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: Dearing entered West Point in 1858 and resigned on April 22,1861 when Virginia seceded from the Union. Dearing was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign of 1865, making him one of the last officers to die in the war. Despite serving as a commander of a cavalry brigade and using the grade of brigadier general after _he_was nominated to that grade by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Dearing did not officially achieve the grade of brigadier general because the Confederate Senate did not approve his nomination. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Jefferson Davis <sep>, B: Dearing

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: Over time, Cannon has developed a series of substitution rules designed to maximize the team's performance. During the offseason, he plans to study what practice drills led to better game play. ``He thinks of things like that all the time that are completely out of the box,'' remarked Stevens. In _his_ first year at Butler, Cannon made a strong impression. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: Stevens <sep>, B: Cannon

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: Soviet-Israeli cyberneticist and dissident Yuri Levada (1930--2006) -- sociologist, political scientist and the founder of the Levada Center Jerzy Niezbrzycki (1902--1968) -- captain of the Polish Army Nikolai Pirogov (1810--1881) -- originally from Moscow, this Imperial Russian doctor, considered to be the founder of field surgery, spent the later years of _his_ life in Vinnytsia. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: Jerzy Niezbrzycki <sep>, B: Nikolai Pirogov

SOLUTION:
B