SlowGuess/ACL_2020_OCR huggingface dataset:
How to Enjoy Life As a Teen. Are high school days equal to the "best years of your life"? Maybe not, but you can learn to make the most of your high school days. _______1 Whether it's having a computer, having friends, having a good supply of food, a bed to sleep on, family that loves you, having a decent education or simply being born in this world. Be happy, and life will reward you. Remember that these are the last few years you will be able to enjoy yourself without having to worry about the responsibility of an adult, but make sure you prepare yourself for when you do become one. Choose your friends wisely. Unlike what many articles state, you don't have to be popular and have a gazillion friends to be happy. _______2 Try to have friends that like you who you are, not just because you are wearing a certain brand of shoes or something like that. These are people who shop at the same store as you; not someone who will sympathize with you when your dog dies. _______3 Participating in clubs, activities, and sports increases your chances of meeting new friends. While you only need 4 or 5 close friends, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to meet new people. Participating gives you something to do instead of sitting bored at home and wallowing in self-pity. You can pursue interests you enjoy. Video games, for example, are good if you're the type who can get into that kind of thing. Use your "hobby time" either to gain practical skills for college apps, job resumes, and scholarships or get into something else in the creative field like painting or dance. _______4 Work at a job you can enjoy. Working is a great way to gain experience and to meet other people. When you do get out of college, interviewing companies will look at your prior work experience. _______5 If you can't find work, especially in this hard economic time, volunteer or make your own job.
A. Remember that the point of life is for you to enjoy it.
B. In fact, many of the "friends" you have when you are popular are not true friends.
C. Learn to appreciate small things.
D. Be sociable.
E. This will look great on your resume.
F. This is the time to start developing passions.
G. You should also find a hobby that is meaningful or practical.
Answers:  $1\to \mathrm{C}$ $2\to \mathrm{B}$ $3\to \mathrm{D}$ $4\to \mathrm{F}$ $5\to \mathrm{E}$  (A and G are distractors)
Discussion: Both A and G are strong distractors especially for 4. Both of them overlap on key words, and do fit in the local context, though they are less coherent w.r.t F (which doesn't have any overlapping words) when placed in the broader narrative.
Table 12: Examples with strong distractors
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The demand for ways to improve memory is higher in students than it is in adults. Students often come across new knowledge in different areas that they need to store for exams. _______1 Here are three effective ways to improve your memory as a student. _______2 Research shows that learning activities that take more than two hours without a break are less productive when compared to those that take one hour or 30 minutes. Students are likely to remember things they learn over a short period of time. Make sure you take breaks between learning sessions to help improve your memory. Try to relax. Relaxing should be an essential part of your learning process. Scientists have proven that stronger and lasting memories can be achieved when a person relaxes. _______3 Deep breathing is one of the most popular relaxation techniques. Establish a quiet environment and find a comfortable position. Then go through a deep breathing process for at least 15 minutes. Train the brain Students should give their brains a workout in order to improve their memory. At times the brain needs the right stimulation to keep growing and developing. You need to come up with a brain boosting activity that is suitable for you. _______4 Write a short story and then try to use seven to nine words to describe it. You can also do games and puzzles to help improve your memory. _______5 The techniques discussed above will help you to improve your memory significantly.
A. Distribute learning.
B. Enrich learning activities.
C. Some students suffer with memory problems.
D. Like a muscle memory can stretch and grow with a workout.
E. For instance you can prepare a list of items and try to memorize them.
F. You need to use different relaxation techniques in order to improve your memory.
G. In summary a good memory is an important advantage to any student who wants to improve his or her grades.
Answers:  $1\to \mathrm{C}$ $2\to \mathrm{A}$ $3\to \mathrm{F}$ $4\to \mathrm{E}$ $5\to \mathrm{G}$  (B and D are distractors)
Discussion: The candidate F can actually go into three possible blanks and fit well into their context - Blanks 1, 3 and 5. This can be seen from the several overlapping phrases/paraphrases F shares with all three, as shown by the three colors (one per concept). However, G (which starts with the phrase In summary, can only fit into Blank 5. A is also difficult to place in any blank other than Blank 1. Hence, candidate F has to be placed into Blank 3.
Table 13: Examples which require multi-blank logic
A. Studying their language.
B. That would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program.
C. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that you're a foreigner.
D. Set up your bank account so you can use it there, get an insurance, and find an apartment.
E. It'll be helpful to read the most important points in their history and to read up on their culture.
F. A lot of preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you.
G. Packing your clothes.
Discussion: Blank 3 is the easiest to solve, since Studying their language is a near-paraphrase of Knowing even the basics of the language. Blank 2 needs to be reasoned out by Inference - specifically  $E$  can be inferred from the previous sentence. Note however that  $C$  is also a possible inference from the previous sentence - it is only after reading the entire context, which seems to be about learning various aspects of a country, that  $E$  seems to fit better. Blank 1 needs to be reasoned out by Summary  $\rightarrow$  it requires understanding several later sentences and abstracting out that they all refer to lots of preparations. Finally, Blank 5 can be mapped to B by inferring that people thinking all your countrymen are foolish is bad, while Blank 4 is a easy WordMatch on apartment to D.
Latest news and comment on Street art from guardian.co.uk... _______ 1 You can find it on buildings sidewalks street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the works of street artist. Street art started out very secretly because it was illegal to paint on public and private property without permission. _______ 2 Some think it is a crime and others think it is a very beautiful new form of culture. Art experts claim that the street art movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults painted words and other images on the walls and trains. This colorful style of writing became known as graffiti whose art showed that young people wanted to rebel against society. Street artists do their work for different reasons. _______ 3 They choose street art because it is closer to the people. Some artists try to express their political opinion in their work. Others like to do things that are forbidden and hope they don't caught. Advertising companies also use street art in their ads because it gives people the impressions of youth and energy. _______ 4 Artists can show their pictures to an audience all over the world. Many city residents however say that seeing a picture on the Internet is never as good as seeing it alive. _______ 5. There it will continue to change and grow
A. Street art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world.
B. Today the Internet has a big influence on street art.
C. With the development of science and technology different art styles come into the Internet.
D. The street art movement lives with the energy and life of a big city.
E. People often have different opinions about street art.
F. Street art used to be illegal but now has become popular.
G. Some of them do not like artists who make so much money in galleries and museums.
$1\to \mathrm{A}$  (Summary),  $2\to \mathrm{E}$  (Inference),  $3\to \mathrm{G}$  (Inference),  $4\to \mathrm{B}$  (Inference),  $5\to \mathrm{D}$  (Inference) (C and F are distractors)
Discussion: Blank 1 requires an answer which makes an overall broad statement to introduce the topic. Working backwards, this requires summarizing or finding a broad topic given the latter sentences.
Table 14: Representative examples with diverse reasoning types
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