TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM:  'The Dream of Gerontius' is the 1900 work of which English composer?

SOLUTION: the dream of gerontius

PROBLEM: Which striped or checked cotton cloth takes its name from the Malay word for striped?

SOLUTION: cotton

PROBLEM: Which country had a parliament called the Duma?

SOLUTION:
state duma