Given a sentence, generate a most likely context or previous statement. The previous statement should be relevant to the given statement.
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Question: In one of the lifeboats someone beats off panicked passengers with an oar.

Answer: People reunite in the crowd.


Question: Someone arches his brow and gives a hellish nod.

Answer: Jumping up someone stands over the Major.


Question: they stab and jab at each other with their swords.

Answer:
He is then shown with another person, fencing.