xiangpku/GLUE huggingface dataset:
Question: Several Western European companies are shifting taxes in a process known as what?
Sentence: Several Western European countries are already shifting taxes in a process known there as environmental tax reform.
Question: Who was Pantages competitor in the theater business?
Sentence: The theaters he built for Pantages in Seattle have been either demolished or converted to other uses, but many other theaters survive in other cities of the U.S., often retaining the Pantages name; Seattle's surviving Paramount Theatre, on which he collaborated, was not a Pantages theater.
Question: How many Irish people died during the Great Famine?
Sentence: The story that she donated only £5 in aid to the Irish, and on the same day gave the same amount to Battersea Dogs Home, was a myth generated towards the end of the 19th century.
Question: What can lossless formats provide?
Sentence: Lossless formats include FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), Apple Lossless and many others.
Question: Which of his works addresses redemption and the Son of God?
Sentence: Athanasius also wrote a two-part Against the Heathen and The Incarnation of the Word of God.
Question: What would a group like Crowdfund, GoFundMe or Kickstarter possibly belong to?
Sentence: A more broadly applicable term, "Social Benefit Organization" (SBO) has been advocated for by organizations such as MiniDonations.
Question: What city almost exclusively celebrates the Carnival?
Sentence: The festival is celebrated almost exclusively in the city of Limassol.
Question: Who performed the studies that found most homosexual people having different degrees of gender issues?
Sentence: Transgender and cisgender people may be attracted to men, women, or both, although the prevalence of different sexual orientations is quite different in these two populations.
Question: What did the Norsemen provide to the monastery?
Sentence: The ecclesiastical settlement continued alongside the Viking longphort, with the two developing a type of symbiotic relationship; the Norsemen providing otherwise unobtainable trade goods for the monastery, and perhaps also military aid.
Question: There was an ocean between Gondwana and Asia in the Permian, what was it?
Sentence: A new ocean was growing on its southern end, the Tethys Ocean, an ocean that would dominate much of the Mesozoic Era.
Question: In what elementary grades is Bosnian an optional course?
Sentence: A large Bosniak minority is present in the southwest region of Sandžak, but the "official recognition" of Bosnian language is moot.
Question: What is another term for Western Iran?
Sentence: Arabic spread into some parts of Western Iran (Khuzestan), and Turkic languages spread through much of Central Asia, displacing various Iranian languages such as Sogdian and Bactrian in parts of what is today Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Question: Who commanded the French V Corps in reserve?
Sentence: The French cavalry, commanded by General Marguerite, launched three desperate attacks on the nearby village of Floing where the Prussian XI Corps was concentrated.
Question: What did Bell call the best thing he ever made?
Sentence: The photophone was a precursor to the fiber-optic communication systems which achieved popular worldwide usage in the 1980s.
Question: What is in saliva that starts to digest the starches?
Sentence: Saliva, a liquid secreted by the salivary glands, contains salivary amylase, an enzyme which starts the digestion of starch in the food; the saliva also contains mucus, which lubricates the food, and hydrogen carbonate, which provides the ideal conditions of pH (alkaline) for amylase to work.
Question: When a parameter is dropped, the remaining numeric parameter is specified first, followed by what?
Sentence: In this case, the remaining numeric parameter is specified first, followed by the scanning system.
Question: What smartphones have SNES emulators?
Sentence: Emulation of the SNES is now available on handheld units, such as Android devices, Apple's iPhone and iPad, Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP), the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, the Gizmondo, the Dingoo and the GP2X by GamePark Holdings, as well as PDAs.
Question: In recognition of what event was the color red adopted for Arsenal shirts?
Sentence: The choice of red is in recognition of a charitable donation from Nottingham Forest, soon after Arsenal's foundation in 1886.
Question: Which is lines are commonly higher in density, laidlines or chainlines?
Sentence: Laidlines are very close together.
Question: What entity makes the defining formula for the HDI well-known?
Sentence: In general, to transform a raw variable, say , into a unit-free index between 0 and 1 (which allows different indices to be added together), the following formula is used:
Question: What other action star was an international hit in the 1980s?
Sentence: During the 1980s, audiences had an appetite for action films, with both Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone becoming international stars.
Question: What phrase describes keeping adjusted summer hours year-round?
Sentence: Russia switched to permanent DST from 2011 to 2014, but the move proved unpopular because of the late sunrises in winter, so the country switched permanently back to "standard" or "winter" time in 2014.
Question: WHat happened to the nobilities feudal power?
Sentence: It bound the peasant to the land, as only one son (not the eldest) was permitted to leave the village; townsfolk (Polish: "mieszczaństwo") were prohibited from owning land; and positions in the Church hierarchy could be given only to nobles.
Question: What is defined as the official codification of federal statutory law?
Sentence: The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of acts of Congress, treaties ratified by the Senate, regulations promulgated by the executive branch, and case law originating from the federal judiciary.
Question: In what century did Paris become largely into fashion?
Sentence: Paris Fashion Week, held in January and July in the Carrousel du Louvre and other city locations, is among the top four events of the international fashion calendar, along with the fashion weeks in Milan, London and New York.
Question: How are the skins of sea mammals useful for people in the Arctic trap?
Sentence: Even as animal domestication became relatively widespread and after the development of agriculture, hunting was usually a significant contributor to the human food supply.
Question: How many seasons of American Idol have there been?
Sentence: Fox announced on May 11, 2015 that the fifteenth season would be the final season of American Idol; as such, the season is expected to have an additional focus on the program's alumni.
Question: How many choristers are there at the abbey?
Sentence: Together with the clergy and Receiver General and Chapter Clerk, various lay officers constitute the college, including the Organist and Master of the Choristers, the Registrar, the Auditor, the Legal Secretary, the Surveyor of the Fabric, the Head Master of the choir school, the Keeper of the Muniments and the Clerk of the Works, as well as 12 lay vicars, 10 choristers and the High Steward and High Bailiff.
Question: What year did Michael Dell bring in Lee Walker to the company?
Sentence: Walker retired in 1990 due to health, and Michael Dell hired Morton Meyerson, former CEO and president of Electronic Data Systems to transform the company from a fast-growing medium-sized firm into a billion-dollar enterprise.
Question: How many bells make up the abbey ring?
Sentence: The Tenor bell in D (588.5 Hz) has a weight of 30 cwt, 1 qtr, 15 lb (3403 lb or 1544 kg).
Question: What campus did Yale buy in 2008?
Sentence: In 2008, Yale purchased the 136-acre (0.55 km2) former Bayer Pharmaceutical campus in West Haven, Connecticut, the buildings of which are now used as laboratory and research space.
Question: How much money did Umax lose when it exited the low-end Mac clone market?
Sentence: Without the higher profit margins of high-end systems, however, Umax judged this would not be profitable and exited the Mac clone market in May 1998, having lost USD$36 million on the program.
Question: What year were the new England patriots founded in?
Sentence: While they have played in suburban Foxborough since 1971, the New England Patriots of the National Football League were founded in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, changing their name after relocating.
Question: In what decade could one find an "English looking" pub trend in Canada?
Sentence: A fake "English looking" pub trend started in the 1990s, built into existing storefronts, like regular bars.
Question: Who did the cubs play against in the first two games of the NLCS?
Sentence: With wins of 13–0 and 4–2, the Cubs needed to win only one game of the next three in San Diego to make it to the World Series.
Question: How did Mikhail Gorbachev end the era of stagnation?
Sentence: Even after he died in 1982, the era didn’t end until Mikhail Gorbachev took power and introduced liberal reforms in Soviet society.
Question: What is displayed at Zahm House for football home games at Notre Dame?
Sentence: Football gameday traditions During home games, activities occur all around campus and different dorms decorate their halls with a traditional item (e.g. Zahm House's two-story banner).
Question: What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government?
Sentence: Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship.
Question: What part of the palace has been open to the public every August and September and other select dates since 1993?
Sentence: The palace's state rooms have been open to the public during August and September and on selected dates throughout the year since 1993.
Question: Around what year were the ceramic artifacts found to have been from?
Sentence: Clovis points have been found in northeastern Chihuahua that have been dated from 12,000 BC to 7000 BC.
Question: The U.E. employment rate was 10.2% in October 2009, which was the highest rate since what year?
Sentence: The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 10.1% by October 2009, the highest rate since 1983 and roughly twice the pre-crisis rate.
Question: Without what are organic plants meant to be grown ?
Sentence: Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton from plants not genetically modified and that is certified to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as fertilizers or pesticides.
Question: Beyoncé was raised in what religion?
Sentence: Beyoncé's younger sister Solange is also a singer and a former member of Destiny's Child.
Question: Who is Tadaklan's pet that is responsible for lightning?
Sentence: In Greek mythology, Cerberus is a three-headed watchdog who guards the gates of Hades.
Question: What is the purpose of networks of channels in microcolonies?
Sentence: Bacteria living in biofilms display a complex arrangement of cells and extracellular components, forming secondary structures, such as microcolonies, through which there are networks of channels to enable better diffusion of nutrients.
Question: Sanskrit came from the north west and traveled to what present day countries?
Sentence: In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages, many scholars have proposed the Indo-Aryan migration theory, asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early second millennium BCE.
Question: What period ended towards the end of the 18th century?
Sentence: This period, until the loss of the Thirteen Colonies after the American War of Independence towards the end of the 18th century, has subsequently been referred to by some historians as the "First British Empire".
Question: According to Popper, what second layer does scientific inquiry have that pre-scientific inquiry does not?
Sentence: Popper claimed to have recognised already in the 1934 version of his Logic of Discovery a fact later stressed by Kuhn, "that scientists necessarily develop their ideas within a definite theoretical framework", and to that extent to have anticipated Kuhn's central point about "normal science".
Question: What type of climate did Antarctica have in the Cretaceous period?
Sentence: By the end of the Cretaceous, about 66 Ma, Antarctica (then connected to Australia) still had a subtropical climate and flora, complete with a marsupial fauna.
Question: What is the name of the business that first rang a bell to begin in the winter of 2014 in Myanmar ?
Sentence: The Yangon Stock Exchange Joint Venture Co. Ltd will be set up with Myanma Economic Bank sharing 51 percent, Japan's Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd 30.25 percent and Japan Exchange Group 18.75 percent.
Question: Who released the audio player?
Sentence: In 1998, the first portable solid state digital audio player MPMan, developed by SaeHan Information Systems which is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, was released and the Rio PMP300 was sold afterwards in 1998, despite legal suppression efforts by the RIAA.
Question: What is the legal term for the precedence established by multiple court rulings?
Sentence: In jurisdictions using a common law system, the doctrine of stare decisis applies, whereby the principles applied by the supreme court in its decisions are binding upon all lower courts; this is intended to apply a uniform interpretation and implementation of the law.
Question: What bans the killing of all wild animals in India?
Sentence: In this case, the body of any wild animal killed or wounded becomes government property.
Question: What team did Art Schlichter play for?
Sentence: A primary team for some of the AFL's most highly regarded players, including George LaFrance and Gary and Alvin Rettig, as well as being a second career chance for quarterback Art Schlichter, the Drive regularly played before sold out crowds at Joe Louis Arena, and went to the ArenaBowl every year of their existence (1988–1993).
Question: What is the official name of Cypus?
Sentence: Cyprus (i/ˈsaɪprəs/; Greek: Κύπρος IPA: [ˈcipros]; Turkish: Kıbrıs IPA: [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey.[e] Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union.
Question: When did Amazon begin its latest expansion?
Sentence: Yet another boom began as the city emerged from the Great Recession.
Question: What humorous nickname was given to the situation with the console system clock errors?
Sentence: The event was nicknamed the ApocalyPS3, a play on the word apocalypse and PS3, the abbreviation for the PlayStation 3 console.
Question: Why was barbiturates and amphetamines restricted?
Sentence: The 1950s and 1960s saw increased awareness of the addictive properties and abuse potential of barbiturates and amphetamines and led to increasing restrictions on their use and growing government oversight of prescribers.
Question: Why is the port so important?
Sentence: The port is also the regional transhipment hub for over 500,000 customers throughout the Micronesian region.
Question: In what kind of country is malnutrition often found as excessive consumption or as a nutritional imbalance?
Sentence: In developing countries, malnutrition is more likely to be caused by poor access to a range of nutritious foods or inadequate knowledge.
Question: What is one explanation for the change in Mishnaic times?
Sentence: Second, the Tannaim may have been influenced by Roman law, which dictated that when a parent could not contract a legal marriage, offspring would follow the mother.
Question: In what year was the British protectorate over British Somaliland ended?
Sentence: Following World War II, Britain retained control of both British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland as protectorates.
Question: Who led a rebellion with Xiang Liang against the Qin Empire?
Sentence: Kuaiji Commandery was the initial power base for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rebellion against the Qin Empire which initially succeeded in restoring the kingdom of Chu but eventually fell to the Han.
Question: How many foreign banks operate in Houston?
Sentence: Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston, providing financial assistance to the international community.
Question: Who did Justus von Liebig argue with over the belief that animals get protein from plants?
Sentence: During the 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Justus von Liebig quarrelled over their shared belief that animals get their protein directly from plants (animal and plant protein are the same and that humans do not create organic compounds).
Question: What did the Xinhua news agency set up?
Sentence: After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given].
Question: Who was the founder of Jainism?
Sentence: Shramana gave rise to the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation.
Question: Where are the quartiers sensibles located?
Sentence: To the north of the city they are grouped mainly in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, and to a lesser extreme to the east in the Val-d'Oise department.
Question: How does the classifiacation scheme work on the Kinsey scale?
Sentence: The classification scheme works such that individuals in the same category show the same balance between the heterosexual and homosexual elements in their histories.
Question: What year were Dell's PC profits shrinking?
Sentence: U.S. shipments of desktop PCs were shrinking, and the corporate PC market which purchases PCs in upgrade cycles had largely decided to take a break from buying new systems.
Question: What German transportation project influenced Eisenhower on highways?
Sentence: His subsequent experience with encountering German autobahn limited-access road systems during the concluding stages of World War II convinced him of the benefits of an Interstate Highway System.
Question: What is the Arabic variant of Gabriel?
Sentence: The word "Quran" occurs some 70 times in the text of the Quran, although different names and words are also said to be references to the Quran.
Question: where was the warehouse club located?
Sentence: Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "church for people who have fallen from grace"
Question: What is the name of one of Apple's unsuccessful products?
Sentence: Apple continued to launch products, such as the unsuccessful Power Mac G4 Cube, the education-oriented eMac, and the titanium (and later aluminium)
Question: What research university is located in Midtown?
Sentence: Detroit is home to several institutions of higher learning including Wayne State University, a national research university with medical and law schools in the Midtown area offering hundreds of academic degrees and programs.
Question: IndyMac gave loans to borrower's with what type credit histories?
Sentence: IndyMac often made loans without verification of the borrower’s income or assets, and to borrowers with poor credit histories.
Question: What state's law mandated that executions occur in ""room or place enclosed from public view"?
Sentence: 54–100 requires death sentences to be conducted in an "enclosure" which "shall be so constructed as to exclude public view.
Question: Many adaptations of the instruments were done to cater to what type of music?
Sentence: Many adaptations of the instrument have been done to cater to the special needs of Indian Carnatic music.
Question: What was the Taft Vale Case?
Sentence: Support for the LRC was boosted by the 1901 Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike.
Question: What is an action committed through the body and involves intentional effort?
Sentence: Śīla (Sanskrit) or sīla (Pāli) is usually translated into English as "virtuous behavior", "morality", "moral discipline", "ethics" or "precept".
Question: Who was the first President of the RSFSR?
Sentence: On June 12, Boris Yeltsin was elected President of Russia by popular vote.
Question: What was the Saxon Royal Palace used for
Sentence: The Saxon royal palace in Cheddar was used several times in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot.
Question: How early did the relationship begin between the Pecheneg and the Rus?
Sentence: From the 9th century, the Pecheneg nomads began an uneasy relationship with Kievan Rus′.
Question: What type of construction was originally used for all electronic components?
Sentence: This method of assembly is called through-hole construction.
Question: What was the magnitude of the Sichuan earthquake?
Sentence: As a result of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake and the many strong aftershocks, many rivers became blocked by large landslides, which resulted in the formation of "quake lakes" behind the blockages; these massive amounts of water were pooling up at a very high rate behind the natural landslide dams and it was feared that the blockages would eventually crumble under the weight of the ever-increasing water mass, potentially endangering the lives of millions of people living downstream.
Question: Who maintains an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor?
Sentence: Zhengtong had the following message delivered to the Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the Karmapa:
Question: What did RCA release to complete against Columbia's LP?
Sentence: The short playing time of a single 45 rpm side meant that long works, such as symphonies, had to be released on multiple 45s instead of a single LP, but RCA claimed that the new high-speed changer rendered side breaks so brief as to be inaudible or inconsequential.
Question: How did Hayek believe collectivism could be maintained?
Sentence: In his popular book, The Road to Serfdom (1944) and in subsequent academic works, Hayek argued that socialism required central economic planning and that such planning in turn leads towards totalitarianism.
Question: What lab invented the term "bel."
Sentence: The bel (B) and the smaller decibel (dB) are units of measurement of sound intensity invented by Bell Labs and named after him.
Question: Where in Russia was the first stop for the relay?
Sentence: Russia: On April 5 the Olympic torch arrived at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Question: Armenian women and children were deported on death marches through what desert?
Sentence: In 1915, as the Russian Caucasus Army continued to advance into eastern Anatolia, the Ottoman government started the deportation of its ethnic Armenian population, resulting in the death of approximately 1.5 million Armenians in what became known as the Armenian Genocide.
Question: Why would hybrids have characteristics that keep them from being fertile?
Sentence: Sometimes what were widely considered to be separate species produced fertile hybrid offspring freely, and in other cases what were considered to be mere varieties of the same species could only be crossed with difficulty.
Question: After the war, what form of transportation became more readily available to many Americans?
Sentence: First of all, the automobile became more readily available to many Americans after the war.
Question: In 1868, which famous author is reported to have declared New Haven's Hillhouse Avenue to be "the most beautiful street in America?"
Sentence: The Hillhouse Avenue area, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a part of Yale's campus, has been called a walkable museum, due to its 19th-century mansions and street scape; Charles Dickens is said to have called Hillhouse Avenue "the most beautiful street in America" when visiting the city in 1868.
Question: What disease plagued Europe during the Late Middle Ages?
Sentence: The epidemic known as the Black Death and an associated famine caused demographic catastrophe in Europe as the population plummeted.