Part 1. Definition
In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.
Part 2. Example
He grew up in Evanston, Illinois the second oldest of five children including his brothers, Fred and Gordon and sisters, Marge (Peppy) and Marilyn. His high school days were spent at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. MacKenzie studied with Bernard Leach from 1949 to 1952. _His_ simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery is heavily influenced by the oriental aesthetic of Shoji Hamada and Kanjiro Kawai. <sep>, Pronoun: His <sep>, A: MacKenzie <sep>, B: Bernard Leach
Answer: A
Explanation: Based on the text, his refers to MacKenzie so option A is correct.
Part 3. Exercise
The movie was released five months after John Lennon was murdered by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman outside The Dakota, the famous New York City apartment building--coincidentally, also the real-life home of Lauren Bacall. Fifteen years later, Robert De Niro starred in another movie of the same title, The Fan (1996 film), about an obsessed sports fan who admires a baseball player (Wesley Snipes)--but who then stalks _him_ and ultimately menaces him and his son. <sep>, Pronoun: him <sep>, A: Robert De Niro <sep>, B: Wesley Snipes
Answer:
B