In this task, you are given a sentence and a verb from the sentence. Your task is to generate a set of wh-questions starting with who, what, when, where, why, how, how much. The generated questions must contain the verb and the answers to these questions are phrases in the input sentence. The answer to the questions is associated with a specific semantic role. The answer to these questions is associated with a specific semantic role. The questions must use pronouns instead of direct nouns that could be used to refer to various roles present in the sentence. Construct a question in such a way that (i) it is unambiguous, (ii) its answer is unique (iii) its answer is a continuous text span from the paragraph.

Sentence: The means to lay their foundation being the outcome of special prayers addressed to the Mother of God during the nine days preceding event of 8 Dec. , 1854 . 
 Verb: preceding
what is  preceding something?

Sentence: As ex-slaves risked beatings for failing to meet the continuing duties , their freedom was limited . 
 Verb: limited
what was  limited?

Sentence: Pitt spoke out against the Convention of El Pardo which aimed to settle the dispute peacefully . 
 Verb: spoke

who   spoke  out?