In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.

[Q]: (CNN) -- CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community has information that Russian artillery is firing into eastern Ukraine. The artillery pieces shown in the released footage are Russian M-46 130mm field guns with a range of a little over 16 miles. Why would the Russians do this? Simple -- this fits into their plan to support pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The end game? I believe it is the eventual absorption of that region into the Russian Federation. The area in red on the map is where much of the fighting between the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian rebels has been occurring over the last month. The separatists have downed several Ukrainian military aircraft in this area as the fighting raged. It is also the area in which Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in what most of us believe was a tragic case of mistaken identity and inept use of modern weaponry.U.S. intelligence officials say they believe Russian artillery is firing into eastern UkraineRick Francona says the artillery firing is a significant escalation by the RussiansHe says Vladimir Putin's concern is to protect the pro-Russian rebelsFrancona: Ultimately, Putin may claim territory in eastern Ukraine to 'protect' rebels 
 Questions:Over the past month, the Ukrainians have been successful in pushing the rebels into a pocket near the _ border. (A) CNN (B) Pentagon (C) Barbara Starr (D) U.S. (E) Russian (F) Ukraine (G) M-46 (H) pro-Russian (I) Ukrainian (J) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (K) Rick Francona (L) Vladimir Putin (M) Francona (N) Putin
[A]: (E)


[Q]: Phoenix (CNN) When President Donald Trump's aides said he wouldn't discuss a pardon of controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, he did it anyway. When they warned him against lashing Arizona's Republican senators by name, he made snide allusions to them instead. And when they insisted his statements about white supremacist violence required a re-do, he declared he was right the first time. For all of Trump's bluster at Tuesday evening's campaign rally -- against the media, Democrats, and some Republicans -- a rebuke of his own staff lay just beneath the surface, the latest indication that efforts to rein him in instead cause him to act out.Trump spoke for over an hour Tuesday, hitting the media members of both partiesAides had said he would not speak about Joe Arpaio 
 Questions:But there are still those who offer advice on muting _'s famously combative persona. (A) Phoenix (B) CNN (C) Donald Trump (D) Joe Arpaio (E) Arizona (F) Republican (G) Democrats (H) Republicans
[A]: (C)


[Q]: (CNN) So the recent report from the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office made it official -- Prince Rogers Nelson died in his residence April 21, 2016, from an accidental overdose of the prescribed opioid, fentanyl. He was 57. In the aftermath of the death of such an iconic figure we are experiencing a flurry of political activity as our elected leaders, both Republican and Democrat, hurry to pass some form of legislation that will help stem the tide of opioid-related death that claimed the lives of some 165,000 Americans from 2000-2014. Most of the proposals debated last week in Washington -- including the compromise package the House approved Friday -- aim at improving access to treatment for those who are already addicted.Chris Johnson says opioid addiction is rampant in U.S. Why?He says to grow market, pharmaceutical companies began pressing doctors to prescribe opioids for chronic painJohnson: Doctors, medical industry needs to focus more on 'patient outcome,' not 'patient experience' 
 Questions:By now, you know that the _ consumes 80% of the world's opioid painkillers while comprising just 5% of the world's population. (A) Midwest Medical Examiner's Office (B) Rogers Nelson (C) Republican (D) Democrat (E) Americans (F) Washington (G) House (H) Chris Johnson (I) U.S. (J) Johnson
[A]:
(I)