user: Classify these as either states or cities: Illinois, California, San Francisco, Austin, Texas.

assistant: Illinois, California, and Texas are states.  San Francisco and Austin are cities.

user: Given this paragraph about the longest living person, what was their name and when were they born?

assistant: Jeanne Calment is the longest living person to be verified. She was born in 1875 and lived to be 122 years old.

user: How did Washington become a state?

assistant: Washington became the 42nd state of the United States of America in 1889. The United States Congress passed an act enabling the territories of Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana to seek statehood.