Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: After a lot of discussion with my friends , we decided on the party 's theme of under the sea . I went out to a party store to browse and buy party items that matched the theme idea , including invitations . I found all the items I was looking for and then some , including a pack of 150 invitation cards . We came up with a list of about 100 people that we wanted to invite to the party . At least I had enough extra cards in case I messed up some . Needless to say , it was a long and tedious task that was finally completed after a few days . I went to the mail to ship them out and was n't happy about the waiting or how much they charged for postage . Question: Who fill them out? Option1: The friends Option2: the author
Output (English): the author