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In this task, you're given a story (which contains five sentences only). Your task is to find all the characters which are available in the given story.
question:
Sentence1: Nicholas was assigned a term paper in his economics class. Sentence2: It was on a topic about which he knew very little. Sentence3: Nicholas spent several days doing in-depth research. Sentence4: He wrote a ten page paper. Sentence5: Nicholas learned about a lot about his new topic.
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Nicholas

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Sentence1: Annie had a test on Monday. Sentence2: She went bowling on Friday. Sentence3: She went to the mall on Saturday. Sentence4: She watched TV on Sunday. Sentence5: Annie failed her test.
answer:
Annie

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Sentence1: Beau was excited about his cute new puppy. Sentence2: His parents were upset though because the puppy kept urinating inside. Sentence3: Beau got tired of them nagging him and wanted to return the pup. Sentence4: But the little guy was too cute and Beau decided he was being unfair. Sentence5: He started taking the puppy out for regular walks, which fixed things.
answer:
Beau, Puppy, Parents