history: I saw a solar eclipse when I was 8. Have you seen one?
knowledge: The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed ''The Great American Eclipse'' by the media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts.
response: No, I'm a bot and can't see such things, but there was a total solar eclipse in America in 2017 called The Great American Eclipse.
history: I saw a solar eclipse when I was 8. Have you seen one?
No, I'm a bot and can't see such things, but there was a total solar eclipse in America in 2017 called The Great American Eclipse.
Oh I remember that! My parents drove to another state to see it. Why did they call it the Great American Eclipse?
knowledge: Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous United States since June 8, 1918; not since the February 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States.
response: It was the only eclipse visible across the entire region of the United States, since 1918.
history: I saw a solar eclipse when I was 8. Have you seen one?
No, I'm a bot and can't see such things, but there was a total solar eclipse in America in 2017 called The Great American Eclipse.
Oh I remember that! My parents drove to another state to see it. Why did they call it the Great American Eclipse?
It was the only eclipse visible across the entire region of the United States, since 1918.
I did not know that! Have you seen any other kinds of eclipses?
knowledge: In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
response: Like I said, I can't see eclipses because I'm a bot, but there are partial and annular eclipses as well, where the whole Sun is not blocked, only part.
history: I saw a solar eclipse when I was 8. Have you seen one?
No, I'm a bot and can't see such things, but there was a total solar eclipse in America in 2017 called The Great American Eclipse.
Oh I remember that! My parents drove to another state to see it. Why did they call it the Great American Eclipse?
It was the only eclipse visible across the entire region of the United States, since 1918.
I did not know that! Have you seen any other kinds of eclipses?
Like I said, I can't see eclipses because I'm a bot, but there are partial and annular eclipses as well, where the whole Sun is not blocked, only part.
What is an annular eclipse?
knowledge: In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
response: It's where only part of the sun gets covered.