TASK DEFINITION: This task is about identifying the subject of a given sentence. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence. The subject represents what or whom the sentence is about. Each sentence in this task is guaranteed to contain a single subject. The input is a sentence and the output is the identified subject of that sentence.
PROBLEM: Alan Buck joined at 1st August 1964

SOLUTION: Alan Buck

PROBLEM: The production format for the series with the local title Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge was duel.

SOLUTION: Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge

PROBLEM: Dot has an 18 inch gauge.

SOLUTION:
Dot