TASK DEFINITION: In this task, five ordered key facts are given. All the given facts are expressed in natural language. Your job is to generate a story 100 to 1000 words long, that includes all the facts given as input in their order of appearance while expanding upon them to produce a broader, yet coherent, narrative.
PROBLEM: Fact1: praying mantis trapped in ice for millions of years Below begins to stir melting polar ice caps, Fact2: military station in northern Canada monitors information gathered from Distant Early Warning Line, Fact3: time finds five-foot-long pointed object in snow, Fact4: Joe takes it to General Mark Ford at Continental Air Defense in Colorado Springs, Fact5: Ned Marge and Joe track bug 's progress with help of military and civilian observers

SOLUTION: In the South Seas, a volcano explodes, eventually causing North Pole icebergs to shift. Below the melting polar ice caps, a 200footlong praying mantis, trapped in the ice for millions of years, begins to stir. Soon after, the military personnel at Red Eagle One, a military station in northern Canada that monitors information gathered from the Distant Early Warning Line, realize that the men at one of their outposts are not responding to calls. Commanding officer Col. Joe Parkman Craig Stevens flies there to investigate, and finds the post destroyed, its men gone, and giant slashes left in the snow outside. When a radar blip is sighted, Joe sends his pilots out to investigate, but their intended target disappears. Soon an Air Force plane is attacked by the deadly mantis. He searches the wreckage, and this time, in addition to the huge slashes, finds a fivefootlong pointed object in the snow. He takes it to General Mark Ford Donald Randolph at the Continental Air Defense CONAD in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ford gathers top scientists, including Professor Anton Gunther Florenz Ames }, to examine the object, but when they cannot identify it, Gunther recommends calling in Dr. Nedrick Jackson William Hopper, a paleontologist at the Museum of Natural History. When Ned gets the call from Ford, he is helping museum magazine editor Marge Blaine Alix Talton plan her next issue, and dodges her questions as she begs him for a big scoop. Later, after examining the object, Ned recognizes it as a tornoff spur from an insects leg, and soon guesses, from evidence that the creature ate human flesh, that it must be a gigantic praying mantis. Meanwhile, in the Arctic, the people of an Eskimo village spot the mantis in the sky, and although they hurry to their boats to escape, it swoops down and kills several men. Ned is sent to Red Eagle One to investigate further, and upon leaving, discovers that Marge has managed to get permission to accompany him as his photographer. They reach the base, where all the men, including Joe, are smitten by Marge. That night, Marge and Joe join Ned in his office and discuss the creature, not realizing that it is drawing close to the office window. Marge suddenly catches sight of it and screams, and the bug attacks the building. Although the full unit opens fire on the mantis with automatic rifles and a flamethrower, it is unscathed and moves away only after planes encircle it. Hours later, the base remains on red alert, but they finally hear that the bug has attacked a boat off the Canadian coast, which means, Ned calculates, that it is flying at a speed of 200 miles an hour. Ford calls a press conference to announce the bugs existence, and asks the Ground Observer Corps to track its whereabouts. Over the next few days, Ned, Marge and Joe track the bugs progress with the help of military and civilian observers. Late one night, Joe drives Marge home, stopping briefly to ask for, and receive, a kiss. They are distracted by a report of a nearby train wreck, and although they assume it to be an ordinary accident, soon after, a woman leaving a bus sees the mantis, and all emergency personnel are put on alert. The mantis is then sighted in Washington, D.C., atop the Washington Monument. Joe is one of the pilots who attempt to drive the mantis toward the sea, but a dense fog throws him off course, and he flies directly into it. As the wounded mantis drops to the ground and crawls into the Manhattan Tunnel, Joe safely parachutes to the ground. Ford leads a team that seals off the tunnel, filling it with smoke to provide cover for Joe and his special unit of men, who enter the tunnel armed with rifles and three chemical bombs. They creep past wrecked cars until suddenly the bug appears in the fog only a few yards ahead of them. They shoot at it, but it lumbers on, forcing them backward. The mantis seems immune to the ammunition and the first chemical bombs until, only feet from the tunnel entrance, Joe throws a bomb in its face, and it collapses, dead. Later, Ford, Ned, Joe and Marge enter the tunnel to examine the bug. Marge photographs its face while the men walk around its side, but Joe suddenly sees the mantis arm move, and runs to protect Marge. Although Ned explains that the bugs movement was merely an autonomic reflex, Joe takes the opportunity to pull Marge into an embrace.

PROBLEM: Fact1: Prudent had hired them to look for evidence of eruption, Fact2: airship had broadcast biblical passage over voice amplifier stirring religious fears among citizenry of nearby town, Fact3: Robur has been traversing globe with goal of forcing peace on world by virtue of superior military capabilities, Fact4: Strock appears at times to side with Robur, Fact5: ship is anchored to shoreline of island for repairs

SOLUTION: A man known only as Robur Price, shoots down and takes on board his flying ship Prudent Hull, his daughter Dorothy Webster, her fiance Evans Frankham, all of whom were exploring a volcanic crater in their hot air balloon, along with US government agent Strock Bronson, who had hired them to look for evidence of an eruption. The supposed eruption was caused by Robur working on his airship, who had also inadvertently broadcast a biblical passage over a voice amplifier, stirring religious fears among the citizenry of the nearby town. Robur has been traversing the globe in his airship, the Albatross, with a goal of forcing peace on the world by virtue of his superior military capabilities. He has a loyal crew of likeminded, equally fanatical idealists. The captives learn how his ship operates, and about his technical advances, including generation of electrical power by crossing lines of magnetic force presumably created by the earths own magnetic field. The captives wish to escape, but dont fully trust Strock, who appears at times to side with Robur. After saving Evans life, Strock explains that his oath of loyalty to Robur was insincere, and that as a captive, he feels no compunction to behave as a gentleman. After the airship is seriously damaged by a storm, the captives manage to rig the gunpowder in the airships armory to explode, while the ship is anchored to the shoreline of an island for repairs. All escape down the anchor line except Strock, who follows while being shot at by the crew. First Strock, then Evans, work at cutting the anchor line, finally releasing the airship, which is damaged beyond repair moments later when the gunpowder explodes. Robur orders his crew to abandon ship, but they choose to ignore his final order, and gather in his quarters while he reads from Isaiah 2:4 the wellknown swords into plowshares passage, reminding them of their pledge to try to rid the world of war. The ship, along with Robur and his crew, crashes into the ocean and explodes, while the captives watch, injured but alive, from the shore.

PROBLEM: Fact1: Alexander Grady is chosen to represent United States of America in international martial arts tournament against Team Korea despite shoulder injury, Fact2: shoulder injury forced him into retirement, Fact3: Tommy Lee chosen for is team, Fact4: team Coached by prepares to meet unstoppable group of true martial arts experts veteran trainer Frank Couzo, Fact5: Americans Along have to deal with personal conflicts and tragedies journey

SOLUTION:
Alexander Grady, a widower and father of a fiveyearold son, Walter, is chosen to represent the United States of America in an international martial arts tournament against Team Korea, despite a shoulder injury that once forced him into retirement. Also chosen for the team is Tommy Lee, a man seeking revenge against a member of Team Korea for the death of his brother during a previous tournament. The rest of Team USA consists of Travis Brickley, an extremely brash fighter with a short fuse; Virgil Keller, a devout Buddhist; and Sonny Grasso, a streetwise fighter from Detroit. Coached by veteran trainer Frank Couzo, the team prepares to meet an unstoppable group of true martial arts experts. Their chances of winning are virtually nonexistent, as the Koreans train all year long and are known as the best the sport has to offer. Along their journey, the Americans have to deal with their personal conflicts and tragedies, before they become a team. When the tournament starts, Virgil and Sonny are out classed by their Korean opponents. Travis does his best to psyche up the team with his brash attitude leading to a sudden death tiebreaking challenge with his opponent. Couzo invites Alexs family to motivate him to win; however, his shoulder is severely reinjured during his bout. Instead of giving up, he implores Tommy to pop the shoulder back into place and resumes the fight with one arm, ultimately defeating his opponent. Finally, Tommy faces the captain of the Korean team, Dae Han, the man responsible for the death of his brother. After a slow start, Tommy gets the upper hand and delivers a series of moves that forces Dae Han solely on the defensive. As the match nears its end, Tommy has brought the American team within two points of outright victory. Consumed with vengeance, Tommy prepares to end the fight, but realizing that the battered Dae Han would likely not survive the attack, Couzo orders Tommy to stand down, saving the mans life but forfeiting the victory as time expires. Couzo consoles Tommy afterwards, telling him, You won that match, dont ever forget that. At the medal ceremony, Dae Han approaches Tommy and praises him for his honorable act. He then apologizes for the death of Tommys brother, and in return offers himself as a brother to Tommy. Tommy accepts, and Dae Han hands over his medal before the two men embrace. The other members of Team Korea then follow suit, awarding their medals to their respective American opponents.