Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: Rice is a very tasty side dish that can go with a lot of meals . It is not very difficult to make rice . I decided tonight I was going to have white rice with my meal I did n't have any rice at home so \ \ n I went to the grocery store a bought a bag of white rice . I had to get out a medium sized bowl to put the water in . Since I would be eating alone , I did not need a lot of rice so I was going to cook only 1 cup of the rice . I measured 1 3/4 cups water and placed the water in the pot . After I had the water in the pot I placed it on the stove for it to boil . I waited patiently for the rice to boil and then I added in my cup of rice . I quickly stirred the rice into the water . I let the rice simmer for about 18 minutes . After the 18 minutes was over , I took the pot containing the rice off the stove and let it set for another 5 minutes . \ \ nAfter the five minutes was up and used a fork to fluff the rice . Question: What did they know to use 1 3/4 water for? Option1: making mashed potatoes Option2: cooking the rice
Output (English): cooking the rice