TASK DEFINITION: You are given a background paragraph that describes one or more causal or qualitative relationships such as a relationship in economics or a scientific law and a story that makes use of the concepts or the relationship described in the provided paragraph. You are also given a question about the story that requires an understanding of the relationship described in the background paragraph and the story. You need to come up with an answer to the given question; the answer will be a span from either the question or the story. In order to correctly answer the given question, you need to understand the relationship mentioned in the background paragraph and should be able to use it to understand that in the story. Your answer can not consist of any word that is not mentioned in any of these: the background paragraph, the story, or the question. You can directly copy and paste a span from the story or the question while answering the given question.
PROBLEM: Background Paragraph: Before iodized salt was developed, some people experienced a number of developmental difficulties, including problems with thyroid gland function and mental retardation. In the 1920s, we learned that these conditions could usually be treated easily with the addition of iodide anion to the diet. One easy way to increase iodide intake was to add the anion to table salt. This simple step greatly enhanced health and development. Large amounts of iodide ion are also found in seaweed such as kelp (see picture above) and saltwater fish. 
Story: People from two villages ate lots of salt. People from Salt village used regular salt, while people from Sand village people used iodized salt in their diets, after talking to specialists. 
Question: Which village had fewer people experience developmental difficulties?

SOLUTION: Sand.

PROBLEM: Background Paragraph: Storing large volumes of data – When storing XML to either file or database, the volume of data a system produces can often exceed reasonable limits, with a number of detriments: the access times go up as more data is read, CPU load goes up as XML data takes more power to process, and storage costs go up. By storing XML data in Fast Infoset format, data volume may be reduced by as much as 80 percent. 
Story: Robin had a busy day storing XML. At 5 AM, he stored 220 Gigabytes to the database. At 6 AM, he stored 330 Gigabytes to the database. At 7 AM, he stored 440 Gigabytes to the database. At 8 AM, he got breakfast. At 9 AM, he stored 550 Gigabytes to the database. At 10 AM, he stored 660 Gigabytes to the database. At 11 AM, she went to sleep to finish storing XML later that day. 
Question: What time did storage costs go up:  5 AM or 11 AM?

SOLUTION: 5 AM.

PROBLEM: Background Paragraph: Beginning in the late 1970’s, ozone depletion was recognized as a significant environmental issue. The most dramatic decrease in ozone occurs seasonally over the continent of Antarctica. The size and duration of the ozone hole steadily increased, with the largest hole recorded in 2006. Fortunately, most countries have recognized the danger of CFCs and dramatically curtailed their use in recent years. It is hoped that ozone depletion will slow and that the ozone layer may eventually be restored to its earlier levels. 
Story: Greg has been on an environmental awareness kick lately. He is trying to buy products that are good for the environment. While at the store, he stopped to look at some hair sprays. The Revlon brand he noticed has CFCs. The Sephora brand he noticed explicitly noted that it did not contain CFCs. 
Question: Which brand of hair spray will most likely cause a depletion of the ozone?

SOLUTION:
Revlon.