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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
In 1863, Alexander II re-convened the Diet of Finland and initiated several reforms increasing Finland's autonomy from Russia including establishment of its own currency, the markka. Liberation of business led to increased foreign investment and industrial development. Finland also got its first railways, separately established under Finnish administration. Finally, the elevation of Finnish from a language of the common people to a national language equal to Swedish opened opportunities for a larger proportion of the society. Alexander II is still regarded as "The Good Tsar" in Finland. These reforms could be seen as results of a genuine belief that reforms were easier to test in an underpopulated, homogeneous country, than in the whole of Russia. They may also be seen as a reward for the loyalty of its relatively western-oriented population during the Crimean War and during the Polish uprising. Encouraging Finnish nationalism and language can also be seen as an attempt to dilute ties with Sweden. <sep>What were the results for Finland establishing its own language?<sep>Establishment of its own currency, the markka
No
Nine families displaced by a fire at Alamo Hills Apartments in March filed lawsuits Wednesday against the apartment complex. They allege that the complex could have done more to protect belongings they were forced to abandon in the aftermath of the blaze. Bernard Dempsey Jr., an attorney with Western Michigan Legal Services, the group that represents the tenants, said Alamo Hills gave the displaced families very limited opportunity to remove belongings. "They were given three days to get their stuff out, and if they couldn't get moved out in three days, their stuff was discarded," Dempsey said. "Alamo Hills just threw it out." Others, he said, lost possessions to looters after the March 23 blaze, which left 78 people temporarily homeless. According to the lawsuit, the tenants were prohibited from entering their apartments to retrieve possessions and were promised that the complex would provide security. A spokesperson for PM One, the company that manages Alamo Hills, could not be reached for comment. Nine separate suits were filed in 8th District Court, which handles civil claims of less than $25,000. "We're asking for the reimbursement of the value of their property and a small amount for stress -- $3,000 on top of their out-of-pocket expenses for their lost stuff," Dempsey said. "They're not looking to get rich off this. A lot of this is simply because they were treated so badly." Dempsey said most of the tenants who filed suits still live at the apartment complex, although many are trying to find homes elsewhere. "The new apartments (they were provided) were not in very good shape. That's actually one of the claims," he said. <sep>Which attorney said "Alamo Hills just threw it out" after the fire at Alamo Hills Apartments?<sep>Spokesperson for PM
No
Two women trade houses without ever having met . They 're both looking for an escape from their problems , but by running away , both come to discover a great deal about themselves . Ria Lynch is married to Danny Lynch and they have a daughter and a son . Danny begins spending less and less time at home with his wife and children . Ria believes another baby is the solution , and is shocked to find out that indeed her husband is going to be a father - but to a child from an affair he has been having . Her husband's unfaithfulness is the event that leads Ria into her decision to switch homes with a woman from the US called Marilyn who lost her teenage son to a motorcycle accident on his birthday . Marilyn is struggling to come to terms with her son's death and has become estranged from her husband . She hopes her time in Dublin will cease her grief . Ria and Marilyn discover deep , dark secrets about the other during the summer . The two become close friends but do not reveal the secrets . { { Expand section } } <sep>What is the reason for Ria's wanting to switch?<sep>Danny's having an affair
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The United Iraqi Alliance, endorsed by Iraq's top Shiite clerics, captured more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.
Q with options: Can we draw the following conclusion?
The United Iraqi Alliance won more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted so far, the election commission said.
OPTIONS: a). yes. b). no. | a). |
The 1919 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1919 college football season. Head coach Gus Welch led the team to a 2–2 mark in the PCC and 5–2 overall. This year marked the team's adoption of the "Cougars" nickname.
The Washington Cougars played at least 8 games during the 1919 football season. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Quadring Eaudike is a hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mi east from the A152 road, and 2 mi south-east from Donington. Quadring Eaudike is within the civil parish of Quadring , a village 1 mile to the west.
Quadring Eaudike is a hamlet that is 2 mi south-east from Donington. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1973 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 1 in the UK, giving the band their fourth number one single, and remained in the charts for twelve weeks. The song would be included on the band's 1973 compilation album "Sladest".
Sladest was a compilation album produced by the British rock band Slade. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
The mystery of Alexander the Great's tomb still has not unraveled, and locating the burial of Alexander seems to have become an impossible mission for archaeologists.
Can we say the following?
Alexander the Great's Tomb remains undiscovered.
yes
The current Prime Minister Stephen Harper supported Mulroney's right to comment on Trudeau, "I think it's well known Mr. Mulroney was an opponent of Mr. Trudeau," Harper said. "He was his opposition leader and, as you know, came to power at the end of the Trudeau period when people wanted to make a change. I'll leave it to people who were there then to fight those battles. I think it's perfectly reasonable that they would comment. I think these are debates that are best left to some of the people who were around then and academics." Trudeau's former piers and friends have rallied behind his legacy and made public comments to dampen Mulroney's accusations.
Can we say the following?
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.
no
Babe Ruth's career total would have been 1 higher had that rule not been in effect in the early part of his career. The all-time career record for home runs in Major League Baseball is 755, held by Hank Aaron since 1974.
Can we say the following?
Babe Ruth hit 755 home runs in his lifetime.
no
Tony Blair, who has yet to release any official comments, said in a BBC documentary last month: "You know you can't have a religious faith and it be an insignificant aspect because it's, it's profound about you and about you as a human being." He also said that he had avoided discussing his religious views out of fear of being called "a nutter."
Can we say the following?
Blair belongs to the Church of England.
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In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
(CNN) -- Efforts to remove cats from Macquarie Island, a sub-Antarctic island and World Heritage Site, have indirectly led to environmental devastation, according to a report published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Finch Creek on Macquarie Island in 2007 shows lack of vegetation on the island compared to 2001... The removal of cats has led to a boom in the island's rabbit population -- another species introduced by humans -- causing widespread devastation to the island's vegetation. According to the study's lead author, Dr. Dana Bergstrom of the Australian Antarctic Division: "Satellite images show substantial island-wide rabbit-induced vegetation change. By 2007, impacts on some protected valleys and slopes had become acute. We estimate that nearly 40 percent of the whole island area had changed, with almost 20 percent having moderate to severe change."Absence of cats left rabbit population to devastate Macquarie Island's vegetationCats and rabbits are invasive species introduced to the island in 19th centurySub-Antarctic Macquarie Island provides cautionary tale of interventions and risks
Question:The scientists behind the study claim that the _ is a rare example of so-called "trophic cascades" -- the knock-on effects of changes in one species' abundance across several links in the food chain. | Macquarie Island |
Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلا تپه ) or (literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Greek-Russian archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The hoard is often known as the Bactrian gold.
Tillya tepe is a vastly historical place. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Contra Conspiracy (also known as Contra Control) is a 1988 action film written and directed by Thomas Dewier which is now distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film was produced by City Lights. The plot follows a Hollywood film crew shooting a movie in the Mojave Desert, only to be disrupted by a group of terrorists.
Contra Conspiracy is a 1990 action film OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The Ferry County Carousel is an operational wooden carousel located three miles (5 km) east of the town of Republic, Washington on the Ferry County Fairgrounds. This carousel features 24 horses in two rows and is fitted with a jumping mechanism. The Ferry County Carousel is one of only seven classic wooden carousels in Washington state and possibly the oldest.
The Ferry County Carousel receives millions of visitors OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
IN: What happens next?
How to create polaroid frames on photoshop
Create a new file (file] new).
Set the canvas size to 500px by 500px.
Fill the background with a simple color.
OPTIONS:
- This time, you can overlap, but the colors will remain the same. Fold the canvas in half to make the edges pink and navy.
- The photo in this tutorial uses a blue (498ddf). Create a new layer (ctrl + shift + n) and select the rectangular marquee tool.
- If you like, you can use color stencils to make the background darker. ( painting purposes) set the canvas size to 20 for a distant look and 14 for a close up shot.
- Let the new color dry, this will happen once the background dries, so you can use matte or colored filters when this is possible. It should be a good colour for frames to work with in your images.
OUT: The photo in this tutorial uses a blue (498ddf). Create a new layer (ctrl + shift + n) and select the rectangular marquee tool.
IN: What happens next?
Two teams play a game of beach soccer. a goal
OPTIONS:
- is scored and the players celebrate before two teams go out for a goal.
- is scored from far away on the opposite side of the field.
- is scored and the players chase after it.
- is scored and an over serving player is taken out.
OUT: is scored from far away on the opposite side of the field.
IN: What happens next?
How to read a dial indicator
Mount your dial indicator on a stand.
Your dial indicator should have an attachment that you can use to secure it to a stand. The stand will stabilize your dial indicator while you take your measurements.
OPTIONS:
- Use both hands to hold the dial up. Then, use your non-dominant hand to face the center of the dial.
- If you do not have a stand, it is still possible to calibrate your dial indicator, but it will not be as easy. Turn the outer dial face until the hand points to 0.
- Take your dial indicator from the wall or on a level surface. To spot a dial indicator, get rid of it from the height of your ceiling or door.
- Place your dial monitor over the dial display to help ensure it is well supported. Plug in one of the radiata dial corresponding to the dial indicator.
OUT: | If you do not have a stand, it is still possible to calibrate your dial indicator, but it will not be as easy. Turn the outer dial face until the hand points to 0. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: The modern Republic of Turkey dates only from 1923, but the history of the land within its borders stretches back to the dawn of humanity. Widespread finds of Stone Age implements in cave excavations show that Anatolia was already inhabited during the Middle of the Palaeolithic period (about 200,000 to 40,000 years ago). By Neolithic times, organized communities had arisen, such as the one at Çatalhöyük, near Konya, Turkey's most important prehistoric site. This town, which flourished between 6500 and 5500 b.c. , had flat-roofed houses of mud and timber decorated with wall-paintings, some of which show patterns that still appear on Anatolian kilims. The advent of the Bronze Age (about 3200 b.c. ), and the spread of city-states ruled by kings, is marked by the appearance of royal tombs containing bronze objects in such places as Troy in the west, and Alacahöyük near Ankara. Around this time the Sumerian civilization living in Mesopotamia (the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq) founded and developed the cuneiform script, the world's oldest form of writing on record. The technique was introduced by Assyrian traders 1,000 years later into Anatolia, where it was quickly adopted by the indigenous Hatti people, who, at this point, had already reached an advanced state of civilization. The Hittites: The capital of the Hatti was Kanesh (modern Kültepe, near Kayseri). Cuneiform tablets found here record the arrival in Anatolia of warlike invaders around the second millennium b.c. Their origins remain a mystery (their written language was finally deciphered in 1915), but they came from the direction of the Caucasus mountains, spreading destruction and disorder throughout Anatolia. It was two hundred years before they were firmly entrenched in their newly conquered empire. The newcomers were the Hittites, and their domination of Anatolia can be divided into three distinct periods: the Old Kingdom (c. 1600–1450 b.c. ), then the New or Empire Period (c. 1450–1200 b.c. ), and the Late Hittite Period (c. <sep>When was the cuneiform script, the world's oldest form of writing on record developed?<sep>The Iron Age
A: | No |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
The answer to this example can be: Russian Revolution
Here is why: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
OK. solve this:
What does the "C" in FDIC stand for?, Context: Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) would later point out that brokered deposits made up more than 37 percent of IndyMac's total deposits and ask the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) whether it had considered ordering IndyMac to reduce its reliance on these deposits. With $18.9 billion in total deposits reported on March 31, Senator Schumer would have been referring to a little over $7 billion in brokered deposits. While the breakout of maturities of these deposits is not known exactly, a simple averaging would have put the threat of brokered deposits loss to IndyMac at $500 million a month, had the regulator disallowed IndyMac from acquiring new brokered deposits on June 30.
Answer: | Corporation |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: PRAGUE (AP) — The mystery behind a booby-trapped safe that exploded and killed the Palestinian ambassador has kept investigators working around the clock Thursday.
Firemen lay on the ground near the residence of Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, Jamel al-Jamal, in Prague on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. The ambassador died in an explosion that occurred... (Associated Press)
Investigators observe the situation in the residence of Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamal Al Jamal, who has died after an explosion in his diplomatic flat in Prague-Suchdol on Wednesday,... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2013 file photo Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamal Al Jamal is pictured in Prague, Czech Republic. Jamal Al Jamal, who was injured in an explosion in his residence... (Associated Press)
As the probe deepened, more unanswered questions arose over conflicting statements coming from Palestinian officials — namely, was the former Palestinian Liberation Organization safe in constant use at the Prague embassy, and if so, what made it explode?
Ambassador Jamal al-Jamal, 56, died Wednesday of massive injuries from the blast. The career diplomat had only started his posting in October.
Police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova said it appeared that the door of the safe had been booby-trapped, but it was unclear how al-Jamal tried to open it or what type of safe it was. It was also unclear what caused the safe to explode.
Zoulova told The Associated Press on Thursday that nothing had been found to suggest the diplomat had been a victim of a crime, but she declined to elaborate.
Weapons, however, were found and were considered illegal because they were not registered, Zoulova said. It was unclear what type of weapons were found at the complex.
The country's counterintelligence service, BIS, said the death didn't appear suspicious. Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok called the death "an unfortunate and tragic event."
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki also said no foul play was suspected.
Malki, however, said Wednesday the safe had been left untouched for more than 20 years and that the ambassador opened it to see what it contained. But Palestinian Embassy spokesman Nabil El-Fahel told Czech radio Thursday it had been in constant use.
"(The safe) was used on a daily basis at the embassy and it was opened and closed almost every day," he said.
The safe was recently moved from the old embassy building, but it had come from a building that used to house the PLO's offices in the 1980s, Malki said.
The PLO had offices in Prague in 1976 but it obtained diplomatic status in 1983 when it was officially recognized.
During the Cold War — before the fall of the Soviet Union — the PLO had close ties with the Eastern bloc countries.
Several members of the PLO were linked to terror attacks during the Cold War.
Pavel Kolar, the head of Prague's Institute of Criminology, said Thursday that their investigation would take several days at least.
The death was being investigated as a case of negligence and possession of illegal armaments.
The embassy recently moved to a new complex, and the safe was in the ambassador's residence.
A team of Palestinian experts is expected to participate in the investigation.
Security analyst Andor Sandor said it would be unusual to protect embassy documents with a booby-trapped device.
During their search, police discovered one more safe at the embassy complex but no explosives were found. ||||| An investigator works at the site of an explosion in Prague January 1, 2014.
A firefighter works at the site of an explosion in Prague January 1, 2014.
Investigators works at the site of an explosion in Prague January 1, 2014.
PRAGUE/GAZA The Palestinian envoy to Prague was 'deliberately killed', his daughter alleged on Thursday, a day after he died in a mysterious explosion after opening a safe in his residence.
Czech police said the blast that killed ambassador Jamal al-Jamal might have been caused by mishandling an explosive securing the safe. They said they were not treating it as an attack or a terrorist incident.
In a further twist, investigators found unlicensed weapons at the Palestinian diplomatic mission, and the Czech foreign ministry said it would demand an explanation.
Jamal suffered lethal injuries to his head, chest and abdomen in the explosion on New Year's Day. His daughter Rana al-Jamal, 30, told Reuters: "We believe my father was killed and that his death was something arranged and not an accident. How? We do not know and that is what we want to know."
Jamal had been in Prague only since October but had previously served at the mission for two decades from the mid-1980s, the daughter said. He had used the safe during that period and it remained in Prague when he left, she added by telephone from Ramallah in the West Bank.
The Palestinian mission is in the process of moving into a new embassy and residence, which share the same compound. Jamal was killed at the new residence.
"The safe was emptied and moved to the house. My father had been putting documents inside it and it was open," Rana al-Jamal said. "The explosion took place while he used it."
She said her mother, who was there at the time, had told her the safe had not been badly damaged.
Nabil el-Fahel, a spokesman for the Palestinian mission, said the safe was being used on a daily basis to store cash.
Some safes can be fitted with small charges to destroy secret documents in the event of the lock being tampered with.
But Fahel said embassy staff were not aware that any explosive mechanism was attached to the safe that Jamal opened.
WEAPONS FIND
Prague police chief Martin Vondrasek told Czech Radio that investigators had found weapons at the mission that were not registered with local authorities. He did not reveal the quantity and type.
A Palestinian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the mission's staff had submitted the arms to the Czech authorities. He did not elaborate on the type of weapons involved, but said they had been retrieved from an old sack and had been untouched since Cold War times.
The Czech foreign ministry said it was concerned by the discovery. It said diplomats' weapons were subject to local laws on arms, which require registration and licensing.
"The ministry is concerned that among evidence... were weapons not registered in the Czech Republic," the ministry said in a statement.
"In such case, the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations may have been breached and we will demand an explanation," it added, referring to the international rules that govern the activities of diplomats and embassies.
Communist Czechoslovakia maintained friendly relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation in the 1980s, but the Czech Republic, an EU and NATO member country, has been supportive of Israel.
(Additional reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza and Ali Sawafta; Writing by Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet; Editing by Mark Trevelyan) ||||| Accident Or Not? Palestinian Diplomat's Death Is A Mystery
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Was the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic killed by accident or are the circumstances of his death on Wednesday more nefarious?
There are more questions than answers about Jamal al-Jamal's death now that a spokesman for his embassy has told Radio Prague and Reuters that a safe the ambassador had opened just before something blew up had not been intentionally fitted with explosives and had been used frequently in recent years.
Those details conflict with the early word from authorities — that the safe hadn't been opened for about 20 years and may have been rigged with a booby trap to thwart would-be thieves or enemies. The implication from those reports was that the diplomat may have been the victim of an unfortunate accident.
The implication to be drawn from today's comments by embassy spokesman Nabil el-Fahel is that something more sinister may have happened.
There are other theories, as well. According to The Associated Press, al-Jamal may have taken some things out of the safe before the explosion. So, it's possible that something he removed was responsible for the blast.
And we should add this news to the mysterious mix: Reuters reported Thursday that Czech police have found weapons in the Palestinian diplomatic outpost. The wire service said authorities have not released details about what was discovered.
The main source for the report that the safe may not have been touched for 20 years or more and may have been booby-trapped was Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki. The safe had been moved recently from old offices of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to a residence in a new embassy complex.
But according to Reuters, embassy spokesman el-Fahel says "the safe was being used almost daily for depositing money ... used for salaries of embassy staff, for buying items for daily operations. ... Minister Malki had mistakenly spoken about a second safe ... that was empty and almost never used."
As for the events immediately before and after the 56-year-old al-Jamal's death, The Associated Press writes that: |||||
Output: | The plot thickened today around the mysterious explosion that killed Palestinian ambassador Jamal al-Jamal in Prague. Initially, reports had indicated that Jamal had opened a booby-trapped embassy safe—one that the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said hadn't been opened in more than 20 years. But an embassy spokesperson has since told Radio Prague and Reuters that the safe was "opened and closed almost every day," and hadn't been fitted with any explosive devices. That, NPR explains, suggests "that something more sinister may have happened." But that's not all. Czech police investigating the incident also found a cache of unregistered weapons in the Palestinian embassy, so police are now investigating the incident as a case of negligence and possession of illegal armaments, the AP reports. One Czech website reported that there were enough guns to outfit a 10-member squad, including a sub-machine gun. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Which category contains a 2 year old tree?, Context: To accurately map the Amazon's biomass and subsequent carbon related emissions, the classification of tree growth stages within different parts of the forest is crucial. In 2006 Tatiana Kuplich organized the trees of the Amazon into four categories: (1) mature forest, (2) regenerating forest [less than three years], (3) regenerating forest [between three and five years of regrowth], and (4) regenerating forest [eleven to eighteen years of continued development]. The researcher used a combination of Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Thematic Mapper (TM) to accurately place the different portions of the Amazon into one of the four classifications.
A: 2
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Q: what is the last area in asia mentioned?, Context: In 1952, the United States elected a new president, and on 29 November 1952, the president-elect, Dwight D. Eisenhower, went to Korea to learn what might end the Korean War. With the United Nations' acceptance of India's proposed Korean War armistice, the KPA, the PVA, and the UN Command ceased fire with the battle line approximately at the 38th parallel. Upon agreeing to the armistice, the belligerents established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which has since been patrolled by the KPA and ROKA, United States, and Joint UN Commands.
A: Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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Q: How many people have put the ball past the goalie ten squared times?, Context: The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.
A: | Twenty-four
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Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:Following consecutive losses to Mexico and Costa Rica in the opening games of the final round of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Klinsmann was removed as national team coach and technical director and replaced by previous U.S. manager Bruce Arena. World Cup qualification resumed on March 24, 2017, where Arena and his team had a record 6--0 win over Honduras. Four days later, the team traveled to Panama City, drawing Panama 1--1. After beating Trinidad and Tobago 2--0, the U.S. got their third ever result in World Cup Qualification at the Estadio Azteca when they drew 1--1 against Mexico. In July 2017, the U.S. won their sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2--1 win over Jamaica in the final. Following an agonizing 2--1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago on October 10, 2017, the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, missing the tournament for the first time since 1986. On October 13, 2017, Arena resigned. Many pundits and analysts called this the worst result and worst performance in the history of the national team.
Solution: | did the us mens team qualify for the world cup? |
Teacher:In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: (CNN) Trainy McTrainface will chug across Sweden after more than 1,000 people voted to christen a new commuter train with the name. Train operator MTR Express' rules were to name the trains after famous Swedish citizens, but voters decided to take a different route for the Stockholm to Gothenburg ride. Instead, they were inspired by a beloved Memey McMemeface: Boaty McBoatface, the almost-name of a research vessel that charmed UK citizens last year. Sadly, at the time, the Natural Environment Research Council overruled almost 125,000 votes and dubbed the ship RRS Sir David Attenborough instead. Since then, the "Somethingy McSomethingFace" convention has endured in jest, and now in earnest.Swedish voters named a new train Trainy McTrainfaceBoaty McBoatface inspired the new name
Questions:Some fans on Twitter say they want to go to _ just to ride the train. (A) CNN (B) Trainy McTrainface (C) Sweden (D) MTR Express (E) Stockholm (F) Gothenburg (G) Memey McMemeface (H) Boaty McBoatface (I) UK (J) Natural Environment Research Council (K) RRS (L) David Attenborough (M) Somethingy McSomethingFace
Student: | (C) |
*Question*
A group of Russian criminals have stolen l.2 billion username and password combinations for more than 500 millione-mail addresses. It's the largest known theft on the Internet, according to a report of The New York Times. Cyber security firm Hold Security discovered the security breach( ). The firm found that the group of criminals collected personal information from 420,000 websites, including household names and small Internet sites. The criminals were based in a small city in south central Russia. They hacked websites inside Russia as well as big companies in the U.S. and other countries ,The New Times reports. The criminals found hundreds of thousands of weak websites and attacked their coding,Hold Security said. Alex Holden is chief information security officer of Hold Security. "The hackers did not just target U.S. companies;they targeted any website they could get," Holden said. "And most of these sites are still easy to attack". According to Hold Security, the criminals have been using the stolen information to send junk mail through e-mail and on social networks like Twitter. They can also use the 500 million stolen e-mail -addresses to plan other crimes. They could use information from bank e-mails to steal your identity or sell the e-mail address to other criminals to make quick cash. The reported break-ins are the latest events to raise doubts about security at big and small companies. Last winter, hackers stole 40 million credit card numbers and 70 million addresses, phone numbers and other personal information from the retailer Target Corp. The brand is still working to regain its shoppers' trust. John Prisco is a CEO of a security firm. He says security hacks are more common than many people and companies realize. " _ ," Prisco said in an e-mailed statement. So many cyber breaches today are not actually reported, because companies are losing information and they are not even aware of it. " Security experts believe hackers will continue breaking into computer networks unless companies become... According to Alex Holden, the criminals entered some websites easily because _ . A) some websites don't have their own coding B) most of the websites lack protective measures C) Russia is more developed in computer science D) the hackers are equipped with high technology
**Answer**
B
*Question*
The Man of Many Secrets Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century.He was a man famous for his escapes--from prison cells,from wooden boxes floating in rivers,from locked tanks full of water.He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America.Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his "magic"tricks. 0f course,his secret was not magic,or supernatural powers.It was simply strength.He had ability to move his toes as well as to move his fingers.He could move his body into almost any position he wanted. Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17,in 1891.He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a New York club.They called themselves the Houdini brothers.When Harry married in 1894,he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant,but for a long time they were not successful.Then Harty performed his first prison escape,in Chicago in 1898.Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison,and he invited the local newspaperman to watch.It was the publicity that came from this that started Harry Houdini's success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape from ankle chains,but his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors.Every time he went into the prison cell,Bess gave him a kiss for good luck--and a small skeleton key,which is a key that fits many locks passed quickly from her mouth to his. Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame.He arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited.In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers.and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full.What was the result? Worldwide fame,and a name remembered today. It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _ . A) when he was about 24 B) when he was about 17 C) after the year 1894 D) before the year 1898
**Answer**
A
*Question*
"Teenager" is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8--12 or 10--13 years old. More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for teenagers. The Disney Company sells music and film to teenagers and their parents. You can get everything from lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing. It's all about sales, which suggests that teenagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parents than they've ever had before. Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did ten years ago. Parents have more money to give their kids than before, since parents are having fewer children. In addition, the divorce rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to please their children by buying them presents. It's a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into, but parents are under pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas of their children. UK kids today are very media and computer-literate. A lot of kids have a TV, if not a computer, in their bedrooms. They have easy access to much more information about life and the world. They may have experienced a lot in life as well, since 24% of UK kids live in single-parent families, so people now say that "kids are getting older younger". With such maturity at such a young age, it's no wonder teenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations. UK teenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes. That's changed. Now, they are much more fashion conscious and concerned about their image . Many of them outgrow the bright colors and fashions of kids years ago and go for something darker and more rebellious . Surely none of the above is a good thing. The UK government is certainly concerned, and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from marketing their products and services at children. Why are more products and services created for teenagers? A) Because companies are creating better products and services. B) Because children education is becoming more important. C) Because it is better to study music from an early age. D) .Because children have more money to buy them.
**Answer**
| D |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Input: Consider Input: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known as Chamonix (formerly spelled Chamounix), is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. The commune's population of around 8,900 ranks 1,089 th within the country of France.
Output: where is chamonix and what is it well known for
Input: Consider Input: In 1961, the pass became a National Cultural Site of China. It is a popular tourist destination given its situation at the eastern end of the main line of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. The location where the wall meets the Bohai Sea is nicknamed 'Old Dragon's Head' (老 龍頭). The pass lies nearly 300 kilometres (190 mi) east of Beijing and is linked via the Jingshen Expressway that runs northeastward to Shenyang.
Output: where does the great wall of china meet the ocean
Input: Consider Input: For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia.
| Output: what is the book for whom the bell tolls about
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Problem:Sometimes , Northwestern Ontario is grouped with Northeastern Ontario as Northern Ontario .
Solution: | For some purposes , Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario are treated as separate regions , while for other purposes they are grouped together as Northern Ontario . |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: The girlfriend of a fugitive who was shot dead in the car park of a hotel was a witness to the killing, it emerged today. Paul Simmons-Turner, 30, an alleged drug dealer who was on the run from the police, was ambushed and killed outside a Marriott hotel in Essex on Tuesday. At the time his 25-year-old girlfriend was visiting him, and she was by his side when the gunman suddenly confronted him, it has been reported. The woman, who is not being named for her own safety, later paid tribute to Simmons-Turner, saying 'I miss you so much already'.Paul Simmons-Turner, 30, was shot dead in Essex on Tuesday morningHe was apparently ambushed in a Marriott car park and died despite using a passing couple's car to seek medical helpHis 25-year-old girlfriend witnessed the attack, it has emergedThe shooting victim was wanted by police over alleged nightclub assault
Questions:She also criticised a well-known local figure for tweeting about Simmons-_, telling her to 'be respectful' and accusing her of 'playing a victim'. (A) Paul Simmons (B) Turner (C) Marriott (D) Essex (E) Simmons
A: (B)
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Q: The Transportation Security Administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat-downs after complaints that African-American women were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings. New training will commence at Los Angeles International Airport, one of the airports named in the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The complaint was filed on behalf of Malaika Singleton, who said she was subjected to a hair pat-down with weeks of each other while traveling from Los Angeles to London in December 2013. The Transportation Security Administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat-downs after complaints that African-American women were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings (file photo)TSA agreed to make changes after ACLU filed official complaintTraining will begin at Los Angeles International AirportTSA also told ACLU the new training will stress 'race neutrality' and will emphasize 'hair pat-downs of African-American female travelers'Agency said they will also track down pat-down complaints filed by African-American women to assess if discrimination is occurring at specific airportsIn 2012 Solange Knowles claimed she had been racially targeted for a pat-down because she wore her hair in the Afro style
Questions:But _ said it was these kinds of 'subjective rules' that made the agency more susceptible to 'unconsciously interpret the circumstances in a way that is consistent with racial stereotypes'. (A) Transportation Security Administration (B) African (C) American (D) Los Angeles International Airport (E) American Civil Liberties Union (F) Malaika Singleton (G) Los Angeles (H) London (I) TSA (J) African-American (K) Agency (L) Solange Knowles (M) Afro
A: (E)
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Q: Fayetteville, North Carolina (CNN) As Donald Trump warns of a "rigged" system fueled by voter fraud and other irregularities, some private citizens have taken it upon themselves to protect the nation from what they see as the potential for a stolen election. Michael Hyers, an Air Force retiree from Fayetteville, North Carolina, has spent hours upon hours combing through records, cross-checking addresses and submitting thousands of challenges to voter registrations in an effort to purge voter rolls at the local Cumberland County elections board. He claims to have removed 6,000 people from voter rolls since 2014. He believes it is his duty.Michael Hyers has submitted thousands of challenges to voter registrationsThe challenges submitted by Hyers and his group became part of a federal lawsuit
Questions:Multiple county officials did not to respond to CNN's request for comment regarding how they proceed when private residents such as _ challenge registered individuals' eligibility to vote. (A) Fayetteville (B) North Carolina (C) CNN (D) Donald Trump (E) Michael Hyers (F) Air Force (G) Cumberland County
A: | (E)
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This is a test of commonsense. Complete the next sentence:
How to turn an old road bike into a singlespeed
Check the rear dropout shape.
Does the bike have horizontal dropouts in the back? This is necessary to be able to adjust chain slack in the final step. Alternately, you can buy some kind of doohickey to do it, but that ruins the clean look so vitally important to most conversions. | What this means is, can you adjust where the back wheel goes, in a front-back direction. Some bikes have vertical dropouts, some have slanted ones. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Problem:The first recorded reference to the dish was 'Welsh rabbit' in 1725, but the origin of the term is unknown.
Solution: | where does the name welsh rarebit come from |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with a TIME journalist, the first one-on-one session given to a Western print publication since his election as president of Iran earlier this year, Ahmadinejad attacked the "threat" to bring the issue of Iran's nuclear activity to the UN Security Council by the US, France, Britain and Germany.
Sentence: Ahmadinejad is a citizen of Iran. | yes |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
``Mr. Monk and the End'' is the two-part series finale of the USA Network original criminal mystery dramedy television series, Monk. It is the fifteenth and sixteenth episodes of the eighth and final season, and is the 124th and 125th episodes in the series overall. Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) finally discovers his wife Trudy's (Melora Hardin) murderer after twelve years of searching, concluding a seven-year, eight-season long arc. When ``Part 2'' aired, it set a series high and a new viewership record for the most watched episode of a regular drama series ever in basic cable with 9.4 million viewers. Both parts were written by series creator Andy Breckman and directed by Randall Zisk. | did monk ever find out who killed his wife? |
The Yomagate was a political scandal that took place in Argentina in 1991, during the government of Carlos Menem. The same name combines the last name of the involved Amira Yoma, and the suffix "Gate" of habitual use in journalism after the Watergate scandal (USA., 1972–1974).
Can we infer the following?
The Watergate scandal occurred in the latter half of the 20th century. | Yes |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
How to use antidepressants for elderly adults
Look for drug interactions.
When you are looking into antidepressants for elderly depression, you need to make sure that any medications that you are currently on do not interact with what you might take. There are a number of different medications that can cause side effects if taken with antidepressants.
Available choices:
A). Make sure your doctor knows all the medications you are on so you can avoid this. Also let your doctor know any supplement you are on.;
B). You'll need to examine possible side effects for hours or weeks until you figure out which ones work best. The best drug interactions with antidepressants are prescription sedatives.;
C). So, you should make sure that your individual antidepressants are on the safe range. There are many possible ways to deal with antidepressants.;
D). Sedative: this medication may stop your body from falling asleep, but it can also give a number of side effects including digestive issues. Mood stabilizer: adding this medication can reduce anxiety and depression.;
Answer: | A). |
Researchers in London and Bristol have found that men are particularly likely to yield to depression if their partners are also depressed. The finding highlights the importance of paying attention to the partners of depressed mothers, as young children themselves are vulnerable to social problems if both parents are depressed. Researchers in London and at the University of Bristol launched their study to investigate whether family structure affects the likelihood of depression in men around the time their child is born. They looked at men from traditional families, men with children from a previous relationship, men whose partners had children by a former partner, and men who were not living with their partners. All 7,108 participants filled out a questionnaire on depression, and answered questions about their age, education level and employment status. Details about the quality of their relationships with their partners, networks of friends and previous life events were also recorded. About 3.5 percent of the men and 13 percent of their partners suffered depression around the time their child was born. While men in stepfamilies or who were not living with their partners were twice as likely to get depressed as those in traditional families, this could be explained by other factors that are more common in nontraditional families, such as poor education and relationship conflicts. Even allowing for all these factors, however, the partners of women who were suffering from prenatal depression were significantly more likely to become depressed themselves, the researchers report in an American journal. Ten percent of women who were depressed had depressed partners. For the healthy women, the figure was only 2.6 percent. Previous research suggests that families with two depressed parents may need special attention. A researcher in Atlanta has found that primary school children with two troubled parents have difficulty relating to their peers. "It's extremely important to look at the whole family." she says. Why did researchers in London and Bristol carry out such an investigation? A) To see what kind of family environment is ideal for children to grow up in. B) To study whether family structure affects depression in men when their child is born. C) To investigate why so many men get depressed when a child is born. D) To see whether it is true that behind every depressed man there is a depressed woman.
B
(Question)
Surface Exploration. Robots make great explorers on planets,moons,and other landing areas. Aside from earth,just about every surface in the solar system is unsafe for humans to explore. The air on most other planets is insufficient for humans to breathe,making it necessary to wear a space suit and oxygen equipment. The temperatures on these surfaces are much too hot or much too cold for any humans to withstand .Plus there would be complications with radiation,weather,and a lack of gravity. Robots have much less limitation in these areas and can survive much longer under these conditions. Data Collection. Robots are designed for collecting scientific data. Robots are also able to perform many tasks at a time and can process information much quicker and more efficiently. Important scientific projects from detecting minerals,analyzing ground samples,and finding water are all performed much quicker and more accurately by robots. Cost Effective. The use of robots has made the cost of space exploration much less expensive than it would cost for humans to do the work. In order to successfully send humans into space we would need to build a vehicle that can not only carry humans,but also enough food and water to keep them alive for the duration of the trip. Moreover,robots have no problems working for hours on end. Robots never complain,they don't require food or water,and they never need a bathroom break. Space Travel. Over the past 30 years or so there have been many different types of robots used successfully in the exploration of space. Perhaps the most famous and successful robots are the Spirit and Opportunity who have both been exploring the surface of Mars. They have both been very successful with experiments on soil and rocks and have even found evidence of water in Mars' history. What is the writer's attitude in this passage? A) Negative. B) Persuasive. C) Subjective. D) Objective.
(Answer)
D
Ques: Recently a research was carried out in London,Birmingham and Leeds among teachers from different schools about student behavior management. The majority of teachers said that behavior management is the biggest challenge they face in teaching.They are against the idea of a "one size fits all" approach to behavior management and believe that how they deal with behavior depends on their analysis of what is driving the behavior.Many teachers make the analysis in three steps.First,observe what the student is doing;then look into what drives the behavior and finally identify what is the real problem to deal with,e.g.attention seeking or being unable to follow the lessons etc..However,many teachers felt it sometimes difficult as schools did not always effectively communicate the necessary information about the students for them to do it. The behaviors are generally divided into low,mid and high level.Teachers felt low and high level behavior was easy to analyze and deal with because low level behavior was seen as the least serious of a problem;and there is clear structure in place for dealing with high level behavior. However,there is no clear structure and effective ways to address midlevel behavior,which may cause a sense of failure in some teachers. Teachers also felt that the laws to protect pupils have resulted in a sense of teachers having fewer rights to manage behavior.In case they deal with or be seen to deal with behavior wrongly or improperly,the results could be very serious:damage the child or teacher,especially their career. What can be inferred from the passage? A) A teacher risks losing the job if he/she manages student behavior improperly. B) Teachers in England are not willing to manage student behaviors. C) English laws forbid teachers punishing their students for their behaviors. D) The laws to protect children in England are going to be changed.
Ans: A
Ques:Until recently, I hadn't done much community service.In face, I did nothing to benefit anyone but myself.My selfishness and laziness were clear before I received an assignment from my teacher.Each student was required to complete 10 hours community service.To me, 10 hours was a huge amount of time to spend helping others.Volunterring, for me, has been a truly life - changing experience. My mom suggested that I organize a food drive in our development and donate what I collected to a local shelter.Anything that would help finish the project seemed like a good idea, so I agreed.I made up flyers asking for donations and placed flyers at every house in my neighborhood. I was getting ready to fetch the cans from my neighbor's yards on the day of the food drive when all of a sudden it started to pour.Rain flooded the roads and wind blew hard, but I was determined to complete my task.My mom drove me around our development and I jumped out at every house to collect items people had put out. When we finally arrived the shelter, I was a little nervous because I had never been there before.The woman in charge was extremely grateful for the donations and said that the world would be ganizing the food drive and delighted that my service to the community would make a difference in people's lives. As I was leaving the shelter, a man asked if I was the one who had brought all the food.I shyly nodded, and he said, "A round here, you are a hero." From that point on, I made myself a promise that I would serve the community more often, even when it was not required.Through this school assignment, I have realized that caring for others is an important part of living and the world would be a completely different place if people all help those who are less fortunate. The author decided to serve the community more often because _ . A) he was treated as a big hero by his neighbors B) he received gratitude from the woman in the shelter C) he found what he did had an effect on people's lives D) he found the people in the shelter were warm - hearted
Ans: | C |
instruction:
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
question:
When they met in an online IVF support group back in 2011, Andrea Rivas and Sandi Palmisano were two women struggling to get pregnant. They longed for children and believed if they could at least have one healthy baby each, they'd be happy. Fast forward four years and the two women from Martinsburg, West Virginia have six babies between them – three sets of twins. And all of them were carried by Andrea. Their story is a miraculous one of hope and friendship. In 2014 Andrea made headlines when she gave birth to Sandi's children EmmaLee and Grayson after agreeing to become a gestational carrier for Palmisano when a medical condition prevented her from carrying an embryo to term.Andrea Rivas and Sandi Palmisano, both from Martinsburg, W Va, met through an online IVF support groupAndrea, 30, and her husband Mark, 41, had twins through IVF but Sandi, 47, and her husband Philip, 45, failed in three cycles - then Andrea stepped in to become a surrogateBut months after giving birth to Sandi's twins, Andrea and her husband Mark conceived naturally - and amazingly were told they would have twins againShe gave birth in March almost a year to the day since giving birth to Sandi and Philip's twinsSandi tells Daily Mail Online: 'Between the two of us we have six babies. It's almost impossible to put into words.'
Questions:'Never in a million years would it have occurred to me that _ would have offered to help us.' (A) IVF (B) Andrea Rivas (C) Sandi Palmisano (D) Martinsburg (E) West Virginia (F) Sandi (G) EmmaLee (H) Grayson (I) Palmisano (J) W Va (K) Mark (L) Philip (M) Daily Mail Online
answer:
(B)
question:
Bending and rising in spectacular fashion, these stunning pictures capture the paddy fields of south east Asia and the arduous life of the farmers who cultivate them. In a photo album that spans over China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, extraordinary images portray the crop's full cycle from the primitive sowing of seeds to the distribution of millions of tonnes for consumption. The pictures were taken by professional photographer Scott Gable, 39, who spent four months travelling across the region documenting the labour and threadbare equipment used to harvest the carbohydrate-rich food. Scroll down for video Majestic: A farmer wades through the mud with a stick as late morning rain falls on top of Dragonsbone terraces in Longsheng County, ChinaThe spectacular photos were taken at paddy fields in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and CambodiaPhotographer Scott Gable spent four months travelling region to document the process of harvesting the cropRice accounts for one fifth of all calories consumed by humans but crop is often still cultivated in primitive way
Questions:Muddy work: A solitary famer wearing a traditoinal Asian conical hat labours in a paddy field in lowland southern _. (A) Asia (B) China (C) Thailand (D) Vietnam (E) Laos (F) Cambodia (G) Scott Gable (H) Dragonsbone (I) Longsheng County (J) Rice
answer:
(B)
question:
Before authorities arrested him at O'Hare International Airport and accused him of attempting to provide aid to ISIS, a teen from the Chicago suburbs left behind a letter for his parents. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, wrote that he was leaving the United States and on the way to join ISIS, according to a criminal complaint. He invited his family to join him in the three-page letter, which authorities found in the bedroom he shared with a sibling in Bolingbrook, Illinois. But he warned them not to tell anyone about his travel plans, the complaint said. "First and foremost, please make sure not to to tell the authorities," he wrote, according to the complaint. "For if this were to happen it will jeopardize not only the safety of us but our family as well."Congressman: "There are other Americans who are being recruited" by ISISMohammed Hamzah Khan made his first court appearanceThe 19-year-old was arrested at O'Hare International Airport on SaturdayAuthorities allege there is evidence that he wanted to join ISIS
Questions:The search at Khan's Bolingbrook home, where he lives with his parents, turned up documents allegedly written by _ that stated his intentions. (A) O'Hare International Airport (B) ISIS (C) Chicago (D) Mohammed Hamzah Khan (E) United States (F) Bolingbrook (G) Illinois (H) Americans
answer:
| (D)
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Question with options: can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is also practiced in neighboring Laos, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka.
Hypothesis: The official religion of Thailand is Theravada Buddhism.
Options:
(I) yes
(II) no
A: | (II) |
Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Ivy plants usually grow along a wall surface with its support. Such plants are usually found outside.
The question and answer: | Where is a likely place for an ivy plant?
Options:
- flower pot
- shelf
- windowsill
- outside
- sill
The answer is outside |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made their debut Wednesday as chummy partners preparing to tackle the Middle East's toughest challenges side by side. Netanyahu beamed at his new American counterpart and declared him the best friend Israel could possibly wish for, while Trump offered lofty praise for Israel, denounced the Iranian nuclear deal and declined to back a two-state solution -- a longstanding, bipartisan US policy that the Israeli Prime Minister has questioned. The encounter signaled a warmer chapter in US-Israel relations than Netanyahu had enjoyed with Trump's predecessor. After eight years of grappling with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu embraced a like-minded counterpart at the White House.Trump made clear that he would not give Israel carte blanche, howeverHe vowed the US would guard Israel from negative action at the UN
Question:During _'s campaign, he encouraged Israel to "keep going" with settlement construction.
Donald Trump
(CNN) Donald Trump is aiming to pull off one of the greatest political comebacks in history. The Republican nominee is rebounding from a summer of repeated stumbles that threatened to undermine his candidacy, underscoring his ability to claw his way back and stay competitive despite controversies that would sink any other politician. Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race Trump and Hillary Clinton enter the critical post-Labor Day phase of the campaign in a dead heat. A CNN/ORC national poll released Tuesday finds Trump ahead of Clinton by two points -- 45% to 43% -- among likely voters. The race is also tight among registered voters, where Clinton has a three point advantage. Both findings are within the margin of error.CNN/ORC national poll shows Trump, Clinton in a dead heatTrump needs to make election a referendum on Clinton
Question:Unless he starts making headway soon, with early voting only weeks away, it may take something that jarring for _ to win.
Donald Trump
An off-duty Florida sergeant has sparked fury after he killed his neighbor's dog, shooting it in the head after it ran into the backyard and, he claims, wouldn't 'back down'. Sgt. C. Bradley Shivers of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office called police after the incident himself and told officers the dog was 'barking with aggression' at his family, including his two young children, according to the Sheriff's report. But Chelsea Pavish, the dog's owner, claims Shivers' account of the basset hound mix she called Goose sounded out of character, and has since launched a petition against the officer to 'help bring justice'.Sgt. C. Bradley Shivers of Jacksonville Sherrif's Office told police the dog was 'barking with aggression' as his family lounged on the pool deckSaid he told family to get into the pool and then ran into house to grab gun when he couldn't shoo dog off with a rakeWhen he came back he tried to use rake again but after he slipped and fell the dog 'lunged toward him' and he opened fire, the report states
Question:Pavish, 23, then came to Shiver's backyard and took _ to a nearby animal hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
| Goose
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Problem: Context: Shiite and Kurdish political leaders continued talks, on Monday, on forming a new government, saying they expected a full cabinet to be announced within a day or two.
Washington is pressing Iraq's leaders to end weeks of political deadlock and to form a new government as soon as possible, US officials say.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
Problem: Context: The main library at 101 E. Franklin St. changes its solo and group exhibitions monthly in the Gellman Room, the Second Floor Gallery, the Dooley Foyer and the Dooley Hall.
Dooley Foyer is located in Dooley Hall.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: no
Problem: Context: The Bank of Italy, the ultimate arbiter of Italian banking mergers, has been engulfed by scandal since police wire taps revealed Fazio and his wife advised a local banker in a bid for bank Antonveneta against Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
Dutch bank ABN AMRO bids for Bank Antonveneta.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: yes
Problem: Context: The Pakistani news source GEO states that the first explosion occurred at 9:05 local time (0505 UTC), with the second explosion occurring minutes afterwards. The explosions occurred at the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, about 60 feet (18 meters) from the consulate gate. Damage to the building as well as over ten nearby vehicles was also reported. The Associated Press reports that the same consulate has been targeted twice in the recent past: an attack in 2002 left 14 Pakistanis dead, and in 2004 police defused a time bomb before it was set to detonate.
There is a Marriott Hotel in London.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- no
A: | no |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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It should be a triumphant time for salt in New York. The biggest restaurant opening of the year has been that of Nusr-Et, better known as Salt Bae. It’s named for chef Nusret Gökçe, who accumulated 13 million Instagram followers—and the nickname Salt Bae—for his theatrical method of seasoning steaks.
Meanwhile, sugar has replaced salt to reign again as the most polarizing item in your pantry. (See: New York State Senate Bill S162, which proposes safety warnings for sugar-sweetened drinks.)
Not every restaurant offers this kind of seasoning opportunity. Photographer: Robert Sietsema
Salt even features in the décor at Chefs Club NYC, where a 1,300-pound chunk of pink Himalayan salt hangs above the dining room, encased in a glass box.
Yet there’s none on the tables below the display. A recent visit to the SoHo spot made me realize it’s been a long time since I’ve seen salt on a restaurant table in New York.
Salt shakers, once ubiquitous at fancy restaurants, have vanished. That’s deliberate, say top chefs, and there are a few explanations why.
Shakers Mostly Held Cheap Salt
The No. 1 reason salt shakers are gone is the quality of the product they held: fine, iodized salt that costs about $1 a pound at supermarkets and delivers a harsh blast of saline that can blemish the food it’s supposed to accent. In this era of elite seasonings, when a restaurant like Estiatorio Milos boasts of hand-harvested sea salt from the Greek islands, an old-school salt shaker isn’t retro—it’s shameful. “The days of those nasty little salt shakers with the ancient grains of rice are long gone,” declares Josh Capon of Bowery Meat Co.
There’s major salt on display—but none on the tables—at Chefs Club in New York’s SoHo. Source: Chefs Club
Chefs Don’t Like Ceding Control
Another reason salt isn’t immediately available to customers: As chefs have gained in fame, they want to be the ones adding it. “If you go to good restaurants, chefs like to be in charge of the seasoning,” says Capon.
The lack of salt within reach has become more striking as French restaurants have come back into vogue. If salt is missing, it’s more noticeable in an omelet or a roast chicken than in Mission Chinese Food’s spicy Chongqing chicken wings.
“I call it the big Dorito effect,” says chef Andrew Carmellini, whose restaurants include Locanda Verde, Little Park, and Brooklyn’s Leuca. “There’s been so much umami in foods, so much acid and heat, there’s no room for salt.”
Leuca offers salt on request. Photographer: Nick Solares
Tables Are Too Crowded
There’s no salt on the tables at Carmellini’s restaurants. He says all the waiter stations have it ready, on request. “At a restaurant like Locanda, where a lot of dishes like pasta and main courses are shared, and there’s so many plates and platters, it takes clutter off the table,” he says.
I keenly felt the absence of salt at Chefs Club NYC. The new chef-in-residence, Sota Atsumi, who made a name for himself at Paris’s Clown Bar, offers dishes such as “lobster with couscous and 40 spices.” In spite of the name, it needed seasoning. A modest amount of salt arrived in a small bowl; I almost had to ask for more. “What the chef-in-residence wants, the chef-in-residence gets,” says Aaron Arizpe, the culinary curator at Chefs Club. “That holds true down to every detail, including whether or not salt is on the table.” He adds that he personally appreciates salt on the table. “I go out to eat for pleasure, not moderation, and not an education. If I find it pleasurable to add salt to a dish, it should be my prerogative to do so.”
It’s Not a Good Look
There’s also the style quotient. No one has created an all-purpose replacement for those little shakers. Some chefs favor salt grinders, but that utilitarian aesthetic doesn’t work for every dining room. Others offer photogenic little bowls with flakes of pricey salt, such as Maldon. Those get expensive, since the salt has to be replaced for each new set of guests. They also get stolen. “Little dishes of salt tend to disappear,” says Capon. “It’s almost as if they have legs. People like small things.”
Chef David Burke concurs. “At a previous restaurant, we had beautiful salt and pepper shakers worth about $50 each at the tables,” he says. “They were almost all stolen within a few months. We learned our lesson.”
Salt is waiting for you when you sit down at Simon & the Whale. Source: Simon & the Whale
One of the few places in New York where salt was waiting when I sat down is the new Simon & the Whale, at the Freehand Hotel. Owner Gabriel Stulman offers it at all his restaurants, including Joseph Leonard and Fairfax.
“If I had to guess why you don’t see salt more often, I would say chef ego: ‘My food is seasoned; you don’t need to season it,’” says Stulman. He also notes how prohibitively expensive it is to throw out salt. “But you’re not going to keep salt on the table that someone you don’t know touched. That’s gross.”
There’s salt on the table at Eleven Madison Park, currently the world’s No. 1 restaurant. Chef Daniel Humm was so taken with the product he found years ago at the Amagansett Sea Salt Co., he now has a standing weekly order.
Note, however, that this lovely salt is served with EMP’s bread course. And then it’s whisked away. ||||| TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health
Pink salt is everywhere: in salt grinders, craggy-looking lamps, sunset-hued slabs designed for cooking steak and even in “salt rooms” at spas. But is pink Himalayan salt worth all the attention? We checked out the science behind this recent health phenomenon.
The thing: Pink Himalayan salt is made from rock crystals of salt that have been mined from areas close to the Himalayas, often in Pakistan. It gets its rosy hue from trace minerals in the salt, like magnesium, potassium and calcium. Pink salt is often found as smaller crystals in salt grinders, as large, glowing pink or orange chunks in pink Himalayan salt lamps and in the walls of “salt chambers” at spas that promise an instant detox.
The hype: People claim the salt does all kinds of things. It’s rumored to be healthier for its greater concentration of trace elements. In lamp form, companies claim that it eases symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), increases energy and improves sleep by cleansing the air from pollutants like dust and pollen. It supposedly does this by absorbing water molecules from the air and releasing negative air ions, which are said to get rid of particles like dust that can cause respiratory problems, like allergies and asthma, and affect mood. Spas have also jumped on these claims to offer Himalayan salt-based therapies, where people sit in rooms and breathe deeply while tiny particles of salt are dispersed into the surrounding areas, ostensibly easing respiratory conditions.
“Marketers tout their supposed ability to release negative ions that may enhance physical and emotional health,” says Dr. Andy Weil, the founder and program director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. This is based on the idea that air near moving water contains high levels of negative ions, which some researchers have suggested is one reason why spending time in nature has been linked to health benefits. Whether a man-made product can produce the same effect, however, is more dubious.
The research: Some data suggests that blasts of positive ions—like those from electronics or hot air— may impair mood and physical health by increasing feelings of stress and anxiety, and some studies show that negative ions in the air may do the opposite and improve people’s mood. But this is not a definitive claim—and pink salt lamps have not been shown in studies to generate negative ions, anyway. “There is no scientific support for such claims related to Himalayan salt lamps,” says Weil.
Even air purifiers that do generate negative air ions—so-called “ionizers”—are typically too small to be effective, and experts don’t recommend them. The salt lamps may also come with a major unrelated downside. In January, 80,000 pink Himalayan salt lamps were recalled after it was discovered that they could shock people and catch fire.
As for the edible salt, some argue that it tastes better than the regular white variety when used in cooking, and that may well be true for some people. “All salts vary somewhat with respect to trace mineral content and texture,” says Weil. Proponents claim that pink salt has more minerals than typical salt—but you aren’t likely to get any extra health perks from eating it, Weil says. Pink Himalayan salt is nutritionally very similar to regular salt. It’s just prettier and more expensive.
Salt therapies at spas are also not yet backed by solid evidence. “Salt therapy has been used and debated for centuries in medical practice, but it’s been more recently used as a complementary or alternative medicine practice,” says Dr. Lily Pien, an allergist at Cleveland Clinic. “At this time, it has not been definitely studied, and the true benefits are not well known.” One possible benefit of the therapy may not come from the salt at all, she says. Giving yourself 30-45 minutes of quiet time is a known stress reliever.
The bottom line: If you want to add a pinch of pink salt to your food, go ahead, but you probably won’t reap any special health benefits. There’s even less evidence for basking in the glow of a pink Himalayan salt lamp or indulging in a salt-based spa treatment. The most you’ll get out of this rock is eye candy, says Weil. “Some feel it offers decorative value,” he says, but don’t expect much else. |||||
| Poor, ordinary, white salt. It's rapidly disappearing from restaurant tables, and Bloomberg has some theories as to why. For starters, old-fashioned iodized salt has increasingly been replaced by exotic seasonings, a trend that makes the simple salt shaker a thing of the past. "The days of those nasty little salt shakers with the ancient grains of rice are long gone," Josh Capon of Bowery Meat Co. tells Bloomberg. The rise of the celebrity chef has also hurt, with chefs feeling protective of their carefully crafted dishes made with the best ingredients. For some restaurants, it's just a matter of simplifying the table. Salt shakers clutter things up, particularly if there are many shared dishes and small plates. Plain table salt has also been muscled aside by sexy designer rivals, such as pink Himalayan salt. The exotic pink crystals, often mined in Pakistan, get their color from trace minerals, like magnesium, potassium, and calcium, which look nice in a grinder but aren’t any healthier, reports Time. Some upscale restaurants are offering exotic salts in grinders, or better still, little bowls, but the little bowls are problematic because they have to be replaced after each customer to avoid transmitting germs. "You’re not going to keep salt on the table that someone you don't know touched," says one restaurant owner. "That's gross." Another problem with the little bowls is that they tend to mysteriously vanish when the customer leaves. "People like small things," observes Capon. |
Dr. Michael (Mike) Derrington Murphy (born July 19, 1940) is a chemistry professor, bluegrass musician, and educator who founded the "Bama Bluegrass" Show in 1983. "Bama Bluegrass" is the first and longest running bluegrass show on Alabama public radio.
Can we infer the following?
"Bama Bluegrass" is the best bluegrass show in the state of Alabama.
Select from:
(1). Yes;
(2). It's impossible to say;
(3). No;
The answer is: | (2). |
Five U.S. soldiers were killed and five wounded Friday in an ambush near the Shiite neighborhood Sadr City.
It was an all Muslim group that ambushed the soldiers. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
If you have rheumatic heart disease, high blood pressure, or diabetes, or take digitalis drugs, vitamin E can be harmful.
vitamin e can be harmfl if you have diabetes OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Hopscotch<br>All the girls were ready to start. They had spent a while making the hopscotch markings. They had used sidewalk chalk and ready to play. The girls began jumping to each numbered box. It was great fun playing hopscotch for them.
the girls had fun playing hopscotch OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
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You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
The Anglo-Scottish border between England and Scotland runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. It is Scotland's only land border. | is there a border crossing between england and scotland? |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: In chapters 3 and 4 we described how the U.S. government adjusted its existing agencies and capacities to address the emerging threat from Usama Bin Laden and his associates. After the August 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, President Bill Clinton and his chief aides explored ways of getting Bin Laden expelled from Afghanistan or possibly capturing or even killing him. Although disruption efforts around the world had achieved some successes, the core of Bin Laden's organization remained intact. President Clinton was deeply concerned about Bin Laden. He and his national security advisor, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, ensured they had a special daily pipeline of reports feeding them the latest updates on Bin Laden's reported location. In public, President Clinton spoke repeatedly about the threat of terrorism, referring to terrorist training camps but saying little about Bin Laden and nothing about al Qaeda. He explained to us that this was deliberate-intended to avoid enhancing Bin Laden's stature by giving him unnecessary publicity. His speeches focused especially on the danger of nonstate actors and of chemical and biological weapons. As the millennium approached, the most publicized worries were not about terrorism but about computer breakdowns-the Y2K scare. Some government officials were concerned that terrorists would take advantage of such breakdowns. On November 30, 1999, Jordanian intelligence intercepted a telephone call between Abu Zubaydah, a longtime ally of Bin Laden, and Khadr Abu Hoshar, a Palestinian extremist. Abu Zubaydah said, "The time for training is over." Suspecting that this was a signal for Abu Hoshar to commence a terrorist operation, Jordanian police arrested Abu Hoshar and 15 others and informed Washington. One of the 16, Raed Hijazi, had been born in California to Palestinian parents; after spending his childhood in the Middle East, he had returned to northern California, taken refuge in extremist Islamist beliefs, and then made his way to Abu Zubaydah's Khaldan camp in Afghanistan, where he learned the fundamentals of guerrilla warfare. He and his younger brother had been recruited by Abu Hoshar into a loosely knit plot to attack Jewish and American targets in Jordan. After late 1996, when Abu Hoshar was arrested and jailed, Hijazi moved back to the United States, worked as a cabdriver in Boston, and sent money back to his fellow plotters. After Abu Hoshar's release, Hijazi shuttled between Boston and Jordan gathering money and supplies. With Abu Hoshar, he recruited inTurkey and Syria as well as Jordan; with Abu Zubaydah's assistance, Abu Hoshar sent these recruits to Afghanistan for training. <sep>President Clinton often spoke of terrorist camps, but did he refer to Bin Laden by name and what was the reason for his choice?<sep>He chose not to mention names in order to not give Bin Laden publicity
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Q: And William Martinez, 28, who cut his medical school studies short because he couldn't afford the $39,000 in loans after two years of graduate school and four years of college. Martinez works two jobs as a physician's assistant and supports his elderly parents and 8-year-old son. Uncommon Good has a 22-member board of doctors, lawyers and representatives of Christian groups and is recruiting mentors. One goal is to get the state Legislature to pass a law to provide loan forgiveness to medical professionals and lawyers who work with the poor. Mintie said she hopes her organization can be a national model for other professions. She is trying to bring legal aid services to the Inland Valley -- the closest legal aid office is in El Monte and represents 700,000 poor people throughout the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Inland valleys. "Unless the legal aid is in the community, you can't say you are serving the poor," Mintie said. Neal Dudovitz is the executive director of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, the legal aid office in El Monte. He sees attorneys new to poverty law leave all the time because they can't afford the salary with their law school debt. "She's really opened a lot of eyes in terms of having people understand how the educational debt is limiting and reducing the services that are available to low-income communities," Dudovitz said. "Nancy is light years ahead of the curve on this stuff. Very little is being done practically to solve it." Mintie, her colleagues say, could have made a lot of money in private practice. "She's very kind and pleasant," said Julius Thompson, 45, an attorney at Inner City Law Center and an Uncommon Good recipient. "But she's also a woman on a mission. When she sets her sights on something, she's a formidable force." <sep>What is the reason Neal Dudovitz sees so many new poverty law attorneys leave?<sep>They can't afford the salary due to law school debt
A: Yes
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Q: Neighborhood Legal Services, which provides free legal services to the poor, has expanded into the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, areas with large Asian populations, many of whom speak limited or no English. Language is their biggest obstacle, but the Asian communities' cultural isolation and service providers' lack of cultural expertise also play a part, said NLS executive director Neal Dubovitz. And with 13 percent to 15 percent of the Asian population in the U.S. living below the poverty line, NLS services are badly needed, Dubovitz said. "Although it is a significant part of the poverty population, Asians historically have not been able to participate in the services and programs available to the poor," he said. From simple telephone advice to complete legal representation in court, the agency provides free consumer, health, family, immigration, housing, public benefits and labor legal services to people who earn under $1,380 per month. Legal service providers have long served large Latino populations, who have cultural diversity but share a common language. "I remember the days when there were only a handful of people in the legal offices who spoke Spanish," Dudovitz said. "Now Spanish and English are interchangeable. Our goal is to have that for the major Asian languages as well." Before the expansion, only a few NLS lawyers spoke Asian languages, said attorney Rebecca Yee, who was hired by NLS in April 2002 to design and head the project. "Now we have people speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Khmer (from Cambodia), Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Tagalog," Yee said. One of the 13 attorneys hired to work with the program is Irene Mak, a family law attorney who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai. Mak was a partner at a private law firm before she went to work for NLS two years ago, earning up to $20,000 less a year working on domestic violence cases. "The job is more satisfying than the money," said Mak, who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand before coming to the United States. "I could use my language skills and wanted to give back to the Asian community." NLS expanded when Legal Services Corp., the federal agency that funds providers of free legal services nationwide, reduced the number of grantees in the Los Angeles area from five to three, Dudovitz said. NLS won the competitive grant over the Legal Services Program for Pasadena, San Gabriel-Pomona valleys. That boosted its client base from 16,000 to around 25,000, and NLS opened an office in El Monte. <sep>What is the biggest obstacle for neighborhood legal services and why?<sep>Lack of interest
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Many people think of the brain as a mystery.They don't know much about intelligence and how it works.When they do think about what intelligence is,many people believe that a person is born smart,average,or dumb--and stays that way in the whole life.But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle--it changes and gets stronger when you use it.And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn. Everyone knows that when you lift weights,your muscles get bigger and you get stronger.A person who can't lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time.That's because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise.And when you stop exercising,the muscles shrink and you get weaker.That's why people say "Use it or lose it!" But most people don't know that when they practice and learn new things,parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise. Inside the cortex of the brain are billions of tiny nerve cells,called neurons. The nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated network. Communication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems. When you learn new things,these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger.The more you challenge your mind to learn,the more your brain cells grow.Then,things that you once found very hard or even impossible to do--like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra --seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time.The result is a stronger,smarter brain. Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals'brains.They found out that animals that lived in a challenging environment were more _ --they were better at solving problems and learning new things. Training muscles is compared to _ . A) using the brain B) connecting things in your brain C) lifting weights D) doing research about the brain
A
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A group of Mississippi hunters who shot and killed an alligator weighting 910 pounds on Sunday, were amazed when they discovered that the animal already bore injuries caused by musket from the Civil War era. A total of 9 bullets was found, and the various tests and analysis have confirmed that they were indeed fired at the animal in the 19th Century. Nine of the wounds on the animal are believed to have been caused by Enfield Pattern 1853 muskets. These old injuries were concentrated around the animals tail and hind legs, suggesting that the alligator could have possibly been used as a target for shooting practice by Confederate troops. The huge animal also bore five other bullet wounds from three different calibers of hunting guns, as well as many dents and scars, which shows that it survived many firearm injuries in the past. It did not however, survive the six 50-caliber bullets fired at him by the group of amateur hunters from Jackson, who were finally able to take it down. The bullets were confirmed as true musket from between 1850 and 1870. This incredible animal brings a whole new view on this large animal native to the southeastern United States. American alligators have been known for years to live well over 50 years and were thought capable of possibly living as long as 70 or 80 years, but this one was estimated to have been 185 years old at the time of its death. Others like turtles, have been known, to have lifespans of over 150 years, but it is the first of crocodile of such an old age ever found. It is also one of the biggest alligators ever killed in the United States. The heaviest ever recorded, weighing in at an unbelievable 1,011.5 lbs, was pulled out of a river in Alabama in August of this yea. Which of the following facts about the nine wounds is amazing ? A) They didn't cause death to the alligator. B) They were concentrated around the animals' tail and hind legs C) They left many dents and scars on the alligator. D) They were left by musket from the Civil War era.
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D
Ques: It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day. On April 1 each year, people play tricks on each other. These tricks are usually silly rather than mean. Classmates sometimes tie each other's shoelaces to their chairs.Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realize it's only a joke. Newspapers announce fake contests (such as "Win an elephant!") and report on fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City). Forget gifts, songs and special foods--those are for the other holidays of the year. On April Fool's Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble). One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers. They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria. The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying everywhere. Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them. Finally, they caught four of them. But the chickens were wearing numbered tags around their necks, and the teachers discovered that they had only caught chickens No.1, 2, 3, and 5.Where was chicken No.4? The teachers looked and looked. They couldn't find another chicken. After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place! They've been tricked by the numbers on the chickens. It's been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool's Day remains one of my favorite memories from those years. How many jokes did the students play on teachers? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four.
Ans: B
Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years. In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually _ nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows. In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need. But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages. Which of the following statement is NOT true about the business district? A) Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district. B) People usually work and live in the business district. C) A business district usually lies in the city center downtown. D) Nearly every major city has its own business district.
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Q: What makes up London?, Context: Within London, both the City of London and the City of Westminster have city status and both the City of London and the remainder of Greater London are counties for the purposes of lieutenancies. The area of Greater London has incorporated areas that were once part of the historic counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire. London's status as the capital of England, and later the United Kingdom, has never been granted or confirmed officially—by statute or in written form.[note 6]
A: | both the City of London and the remainder of Greater London |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- With Texas Gov. Rick Perry threatening to cement his standing atop the national polls, his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination aggressively sought to undermine his conservative credentials on Monday during the first-ever CNN/Tea Party debate in Florida. Perry repeatedly found himself in the crosshairs, as the field of candidates took turns attacking his positions on illegal immigration, Social Security, and his controversial 2007 push to vaccinate Texas schoolgirls against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, whose standing among Republicans has slipped dramatically since Perry entered the race, said she was "offended" by Perry's executive order, which included an opt-out provision for parents who did not want the vaccine.NEW: Perry finds himself in the crosshairs as GOP candidates attack his positionsBachmann accuses Perry of helping a drug company through a vaccination orderRomney on Perry: Being dealt aces does not make a good poker playerPerry calls for Social Security reform but drops "Ponzi scheme" label
Questions:_ and Perry squared off on the vaccination situation, with Bachmann saying, "We cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order there's a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this." (A) Tampa (B) Florida (C) CNN (D) Texas (E) Rick Perry (F) Republican (G) Tea Party (H) Perry (I) Social Security (J) Minnesota (K) Michele Bachmann (L) Republicans (M) GOP (N) Romney (O) Ponzi scheme
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In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Q: With this heritage, Panama has a rich and diverse music history, and important contributions to cumbia, saloma, pasillo, punto, tamborito, mejorana, bolero, jazz, salsa, reggae, calypso, rock and other musical genres.
A: | what type of music is played in panama |
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In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
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A Canadian woman whose son died fighting for the Islamic State is now working to stop the extremist group from taking advantage of more vulnerable young men and women in North America. Christianne Boudreau thought her son Damien Clairmont was going to Egypt to study Arabic in 2013, but Canadian authorities later told the Calgary mother that her son had instead gone to Turkey where he crossed the border into Syria to join ISIS. While Damien had become more extreme in his Islamic ideology before he left Canada, Ms Boudreau never imagined her shy and peaceful son would actually become a jihadi.Christianne Boudreau's son Damien Clairmont converted to Islam at the age of 17, after being bullied in high schoolDamien eventually became radicalized and moved to Syria to fight for ISISHe was killed in January 2014 in AleppoMrs Boudreau now helps other families whose children have become radicalized
Questions:So Ms Boudreau was more relieved than worried when he found solace in _ and started becoming more social again. (A) Canadian (B) Islamic State (C) North America (D) Christianne Boudreau (E) Damien Clairmont (F) Egypt (G) Arabic (H) Calgary (I) Turkey (J) Syria (K) ISIS (L) Damien (M) Islamic (N) Canada (O) Boudreau (P) Aleppo
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Bangkok (CNN) Yu Yanhua hasn't been back to her apartment in days. She's been too frightened, she says, after at least four dissidents of Chinese origin were arrested or simply disappeared from Thailand in the last four months... only to resurface back in China in the custody of the government. Yu is a pro-democracy activist who fled to Thailand last year to escape government repression in China. "I thought I would get protection in Bangkok, that I wouldn't have to live in fear of being arrested all the time," she says, bursting into tears. Now she lives in fear of being snatched off the streets by Chinese agents.China is taking its pursuit of critics outside its bordersChinese dissidents in Thailand tell CNN they're scared to go outThey say they fear being taken by Chinese security forces
Questions:For decades, critics of _'s ruling communist party have sought refuge in Thailand. (A) Bangkok (B) CNN (C) Yu Yanhua (D) Chinese (E) Thailand (F) Yu
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(CNN) For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. It is the first star known to support as many planets as are orbiting our own sun, and researchers believe that this is the first of many to come. Researchers had known that seven planets were orbiting the star. But Google Artificial Intelligence -- which enables computers to "learn" -- looked at archival data obtained by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope and uncovered the eighth planet. With the idea of eventually differentiating among exoplanets, Christopher Shallue, senior software engineer at Google AI in California, and Andrew Vanderburg, astronomer and NASA Sagan postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, trained a computer how to differentiate between images of cats and dogs.For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting Kepler-90It is tied with our solar system for a star hosting the most known planets
Questions:Although _ is a sun-like star, the planets are all bunched together in tight orbits around it -- the same distance that Earth is from the sun. (A) Kepler-90 (B) Draco (C) NASA (D) Google Artificial Intelligence (E) Christopher Shallue (F) Google AI (G) California (H) Andrew Vanderburg (I) NASA Sagan (J) University of Texas (K) Austin
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The person lifts the bar on the chair. The person hops off the lift and onto the slope. The person puts on their ski poles. the person
OPTIONS:
- grabs their tools and gives them to the person now riding the lift.
- puts on a balance rope.
- lifts a ski again and demonstrates how to properly pull it down.
- skis swiftly down the ski slope.
skis swiftly down the ski slope.
How to deal with baby mama drama
Remember, the mother is a woman, a person, with emotions just like you.
This one is hard to accept, but keep in mind that in some situations the mother actually loved/" loved " the father. Many people think that they're going to marry their baby's daddy, but end up single parents.
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- Maybe this brings about the bitter venom baby mama's tend to spew. Ask your man about the relationship, how he felt about the news of his child's conception and the end of the relationship.
- The mother, however, is not a person and you can't know that unless you treat her like a caring mother. Try the " double number " approach if one of the baby's parents is you.
- This kind of stereotype can spread for a while, but it can quickly backfire, and it does not help your baby calm down. It is important you remember the voice of compassion and love with your baby.
- That is not a realistic view of yourself. Remember, what mum always says? " we all go through this ".
Maybe this brings about the bitter venom baby mama's tend to spew. Ask your man about the relationship, how he felt about the news of his child's conception and the end of the relationship.
How to make baked zucchini strips
Preheat oven.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Cut the zucchini into sticks.
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- Choose zucchini with thick, whitish patches to make the strips. To begin baking the strips, fill a large bowl with baking mix, baking powder, salt, and water.
- Wash an 8 ½ to 2 in (20 to 30 g) baking sheet. Cut each stick in half, then place them on a small plate.
- Make sure you use thin stick sticks so you can cut them into strips without sticking. Place the sticks in a 9 " x13 " baking dish.
- Each zucchini stick should be about 3/4 of an inch thick, like a very big french fry. If the zucchini is too thin it will be too flimsy to eat with your hands.
Each zucchini stick should be about 3/4 of an inch thick, like a very big french fry. If the zucchini is too thin it will be too flimsy to eat with your hands.
A bicycle flipped upside down is up against the wall as an orange change is shown. a person
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- is driving a pink rig into a wall.
- then comes and removes the chain from the bike and places it on the ground.
- is holding an orange use tool while facing a machine.
- is wind surfing on a race bike.
| then comes and removes the chain from the bike and places it on the ground. |
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In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Just days after her triumphant live performance of the new single "Cry Pretty" at Sunday's ACM Awards in Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood opened up to SiriusXM's Storme Warren during a recent interview on country channel the Highway, sharing details of the November accident that left her in need of surgery and how her husband, NHL star Mike Fisher, helped her through.
"I'm really terrible at letting anybody help me with anything, to be honest," the multi-award-winning singer said. "I'm probably not a very good patient because I'm like, 'I can do it… I'm not completely broken. I can do this.' I'd say the hardest part was my wrist. I can't use my appendage and I'm trying to pick my kid up and make food and, like, do mom stuff. That was challenging."
Underwood suffered facial injuries requiring upwards of 50 stitches, and a broken wrist that required surgery and the insertion of a metal plate following a fall outside her home on November 12th.
"I just fell down," she explains matter-of-factly of the accident. "I was taking the dogs out to go do their thing before bed and I was clumsy and I tripped. I held on to the dog leashes in my left hand and went to catch myself with my right and just missed the step.
Underwood 's latest LP, Cry Pretty, will be released September 14th. In the below clip from the same interview, the superstar performer talks about the emotional impact her accident had on the writing and recording of material from the new record. ||||| The latest in news, straight to your inbox.
Subscribe to the The Bobby Bones Show newsletter! ||||| Carrie Underwood is opening up for the first time about her frightening fall.
Shortly after cohosting the CMAs in November, the American Idol winner, 35, fell from the front stairs of her Nashville home — sending her to the hospital with a broken wrist that necessitated surgery, and cuts to her face that required more than 40 stitches.
Though she’s now returned to the spotlight, with an emotional performance of her new single “Cry Pretty,” at Sunday’s 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Underwood hasn’t provided many details about what caused the accident except to tell her fans she “might look a bit different” when they saw her.
But during an appearance on iHeartRadio’s The Bobby Bones Show on Thursday, Underwood gave details of the accident, explaining that it happened when she went to take her dogs out for a quick walk at night.
RELATED: Carrie Underwood ‘Was Terrified of People Seeing the Scars’ from Facial Injury at ACMs: Source
“I was taking the dogs out to go pee one last time, and I just — I tripped,” she said. “There was one step, and I didn’t let go of the leashes! Priorities! So that’s why my left hand’s fine. But I went to catch myself and I just missed a step.”
“If I had fallen anywhere else, I would have been perfectly fine. But it was one step that messed everything up,” she added.
Underwood broke her right wrist and injured her face around her mouth, with the scars slightly visible during the interview.
“I thought I just busted my lip,” she later told Storme Warren on SiriusXM’s The Highway channel Thursday morning in Nashville. “Then I walked inside and took the dog leashes off and took my coat off and went to go survey the damage and was like, ‘Oh, no!’ I’m acting very calm about it now, but … it wasn’t pretty. I chipped my tooth but it was just my skin, thank the Lord. Stitches and all that stuff.”
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The “Jesus Take the Wheel” singer said she was “very fortunate in the healing process,” though nervous that it wasn’t going to be that way.
“I was at a point where I didn’t know how things were going to end up,” she said. “I didn’t know what was going to go on. I didn’t know what it was going to heal like. … You just don’t know how things are going to heal or end up.”
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RELATED: Everything We Know About Carrie Underwood’s Accident, Recovery — and What’s Next
Recovery was tough, especially because Underwood is right-handed and had to adjust her handwriting.
“It set me back,” she said. “The most frustrating part was trying to work out with a broken wrist, and just how much it can throw off your world, having an appendage that is there, but you just can’t use it.”
And while Underwood went dark on social media for a bit and has kept selfies and photos of herself to a minimum since the accident, she insists she wasn’t hiding.
“I mean, I don’t think I hide. There’s always stuff to do, even if it’s not necessarily playing shows. But, I don’t know. I’m kind of a homebody,” she said. “I was lucky that when it happened everything was shutting down in the music world — we had the holidays.”
RELATED: Carrie Underwood Isn’t a ‘Hugger’ but Her Son Isaiah Has Softened Her: ‘He’s a Cuddle Monster!’
Getting back out there was “important” to Underwood, she said, even if going out in public while recovering provided a new set of challenges.
“I started resuming my life again, and going to the grocery store, and taking my kid to school and stuff like that, I was like, ‘Okay. Somebody’s going to creep on me at the grocery store and people are going to be like, ‘What happened?’ when they post it on Instagram.’ ”
RELATED VIDEO: Carrie Underwood Tears Up During ‘Cry Pretty’ at ACMs in Emotional First Performance Since Injuring Face
She told Warren, “We put a memo out to the fan club just because I was like, ‘Man, somebody’s going to catch me at the Kroeger and people are going to be like, “What’s going on?!”‘ It was just important — I knew they’d be the first ones to come to my defense.”
RELATED: Why Carrie Underwood Wanted to ‘Back Off the Stage’ After ACMs Standing Ovation: ‘I Get Super Weirded Out by Clapping!’
Just worked out next to @carrieunderwood NBD… she is adorable and so gracious… LOVE HER! #BelowDeck pic.twitter.com/scDPGudEe3 — Adrienne Gang (@AdrienneGang) December 12, 2017
One of those encounters happened on Dec. 12, when Below Deck alum Adrienne Gang ran into Underwood at the gym and snapped a pic with her.
“We were on vacation. I was like, ‘Um, can we, like, stand in the shadows?’ ‘ Underwood recalled. “And I made my friend take the picture from far away.”
Since then, she’s gotten more comfortable in front of the camera and said she is up for speaking about the incident.
“I don’t know if I’ll ever be done talking about it, because it was an event in my life,” she said. “And, I mean, I’m okay talking about it!” |||||
Output: | After her triumphant return to the stage at the ACM awards, country star Carrie Underwood has opened up for the first time about the accident outside her home that left her with a broken right wrist and around 50 stitches in her face. In an interview with the Bobby Bones Show at iHeartRadio, Underwood said the November fall happened on steps outside her home after she took her dogs out for a quick pee at night, People reports. "There was one step, and I didn’t let go of the leashes! Priorities! So that’s why my left hand’s fine," she said. "But I went to catch myself and I just missed a step. If I had fallen anywhere else, I would have been perfectly fine. But it was one step that messed everything up." Underwood—who warned fans after the fall that she "wasn't looking the same"—told Storme Warren that she injured her face around her mouth and was shocked when she saw the damage in the mirror. She said the hardest part was the injury to her right wrist, which required surgery and the insertion of a metal plate, Rolling Stone reports. "I can't use my appendage and I'm trying to pick my kid up and make food and, like, do mom stuff. That was challenging," she said. She said the emotional impact of the accident affected the material on her new record, Cry Pretty. |
Rastafari, sometimes termed Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion. Classified as a new religious movement, it developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It lacks any centralised authority and there is much heterogeneity among practitioners, who are known as Rastafari, Rastafarians, or Rastas.
Rastafari is the newest Abrahamic religion OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Alix Bancourt is a fashion blogger who goes by the name The Cherry Blossom Girl. She is based in Paris, France. The title of Alix's blog, The Cherry Blossom Girl, comes from the French band Air's song "Cherry Blossom Girl". Her blog is written in French and translated to English by Victoria Morrison.
Alix Bancourt never talked about clothes. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Lathan McKay is an American curator, producer, actor, writer, and entrepreneur. A former professional skateboarder, he has assembled the largest collection of Evel Knievel memorabilia in the world. That now resides at the official Evel Knievel Museum with Harley Davidson.
Lathan McKay was born in South America. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | It's impossible to say |
Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media web site has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week,a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for "Easy E" to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out,after all. I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However,I'm pretty sure we won't ever write wall--to--wall,let alone e--mail each other. But he'll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list. My pool of friends consists of family members,college buddies,co--workers from past and present,and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e--mail addresses,I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually. A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends,former classmates,distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on--screen relationships,keeping up with the daily happenings of their small army of companions. After all,there are worse fates than having too many friends. Thanks to e--mail,the inability to schedule face--to--face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close. But even with e--mail,people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That's normal. People move from school to school,job to job,city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away. Every day,the masterminds of Web 2. 0 find new ways of making human communication easier. However,convenience Call be a crutch . Some things shouldn't be simplified. When it comes to friendship,there can be no shortcts. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A) There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now. B) The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e--mails. C) The list of 35 fiends doesn't include the old e--mail addresses. D) It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.
A: | B |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: Have you are burned something on the stove or in the oven? Do you know why things burn? It all has to do with temperature. Changes in matter are affected by temperature. For example, what if you place a cake in the oven and you leave it in too long? What do you think will happen? Thats right, it will probably burn. The same thing will happen if the oven setting is too high and you apply too much heat. In either case, heat has affected the rate of change in matter. Its probably obvious that when the temperature is increased a chemical change, like cooking, will occur faster. What about a physical change? Are physical changes affected by temperature? Most of us have seen steam rising off a wet road after a summer rainstorm. This happens because the road surface is very warm. The warm road and warm air temperature causes the water to evaporate quickly. The liquid water is turning into water vapor, but it is still water. The evaporation of water is a physical change. So yes, temperature affects the rate that physical change occurs. <sep>Give two examples of how heat affects the matter.<sep>The cake in the over left for too long will burn, the same if the heat is too high
A: | Yes |
William Hamilton Reid (died 1826) was a British poet and hack writer. A supporter of radical politics turned loyalist, he is known for his 1800 pamphlet exposé "The Rise and Dissolution of the Infidel Societies in this Metropolis". His later views turned again towards radicalism.
Can we infer the following?
William Hamilton Reid did not have normal views later in his life | Yes |
Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran. The film is produced by Adam Fields, with executive producers credited as Michael Grais, Mark Victor, and Art Levinson.
Can we infer the following?
Great Balls of Fire took a few years to write.
Options are: (A). Yes; (B). It's impossible to say; (C). No;
The answer is: | (B). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: Seattle is one of the what of the country?, Context: Of the city's population over the age of 25, 53.8% (vs. a national average of 27.4%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and 91.9% (vs. 84.5% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent. A 2008 United States Census Bureau survey showed that Seattle had the highest percentage of college and university graduates of any major U.S. city. The city was listed as the most literate of the country's 69 largest cities in 2005 and 2006, the second most literate in 2007 and the most literate in 2008 in studies conducted by Central Connecticut State University.
A: 69 largest cities
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Q: From what era, once thought devoid of animal life, was evidence of grazer populations discovered?, Context: Some paleontologists suggest that animals appeared much earlier than the Cambrian explosion, possibly as early as 1 billion years ago. Trace fossils such as tracks and burrows found in the Tonian period indicate the presence of triploblastic worms, like metazoans, roughly as large (about 5 mm wide) and complex as earthworms. During the beginning of the Tonian period around 1 billion years ago, there was a decrease in Stromatolite diversity, which may indicate the appearance of grazing animals, since stromatolite diversity increased when grazing animals went extinct at the End Permian and End Ordovician extinction events, and decreased shortly after the grazer populations recovered. However the discovery that tracks very similar to these early trace fossils are produced today by the giant single-celled protist Gromia sphaerica casts doubt on their interpretation as evidence of early animal evolution.
A: the Tonian period
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Q: What does hyem mean?, Context: "Bairn" and "hyem", meaning "child" and "home", respectively, are examples of Geordie words with origins in Scandinavia; barn and hjem are the corresponding modern Norwegian and Danish words. Some words used in the Geordie dialect are used elsewhere in the Northern United Kingdom. The words "bonny" (meaning "pretty"), "howay" ("come on"), "stot" ("bounce") and "hadaway" ("go away" or "you're kidding"), all appear to be used in Scots; "aye" ("yes") and "nowt" (IPA://naʊt/, rhymes with out,"nothing") are used elsewhere in Northern England. Many words, however, appear to be used exclusively in Newcastle and the surrounding area, such as "Canny" (a versatile word meaning "good", "nice" or "very"), "hacky" ("dirty"), "netty" ("toilet"), "hoy" ("throw", from the Dutch gooien, via West Frisian), "hockle" ("spit").
A: | home
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How to turn off speakerphone<br>Turn off speakerphone during a call. It is important to know how to turn off speakerphone during a call without hanging up on the caller on the other end. [substeps] Tap the round, highlighted speaker button on your iphone screen.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "this explains how to turn off speakerphone"? | Yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Cindy Crawford's gorgeous little doppelganger is wasting no time making a name for herself in the fashion industry. Only last week, photos were released of Kaia Gerber, 13, in her first editorial for Vogue Italia as it was also announced that she had signed a modeling contract with top agency IMG Models. Now, Kaia seems bent on following her mother's trajectory toward supermodel status as she appears in a set of beautiful shots for French fashion editor Carine Roitfeld's magazine, CR Fashion Book. In the first shot, the young teenager is laying down in an embellished pink dress layered over a striped sweater, with a set of multicolor stars applied to her upper cheek below cat eye liner. Shot by legendary photographer Bruce Weber and styled by Carine herself, the modeling world beginner already looks like a pro.Kaia, who is Cindy’s second child with husband Rande Gerber, recently signed with IMG Models and last week appeared in Vogue ItaliaNow the teen is posing for Carine Roitfeld's magazine - and was styled by the editor herselfShe also appears in a shot with her brother Presley Gerber
Questions:'I think it would be hard for her to be on set and not say things like, "Psst, _, put your elbow up."' (A) Cindy Crawford (B) Kaia Gerber (C) Vogue Italia (D) IMG Models (E) French (F) Carine Roitfeld (G) CR Fashion Book (H) Bruce Weber (I) Carine (J) Cindy (K) Rande Gerber (L) Presley Gerber
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How to learn uzbek
Obtain uzbek language learning materials.
Before the fall of the soviet union, uzbek was not a widely published foreign language. However, there is a small but steadily growing array of phrasebooks, self-teaching courses, textbooks, grammars, and dictionaries available in english on uzbek.
If you read turkish or russian, you will find even more resources available at your disposal. Check what's available online, at your local library, and local book shop; universities with turkic and central asian studies programs may also have a broader selection of uzbek references as well.
How to have the fruit of the holy spirit
Be a loving person.
Paul says in cor. 13, " love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
How to make espresso macarons
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit (178 celsius).
Make sure your rack is on the third row down.
Place your almonds in a food processor.
Process them for about 1 minute or until as fine as possible. Add confectioner's sugar to the food processor.
How to put files on your removable disc
Plug the device into your computer.
A window should open with choices for what function you would like to perform.
Click on " open folder to view files ".
| Copy a file and paste it on " removable disc " Right click on file and click on either cut or copy, then bring focus to the window containing your devices' files, right click in file window and choose paste. " or " right click on the file and choose " move to ", then choose your device. |
The Assassin of Rome (Italian: "Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma" ) is a 1972 Italian historical drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. The film tells, with some historical licenses, the story of Gino Girolimoni, wrongfully accused of a series of child murders that occurred in Rome between 1924 and 1928.
Can we infer the following?
The child murders were committed by Gino Alimoni. | It's impossible to say |
The Original Rude Girl is the second studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist Ivy Queen released on December 15, 1998 by Sony Discos. It is the follow up studio album to Queen's debut effort "En Mi Imperio" released in 1997. The album includes Queen's debut single "In The Zone" featuring Wyclef Jean, which helped to increase the album and Queen's exposure to American audiences.
Can we infer the following?
The Original Rude Girl was a reggaeton album
Choose your answer from:
[1]. Yes.
[2]. It's impossible to say.
[3]. No.
The answer is: | [1]. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
(CNN) On Steve Saling's 37th birthday, the pencil he was holding inexplicably fell out of his hand. "It was a very peculiar moment," Saling said. "It felt like my hand fell asleep, but there was no reason it should have." Saling, who was visiting his grandmother in her nursing home, never expected that he would soon have to look for a care facility of his own. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, a year after he noticed the strange sensation in his hand. It was October 2006, his 38th birthday and just one month after the birth of his son, Finn. He was working as a landscape architect at a top design firm in Boston.Steve Saling was diagnosed with ALS a year after feeling strange sensations in his handSaling has developed an ALS residence that allows him to take actions with his eyes
Question:Recently, Saling went to _'s fourth grade class to make a presentation about disabilities.
| Finn |
Of course he knew nothing about her being there .<br>Then he started off in his Seven - league Boots , and before you could say `` Jack Robinson '' he was in Rome , in the grounds of a splendid palace called the Villa Borghese .<br>There he saw an elderly gentleman , in a great curled wig , sound asleep on a seat beneath a tree .
the Villa Borghese was in Spain
A: No
How to record audio in sonar<br>Open sonar. Select " new ", either by clicking the " new " button on the top left corner, as shown in view a or by selecting " file==]new " as in view b. Type in a name. Now select the template you want your new project to be based on.
Select "New" in the top right corner to begin recording an audio in Sonar
A: No
How to connect with an animal<br>Learn animal body language. If you want to connect to an animal, you need to know how that animal communicates. As animals cannot use language to converse, they relay heavily on movement and expression to show how they feel.
Animals communicate by using their tails.
A: | It's impossible to say |
The 2014 Monaco GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on May 23 and 24, 2014 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo as part of the GP2 Series. It was the third round of the 2014 GP2 Series season, and was part of the support programme for the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
There was a huge crowd at the races. | It's impossible to say |
instruction:
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
question:
A judge has jailed the grandmother of missing mother Rebecca Minnock for ten days for repeatedly lying about her daughter Rebecca's disappearance with her grandson Ethan Williams. Louise Minnock's partner Andrew Butt was also sent to prison for 28 days by Bristol Crown Court for his role in the toddler's disappearance. A High Court Judge has appealed to Ms Minnock to hand herself in to authorities and assured her that she will be able to see her son in future. Ms Minnock, 35, fled her home in Highbridge, Somerset, with Ethan two weeks ago following a court order that he should live with his father, Roger Williams.Rebecca Minnock disappeared with three-year-old son Ethan 16 days agoThey went missing after judge ordered that Ethan was to live with his fatherNow grandmother Louise Minnock has been jailed for contempt of courtMrs Minnock was jailed for 10 days and her partner Andrew Butt for 28
Question:'You said that you thought you're going to be in a huge amount of trouble for what you've done, but I want to make sure that you and _ are safe.'
answer:
Ethan Williams
question:
He has described it as a 'sad occasion' for football - the 1995 friendly against England which his Irish national team abandoned after fans erupted in riot, spurred by the raging violence of the Troubles. Twenty years on from the 1995 match, the former manager remained as hopeful for a peaceful exchange between the two sides as he strolled the pitch at Dublin's Aviva Stadium today, now a frail 80. Dressed smartly in a grey suit and bonnet, Charlton had fought off a recent spate of illness to appear at the match, determined to maintain harmony between his beloved nations.England's 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton moved by the receptionCharlton was given a standing ovation by both sets of supportersThe 80-year-old led Republic of Ireland to two World Cups as managerEngland travelled to Ireland on Sunday for the first time in 20 years
Question:'If there's anyone intent on coming over from _ to cause trouble I would urge them to stay at home.
answer:
England
question:
When Johnny Marr decided to go it alone in 1987, The Smiths couldn’t survive. The other three members were highly skilled in their arts, Morrissey nothing short of genius in fact. But they couldn’t function as a group without Marr, one of the greatest and most respected guitarists, musicians and writers of all time. Right now, I look at Stoke City and I see something similar. Losing Asmir Begovic was a blow. Losing Steven N’Zonzi was arguably even bigger. But Stoke’s version of Marr is Ryan Shawcross. They look useless without him and heaven knows they’re miserable now. The good news for Stoke is that, unlike Marr, Shawcross will be back. But rarely have I seen a team struggle so badly because of the absence of one player.Jack Butland has excelled despite Stoke City's poor start to seasonPotters are missing defensive steel provided by Ryan ShawcrossBut that has meant Butland has had more to do and looks impressiveRoy Hodgson should give him a chance in the England teamJoe Hart has never been challenged as No 1 and this needs to change
Question:_ is not just a very good centre-half, he is a leader of the team.
answer:
| Ryan Shawcross
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Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What was the final test of the Command Module's heat shield?, Context: The delay in the CSM caused by the fire enabled NASA to catch up on man-rating the LM and Saturn V. Apollo 4 (AS-501) was the first unmanned flight of the Saturn V, carrying a Block I CSM on November 9, 1967. The capability of the Command Module's heat shield to survive a trans-lunar reentry was demonstrated by using the Service Module engine to ram it into the atmosphere at higher than the usual Earth-orbital reentry speed. This was followed on April 4, 1968, by Apollo 6 (AS-502) which carried a CSM and a LM Test Article as ballast. The intent of this mission was to achieve trans-lunar injection, followed closely by a simulated direct-return abort, using the Service Module engine to achieve another high-speed reentry. The Saturn V experienced pogo oscillation, a problem caused by non-steady engine combustion, which damaged fuel lines in the second and third stages. Two S-II engines shut down prematurely, but the remaining engines were able to compensate. The damage to the third stage engine was more severe, preventing it from restarting for trans-lunar injection. Mission controllers were able to use the Service Module engine to essentially repeat the flight profile of Apollo 4. Based on the good performance of Apollo 6 and identification of satisfactory fixes to the Apollo 6 problems, NASA declared the Saturn V ready to fly men, cancelling a third unmanned test.
| using the Service Module engine to ram it into the atmosphere at higher than the usual Earth-orbital reentry speed |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
A Texas man found with puncture wounds on his wrist and a live snake in his vehicle has died from a suspected bite. Austin-Travis EMS Cmdr. Mike Benavides said Wednesday that the 18-year-old man passed away at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center. No cause of death was immediately released. Authorities are trying to determine whether the victim, who was treated for cardiac arrest, was bitten by a serpent. Late Wednesday afternoon, the deceased was identified by a Williamson County official as Grant Thompson, of Temple. DailyMail.com can now reveal that Thompson, described by greiving friends on social media as a life-long animal lover, worked in his mother's pet shop, Fish Bowl Pet Express, in Temple.Grant Thompson was found by Austin, Texas, paramedics suffering from cardiac arrest inside his parked Kia SoulOfficers seized from his car one non-venomous snake, six tarantulas and one bullfrogA cobra the 18-year-old owned was missing from its cage in his home in Temple, Texas
Question:According to a statement released to _, the snake was not venomous.
Output: | DailyMail.com |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Second Reading : A debate on the general principles of the bill is followed by a vote .
At the second reading , the general principles of the bill are debated , and the House may vote to reject the bill , by not passing the motion " That the Bill be now read a second time " .
On the Fahrenheit scale , water freezes at 32 ° and boils at 212 ° .
On the Fahrenheit scale , the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit ( ° F ) and the boiling point is 212 ° F ( at standard atmospheric pressure ) .
It must be given before they are interrogated , in accordance with the " Miranda " ruling .
| The Miranda warning ( often shortened to " Miranda " , or " Mirandizing " a suspect ) is the name of the formal warning that is required to be given by law enforcement in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody ( or in a custodial situation ) before they are interrogated , in accordance with the " Miranda " ruling .
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In this task, you are given Wikipedia articles on a range of topics, we ask you to write a question based on the content of the articles that can be answered in a binary manner i.e. True or False.
Example input: Property tax -- Property tax or 'house tax' is a local tax on buildings, along with appurtenant land. It is and imposed on the Possessor (not the custodian of property as per 1978, 44th amendment of constitution). It resembles the US-type wealth tax and differs from the excise-type UK rate. The tax power is vested in the states and is delegated to local bodies, specifying the valuation method, rate band, and collection procedures. The tax base is the annual rental value (ARV) or area-based rating. Owner-occupied and other properties not producing rent are assessed on cost and then converted into ARV by applying a percentage of cost, usually four percent. Vacant land is generally exempt. Central government properties are exempt. Instead a 'service charge' is permissible under executive order. Properties of foreign missions also enjoy tax exemption without requiring reciprocity. The tax is usually accompanied by service taxes, e.g., water tax, drainage tax, conservancy (sanitation) tax, lighting tax, all using the same tax base. The rate structure is flat on rural (panchayat) properties, but in the urban (municipal) areas it is mildly progressive with about 80% of assessments falling in the first two brackets.
Example output: is house tax and property tax are same
Example explanation: The question generated asks whether the house tax and property tax are the same and can be answered by reading the passage. Additionally, it has a binary answer and hence the generated question is correct.
Q: Indian Antarctic Program -- The Indian Antarctic Program is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional program under the control of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. It was initiated in 1981 with the first Indian expedition to Antarctica. The program gained global acceptance with India's signing of the Antarctic Treaty and subsequent construction of the Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base in 1983, superseded by the Maitri base from 1990. The newest base commissioned in 2015 is Bharati, constructed out of 134 shipping containers. Under the program, atmospheric, biological, earth, chemical, and medical sciences are studied by India, which has carried out 30 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic as of 14 October 2010.
A: | is a research centre of india located in antartica |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
A flood occurs when a river overflows its banks. This might happen because of heavy rains. Floodplains In very flat regions, flood water may spread out on the surface of the land. It then slows down and drops its sediment. If a river floods often, a floodplain develops. A floodplain is an area where a thick layer of rich soil is left behind as the floodwater recedes. Thats why floodplains are usually good places for growing plants. They are very flat areas and they have very rich soils. The Nile River valley is a great example of a floodplain. Each year, the Nile River rises over its banks. This floodwater carries a lot of sediment. This sediment has been eroded off areas of land from upstream. This sediment is dropped as the water slows down after spreading across the land. What is left behind is a very rich soil. Thats why crops can be raised in the middle of a sandy desert. Natural Levees A flooding river often forms natural levees along its banks. A levee is a raised strip of sediments deposited close to the waters edge. <sep>What two geographic formation can be created from flooding rivers?<sep>Sandy desert | No |
For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question?
Communicate means to share or exchange information. Couples need to share everything about each other honestly. Sharing everything honestly leads to a healthy relationship.
A: communicate | Q: What is important for a couple to do?
Options:
- live together
- row about
- plan to marry
- communicate
- marry each other |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Washington (CNN) -- "Our foreign policy is just spinning out of control" one senator said. "Recognize reality," chided another. Fourteen months after giving up his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to become America's top diplomat, Secretary of State John Kerry faced harsh criticism Tuesday from the panel he used to lead. Some of it was the usual partisan sniping that permeates Washington, especially with congressional elections looming in November. However, Democrats also expressed concern about the U.S. response to Russia's tactics in Ukraine, negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions and the ongoing Syrian crisis. Kerry pushed back, at times accusing senators of uninformed or short-sighted assessments, and the sometimes sharp exchanges showed a rising skepticism in Congress for the policies and pronouncements of the Obama administration as it approaches the midpoint of a second term.Secretary of State Kerry gets a rough homecoming from his old Senate committeeDifficult diplomacy is "worth doing" even if it fails, Kerry saysRepublicans and some Democrats criticize U.S. foreign policy on Syria, Ukraine, IranSen. McCain tells Kerry to "recognize reality" about failing Middle East talks
Question:He took particular umbrage with complaints that Obama failed to attack _ for crossing the red line he set on using chemical weapons. | Syrian |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Consider Input: A woman who endured domestic abuse for years at the hands of her 'evil' ex-partner has urged other victims to seek help and not hide violence at home like she did. Susan, who is now in her early sixties, revealed to FEMAIL that her ex, Steve, used to regularly beat her, throttle her and once threatened her with a hammer. They had a daughter together, Grace (all names have been changed to protect victims' identities), and she was terrified to leave their home in Liverpool because Steve said he would kill them if they ever tried to escape. During this time, Susan forged a successful career in human resources and nobody had any idea of the violence she suffered at home.Susan lived with abusive partner in Liverpool for more than 15 yearsToo scared to leave him as he threatened to kill her and their daughterHad successful career in human resources and hid troubles at homeOnly escaped after daughter called police when he nearly killed herPair have been able to move on with support of NSPCC
Question:Their whirlwind romance led to her becoming pregnant six months later and it was then _ began to show his true colours.
Output: Steve
Input: Consider Input: The Duchess of Cambridge's decision to 'borrow' a priceless tiara belonging to the Queen Mother rather than buying a new one has confused the Chinese media, MailOnline can reveal today. Kate wore the Papyrus tiara at last night's state banquet at Buckingham Palace, which has bamboozled Chinese journalists because sharing heirlooms is so rare. Chinese news website ifeng.com told readers the Duchess, 33, first wore the Queen Mother's tiara in 2013 and were surprised she didn’t just get a new one for meeting President Xi yesterday. One article said: 'It looks like this is not the first time that she "borrowed" the tiara from the Queen' - but added glowingly: 'This made Kate’s first state banquet appearance phenomenal. We look forward to more stunning fashion from her'.Chinese media confused by Kate's need to wear Queen Mother's tiaraJournalists call British 'potato people' who 'can't drink tea properly'Obsession in China with Viscount Hood - falsely called 'Queen's butler'Britain to send TV like Sherlock in return for HS2 and nuclear power plants
Question:Coverage of the Chinese leader’s four-day state visit has also required a string of articles explaining _ culture.
Output: British
Input: Consider Input: What is the last thing you remember about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? For Messi, it is most likely him tearing Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City apart, making them look like a League One team lost in Europe, nutmegging James Milner to leave him with grass stains on his backside. For Ronaldo, it may be him throwing his arm in the air in disdain, sulking back to the halfway line, protesting even though team-mate Gareth Bale had just put Real Madrid 1-0 up against Levante. Lionel Messi may well be priceless as the Barcelona star continues to find the best form of his careerReal Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2014 Ballon d'Or on January 12His rival, Barcelona's Lionel Messi, has been on a different level ever sinceMessi has 18 goals to Ronaldo's eight since that blow back in JanuaryMessi terrorised Manchester City as Barca knocked them out of EuropeRonaldo has been putting in extra work at the training ground this weekReal Madrid face Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Sunday in El Clasico'A measure of Messi's greatness is that he makes world class players like Sergio Aguero and Luis Suarez look distinctly ordinary by comparison' – Gary Lineker, Match of the Day presenter and former England striker'What Messi's doing is amazing. Even the City players enjoyed it' – Ivan Rakitic, Barcelona's only goalscorer on Wednesday night'I'm sad for him and upset because people doubt him. How can you doubt a guy like that? He puts himself on a level where it's impossible for me to hear people doubting this man' – Thierry Henry, Sky Sports pundit and Arsenal legend'Lionel Messi is better than Ronaldo. He is the best player in the world. Everything about him is the best' – David Villa, former Barcelona and current New York City striker
Question:Ronaldo must up his game to stay in competition with Messi if he is to retain the _ next year.
| Output: Ballon d'Or
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In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
[Q]: Following Gary Neville's appointment as the new manager of Valencia, social media network Twitter was awash with funny virals and memes. His younger brother Phil was the main butt of the jokes making out that he was overlooked despite being the current assistant manager at the Mestalla. Here, Sportsmail takes a look at a selection of the hilarious posts which are taking Twitter by storm. A reference to The Inbetweeners when main character Jay Cartwright tells Neil Sutherland he has completed Championship Manager despite it being a never ending game. Jay says he was offered a role in the England set-up after impressing with Woking.Gary Neville has been named the manager of Valencia until end of seasonYounger brother Phil has been overlooked despite already being at clubThe former Manchester United defender has left his role at Sky Sports
Questions:BT Sport, on the other hand, will be delighted with news of _'s exit from their main rivals. (A) Gary Neville (B) Valencia (C) Twitter (D) Phil (E) Mestalla (F) Sportsmail (G) The Inbetweeners (H) Jay Cartwright (I) Neil Sutherland (J) Championship (K) Jay (L) England (M) Woking (N) Manchester United (O) Sky Sports
[A]: (A)
[Q]: Chatting happily and smiling during a peaceful walk in the grounds of their Scottish country home, they could be any long-married couple enjoying a stroll. But this is the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and the intimate shot marks not 40 years of marriage but 10. The couple, who married a decade ago at the Windsor Guildhall, are spending their anniversary privately at Birkhall in Deeside. Scroll down for video Portrait of a happy marriage: Charles and Camilla in the new photo released to mark their 10th anniversary Big day: The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall on their wedding day a decade agoClarence House has released a new photo to mark 10th anniversaryThe snap was taken last month at the couple's Scottish home, BirkhallCamilla Parker-Bowles became the Duchess of Cornwall a decade agoSince then, she has become an increasingly popular figureCamilla also enjoys a close relationship with the Queen and her stepsons
Questions:Initially she was very much in the background, supporting the _ and she still does that. (A) Scottish (B) Prince of Wales (C) Duchess of Cornwall (D) Windsor Guildhall (E) Birkhall (F) Deeside (G) Charles (H) Camilla (I) Clarence House (J) Camilla Parker-Bowles (K) Queen
[A]: (B)
[Q]: (CNN) Since the discovery of dark streaks on the slopes of Mars in 2011, astronomers have been excited about potential evidence of water beneath the surface of the red planet. If there are subsurface water flows on Mars, they could allow life -- even on a microbial level -- to exist as well. But further study of these recurring slope lineae, known as RSL, is revealing something else. Those dark streaks may be the result of granular flows like sand and dust, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study is the product of a research team made up of representatives from the US Geological Survey, the Planetary Science Institute, the University of Arizona and Durham University in England.The flows correlate more with sand on active dunes rather than subsurface waterResearchers studied flows at 10 sites
Questions:Earth is the only analog we have for _, but Mars obviously behaves differently, the researchers said. (A) CNN (B) Mars (C) RSL (D) Nature Geoscience (E) US Geological Survey (F) Planetary Science Institute (G) University of Arizona (H) Durham University (I) England
[A]: | (B)
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USS "Spence" (DD-512), a Fletcher class destroyer, was laid down on 18 May 1942 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; launched on 27 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Learned; and commissioned on 8 January 1943, Lieutenant Commander H. J. Armstrong in command. The ship was named for Robert T. Spence, superintendent of the construction of USS "Ontario" (1813), and captain of USS "Cyane" (1815).
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The USS "Spence" (DD-512) was named after Robert T. Spence"? | Yes |
How to prune a ficus tree<br>Trim outdoor ficuses anytime in late summer, fall, or spring. Outdoor ficuses are fairly adaptable and can be trimmed during most seasons. Anytime from late summer to early spring is ideal, as this is right before and after your ficus's dormant season.
Anytime in early spring is ideal.
A: Yes
Hair<br>A man wanted a new hairstyle. He decided to do some research online. He found what he wanted. He printed a picture out for the hairdresser. He got his new haircut.
The hairdresser received a printed picture.
A: Yes
The Immortal Ten were a group of militant Kansan abolitionists and Free-Staters who on July 23, 1859, freed John Doy from a Missouri jail, where he was being held for allegedly abducting slaves. The group included George R. Hay, Silas Soule, Charles Doy, Capt. John E. Stuart [Stewart], S. J. Willis, Thomas Simmons, Joseph Gardner, Jacob Senix, Capt. Joshua A. Pike and Major James B. Abbott.
George R. Hay named the group The Immortal Ten.
A: | It's impossible to say |
Electricity, like clean water, is a resource that's often taken for granted. But last summer, when blackouts struck much of the northeastern US, Ontario and Rome, consumers on two continents were given a painful reminder of just how easily broken electricity supplies can be. The massive disorder stranded commuters, stopped freezers, shut down businesses and refocused attention on where most of the planet's power comes from:oil-and-gas-fired generators and nuclear plants, These sources not only pollute the environment but also make many consumers feel unacceptable health risks. Companies are trying to offer an alternative, clean energy from renewable resources that's plentiful and portable. Lifton's Medis Technologies, as well as companies like Hydrogenics and Nanosys, is tapping into fuel cells and dolor panels to give people power whenever and wherever they want it, free from dependence on local grids . The search for alternative energy is nothing new, but the current trend of innovators is focusing on the goal of making clean and sustainable power a mainstream commodity. For example, the fuel cell, which produces electricity from the chemical reaction between oxygen and hydrogen, has been around for about 150 years, though its commercial development did not begin until the 1960s and then only as part of NASA spacecraft. Today this technology is coming down to Earth in places like Tokyo; in nine European cities, from Stockholm to Porto, each operating three hydrogen-fuel-cell buses; and in Iceland, which is trying to create the first fuel free hydrogen economy by 2030. When hydrogen and oxygen molecules combine, the reaction produces heat and water. Fuel cells use this reaction to generate electricity. With the cell phone and gadget market in mind, Medis has developed a fuel cell with cheap components that produces little heat and effortlessly reduces waste water without turning to energy consuming pumps. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A) Lifton's Medis Technologies is tapping into fuel cells and solar panels. B) The fuel cell has been around for about 150 years. C) The fuel cell's commercial development did not begin until the 1960s. D) When hydrogen and oxygen molecules combine, the reaction produces o2 and H2O.
The answer to this question is: | D |
How to become a calvin klein model<br>Do cardio 4-5 days per week to stay lean. A gym membership will be your best friend if you plan on having a future as a professional model. Begin performing cardiovascular exercise like running, swimming, cycling, or aerobics in order to stay trim and healthy.
You must be at top fittness to be a Calvin Klein model.
A: It's impossible to say
Anthony Paul Beke (born 20 July 1966), known professionally as Anton du Beke, is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter, best known as a professional dancer on the BBC One celebrity dancing show "Strictly Come Dancing" since the show began in 2004. In 2009, he presented the UK version of "Hole in the Wall", for the BBC, replacing Dale Winton after being a team captain in 2008.
Anthony Paul Beke presented "Hole in the Wall" in 2008.
A: No
Cruise<br>The man put the car on cruise control. A car in front of him was going too slow. The man took the car off of cruise control. He passed the car when it was safe. He put the car back on cruise control.
The man likes to drive.
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
[Q]: The Conservatives’ ‘independent’ investigation into the ‘Tatler Tory’ scandal was already unravelling last night as it emerged the law firm conducting the inquiry has worked for the party for years. Clifford Chance has been used repeatedly by Tory headquarters for legal advice – raising questions over its independence. Despite this, the firm has been brought in to find what senior officials – including chairman Lord Feldman – knew about allegations of bullying and blackmail by election aide Mark Clarke. It is estimated Clifford Chance – said to be the ‘go-to firm’ for the Tories – has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees from the party over that period.The law firm Clifford Chance has worked for the Conservatives for yearsQuestions have now been raised over the company's independenceBrought in to find what senior officials knew about allegations of bullying and blackmail by election aide Mark Clarke
Question:‘_ are a very reputable firm and we are confident they will carry out the investigation in the proper fashion.
[A]: Clifford Chance
[Q]: Matt Taylor came off the bench to rescue a point for Burnley with a sumptuous 81st-minute free-kick in their 2-2 draw with Birmingham. The Blues had taken an early lead at Turf Moor when Arsenal loanee Jon Toral found the target for the second straight weekend only for the Clarets to level after the break thanks to centre-back Michael Keane's first goal for the club. Clayton Donaldson then won a contentious penalty which Paul Caddis converted before substitute Taylor curled an unstoppable 25-yard set-piece off the crossbar to open his Burnley account and earn them a share of the spoils.Burnley and Birmingham played out a thrilling 2-2 draw at Turf MoorJohn Toral put the visitors ahead after 10 minutes with a well taken finish, pouncing on a headed flick just outside the boxMichael Keane drew the hosts level with a header in the second-halfPaul Caddis put Birmingham in front from the penalty spot after Tendayi Darikwa fouled Clayton Donaldson in the areaSean Dyche's side equalised through Matt Taylor's superb free-kick
Question:The ex-Crewe forward collected _'s pass inside the area with Keane shepherding him away from goal and then flopped to the ground as Tendayi Darikwa came behind him.
[A]: Jon Toral
[Q]: The grim reality of life in Syria is told through the eyes of the down-trodden and oppressed refugees living there in a harrowing new book. Syrian journalist Samar Yazbek has told how people are trapped between ISIS barbarians and president Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime live in constant fear of beheadings and bomb strikes. Samar fled the war-torn country in 2011 after criticising Assad – but sneaked back in three times to get accounts from people living on the front line who have carved out lives among the rubble. She described seeing a girl of around seven with no arms or legs who she saw sat on a chair outside a kiosk in the city of Saraqeb, just seconds before the area was destroyed by an air strike.Journalist Samar Yazbek gave a chilling account of the brutality faced by people living in SyriaShe told how president Bashar al-Assad's troops crushed houses and slaughtered women and children in the city of SaraqebA soldier told her how he joined rebel forces after he said his friend shot in the groin and killed after he refused to rape a childSamar told how she has to steel herself when she sees little fingers in the rubble and has to pull out the bodies of childrenA soldier, crippled from a bullet, told her how he doesn't recognise friends he has to bury after bombings because 'their faces are so mangled'
Question:By _'s next visit, the battalion's headquarters had been bombed.
[A]: | Samar Yazbek
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
__ was very converned about animal welfare., Context: With the neoplatonist Plotinus, wrote Nathaniel Alfred Boll; "there even appears, probably for the first time in Western philosophy, idealism that had long been current in the East even at that time, for it taught... that the soul has made the world by stepping from eternity into time...". Similarly, in regard to passages from the Enneads, "The only space or place of the world is the soul" and "Time must not be assumed to exist outside the soul", Ludwig Noiré wrote: "For the first time in Western philosophy we find idealism proper in Plotinus, However, Plotinus does not address whether we know external objects, unlike Schopenhauer and other modern philosophers. | Schopenhauer |
Ques:Student Residences Banbury House Tel: 564839 Enjoy mixing with other students in comfortable accommodation ? 10 minutes' walk to the university district and close to all main bus stops. Single and double rooms. All cleaning services offered. Please bring your own bedding. Three Seasons Tel: 445987 We can provide all types of accommodations for all types of single students. Rooms are fully furnished with bedding and there are four bathrooms each floor. Meals provided. 20minutes' walk to the university and city center. First Stop Tel: 223300 Suitable for new students. We provide double rooms. If you wish, we can offer help in finding a suitable person to share a room with. All washing and cleaning services offered at extra charge. Large canteen and three bathrooms on each floor. Sturtin Hotel Tel: 876333 Located in pleasant countryside surroundings. We offer scenic views and old-world attractiveness. Relax after a long day by swimming in the pool or using the exercise gym. Separate study rooms; bar & restaurants available. No children. Downtown Digs Tel: 882312 Do you worry that you'll not have enough money to see the term through? Don't waste it on expensive housing. This is a hostel run by students. No references and no rules. Shared bathroom, dormitory accommodation. 30 minutes' walk to the university and city center. Hilton Hostel Tel: 846241 It is not quite the Hilton Hotel but all rooms are fully provided with meals, bedding and cleaning services included. 5minutes' walk to the university and bus stops to the city downtown. Minimum stay period of six months. Singles only. If you want to live as close as possible to the university, you'd better choose _ . A) Banbury House B) Three Seasons C) Downtown Digs D) Hilton Houstel
Ans:D
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Ques:When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often. It is only when we can notsee perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are. People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly. People who are farsighted face just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm's length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses too. Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people's eyes become cloudy because of cataracts . Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them. When night falls, colors become fainter to the eyes and finally disappear. After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the side of your eyes rather than the centers. Sometimes, after dark, you see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction. This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly. Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them. When they turn to look straight at it, they can not see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken. However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark. We don't know that our eyes are of great importance until _ . A) we think about our eyes B) we cannot see clearly C) we wear glasses D) we have to do much reading
Ans:B
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Ques:Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work. One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn't know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material. In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named "radium". Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation. Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society. The Curies found the element radium . A) with other scientists' help B) by asking some famous scientists C) by doing many experiments D) with their teachers' help
Ans:C
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Ques:KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) - Nepal has given its security personnel permission to shoot pro-Tibet demonstrators during China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit early next month. "About 25 soldiers and policemen have established camps on the mountain and they have been ordered to use force if necessary to stop any anti-Chinese activities," Mod Raj Dotel, spokesman for the home ministry, said Sunday. "This could mean shooting if necessary." Security personnel will also check mountain climbers for non-essential expedition materials, Dotel added. "If anyone is found with anti-Chinese material their permit will be canceled and returned from the mountain," he said. Chinese climbers plan to take the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest peak, at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) as part of the global relay leading up to the August 8 opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Spring is the most popular season for climbing Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. The Nepali government has given permits to dozens of climbers from 30 expeditions this season. But between May 1 and May 10, climbers are _ from going above 6,400 meters until the torch run is completed. China plans to take the Olympic flame to the summit sometime then. Bad weather conditions allow only about two opportunities in May for a push to the summit. The Chinese have not allowed any expedition to climb the mountain from the north side, according the Kathmandu representative of the Tibet China Mountaineering Association. Almost every day in the past month, Nepalese police have arrested pro-Tibet protesters from in front of the Chinese Embassy and the United Nations offices. The demonstrators are released later in the evening. Supporters of Tibet punish the government's attitude toward the autonomous region, and many believe China should not have been awarded the honor of hosting the Olympic Games. Earlier torch relay stops in London, England; Paris, France; and San Francisco,... What is the attitude of the Nepali government towards towards China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit? A) negative B) positive C) ambiguous D) indifferent
Ans: | B
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Valan is a small coastal village on the island of Magerøya in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county in far northern Norway. Honningsvåg Airport, the local airport for the town of Honningsvåg is located in Valan. The town lies a few kilometres south of Valan.
Valan is a very good village OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin: "The health (welfare, good, salvation, felicity) of the people should be the supreme law", "Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law", or "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law") is a maxim or principle found in Cicero's "De Legibus" (book III, part III, sub. VIII).
Salus populi suprema lex estro implies the benefit of the community above all. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
The London Saturday Journal was a general interest magazine publishing short fiction and nonfiction pieces published in London, England in the Victorian era. The magazine was published by William Smith. During its existence the magazine had four volumes the last of which was issued in 1842.
The London Saturday Journal had 7 volumes OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | No |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
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Question: Bin Laden began delivering diatribes against the United States before he left Saudi Arabia. He continued to do so after he arrived in Sudan. In early 1992, the al Qaeda leadership issued a fatwa calling for jihad against the Western "occupation" of Islamic lands. Specifically singling out U.S. forces for attack, the language resembled that which would appear in Bin Laden's public fatwa in August 1996. In ensuing weeks, Bin Laden delivered an often-repeated lecture on the need to cut off "the head of the snake." By this time, Bin Laden was well-known and a senior figure among Islamist extremists, especially those in Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Still, he was just one among many diverse terrorist barons. Some of Bin Laden's close comrades were more peers than subordinates. For example, Usama Asmurai, also known as Wali Khan, worked with Bin Laden in the early 1980s and helped him in the Philippines and in Tajikistan. The Egyptian spiritual guide based in New Jersey, the Blind Sheikh, whom Bin Laden admired, was also in the network. Among sympathetic peers in Afghanistan were a few of the warlords still fighting for power and Abu Zubaydah, who helped operate a popular terrorist training camp near the border with Pakistan. There were also rootless but experienced operatives, such as Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who-though not necessarily formal members of someone else's organization-were traveling around the world and joining in projects that were supported by or linked to Bin Laden, the Blind Sheikh, or their associates. In now analyzing the terrorist programs carried out by members of this network, it would be misleading to apply the label "al Qaeda operations" too often in these early years. Yet it would also be misleading to ignore the significance of these connections. And in this network, Bin Laden's agenda stood out. While his allied Islamist groups were focused on local battles, such as those in Egypt, Algeria, Bosnia, or Chechnya, Bin Laden concentrated on attacking the "far enemy"-the United States. After U.S. troops deployed to Somalia in late 1992, al Qaeda leaders formulated a fatwa demanding their eviction. In December, bombs exploded at two hotels in Aden where U.S. troops routinely stopped en route to Somalia, killing two, but no Americans. <sep>What was the names and locations of two peers of bin Ladin?<sep>Blind Sheik - New Jersey
Answer: Yes
Question: A handful of Bronze Age relics has fostered an assumption that prehistoric settlers inhabited Ibiza thousands of years ago. Greater evidence of such a people is found on Mallorca and Menorca than on Ibiza, but one of the Balearics' most important sites is actually on the island of Formentera, where the megalithic monument/tomb of Ca Na Costa has been dated to 2000 b.c. Ibiza's key location between Africa and ancient Iberia made it a convenient stopover for Mediterranean seafarers, such as the Phoenician traders, who called the island Ibosim. The Greeks dubbed it Ebysos, the Romans called it Ebusus, and the Moors, Yebisah. The Carthaginians: A detailed history of the island doesn't begin until it became a colony of Carthage in the 7th century b.c. . The Carthaginians originally came from the area comprising present-day Lebanon, and from their bases in North Africa and what's now Spain, they challenged the Roman Empire for domination of the Mediterranean region. Their interest in Ibiza lay partly in its vast salt flats, which to this day remain the source of a profitable industry. They capitalized on the natural resources by using the salt to cure fish, which they exported to their home country. The Carthaginians also carried out lead mining and continued to be of significance up until this century. It is believed that the lead pellets which were used by the Carthaginian general Hannibal were made on Ibiza. The Carthaginians also considered the island a holy place, and here in great splendour they buried thousands of their citizens in a huge necropolis on the Puig des Molins (Hill of the Windmills) below the Dalt Vila (Old Town) of Ibiza. Under the gnarled olive trees archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of statues, jewellery, pitchers, tools, and coins, which are now displayed in the town's two archaeological museums. The Romans never really infiltrated Ibiza, and even after the defeat of Hannibal in 202 b.c. during the Second Punic War their influence was restrained. Only with the fall of Carthage in 146 b.c. did they manage to make inroads, but, as local historians stress, Ibiza was neither conquered nor annexed by Rome, but confederated, retaining remarkable autonomy. For centuries to come the old Carthaginian traditions were allowed to continue on Ibiza alongside the new Roman way of life. <sep>What did Carthaginians capitalize on in Ibiza?<sep>Salt to cure fish
Answer: Yes
Question: In the period before World War II, the New York Times published a vignette in their "The Talk of the Town" feature saying that Einstein was so well known in America that he would be stopped on the street by people wanting him to explain "that theory". He finally figured out a way to handle the incessant inquiries. He told his inquirers "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein." Einstein has been the subject of or inspiration for many novels, films, plays, and works of music. He is a favorite model for depictions of mad scientists and absent-minded professors; his expressive face and distinctive hairstyle have been widely copied and exaggerated. Time magazine's Frederic Golden wrote that Einstein was "a cartoonist's dream come true". <sep>Einstein's depiction of a mad scientist and an absent-minded professor has led to the making of what?<sep>Cartoons
Answer: | No
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In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
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Question: In what unit of temporal measurement did Project DIANE reach fifteen of?, Context: While videoconferencing technology was initially used primarily within internal corporate communication networks, one of the first community service usages of the technology started in 1992 through a unique partnership with PictureTel and IBM Corporations which at the time were promoting a jointly developed desktop based videoconferencing product known as the PCS/1. Over the next 15 years, Project DIANE (Diversified Information and Assistance Network) grew to utilize a variety of videoconferencing platforms to create a multi-state cooperative public service and distance education network consisting of several hundred schools, neighborhood centers, libraries, science museums, zoos and parks, public assistance centers, and other community oriented organizations.
Answer: years
Question: The yogis are exempt from honing their skills during certain acts, such as defecating, but what about the Buddha?, Context: Meditation was an aspect of the practice of the yogis in the centuries preceding the Buddha. The Buddha built upon the yogis' concern with introspection and developed their meditative techniques, but rejected their theories of liberation. In Buddhism, mindfulness and clear awareness are to be developed at all times; in pre-Buddhist yogic practices there is no such injunction. A yogi in the Brahmanical tradition is not to practice while defecating, for example, while a Buddhist monastic should do so.
Answer: mindfulness and clear awareness are to be developed at all times
Question: Where did painters meet?, Context: In addition to the classical restaurants, Paris has several other kinds of traditional eating places. The café arrived in Paris in the 17th century, when the beverage was first brought from Turkey, and by the 18th century Parisian cafés were centres of the city's political and cultural life. The Cafe Procope on the Left Bank dates from this period. In the 20th century, the cafés of the Left Bank, especially Café de la Rotonde and Le Dôme Café in Montparnasse and Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots on Boulevard Saint Germain, all still in business, were important meeting places for painters, writers and philosophers. A bistro is a type of eating place loosely defined as a neighbourhood restaurant with a modest decor and prices and a regular clientele and a congenial atmosphere. Its name is said to have come in 1814 from the Russian soldiers who occupied the city; "bistro" means "quickly" in Russian, and they wanted their meals served rapidly so they could get back their encampment. Real bistros are increasingly rare in Paris, due to rising costs, competition from cheaper ethnic restaurants, and different eating habits of Parisian diners. A brasserie originally was a tavern located next to a brewery, which served beer and food at any hour. Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1867; it became a popular kind of restaurant which featured beer and other beverages served by young women in the national costume associated with the beverage, particular German costumes for beer. Now brasseries, like cafés, serve food and drinks throughout the day.
Answer: | cafés of the Left Bank
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Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
The sky will be dark and moonless for at least three hours before the first light of dawn on Thursday morning (April 23), when the annual Lyrid meteor shower is due to reach its peak.
Even if the weather in your area doesn't cooperate, you can still get a look at these shooting stars tonight (April 22). The online Slooh community observatory will air a free Lyrids webcast at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on April 23) at its website: www.slooh.com. The webacst will include live views - and sounds - of the meteor shower along with expert commentary by Slooh astronomer Bob Berman and colleagues.
You can also watch the Lyrid meteor shower webcast on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh. The meteors are called "Lyrids" because their paths, if extended backward, appear to diverge from a spot in the sky not too far to the southwest of the brilliant bluish-white star Vega, in the constellation of Lyra the Lyre. Within a day on either side of the shower's maximum, about 5 to 10 Lyrids can usually be seen each hour by a single observer under good skies. At its peak, the Lyrid rate is roughly 10 to 20 per hour. [Photos of the Lyrid meteor shower]
Learn why famous meteor showers like the Perseids and Leonids occur every year [ See the Full Infographic Here ]. Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com contributor
Vega appears to rise from the northeast around 9 p.m. local daylight time, but by 4 a.m. it has climbed to a point in the sky nearly overhead. You might want to lie down on a lounge chair so you can be comfortable while you get a good view of the sky. Bundle up, too, for nights in April can be quite chilly.
While hardly a rich display, like the famous August Perseids or December Geminids, the April Lyrids are brilliant and move fairly fast, appearing to streak through our atmosphere at 108,000 mph (174,000 km/h). About 20 to 25 percent of the Lyrid meteors leave persistent trails.
The meteors' path strongly resembles that of Comet Thatcher, which last appeared in 1861 and has an orbital period of about 400 years. Thus, the Lyrid meteor shower is this comet's legacy: it represents the tiny bits and pieces shed by this comet on previous visits to the inner solar system. Earth’s orbit nearly coincides with Comet Thatcher around April 22 each year. When we pass that part of our orbit, we ram through the dusty debris left behind by the comet.
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There are a number of historical observations of meteor displays believed to be Lyrids, most notably in 687 B.C. and 15 B.C. in China and A.D. 1136 in Korea, when "many stars flew from the northeast." On April 20, 1803, townspeople in Richmond, Virginia, were roused from their beds by a fire alarm and were able to observe a very rich display between 1 and 3 in the morning. The meteors "seemed to fall from every point in the heavens, in such numbers as to resemble a shower of skyrockets," according to a contemporary account.
In 1922, an unexpected Lyrid rate of 96 per hour was recorded, and in 1982 rates reached 80 per hour. So, although the Lyrids are usually a relatively weak display, they have the ability to surprise observers.
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmer's Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, N.Y. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com. ||||| Stargazers are set for a shooting star spectacle as the annual Lyrid meteor shower lights up the night sky.
Although the shower started on 16 April and goes on to 25 April, astronomers said the best time to view it would be on Wednesday and Thursday night.
Clear skies are likely to provide a perfect celestial stage, say forecasters.
People will be able to see an estimated 15 to 20 shooting stars every hour, although an especially active Lyrid shower produced around 90 an hour in 1982.
The meteors, sand-like particles shed by Comet Thatcher, leave luminous streaks across the sky as they burn up in the atmosphere.
Play video "April - 'Meteorite' Near Miss" Video: April - 'Meteorite' Near Miss
Dr Radmila Topalovic, an astronomer from the Royal Observatory, in Greenwich, London, said: "The best place to see the Lyrids is to find an open field where you can see the whole of the night sky.
"The best time is a few hours after midnight where you can expect to see most of the bright streaks in the early hours of the morning.
"Scan the sky over the course of the night as the meteors can pop out from any direction."
1 / 6 Gallery: Geminid Meteor Lights Up Skies Rottingdean Windmill, near Brighton. Pic: Sumitra Sri Sribhashyam
People in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly northern Europe, are best placed to see the light show. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. |||||
A: | The Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning, and those inclined should head outside at some point after midnight and simply look up. (Meteors should be visible Thursday night, too.) No special equipment is needed, though Space.com recommends lying back on a lounge chair because the best views will likely be directly overhead. The bad news is that the Lyrids typically don't have anywhere near the numbers associated with bigger showers such as the Perseids or the Geminids. The good news, though, is that the sky will be moonless for about three hours before dawn and thus ready for prime viewing. |
An asian man wore his glove, removed the tie of the shoe. The man began brushing the shoes and pour some clear liquid. the man
began scrubbing the shoes with white cloth and then put the lace back on.
How to choose a chandelier for your dining room
Measure your dining room.
Run a tape measure from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling. The resulting numbers will give you an idea of exactly how much space you have to play around with.
Record these dimensions so you can refer to them later when browsing different types of fixtures. Measure the room in feet and the light fixture in inches.
How to clean a bong
Gather supplies.
Before cleaning your bong, you'll need to round up some supplies, including: a sink or basin; coarse salt, rice, or baking soda; rubbing alcohol, vinegar, or another cleaner; clean water; and latex gloves.
Empty the bong and rinse and fill it with warm water.
While wearing your latex gloves, empty out your bong as well as you can. Pour out old bong water and remove any spent herb.
Several shots are shown of scuba divers moving along the water and fish moving around them. more people
| are seen moving along the ocean while gesturing to the camera and capturing all the wildlife around them. |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: The tallest building in Tokyo and the second tallest building in Japan, the TMGO was conceived as a high-tech center from which Tokyo could be led into the promising twenty-first century.
Hypothesis: TMGO is the tallest building in Japan. |
The Chess Player's Chronicle, founded by Howard Staunton and extant from 1841–56 and 1859–62, was the world's first successful English-language magazine devoted exclusively to chess. Various unrelated but identically or similarly named publications were published until 1902.
The chronicle was published until 1902
A: Yes
"Touch Me With Your Love" is a song by Beth Orton, released as the fourth single from 1996 album "Trailer Park". It contains 4 songs, and was released on C.D. and vinyl. The release peaked at #60 in the UK official singles chart. It was also released in Australia with a different track listing, and was the first release by Orton to have a promotional video made for it.
"Touch Me With Your Love" stayed on the UK official singles chart for 2 years
A: It's impossible to say
KDMD is an Ion Television-affiliated television station located in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Ketchikan Television LLC, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 (or virtual channel 33 via PSIP) from a transmitter located in Eagle River. KDMD maintains studios on East 66th Avenue near the Seward Highway in Anchorage.
People contribute to help keep the station on television in Alaska.
A: | It's impossible to say |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What is a prerequisite for weight to play a factor in conductivity?, Context: While inert gas reduces filament evaporation, it also conducts heat from the filament, thereby cooling the filament and reducing efficiency. At constant pressure and temperature, the thermal conductivity of a gas depends upon the molecular weight of the gas and the cross sectional area of the gas molecules. Higher molecular weight gasses have lower thermal conductivity, because both the molecular weight is higher and also the cross sectional area is higher. Xenon gas improves efficiency because of its high molecular weight, but is also more expensive, so its use is limited to smaller lamps.
constant pressure and temperature
What does the S in "PBS" stand for?, Context: New York is also a major center for non-commercial educational media. The oldest public-access television channel in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, founded in 1971. WNET is the city's major public television station and a primary source of national Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television programming. WNYC, a public radio station owned by the city until 1997, has the largest public radio audience in the United States.
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Which of the following is not a culinary ingredient: spices, fish, or sour?, Context: Armenian cuisine is as ancient as the history of Armenia, a combination of different tastes and aromas. The food often has quite a distinct aroma. Closely related to eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, various spices, vegetables, fish, and fruits combine to present unique dishes. The main characteristics of Armenian cuisine are a reliance on the quality of the ingredients rather than heavily spicing food, the use of herbs, the use of wheat in a variety of forms, of legumes, nuts, and fruit (as a main ingredient as well as to sour food), and the stuffing of a wide variety of leaves.
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How to disinfect a wound
Wash your hands.
Soap and water are all you need. Work up a good lather.
Then, rub your hands together long enough to sing the " happy birthday " song. Make sure you get the backs of your hands, fingertips, and under your fingernails, if possible.
A colorful hexagonal shaped kite is flying high in the air. the clear blue skies and the bright sun shinning
make the kite look very colorful and radiant.
How to do a mail merge
Build a data file.
This can be a spreadsheet file, database file, or even a text document with the proper formatting. Spreadsheet files are most commonly used; this guide assumes you are using a spreadsheet.
Your data file should have all the information that will have to change from copy to copy. For example, if you're writing a form letter, your data file will hold the names and possibly the addresses of everyone you intend to send the letter to.
A woman trying to instruct big bang theory's way of playing rock paper scissors lizard spock. It shows a quick clip of sheldon from big bang theory actually doing it. then
| , she tries to demonstrate it a few times for the viewers. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Montana's Supreme Court on Friday blocked a judge from resentencing a former teacher who got just 30 days in prison for raping a 14-year-old student, a sentence that was widely criticized after the judge said the victim was "older than her chronological age."
Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh reads a statement apologizing for remarks he made about a 14-year-old girl raped by a teacher in Billings, Mont., Wednesday Aug. 28, 2013. State prosecutors said Wednesday... (Associated Press)
Justices said Judge G. Todd Baugh lacks authority to reconsider the sentence he gave former Billings teacher Stacey Rambold, 54.
An appeal of the case already was pending, but Baugh had been seeking to possibly undo the sentence that was panned after his remarks. Baugh also commented that victim Cherice Moralez was "as much in control of the situation as was the defendant."
The girl committed suicide in 2010 while Rambold's trial was pending.
The Attorney General's Office filed an emergency petition to stop the Friday afternoon hearing. Attorneys for the state had warned that holding it as planned could throw the case into disarray and "cause gross injustice to an orderly appeal."
Less than an hour before the hearing was set to begin, the high court ordered Baugh to cancel it and enter a written sentencing for Rambold.
Baugh appeared in his courtroom shortly after the hearing was scheduled to begin. He told a group of reporters and observers that he decided he could not resentence Rambold even before the Supreme Court intervened. The judge also seemed to affix some degree of blame for his original sentence to prosecutors, who he said did not raise objections until after the fact.
Prosecutors contend that state law dictates Rambold serve at least two years in prison. Rambold's defense attorney want the sentence unchanged, but agreed with prosecutors that it can be undone only on appeal.
The Yellowstone County Attorney's office originally called for a 20-year prison sentence for Rambold, with 10 years suspended.
But prosecutors didn't challenge the 30-day sentence as illegal until after-the-fact, when they discovered the mandatory minimum term for sexual intercourse without consent was two years.
The sentence handed down Aug. 26 had been suggested by Rambold's attorney, Jay Lansing.
Lansing said in a court brief filed this week that a new sentence from Baugh would have created "confusion and uncertainty for all parties."
He also said the original sentence _ 15 years with all but 31 days suspended and a one-day credit for time served _ was allowed under state law.
Baugh has said giving Rambold the minimum mandatory sentence was appropriate due to the circumstances of the case. He described the former teacher with no prior record as a low risk to re-offend after spending more than two years in a sex-offender treatment program.
The defendant entered that program in 2010, after Moralez's suicide left prosecutors without their main witness in the case shortly before it was scheduled to go to trial.
That led to a deferred prosecution deal that allowed Rambold to avoid trial until he violated the terms of the agreement last year, for not reporting that he was in a sexual relationship with a woman and for unauthorized visits with family members' children.
Court documents show there were complaints about Rambold's conduct with female students as early as 2004. Three years before his relationship with Moralez, prosecutors say, "he was warned to stay away from young girls in his class."
No charges were filed, and Lansing has said his client would challenge those accusations. ||||| (CNN) -- Saying outrage over his sentencing of a rapist to 30 days in jail could have been avoided "if I'd been more alert or if the state had pointed out" his error, a Montana judge confirmed that a higher court barred him from revisiting the sentence on Friday.
As part of that same decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that Judge G. Todd Baugh couldn't hold a hearing he had scheduled to reconsider the sentence.
Baugh had planned to reconsider the punishment after outrage over his initial sentence of a teacher who admitted raping a 14-year-old student. He explained Friday that he now understands that the conviction carried a minimum of 2 years in jail -- not 30 days -- and called Friday's hearing to address his mistake.
The high court order came shortly before this hearing on Friday, the judge said. After it did, Baugh said that he signed paperwork that -- over his objections -- sends the case on to the higher court.
"The appeal process will proceed forward, the Supreme Court will review the matter, and they will issue whatever orders they think are appropriate at that point in time," Baugh explained as to what will happen now.
In a strange twist to an already odd case, the defense and prosecution agreed that Friday's hearing should be called off -- albeit for very different reasons. Both sides questioned whether revisiting the sentence was even legal, with the defense saying nothing should change and prosecutors saying changing it could hurt their appeal.
They got what they wanted when the state high court vacated the hearing.
"We conclude that the stated intent of the District Court to alter the initially imposed oral sentence in today's scheduled hearing is unlawful and that the proceeding should be arrested," the court said. "We take no position on the legality of the imposed sentence and will address the parties' arguments in that regard on appeal."
Noting his office appealed to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox cheered Friday's decision and the fact prosecutors "are moving forward with (the) process."
"The only way to ensure the rule of law prevails and justice is ultimately served is for my office to appeal the sentence," Fox said in a statement.
The defense, meanwhile, believes the sentence earlier announced in court by Baugh -- with all but 30 days suspended -- should stand.
In a response filed Thursday with the Yellowstone County Court, defense attorney Jay Lansing joined prosecutors in saying that the new hearing would be "without legal authority."
The case drew widespread attention when Baugh imposed the 30-day sentence on Stacey Dean Rambold and made controversial comments about the victim, saying she "seemed older than her chronological age."
Rambold admitted raping the girl while he was her teacher at her high school. Cherice Moralez took her life shortly before her 17th birthday.
In an order this week, the judge said it appears the mandatory minimum is two years, not 30 days. He said the court, "if necessary and appropriate," would amend the sentence at Friday's hearing.
Such a hearing, however, would "create confusion and uncertainty for all parties left to interpret and execute the sentence of Mr. Rambold," Lansing argued.
He said his client contends the sentence imposed, which prosecutors are appealing, is lawful and appropriate.
Prosecutors filed an emergency petition Thursday with the Montana Supreme Court, asking it to stop the scheduled hearing.
While acknowledging "the district court's effort to correct the error at the trial court level," they wrote that the "only remedy prescribed by statute and case law is appeal before this court.
"Further, the September 6 hearing, if permitted to be conducted, will undermine the State's appeal and otherwise frustrate the just and orderly administration of ordinary appeal processes," the petition read.
CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin, Greg Botelho and Miguel Marquez contributed to this report. |||||
| That controversial 30-day sentence handed down to a Montana teacher who had sex with a teenage student won't be changed after all. The state Supreme Court today ruled that Judge G. Todd Baugh—the one who set off an uproar by saying the 14-year-old victim was older than her chronological years—could not legally hold a new sentencing hearing as he had planned, reports CNN. The ruling came only about an hour before the scheduled start of the hearing. "We take no position on the legality of the imposed sentence and will address the parties' arguments in that regard on appeal," the court ruled. Neither the defense nor the prosecution wanted Baugh to go ahead with the hearing. Prosecutors, for instance, thought it would confuse the pending appeal. Baugh doesn't seem bothered by today's decision. After it was announced, he told reporters that he had decided not to go through with the resentencing anyway, reports AP. |
Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Part 2. Example
For four years we have waited expectantly for the pitter patter of tiny paws. Soon, that wait could finally be over. Tian Tian, the UK's only female giant panda, has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as August. However Edinburgh Zoo, where the pandas live, have warned people 'not to get too excited' as the process is 'extremely complex'. Moreover, on the two previous occasions keepers inseminated Tian Tian - whose name means 'Sweetie' - she has failed to produce a panda cub. She was artificially inseminated again in March this year, but keepers at the zoo say implantation - when a fertilised egg attaches to the uterus - has not yet occurred.Tian Tian has conceived and could give birth to a cub as early as AugustShe has been inseminated twice before but so far failed to produce a cubTian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in 2011 from China to great fanfareOn loan at £600k a year, became first giant pandas to live in UK for 17 years
Questions:Under the terms of the agreement any cubs will return to _ at the age of two, the age at which they would normally leave their mother in the wild. (A) Tian Tian (B) UK (C) Edinburgh Zoo (D) Sweetie (E) Yang Guang (F) China
Answer: (F)
Explanation: This is a good example. Based on the passage, any cubs will return to China at the age of two
Part 3. Exercise
London (CNN) -- Cyber security is big news right now. It seems a new high-profile breach is reported almost daily and yet this represents only the very tip of the iceberg. Backed by a highly organized black market worth billions of dollars, cybercrime has grown exponentially in scale and sophistication in recent years. In the face of this mounting threat, government and industry are manning the defenses. But finding the right people to protect some of our most valuable data isn't straightforward and requires a new approach. Over the past three years I have competed in a unique set of security games, backed by UK government, industry, academics and professional bodies, known as the Cyber Security Challenge. This aims to find talented amateurs by testing their skills with realistic competitions.Stephen Miller is the reigning UK cyber security championMiller: Cybercrime has grown exponentially in scale and sophistication in recent yearsCybercrime is backed by a highly organized black market and is worth billions of dollarsCyber security is often regarded as hobby for young people rather than "genuine" career
Questions:In my time playing the Challenge I have come face to face (or face to screen) with many dangerous viruses and computer code, and defended networks from simulated live-hacking attempts carried out by the _'s leading cyber defense experts. (A) London (B) CNN (C) UK (D) Cyber Security Challenge (E) Stephen Miller (F) Miller
Answer: | (C) |
What is the most logical next event?
How to prepare for the gre in psychology
Familiarize yourself with the structure of the test.
The test is taken on paper and consists of about 205 multiple-choice questions, each with about five answer choices. Some questions are grouped together around a graph or experiment summary.
Options are: (i). Your final score is scaled and will range from 200 to 800. Two subscores from 20 to 99 ranking your grasp of experimental psychology and social psychology will also be given.; (ii). Some portions of the test challenge multiple choice strategies based on the most promising outcomes. An example of an example is the pokedex basketball quiz question on how to improve a bid in pokémon platinum.; (iii). Some of these questions are difficult for students to understand by themselves, and many of the answers are pretty complex. If you're having trouble with the test, you can skip this step.; (iv). The questions are divided into groups of multiple choices. Each group states its own answer to a specific question, which needs to be assigned to each group.; | (i). |
Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a population of 11,513, reflecting an increase of 3,836 (+50.0%) from the 7,677 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,676 (+53.5%) from the 5,001 counted in the 1990 Census.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Edgewater's population in 2010 was four times that of its population in 1990. | No |
instruction:
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
question:
How much of Cam Newton's yardage was for passing?, Context: The Panthers offense, which led the NFL in scoring (500 points), was loaded with talent, boasting six Pro Bowl selections. Pro Bowl quarterback Cam Newton had one of his best seasons, throwing for 3,837 yards and rushing for 636, while recording a career-high and league-leading 45 total touchdowns (35 passing, 10 rushing), a career-low 10 interceptions, and a career-best quarterback rating of 99.4. Newton's leading receivers were tight end Greg Olsen, who caught a career-high 77 passes for 1,104 yards and seven touchdowns, and wide receiver Ted Ginn, Jr., who caught 44 passes for 739 yards and 10 touchdowns; Ginn also rushed for 60 yards and returned 27 punts for 277 yards. Other key receivers included veteran Jerricho Cotchery (39 receptions for 485 yards), rookie Devin Funchess (31 receptions for 473 yards and five touchdowns), and second-year receiver Corey Brown (31 receptions for 447 yards). The Panthers backfield featured Pro Bowl running back Jonathan Stewart, who led the team with 989 rushing yards and six touchdowns in 13 games, along with Pro Bowl fullback Mike Tolbert, who rushed for 256 yards and caught 18 passes for another 154 yards. Carolina's offensive line also featured two Pro Bowl selections: center Ryan Kalil and guard Trai Turner.
answer:
3,837 yards
question:
what ethnicity is mentioned first?, Context: India rejected Chinese demands that the torch route be clear of India's 150,000-strong Tibetan exile community, by which they required a ban on congregation near the curtailed 3 km route. In response Indian officials said India was a democracy, and "a wholesale ban on protests was out of the question". Contradicting some other reports, Indian officials also refused permission to the "Olympic Holy Flame Protection Unit". The combined effect is a "rapid deterioration" of relations between India and China. Meanwhile, the Tibetan government in exile, which is based in India, has stated that it did not support the disruption of the Olympic torch relay.
answer:
Chinese
question:
How did George communicate with his sibling?, Context: In the words of Labour Member of Parliament George Hardie, the abdication crisis of 1936 did "more for republicanism than fifty years of propaganda". George VI wrote to his brother Edward that in the aftermath of the abdication he had reluctantly assumed "a rocking throne", and tried "to make it steady again". He became king at a point when public faith in the monarchy was at a low ebb. During his reign his people endured the hardships of war, and imperial power was eroded. However, as a dutiful family man and by showing personal courage, he succeeded in restoring the popularity of the monarchy.
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: Consider Input: Washington (CNN) -- The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 17 Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the country's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. The map shows the Pacific island nation of Palau in relation to China. Details of the transfer are still being worked out, Ambassador Hersey Kyota told CNN. But Kyota said his country, a former U.S. Pacific trust territory, has agreed to take in the ethnic Uighur detainees "for humanitarian reasons" and because of the "special relationship" between Palau and the United States. U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly would not comment on the announcement, telling reporters, "We're still involved in ongoing discussions." The agreement includes some U.S. aid for Palau, Kyota said, but he said those details remained to be worked out as well. The country, with a population of about 20,000, is about 1,000 miles southeast of Manila, Philippines, and about 4,600 miles west of Hawaii. Palau has received nearly $900 million in U.S. aid since independence in 1994, according to congressional auditors, and depends on Washington for defense. The "Compact of Free Association" between Palau and the United States is up for review, but Kelly said any additional aid offer "is not linked to any other discussions we may be having with the government of Palau." The Uighurs were accused of receiving weapons and military training in Afghanistan. <sep>What is the ethnicity of the 17 Chinese Muslims held in Guantanamo Bay?<sep>American
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: There are more than 30 attorneys in Butler County that volunteer for an organization offering free legal services for low income or elderly households. Legal Services of Southern Missouri (LSSM) serves 43 counties in this area and is dedicated to ensuring all people, regardless of their income, equal access to legal advice and counsel. Out of the 43 counties in the LSSM service region, Butler County has the fifth highest number of cases served in 2001 and the third largest number of attorney panel members. "The Butler County attorneys have really stepped up to the plate to help us represent the poor population in this county," said LSSM Director of Development Sharon Alexander. "We had approximately 400 cases in Butler County last year." LSSM is funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC)- a private, not-for-profit organization. Created by Congress, LSSM also receives funding from the Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation and local area agencies on aging. But LSSM credits the attorneys that volunteer their time and skills to representing the underprivileged and elderly for the success of the organization. Currently, LSSM utilizes the services of 243 private attorneys who provide a minimum of 20 hours of pro bono or two pro bono cases per year. "Fundamentally, what we're trying to do is provide equal access to justice, for all people - regardless of their economic standing," said LSSM Board Member and volunteer attorney, Fred Hall. "If a husband knocks his wife down, breaks her jaw or arm - abuses her terribly - he will be picked up and put in jail. But he's entitled to have a public defender ... Don't you think she's entitled to have a lawyer to get a temporary restraining order from this guy?" LSSM operates like a law firm, but does not charge fees to their clients. Due to federal guidelines, LSSM does not accept cases concerning criminal, post-criminal, or municipal court matters. Rather, the attorneys provide pro bono counsel in matters such as protecting victims of spouse or child abuse, protecting individuals and families from loss of housing through illegal eviction or assisting the elderly in disputing Medicaid claim denials. "One example of a case we recently handled was over in Springfield," Alexander said. "There was an elderly woman who had some plumbing work done to her home and the work was not up to standards and the cost was above what it should have been ... we were able to help her through our pro bono program. One local Springfield attorney volunteered to handle the case." <sep>What county is being discussed in this passage?<sep>Illinois
Output: No
Input: Consider Input: As his car slid downtown on Tuesday morning the mind of Arnold Thorndike was occupied with such details of daily routine as the purchase of a railroad, the Japanese loan, the new wing to his art gallery, and an attack that morning, in his own newspaper, upon his pet trust. But his busy mind was not too occupied to return the salutes of the traffic policemen who cleared the way for him. Or, by some genius of memory, to recall the fact that it was on this morning young Spear was to be sentenced for theft. It was a charming morning. The spring was at full tide, and the air was sweet and clean. Mr. Thorndike considered whimsically that to send a man to jail with the memory of such a morning clinging to him was adding a year to his sentence. He regretted he had not given the probation officer a stronger letter. He remembered the young man now, and favorably. A shy, silent youth, deft in work, and at other times conscious and embarrassed. But that, on the part of a stenographer, in the presence of the Wisest Man in Wall Street, was not unnatural. On occasions, Mr. Thorndike had put even royalty— frayed, impecunious royalty, on the lookout for a loan—at its ease. The hood of the car was down, and the taste of the air, warmed by the sun, was grateful. It was at this time, a year before, that young Spear picked the spring flowers to take to his mother. A year from now where would young Spear be? It was characteristic of the great man to act quickly, so quickly that his friends declared he was a slave to impulse. It was these same impulses, leading so invariably to success, that made his enemies call him the Wisest Man. He leaned forward and touched the chauffeur's shoulder. "Stop at the Court of General Sessions," he commanded. What he proposed to do would take but a few minutes. A word, a personal word from him to the district attorney, or the judge, would be enough. <sep>How does Mr. Thorndike act upon his impulse?<sep>It depended on the impulse
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
Q: (CNN) -- Yep. You read the headline right. We are so used to the constant flow of bad news from much of the Muslim world that it's hard to get your head around the good news when things go right somewhere like Afghanistan. Consider that the Afghans have done exactly what the feckless and irresponsible Iraqi government failed to do during the past several years. On Monday Afghans formed a "national unity government" with the once-bitter rivals Dr. Ashraf Ghani, taking the role of president and Dr. Adullah Abdullah taking the role of chief executive officer; similar, it is envisioned, to a prime ministerial role.Amid all the bad news, there's a sign of progress in Afghanistan, says Peter BergenBergen: A national unity government has agreed to a continuing U.S. presenceHe says Afghan leaders are making calls opposite to what Iraq's al-Maliki didBergen: Afghanistan's economy could benefit from signs of greater stability
Questions:Afghanistan and _ have roughly the same size populations, which therefore makes Iraq today about eight times more violent than Afghanistan. (A) CNN (B) Muslim (C) Afghanistan (D) Afghans (E) Iraqi (F) Ashraf Ghani (G) Adullah Abdullah (H) Peter Bergen (I) Bergen (J) U.S. (K) Afghan (L) al-Maliki
A: | (E) |
Teacher:In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Eric , a young boy , is excited about his birthday after reading a book and believes that a train will come for him , despite his sister Jill's disbelief . A few hours later , the train station's control tower wakes up and in the roundhouse , Tillie , a young little blue switcher engine , along with her best bird friend , Chip , wakes up four other trains : Georgia , a kind all-purpose engine , Farnsworth , a stuck-up passenger engine , Jebediah , a worn-out old engine , and Pete , a gruff , burly freight engine . After the tower assigns Farnsworth and Pete their jobs , Tillie tries to help with the milk train assigned to Jebediah , but the tower insists that she is too small for the job . Georgia is assigned to pull the birthday train . A clown named Rollo leads the toys into the train , including Stretch , a basketball player ; Missy , a ballerina ; a Handy Pandy , a panda ; Perky , an elephant ; and Grumpella , a stuffed bird . During her journey , Georgia breaks down and is taken back to the roundhouse by Doc . Left behind , Rollo eventually takes Doc's advice of flagging down one of the other engines returning from their daily runs over the mountain . Farnsworth and Pete turn down their offers to pull the train . Meanwhile , Tillie asks the tower to rescue the stranded train , but he insists that Tillie will never do the job . Jebediah turns down his offer to pull the train because of his age , and returns to the roundhouse . Chip and Tillie sneak past the sleeping tower and pulls the birthday train up a mountain . <sep>According to the tower, what type of engine cannot pull a milk train?<sep>Jebediah
Student: | No |
How to sneak vegetables into your dessert
Make chocolate avocado mousse.
Swap out packaged chocolate mousse or pudding for homemade avocado mousse. Avocado is a heart healthy-vegetables and this recipe will give you a serving of vegetables, making it a great alternative.
Melt 1/2 cup of dark or semi sweet chocolate chips in the microwave for 30-60 seconds. Stir until they are all melted and smooth.
Two men are standing by on a running strip, one of them is preparing to start running. He is moving his legs, stretches back and takes off. he
runs fast fast down the strip and quickly leaps into the sand.
The boy falls of and gets back on the ball before he falls off again. He tries to sit on the ball but the ball rolls away. he
retrieves it and continues to sit on and fall off the ball.
Man scraps the ice from his windshield. the man in black
| puts a piece of cardboard on his windshield. |
IN: What happens next?
How to pray the rosary with a child
Sit down in a comfortable place with the child.
Eg: a living room sofa, etc.
Begin by praying the prayer to our lady of fatima, which is the introductory prayer to the rosary.
OPTIONS:
- Speak to her at the beginning and end. Try to act as someone you can reach through by praying in a loving, non judgmental manner.
- Demonstrate to the child on how to make the sign of the cross, and ask the child to do the same. Begin to recite the apostles' creed.
- This prayer is needed because, as it isn't what a christian would like to hear when they pray the prayer in a conversational church, it is more about expressing your feelings. Prayer is a great way to catch your child's attention.
- Ask her to inform you of the purpose of the prayer. Give the child a blanket or pillow and cross your legs, trying to keep your legs straight with the child.
OUT: Demonstrate to the child on how to make the sign of the cross, and ask the child to do the same. Begin to recite the apostles' creed.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to archive documents
Archive documents in a zip file.
Particularly helpful with important, but rarely needed files, zip files reduce the space that documents take up on your hard drive.
Simply highlight files that you want to convert to a zip format.
OPTIONS:
- This will allow you to archive archived files, and/or copies of others. If you are unhappy storing archived documents, you might try archiving in macro format.
- If you're doing this for a single document or several files, highlight them in your new zip file. Double-click on the file to be extracted.
- If the file is important, it's helpful to drag and drop the file onto your hard drive drive (even if files you don't want to convert are, for example, digital files). Save the file on a cd or dvd.
- Right click with your mouse and then choose " send to. " you want to send the files to a " compressed (zipped) folder.
A: Right click with your mouse and then choose " send to. " you want to send the files to a " compressed (zipped) folder.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to emotionally support diabetic loved ones
Understand the effects of a chronic illness.
Having a diabetic loved one can cause a lot of worry and stress on your part. You may end up nagging your loved one to check their blood pressure or to avoid certain foods due to their health.
OPTIONS:
- A diabetic is a normal human as well. Yet, by a young age, you may begin to feel guilt about this responsibility.
- Avoid lecturing your diabetic loved ones, as this will often lead to conflict and issues. Instead, focus on being supportive and responsive to their needs.
- Your loved one may need medication to deal with any physical ailments or diseases. Depression and help your loved one see recovery as an emergency and break the ghost train of worry about their problems in terms of considering their medical history, health care and their well-being.
- You may feel like you are not worthy of love, comfort, respect, care, or attention that comes from your loved one. A chronic illness can cause your loved one to feel isolated.
OUT: Avoid lecturing your diabetic loved ones, as this will often lead to conflict and issues. Instead, focus on being supportive and responsive to their needs.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to care for dwarf rabbits
Buy an indoor cage.
Some people like to let their rabbits roam freely in their home. This may not be an option for you, however.
OPTIONS:
- These cages may become overcrowded and you may not be able to supervise your dwarf bunny's roam and play, but your pet may easily get bored of the room. In this case, try limiting the amount of play you do with your dwarf rabbit.
- You can let your dwarf rabbit roam for its own protection but this is not recommended as there are environmental dangers that can lower their health and get them infected. Cages should also be heated, prepared, and kept at 80 degrees fahrenheit (18 degrees celsius).
- Loose walls or heating vents would make your rabbits uncomfortable as they chew. But, you can create a space a dwarf rabbits can run free.
- Either way, your rabbit will need a cage. This cage should be a place where it can be safe, and not interrupted.
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Answer:
Either way, your rabbit will need a cage. This cage should be a place where it can be safe, and not interrupted.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
Butter is microwaved and prepared with sugar and other ingredients. Everything is stirred and the chocolate is put in. the cookies
OPTIONS:
- are placed in kevin cookie tins.
- are frosted and entire and put in a cookie container.
- are shaped and put in an oven.
- are powdered and shaped into cupcakes.
A: are shaped and put in an oven.
How to calm down after a long day
Breathe deeply to help you unwind.
Breathing can be very calming and therapeutic. You take so many breaths each day without ever thinking about it, but most of that breathing is shallow and only reaches the chest.
OPTIONS:
- When your body is relaxed, the breathing becomes less rapid and less stressful. Take an easy five to 10 minute walk or swim if you need to get yourself down.
- Regular, steady breaths also help you decrease stress levels and reduce pain as you wind down. Take three to five breaths per day.
- Deep breathing requires you to measure your breathing patterns and take long, slow breaths that extend all the way down into your belly. Breathe in slowly through your nostrils to the count of four.
- You can also place your fingers in your mouth and take a few breaths in from the heart, then inhale fully through your nose. Another common method is to sit down with your legs crossed and tilt your head backwards, and take breaths one at a time.
| Deep breathing requires you to measure your breathing patterns and take long, slow breaths that extend all the way down into your belly. Breathe in slowly through your nostrils to the count of four. |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What word describing one's alma mater is not used in United States?, Context: Colloquially, the term university may be used to describe a phase in one's life: "When I was at university..." (in the United States and Ireland, college is often used instead: "When I was in college..."). In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Spain and the German-speaking countries university is often contracted to uni. In Ghana, New Zealand and in South Africa it is sometimes called "varsity" (although this has become uncommon in New Zealand in recent years). "Varsity" was also common usage in the UK in the 19th century.[citation needed] "Varsity" is still in common usage in Scotland.
A: | university |
"I Don't Wanna Play House" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. In 1967, the song was Tammy Wynette's first number one country song as a solo artist. "I Don't Wanna Play House" spent three weeks at the top spot and a total of eighteen weeks on the chart. The recording earned Wynette the 1968 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Tammy Wynette had a number one country song in 1968
A: It's impossible to say
Image copyright Reuters Britain's Mark Cavendish pulled out of the Tour de France after breaking his right shoulder in a crash. The 32-year-old from the Isle of Man collided with the world champion Peter Sagan before hitting the barriers in a sprint finish. Cavendish, who is just five stage wins away from a Tour record for the most victories, said he was "massively disappointed". The race doctor says Mark, who won a silver medal at the Rio2016 Olympic Games, needs rest but won't need an operation. Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the race for dangerous riding.
Mark Cavendish is an Olympian.
A: Yes
How to treat musculoskeletal pain without surgery<br>Take it easy. When you first notice any musculoskeletal pain, you should take it easy and rest your sore muscles. This means abstaining from exercise, strenuous activity, or any other activity that will overwork your muscles.
musculoskeletal pain is experience on mostly females
A: | It's impossible to say |
instruction:
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
question:
A day at the beach. When Sam woke in the morning, he was super excited! Today was the day! It was Sunday, the day that Sam's mom and dad had promised to take Sam to the beach. Sam's grandma had given a pail and shovel to Sam to use in the sand. At breakfast Sam was so excited he was wiggling in his seat! Mom told Sam that they would leave when the big hand on the clock was pointing to the 10, and the little had was pointing to the 12. Mom asked Sam if he would like to help make sandwiches for the trip, and Sam said that he wanted to help. Dad said, "let's make a game of it, we need to make a sandwich for each of us. There are three of us, so we need three sandwiches. Let's count as we make the sandwiches!" Sam counted as mom made the sandwiches, one for dad, one for mom and one for Sam. Then mom started to make another sandwich! "Mom!" said Sam, "we have three sandwiches and that makes one sandwich for each of us." Sam's mom laughed, "You're right Sam!" Sam's mom said she was being silly. <sep>What were Sam's words as mom made the Sandwich?<sep>You're right Sam!
answer:
No
question:
(CNN) -- Gabriel García Márquez, widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary Latin American authors, was admitted to a hospital in Mexico earlier this week, according to the Ministry of Health. The Nobel Prize recipient, known as "Gabo," had infections in his lungs and his urinary tract. He was suffering from dehydration, the ministry said. García Márquez, 87, is responding well to antibiotics, but his release date is still to be determined. "I wish him a speedy recovery." Mexican President Enrique Peña wrote on Twitter. García Márquez was born in the northern Colombian town of Aracataca, the inspiration for the fictional town of Macondo, the setting of the 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude." He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts," according to the Nobel Prize website. García Márquez has spent many years in Mexico and has a huge following there. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said his country is thinking of the author. "All of Colombia wishes a speedy recovery to the greatest of all time: Gabriel García Márquez," he tweeted. CNN en Español's Fidel Gutierrez contributed to this story. <sep>What are the antibiotics administered to García Márquez supposed to treat?<sep>Urinary tract infections
answer:
Yes
question:
Although Bin Laden, Atef, and KSM initially contemplated using established al Qaeda members to execute the planes operation, the late 1999 arrival in Kandahar of four aspiring jihadists from Germany suddenly presented a more attractive alternative. The Hamburg group shared the anti-U.S. fervor of the other candidates for the operation, but added the enormous advantages of fluency in English and familiarity with life in the West, based on years that each member of the group had spent living in Germany. Not surprisingly, Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh, Marwan al Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah would all become key players in the 9/11 conspiracy. Mohamed Atta was born on September 1, 1968, in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt, to a middle-class family headed by his father, an attorney. After graduating from Cairo University with a degree in architectural engineering in 1990, Atta worked as an urban planner in Cairo for a couple of years. In the fall of 1991, he asked a German family he had met in Cairo to help him continue his education in Germany. They suggested he come to Hamburg and invited him to live with them there, at least initially. After completing a course in German, Atta traveled to Germany for the first time in July 1992. He resided briefly in Stuttgart and then, in the fall of 1992, moved to Hamburg to live with his host family. After enrolling at the University of Hamburg, he promptly transferred into the city engineering and planning course at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, where he would remain registered as a student until the fall of 1999. He appears to have applied himself fairly seriously to his studies (at least in comparison to his jihadist friends) and actually received his degree shortly before traveling to Afghanistan. In school, Atta came across as very intelligent and reasonably pleasant, with an excellent command of the German language. When Atta arrived in Germany, he appeared religious, but not fanatically so. This would change, especially as his tendency to assert leadership became increasingly pronounced. According to Binalshibh, as early as 1995 Atta sought to organize a Muslim student association in Hamburg. In the fall of 1997, he joined a working group at the Quds mosque in Hamburg, a group designed to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Atta proved a poor bridge, however, because of his abrasive and increasingly dogmatic personality. But among those who shared his beliefs, Atta stood out as a decisionmaker. <sep>What group from Germany became key players in the 9/11 conspiracy<sep>KSM
answer:
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What most naturally follows?
How to load the british sa80 rifle in a firing line
Take full control of the weapon system with both hands.
( left hand firmly on the hand guard, situated in front of the pistol grip/trigger and behind the barrel. This is made from plastic and green in colour. | ) Remember " safety " is the most important thing to remember when handling not just the sa80, but any weapon system. With " safety " in mind, point the weapon in a safe direction i.e down the range or towards your target. |
Brierfield railway station serves the small town of Brierfield, Lancashire, England and is on the East Lancashire Line 2+1/4 mi east of Burnley Central railway station towards Colne (the terminus). The station is managed by Northern, who also provide all passenger trains serving it.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Brierfield railway station is provided with trains by Northern. | Yes |
The 1998 Stella Artois Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 96 edition of the tournament and was held from June 8 through June 15, 1998. Scott Draper won the singles title.
The 1998 Stella Artois Championships was a men's tennis tournament played at the Queen's Club in London in '96. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Jatin–Lalit are a Bollywood film composer duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his younger brother Lalit. They have written the scores for films such as "Khiladi", "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar", "", "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", "Yes Boss", "Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Mohabbatein", "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham" and "Fanaa" .
Jatin is the younger brother. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
The Alhambra was an entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, from 1899–1903. A financial disaster, the building was bought by the Blackpool Tower Company and reopened in 1904 as the Palace. The building was demolished in 1961 to make way for Lewis's department store.
The Alhambra changed names before being torn down. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: | Yes |
TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
PROBLEM: Where is Cork, Context: The climate of Cork, like the rest of Ireland, is mild and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Cork lies in plant Hardiness zone 9b. Met Éireann maintains a climatological weather station at Cork Airport, a few kilometres south of the city. It should be noted that the airport is at an altitude of 151 metres (495 ft) and temperatures can often differ by a few degrees between the airport and the city itself. There are also smaller synoptic weather stations at UCC and Clover Hill.
SOLUTION: Ireland
PROBLEM: what is something that is not easily removable in iPod Nanos?, Context: Apple announced a battery replacement program on November 14, 2003, a week before a high publicity stunt and website by the Neistat Brothers. The initial cost was US$99, and it was lowered to US$59 in 2005. One week later, Apple offered an extended iPod warranty for US$59. For the iPod Nano, soldering tools are needed because the battery is soldered onto the main board. Fifth generation iPods have their battery attached to the backplate with adhesive.
SOLUTION: the battery
PROBLEM: How was his health viewed?, Context: Nasser had few personal vices other than chain smoking. He maintained 18-hour workdays and rarely took time off for vacations. The combination of smoking and working long hours contributed to his poor health. He was diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1960s and by the time of his death in 1970, he also had arteriosclerosis, heart disease, and high blood pressure. He suffered two major heart attacks (in 1966 and 1969), and was on bed rest for six weeks after the second episode. State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza.
SOLUTION: | State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza
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EMP Merchandising also known as EMP Merchandising Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Large Popmerchandising, and Sweden Rock Shop is a German-based music mail order and merchandising store. The company distributes a quarterly catalog to customers. In a 2003 report the Osnabrück Chamber of Commerce considered the company to be the largest mail order business for Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music in Germany.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
EMP Merchandising never sold anything.
Pick from:
[-] Yes.
[-] It's impossible to say.
[-] No. | No |
Question: Eric Gurr, creator of U4Prez.com, says you shouldn't be fooled be the site's MySpace-like facade. "It's all about the politics," he says. "I think most of our users have accounts on MySpace and Facebook, and use U4prez strictly for the political dialogue." Wikinews conducted an email interview with Gurr, in which he discussed how the site works, how the Internet has affected politics, and who he is endorsing for President.
Facebook and MySpace were invented by Eric Gurr.
Answer: no
Question: The privately owned spacecraft only got about 400 feet into space, according to radar measurements, but it was enough to confirm that it no longer takes a well-heeled government project to organize space travel.
private spaceship launches
Answer: yes
Question: Two persons were injured in dynamite attacks perpetrated this evening against two bank branches in this northwestern, Colombian city.
Two bank branches were attacked with dynamite.
Answer: | yes |
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