Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: dying captain passes command to executive officer Alec Holmes, Fact2: transmitters were destroyed before call, Fact3: Holmes decides to get rid of old and injured ship 's nurse Julie White, Fact4: rest of survivors thank Holmes for saving them, Fact5: others with exceptions of Julie White and Edith Middleton distance themselves from Holmes actions
Output (English): The luxury liner SS Crescent Star sinks in seven minutes after striking a derelict mine in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, taking with her nearly all of the 1,156 people on board. Twentyseven of the survivors converge on a single lifeboat designed to accommodate only nine. The dying captain passes command to executive officer Alec Holmes. Holmes then learns from Sparks Clary, the ships radio operator, that both transmitters were destroyed before a call for help could be sent. Holmes decides to try to reach the nearest land, Africa, 1,500 miles away. With a major storm approaching, Frank Kelly warns Holmes that the overloaded boat will be swamped unless some of the passengers are jettisoned. The mortally injured Kelly then sacrifices himself by jumping overboard. Holmes decides to get rid of the old and injured, over the shocked protests of his girlfriend, ships nurse Julie White. When he orders Will McKinley to dispose of an unconscious woman, McKinley obeys, then jumps in after her. One by one, Holmes sends others to certain death, until there are 15 left aboard. Edith Middleton observes that an atomic scientist, a brilliant playwright, and a famous former opera singer have been sacrificed to save two apemen, a racketeer, and a devout coward. Passenger Michael Faroni demands Holmes go back for the others. When Holmes refuses, Faroni seriously wounds him in the shoulder with a switchblade and is in turn shot dead with a flare gun. The lightened lifeboat weathers the storm and the rest of the survivors thank Holmes for saving them. Realising he is now a liability due to his wound, Holmes throws himself overboard, but Julie brings him back aboard. Then, they spot a ship. As it comes to pick them up, the others, with the exceptions of Julie White and Edith Middleton, quickly distance themselves from Holmes actions.