The task is to read a passage and convert numbers in their text forms into digit forms. The text numbers can be used to represent Quantity, Dates and Time, Addresses or Positions.

Q: and walked directly to the terminal, he would have entered the cab at twelve:forty seven or twelve:forty eight p.m.

A: and walked directly to the terminal, he would have entered the cab at 12:47 or 12:48 p.m.
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Q: In eighteen fifty Sir George Grey brought forward a new motion to the same effect,

A: In 1850 Sir George Grey brought forward a new motion to the same effect,
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Q: In England about this time, an attempt was made (notably by Caslon, who started business in London as a type founder in seventeen twenty)

A:
In England about this time, an attempt was made (notably by Caslon, who started business in London as a type founder in 1720)
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