TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM: Name Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film as director?

SOLUTION: alfred hitchcock

PROBLEM: Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who?

SOLUTION: doctor who

PROBLEM: Who began a collaboration with Walt Disney in 1945 to make the Academy Award-nominated short cartoon, Destino, that was released in 2003, after his death in 1989?

SOLUTION:
destino