Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: Stacy got up quickly after she accepted the job offer to shake the interviewer 's hand . In her excitement , she ripped the seam of her skirt . While her new employer laughed off the incident , Stacy was in dire straits : She had only that and one other skirt to carry her through to her next pay check . She proceeded to thread the bobbin with the correct colored thread . She flipped the skirt inside out , and then proceeded to combine the two edges of the skirt that she wanted to rejoin . She proceeded to push the lever on the machine , and the needle slowly bobbed up and down through the woolen fabrics . Once the skirt was clear , she cut the excess thread and turned the skirt outward . She would survive professionally for another two weeks . Question: The skirt was run through what? Option1: the sewing machine Option2: washing machine
Output (English): the sewing machine