This task involves annotating the answer type to a given question that involve some kind of complex reasoning (including numerical reasoning). Note that the questions require looking at more than one part of the passage to answer. There are 3 possible answer types (i) spans, (ii) numbers and (iii) dates. If the answer can be found in the passage, label it as "span". If the answer is a number, label as "number". Similarly, label "date" if you think the answer to the given question is a date.

Ex Input:
Passage: He represented the Liberal party at the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) 1886-1888 and again in 1892-1898.  He was Minister of Labour (1898–1899, 1900–1902, 1902–1903), a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (1899–1900), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1905 and 1905–1907), Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1907–1908), and Minister of Education and Church Affairs (1915–1920). In 1905 became the  prime minister in Stockholm. He was chair of the Norwegian government of Christian Michelsen. In October 1907, Løvland took over as Norwegian Prime Minister when Michelsen resigned. Løvland resigned the position in March 1908.
Question: How many titles did he hold that lasted for more than a couple of years?

Ex Output:
number


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Passage: François Jarret, of Saint-Chef in the department of Isère in France, joined the company of his uncle Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur to battle the Iroquois in New France .  They arrived there in August 1665, and on 17 September 1669 Jarret married the twelve-year-old Marie Perrot in Île d'Orléans.  He was awarded a land grant on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River on 29 October 1672 in a seigneury called Verchères, and thereafter continued to increase his land holdings.  The couple was to have twelve children, the fourth of whom was Marie-Madeleine, born in Verchères on 3 March 1678 and baptised that 17 April. The seigneury underwent periodic Iroquois raids.  In 1690 the matron of Verchères took command of a successful defense against an Iroquois assault on the stockade there.  By 1692 the Iroquois had killed the Jarrets' son François-Michel and two successive husbands of their daughter Marie-Jeanne. Before she performed this courageous act, she usually worked in the family field during her spare time.
Question: How many years passed between the arrival of François Jarret and the death of his son at the hands of the Iroquis?

Ex Output:
number


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Passage: As of the census of 2000, there were 49,129 people, 18,878 households, and 13,629 families residing in the county.  The population density was 88 people per square mile (34/km2).  There were 21,779 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile (15/km2).  The racial makeup of the county was 74.4% Race (United States Census), 20.4% Race (United States Census) or Race (United States Census), 0.60% Race (United States Census), 1.1% Race (United States Census), 0.15% Race (United States Census), 1.3% from Race (United States Census), and 2.2% from two or more races.  3.4% of the population were Race (United States Census) or Race (United States Census) of any race. 2.85% of the population reported speaking Spanish language at home, while 1.51% speak German language.
Question: Which was spoken more, German or Spanish?

Ex Output:

span