TASK DEFINITION: Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
PROBLEM: In America, as what was Bill Shoemaker famous?

SOLUTION: bill shoemaker

PROBLEM: Which European country has the Cupon as its currency?

SOLUTION: moldovan cupon

PROBLEM: Who is the subject of the 1961 biography 'The Agony And The Ecstasy' by Irving Stone?

SOLUTION:
the agony and the ecstasy