Task: Question Generation
Input (English): Context: John Smith was elected president of Jamestown on September 10 , 1608 . A brash and boldly self - confident figure , Smith brought years of soldiering experience to the Virginia venture . While fighting the Turks in Transylvania , he was wounded , captured , and sold , he claimed , into slavery in Turkey . Smith reported that he eventually escaped with the assistance of a Turkish woman who had fallen in love with him .
Output (English): WHat happened before John 's story ?