Generate a topic word for the given sentence. A topic word is usually the name of a person, place, animal, concept or object the sentence is focusing on.

Q: a member of parliament (mp) is a person in the united kingdom or in canada who represents the people of an area (called a "constituency") in the house of commons.

A: member of parliament
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Q: eric s. raymond (often called esr; born 4 december 1957) is an american writer and computer programmer.

A: eric s. raymond
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Q: malik barkat ali (april 1885 - 5 april 1946) was an indian politician, lawyer and journalist.

A:
malik barkat ali
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