This task involves creating questions from a given passage that involve some kind of complex reasoning (including numerical reasoning). 
The generated questions must require looking at more than one part of the passage to answer. Try to use a variety of reasoning types in your questions (some of the sample reasoning types are illustrated in the 'positive examples' field) and also have a variety of answer types (spans, numbers, dates). A span is a continuous phrase taken directly from the passage or question. In such questions, the answer spans are recommended to be five words. Questions with answer type "number", are expected to start with "How many". For instance, "How long did an event last?" can be phrased as "How many years did an event last?". To increase diversity, try to create more questions for which the answer will be multiple spans. Please create questions that require AT LEAST 2 arithmetic operations as illustrated in the 'positive examples' field. You are encouraged to try DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS of operations and not just limit to the combinations shown in those examples. The more challenging questions you create, the better it is.

[Q]: Passage: His first taste of land battle in Russia was the disastrous defeat at Narva, in which Lacy commanded a unit of musketeers, holding the rank of poruchik. During the Great Northern War he was seriously wounded on two occasions, gaining the rank of colonel in 1706. The following year he led a brigade at Poltava, in which battle he greatly distinguished himself. From this point began his fame as a soldier. His next active service, still under Prince Repnin, was the siege of Riga. Lacy was reputedly the first Russian officer to enter the capital of Livland and he was appointed the first Russian chatelain of Riga Castle in the aftermath. In 1719 Apraksin's fleet landed Lacy with 5,000 infantry and 370 cavalry near Umeå in Sweden, where they proceeded to devastate a dozen iron foundries and a number of mills. Soon promoted general, he entered the Military Collegium  — as the Russian Ministry of Defense was then known - in 1723. Three years later, Lacy succeeded Repnin in command of the Russian forces quartered in Livland, and in 1729 he was appointed Governor of Riga. These positions brought him in contact with the Duchess of Courland, who before long ascended the Russian throne as Empress Anna. During her reign, Lacy's capacity for supreme command would never be doubted.
[A]: After Umeå, what rank was Lacy promoted to?


[Q]: Passage: Pope Julius II planned far more for St Peters than Nicholas Vs program of repair or modification. Julius was at that time planning his own tomb, which was to be designed and adorned with sculpture by Michelangelo and placed within St Peters.  In 1505 Julius made a decision to demolish the ancient basilica and replace it with a monumental structure to house his enormous tomb and "aggrandize himself in the popular imagination".  A competition was held, and a number of the designs have survived at the Uffizi Gallery. A succession of popes and architects followed in the next 120 years, their combined efforts resulting in the present building. The scheme begun by Julius II continued through the reigns of Pope Leo X (1513–1521), Pope Hadrian VI (1522–1523). Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), Pope Paul III (1534–1549), Pope Julius III (1550–1555), Pope Marcellus II (1555), Pope Paul IV (1555–1559), Pope Pius IV (1559–1565), Pope Pius V (saint) (1565–1572), Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585), Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590), Pope Urban VII (1590), Pope Gregory XIV (1590–1591), Pope Innocent IX (1591), Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605), Pope Leo XI (1605), Pope Paul V (1605–1621), Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623), Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) and Pope Innocent X (1644–1655).
[A]: How many more years did Pope Gregory XV reign than Pope Leo XI?


[Q]: Passage: Howe resupplied in Nova Scotia and headed for New York City with the British fleet, as it was considered the key to securing the continent. The British forces assembled in New York Bay, including more than 100 ships and thousands of troops. Howes army landed unopposed on Staten Island on July 2, and British ships continued to arrive from England and Carolina for a siege of the city.  Howes troop strength totaled 32,000 well-trained soldiers, including 8,000 Hessian (soldier), while Washingtons troop strength consisted of 23,000 soldiers, 19,000 of whom were raw recruits and militia.  On August 22, Howe landed 20,000 troops at Gravesend, Brooklyn and approached Washingtons fortifications. Washington chose to fight despite the objections of his generals, as he had received false information that Howes army had only 8,000 to 9,000 troops. Howe New York and New Jersey campaign on August 27 and inflicted 1,500 Patriot casualties, while the British suffered 400 casualties.  Washington and his generals decided to retreat, and he instructed General William Heath to make available every flat-bottomed riverboat and sloop in the area. General William Alexander, Lord Stirling held off the British Army and covered the retreat, and the army safely crossed the East River under the cover of darkness to Manhattan Island without loss of life or material—although the British captured General Alexander.
[A]:
Did the British forces at New York Bay have more ships, or troops?