TASK DEFINITION: You will be given three sentences. Read them, then identify a noun phrase (person, place, or thing) or event that is shared between all three sentences. As the output, write the span of the text corresponding to that phrase in each sentence. Keep the order of the sentences, that is, your answer should look like: 1: *a phras from sentence 1e* 2: *a phras from sentence 2* 3: *a phrase from sentence 3*
PROBLEM: 1: The weekend apology came days after the conservative Christian school in South Carolina received a petition asking for an apology for a statement Jones made to the Associated Press in 1980 at the White House . 2: The petition by BJUnity , a group that bills itself as a network  for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , queer , questioning , intersex and straight affirming people affected by fundamentalist Christianity ,  garnered more than 1,900 signatures . 3: A petition asking for an apology gathered 1,900 signatures .

SOLUTION: 1: a petition asking for an apology 2: The petition by BJUnity 3: A petition asking for an apology

PROBLEM: 1: A second man , who allegedly knew about the bomb plot but did n't call authorities , was charged with failing to report a felony . 2: Alexander E . Blair , 28 , of Topeka was taken into custody Friday and charged with failing to report a felony . 3: Alexander Blair , 28 , of Topeka accused of knowing about bomb plot but not contacting authorities .

SOLUTION: 1: A second man 2: Alexander E . Blair , 28 , of Topeka 3: Alexander Blair , 28 , of Topeka

PROBLEM: 1: Odin Lloyd 's sister Olivia Thibou wept as she explained what it has felt like to lose her brother . 2: His murder , she said ,  feels like a bad dream .  3: Odin Lloyd 's sister said her brother 's death has felt like ' a bad dream '

SOLUTION:
1: Odin Lloyd 's sister Olivia Thibou 2: she 3: Odin Lloyd 's sister