Problem: Given the question: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "where does cashmere come from?"; Answer: "Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from Cashmere goats and other types of goat ."? Topic:
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The answer is:
Cashmere wool

input question: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "what does a vote to table a motion mean??"; Answer: "In the United States, to table usually means the to lay [the topic] on the table or to move for postponement of consideration; a proposal to suspend consideration of a pending motion."? Topic:???
output answer: Table (parliamentary procedure)

Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "what are metaphors used for?"; Answer: "Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory , hyperbole , and simile ."? Topic:
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Answer: Metaphor

Q: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "what is spelt flour?"; Answer: "Spelt, also known as dinkel wheat, or hulled wheat, is an ancient species of wheat from the fifth millennium BC."? Topic:
A: Spelt

Question: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "how is ASP.NET different from .NET?"; Answer: "ASP.NET is a server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages ."? Topic:
Answer: ASP.NET

Please answer this: Determine the topic of the question-answer pair. Question: "HOW MANY STRIPES ARE ON THE AMERICAN FLAG?"; Answer: "The national flag of the United States of America , often simply referred to as the American flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars."? Topic:
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Answer:
Flag of the United States