Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: John tries to eat some pasta but all of the noodles were hard and crunchy . John 's sister told him that he had to cook the pasta to make it soft so you could eat it . She told him to get a big pot of water and put it on the stove . Next she told him to carefully turn the fire on under the pot . John was extra careful because he did not want to burn himself . She told John to pour the hard pasta into the water after it starts bubbling from the heat . She told John to set a timer for 12 minutes and to stir the noodles in the pot every few minutes . While the pasta was cooking , John 's sister told him to open a can of tomato sauce to pour on the pasta when it was done . After the time was up John dumped the pasta water out and poured the sauce on the pasta . He thought it was delicious and he offered some to his sister for helping him learn how to cook it . Question: What was being let cool down? Option1: The pasta. Option2: The water
Output (English): The pasta.