TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM: What city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War?

SOLUTION: confederate states of america

PROBLEM: The strongly featured character Alyson/Alys in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is better known as?

SOLUTION: the canterbury tales

PROBLEM: The song Burning Bridges by the Mike Curb Congregation is sung over the opening credits of which film?

SOLUTION:
burning bridges