In this task, you're given a context passage, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer to a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

Q: I recently made spaghetti for dinner. I first got out a large pot, filled it with water, and placed it on a burner turned up to high heat. I also put a dash of salt into the water, since this is supposed to help it boil more quickly. While this heated, I grabbed a box of dry pasta and measured out the amount that I wanted into another container. I poured the pasta into the water once it was boiling. I allowed the pasta to boil for 8 minutes, according to the directions of the pasta box. I set a timer to prevent overcooking. One the timer went off, I stopped it, turned off the burner, and put on oven mitts. I also placed a colander into the sink. While wearing the oven mitts, I poured the pasta and water into the colander. I then removed the colander from the sink and placed the pasta into a bowl so that it was ready to have sauce added to it. 
Question: why are they cooking it?

A: To eat
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Q: Alex acted on Ash's anger and smashed the delicate china bowl. 
Question: How would Alex feel afterwards?

A: regretful they broke the bowl
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Q: So I finally got around to fixing my clothes dryer yesterday . It cost me $ 20 and about 8 minutes of labor . It's been a few weeks , but since the weather has been fairly scorching for most of that , I've been drying my clothes on a line . In Michigan , though , the weather turns a corner real quick . 
Question: What might be different if the weather wasn't warm ?

A:
They would have fixed the dryer sooner
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