Task: Question Answering
Input (English): passage: The growing desire for Irish self-governance led to the Irish War of Independence after the First World War, which resulted in most of Ireland seceding from the Union and forming the Irish Free State in 1922. Northern Ireland remained part of the United Kingdom, and the state was consequently renamed the ``United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''.
 question: was ireland ever part of the united kingdom?
Output (English): Yes