Indicate a text span in the passage about which an inquisitive question is asked. (note, don't answer the question).
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Question: Sentence: Earnings for most of the nation ' s major pharmaceutical makers are believed to have moved ahead briskly in the third quarter , as companies with newer , big - selling prescription drugs fared especially well .<sep>Question: third quarter of what year?

Answer: third quarter ,

Question: Sentence: The base rate on corporate loans at large U . S . money center commercial banks .<sep>Question: What is the base rate on corporate loans at large US banks?

Answer: base

Question: Sentence: Gulf Resources earlier this year proposed a reorganization plan that would make it a unit of a Bermuda concern , potentially exempting it from liability for the smelter ' s cleanup costs .<sep>Question: why would it be exempt?

Answer:
potentially exempting