Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.

Q: Ashgabat is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic in Asia?

A: ashgabat
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Q: Who follows 'the eight fold path'?

A: noble eightfold path
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Q: Born in 1849, Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of which country?

A:
edmund barton
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