TASK DEFINITION: Indicate a text span in the passage about which an inquisitive question is asked. (note, don't answer the question).
PROBLEM: Sentence: Both Merieux and Connaught are biotechnology research and vaccine manufacturing concerns .<sep>Question: What are the concerns?

SOLUTION: concerns

PROBLEM: Sentence: Procter & Gamble Co . plans to begin testing next month a superconcentrated detergent that will require only a few spoonfuls per washload .<sep>Question: What are the testing methods?

SOLUTION: testing

PROBLEM: Sentence: In fact , at one point Merry Chase ( Melinda Mullins ) , a cool , carefully coiffed television announcer , recites a list of a dozen or more scandals of recent years , concluding with those affecting the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the savings and loan industry .<sep>Question: Can we be informed on more of these scandals?

SOLUTION:
dozen or more scandals of recent years ,