TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM: Which Dickens novel is subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress?

SOLUTION: charles dickens

PROBLEM: Who is the most famous cartoon creation of Chester Gould?

SOLUTION: chester gould

PROBLEM: The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 1987, Babette's Feast, was set in, and filmed by, what country?

SOLUTION:
babette's feast