TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.
PROBLEM: She appeared on Blue Peter doing an impression of Esther Rantzen; she also appeared in other CBBC programmes and was a backing singer on Chris Jarvis 's 1997 charity single Glasses. She was then on TV screens in 1998 in Kay Mellor 's comedy drama about women's football, Playing the Field. Stephenson also appeared in the last two episodes of ITV1's adaptation of Catherine Cookson 's A Dinner of Herbs in which _she_ played the adult Kate Roystan who falls in love with the son of the woman who murdered her grandfather. <sep>, Pronoun: she <sep>, A: Stephenson <sep>, B: Catherine Cookson

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: The PageTurner Awards were put on hold in 2008 to focus on Patterson's new initiative, ReadKiddoRead.com, which helps parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books for their children. The social networking site for ReadKiddoRead is hosted by Ning. Horror novelist Stephen King has dismissed Patterson's bibliography as made up of dopey thrillers, and in one interview called _him_ a terrible writer. <sep>, Pronoun: him <sep>, A: Stephen King <sep>, B: Patterson

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: Different theories can be found in almost all of the books written about Vandalia over the years. In her book Vandalia: Wilderness Capital of Lincoln's Land, Mary Burtschi tells of a conversation between one of the original surveyors of the town and a Vandalia resident. The surveyor, Colonel Greenup, explained that Van was suggested by one of the men. _He_recommended this as an abbreviation to the word vanguard meaning the forefront of an advancing movement. <sep>, Pronoun: He <sep>, A: Colonel Greenup <sep>, B: Van

SOLUTION:
A