Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context_1 : Peer Raben (3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer best known for his work with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Context_2 : Afghanistan–United States relations can be traced to 1921 but the first contact between the two occurred further back in the 1830s when the first recorded person from the United States was visiting Afghanistan. In the last decade, Afghan-American relations have become stronger than ever before. Afghanistan and the United States have a very strong and friendly strategic partnership. In 2012, relations became even closer when the President of the United States, Barack Obama declared Afghanistan a Major non-NATO ally. According to a 2012 BBC poll, the U.S. was the most favored country in Afghanistan. Context_3 : The University of Connecticut School of Law (commonly known as UConn Law) is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. The school was recently ranked 54th overall, and 51st by academic peer reputation, out of the 206 American Bar Association-accredited law schools in the United States by "U.S. News & World Report", while the evening program was recently ranked 11th in the country. The law school is located in Hartford, Connecticut. Considered a Public Ivy, the main campus of the University of Connecticut is located in Storrs and is considered one of the leading research universities in the United States. Context_4 : Lt. General Robert 'Bob' J. Winglass (born October 2, 1935) is an American politician from Maine. From 1957-1992, Winglass was a Senior Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Prior to his retirement, he was Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics at U.S Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., having achieved the rank of Lieutenant General. A Republican, Winglass served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1995-1998. He ran unsuccessfully for election in 2010 for District 62 in Auburn and was subsequently appointed Commissioner of Labor in the newly elected Paul LePage administration in June 2011. He resigned as labor commissioner in August 2012. Context_5 : In February 2011, a series of public employee protests began in the United States against proposed legislation which would weaken the power of labor unions. By March, eighteen states had proposed legislation which would remove some collective bargaining powers from unions, along with another five states which proposed legislation which would negatively affect unions. The protests occurred when public employee unions mounted protests against legislation proposed by Republican governors such as Scott Walker (Wisconsin), Rick Scott (Florida), Mitch Daniels (Indiana), Sean Parnell (Alaska), Rick Snyder (Michigan), John Kasich (Ohio), Paul LePage (Maine) and Jan Brewer (Arizona) which, among other things, would strip public employees of some collective bargaining rights as well as require higher employee contributions to pension and health care plans. The governors stated they needed these changes in order to cut state spending and balance the states' budgets. The protests began in Wisconsin, then spread to Indiana and Ohio, with unions around the country rallying to show their opposition to the proposed legislation. Several other states considered similar legislation. Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas prohibit formal Context_6 : Robert Lepage, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born December 12, 1957) is a French Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director, one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists. Context_7 : Philippines – United States relations (Filipino: "Ugnayang Pilipinas at Estados Unidos") are bilateral relations between the United States of America and its former colony, the Republic of the Philippines. The relationship between the United States and the Philippines has historically been strong and has been described as a Special Relationship. The current Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, however, is supportive of a foreign policy that is less dependent on the United States, favoring one that prioritizes closer relations with China instead. The Philippines is one of the oldest Asian partners of the U.S. and a strategically major non-NATO ally. The United States was consistently ranked as one of the Philippines' favorite nations in the world, with 90% of Filipinos viewing the U.S. and 91% viewing Americans favorably in 2002, 90% of Filipinos viewing U.S. influence positively in 2011, 85% of Filipinos viewing the U.S. and Americans favorably in 2013, and 92% of Filipinos viewing the U.S. favorably in 2015, and 94% having confidence in United States president, Barack Obama, making the Philippines the most pro-American country in the world. On October 20, 2016, the President of the Philippines announced a "separation" from the United States, both militarily and economically, in favor of alliances with China and Russia. Context_8 : This is a list of metropolitan areas in Northern America, typically defined to include Canada and the United States as well as Bermuda (UK), Greenland (Denmark), and St. Pierre and Miquelon (France). Northern America is sometimes listed separate from Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico due to cultural and economic differences between the two regions within North America and in fact most are considered part of Latin America. This list only includes those metropolitan areas in Canada and the United States as the other territories in Northern America lack sufficient population to have a metropolitan area. For Canada this list includes population of the metropolitan areas in the country as counted by both the 2001 and 2011 Canadian Censuses. For the United States the data comes from both the 2000 and 2010 United States Censuses. Using decennial census data from both countries allows for the opportunities to compare growth rates between metropolitan areas in both countries. Due to slight differences in how a metropolitan area is defined by both the U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics Canada, only metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) used in the United States and census metropolitan areas (CMAs) used in Canada are included in the table, while micropolitan statistical areas (µSAs) and census agglomerations (CAs) are not, as they are not defined as metropolitan areas by their respective agencies. Context_9 : Bullet (stylized as BULLET) is a 2014 action thriller film starring Danny Trejo as the title character and Jonathan Banks as the villain. The film was directed and co-written by Nick Lyon, with additional writing by Matthew Joynes, Ron Peer and Byron Lester, and was produced by Matthew Joynes and Robert Rodriguez. It follows an undercover police officer-turned-vigilante (Trejo) tracking down the crooks who kidnapped his grandson. Filming took place in Los Angeles, United States. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 25, 2014 in North America. Context_10 : The Jesusland map is an Internet meme created shortly after the 2004 U.S. presidential election that satirizes the red/blue states scheme by dividing the United States and Canada into "The United States of Canada" and "Jesusland". The map implies the existence of a fundamental political divide between contiguous northern and southern regions of North America, the former including both the socially liberal Canada and the West Coast, Northeastern, and Upper Midwestern states, and suggests that these states are closer in spirit to Canada than to the more conservative regions of their own country. (The meme ignores conservative regions of Canada that might not want to join the hypothetical new country.) The Freakonomics blog opined that the map reflected the "despair, division, and bitterness" of the election campaign and results. "Slate" also covered the image and posited that it might be the reason the Canadian immigration website received six times its usual page views the day after the election. fact_1 : Peer Raben (3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer best known for his work with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. fact_2 : Robert Lepage, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born December 12, 1957) is a French Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director, one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists. Question: Who was from a country closer to the United States of America, Peer Raben or Robert Lepage?
Output (English): Robert Lepage