Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about East India Company:
The company, which benefited from the imperial patronage, soon expanded its commercial trading operations, eclipsing the Portuguese Estado da India, which had established bases in Goa, Chittagong, and Bombay, which Portugal later ceded to England as part of the dowry of Catherine de Braganza. The East India Company also launched a joint attack with the Dutch United East India Company on Portuguese and Spanish ships off the coast of China, which helped secure their ports in China. The company established trading posts in Surat (1619), Madras (1639), Bombay (1668), and Calcutta (1690). By 1647, the company had 23 factories, each under the command of a factor or master merchant and governor if so chosen, and 90 employees in India. The major factories became the walled forts of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St George in Madras, and Bombay Castle.
what were the walled forts of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St George in Madras and Bombay castle before they were forts?
A: major factories
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Israel:
On 11 March 1978, a PLO guerilla raid from Lebanon led to the Coastal Road Massacre. Israel responded by launching an invasion of southern Lebanon to destroy the PLO bases south of the Litani River. Most PLO fighters withdrew, but Israel was able to secure southern Lebanon until a UN force and the Lebanese army could take over. The PLO soon resumed its policy of attacks against Israel. In the next few years, the PLO infiltrated the south and kept up a sporadic shelling across the border. Israel carried out numerous retaliatory attacks by air and on the ground.
When did the Coastal Road Massacre occur?
A: 11 March 1978
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Napoleon:
He was moved to the Bureau of Topography of the Committee of Public Safety and sought unsuccessfully to be transferred to Constantinople in order to offer his services to the Sultan. During this period, he wrote the romantic novella Clisson et Eugenie, about a soldier and his lover, in a clear parallel to Bonaparte's own relationship with Desiree. On 15 September, Bonaparte was removed from the list of generals in regular service for his refusal to serve in the Vendee campaign. He faced a difficult financial situation and reduced career prospects.
On what date was Napoleon taken off the list of generals in service due to his refusal to serve in Vendee?
A: 15 September
Problem: Please answer a question about the following article about Political corruption:
Economists argue that one of the factors behind the differing economic development in Africa and Asia is that in Africa, corruption has primarily taken the form of rent extraction with the resulting financial capital moved overseas rather than invested at home (hence the stereotypical, but often accurate, image of African dictators having Swiss bank accounts). In Nigeria, for example, more than $400 billion was stolen from the treasury by Nigeria's leaders between 1960 and 1999.
In Africa, the finances are often moved where?
A:
overseas