Input: Identify the most salient words:

Grief - stricken, the staff and students stand in solemn silence.

Output: silence
stand
student

Input: Identify the most salient words:

seal or sea lion sleeping on the rock

Output: rock
seal
sleep

Input: Identify the most salient words:

heart pumps blood and oxygen through the body

Output: blood
body
heart
pump

Input: Identify the most salient words:

a new tubular skylight transforms an otherwise dark hallway with natural light .

Output:
hallway
light
skylight