TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a question, along with three passages, 1, 2, and 3. Your job is to determine which passage can be used to answer the question by searching for further information using terms from the passage. Indicate your choice as 1, 2, or 3.
PROBLEM: Question: Of the cities where George was born and died, which one has a larger population? Passage 1:The BCCI Bank was a Luxembourg-registered bank that collapsed in 1992. It was discovered by the bank's auditors, that the bank was running on loss for many years. It was reported that the bank was involved in drug-trafficking, money-laundering and phony loans. The key player in the collapse was Pakistani shipping magnate Abbas Gokal. It was discovered that Gokal's company, Gulf Shipping Lines, had gotten a US$1.2 billion unsecured loan from the bank. When the bank collapsed and the scandal emerged, Gokal escaped to Pakistan. It was hard to get him because the United Kingdom and Pakistan had no extradition treaty. Gokal was making a trip to America in 1994. When his plane stopped for re-fueling in Frankfurt, German police arrested him and extradited him to the United Kingdom. He was handed a 14-year sentence as a result of the SFO prosecution, the longest sentence handed out in a British court for fraud.
Passage 2:Eddings was the home plate umpire for Game 2 of the 2005 ALCS between the White Sox and the Angels. White Sox batter A. J. Pierzynski quickly got two strikes and then swung at the third pitch, a splitter which came in very low. Angels catcher Josh Paul caught the ball so "thought the inning was over." Not hearing himself called out, Pierzynski took a couple of steps toward the dugout, then turned and ran to first base while most of the Angels were walking off the field. Eddings ruled that the ball had not been legally caught (an uncaught third strike), but made no audible call that the ball hit the ground. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, announcing the game on Fox and reviewing replays of the pitch, felt the ball had clearly been caught; note that MLB did not adopt review via instant replay until the season. A pinch runner for Pierzynski subsequently scored the winning run of the game for the White Sox. According to umpire supervisor Rich Rieker, the replays showed "there was definitely a change in direction there" indicating the ball touched the ground and felt, at best, the replay was inconclusive. After the game, Eddings said he would adjust his umpiring style to clarify a third strike call from calling the batter out.
Passage 3:He was born at Freyers Creek in Victoria to miner John Reynoldson and Elizabeth Coates. He received a primary education before starting work at the Meehans Freehold mine at Guildford in 1872. He then worked on the construction of the Moama-Deniliquin and Sale-Melbourne railway lines and on his father's farm near Kyabram, establishing his own farm in partnership with his brother near Numurkah in 1878. He farmed wheat and also worked as an auctioneer, and served on Shepparton Shire Council (188385) and Numurkah Shire Council (18851900, president 188687). On 19 February 1898 he married Catherine Baikie, with whom he had four children. In 1904 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the independent member for Deniliquin; he held the seat for a single term before retiring in 1907. Reynoldson died in Melbourne in 1947.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Question: What types of planes did the Australian Flying Corps use the year Holden volunteered for them? Passage 1:"Where the Dream Takes You" is a "tender" pop power ballad with contemporary R&B, soul and lite rock influences, performed in an urban contemporary style. According to the song's official sheet music, published by Walt Disney Music Publishing on Musicnotes.com, "Where the Dream Takes You" is set in signature common time and performed at a moderate tempo of 88 beats per minute in the key of C major. The Disney Song Encyclopedia author Thomas S. Hischak believes that the song's lyrics are "about following your heart to find your true self", which begin "They'll try to hold you back, they will say you're wrong, but they will never understand, no, the journey that you're on." A writer for Barnes & Noble agreed that, thematically, the single "correlates to the film's tale of an inexperienced young adventurer", Milo Thatch, and its diverse cast of supporting characters, all of whom long to follow various dreams of their own as they search for Atlantis. One of its verses reads, "There's something in your soul/That won't be denied/It's the faith to dream that keeps the dream alive/So you still believe and you know you must go", encouraging listeners to follow their dreams despite others' opinions. Lasting a duration of four minutes, AllMusic cites the song's mood as both "earnest" and "mellow"; Mya performs it using a "sweet vocal", which spans two octaves from G3 to D5. Based on a melody heard only briefly during the film, "Where the Dream Takes You" encompasses "soft, contemporary beats" combined with the singer's "dulcet tones" that recall music played in a piano lounge, contrasting with the time period in which the film itself is set. Its production, which has been described as "polished", was handled by Jay Selvester, Robbie Buchanan and Ron Fair.
Passage 2:The ruins of the Norman Canterbury Castle and St Augustine's Abbey are both open to the public. The medieval St Margaret's Church now houses "The Canterbury Tales", in which life-sized character models reconstruct Geoffrey Chaucer's stories. The Westgate is now a museum relating to its history as a jail. The medieval church of St Alphege became redundant in 1982 but had a new lease of life as the Canterbury Urban Studies Centre, later renamed the Canterbury Environment Centre; the building is used by the King's School. The Old Synagogue, now the King's School Music Room, is one of only two Egyptian Revival synagogues still standing. The city centre contains many timber-framed 16th and 17th century houses, however there are far fewer than there were before the Second World War, as many were damaged during the Baedeker Blitz. Many are still standing, including the "Old Weaver's House" used by the Huguenots. St Martin's Mill is the only surviving mill out of the six known to have stood in Canterbury. It was built in 1817 and worked until 1890; it is now a house conversion. St Thomas of Canterbury Church is the only Roman Catholic church in the city and contains relics of Thomas Becket.
Passage 3:Holden enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26 May 1915, and was posted to the 4th Light Horse Brigade as a private. He departed for Egypt aboard the transport A29 Suevic on 13 June. Serving as a driver first in the Middle East and then on the Western Front, his mechanical ability and sense of adventure led him to volunteer for the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in December 1916. After qualifying as a pilot in England, he was commissioned a lieutenant and posted to No.2 Squadron. Commanded by Major Oswald Watt, No.2 Squadron's personnel included many former Lighthorsemen, as well as mechanics from the AFC's first combat formation, the Mesopotamian Half Flight. The force trained extensively in England commencing in January 1917, before deploying to the Western Front that September. Holden was involved in the AFC's first day of combat in France; just after noon on 2 October, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, he and his wingman engaged a German two-seater that managed to escape.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Question: How many casualties combined where in the two wars where the Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun gained most of its fame from? Passage 1:The Bofors 37mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries during the 1930's of which several bought licences to produce it themselves. The gun was used in several conflicts but most of its fame comes from its use in the Spanish civil war and the Winter war where it was used very successfully against light tanks and armored cars among other targets. Beyond its use as an infantry gun it was also used as the main armament in several armored cars and tanks such as the Dutch M39 Pantserwagen and the Polish 7TP to name a few. As the armor of tanks was increased during World War II the gun very quickly became obsolete as an anti-tank gun but was still used effectively as an infantry support gun for the entirety of the war, and well into the Cold War. This was due to its high fire rate, great mobility and effective high explosive shells.
Passage 2:The Arcore was designed at the Centro Volo a Vela (CVV), or Experimental Soaring Centre, of the Royal Polytechnic of Milan by Gildo Preti. It was the third glider to be designed and built there and had a close resemblance to the first of them, the CVV 1 Pinguino. Both were wood and fabric single seat competition gliders, cantilever monoplanes with mid-mounted gull wings. The wings in particular were very similar in all respects apart from the Arcore's greater span. They were built around a single spar, with a plywood covered D-box ahead of it and fabric behind. In plan, they had a constant chord centre section, filling about a third of the span, and outer sections with taper on both leading and trailing edges ending in semi-elliptical tips. The centre section had positive dihedral but there was none on the outer panels. Ailerons occupied the whole of these outer panels, hinged parallel to the trailing edge. Short span airbrakes extended upwards only, mounted just behind the spar at the outer ends of the centre section.
Passage 3:Noyes served on frontier duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from November 1865 to June 1866, at Fort Riley, Kansas from June 1866 to March 13, 1867, at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory from May 1 to November 1867, and at the newly established Fort D. A. Russell, Dakota Territory from November 17, 1867 to June 1868, during which time he was on a leave of absence from December 15, 1867 to March 28, 1868. He served at Fort McPherson, Nebraska from July 1868 to May 1869 and in the field to November 1869, at Omaha Barracks, Nebraska to April 1870, and at Medicine Bow, Nebraska until November 1870. Noyes was stationed at Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory until March 1874, during which time he escorted engineers making a reconnoissance of northwestern Wyoming from June 4 to September 27, 1873. He returned to Fort Laramie from March to October 1874 before again being stationed at Fort Sanders until May 3, 1875. Noyes went on a leave of absence from May 3 to July 23, 1875, and then was a witness before civil court until September 2, 1875. He returned to frontier duty and was assigned to Fort Laramie from October 1875 until early 1876, when he was ordered to move his Company I of the 2nd Cavalry to Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, in order to participate in the Big Horn Expedition of March 1-27, 1876. During this campaign Noyes was given command of the 3rd Battalion, consisting of Companies I and K of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of Powder River in Montana Territory. Upon returning to Fort Laramie, Noyes would be court-martialed for his actions during the battle in unsaddling his company and therefore rendering it unable to support the remainder of the command fighting in the village. He was found guilty on May 2, but allowed to rejoin his regiment and command a five-company battalion of the 2nd Cavalry during on Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition from May 23 to October 28, 1876, being engaged in the Battle of Prairie Dog Creek on June 9 and the Battle of Rosebud on June 17, 1876. Noyes was posted to Fort D. A. Russell from November 8, 1876 to January 13, 1877, at Fort Fred Steele from January 14 to September 23, 1877, and at the newly established Fort Keogh, Montana Territory from October 24, 1877 to August 15, 1878, during which time he was on a leave of absence from March 14 to April 25, 1878. Noyes served on Mounted Recruiting Service from October 1878 to September 30, 1879 and was promoted Major, 4th Cavalry effective June 14, 1879. He was in command of a battalion at Fort Garland, California from December 1, 1879 to March 12, 1880, of Fort Hays, Kansas until May 30, 1880, of a battalion in the field in New Mexico Territory until November 6, 1880, and again of Fort Hays, Kansas until July 20, 1881. Noyes was transferred to Fort Elliott, Texas until November 1881, to Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory to March 27, 1883, in command of a battalion in the field until April 8, 1883, again at Fort Craig until June 28, 1883, and at Fort Wingate, New Mexico Territory to June 13, 1884. He was in command of Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory until June, 1886, stationed at Tucson, Arizona until October 1886, in command of Fort Lowell, Arizona until November 30, 1888, and at Fort Bowie until July 1890. Major Noyes was then transferred to the northwest, serving at Fort Walla Walla, Washington until August 1890, and at Boise Barracks, Idaho on July 1, 1891. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Cavalry on July 1, 1891 and served in that capacity at Fort Supply, Indian Territory from November 1891 to August 1892 before being transferred to his old regiment, the 2nd Cavalry, on August 12, 1892. Noyes served with the 2nd at Fort Huachuca, Arizona until August 1893, at Fort Wingate, New Mexico until September 1894, at Fort Logan, Colorado, until November 1895, and again at Fort Wingate until April 17, 1898. Lieutenant Colonel Noyes was serving there when the Spanish American War broke out in the spring of 1898.

SOLUTION:
1