TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a question, along with a context passage. The passage will not have a direct answer to the question, but can include some information and a clue for the answer. Assuming you can only obtain information about one entity in the passage, your job is to determine whether information from the passage can be used to answer the question. Indicate your choice as `a` for Yes or `b` for No.
PROBLEM: Question: Who is the current president of the university  where Senior was conferred with the honour of becoming a Doctor of the University?  Passage:In 1980 Senior returned home from University in California, and went to work at the family’s restaurant business taking an interest in the development of Scarborough’s tourism industry, he co-founded a number of tourism groups including the South Bay Traders Association and Forum for Tourism. A keen mountain walker and climber Senior was an active member and Chairman of the Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team. In 2003 he was selected as a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Conservative Party, a career path not yet pursued. Senior is credited with launching Free Bay one of the first free public Wifi zones in Britain and was cosignatory to Scarborough’s urban renaissance programme the success of which helped win the town the title of most Enterprising Place in Europe 2010. Senior married his wife Nicola in 1984 at the Gibraltar Registry Office and they have a daughter Harriet, the family continue to operate their Scarborough based restaurant and property business sharing time between homes in North Yorkshire and Southern Spain, where Senior indulges his love of painting. In 2013 Senior was appointed to the post of Lifeboat Operations Manager, (LOM) RNLI at the Scarborough Station. The LOM is responsible for the smooth operation of the lifeboat station and crew. Her Majesty the Queen appointed Senior a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire MBE in the 2016 News Years Honours list. In July 2016 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull Professor Calie Pistorius conferred Senior with the honour of becoming a Doctor of the University (Honoris Causa). Earlier in 2016 Senior was invited to be a contributor to John Sentamu Archbishop of York's latest book, Agape Love Stories which was launched at St Michaels De BelfryChurch, York on 1 December 2016. The book contains a series of 22 contributions, including John Vavier and Richard Taylor father to Damilola Taylor the stories illustrate personal sacrifice and love in terms of there relationship to the Christian faith. Senior's contribution reflects on the ideal of being prepared to lay one's life down for one's friend, in the context of being a member of an RNLI Lifeboat crew. Senior uses the tragic Andrew McGeown incident of Feb 2015 to illustrate the bravery, courage and potential for personal sacrifice of all those involved .


SOLUTION: a

PROBLEM: Question: Did all of the countries that Ottwalt went through during exile have the same form of government? Passage:In 1933, Ottwalt and his wife, Waltraut, left Germany and went into exile in Denmark, then, by way of Czechoslovakia, ended up in the Soviet Union. Living in Moscow, Ottwalt wrote for the German exile magazine Internationale Literatur (published by Johannes R. Becher) and was an editor at Vegaar Bibliothek. He also wrote for the Deutsche Zentral Zeitung. In 1936, he and his wife were ensnared in the Stalinist purges and arrested by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD. He was charged with suspicion of espionage, sentenced to forced labor and deported to a gulag near Archangelsk. His wife was sentenced to forced labor in Kotlas. She was deported back to Germany in January 1941 and didn't learn about his death until January 1958, when the Soviet Red Cross informed her that her husband had died on 24 August 1943.


SOLUTION: b

PROBLEM: Question: What is the population of the country where Junoon released their first successful international album in 1997? Passage:Pioneers of Sufi rock with an original sound, they achieved success during the early 1990s. Its members were signed to major record label EMI Records and afterwards released their self-titled debut album Junoon in 1991. After two years, the band recorded their second album Talaash (1993) with their new bassist Brian O'Connell after Nusrat Hussain left the band. The release of their second album began to create a cult following for the band. In 1996, Junoon released their third album Inquilaab, and it was only then that Junoon developed a nationwide fan following, with blending rock guitars and bluesy vocals with Eastern elements like the use of tablas, raga-inspired melodies, traditional Pakistani folk music, and Eastern-inspired poetry. The following year, the band recorded the critically acclaimed Azadi (1997), being the band's first international record deal, and making it Junoon's debut album in neighbouring India. The band went on to record and release Parvaaz in 1999. The band found renewed success and popularity starting with 2001's Andaz and through 2003's Dewaar and their supporting tours. Junoon celebrated their 25th anniversary by releasing their eighth studio album titled Door in 2016.


SOLUTION:
b