Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Morten Johannes Lauridsen (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (19942001) and has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music for more than 40 years.

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- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: Morten Johannes began teaching at the USC Thornton School of Music before 1979.
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Answer:
Yes

[Q]: Return to Paradise is a live album by Styx, released in 1997. It features songs from their successful reunion tour with Tommy Shaw, but without John Panozzo, who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, including "Dear John", which Shaw wrote as a tribute to Panozzo. Styx's reunion tour was unsuccessful. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say

Problem: The action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit of the French fleet after the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style (29 May (New Style)), 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing English fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, destroyed a number of French ships that had been beached near the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The action at La Hogue was a important event"? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
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A: It's impossible to say

Q: Nicola or Niccolo Massaro was a spanish painter
Nicola or Niccolo Massaro (died 1704) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in his native city of Naples. He painted mainly marine vedute and landscapes in the style of his master, Salvatore Rosa. One of his colleagues was Marzio Masturzo. One of his pupils was Gaetano Martoriello, and Massaro's son's Girolamo and Gennaro.
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- It's impossible to say
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A: No

The Taramakau River is in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the Southern Alps, 80 kilometres due east of Hokitika, and immediately below the saddle of the Harper's Pass, and runs westward for 75 kilometres into the Tasman Sea 15 kilometres south of Greymouth.
There are three separate rivers that run through South Island. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
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A: It's impossible to say

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1972 (1972 c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that constituted district councils to administer the twenty-six local government districts created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, and abolished the existing local authorities in Northern Ireland.

OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: A number between one and 50 local government districts were administrated
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Answer:
Yes