Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: I love macaroni and cheese , actually shells and cheese are my favorite . I could eat them every day . I decided it was time to learn how to make them for myself , so I watched my mom as she was making dinner one night . I shook the box of pasta , and the hard shells rattled against the box . When the water started boiling mom added the pasta to the water and stirred it with a spoon . She set a timer on the stove for eight minutes to remind her to check on the pasta . She pulled a colander out of the cabinet and placed it in the sink . Finally the timer dinged , and she removed the boiling water and pasta from the stove and poured it into the colander . The water went through the tiny holes and left the cooked pasta in the bowl . Finally , Macaroni ! Question: It was a long eight minutes when who was hungry? Option1: Mom Option2: the writer
Output (English): the writer