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: Happy 60th birthday to the Hercules -- the oldest continuously produced family of military planes in history . 2: Lockheed has been making these airplanes longer than the legendary B-52 bomber and the famous U2 spy jet . 3: Lockheed 's C-130 Hercules is the longest continuously produced military plane in history .

SOLUTION: 1: the Hercules -- the oldest continuously produced family of military planes 2: these airplanes 3: Lockheed 's C-130 Hercules

PROBLEM: 1:  I play because I love the game . 2: I love hitting people ,  he writes . 3:  I play because I love the game . I love hitting people ,  he says .

SOLUTION: 1: I 2: I 3: I

PROBLEM: 1: Washington ( CNN ) Rick Santorum says he'd hoped Indiana Gov . Mike Pence would veto the  fix  to his state 's religious freedom law rather than limiting its scope . 2: Santorum , the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania , who is likely to mount another presidential campaign in 2016 , said on CBS '  Face the Nation  on Sunday that Pence 's decision to sign a follow-up bill -- which made clear the law could n't be used to refuse services based on sexual orientation -- led to a  limited view  of religious freedom . 3: Santorum , a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate , weighs in on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence 's decision .

SOLUTION:
1: Rick Santorum 2: Santorum , the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania 3: Santorum , a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate