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: Kaufman & Broad , a home building company , declined to identify the institutional investors .<sep>Question: Why did Kaufman & Broad decline to identify its institutional investors?

Answer: declined to identify the institutional investors

Question: Sentence: In recent years , U . S . steelmakers have supplied about 80 % of the 100 million tons of steel used annually by the nation .<sep>Question: how recent?

Answer: In recent years ,

Question: Sentence: Amid a crowd of crashing stocks , Relational Technology Inc . ' s stock fell particularly hard Friday , dropping 23 % because its problems were compounded by disclosure of an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter .<sep>Question: Why did Relational have an unexpected first quarter loss?

Answer:
an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter