rebellious German colonel.
The Wolf's Lair was destroyed by the Nazi forces as they retreated in early 1945.
The hideout - whose name references Hitler's nickname, 'Mr Wolf' - consisted of 80 buildings at its peak and is now owned by the local forestry authority.
Secret hideout: Hitler's lair was set deep into the forest, camouflaged by trees and surrounded by a minefield
Famous tale: Tom Cruise in Valkyrie as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who attempted to assassinate Hitler at the bunker in 1944
The spot is open to the public, but does not attract many visitors because it is tucked so far into the forest and accessible only by treacherous dirt roads.
Staff said they had begun looking for investors to help build a museum and put the lair on the map for tourists.
'We are waiting for offers,' said local forestry official Zenon Piotrowicz.
'The requirements are quite high because we want a new leaseholder to invest a lot, particularly in a museum with an exhibition that could be open all year long.'
The fortress near the Russian border was built in 1940 and 1941 to protect Hitler and other top Nazi officials from air bombardment during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
It had its own power plant and a railway station.
||||| Anybody willing to pay the asking rent of £90,000 a year can take over the 13-hectare site in a secluded forest in eastern Poland, which during the war lay in German East Prussia.
From 1941 to the end of 1944 the Wolf's Lair was the nerve centre of the Nazi war machine owing to its proximity to the Eastern Front.
The Polish Forestry Service, the owners of the camp, started looking for a tenant after the old 20-year lease expired.
Hitler and his henchman built huge bombproof bunkers at the site that also housed 2,000 staff and security personnel.
Although retreating German forces dynamited most of the bunkers in November 1944, their shattered shells remain a prime tourist attraction with some 180,000 visitors a year.
"There is no way you can rebuild the bunkers," said Zenon Piotrowicz from the forestry service. "We are concerned more about having the place made more attractive to tourists, including the renovation of the hotel and restaurant."
The Wolf's Lair was also the scene of the July 1944 assassination attempt when a bomb concealed in a briefcase by Count Claus von Stauffenberg just failed to kill Hitler during a staff meeting.
Hitler's life was saved by a chance decision to hold the meeting in an outbuilding rather than in the usual confines of a bunker, and by the fact the briefcase was moved away from the Nazi leader seconds before it exploded. |||||
A: | Looking for a secluded vacation spot? For $139,000 a year, you can rent the bunker complex used by Hitler during World War II, reports the Telegraph. Known as the Wolf's Lair, the 32-acre site was built in a Polish forest and became the central headquarters of the Nazi dictator from 1941 to 1944. Drawback: Germany forces destroyed much of it as they fled. The Wolf's Lair was big enough to accommodate 2,000 Nazi staff and personnel. It was also the setting for a failed assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944, popularized in the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie. The Polish Forestry Service acquired the site after the war, and it now draws 180,000 tourists each year. Forest officials hope an investor will make it even more accessible to tourists, notes the Daily Mail. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
[EX Q]: Who lost out on a deal with West?, Context: According to Capitol Record's A&R, Joe Weinberger, he was approached by West and almost signed a deal with him, but another person in the company convinced Capitol's president not to. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head Damon Dash reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z later admitted that Roc-A-Fella was initially reluctant to support West as a rapper, claiming that many saw him as a producer first and foremost, and that his background contrasted with that of his labelmates.
[EX A]: Capitol Record
[EX Q]: What is the area of expertise of scientists who want to measure radiance from vegetation canopies?, Context: Oxygen presents two spectrophotometric absorption bands peaking at the wavelengths 687 and 760 nm. Some remote sensing scientists have proposed using the measurement of the radiance coming from vegetation canopies in those bands to characterize plant health status from a satellite platform. This approach exploits the fact that in those bands it is possible to discriminate the vegetation's reflectance from its fluorescence, which is much weaker. The measurement is technically difficult owing to the low signal-to-noise ratio and the physical structure of vegetation; but it has been proposed as a possible method of monitoring the carbon cycle from satellites on a global scale.
[EX A]: remote sensing
[EX Q]: What is the approximate percentage that tests positive for TB in underdeveloped countries?, Context: Tuberculosis is the second-most common cause of death from infectious disease (after those due to HIV/AIDS). The total number of tuberculosis cases has been decreasing since 2005, while new cases have decreased since 2002. China has achieved particularly dramatic progress, with about an 80% reduction in its TB mortality rate between 1990 and 2010. The number of new cases has declined by 17% between 2004–2014. Tuberculosis is more common in developing countries; about 80% of the population in many Asian and African countries test positive in tuberculin tests, while only 5–10% of the US population test positive. Hopes of totally controlling the disease have been dramatically dampened because of a number of factors, including the difficulty of developing an effective vaccine, the expensive and time-consuming diagnostic process, the necessity of many months of treatment, the increase in HIV-associated tuberculosis, and the emergence of drug-resistant cases in the 1980s.
[EX A]: | 80
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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.
Q: What type of musician is Ritchie Blackmore?, Context: Numerous examples show influence in the opposite direction, including popular songs based on classical music, the use to which Pachelbel's Canon has been put since the 1970s, and the musical crossover phenomenon, where classical musicians have achieved success in the popular music arena. In heavy metal, a number of lead guitarists (playing electric guitar) modeled their playing styles on Baroque or Classical era instrumental music, including Ritchie Blackmore and Randy Rhoads.
A: | lead guitarists |
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.
The fluid ounce is distinct from the ounce as a unit of weight or mass, although it is sometimes referred to simply as an ``ounce'' where context makes the meaning clear, such as ounces in a bottle.
| does a fluid ounce of water weigh an ounce? |
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.
Q: What accounts for the increasing rapidity with which the body's immune system attacks pathogens?, Context: In humans, this response is activated by complement binding to antibodies that have attached to these microbes or the binding of complement proteins to carbohydrates on the surfaces of microbes. This recognition signal triggers a rapid killing response. The speed of the response is a result of signal amplification that occurs following sequential proteolytic activation of complement molecules, which are also proteases. After complement proteins initially bind to the microbe, they activate their protease activity, which in turn activates other complement proteases, and so on. This produces a catalytic cascade that amplifies the initial signal by controlled positive feedback. The cascade results in the production of peptides that attract immune cells, increase vascular permeability, and opsonize (coat) the surface of a pathogen, marking it for destruction. This deposition of complement can also kill cells directly by disrupting their plasma membrane.
A: | a catalytic cascade |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
PROBLEM: Spain's Golden Age: Under Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain underwent a dramatic transformation. In 1492 the royal pair presided over the final conquest over the Moors and discovery of the New World, including the great wealth that feat brought to Spain. Spain flourished during a Golden Age, a century of Spanish economic and political supremacy in international affairs, accompanied by marvels of art and literature. Ferdinand and Isabella were consummate Spaniards, committed to the expansion of the crown. By contrast, their grandson, who assumed the throne in 1516, was born in Flanders in 1500, and Charles I could barely express himself in Spanish. The first of the Habsburgs, he packed his retinue with Burgundian and Flemish nobles. Soon after his arrival in Spain, the young man inherited the title of Holy Roman Emperor, as Charles V. The responsibilities of the crown kept him busy away from the royal residences of Toledo, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. While the monarch was away on one of his many business trips, his increasingly dissatisfied subjects protested violently. A revolt of the comuneros, or townsmen, broke out in a number of Spanish cities, including Madrid. The rebels occupied the alcázar, which had by then been converted to a royal palace. The insurrection was quashed and its leaders executed, but the king got the message. He tried thereafter to pay more attention to his Spanish constituency. <sep>Who were the grandparents of the individual that assumed the throne in 1516?<sep>Donnie and marie
SOLUTION: No
PROBLEM: Tom plays pool in a deserted pool hall , pocketing two balls by lowdown means and then wakes Jerry up by shooting the 10-ball into the pocket where he is sleeping . Jerry awakes just in time to avoid the 10-ball and is carried out to the ball return , where the 10 and the 13 smash the mouse between each other . Jerry is mad and walks up through the pocket , first sees nothing , but after a few steps back to the pocket , he spots Tom perched behind it . Jerry tries to jump into another corner pocket , but Tom aims a cue ball with so much force that it roll's into the pocket , and spins back out of it and it rolls Jerry backwards to Tom , who has made a ramp with his cue stick for the mouse to slide up . Jerry stops at the top of the stick and is then blown down by Tom , who then shoots a stream of balls to make the mouse flat . The whole train rebounds back towards the cat and the balls stack up at Tom's end of the table . Tom shoots all the balls in succession with his cue , and then tries to shoot Jerry , but the mouse hangs onto the cue tip . The cat , as if he were saying `` Have it your way '' , chalks up and shoots the 8-ball using Jerry . The mouse drops off the cue tip and then is upended by the 8-ball rolling in circles , and Tom forces Jerry to jump through the ball rack as if he were a circus performer . Tom then sets it on fire to add an additional level of torment , and when Jerry accomplishes this with poise , Tom discards the flaming rack and shoots the 8-ball across the table and back . <sep>Why did the mouse drop off the cue tip?<sep>Anything else
SOLUTION: No
PROBLEM: Not until 1998 did al Qaeda undertake a major terrorist operation of its own, in large part because Bin Laden lost his base in Sudan. Ever since the Islamist regime came to power in Khartoum, the United States and other Western governments had pressed it to stop providing a haven for terrorist organizations. Other governments in the region, such as those of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and even Libya, which were targets of some of these groups, added their own pressure. At the same time, the Sudanese regime began to change. Though Turabi had been its inspirational leader, General Omar al Bashir, president since 1989, had never been entirely under his thumb. Thus as outside pressures mounted, Bashir's supporters began to displace those of Turabi. The attempted assassination in Ethiopia of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in June 1995 appears to have been a tipping point. The would-be killers, who came from the Egyptian Islamic Group, had been sheltered in Sudan and helped by Bin Laden. When the Sudanese refused to hand over three individuals identified as involved in the assassination plot, the UN Security Council passed a resolution criticizing their inaction and eventually sanctioned Khartoum in April 1996. A clear signal to Bin Laden that his days in Sudan were numbered came when the government advised him that it intended to yield to Libya's demands to stop giving sanctuary to its enemies. Bin Laden had to tell the Libyans who had been part of his Islamic army that he could no longer protect them and that they had to leave the country. Outraged, several Libyan members of al Qaeda and the Islamic Army Shura renounced all connections with him. Bin Laden also began to have serious money problems. International pressure on Sudan, together with strains in the world economy, hurt Sudan's currency. Some of Bin Laden's companies ran short of funds. As Sudanese authorities became less obliging, normal costs of doing business increased. Saudi pressures on the Bin Laden family also probably took some toll. In any case, Bin Laden found it necessary both to cut back his spending and to control his outlays more closely. <sep>What was the assassination of President Hosni Mubarak a tipping point for?<sep>Revolution in Egypt
SOLUTION: | No
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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".
Q: Catherine V. "Ginny" Kilgore of Oxford, an attorney with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, has been recognized for her dedication to serving the indigent. Kilgore - who oversees delivering legal services to the disabled and elderly in 39 north Mississippi counties - is recipient of the University of Mississippi School of Law's 2002 Public Service Award. The award was announced recently at a dinne r, held in Kilgore's honor and hosted by law school Dean Samuel M. Davis, who presented her with an engraved plaque. "Ginny Kilgore is a public servant in the truest sense," said Davis. "Her selection continues the tradition of this award in recognizing those who have labored in the trenches, with little or no compensation but with great professional and personal satisfaction in helping to bring justice and equality to those who need it most." "This award means a great deal to me," Kilgore said, pointing to others so honored. "The work of those who received the award before me has been so important; I feel very honored." After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in education and a few years teaching, Kilgore enrolled at the UM law school. Upon graduation in 1975, she entered private law practice in Oxford, joining NMRLS in 1978. Since then, she has earned promotions from managing attorney, senior attorney, then director of the Council on Aging project. Since 1990, she has worked in the Administrative Law Unit and Resource Development, and directed the Elder Law Project, serving the northern half of the state. She also is an adjunct professor in the UM law school's Civil Law Clinic. She held a similar post a few years ago in the school's Elder Law Clinic. Kilgore says she's found her niche. "I've always thought it was important to do work to help people. I really enjoy it. The issues I've dealt with through the years have been on the side of helping people maintain the basics of life - home, healt h care, jobs and family." She says her desire to serve others was sparked early, growing up in a single-parent home, aware that her widowed mother faced certain challenges as she supported her four children through public school and college. <sep>What award was announced at a dinner held in Kilgore's honor?<sep>University of Mississippi School of Law's 2005 Public Service Award
A: | No |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Frank Stallone has been fiercely criticised for branding a Florida school shooting survivor a “rich little b****” and arguing he should be “sucker punched”.
David Hogg, one of the most outspoken survivors of the Valentine’s Day bloodshed which left 17 dead, first gained headlines after it emerged he interviewed class mates while the massacre was taking place.
The teenager has since become a prominent voice in the debate around gun control and addressed a crowd of thousands at the Washington DC March For Our Lives rally last month. He welcomed demonstrators to the “revolution” for stricter gun laws and called for politicians who are supported by the National Rifle Association to get their “resumes ready”.
Stallone, an actor who is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone, has provoked a ferocious backlash for his remarks about Mr Hogg.
"This David Hogg p***y is getting a little big for his britches. I'm sure someone from his age group is dying to sucker punch this rich little b****,” Stallone said in a now-deleted tweet.
“Watch him run home like the coward he is. He's the worst rep for today's youth headline grabbing punk”.
Stallone also lashed out at Emma Gonzalez - a fellow gun activist and student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
”Emma Gonzalez is another headline grabbing clown. She thinks she it she ain’t s***,” he said.
Despite the fact both tweets have been deleted and his account is now protected - so only visible to certain users - screenshots of the tweets have circulated on Twitter.
Florida shooting – in pictures 10 show all Florida shooting – in pictures 1/10 Police arrest a suspect in connection with the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Reuters 2/10 Parents wait for news after reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida AP 3/10 Anxious family members wait for news of students AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee 4/10 Students being evacuated from the school AP 5/10 Students being evacuated from the school Getty 6/10 People gather waiting for word from students AP 7/10 Parents waiting for news on their children AP 8/10 People gather at a hotel where students were taken after the shooting Getty 9/10 Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks to the media as he visits Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following the shooting AFP/Getty 10/10 Dr. Igor Nichiporenko, Medical Director Trauma, left, and Dr. Evan Boyer, Medical Director, Emergency Services, speak about treating victims and the suspect at a press conference outside Broward Health North hospital AP 1/10 Police arrest a suspect in connection with the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Reuters 2/10 Parents wait for news after reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida AP 3/10 Anxious family members wait for news of students AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee 4/10 Students being evacuated from the school AP 5/10 Students being evacuated from the school Getty 6/10 People gather waiting for word from students AP 7/10 Parents waiting for news on their children AP 8/10 People gather at a hotel where students were taken after the shooting Getty 9/10 Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks to the media as he visits Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following the shooting AFP/Getty 10/10 Dr. Igor Nichiporenko, Medical Director Trauma, left, and Dr. Evan Boyer, Medical Director, Emergency Services, speak about treating victims and the suspect at a press conference outside Broward Health North hospital AP
Stallone's criticism of the gun activists came after Twitter users also rebuked rocker Ted Nugent for saying the Florida students pushing for gun control are "mushy brained children" and "have no soul" on a conservative radio show.
Twitter users condemned Stallone, who is also a musician, for the vitriolic language he used about Mr Hogg.
"So @Stallone tweeted that David Hogg is a p***y who should have his ass kicked and run home like a coward. He then deleted the tweet & protected his account when called out on it. Who’s the p***y & coward now, Frank? Far from over, indeed. #sly’sbrother," podcast host Jimmy Pardo said.
"We don’t have to worry about a Frank Stallone boycott. That started in the late seventies,” quipped Judd Apatow.
According to his IMDb profile, Stallone last voiced Thunderhoof on the Transformers: Robots in Disguise TV show until 2017 and is currently starring in a film called Veterans Day and executive-producing a documentary about himself. ||||| To everyone and to David Hogg especially. I want to deeply apologize for my irresponsible words. I would never in a million years wish or promote violence to anyone anywhere on this planet. After what these kids went though I’m deeply ashamed. Please accept my apology. Frank |||||
A: | Sylvester Stallone's lesser-known younger brother has finally got his moment in the public eye—but it's not for his acting or singing. Frank Stallone faced an angry backlash after he insulted Parkland school shooting survivors in now-deleted tweets Saturday, the Independent reports. Stallone called David Hogg a "p****" and said he was sure "someone from his age group is dying to sucker punch this rich little b****." "Watch him run home like the coward he is," Stallone said. "He's the worst rep for today's youth headline grabbing punk." He also targeted Emma Gonzalez, another outspoken Parkland survivor, calling her "another headline grabbing clown." "She thinks she it she ain't s***," the 67-year-old wrote. Stallone apologized to "everyone and David Hogg especially" in a tweet early Sunday. "I would never in a million years wish or promote violence to anyone anywhere on this planet. After what these kids went though I'm deeply ashamed. Please accept my apology," he wrote. Hollywood celebrities were among those who criticized or mocked Stallone after his initial tweets. "We dont have to worry about a Frank Stallone boycott. That started in the late seventies," quipped Judd Apatow. Stallone's tweets followed Ted Nugent's description of the Parkland students Friday as "mushy brained children" with "no soul." (Laura Ingraham, who also ended up apologizing after insulting Hogg, is taking a week off as advertisers desert her Fox show.) |
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to be sexually empowered
Learn about safe sex.
In order to be sexually empowered, it is important to understand the potential consequences of sex and how to protect yourself from them. The more knowledgeable you are about sex, the better equipped you will be to make the right decisions for yourself.
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Answer:
There are a wide variety of sexually transmitted infections (stis) that you may be exposed to when you choose to have sex with someone. Using a condom can help protect you from transmitting an sti.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
A man pours a liquid onto a table. with the use of a paintbrush
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Answer:
, he covers the table with the liquid.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to keep peacock eels
Choose a fish tank.
Peacock eels need a decent amount of space in their tank to swim and for vegetation. They need a fairly large tank in order to thrive, so you may need to consider how many eels you want before choosing a tank.
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Answer:
Peacock eels do best in tanks that hold 35 gallons of water or more. A good rule of thumb is to have a tank large enough to have one gallon of water for each inch of full grown eel that will inhabit it.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
The man checks the bike seat for looseness. The man begins spinning the seat of the bike and removes it. the man
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Answer:
| puts the seat back on the bike. |
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.
Input: Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories .
Output: | Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories , denominated in pounds sterling ( symbol : £ ; ISO 4217 currency code GBP Great Britain pound ) . |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; (thàjŋ fǒ hò tɕǐ mïŋ) ( listen) or (thàn fǒ hò cǐ mɨ̄n); formerly French: Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville), also widely known by its former name of Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn; (sàj ɣɔ̀n) or Vietnamese pronunciation: (ʂàj ɣɔ̀ŋ)), is the largest city in Vietnam by population. It was known as Prey Nokor (Khmer: ព្រៃនគរ) prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam 1955--75. On 2 July 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh (although the name Sài Gòn is still widely used).
Output: | is saigon the same as ho chi minh city? |
Detailed Instructions: 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: Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar. A whipping agent, such as cream of tartar, is commonly added. It differs from other cakes because it uses no butter. Its structure comes from whipped egg whites known as a protein foam. Angel food cake originated in the United States and first became popular in the late 19th century. It gained its unique reputation along with its name due to its light and fluffy texture, said to resemble the ``food of the angels''.
A: | is angel food cake batter supposed to be foam? |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Part 2. Example
Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Answer: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Part 3. Exercise
On December 4, as news came in about the discoveries in Jordan, National Security Council (NSC) Counterterrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke wrote Berger, "If George's [Tenet's] story about a planned series of UBL attacks at the Millennium is true, we will need to make some decisions NOW." He told us he held several conversations with President Clinton during the crisis. He suggested threatening reprisals against the Taliban in Afghanistan in the event of any attacks on U.S. interests, anywhere, by Bin Laden. He further proposed to Berger that a strike be made during the last week of 1999 against al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan-a proposal not adopted. Warned by the CIA that the disrupted Jordanian plot was probably part of a larger series of attacks intended for the millennium, some possibly involving chemical weapons, the Principals Committee met on the night of December 8 and decided to task Clarke's Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) to develop plans to deter and disrupt al Qaeda plots. Michael Sheehan, the State Department member of the CSG, communicated warnings to the Taliban that they would be held responsible for future al Qaeda attacks." Mike was not diplomatic," Clarke reported to Berger. With virtually no evidence of a Taliban response, a new approach was made to Pakistan. 13 General Anthony Zinni, the commander of Central Command (CENTCOM), was designated as the President's special envoy and sent to ask General Musharraf to "take whatever action you deem necessary to resolve the Bin Laden problem at the earliest possible time." But Zinni came back emptyhanded. As Ambassador William Milam reported from Islamabad, Musharraf was "unwilling to take the political heat at home." The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected Bin Laden associates. Tenet spoke to 20 of his foreign counterparts. Disruption and arrest operations were mounted against terrorists in eight countries. In mid-December, President Clinton signed a Memorandum of Notification (MON) giving the CIA broader authority to use foreign proxies to detain Bin Laden lieutenants, without having to transfer them to U.S. custody. The authority was to capture, not kill, though lethal force might be used if necessary.16Tenet would later send a message to all CIA personnel overseas, saying, "The threat could not be more real. <sep>When the outreach to the Taliban gained no response, how did General Zini approach Pakistan?<sep>General Zinni told Taliban that they were responsible for al Qaeda
Answer: | No |
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.
Example input: This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
Example output: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Example explanation: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
Q: The Codd bottle was designed and manufactured to enclose a marble and a rubber washer / gasket in the neck. The bottles are filled upside down, and pressure of the gas in the bottle forced the marble against the washer, sealing in the carbonation. The bottle is pinched into a special shape to provide a chamber into which the marble is pushed to open the bottle. This prevents the marble from blocking the neck as the drink is poured.
A: | why did old bottles have marbles in them |
Instructions: 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.
Input: Tin dioxide (tin (IV) oxide), also known as stannic oxide, is the inorganic compound with the formula SnO. The mineral form of SnO is called cassiterite, and this is the main ore of tin. With many other names, this oxide of tin is the most important raw material in tin chemistry. It is a colourless, diamagnetic, amphoteric solid.
Output: | what is the formula of the oxide of tin sample |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to be a beachy girl
Get the beachy style.
You don't need to find the surfer brands like roxy and billabong to be a beachy girl. Always look for color and comfort, but stay true to yourself.
OPTIONS:
- A style that appeals to a beachy girl is killer. If you don't care, choose what's fresh.
- Look for bright colored bikinis, tankinis, or one pieces. Bright colored shirts that are flowy and fun.
- If you prefer a dark hair color, that's fine. Go with a higher volume for example pigtails, and if you prefer a softer look, you can also avoid the dramatic if you want look.
- Your style should have a--that's you, no matter what. Don't feel like a dressy preschooler or a " drunk puddle "-just act for yourself.
A: Look for bright colored bikinis, tankinis, or one pieces. Bright colored shirts that are flowy and fun.
A man is seen riding on a skateboard down a hill on his head. More shots are shown of people performing tricks on skateboards around an area. the people
OPTIONS:
- move their hands around with the boy riding on them, while they are still riding.
- continue to perform tricks and ride around while other people watch on the side.
- riding continue until the end when a man is seen speaking to the camera.
- speak to one another and pass on front a couple of vans.
continue to perform tricks and ride around while other people watch on the side.
question: Complete the next sentence:
A group of cheerleaders perform doing a tower, then the cheerleaders jump down. after
OPTIONS:
- , the cheerleaders jump, flip and does cartwheels.
- , the cheerleaders climb the stairs and check each place.
- , the girls jump on the shoulders of other cheerleaders, and then they run.
- , the girls wearing ruffled polka dots perform and cheer for gray team.
answer: , the cheerleaders jump, flip and does cartwheels.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
The sun rises over the hills. A man in shorts walks around. He grabs his board and places it into the water. the man
OPTIONS:
- walks off and climbs back in his canoe.
- gets into the water and stands up.
- then jumps in grabs water and waves.
- climbs the board and surfs..
Next sentence: climbs the board and surfs.
context: How to get started
Unload your mind.
Write down a to-do list of all the things you have promised to accomplish in addition to this project. Get the tasks out of your head and onto a piece of paper to free up some mental space for your new project.
OPTIONS:
- Each task should have a " goals " column. Locate that list and start working through it.
- Keep a personal and professional list, so that you can keep work tasks at the office and avoid wasting time at work. Schedule a time to accomplish each thing on your calendar.
- Set up a time to schedule the project and complete it. Avoid giving yourself too much time to think about your project right after you get it off the clock.
- If your goal is to help improve your physical mental response, writing down a few projects will help you start making that goal. Examples of projects you can do include: assessment of your physical state, making improvements to your mental abilities, building an exercise regimen, and selecting a new form of exercise.
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next sentence for the context: Keep a personal and professional list, so that you can keep work tasks at the office and avoid wasting time at work. Schedule a time to accomplish each thing on your calendar.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A man is seen riding into frame on a lawn mower and looking at the camera. the man
OPTIONS:
- speaks to the camera until two more mowers appear and he begins riding around.
- makes his way around the yard and works his way towards the base of the machine.
- then uses a rag to clean up the walkway and hedges.
- turns the mower around on his back mowing the lawn while the camera watches him working.
A: | speaks to the camera until two more mowers appear and he begins riding around. |
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".
Q: Einstein and Maric married in January 1903. In May 1904, the couple's first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in July 1910. In 1914, the couple separated; Einstein moved to Berlin and his wife remained in Zurich with their sons. They divorced on 14 February 1919, having lived apart for five years. Eduard, whom his father called "Tete" (for petit), had a breakdown at about age 20 and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. His mother cared for him and he was also committed to asylums for several periods, including full-time after her death. The marriage with Maric does not seem to have been very happy. In letters revealed in 2015, Einstein wrote to his early love, Marie Winteler, about his marriage and his still strong feelings for Marie. In 1910 he wrote to her that "I think of you in heartfelt love every spare minute and am so unhappy as only a man can be" while his wife was pregnant with their second child. Einstein spoke about a "misguided love" and a "missed life" regarding his love for Marie. Einstein married Elsa Lowenthal on 2 June 1919, after having had a relationship with her since 1912. She was a first cousin maternally and a second cousin paternally. In 1933, they emigrated to the United States. In 1935, Elsa Einstein was diagnosed with heart and kidney problems; she died in December 1936. <sep>Who was called "Tete" in the story?<sep>The 2nd son
A: | Yes |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example input: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example output: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: What broadcast system does not cause a perceptible speedup when broadcasting 24 frames per second film content?, Context: Standard 35mm photographic film used for cinema projection has a much higher image resolution than HDTV systems, and is exposed and projected at a rate of 24 frames per second (frame/s). To be shown on standard television, in PAL-system countries, cinema film is scanned at the TV rate of 25 frame/s, causing a speedup of 4.1 percent, which is generally considered acceptable. In NTSC-system countries, the TV scan rate of 30 frame/s would cause a perceptible speedup if the same were attempted, and the necessary correction is performed by a technique called 3:2 Pulldown: Over each successive pair of film frames, one is held for three video fields (1/20 of a second) and the next is held for two video fields (1/30 of a second), giving a total time for the two frames of 1/12 of a second and thus achieving the correct average film frame rate.
A: | PAL |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Can BskyB refuse service to any entity?, Context: BSkyB has no veto over the presence of channels on their EPG, with open access being an enforced part of their operating licence from Ofcom. Any channel which can get carriage on a suitable beam of a satellite at 28° East is entitled to access to BSkyB's EPG for a fee, ranging from £15–100,000. Third-party channels which opt for encryption receive discounts ranging from reduced price to free EPG entries, free carriage on a BSkyB leased transponder, or actual payment for being carried. However, even in this case, BSkyB does not carry any control over the channel's content or carriage issues such as picture quality.
BSkyB has no veto over the presence of channels
What styles influenced the styles used in the region?, Context: 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.
Gothic traditions with Islamic decorative forms
What made travel scary to do at night time by main characters in novels?, Context: The Fujiwara rulers failed to maintain adequate police forces, which left robbers free to prey on travelers. This is implicitly illustrated in novels by the terror that night travel inspired in the main characters. The shōen system enabled the accumulation of wealth by an aristocratic elite; the economic surplus can be linked to the cultural developments of the Heian period and the "pursuit of arts". The major Buddhist temples in Heian-kyō and Nara also made use of the shōen. The establishment of branches rurally and integration of some Shinto shrines within these temple networks reflects a greater "organizational dynamism".
| robbers free to prey on travelers
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big businesses. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall – it’s wet.”
Banksy cited in: Paul Gough, Banksy: The Bristol Legacy, Bristol 2010, p. 9.
With its striking simplicity and raw immediacy, Girl with Balloon, 2006, is one of the most widely recognisable images by the anonymous and world renowned artist Banksy. Unlike the other editioned iterations of this famous motif, the present work is a rare unique painting that was given to the present owner by Banksy in 2006 following the artist’s warehouse show, Barely Legal, in Los Angeles. Beating Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire, Constable’s The Hay Wain and Hockney’s A Bigger Splash to the top spot, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon was voted the nation’s favourite artwork in a 2017 poll; a resounding affirmation of the broad and wide reaching popularity of this undeniably iconic and culturally formidable image.
Born in Bristol and based in England, Banksy has garnered international acclaim for his distinctive style of satirical street art and graffiti, executed using a technique of stencilling. His work is rich in dark humour and frequently captioned with subversive epigrams that provide poignant and potent commentaries on the social and political aspects of contemporary society. Girl with Balloon depicts a small child rendered in black and white who reaches out towards a bright red, heart shaped balloon dangling from a string. Like much of Banksy’s work, the image is an ambiguous one, leaving the viewer to decipher whether the girl is reaching out to catch the balloon – a vibrant emblem of childhood delight – or rather has let it slip from her fingers and is watching in anguish as it drifts into oblivion, a metaphor, perhaps, for the inevitable loss of childhood and innocence. Composed in spray paint and acrylic on canvas, the motif is based on an original graffiti mural first painted outside a Shoreditch shop in 2002 and then on London’s Southbank that same year, this time accompanied by the epitaph ‘There is Always Hope’. Bordered by an ornate gilded frame, an integral element of the artwork chosen by Banksy himself, the present work is a kitschy emblem of pathos. Instantly gettable, Banksy’s graffiti image is a perfect encapsulation of human emotion for the short-attention span of our social media age: it seditiously pokes fun at high-minded art world savoir faire and in doing so appeals to many, for whom it represents a contemporary expression of sanctity, a bright and vivid symbol of hope everlasting. Ultimately, however, Girl with Balloon is the poster-child of Banksy’s art: whether you are for or against him, this image utterly encapsulates the immediacy and controversy surrounding the artist’s mission. ||||| Street artist Banksy appears to have pulled off his most jaw-dropping trick yet—having one of his million-dollar paintings shred itself moments after it sold at auction.
On Friday night, the “Girl with Balloon” painting sold for $1.12 million to a telephone bidder. Add in buyers permission, and the total cost would rise to $1.37 million. But Banksy—whose real identity remains anonymous—had fit the frame with a shredder that would activate once the painting was sold.
It was auctioned at Sotheby's, in London. After the painting self-destructed, senior director Alex Branczik told the audience: “We’ve just been Banksy’ed.” “We have not experienced this situation in the past,” Branczik said, according to Financial Times. “...where a painting spontaneously shredded, upon achieving a (near) record for the artist. We are busily figuring out what this means in an auction context.”
Sotheby’s and the buyer are now discussing whether or not the sale will go ahead. Despite the painting technically being destroyed, there was speculation the painting (or what’s left of it) could now be worth even more. Sotheby’s issued a statement saying it was discussing options with the buyer. “We have talked with the successful purchaser who was surprised by the story. We are in discussion about next steps.”
Banksy uploaded a photo of the prank on his Instagram account, accompanied by the caption: “Going, going, gone…” It’s received more than 150,000 likes. Girl With Balloon first appeared on a wall in Great Eastern Street in London.
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
In August, a Banksy exhibition was held in Russia—only Banksy had nothing to do with it. The street artist posted a conversation between himself and a friend saying “what the hell was that?”
The exhibit organizers said his response was a compliment. The exhibit was expected to welcome 300,000 people from July to the end of September.
In a conversation with an unnamed person, Banksy said he “wishes he could find it funny,” but admitted he would never “charge people to see my art unless there’s a fairground wheel.” People online responded to this logic, agreeing that charging people to see the exhibit was an affront to everything the British street artist’s reputation represented. Many of the commentators disagreed and said that the exhibit was something they enjoyed and thought charging people to see his art only pushed the exhibit further. |||||
| Newsweek is saying it could be Banksy's "most jaw-dropping trick yet," and it would be hard to find anyone who disagrees. It happened Friday night at a Sotheby's auction in London, when the enigmatic street artist's 2006 Girl With Balloon painting was sold off for $1.1 million to a bidder on the phone. However, shortly after the gavel came down on the sale, something unexpected happened: The print inside the frame started moving downward as it was slowly shredded. Per the Financial Times, via Vice, the shredding took place "by a mechanism apparently hidden within the base of the frame, with most of the work emerging from the bottom in strips." "We've just been Banksy'ed," Alex Branczik, Sotheby's senior director, told the crowd after the shredfest, adding he hadn't known ahead of time that this was going to happen and that "tonight we saw a little piece of Banksy genius." There are whispers that Banksy himself was at the auction to witness his self-destructive prank, with the Art Newspaper noting "a man dressed in black sporting sunglasses and a hat was seen scuffling with security guards near the entrance … shortly after the incident." On Instagram, Banksy posted a photo of the stunned audience watching his work get obliterated, mischievously captioning it: "Going, going, gone." The buyer may not be totally out of luck: Vice notes that while sales are usually nixed if works are damaged before they leave Sotheby's, the on-site annihilation could actually make the artwork even more valuable. "It's certainly the first piece to be spontaneously shredded as an auction ends," Branczik says. |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
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Problem: Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem: The musicians of the RMS Titanic all perished when the ship sank in 1912. They played music, intending to calm the passengers, for as long as they possibly could, and all went down with the ship. All were recognized for their heroism.
Solution: | did the band go down with the titanic? |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
President Trump Donald John TrumpFranklin Graham: Trump defends the Christian faith Trump slams '60 Minutes' over report on family separations GOP senators open door to tougher response on Saudi Arabia MORE fired back at Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday after the leader of the Supreme Court rebuked the president over his criticism of an "Obama judge."
"Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have 'Obama judges,' and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country," the president tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
"It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an 'independent judiciary,'” Trump added, "but if it is why are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned."
Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have “Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an “independent judiciary,” but if it is why...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
.....are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned. Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security - these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018
Trump's tweets came after Roberts released a rare statement rebuking the president earlier Wednesday, saying the U.S. doesn't have "Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”
“What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them,” Roberts said in the statement.
The Supreme Court released the statement from Roberts a day after the president criticized a federal judge in California who ruled against his administration's asylum policy.
U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar's ruling prevented the administration from blocking asylum claims from immigrants who do not enter the U.S. at a legal port of entry.
Trump took aim at the judge on Tuesday while defending his administration's policy. The president dismissed the judge, whom he did mention by name, calling him "an Obama judge." Tigar was nominated to the federal bench by the former president in 2012.
His criticism of the judge came as Trump railed against the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is known for frequently blocking policy initiatives on immigration and national security from the Trump administration.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later released her own statement denouncing Tigar's ruling as "another example of activist judges imposing their open borders policy preferences."
Tigar's court in northern California has its cases appealed to the Ninth Circuit. Both courts are located in San Francisco.
"You cannot win, if you’re us, a case in the 9th Circuit, and I think it’s a disgrace when people file — every case gets filed in the 9th Circuit," the president told reporters Tuesday.
"That’s not law. That’s not what this country stands for. Every case that gets filed in the 9th Circuit, we get beaten and then we end up having to go the Supreme Court."
Trump has long clashed with members of the judiciary on various issues.
Last year, the president sparked backlash after he blasted a "so-called judge" following the first federal ruling against his administration's travel ban. Trump also claimed that the judge would be to blame “if something happens.”
Trump was also criticized by members of both parties after he questioned whether an Indiana judge's Mexican heritage would prevent him from ruling fairly on cases including a lawsuit against the since-shuttered Trump University. ||||| Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have “Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an “independent judiciary,” but if it is why...... |||||
A: | It didn't take long for President Trump to respond to a rare rebuke from the chief justice of the Supreme Court. After John Roberts criticized the president for belittling a federal judge who ruled against the White House, Trump took to Twitter to make his case. "Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have 'Obama judges,' and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country," he wrote. Trump also continued his criticism in particular of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which is based in San Francisco. Trump asserted that the court tilts to the left so much that opponents of his polices make a point to file appeals there. If the court were truly independent, they "why are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned," he asked. "Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security—these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!" Earlier, Roberts took issue with the president's criticism of 9th Circuit Court Judge Jon Tigar, who ruled against the White House plan to stop asylum-seekers at the border. Trump called Tigar an "Obama judge." The 9th has blocked multiple Trump initiatives on immigration and national security, notes the Hill. |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What part of the passage cites an example to make its point?, Context: In addition to having evolved, for the most part, separately from one another and with distinct individual histories, the Latin-based regional Romance languages of Italy are also better classified as separate languages rather than true "dialects" due to the often high degree in which they lack mutual intelligibility. Though mostly mutually unintelligible, the exact degree to which the regional Italian languages are mutual unintelligible varies, often correlating with geographical distance or geographical barriers between the languages, with some regional Italian languages that are closer in geographical proximity to each other or closer to each other on the dialect continuum being more or less mutually intelligible. For instance, a speaker of purely Eastern Lombard, a language in Northern Italy's Lombardy region that includes the Bergamasque dialect, would have severely limited mutual intelligibility with a purely standard Italian speaker and would be nearly completely unintelligible to a speaker of a pure Sicilian language variant. Due to Eastern Lombard's status as a Gallo-Italic language, an Eastern Lombard speaker may, in fact, have more mutual intelligibility with a Occitan, Catalan, or French speaker than a standard Italian or Sicilian language speaker. Meanwhile, a Sicilian language speaker would have an greater degree of mutual intelligibility with a speaker of the more closely related Neapolitan language, but far less mutual intelligibility with a person speaking Sicilian Gallo-Italic, a language that developed in isolated Lombard emigrant communities on the same island as the Sicilian language.
A: | an Eastern Lombard speaker may, in fact, have more mutual intelligibility with a Occitan, Catalan, or French speaker than a standard Italian or Sicilian language speaker |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Example Input: The USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an ``establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States'', (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a government agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail. Indeed, in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the USPS was not a government-owned corporation, and therefore could not be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Example Output: is the us post office a federal agency?
Example Input: Vena amoris is a Latin name meaning, literally, ``vein of love''. Traditional belief established that this vein ran directly from the fourth finger of the left hand to the heart. This theory has been cited in western cultures as one of the reasons the engagement ring and/or wedding ring was placed on the fourth finger, or ``ring finger''. This traditional belief is factually inaccurate as all the fingers in the hand have a similar vein structure.
Example Output: is the ring finger vein connected to the heart?
Example Input: Daniel Eugene ``Rudy'' Ruettiger (born August 23, 1948) is a motivational speaker who played college football at the University of Notre Dame. His early life and career at Notre Dame were the inspiration for the 1993 film Rudy.
Example Output: | was the movie rudy based on a true story?
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: "I feel guilty," Jon Gosselin laments to "America's Rabbi," Shmuley Boteach. Rabbi Shmuley talked to Jon on his bima about asking the world for forgiveness. We dispatched our Black Ops spy to the scene. One word: Wow. This is absurd.
Jon Gosselin is an incredible, oblivious ass, and this Rabbi is a ridiculous fameball crook.
Forget the fact that Gosselin—not Jewish—sought out a Magical Jew to help him sort out his problems, and forget the fact that this Rabbi, who was once a punchline on 30 Rock, who has nine children, who is a fame-mongering celebrity in his own right, embraced this with open arms. Just go to the game tape and you'll see.
Gawker Black Ops video intern Sergio Hernandez, who went armed with $20 for admission and a FlipCam, described the scene as such:
Gosselin was 40 minutes late. A strange British woman who was inappropriately underdressed for a synagogue told us he was "stuck in traffic" and "delayed by the New York City marathon," and there was buzz that Gosselin had actually canceled his appearance. He did, eventually, show up to a stampede of paparazzi and entertainment cameras (by my count, at least Entertainment Tonight, Extra, TMZ, and FOX News were all there). The event was, ostensibly, a discussion about the effect of fame and celebrity on religious and moral values. Jon opened by saying he wasn't a fameseeker and neither asked for nor invited his newfound celebrity (but nonetheless thanked the cameras in the room for showing up.) Then Shmuley brought up Jon's divorce and basically tried to get him to blame his marital problems on fame and the pressure from TLC to draw in more ratings. Gosselin, for the most part, was pretty gracious about not villainizing Kate too much; he talked about going to therapy and learning about the mistakes he made during their marriage. But Shmuley, who peppered the discussion with way too many smug, self-referential jokes, basically tried to excuse Jon's post-divorce, uh, behavior, with Kate's emasculation. Of course, you'd think if Shmuley and Gosselin hated all this attention so much, they might've, you know, not prostrated themselves in front of a few dozen cameras and charged $20 a person for it? But what would be the fun in losing out on that?
Especially interesting that Shmuley tried to paint TLC as the Bad People, because, you know, he's kinda been in bed with them before. And did they cancel Shalom In The Home? Well, it aired two seasons, and hasn't been on the air since 2007. So: you tell me. Again, a crook. Also: a misogynist, a snake-oil salesman, and a publicity whore. Come to think of it, that might be both of them. I'm not sure which behavior here begets the other, but whatever it is, wherever it comes from, this can't be good for The Kids, The Jews, and I don't know, Anybody Who's Ever Devoted Faith To Anything. This is really, really sad. ||||| Tonight on ET: Jon Gosselin and Hailey Glassman Over?
In a new exclusive one-on-one interview with ET's Mary Hart, Hailey Glassman is asked directly, "Are you and Jon [Gosselin] breaking up?" The answer is not so simple, especially since Jon surprised everyone by coming to the interview with Hailey and sitting just a few feet away.
Glassman, tearful at times, confided, "This has taken a massive toll on me Mary, I'm only 22!" says the woman in the middle of TV's messiest divorce. "I've tried to move on in all honesty. He and I need to sit down and talk."
Upon returning to New York, Jon released an exclusive statement to ET confirming that indeed he would be taking some time apart from Glassman. "Hailey says she thinks it's a good idea that we both take some time right now and focus on each of our individual lives. It is important for me to go back to Pennsylvania and be with my children and get through this divorce and decide what I truly want out of life."
What led up to this statement and this moment in Jon Gosselin's life can be seen on Entertainment Tonight in a three part series beginning Monday night. The tension in the room was palpable as the father-of-eight listened to Hailey talk about his shortcomings, their arguments, and why she didn't think she could go on seeing him. Mary told him that the only way ET viewers would get the truth about this relationship is for both of them to sit down and answer her questions. Will he or won't he, this to be revealed Monday night on ET. |||||
A: | It appears Hailey Glassman has finally parted ways with mantrum-prone boyfriend Jon Gosselin—or has she? Though Gosselin released a statement to Entertainment Tonight saying, “Hailey says she thinks it's a good idea that we both take some time right now and focus on each of our individual lives,” both Glassman and Gosselin are appearing on the show tonight to answer the question once and for all (or, at least, once). Meanwhile, Gosselin’s publicity tour continued last night at his $20-a-ticket appearance with Rabbi-to-the-stars Shmuley Boteach. Jon claimed not to be a fameseeker; the rabbi (star of a probably-canceled TLC show) tried to get him to blame his divorce on TLC; Jon graciously didn’t spend too much time villainizing soon-to-be-ex-wife Kate. Also in attendance, according to Gawker’s spy: Entertainment Tonight, Extra, TMZ, and FOX News. |
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.
Q: In protists , vacuoles also store and help digest food that the protist ate .
A: | In protists , vacuoles have the additional function of storing food which has been absorbed by the organism and assisting in the digestive and waste management process for the cell . |
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.
Example Input: The Weinstein brothers ran Miramax separately of other Disney companies .
Example Output: During their tenure , the Weinstein brothers ran Miramax independently of other Disney subsidiaries , and as a result had more autonomy than the other Disney-owned companies .
Example Input: Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel , " Sciurillus pusillus " , is a very small squirrel species from South America .
Example Output: The Neotropical pygmy squirrel ( " Sciurillus pusillus " ) is a South American species of tree squirrel , being the only living species in the genus Sciurillus and the subfamily Sciurillinae .
Example Input: Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind and how it is linked to the body .
Example Output: | Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind , mental events , mental functions , mental properties , consciousness and their relationship to the physical body .
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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.
Q: What ideology was ASSR trying to break away from?, Context: Following the breakup of the Russian Empire in the aftermath of World War I for a brief period, from 1918 to 1920, Armenia was an independent republic. In late 1920, the communists came to power following an invasion of Armenia by the Red Army, and in 1922, Armenia became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR of the Soviet Union, later forming the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1936 to September 21, 1991). In 1991, Armenia declared independence from the USSR and established the second Republic of Armenia.
A: | communists |
Part 1. Definition
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Answer: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 3. Exercise
The pardon power of the President extends only to an offense recognizable under federal law. However, the governors of most of the 50 states have the power to grant pardons or reprieves for offenses under state criminal law. In other states, that power is committed to an appointed agency or board, or to a board and the governor in some hybrid arrangement (in some states the agency is merged with that of the parole board, as in the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board).
Answer: | can the president pardon someone convicted of a state crime? |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
How to find immunization records<br>Call your healthcare provider. If you still have the name and contact information for the doctor or clinic that gave you immunizations, they typically have those records on file. In most cases, this is the fastest way to get your immunization record.
Sentence: Healthcare providers keep records of immunizations. | Yes |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: In 1863, Alexander II re-convened the Diet of Finland and initiated several reforms increasing Finland's autonomy from Russia including establishment of its own currency, the markka. Liberation of business led to increased foreign investment and industrial development. Finland also got its first railways, separately established under Finnish administration. Finally, the elevation of Finnish from a language of the common people to a national language equal to Swedish opened opportunities for a larger proportion of the society. Alexander II is still regarded as "The Good Tsar" in Finland. These reforms could be seen as results of a genuine belief that reforms were easier to test in an underpopulated, homogeneous country, than in the whole of Russia. They may also be seen as a reward for the loyalty of its relatively western-oriented population during the Crimean War and during the Polish uprising. Encouraging Finnish nationalism and language can also be seen as an attempt to dilute ties with Sweden. <sep>What were the results for Finland establishing its own language?<sep>Establishment of its own currency, the markka
Output: | No |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games , were held in Turin , Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006 .
The 2006 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Turin 2006 or , was a winter multi-sport event which was held in Turin , Piedmont , Italy from February 10 to 26 , 2006 .
However , the plot of the movie is mostly original work adapted from a screenplay " Hardwired " by Jeff Vintar completely unlinked to Asimov 's stories , and has been compared to Asimov 's The Caves of Steel , which revolves around the murder of a roboticist .
However , the plot of the movie is mostly original work adapted from the screenplay " Hardwired " by Jeff Vintar , completely unlinked to Asimov 's stories and has been compared to Asimov 's " The Caves of Steel " , which revolves around the murder of a roboticist ( although the rest of the film 's plot is not based on that novel or other works by Asimov ) .
International Day Against Homophobia is a day for campaigning against homophobia , transphobia and biphobia held every May 17 .
| The International Day Against Homophobia , Transphobia and Biphobia is observed on May 17 and aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work worldwide .
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Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Once upon a time I had a dog named Toodles. He was black and white and had long floppy ears. He also had very short legs, but really big paws. Every Saturday we would go to the park and play Toodles' favorite game. Toodles loved playing fetch. One Saturday, Toodles ran over to the pond because he saw ducks swimming there. He ran all around the pond, barking at the ducks. The ducks ignored him, and kept swimming. Toodles wasn't having it! He jumped into the pond and started swimming toward the ducks, chasing around his new playmates. One of the ducks, braver than the others, poked Toodles with his beak - and then bit him right on one of his floppy ears! Toodles barked and ran out of the pond because the duck hurt his ear. Soaking wet, he ran toward where I was eating a sandwich on the grass and curled right up in my lap so I could make him feel better. After that, whenever he would see a duck, Toodles would run the other way. <sep>What colour was toodles<sep>White
Output: | No |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Output: Russian Revolution
This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input case for you: What was really important to the Europeans?, Context: Treaties formed an important part of European colonization and, in many parts of the world, Europeans attempted to legitimize their sovereignty by signing treaties with indigenous peoples. In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implications of what they were signing.
Output: | In most cases these treaties were in extremely disadvantageous terms to the native people, who often did not appreciate the implications of what they were signing |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
Tired<br>I was working very late. I wanted to go home. I had to finish my work though. I was extremely tired. I drank a cup of coffee to help me stay awake.
Sentence: I have to finish my work even though I want to go home and am extremely tired. | Yes |
How to bend rebar<br>Understand the structural issues possible with manually-bent rebar and know how to avoid them. When you bend metal, you naturally weaken it. When done correctly, however, you can minimize damage and still get the shape you need to complete the project.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
You can avoid structural issues with manually-bent rebar | Yes |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Ms. Vásquez told reporters that she was eager to see her family, including her 13-year-old son.
El Salvador is one of six countries in the Americas that ban abortion, and its courts enforce it with severe penalties on women and doctors. In 2013, the Supreme Court rejected a plea to terminate the high-risk pregnancy of a woman whose fetus suffered an abnormality that would not have allowed it to survive. Doctors delivered the baby early, and it died.
The other countries that ban abortions are Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Suriname.
Two bills have been introduced in El Salvador’s Congress to permit abortion in specific cases, including to save the life of the mother, but they have yet to be considered by a congressional committee.
Women’s groups have identified at least 28 women who have been imprisoned after experiencing complications in pregnancies. A coalition of women’s groups has been working for the release of 17 women convicted of homicide after obstetric emergencies. Since 2014, four women, including Ms. Vásquez, have been released; a fifth completed her sentence.
“For me this is a sign of hope, that Teodora’s life may improve,” said Morena Herrera, the president of one of the groups in the coalition. “She spent 10 years and seven months in prison. That is a lot of time for a crime she did not commit. But above all, it is a sign of hope for the other women who are imprisoned.” ||||| "I'm going to start again and get back the time lost"
By Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Salvadoran woman who said she suffered a stillbirth - but was jailed for nearly 15 years for murdering her child - was freed on Tuesday after authorities reduced her sentence.
Maira Veronica Figueroa's release puts the spotlight on El Salvador's total ban on abortion as the Central American nation faces mounting international pressure to overturn its strict law and release other women jailed for abortion-related crimes.
Figueroa, 34, was handed a 30-year prison sentence in 2003 for aggravated murder after she was convicted of intentionally inducing an abortion, which is a crime under any circumstances in El Salvador.
On Tuesday morning, Figueroa was greeted by cheering crowds when she walked out of the overcrowded Ilopango women's prison in the capital San Salvador, with a plastic bag of belongings.
"I'm going to start again and get back the time lost," the government prison quoted her as saying on Twitter.
Figueroa, a domestic worker, says she experienced pregnancy complications and had a late-term miscarriage.
"It is inconceivable that Maira spent almost 15 years in prison for experiencing a pregnancy complication," said Nancy Northup, head of the U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which campaigned for Figueroa to be freed.
"While we celebrate Maira's release today, we condemn the government of El Salvador for not acknowledging the lack of due process and failing to recognize her innocence," she said in a statement.
"Her conviction has not been overturned and she continues to be guilty in the eyes of the law."
According to the rights group and the local Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion (CFDA), which also helped campaign for Figueroa's release, at least another 27 women are in prison under the country's abortion law.
Rights groups say they were accused of inducing abortions, and wrongfully jailed for murder, when instead they suffered miscarriages, stillbirths or pregnancy complications.
Abortion has been outlawed in the Catholic-majority nation since 1997 even in cases of rape, incest, when the woman's life is in danger or the foetus is deformed. Five other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean also have an outright ban.
Figueroa's release follows that of Teodora Vasquez, who was freed in February after spending more than a decade behind bars for an abortion-related crime.
In 2016, the country's ruling party introduced a bill to allow abortion in cases of rape or a risky pregnancy, but no date has been set for a vote, and it will likely face tough opposition from the Catholic Church and evangelical groups.
In November, the United Nations urged El Salvador to issue a moratorium on applying its abortion law, and asked authorities to review all such cases in which women had been jailed.
"El Salvador must prioritise abortion law reform and release the remaining women wrongfully behind bars," Northup said.
(Reporting by Anastasia Moloney @anastasiabogota, Editing by Katy Migiro. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit http://news.trust.org)
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ||||| * Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
International Women’s Day saw over 3,000 women take to the streets of San Salvador to march in defense of their human rights
Maira Veronica Figueroa has something to celebrate for the first time in 15 years. This week, she was released from prison in her native El Salvador after serving half of her 30-year sentence of aggravated murder. Her crime? Losing her baby near full-term after being impregnated by rape.
In a case that was covered widely in international media, on Feb. 15 this year, fellow El Salvadoran Teodora Vásquez was released from Llopango prison after she had served 10 years of a 30-year sentence also for aggravated murder of a newborn baby. Her crime? A stillbirth in 2007.
Teodora and Maira are now free, but their sentences have not been overturned. In December, Teodora lost her appeal against it despite efforts by forensic experts to show that the autopsy report on the stillbirth had been inconclusive. They were both released because the Supreme Court saw “powerful reasons of justice and fairness” which warranted granting the grace of commuting their sentences. But their innocence hasn’t been recognized.
The law is still in force.
Passed in 1998, the law bans abortion in all circumstances, even when the pregnancy poses a risk to a woman’s life or is the result of rape. On top of this, in 1999 the Constitution was amended to recognize the right to life from the moment of conception.
In the 20 years since the passing of this legislation many women have been punished. Between 2000 and 2011, El Salvador courts prosecuted 129 women for abortion-related crimes, and more than a third were convicted. Most of the women’s pregnancies had ended because of complications beyond their control, such as miscarriages, stillbirths or accidents.
Today, there are more than 25 women in prison serving sentences for homicide, after having been accused of procuring an abortion. In almost half of these cases, the crime was first identified as abortion related, but later changed to homicide. This has serious repercussions for women, as a homicide charge may carry a prison sentence of up to 40 years.
Maira is the longest-serving. Three women have been released. But as recently as July 2017, 19-year-old Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was sentenced to 30 years for murder after she had a stillbirth. She had been raped.
As dire as the situation is, we believe there is hope.
El Salvador is currently at a pivot point. El Salvador could soon vote to reform its abortion law. Two bills have been introduced to the Congress. If enacted, women would be allowed to access safe and legal abortion services when pregnancy poses a risk to their health or life and in cases of rape and fatal fetal impairments. And, last week, on International Women’s Day, we saw over 3,000 women take to the streets of San Salvador to march in defense of their human rights. For a country with a total ban on abortion, this would mean huge progress.
Advocacy and legal activists have been pushing for change. In 2014, a coalition of civil society organizations, led by the El Salvadoran civil rights group Agrupación Ciudadana and the Center for Reproductive Rights – launched the online campaign, “Las 17”, to call for the release of women like Teodora and Maira. Las17 has brought worldwide attention to the dire situation that is inflicted on many Salvadoran women.
The Center for Reproductive Rights has also worked to expose the consequences that El Salvador’s blanket abortion ban has on the lives of women. The Center, together with Agrupación Ciudadana, filed two cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Teodora, Maira, and Maria Teresa who are now free, and six other women who also had serious pregnancy complications and are still in prison due to the severe enforcement of El Salvador’s absolute abortion ban. And, on behalf of Manuela, a Salvadoran woman wrongfully imprisoned after having an obstetric emergency and who later died from untreated Hodgkins lymphoma in prison.
There is still work to do to ensure abortion law reform is a reality in El Salvador and women’s reproductive rights are protected and respected, but this week, we celebrate Maira Figueroa’s life outside prison and are hopeful others like her will soon follow.
Catalina Martínez Coral is regional director for Latin America & the Caribbean at the Center for Reproductive Rights
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. |||||
Output: | El Salvador is one of a few countries where abortion is banned outright, with no exceptions for women raped or at risk of death. Activists, however, are calling attention to a "pivotal moment for El Salvador's abortion law reform" after a welcome move Tuesday. After serving 15 years of a 30-year sentence for the aggravated murder of her child, who she says was stillborn, Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín had her sentence commuted by the Supreme Court and was released from prison, reports Reuters. The 34-year-old maintains she suffered a late-term miscarriage in 2003 while working as a maid, per the BBC. "I'm going to start again and make up for lost time," she's quoted as saying. "I want to study law to understand what happened to me and help other women." And there are many more to be helped. Figueroa's release follows that of 34-year-old Teodora del Carmen Vásquez, whose own 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was commuted a month ago after she served 10 years for what she claimed was a stillbirth experienced while working as a school cafeteria cook in the last month of her pregnancy, reports the New York Times. But at least 27 women remain in prison in El Salvador for violating the abortion ban, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. In an op-ed at Reuters, CRR rep Catalina Martínez Coral notes El Salvador is now "at a pivot point," with Congress entertaining two bills that would allow abortion in limited cases, including where pregnancy poses a risk to a woman's health or results from rape. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: WHat is second mentioned location?, Context: Cork was one of the most rail-oriented cities in Ireland, featuring eight stations at various times. The main route, still much the same today, is from Dublin Heuston. Originally terminating on the city's outskirts at Blackpool, the route now reaches the city centre terminus of Kent Station via Glanmire tunnel. Now a through station, the line through Kent connects the towns of Cobh and Midleton east of the city. This also connected to the seaside town of Youghal, until the 1980s.[citation needed]
Answer: Ireland
Question: when did the united kingdom develop thier cultural studies, Context: Scholars in the United Kingdom and the United States developed somewhat different versions of cultural studies after the late 1970s. The British version of cultural studies had originated in the 1950s and 1960s, mainly under the influence first of Richard Hoggart, E. P. Thompson, and Raymond Williams, and later that of Stuart Hall and others at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham. This included overtly political, left-wing views, and criticisms of popular culture as "capitalist" mass culture; it absorbed some of the ideas of the Frankfurt School critique of the "culture industry" (i.e. mass culture). This emerges in the writings of early British cultural-studies scholars and their influences: see the work of (for example) Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Paul Willis, and Paul Gilroy.
Answer: 1950s and 1960s
Question: which add on protects the ipods visual interface, Context: Many accessories have been made for the iPod line. A large number are made by third party companies, although many, such as the iPod Hi-Fi, are made by Apple. Some accessories add extra features that other music players have, such as sound recorders, FM radio tuners, wired remote controls, and audio/visual cables for TV connections. Other accessories offer unique features like the Nike+iPod pedometer and the iPod Camera Connector. Other notable accessories include external speakers, wireless remote controls, protective case, screen films, and wireless earphones. Among the first accessory manufacturers were Griffin Technology, Belkin, JBL, Bose, Monster Cable, and SendStation.
Answer: | screen films
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Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Tweet with a location
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| It was hard to make ends meet. In 1963, Mr. Biggs approached Mr. Reynolds, a man he had known in jail, to request a small loan. But Mr. Reynolds had other plans, involving a very unusual Royal Mail train. Running by night and appearing on no printed schedule, it transported vast quantities of cash between provincial bank branches and central banks in London. The money was in the second of 12 cars.
The gang Mr. Reynolds assembled included men with intimate knowledge of railroad timetables, signals and switches. Mr. Biggs recruited a retired engineer to drive the train.
After midnight on Aug. 8, 1963, the gang turned a signal light along the route to red. The train ground to a halt in the Buckinghamshire countryside at 3:15 a.m. When the engineer, Jack Mills, stepped out of the cab, a waiting gang member bludgeoned him with an iron bar.
The gang uncoupled the last 10 cars. Mr. Biggs’s engineer was brought on board but was unable to release the train’s brake. Mr. Mills, bleeding badly, was forced back into the cab and ordered to drive the head cars to a secluded spot down the line. There the robbers stormed the second car, subdued its crew and unloaded 120 mailbags into waiting vehicles.
The whole thing was over in about 15 minutes. As was widely reported, Mr. Biggs spent most of that time sitting in a Land Rover near the railway embankment, his failed engineer beside him.
The bank notes in the bags came to 2.6 million pounds, or about $7.3 million — roughly $70 million today. Most of the money has never been found. Mr. Mills never fully recovered from his injuries and was unable to work again. He died in 1970.
Within a month, Scotland Yard had caught most of the gang, including Mr. Biggs. Convicted in April 1964, he was sent to Wandsworth Prison in London.
In July 1965, after serving 15 months, Mr. Biggs scaled the prison wall with a rope ladder and took off in a waiting furniture van. He made his way to the European continent, where he had cosmetic surgery, and eventually to Australia, where his wife and their children joined him. (The couple’s third son was born there.)
In 1969, as Scotland Yard began to close in, he fled again. By 1970, Mr. Biggs had made his way to Brazil, which then had no extradition treaty with Britain. His marriage to Ms. Powell, who remained in Australia with the children, ended in divorce.
Mr. Biggs lived covertly in Rio until 1974, when Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper of Scotland Yard arrived there. Detective Slipper, who had pursued Mr. Biggs around the world for years, was determined to bring him back to Britain, treaty or no treaty.
Happily for Mr. Biggs, his Brazilian girlfriend was pregnant: under Brazilian law, no parent of a Brazilian child could be deported. Mr. Biggs’s fourth son, Michael, was born a few months later, and the proud papa remained in Rio, living openly, bibulously and sometimes extravagantly under his own name.
In 1981, Mr. Biggs was abducted from a bar by members of a British security concern. Hustled into a yacht, he was taken to Barbados, from which his kidnappers hoped to extradite him to England. But luck was with Mr. Biggs yet again: The Supreme Court of Barbados ruled in his favor, letting him return to Brazil.
By this time, Mr. Biggs’s share of the heist, reportedly £150,000, was long gone. For a few years, he managed to live lavishly anyhow, supported by his young son, Michael, who had joined a successful children’s pop group on Brazilian television.
In later years, Mr. Biggs held barbecues at his home for paying guests, sold souvenir T-shirts and appeared in TV commercials, including a Brazilian ad for a home security system.
In 2001, with his health failing, Mr. Biggs returned to Britain for treatment, although he knew it would also mean prison. He flew from Brazil on a private jet furnished by The Sun, a British tabloid.
The next year, Mr. Biggs married Michael’s mother, Raimunda Rothen, in Belmarsh Prison, a maximum-security facility.
Mr. Biggs is survived by his wife; their son, Michael; and two sons from his first marriage, Chris and Farley. Another son from his first marriage, Nicky, died at 10 in a car crash in Australia.
Detective Slipper, whose white whale Mr. Biggs never ceased to be, died in 2005.
Perhaps Mr. Biggs’s most enduring legacy is his own persona. “People say, ‘Oh, Ron, you must really want a pardon more than anything,’ ” he told People magazine in 1988. “But I say: ‘What? Stop being Ronnie Biggs?’ ” ||||| Tweet with a location
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Output: | A British criminal who soared to fame after helping to rob a train of more than $7 million has died at 84 of unspecified causes. Ronnie Biggs made his name with the Great Train Robbery of 1963, though he actually spent most of the heist in a nearby car. After escaping prison, however, he managed to avoid capture for decades, traveling to Australia and Brazil before finally returning to Britain in 2001 for health treatment—knowing he'd be imprisoned, the New York Times reports. "Sadly, we lost Ron during the night. As always, his timing was perfect to the end," his publicists tweeted. Biggs could simply have served his sentence and been paroled long ago, the Times notes. Instead, he used ropes to clamber over the prison wall and flee. After getting plastic surgery in continental Europe, he traveled to Australia; his family came along. A few years later, he headed to Brazil. Later, on the verge of capture, he was allowed to stay because his Brazilian girlfriend was pregnant. He soon began a public life in the country, offering commercial appearances and souvenirs. After heading to back to Britain in 2001, he was imprisoned until 2009, when the justice secretary allowed him compassionate release. The Guardian notes that some have been critical of his celebrity status given the beating of a train engineer during the heist. "Biggs wasn't a cuddly heart of gold cockney character to be feted. His gang beat a man with an iron bar, ruining his life," tweeted a Conservative party lobbyist. |
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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.
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The Old Kingdom, in ancient Egyptian history, is the period in the third millennium (c. 2686 -- 2181 BC) also known as the' Age of the Pyramids' or' Age of the Pyramid Builders' as it includes the great 4th Dynasty when King Sneferu perfected the art of pyramid building and the pyramids of Giza were constructed under the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization -- the first of three so-called 'Kingdom' periods (followed by the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom) which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley.
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how long did the old kingdom period of egyptian civilization last
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The Carr Fire is a wildfire burning in Shasta and Trinity Counties in California, United States. As of August 12, 2018, the fire had burned 202,976 acres (821 km; 317 sq mi) and is 61% contained. It is the sixth-most destructive fire in California history. The fire was reported on the afternoon of July 23, 2018, at the intersection of Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road in the Whiskeytown district of the Whiskeytown -- Shasta -- Trinity National Recreation Area. The fire was started when a flat tire on a vehicle caused the wheel's rim to scrape against the asphalt, thus creating sparks.
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why do they call the fire in california the carr fire
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) was an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future 'muckraking' journalism by exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle classes. This work inspired many reforms of working-class housing, both immediately after publication as well as making a lasting impact in today's society.
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| who wrote the book how the other half lives
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example input: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example output: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: What might bring together white, black, and Indian teens?, Context: New developments in Judaism often transcend differences in religious practice between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews. In North American cities, social trends such as the chavurah movement, and the emergence of "post-denominational Judaism" often bring together younger Jews of diverse ethnic backgrounds. In recent years, there has been increased interest in Kabbalah, which many Ashkenazi Jews study outside of the Yeshiva framework. Another trend is the new popularity of ecstatic worship in the Jewish Renewal movement and the Carlebach style minyan, both of which are nominally of Ashkenazi origin.
A: | post-denominational Judaism |
[Q]: How to detect gum disease<br>Learn about the causes of gum disease. The condition actually begins with the deposition of plaque (a slimy substance) around the teeth. Plaque is the media where the harmful bacteria thrive and form colonies. Gum disease causes bad breath.
[A]: It's impossible to say
[Q]: Skip chickens out<br>Skip is with his friends. Skips friends decide to go skinny dipping. They tell skip to jump in and join them. Skip is unsure and doesn't know what to do. Skip chickens out and leaves. Skip did not leave.
[A]: No
[Q]: Mr. Olsen paid $20 million for the space trip, but says that in the future space travel will likely become as routine as air travel is today. Mr. Olsen paid more than 14 million dollars for the trip
[A]: Yes
[Q]: Medesano is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 100 km northwest of Bologna and about 15 km southwest of Parma. As of 31 May 2007, it had a population of 10,221 and an area of 88.8 km2 . medesano is allies with mexico
[A]: | It's impossible to say |
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.
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Question: The Wage Stabilization Board ( WSB ) was an independent agency of the United States government .
Answer: The Wage Stabilization Board ( WSB ) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to make wage control policy recommendations and to implement such wage controls as were approved .
Question: Marginal utility is a concept from economics that describes the change in utility from consuming more or less of a good or service .
Answer: In economics , utility is the satisfaction or benefit derived by consuming a product ; thus the marginal utility of a goods or service is the change in the utility from an increase in the consumption of that good or service .
Question: Or , that something is false if it has not yet been proved true .
Answer: | It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has not yet been proven true .
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Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:College football players who are considering entering the NFL draft but who still have eligibility to play football can request an expert opinion from the NFL-created Draft Advisory Board. The Board, composed of scouting experts and team executives, makes a prediction as to the likely round in which a player would be drafted. This information, which has proven to be fairly accurate, can help college players determine whether to enter the draft or to continue playing and improving at the college level. There are also many famous reporting scouts, such as Mel Kiper Jr.
Solution: | do college players have to enter the nfl draft? |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Output: Russian Revolution
This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
New input case for you: Who was the Prime Minster before Ramsay MacDonald?, Context: The 1923 general election was fought on the Conservatives' protectionist proposals but, although they got the most votes and remained the largest party, they lost their majority in parliament, necessitating the formation of a government supporting free trade. Thus, with the acquiescence of Asquith's Liberals, Ramsay MacDonald became the first ever Labour Prime Minister in January 1924, forming the first Labour government, despite Labour only having 191 MPs (less than a third of the House of Commons).
Output: | Asquith |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example Input: what is the second to last faith mentioned?, Context: Sevastopol fell after eleven months, and formerly neutral countries began to join the allied cause. Isolated and facing a bleak prospect of invasion from the west if the war continued, Russia sued for peace in March 1856. This was welcomed by France and the UK, where the citizens began to turn against their governments as the war dragged on. The war was officially ended by the Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 March 1856. Russia lost the war, and was forbidden from hosting warships in the Black Sea. The Ottoman vassal states of Wallachia and Moldavia became largely independent. Christians were granted a degree of official equality, and the Orthodox church regained control of the Christian churches in dispute.:415
Example Output: Orthodox
Example Input: What type of ammunition would not have been common in 1940?, Context: Until the 1950s guns firing ballistic munitions were the standard weapon; guided missiles then became dominant, except at the very shortest ranges. However, the type of shell or warhead and its fuzing and, with missiles the guidance arrangement, were and are varied. Targets are not always easy to destroy; nonetheless, damaged aircraft may be forced to abort their mission and, even if they manage to return and land in friendly territory, may be out of action for days or permanently. Ignoring small arms and smaller machine-guns, ground-based air defence guns have varied in calibre from 20 mm to at least 150 mm.
Example Output: guided missiles
Example Input: What were the famous words of the hymn in its original language?, Context: The red flag appeared as a political symbol during the French Revolution, after the fall of Bastille. A law adopted by the new government on October 20, 1789 authorized the Garde Nationale to raise the red flag in the event of a riot, to signal that the Garde would imminently intervene. During a demonstration on the Champs de Mars on July 17, 1791, the Garde Nationale fired on the crowd, killed up to fifty people. The government was denounced by the more radical revolutionaries. In the words of his famous hymn, the Marseillaise, Rouget de Lisle wrote: "Against us they have raised the bloody flag of tyranny!" (Contre nous de la tyrannie, l'entendard sanglant est leve). Beginning in 1790, the most radical revolutionaries adopted the red flag themselves, to symbolize the blood of those killed in the demonstrations, and to call for the repression of those they considered counter-revolutionary.
Example Output: | Contre nous de la tyrannie, l'entendard sanglant est leve
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Write the next sentence in the following story.
How to treat acid reflux naturally
Change the way you eat.
You can change the types and amounts of foods you eat in order to make your acid reflux better. Decrease the amount of food you eat at any one time.
OPTIONS:
[i] For example, instead of going for a fast lunch at work, eat smaller meals at home. When you go in the bathroom, turn off the light.;
[ii] If possible, avoid foods that make you more nauseous, like red meat, fried foods, raw chicken, and frozen meals. Avoid processed foods, like applesauce, processed foods like soda, and foods made with added sugars like white bread.;
[iii] Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about changing how you eat to improve your acid reflux. Be aware that when you have flare ups, the fda may inform you about any dietary changes you might need to make to compensate for your flare.;
[iv] This reduces the stress pressure on your stomach. Don't eat for 2-3 hours before bedtime in order to reduce the risk of food putting pressure on the les as you try to sleep.;. The answer should be | [iv] |
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.
Berkeley High School is a public high school in the Berkeley Unified School District .
Berkeley High School is a public high school in the Berkeley Unified School District , and the only public high school in the city of Berkeley , California , United States .
The club started on 28 February 1972 , out of the Malmo ̈ FF ice hockey section .
The team was founded on 28 February 1972 as Malmo ̈ Ishockeyfo ̈ rening ( " Malmo ̈ Ice Hockey Club " , or MIF ) when the ice hockey division of Malmo ̈ FF became an independent club .
Tuzla is the third largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
| Tuzla ( -RSB- ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
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How to open dll files<br>Understand what a dll file is. A dll (dynamic link library) is a windows file that is used by program to call upon existing functions. Essentially, they allow windows and other programs to gain functionality without having to have that functionality built-in.
Hypothesis: Dll files can only be used in Windows.
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The Concert<br>Tony and his buddies were pumped. They were going to a concert. They showed up and got to their seats. The band came on and began to play. Tony and his friends all had a great time.
Hypothesis: Tony was named after his mother's favourite concert.
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How to buy gas gift cards<br>Choose your retailer. Almost every major gas station offers gift cards. To decide which station's card you want to buy, ensure that the person you're buying the card for has a gas station of the corresponding card nearby.
Hypothesis: gas cards charge a fee if they aren't local so you should check for gas stations nearby.
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:If you're not into getting pregnant any time soon, you've probably done your fair share of birth control research. In evaluating your options, you've likely heard someone—maybe even us—preaching the IUD gospel: With over 99 percent efficacy, intrauterine devices are one of the most solid options for keeping your uterus fetus-free. But Nexplanon, an implant that goes in your arm, is right up there with them—and according to the data, sometimes it even has a slight edge over IUDs.
Here, everything you need to know to decide whether Nexplanon is right for you.
Nexplanon is a little matchstick-sized rod that gets implanted in the upper arm—which might sound weird, but it works.
Commonly called “the implant,” Nexplanon is small yet mighty. All its baby-fighting power comes in the form of a flexible plastic stick that is around an inch and a half long, board-certified ob/gyn Antonio Pizarro , M.D., tells SELF. It prevents pregnancy for up to three years by steadily releasing the hormone etonogestrel.
A synthetic version of the hormone progesterone, etonogestrel prevents ovulation by basically tricking your body into constantly thinking it's already released an egg, Jamil Abdur-Rahman , M.D., board-certified ob/gyn and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan, Illinois, tells SELF. It also thickens the cervical mucus, which makes it harder for sperm move around.
You may hear people call Nexplanon by the name Implanon, but there's only one contraceptive implant currently on the market. Implanon is Nexplanon's predecessor. Nexplanon is the new and improved form, revamped so it's easier to insert, Pizarro explains.
Just like the IUD, the implant is a great option for someone who wants something long-lasting but more low-maintenance in the day-to-day than the Pill or NuvaRing.
Better yet, Nexplanon's protection is basically unmatched . While the hormonal IUD's failure rate is 0.2 percent and the copper IUD's stands at 0.8 percent, Nexplanon squeaks past both with an even lower failure rate of 0.05 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
"It does make things easier for women, and it's also nice, discreet option if someone is looking for that," says Abdur-Rahman. It's often possible to feel the implant through the skin of your arm, but usually you can only see it if your arm is really thin.
Insertion and removal may sound scary, but they're actually very simple procedures.
Yes, if you want the implant, it has to get inserted under the skin of your arm. "It doesn't require a large incision—it's a very small cut, almost more of a puncture," says Pizarro. Your doctor will numb the area first, so besides the anesthesia injection, you shouldn't feel much of anything. It definitely shouldn't be as uncomfortable as IUD insertion is often reported to be. "The implant [insertion] is a little bit of a nuisance, but not a big deal," Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale Medical School, tells SELF. "Numbing the cervix is a little bit trickier!"
If you get the insertion during your period, Nexplanon starts working immediately. If not, you'll need backup contraception for seven days, says Pizarro. And no matter what, your doctor will probably have you wear pressure bandages for a few days, says Nexplanon's site , but after that you're golden.
Removal should also be pretty straightforward. "It simply requires another incision, then the implant is pulled out with special instrument," says Pizarro. In rare cases, Nexplanon can get stuck or the doctor may have a hard time locating it, in which cause removal may require surgery . But that's so rare Pizarro's never heard of anyone actually having to get it done. "The skin is an interesting organ—the connective tissue has an integrity that keeps things from moving around," he explains.
Even though it's a lot like a hormonal IUD, Nexplanon doesn't always have the same period-improving effects—and it sometimes makes things a little worse.
Both Nexplanon and the IUD Mirena release a progestin hormone, but the latter “dumps that right on the lining of uterus, which is where action is," says Minkin. On the other hand, she explains, the implant’s hormone is traveling around in the bloodstream before it gets to the uterus. But even that is enough for some people's periods to get lighter or stop, says Pizarro.
That said, your cycle might get thrown out of whack after you start Nexplanon, and this effect can actually last the entire time you have it. "The implant can give you some funky bleeding ," says Minkin. In addition to irregular periods , you might also develop side effects like breast pain and headaches even if you never experienced them during regular PMS, Pizarro adds.
Once you get Nexplanon removed, you go back to regular fertility pretty much immediately.
Think it's time for a baby? Cool. All it takes is a few quick minutes for removal, then you're ready to start trying to conceive, says Minkin.
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Photo Credit: Illustration by Jocelyn Runice ||||| SPARTA, Tenn. -
Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that is being called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU.
On May 15, 2017 General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield signed a standing order that allows inmates to receive 30 days credit toward jail time if they undergo a birth control procedure.
Women who volunteer to participate in the program are given a free Nexplanon implant in their arm, the implant helps prevent pregnancies for up to four years. Men who volunteer to participate are given a vasectomy, free of charge, by the Tennessee Department of Health.
County officials said that since the program began a few months ago 32 women have gotten the Nexplananon implant and 38 men were waiting to have the vasectomy procedure performed.
Judge Benningfield told NewsChannel 5 that he was trying to break a vicious cycle of repeat offenders who constantly come into his courtroom on drug related charges, subsequently can’t afford child support and have trouble finding jobs.
“I hope to encourage them to take personal responsibility and give them a chance, when they do get out, to not to be burdened with children. This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves,” Judge Benningfield said in an interview.
First elected in 1998, Judge Benningfield decided to implement the program after speaking with officials at the Tennessee Department of Health.
“I understand it won’t be entirely successful but if you reach two or three people, maybe that’s two or three kids not being born under the influence of drugs. I see it as a win, win,” he added.
Inmates in the White County jail were also given two days credit toward their jail sentence if they complete a State of Tennessee, Department of Health Neonatal Syndrome Education Program. The class aimed to educate those who are incarcerated about the dangers of having children while under the influence of drugs.
“Hopefully while they’re staying here we rehabilitate them so they never come back,” the judge said.
District Attorney Bryant Dunaway, who oversees prosecution of cases in White County is worried the program may be unethical and possibly illegal.
“It’s concerning to me, my office doesn’t support this order,” Dunaway said.
“It’s comprehensible that an 18-year-old gets this done, it can’t get reversed and then that impacts the rest of their life,” he added.
On Wednesday, the ACLU released this statement on the program:
"Offering a so-called 'choice' between jail time and coerced contraception or sterilization is unconstitutional. Such a choice violates the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity by interfering with the intimate decision of whether and when to have a child, imposing an intrusive medical procedure on individuals who are not in a position to reject it. Judges play an important role in our community – overseeing individuals’ childbearing capacity should not be part of that role."
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School Dress Policy Stirs Controversy ||||| Whenever you feel America has finally hit rock bottom, there’s a little more ground to cover before it’s all said and done. Because there’s a judge reducing jail time for inmates willing to get their willy wicked. Judge Sam Benningfield of White County, Tennessee, one of those patches of land you pass driving from Knoxville to Nashville, has put in place a standing order that grants inmates 30 days’ credit on their sentences if they get a vasectomy. Women can earn the same credit for installing a Nexplananon implant.
The White County Courthouse is located in Sparta, making this the most backward, archaic punishment to come out of Sparta since Leonidas just kicked people into a pit. Here’s Judge Benningfield with his best “three generations of recidivists is enough” take:
Judge Benningfield told NewsChannel 5 that he was trying to break a vicious cycle of repeat offenders who constantly come into his courtroom on drug related charges, subsequently can’t afford child support and have trouble finding jobs. “I hope to encourage them to take personal responsibility and give them a chance, when they do get out, to not to be burdened with children. This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves,” Judge Benningfield said in an interview.
There needs to be a word for the phenomenon of a Neanderthal stumbling into something reasonably rational and then missing the point completely. The cycle of poverty is constantly contributing to delinquency as some — but by no means all, or even most — desperate people see no way out but to take escape their scripted existence through drugs or illicit activities. Some might try to disrupt that cycle of poverty. Judge Benninfield wants to keep criminals from having criminal babies. Hell, he probably has some phrenology training and knows a genetically predisposed criminal baby when he sees it. Whatever his real motivation, he wants to use the stick of the state to coerce people into trading their reproductive capacity for a month. Which many are going to do, because making stupid decisions because they feel cornered and desperate is kind of how they got to this point in the first place.
Apparently 80 inmates have signed on for this since the program began in May. White County only has around 26,000 residents — how many inmates can they possibly have?
At least there’s some sanity left out there:
District Attorney Bryant Dunaway, who oversees prosecution of cases in White County, is worried the program may be unethical and possibly illegal. “It’s concerning to me, my office doesn’t support this order,” Dunaway said. “It’s comprehensible that an 18-year-old gets this done, it can’t get reversed and then that impacts the rest of their life,” he added.
Yes! For the record, that’s a prosecutor who got elected to get tough on crime — being soft on [repeat] offenders is wrong — and even he’s willing to draw the line. He literally has nothing to lose by tacitly backing this insanity, so he deserves a lot of credit here. Too bad he’s bought himself a career-ending “He’s soft on crime dicks!” primary challenge next election.
As one might expect, the ACLU has some concerns as well:
“Offering a so-called ‘choice’ between jail time and coerced contraception or sterilization is unconstitutional. Such a choice violates the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity by interfering with the intimate decision of whether and when to have a child, imposing an intrusive medical procedure on individuals who are not in a position to reject it. Judges play an important role in our community – overseeing individuals’ childbearing capacity should not be part of that role.”
So now Dunaway’s on the same side as the ACLU. Damn, that attack ad is just writing itself. America may be a cultural cesspool, but it’s predictable.
White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get A Vasectomy [News Channel 5] |||||
Solution: | The ACLU calls it "unconstitutional." The judge calls it a way to give inmates a "chance." It's a novel program made available since May 15 to those incarcerated in White County, Tenn., that shaves 30 days off inmates' jail time if they submit to a birth control procedure. For men, it's a vasectomy; for women, the Nexplanon implant, which a 2016 Self article dubbed "even more effective than an IUD." General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield, the man behind the order, tells NewsChannel 5 his intention was pure: to break a cycle he sees continually replayed in his courtroom involving drug offenses and child support. "I hope to encourage them to take personal responsibility and give them a chance, when they do get out, to not be burdened with children," he says. "This gives them a chance to get on their feet and make something of themselves." Dozens are taking that chance: Thirty-two women have had the implant, and the Tennessee Department of Health will be performing vasectomies on 38 men. The ACLU isn't the only ruffled party. District Attorney Bryant Dunaway, who prosecutes White County cases, makes clear his office "doesn't support this order." A post at Above the Law points out Dunaway "got elected to get tough on crime ... and even he's willing to draw the line. He literally has nothing to lose by tacitly backing this insanity, so he deserves a lot of credit here." |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: What caused an increase in child labor in India?, Context: On 23 June 1757, the English East India Company defeated Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal, in the Battle of Plassey. The British thus became masters of east India (Bengal, Bihar, Orissa) – a prosperous region with a flourishing agriculture, industry and trade. This led to a large amount of children being forced into labour due to the increasing need of cheap labour to produce large numbers of goods. Many multinationals often employed children because that they can be recruited for less pay, and have more endurance to utilise in factory environments. Another reason many Indian children were hired was because they lack knowledge of their basic rights, they did not cause trouble or complain, and they were often more trustworthy. The innocence that comes with childhood was utilised to make a profit by many and was encouraged by the need for family income.
Student: | The British thus became masters of east India |
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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.
Sawai Man Singh Medical College, also known as SMS Medical College, is a medical college in Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It was established in 1947 and was the 15th centre for medical education in India.
Output: | sawai man singh medical college and controller associated hospital |
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