Part 1. Definition
You are given a paragraph, with numbered sentences, and a question. Write the numbers of the sentences needed to answer the given question. Separate multiple sentence numbers with a comma (", "). E.g. "1, 2" would be the correct response if Sent 1 and Sent 2 are needed to answer the given question (do not include sentences that contain no information that is necessary to answer the question). Sort the sentence numbers in an increasing order (i.e., '1, 2', instead of '2, 1'). Your answer should not contain anything than the sentence numbers separated by a comma (e.g. '1, 2, 3, 4'). The given question requires more than one sentence to answer. So, your answer must contain at least one comma (", ").
Part 2. Example
Paragraph- Sent 1: A Republican bid to keep the government open past Friday includes no new money for the construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to several congressional aides familiar with ongoing talks.
Sent 2: GOP leaders submitted the new offer Tuesday afternoon in an effort to appease Democrats, whose votes are needed to avert a shutdown of federal agencies, several House and Senate aides said.
Sent 3: However, Republicans also insisted on increases in border security and defense spending, including money to repair existing fencing and new surveillance technology to patrol the nearly 2,000-mile border.
Sent 4: Democrats have indicated that they would support such appropriations so long as no money goes toward an actual wall.
Question: Who has to be appeased to keep the government open?.
Answer: 1, 2.
Explanation: The question is: Who has to be appeased to keep the government open? The phrase "appease Democrats" is mentioned in Sent 2, about accepting offer that is mentioned in Sent 1 to "keep the government open". So, Sent 1 and Sent 2 are the sentences needed to answer this question.
Part 3. Exercise
Paragraph- Sent 1: (CNN) -- An operation to retrieve two Colombian hostages held by the FARC rebel group will resume Tuesday, the Red Cross said, but the government denied that it had authorized such a move.
Sent 2: The conflicting reports come two days after an initial attempt to retrieve the hostages was foiled by inaccurate coordinates.
Sent 3: Christophe Beney, the Red Cross representative for the operation, said that the release of police Maj. Guillermo Solorzano and Army Cpl. Salin Sanmiguel by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC will happen in the department of Cauca on Tuesday morning.
Sent 4: But shortly after these comments were reported, the Colombian government said in a statement that "it is not true that we have authorized the resumption of any operation for the liberation of the hostages."Sent 5: The government was awaiting a debrief from the Red Cross before moving forward, the statement said.
Sent 6: Solorzano, Sanmiguel, and police officer Carlos Ocampo were to be released by the FARC on Sunday, but only Ocampo was freed.
Sent 7: Colombian authorities were upset at what they said were wrong coordinates given by the Marxist guerrilla group.
Sent 8: "Even though the government did its part, the FARC have committed an act that shocks us," said Eduardo Pizarro, the government's representative for the liberation operation.
Sent 9: "Today, the FARC gave us coordinates in the department of Tolima.
Sent 10: The helicopters went to those areas, and it turns out that the hostages aren't in the department of Tolima, but in the department of Cauca."Sent 11: He added that "this behavior surprises, upsets and disturbs us very much."Sent 12: In December, the FARC leftist guerrilla group pledged to release five hostages as a humanitarian gesture.
Sent 13: Three of them were released last week, and two others had originally been scheduled to be released Sunday.
Sent 14: However, former Sen. Piedad Cordoba, who helped to coordinate the humanitarian mission, later said that the rebel group would release three hostages Sunday.
Question: Where was Carlos Ocampo found?.
Answer:
6, 10.