TASK DEFINITION: You will be given three sentences. Read them, then identify a noun phrase (person, place, or thing) or event that is shared between all three sentences. As the output, write the span of the text corresponding to that phrase in each sentence. Keep the order of the sentences, that is, your answer should look like: 1: *a phras from sentence 1e* 2: *a phras from sentence 2* 3: *a phrase from sentence 3*
PROBLEM: 1: Even as international aid pours into the country , overwhelmed hospitals are lacking vital medical supplies , people remain buried in the wreckage of buildings and rescuers are struggling to reach hard-hit rural areas near the quake 's epicenter . 2: Roads are shut now to some of those villages , so we can only imagine how long it will take to get there ,  Darvas said Monday . 3: Shattered villages near epicenter are hard to reach , says aid worker in the area .

SOLUTION: 1: hard-hit rural areas near the quake 's epicenter 2: those villages 3: Shattered villages near epicenter

PROBLEM: 1: ( The Hollywood Reporter ) Sam Simon , the nine-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer who helped develop  The Simpsons ,  made millions after leaving the show in 1993 and then donated his riches to charity , has died , his foundation announced on Facebook . 2: Tired of the grind , Simon exited the show in 1993 after four seasons but worked out a deal tied to home video sales that he said paid him  tens of millions  every year . 3: Sam Simon helped create  The Simpsons ,  oversaw first four seasons .

SOLUTION: 1: Sam Simon , the nine-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer who helped develop `` The Simpsons 2: Simon 3: Sam Simon

PROBLEM: 1: Britain 's broadcasters , keen to channel lively politics onto prime time TV and boost ratings , have been working the corridors of power themselves over the past year to try to nail down a repeat -- or two -- of the 2010 knockabout . 2: No one seems to be budging but both of the UK 's largest parties could use the bump in the polls such a debate might bring . 3: Election TV debates only arrived in the UK in 2010 .

SOLUTION:
1: Britain 2: UK 3: UK