praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Order_of_the_British_Empire
Context: The Order is limited to 300 Knights and Dames Grand Cross, 845 Knights and Dames Commander, and 8,960 Commanders. There are no limits applied to the total number of members of the fourth and fifth classes, but no more than 858 Officers and 1,464 Members may be appointed per year. Foreign recipients, as honorary members, do not contribute to the numbers restricted to the Order as full members do. Although the Order of the British Empire has by far the highest number of members of the British Orders of Chivalry, with over 100,000 living members worldwide, there are fewer appointments to knighthoods than in other orders.

question: How many Knights are in The Order? 

answer: 300 Knights and Dames Grand Cross

question: How many commanders are in The Order? 

answer: 8,960

question: How many Knights and Dames Commander? 

answer: 845

question: How many officers and members maybe be appointed per year? 

answer: 858 Officers and 1,464 Members

question: Who has the highest numbers of the British Orders of Chivalry? 

answer: Order of the British Empire
Title: Order_of_the_British_Empire
Context: Members of all classes of the Order are assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of male members of all classes also feature on the order of precedence, as do sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commander; relatives of Ladies of the Order, however, are not assigned any special precedence. As a general rule, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives (see order of precedence in England and Wales for the exact positions).

question: What are the Members of classes of the Order assigned to? 

answer: positions in the order of precedence

question: Who of the male members feature on the order? 

answer: Wives of male members of all classes also feature on the order of precedence, as do sons, daughters and daughters-in-law

question: Who are not assigned any special precedence? 

answer: relatives of Ladies of the Order

question: Who can individuals derive precedence from? 

answer: fathers or husbands

question: Who can individuals can not derive precedence from? 

answer: mothers or wives
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: French historians traditionally place the Enlightenment between 1715, the year that Louis XIV died, and 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution. Some recent historians begin the period in the 1620s, with the start of the scientific revolution. The Philosophes, the French term for the philosophers of the period, widely circulated their ideas through meetings at scientific academies, Masonic lodges, literary salons and coffee houses, and through printed books and pamphlets. The ideas of the Enlightenment undermined the authority of the monarchy and the church, and paved the way for the revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. A variety of 19th-century movements, including liberalism and neo-classicism, trace their intellectual heritage back to the Enlightenment.

question: What year did the Enlightenment begin according to French historians? 

answer: 1715

question: Recent historians begin the period of Enlightenment in the 1620's which was also the start of what revolution? 

answer: scientific revolution

question: A variety of movements such as liberalism and neoclassicism's intellectual heritage can be traced back to what period of time? 

answer: the Enlightenment.

question: What was the French term for philosophers in the period of Enlightenment? 

answer: The Philosophes

question: In what year did Louis XIV die? 

answer: 1715

question: In what year did the French Revolution begin? 

answer: 1789

question: In what decade did the scientific revolution begin? 

answer: 1620s
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: Francis Hutcheson, a moral philosopher, described the utilitarian and consequentialist principle that virtue is that which provides, in his words, "the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers". Much of what is incorporated in the scientific method (the nature of knowledge, evidence, experience, and causation) and some modern attitudes towards the relationship between science and religion were developed by his protégés David Hume and Adam Smith. Hume became a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy.

question: Who said that virtue provides "the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers"?  

answer: Francis Hutcheson

question: Who was a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy? 

answer: David Hume

question: Much of what is incorporated in the scientific method and some modern attitudes towards the relationship between science and religion were developed by David Hume and what other philosopher? 

answer: Adam Smith

question: Which moral philosopher said "the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers"? 

answer: Francis Hutcheson

question: Which two men were Francis Hutecheson's proteges? 

answer: David Hume and Adam Smith

question: The nature of knowledge, evidence, experience, and causation together are called what? 

answer: the scientific method

question: What type of philosopher was Francis Hutcheson? 

answer: moral

question: In what areas of philosophy did Hume become a major figure? 

answer: skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The influence of science also began appearing more commonly in poetry and literature during the Enlightenment. Some poetry became infused with scientific metaphor and imagery, while other poems were written directly about scientific topics. Sir Richard Blackmore committed the Newtonian system to verse in Creation, a Philosophical Poem in Seven Books (1712). After Newton's death in 1727, poems were composed in his honour for decades. James Thomson (1700–1748) penned his "Poem to the Memory of Newton," which mourned the loss of Newton, but also praised his science and legacy.

question: What kind of topics began appearing more commonly in poetry and literature during the Enlightenment? 

answer: scientific topics

question: Who penned a poem called "Poem to the Memory of Newton" to mourn the loss and praise the legacy of Newton?  

answer: James Thomson

question: Sir Richard Blackmore committed what system to verse in Creation? 

answer: Newtonian system

question: What year was Newton's death? 

answer: 1727

question: Who wrote "Poem to the Memory of Newton?" 

answer: James Thomson

question: In what year did Newton die? 

answer: 1727

question: Whose death in 1727 prompted poems to be written in his honour for decades? 

answer: Newton

question: Who wrote Creation, a Philosophical Poem in Seven Books? 

answer: Sir Richard Blackmore

question: In what year was Creation, a Philosophical Poem in Seven Books written? 

answer: 1712
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: John Locke, one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, based his governance philosophy in social contract theory, a subject that permeated Enlightenment political thought. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes ushered in this new debate with his work Leviathan in 1651. Hobbes also developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought: the right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order (which led to the later distinction between civil society and the state); the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative" and based on the consent of the people; and a liberal interpretation of law which leaves people free to do whatever the law does not explicitly forbid.

question: Who developed some of the fundamentals of European liberal thought? 

answer: Thomas Hobbes

question: Thomas Hobbes ushered in the new debate of social contract theory through which work of his? 

answer: Leviathan

question: What did John Locke base his governance philosophy on? 

answer: social contract theory

question: What did John Locke base his governance philosphy in? 

answer: social contract theory

question: Which English philosopher wrote Leviathan in 1651? 

answer: Thomas Hobbes

question: Who developed the view that all legitimate political power must be "representative?" 

answer: Thomas Hobbes

question: Which of Hobbes' ideas led to the distinction between civil society and the state? 

answer: the artificial character of the political order
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: Both Rousseau and Locke's social contract theories rest on the presupposition of natural rights, which are not a result of law or custom, but are things that all men have in pre-political societies, and are therefore universal and inalienable. The most famous natural right formulation comes from John Locke in his Second Treatise, when he introduces the state of nature. For Locke the law of nature is grounded on mutual security, or the idea that one cannot infringe on another's natural rights, as every man is equal and has the same inalienable rights. These natural rights include perfect equality and freedom, and the right to preserve life and property. Locke also argued against slavery on the basis that enslaving yourself goes against the law of nature; you cannot surrender your own rights, your freedom is absolute and no one can take it from you. Additionally, Locke argues that one person cannot enslave another because it is morally reprehensible, although he introduces a caveat by saying that enslavement of a lawful captive in time of war would not go against one's natural rights.

question: How does John Locke define mutual security? 

answer: the idea that one cannot infringe on another's natural rights

question: What do Locke's idea of natural rights include? 

answer: perfect equality and freedom, and the right to preserve life and property

question: Why did John Locke believe that one person cannot enslave another? 

answer: because it is morally reprehensible

question: What was John Locke's one exception to denouncing slavery? 

answer: enslavement of a lawful captive in time of war would not go against one's natural rights

question: In which of John Locke's works are natural rights most famously defined and discussed? 

answer: Second Treatise
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: Enlightenment era religious commentary was a response to the preceding century of religious conflict in Europe, especially the Thirty Years' War. Theologians of the Enlightenment wanted to reform their faith to its generally non-confrontational roots and to limit the capacity for religious controversy to spill over into politics and warfare while still maintaining a true faith in God. For moderate Christians, this meant a return to simple Scripture. John Locke abandoned the corpus of theological commentary in favor of an "unprejudiced examination" of the Word of God alone. He determined the essence of Christianity to be a belief in Christ the redeemer and recommended avoiding more detailed debate. Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Bible went further; he dropped any passages dealing with miracles, visitations of angels, and the resurrection of Jesus after his death. He tried to extract the practical Christian moral code of the New Testament.

question: Who dropped any passages dealing with miracles or visitations of angels from his work the Jefferson Bible? 

answer: Thomas Jefferson

question: The Enlightenment era religious commentary was, in part, a response to which war? 

answer: Thirty Years' War

question: What did the Enlightenment mean for moderate Christians? 

answer: a return to simple Scripture

question: Did John Locke want to foster or avoid increased detailed debate on the essence of Christianity? 

answer: avoid
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The Enlightenment took hold in most European countries, often with a specific local emphasis. For example, in France it became associated with anti-government and anti-Church radicalism while in Germany it reached deep into the middle classes and where it expressed a spiritualistic and nationalistic tone without threatening governments or established churches. Government responses varied widely. In France, the government was hostile, and the philosophes fought against its censorship, sometimes being imprisoned or hounded into exile. The British government for the most part ignored the Enlightenment's leaders in England and Scotland, although it did give Isaac Newton a knighthood and a very lucrative government office.

question: In which country did the Enlightenment become associated with anti-government and anti-Church radicalism? 

answer: France

question: Which of the Enlightenment's leaders did the British government give a knighthood and lucrative government office? 

answer: Isaac Newton

question: In which country did the government respond with hostility to the Enlightenment, even imprisoning philosophes? 

answer: France

question: Was government response to the Enlightenment uniformly positive or widely varied? 

answer: varied

question: In which class did the Enlightenment reach deepest, expressing a nationalistic tone? 

answer: middle
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The Enlightenment has always been contested territory. Its supporters "hail it as the source of everything that is progressive about the modern world. For them, it stands for freedom of thought, rational inquiry, critical thinking, religious tolerance, political liberty, scientific achievement, the pursuit of happiness, and hope for the future." However, its detractors accuse it of 'shallow' rationalism, naïve optimism, unrealistic universalism, and moral darkness. From the start there was a Counter-Enlightenment in which conservative and clerical defenders of traditional religion attacked materialism and skepticism as evil forces that encouraged immorality. By 1794, they pointed to the Terror during the French Revolution as confirmation of their predictions. As the Enlightenment was ending, Romantic philosophers argued that excessive dependence on reason was a mistake perpetuated by the Enlightenment, because it disregarded the bonds of history, myth, faith and tradition that were necessary to hold society together.

question: By 1794, what did those against the Enlightenment point to as confirmation of their predictions? 

answer: Terror during the French Revolution

question: Which type of philosophers argued that excessive dependence on reason was a mistake perpetuated by the Enlightenment? 

answer: Romantic

question: What two ideas did conservative and clerical defenders of traditional religion attack as evil forces that encouraged immorality? 

answer: materialism and skepticism
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: There is little consensus on the precise beginning of the Age of Enlightenment; the beginning of the 18th century (1701) or the middle of the 17th century (1650) are often used as epochs. French historians usually place the period, called the Siècle des Lumières (Century of Enlightenments), between 1715 and 1789, from the beginning of the reign of Louis XV until the French Revolution. If taken back to the mid-17th century, the Enlightenment would trace its origins to Descartes' Discourse on Method, published in 1637. In France, many cited the publication of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica in 1687. It is argued by several historians and philosophers that the beginning of the Enlightenment is when Descartes shifted the epistemological basis from external authority to internal certainty by his cogito ergo sum published in 1637. As to its end, most scholars use the last years of the century, often choosing the French Revolution of 1789 or the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15) as a convenient point in time with which to date the end of the Enlightenment.

question: Most scholars use the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars or which other battle as a convenient date to end the Enlightenment? 

answer: French Revolution

question: French historians generally use the beginning of which King's reign to date the start of the Enlightenment? 

answer: Louis XV

question: What do French historians commonly call the Age of Enlightenment? 

answer: Siècle des Lumières (Century of Enlightenments)

question: In what year was Descartes' Discourse on Method published? 

answer: 1637

question: In what year was Issaac Newton's Principia Mathematica published? 

answer: 1687
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The creation of the public sphere has been associated with two long-term historical trends: the rise of the modern nation state and the rise of capitalism. The modern nation state, in its consolidation of public power, created by counterpoint a private realm of society independent of the state, which allowed for the public sphere. Capitalism also increased society's autonomy and self-awareness, and an increasing need for the exchange of information. As the nascent public sphere expanded, it embraced a large variety of institutions; the most commonly cited were coffee houses and cafés, salons and the literary public sphere, figuratively localized in the Republic of Letters. In France, the creation of the public sphere was helped by the aristocracy's move from the King's palace at Versailles to Paris in about 1720, since their rich spending stimulated the trade in luxuries and artistic creations, especially fine paintings.

question: The creation of the public sphere is associated with the rise of capitalism and which other historical trend? 

answer: rise of the modern nation state

question: What increased society's autonomy, self-awareness, and need for exchange of information? 

answer: Capitalism

question: In what year did the aristocracy move from the King's palace at Versailles to Paris? 

answer: 1720
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The desire to explore, record and systematize knowledge had a meaningful impact on music publications. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Dictionnaire de musique (published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris) was a leading text in the late 18th century. This widely available dictionary gave short definitions of words like genius and taste, and was clearly influenced by the Enlightenment movement. Another text influenced by Enlightenment values was Charles Burney's A General History of Music: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (1776), which was a historical survey and an attempt to rationalize elements in music systematically over time. Recently, musicologists have shown renewed interest in the ideas and consequences of the Enlightenment. For example, Rose Rosengard Subotnik's Deconstructive Variations (subtitled Music and Reason in Western Society) compares Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (1791) using the Enlightenment and Romantic perspectives, and concludes that the work is "an ideal musical representation of the Enlightenment".

question: The desire to explore, record and systematize knowledge had a meaningful impact on what other form of publication? 

answer: music

question: What publication of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a leading text in the late 18th century and was published 1767 in Geneva and 1768 in Paris? 

answer: Dictionnaire de musique

question: In what year was Charles Burney's A General History of Music: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period published? 

answer: 1776

question: What Mozart piece did Rose Rosengard Subotnik conclude is "an ideal musical representation of the Enlightenment"? 

answer: Die Zauberflöte (1791)

question: Which two perspectives did Rose Rosengard Subotnik use to compare Mozart's Die Cauberflote? 

answer: Enlightenment and Romantic
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: Many women played an essential part in the French Enlightenment, due to the role they played as salonnières in Parisian salons, as the contrast to the male philosophes. The salon was the principal social institution of the republic, and "became the civil working spaces of the project of Enlightenment." Women, as salonnières, were "the legitimate governors of [the] potentially unruly discourse" that took place within. While women were marginalized in the public culture of the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution destroyed the old cultural and economic restraints of patronage and corporatism (guilds), opening French society to female participation, particularly in the literary sphere.

question: What was the principal social institution of the republic during the French Enlightenment? 

answer: salon

question: Was French society open or fearful of female participation in the literary sphere during the Enlightenment? 

answer: open

question: What female occupation allowed women to play an essential part in the French Enlightenment? 

answer: salonnières

question: Which event destroyed the former patronage and corporatism of France and allowed women to participate in society? 

answer: French Revolution
Title: Age_of_Enlightenment
Context: The vast majority of the reading public could not afford to own a private library, and while most of the state-run "universal libraries" set up in the 17th and 18th centuries were open to the public, they were not the only sources of reading material. On one end of the spectrum was the Bibliothèque Bleue, a collection of cheaply produced books published in Troyes, France. Intended for a largely rural and semi-literate audience these books included almanacs, retellings of medieval romances and condensed versions of popular novels, among other things. While some historians have argued against the Enlightenment's penetration into the lower classes, the Bibliothèque Bleue represents at least a desire to participate in Enlightenment sociability. Moving up the classes, a variety of institutions offered readers access to material without needing to buy anything. Libraries that lent out their material for a small price started to appear, and occasionally bookstores would offer a small lending library to their patrons. Coffee houses commonly offered books, journals and sometimes even popular novels to their customers. The Tatler and The Spectator, two influential periodicals sold from 1709 to 1714, were closely associated with coffee house culture in London, being both read and produced in various establishments in the city. This is an example of the triple or even quadruple function of the coffee house: reading material was often obtained, read, discussed and even produced on the premises.

question: Where was Bibliotheque Bleue located? 

answer: Troyes, France

question: For what audience were the books of the Bibliotheque Bleue written? 

answer: largely rural and semi-literate

question: Which two influential periodicals  were closely associated with London coffee house culture and were sold from 1909 to 1714?  

answer: The Tatler and The Spectator

question: What collection of cheaply produced books represents the lower class' desire to participate in the Enlightenment? 

answer: Bibliothèque Bleue