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3wrfbplxraow7at6ide020z2w4k3nc | Chapter Twelve
The Wooden-Legged Grass-Hopper
Now it so happened that Trot, from the window of her room, had witnessed the meeting of the lovers in the garden and had seen the King come and drag Gloria away. The little girl's heart went out in sympathy for the poor Princess, who seemed to her to be one of the sweetest and loveliest young ladies she had ever seen, so she crept along the passages and from a hidden niche saw Gloria locked in her room.
The key was still in the lock, so when the King had gone away, followed by Googly-Goo, Trot stole up to the door, turned the key and entered. The Princess lay prone upon a couch, sobbing bitterly. Trot went up to her and smoothed her hair and tried to comfort her.
"Don't cry," she said. "I've unlocked the door, so you can go away any time you want to."
"It isn't that," sobbed the Princess. "I am unhappy because they will not let me love Pon, the gardener's boy!"
"Well, never mind; Pon isn't any great shakes, anyhow, seems to me," said Trot soothingly. "There are lots of other people you can love."
Gloria rolled over on the couch and looked at the little girl reproachfully.
"Pon has won my heart, and I can't help loving him," she explained. Then with sudden indignation she added: "But I'll never love Googly-Goo--never, as long as I live!"
"I should say not!" replied Trot. "Pon may not be much good, but old Googly is very, very bad. Hunt around, and I'm sure you'll find someone worth your love. You're very pretty, you know, and almost anyone ought to love you." | ['Who did the Princess love?', 'Who took Gloria away?', 'Where did he put her?', 'Did anyone follow the King away?', 'Who?', 'But who went with (followed) the King, when he went away?', 'Was anyone crying?', "Who's boy was Pon?", 'Who did Trot say was very bad?', 'Where was the princess laying down?', 'Where was Trot when she saw the two lovers?', 'Whose hair was smoothed?', 'By who?', "Who did the princess say she couldn't love?", 'Was she nice looking?', 'What was left in the door?'] | {'answers': ['Pon', 'the King', 'locked in her room', 'yes', 'Trot', 'Googly-Goo', 'The Princess', "the gardener's", 'Googly', 'upon a couch', 'from the window of her room', 'The Princess', 'Trot', 'Googly-Goo', 'yes', 'a key'], 'answers_start': [857, 176, 430, 53, 74, 502, 601, 904, 1356, 600, 73, 656, 656, 1260, 279, 459], 'answers_end': [907, 212, 455, 80, 148, 544, 655, 927, 1414, 637, 108, 724, 724, 1290, 367, 488]} |
39o5d9o87tsdg6wftn5mmp5qxzf3c1 | (InStyle.com) -- When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered on September 19, 1970, it was almost revolutionary: the first television series focused on an independent (read: unmarried) career girl. And Mary's wardrobe was a little bit revolutionary too -- working women across the country were quick to copy her colorful dresses and wide-legged pantsuits. To celebrate the iconic program's fortieth anniversary, InStyle takes a look back at five fashionable TV shows -- and characters -- that have influenced women's at-work style.
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show''
Mary Richards lived in wintry Minneapolis and therefore had no shortage of cute cold-weather staples, including double-breasted coats, knee-high boots, and that famous blue tam. But it was her 70s work-wear that most women sought: colorful scarves, two-piece suits, and bright, office-appropriate dresses.
See all 10 shows that influenced women's at-work wardrobes
"Dynasty"
Okay, so the Carrington women weren't exactly your typical 9-to-5ers. Nevertheless, the big-shouldered, wasp-waisted creations worn by oil mogul Alexis (Joan Collins) and her longtime rival Krystle (Linda Evans) were popular enough with fans that the show spawned a signature fashion line, "The Dynasty Collection" which was designed by the show's costumer, Nolan Miller.
"Ally McBeal"
In 1998, shortly after the show's first season finale, Ally McBeal's disembodied head appeared on the cover of Time magazine along with the question, "Is Feminism Dead?" Despite the conclusions reached by that article (is it really fair to compare a fictional character to activists and thinkers like Susan B. Anthony and Gloria Steinem?), women do owe something to the flighty young lawyer played by Calista Flockhart: She almost singlehandedly made the workplace safe for bare legs, freeing us from the tyranny of mandatory pantyhose. | ['When did the show premiere?', 'Who was the starring character?', 'Mary who?', "Who was celebrating the show's 40th anniversary?", 'Which show did they also look at that ended in 1998?', 'Who was the actress that played Ally McBeal?', 'What did she never wear that carried over to other women?', 'What did Mary Richards wear that women adopted?', 'Was Mary Tyler Moore married?', 'What was the third show that InStyle looked at?'] | {'answers': ['September 19, 1970', 'Mary', 'Mary Tyler Moore', 'InStyle', 'Ally McBeal', 'Calista Flockhart', 'pantyhose', 'colorful dresses and wide-legged pantsuits', 'no', 'Ally McBeal'], 'answers_start': [22, 196, 24, 355, 1335, 1726, 1820, 292, 154, 1320], 'answers_end': [81, 208, 48, 419, 1401, 1753, 1870, 353, 195, 1333]} |
3v5q80fxixr0io4dwuggacw4kvo32n | CHAPTER I
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS
"Sam, this isn't the path."
"I know it, Tom."
"We've missed our way," went on Tom Rover, with a serious look on his usually sunny face.
"It looks that way to me," answered Sam Rover, his younger brother. "I think we made a wrong turn after we slid down the cliff."
"What is keeping Dick?"
"I don't know."
"Let's call to him," went on Tom, and set up a loud cry, in which his brother joined. The pair listened intently, but no answer came back.
"I don't like this," said Sam, an anxious look in his clear eyes. "Maybe Dick is in trouble."
"Perhaps so," answered Tom Rover.
The two boys were far up on a mountainside, and all around them were tall trees, thick brushwood, and immense ridges of rocks. It had been a clear, sunshiny day, but now the sky was overcast, and it looked like rain.
"We've got to go back for Dick," said Tom, after a painful pause. "No use of going on without him."
"I hope he hasn't fallen over some cliff and hurt himself," returned his younger brother.
"I don't see why he doesn't answer us, if he's all right," was the unsatisfactory reply. "Come on, or the storm will overtake us before we get down from the mountain and we'll be soaked by the time we reach home."
Side by side the brothers retraced their steps--a hard task, for it is much easier to climb down a steep mountainside than to climb up. | ['Are the characters lost?', 'Are the characters related?', 'How?', 'What are their names?', 'And their last name?', 'Did they slide down a cliff?', 'Who are they waiting for?', 'How did they try to get his attention?', 'Did it work?', 'How does Sam feel?', 'Are they in a valley?', "What's around them?", 'How was the weather?', 'And before?', 'Did they go on without Dick?', 'What did they do?', 'Is that easy or hard?', 'Were they doing up or down?', 'What did Sam think happened to Dick?', 'Did he think he was okay?'] | {'answers': ['yes', 'yes', 'they are brothers', 'Sam and Tom', 'Rover', 'yes', 'Dick', 'they called to him', 'no', 'anxious', 'no', 'trees and rocks', 'overcast', 'clear day', 'no', 'retraced their steps', 'hard', 'up', 'fallen off a cliff', 'no'], 'answers_start': [45, 187, 187, 45, 95, 254, 318, 362, 362, 502, 635, 679, 762, 762, 854, 1264, 1264, 1264, 956, 956], 'answers_end': [93, 254, 254, 93, 136, 316, 360, 417, 501, 596, 680, 760, 851, 796, 954, 1311, 1325, 1399, 1046, 1047]} |
32vnztt0a7424442by00lpwialfr4m | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room -- even when the pop singer was an adult, according to a book written by a former Jackson confidant.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson's confidant, sat down with the King of Pop and taped 30 hours of interviews.
"The Michael Jackson Tapes" includes Jackson talking about his fear of growing old, his relationship with children, his friendships with Madonna and Brooke Shields, and his remarkable shyness around people that made his surround himself with mannequins.
Jackson opened up to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for 30 hours of interviews, which were taped nine years ago and intended for a book Jackson wanted written, Boteach said.
"He was trying to reclaim his life," Boteach said Friday in an NBC "Today Show" interview.
Jackson, who died on June 25 of what the coroner found to be a deadly combination of drugs, "lost the will to live, I think he was just going through the motions of life toward the end," Boteach told NBC.
CNN has not independently confirmed Jackson's quotes in the book, but Boteach was known to be a spiritual adviser to Jackson for several years beginning about 1999.
Ken Sunshine, spokesman for the family, including the singer's father, Joe, issued a statement on the book. "We are not going to dignify this with a comment," he said.
The book was not published during Jackson's lifetime because of the pop star's child molestation trial, which ended with an acquittal in 2005, the author said. The author said Jackson's arrest ended any interest in a book about him. | ['Who interviewed Jackson?', 'Who is he?', 'How long did the tapes last?', 'When did they record them?', 'Why?', 'Who was Joe?', 'What did he have to say about the book?', 'What happened to Michael when Joe came in?', 'Did this stop as an adult?', 'Who was Michael?', 'What fear does he mention?', 'Does he speak about his friends?', 'Who are they?', 'How does he feel around people?', 'What does he like to have around instead?', 'Who was his spiritual advisor?', 'When did that begin?', 'What stopped the book from getting printed?', 'How did that turn out?', 'In what year?'] | {'answers': ['Rabbi Shmuley Boteach', "Michael Jackson's confidant.", '30 hours.', 'Nine years ago', 'For a book Jackson wanted written', 'Joe', 'We are not going to dignify this with a comment', 'He would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room', 'No.', 'A pop star.', 'growing old,', 'yes.', 'Madonna and Brooke Shields.', 'Shy.', 'Mannequins.', 'Boteach.', 'About 1999.', "The pop star's child molestation trial", 'It ended with an acquittal.', '2005.'], 'answers_start': [245, 245, 296, 619, 619, 1253, 1253, 33, 75, 1423, 400, 391, 447, 528, 528, 1156, 1156, 1423, 1476, 1487], 'answers_end': [360, 295, 361, 722, 768, 1327, 1412, 141, 183, 1501, 446, 526, 526, 568, 617, 1251, 1251, 1525, 1564, 1563]} |
3ga6afukooo4xe7vffjnxg26aoih3g | Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".
The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost city with a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an "Edmontonian".
Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the "Gateway to the North", the city is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.
Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname "Canada's Festival City". It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum. | ['how large is the population of Edmonton?', "is it Alberta's largest city?", 'what rank is it?', 'how does it rank population wise with the rest of canada?', 'are there any bodies of water near it?', 'which one?', 'is it located in the south?', 'is it a capital city?', 'how big is the metro population?', 'what are residents there known as?', 'what is the city known as?', 'does it have any other nicknames?', 'like what?', 'why is called that?', 'what kind of projects happen there?', 'what about in the northwest?', 'do they have places to shop in the festival city?', 'what is one place?', 'is it small?', 'do they have museums too?'] | {'answers': ['932,546', 'No', 'second-largest', 'fifth-largest', 'Yes', 'North Saskatchewan River', 'No', 'Yes', '1,321,426', 'Edmontonian', 'Gateway to the North', 'Yes', "Canada's Festival City", 'It hosts a year-round slate of festivals', 'oil sands', 'diamond mining', 'Yes', 'West Edmonton Mall', 'No', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [312, 358, 358, 398, 66, 66, 949, 0, 453, 671, 949, 1214, 1256, 1213, 986, 1083, 1307, 1308, 1308, 1424], 'answers_end': [356, 437, 397, 437, 109, 110, 1137, 64, 504, 724, 1151, 1307, 1306, 1254, 1048, 1151, 1350, 1370, 1350, 1483]} |
3olqqlkknsp3yiiisz34skmie65ej4 | Chapter V. Mohun Appears For The Last Time In This History
Besides my Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who, for family reasons, had kindly promised his protection and patronage to Colonel Esmond, he had other great friends in power now, both able and willing to assist him, and he might, with such allies, look forward to as fortunate advancement in civil life at home as he had got rapid promotion abroad. His grace was magnanimous enough to offer to take Mr. Esmond as secretary on his Paris embassy, but no doubt he intended that proposal should be rejected; at any rate, Esmond could not bear the thoughts of attending his mistress farther than the church-door after her marriage, and so declined that offer which his generous rival made him.
Other gentlemen, in power, were liberal at least of compliments and promises to Colonel Esmond. Mr. Harley, now become my Lord Oxford and Mortimer, and installed Knight of the Garter on the same day as his grace of Hamilton had received the same honour, sent to the colonel to say that a seat in Parliament should be at his disposal presently, and Mr. St. John held out many flattering hopes of advancement to the colonel when he should enter the House. Esmond’s friends were all successful, and the most successful and triumphant of all was his dear old commander, General Webb, who was now appointed Lieutenant-General of the Land Forces, and received with particular honour by the ministry, by the queen, and the people out of doors, who huzza’d the brave chief when they used to see him in his chariot, going to the House or to the Drawing-room, or hobbling on foot to his coach from St. Stephen’s upon his glorious old crutch and stick, and cheered him as loud as they had ever done Marlborough. | ['Who are among the people who would help Esmond?', 'Why he would help him?', 'Are there others who would do that too?', 'Are they powerful?', 'Would he succeed with their help?', 'in what?', 'Where?', 'Was he successful abroad?', 'Who did he take as secretary?', 'Where?', 'Where he did not wish to meet someone?', 'whom?', 'When?', 'Did he refuse the offer?', 'Of whom?', 'Were others generous in their promises to him?', 'Who was knighted?', 'Was anyone honored in the same day?', 'Who was that?', 'Who got the command of the land forces?'] | {'answers': ['Lord Duke of Hamilton and Brandon', 'for family reasons', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'civil life', 'at home', 'yes', 'Mr. Esmond', 'Paris embassy', 'farther than the church-door', 'his mistress', 'after her marriage', 'yes', 'his rival', 'yes', 'Mr. Harley', 'yes', 'Hamilton', 'General Webb'], 'answers_start': [72, 112, 200, 227, 310, 354, 365, 383, 461, 492, 640, 627, 669, 696, 722, 785, 849, 936, 968, 1319], 'answers_end': [105, 130, 226, 235, 351, 364, 372, 409, 471, 505, 668, 639, 687, 704, 740, 829, 859, 989, 976, 1331]} |
38jbbyetqoadv0zxpsg0mixzw2qe4a | By 1938, Europe had been experiencing an increased number of attacks on Jews. With no end in sight, Jewish refugee agencies requested the British government to allow them to bring in only Jewish children under17 years of age. This was to be only temporary, until the situation in their home countries was improved.
Kindertransport, meaning "children transport" in German, was then born. Children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other Nazi-occupied regions were transported to the United Kingdom. There they were either placed with other families or in hostels. Later, it was found that many of these children were the only survivors of their families. Nicholas Winton was among those people who helped to save Jewish children. He managed to rescue 669 children from Czechoslovakia and bring them safely to England. In 1938 around Christmas, 29-year-old Nicky was about to leave for a skiing holiday. Suddenly, Martin Blake, one of his good friends, contacted him from Czechoslovakia, asking him to travel there to help political refugees on the run from the Nazis. And Nicholas agreed.
Nicky spent his entire holiday of 3 weeks in the capital city of Prague where he saw the situation first-hand. Once back in England, he immediately started organizing the evacuation of children from the Czech region. From advertising for the necessary permits, Nicky worked tirelessly. By August 1939, 669 children had been helped by Nicky and his friends. _ , the last group of children due to leave Prague in the beginning of September could not do so-- World War II broke out, and swallowed them up.
Nicky did not discuss his particular task with his wife, Grete. It was only when she found a scrapbook in 1988, with names of the rescued children, their (lost) parents and the foster families that had taken them in, that his heroism came to light. Nicky has received several awards in Britain and the Czech Republic. | ['Attacks against who have increased?', 'What is kindertransport?', 'Where are the children transported to?', "How long was Nicky's holiday?", 'In what City?', 'How many children had Nicky helped as of 1939?', 'Where has he received awards from?', "Why couldn't the last group of children leave?", 'How did his wife find out about this?', 'Was information on the lost parents on it?', 'What about the families that took the kids in?'] | {'answers': ['Jews', 'A German term for "children transport"', 'United Kingdom', '3 weeks', 'Prague', '669', 'Britain and the Czech Republic', 'World War II broke out, and swallowed them up.', 'She found a scrapbook', 'Yes', 'The names of the foster families were in the scapbook.'], 'answers_start': [38, 317, 476, 1124, 1156, 1410, 1862, 1469, 1677, 1613, 1786], 'answers_end': [76, 372, 515, 1150, 1180, 1463, 1930, 1611, 1723, 1930, 1828]} |
3s96kq6i9m4skf0n8y6oo8r6bkidtd | St. Paul, Minnesota (CNN) -- When Max Adrien first heard that a massive earthquake had leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it hit close to home.
His brother lives in Haiti, and thankfully survived the January 12 disaster unharmed.
Adrien's first instinct was to help his home country.
"I said to myself, 'I need to go to Haiti.'"
After speaking to his brother, he realized that he would need a skill that was in immediate demand. Otherwise he would just be in the way of other relief efforts.
So he came up with a unique idea.
"I decided to give Haiti what I have, which is teaching," said Adrien, who is a French professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. "I don't think I can give Haiti a better gift."
And that's how his Haitian Creole class was born.
"I'm just giving something that has been given to me," Adrien said, referring to his native language.
His class isn't made up of the typical credit-craving college co-ed. That's mainly because the vast majority of students have long since finished college. The class is free of charge and open to everyone.
The roster of students includes local doctors, nurses, physical therapists, social workers, lawyers and ministers.
All of them have either been to Haiti or are planning volunteer trips soon.
"They appreciate when you try," said Donna Richtsmeier, a retired nurse who travels to Haiti to volunteer. "I just want to learn a few phrases so I can greet them and ask how they are." | ['What happened in Haiti?', 'Where inn Haiti?', "Who's brother lives there?", 'What was his first thought when he heard of the earthquake?', 'What did he come to realize after talking with his brother?', 'Which skill did he decide to give?', 'What is his profession?', 'Where does he work?', 'Is the class he teaches in Haiti expensive?', 'How much does it cost?', 'Who is Donna Richtsmeier?', 'does she help in Haiti?', 'Where is Hamline U?'] | {'answers': ['an earthquake .', 'Port-au-Prince', 'Max Adrien', 'to help his home country.', 'that he would need a skill', 'teaching', 'professor', 'Hamline University', 'No', "it's free", 'a retired nurse', 'she volunteers', 'St. Paul'], 'answers_start': [62, 64, 34, 230, 333, 535, 597, 621, 1038, 1038, 1322, 1322, 634], 'answers_end': [140, 141, 170, 285, 403, 589, 630, 652, 1065, 1065, 1355, 1390, 664]} |
3unh76focs5r5v5uvxsqff6fzzcymn | (CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the "Single Ladies" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV.
With characters like "Modern Family's" Mitchell and Cameron, Calvin from "Greek" and Kurt from "Glee," the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on scripted programs has just about doubled since 2005, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation.
And characters will continue to identify as LGBT as time goes on, such as "Ugly Betty's" Justin, who recently had his first same-sex kiss. But Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD said, "We still have a long way to go before we're fully represented [on] TV."
In addition to the increasing number LGBT characters on scripted shows, which currently represents a little more than 3 percent of all leading and supporting characters on broadcast networks, there are also more openly gay actors and producers working in Hollywood, says Barrios.
Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays the character Mitchell on the ABC prime time show "Modern Family." Like his on-screen role, Ferguson himself is openly gay.
"The opportunity to play not only a well developed gay character, but a dad, a son and brother was really appealing to me. ... I chose to play him very close to myself and I think that truthfulness was appealing to the creators," Ferguson told CNN.
However, Ferguson says his sexual orientation does not make him any more qualified to tackle a gay role than Eric Stonestreet, his straight co-star who plays Mitchell's partner Cameron. | ['Is the article about straight characters?', 'Then what?', 'What is the first program?', 'Who is the first person?', 'Who is Mitchell?', 'Who is the actor?', 'Is he gay?', 'Who else is on the program?', 'Who does he play?', 'How is he related to Mitchell?'] | {'answers': ['no', 'gay characters', 'unknown', 'unknown', 'character on Modern Family.', 'Jesse Tyler Ferguson', 'Yes', 'Eric Stonestreet', 'Cameron', 'co-star'], 'answers_start': [9, 199, -1, -1, 1133, 1102, 1221, 1615, 1683, 1646], 'answers_end': [259, 213, -1, -1, 1194, 1122, 1252, 1631, 1690, 1653]} |
32utubmz7gweia6szxfxu0rr5lfbvf | It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City.
Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, Atlantic City was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town. In 1853, the first commercial hotel, The Belloe House, located at Massachusetts and Atlantic Avenue, was built.
The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which the Camden and Atlantic Railroad train service began. Built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That same year, construction of the Absecon Lighthouse, designed by George Meade of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year. By 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to Atlantic City by rail. In Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, "Atlantic City's Godfather" Nelson Johnson describes the inspiration of Dr. Jonathan Pitney (the "Father of Atlantic City") to develop Atlantic City as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with Samuel Richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern New Jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who "were chosen carefully by Samuel Richards and Jonathan Pitney": | ['When was Atlantic City established?', 'From what 2 townships?', 'What year?', 'What large body of water is it near?', 'When was the first hotel constructed?', 'What rail services started in 1854?', 'What other large project was constructed that helps guide ships?', 'Who was the designer?', 'How many people road the railway yearly?', 'What did a doctor want to make the city?', 'Where did he want railways to take people?', 'Who did he partner with to make that happen?', 'Did they make it happen?', 'How many passengers took the first ride?'] | {'answers': ['May 1', 'Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township', '1854', 'the Atlantic Ocean', '1853', 'Camden and Atlantic Railroad train service', 'Absecon Lighthouse', 'George Meade', 'almost 500,000', 'a health resort', 'to the beach', 'Samuel Richards', 'yes', '600'], 'answers_start': [82, 112, 89, 296, 439, 612, 822, 854, 966, 1266, 1349, 1412, 1520, 1611], 'answers_end': [87, 153, 93, 314, 443, 654, 840, 866, 981, 1281, 1361, 1427, 1540, 1614]} |
38ymoxr4muzlrnp2tg3l5modys36wu | CHAPTER XI. CONTAINING SOME REVELATIONS
Honora, as she descended, caught a glimpse of the parlour maid picking up the scattered cards on the drawing-room floor. There were voices on the porch, where Howard was saying good-by to Mrs. Chandos and Trixton Brent. She joined them.
"Oh, my dear!" cried Mrs. Chandos, interrupting Honora's apologies, "I'm sure I shan't sleep a wink--she gave me such a fright. You might have sent Trixy ahead to prepare us. When I first caught sight of her, I thought it was my own dear mother who had come all the way from Cleveland, and the cigarette burned my fingers. But I must say I think it was awfully clever of you to get hold of her and save Trixy's reputation. Good night, dear."
And she got into her carriage.
"Give my love to Mrs. Holt," said Brent, as he took Honora's hand, "and tell her I feel hurt that she neglected to say good night to me. I thought I had made an impression. Tell her I'll send her a cheque for her rescue work. She inspires me with confidence."
Howard laughed.
"I'll see you to-morrow, Brent," he called out as they drove away. Though always assertive, it seemed to Honora that her husband had an increased air of importance as he turned to her now with his hands in his pockets. He looked at her for a moment, and laughed again. He, too, had apparently seen the incident only in a humorous light. "Well, Honora," he remarked, "you have a sort of a P. T. Barnum way of doing things once in a while--haven't you? Is the old lady really tucked away for the night, or is she coming down to read us a sermon? And how the deuce did you happen to pick her up?" | ["What is the section's name?", 'Who saw the servant cleaning?', 'What was the servant doing?', 'Who was on the porch?', 'What did she do after hearing the voices?', 'What did Mrs. Chandos interrupt?', 'What was she sure would occur that night?', "Who should've been sent to warn them?", 'What happened to her hand?', 'What did Mr. Brent ask of Honora?', 'What would he send her?', 'For what?', "What was Howard's response to this?", 'What did he do again after they drove off?', 'Who did he compare Honora to?', "Who's plans was he wondering about to Honora?"] | {'answers': ['CONTAINING SOME REVELATIONS', 'Honora', 'picking up the scattered cards', 'Howard, Mrs. Chandos and Trixton Brent', 'She joined them.', "Honora's apologies", "she won't sleep", 'Trixy', 'it was burned', '"Give her love to Mrs. Holt', 'a cheque', 'her rescue work.', 'he laughed.', 'laughed', 'P. T. Barnum', 'the old lady'], 'answers_start': [12, 42, 88, 163, 262, 302, 349, 409, 572, 758, 931, 930, 1020, 1256, 1404, 1489], 'answers_end': [39, 135, 135, 260, 279, 347, 380, 455, 604, 823, 962, 983, 1036, 1305, 1442, 1581]} |
3vp0c6efsgwpmbvopexywomm0o5m6v | I'm Jenny. Nothing is cuter than my dog, Marley. He sleeps near my bed at night and gives me kisses every morning. He gets sad when I leave for school. But he's always there waiting when I get home., ready to go for a walk or play a game. On a Christmas Eve , Marley walked with my family to a store. My mum tied him up outside. When we came out of the store, Marley had gone. My mum called the police to report that he had been stolen. We couldn't find him anywhere. I was very sad. It was the worst Christmas Eve ever. That night, I didn't sleep well. My cat seemed to know I was sad and hugged me to make me feel better. On Christmas morning, I woke up and called for Marley. Then I remembered that he had gone. Even though it was Christmas, I didn't want presents. I didn't want anything, except my friend. Then my mum got a phone call. Someone found him! A woman saw a man on the street trying to sell a scared dog. She felt bad for the dog and used her own money(more than $200)to buy him. She took him to a vet . The vet scanned the dog for a microchip .The vet found our phone number in the microchip and called my mum. I was so excited when I saw Marley. I want to say thanks to that woman. She's my hero. Getting Marley back was the best Christmas present ever. | ['What is my name?', "What's my dog's name?", 'Where did my Mom and I go on Christmas Eve?', 'What did we do with Marley?', 'Was he there when we came out?', 'How did that make me feel?', 'What did my Mother do?', 'Did I want to open my gifts?', 'How much did the lady pay for the dog?', 'How did they knew who the dog belonged to?', 'What was the best present ever?', 'What is the first thing Marley does in the morning?'] | {'answers': ['Jenny', 'Marley', 'to a store', 'tied him up outside', 'gone', 'very sad.', 'called the police', 'no', 'more than $200', 'The vet scanned the dog for a microchip', 'Getting Marley back', 'gives Jenny kisses'], 'answers_start': [0, 33, 259, 301, 329, 467, 377, 744, 969, 1020, 1215, 84], 'answers_end': [9, 47, 299, 327, 375, 483, 435, 768, 983, 1060, 1271, 113]} |
3oxv7eaxleqo0pnejwsj0pdg0yx63a | Big Brothers Big Sisters is based on the simplicity and power of friendship.It is a program which provides friendship and fun by matching _ (ages 7-17) with a volunteer adult who can be both a role model and a supportive friend. Volunteer tutors come from all walks of life--married, single, with or without children. Big Brothers and Big Sisters are not replacement parents or social workers. They are tutors: someone to trust, to have fun with, to talk and go to when needed. A Big Sister and Little Sister will generally spend between one and four hours together three or four times each month for at least twelve months. They enjoy simple activities such as a picnic at a park, cooking, doing sports or going to a football match. These activities improve the friendship and help the young person develop self-respect, confidence and life direction. Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations can be found throughout the world. It is the largest and most well-known provider of tutor services internationally and has been operating for 25 years. Emily and Sarah have been matched since 2008. Emily is a 15-year-old girl who has experienced some difficulties being accepted by her schoolmates at school. " I was pretty sure there was something wrong with me." Emily's mum came across Big Brothers Big Sisters and thought it would be of benefit to Emily by "providing different feedback about herself other than just depending on schoolmates to measure her self-worth. Sarah wanted to get involved in a volunteer program. "I googled it and found out how to be a part of it. I thought it would be fun for me to get involved in making time to do something because sometimes it is all work and no play." Big Brothers Big Sisters has been of great benefit and enjoyment to both Emily and Sarah. They love and look forward to their time together and the partnership has certainly helped Emily be more comfortable in being the wonderful and happy girl she is! | ['Who is the teenage girl mentioned?', 'How old is she?', 'Who does she spend time with?', 'When were they matched?', 'Who encouraged Emily to be a part?', 'Why was Sarah a part of the organization?', 'Did she find it through the internet?', 'Do they both have a good time together?', 'What is the organization based on?', 'What age range is matched with an adult?', 'Is the adult paid?', 'What is their role?', 'What else to they do?', 'How much time do they spend together at a time?', 'How many times a month?', 'How long has the organization operated?', 'Where does it operate?', 'What are things people in the organization do together?', 'Is the organization well known?', 'Can volunteers be married?'] | {'answers': ['Emily', '15', 'Sarah', 'since 2008', "Emily's mum", 'to get involved in a volunteer program', 'yes', 'yes', 'the simplicity and power of friendship', '7-17', 'no', 'to be both a role model and a supportive friend.', 'They are someone to trust, to have fun with, to talk and go to when needed', 'between one and four hours', 'three or four', '25 years', 'throughout the world.', 'picnics, cooking, sports or going to a football match.', 'yes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [1091, 1091, 1045, 1045, 1258, 1466, 1520, 1789, 0, 122, 229, 183, 394, 478, 558, 1011, 877, 664, 878, 229], 'answers_end': [1119, 1119, 1089, 1089, 1351, 1517, 1570, 1837, 75, 151, 246, 228, 476, 565, 597, 1043, 926, 734, 991, 283]} |
324g5b4fb38bnx2mjjfs45f5t4t70q | Johnson went to Penquay for the weekend. He arrived there late on Friday evening. The landlady of the guest house, Mrs. Smith, answered the door and showed him to his room. Johnson was very tired and went straight to bed. He slept well and didn't wake up until nine o'clock the next morning.
Johnson went downstairs for breakfast. Because there were no other guests, Mrs. Smith invited him to have breakfast with her family. Her only daughter, Catherine, about 13, was already sitting in the dining-room. Mrs. Smith went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Johnson noticed there were four places at the table and asked Catherine if there was another guest. Catherine told him that it was an empty place. And it used to be her father's place. Her father had been a fisherman. Three years before he had gone out in his boat, and had never returned. Her mother always kept that place for him and made his breakfast every morning. Catherine showed him his photo on the wall. Johnson said nothing, but looked very puzzled . At that moment Mrs. Smith returned. She served four cups of tea, and put one in the empty place. Looking at the empty chair, Johnson was more puzzled.
Suddenly, Johnson heard footsteps outside the door and a tall man with a black beard walked into the room. Johnson looked scared. It was the man in the photo. He jumped up and ran out of the room. The man asked, "What's the matter?" Catherine said, "I don't know. He's a guest from London. He's here because a tall man with a black beard tried to kill him." "Catherine," the man said, "have you been telling stories again?" "Stories, father? Me?" the girl laughed. | ["What color was the tall man's beard?", 'Did he skip into the room?', 'Was Johnson fearful of him?', 'Where had Johnson seen the man before?', 'Where had Johnson traveled from?', "What was the man's daughter's name?", 'How old is she?', "What's her last name?", 'Does she enjoy telling stories?', 'How many empty places were at the table?', "What's Catherine's father do for a living?", 'Has he ever skinned the whole crew of a boat and wore their skins as clothing?', 'How many years ago had he go out in his boat and not returned since?', "What did Cath's mother keep for him?", 'What drink did they all have for breakfast?', 'When did Johnson arrive in Penquay?', 'Who was the person to open the door?', 'Was Johnson in the mood to party?', 'What did he do instead?', 'When did he wake up the next morning?'] | {'answers': ['black', 'walked', 'Yes.', 'In the photo.', 'London', 'Catherine', 'About 13', 'Smith', 'Yes', 'One', 'Fisherman', 'unknown', 'Three', 'The place at the table', 'tea', 'Friday', 'Mrs. Smith', 'No', 'Went to bed.', "9 o'clock"], 'answers_start': [1248, 1260, 1297, 1327, 1457, 1408, 457, 374, 1631, 691, 767, -1, 778, 878, 1082, 66, 115, 190, 225, 261], 'answers_end': [1253, 1267, 1303, 1332, 1463, 1417, 465, 380, 1638, 694, 776, -1, 784, 884, 1085, 73, 125, 196, 231, 266]} |
3wminlgalb3d0rv022kw9xjw35bca2 | The Liberal Party was a political party which, with the Conservative Party, was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom in the 19th and early 20th century.
The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free-trade Peelites and Radicals favourable to the ideals of the American and French Revolutions in the 1850s. By the end of the nineteenth century, it had formed four governments under William Gladstone. Despite splitting over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to power in 1906 with a landslide victory.
It passed the welfare reforms that created a basic British welfare state. H. H. Asquith was Liberal Prime Minister between 1908 and 1916, followed by David Lloyd George, 1916-22. Although Asquith was the Party leader, the dominant figure was Lloyd George. Asquith was overwhelmed by the wartime role of coalition prime minister, and Lloyd George replaced him as the coalition prime minister in late 1916 but Asquith remained Liberal party leader. The two fought for years over control of the party, badly weakening it in the process. Historian Martin Pugh in "The Oxford Companion to British History" argues that Lloyd George:
The Lloyd George coalition was dominated by the Conservative Party, which finally deposed him in 1922. By the end of the 1920s, the Labour Party had replaced the Liberals as the Conservatives' main rival. The party went into decline after 1918 and by the 1950s won no more than six seats at general elections. Apart from notable by-election victories, the party's fortunes did not improve significantly until it formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance with the newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981. At the 1983 General Election, the Alliance won over a quarter of the vote, but only 23 of the 650 seats it contested. At the 1987 General Election, its vote fell below 23% and the Liberal and Social Democratic parties merged in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats. A splinter group reconstituted the Liberal Party in 1989. It was formed by party members opposed to the merger who saw the Lib Dems diluting Liberal ideals. | ['How many governments were formed under William Gladsone?', 'When?', 'When did the Liberal Party return to power?', 'Was it a close race?', 'What were they divided over?', 'Which ideals did they favor?', 'Who was Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916?', 'Who replaced him?', 'Who was more dominant?', 'What years was he the coalition prime minister?'] | {'answers': ['four', 'By the end of the nineteenth century', '1981', 'No', 'merger', 'Liberal', 'H. H. Asquith', 'David Lloyd George', 'Lloyd George', '1916 - 22'], 'answers_start': [377, 326, 1665, 1476, 2039, 2076, 611, 687, 778, 936], 'answers_end': [383, 362, 1669, 1671, 2045, 2083, 624, 705, 791, 940]} |
31euonyn2v3y14v132kj0krqdodvor | To succeed in business or life we must continually take actions. Putting yourself on the line day after day can be extremely boring, especially when things do not work out as desired. Each time a disappointing event happens, I like to get reminded of these famous failures: Gates has literally changed the work culture of the world in the 20the and the 21st centuries, by simplifying the way the computer is being used. He was the world's richest man for more than one decade. However, in the 1970's before starting out, he was a Harvard University dropout. The most ironic part is that he started a software company by purchasing the software technology from someone for only $50 back then. Lincoln received no more than five years of formal education throughout his lifetime. When he grew up, he joined politics and had 12 major failures before he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America. Newton was the greatest English mathematician of his generation. His work on optics and gravitation made him one of the greatest scientists the world has even known. Many thought that Newton was born a genius, but he wasn't! When he was young, he did very poorly in grade school, so poor that his teachers became helpless in improving his grades. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of history's great composers. His reputation has inspired composers, musicians and audiences who were to come after him. Before the start of his career, Beethoven's music teacher once said of him "as a composer, he is hopeless". And during his career, he lost his hearing yet he managed to produce great music. A deaf man composing music, ironic, isn't it! | ['What must we do to succeed in business?', 'What can be extremely boring?', "Who was supposedly the world's richest man for over a decade?", 'What did many think of Newton?', 'Where was Newton from?', 'How did he perform in school?', "Who is one of history's best composers?", 'What did he lose as an adult?', 'Who was the 16th president?', 'How did Gates change work culture?'] | {'answers': ['take action', 'putting yourself on the line every day', 'Gates', 'he was born a genius', 'zEngland', 'poorly', 'Beethoven', 'his hearing', 'Lincoln', "simplifying computer use'"], 'answers_start': [38, 73, 421, 1080, 914, 1194, 1260, 1526, 846, 372], 'answers_end': [63, 108, 476, 1123, 961, 1258, 1327, 1573, 889, 418]} |
3qrymnz7fyh16rr0xskrkd30qwqtny | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Three top allies of Ivory Coast's former president, Laurent Gbagbo, have been arrested in less than a week, raising political tension in the West African nation, where the nation's army has been hit by weeks of attacks.
Laurent Akoun, general secretary of the Front Populaire Ivoirien, Ivory Coast's former ruling party, was arrested on Sunday in Adzope, 100 kilometers east of Abidjan, the nation's economic capital and most populous city, party officials said.
Akoun was arrested for having defamed President Alassane Ouattara during a recent meeting with some of the party's members and supporters in an Abidjan cafe, said Sylvain Miaka Oureto, the party's leader. He also is accused of harming state security because of what he said during the meeting, Oureto said.
He said Akoun was still in custody Monday evening.
Akoun, the current deputy chief of the party, was heading to a party rally when the nation's gendarmerie -- a paramilitary force -- arrested him and transferred him to Abidjan, said Augustin Guehoun, the head of communication for the party.
His arrest follows that of two former Gbagbo Cabinet ministers, one of them in Ghana, where he had sought refuge.
Oureto said the series of arrests against the party's high-ranking officials is intended to "behead the Front Populaire Ivoirien." He said the government is "man hunting" against the leaders of the party.
At least seven attacks have been carried out since August 5 by unidentified gunmen against the Forces Republicaines de Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast's national army. At least 17 people were killed in the attacks, including 10 Ivorian soldiers. | ["Who is Ivory Coast's former president?", 'Who was arrested?', 'In what time frame?', 'Where is the Ivory Coast?', 'Who is Laurent Akoun?', 'What is Front Populaire Ivoirien? (no worries)', 'When was she arrested?', 'Where?', 'Where is Abidjan?', 'What is Abidjan?', 'Was the party meeting in a cafe?', 'In what city?', "Who is the party's leader?", 'Is Akoun still in custody?', 'Who else was arrested?'] | {'answers': ['Laurent Gbagbo', 'Three top allies.', 'Less than a week', 'West African', 'Laurent Akoun, general secretary of the Front Populaire Ivoirien', "Ivory Coast's former ruling party.", 'Sunday', 'In Adzope', 'Ivory Coast', 'Abidjan, Ivory Coast', 'Yes.', 'Abidjan', 'Alassane Ouattara', 'Yes', 'Two former Gbagbo Cabinet ministers'], 'answers_start': [50, 30, 98, 171, 252, 292, 352, 353, 0, 0, 579, 579, 527, 814, 1121], 'answers_end': [96, 116, 137, 191, 316, 351, 376, 385, 20, 20, 653, 654, 563, 840, 1165]} |
3dip6yhapcsee1mz1v6d3ud4xqf8e7 | On a Monday, a mother was in the kitchen cooking ham for the family. She was in quite the hurry because she had to pick the kids up from school. Without knowing, she stuck a spoon in the ham and put the ham in the oven. She wasn't paying attention because of being in a hurry and also because the dog was playing with a ball. The ball flew past her head as she had finished putting the ham in the oven. She yelled at the dog and made him play with the ball outside. She saw clouds in the sky as she let the dog out. Seeing that the clouds were so pretty that she wanted to take a picture of them. She got her camera and took a few pictures as the dog played happily in the yard. | ['Who was in the kitchen?', 'What was the mother doing?', 'What did she accidentally drop in the ham?', 'Why did she do that?', 'Was she rushing?', 'Why?', 'What was the canine doing?', 'Did the mother get mad at him?', 'Where did she send the dog?', 'What did she want to snap a photo of outside?', 'Was the dog feeling ok?'] | {'answers': ['The mother and the dog.', 'Cooking ham.', 'A spoon.', "She wasn't paying attention.", 'Yes.', 'Because she had to pick the kids up from school.', 'Playing with a ball.', 'Yes.', 'Outside.', 'The clouds were pretty.', 'Yes.'], 'answers_start': [0, 15, 162, 220, 220, 96, 293, 403, 429, 528, 643], 'answers_end': [402, 52, 190, 247, 275, 144, 324, 424, 465, 587, 678]} |
3tmsxrd2x60qk1o5nar4aqxwqgp1wr | (CNN) -- Billy Ray Cyrus may be a country boy at heart, but he is also pretty savvy when it comes to navigating Hollywood.
Billy Ray Cyrus has a full plate with acting, touring, composing and being a dad.
When others wrote him off as a novelty act after the 1992 hit "Achy Breaky Heart," Cyrus kept making music and eventually turned to acting.
It was a decision he said came after some well-timed fatherly advice.
"In the mid-'90s, my dad said to me 'Son, you've got all of your eggs in one basket and you are living and dying by music,' " Cyrus recalled. "He said 'I want you to have a career like Kenny Rogers.' "
Cyrus said his dad suggested he branch out into acting. Cyrus eventually auditioned for and won a role in what appeared to be an unlikely vehicle -- David Lynch's 2001 film "Mulholland Drive."
After Lynch, known for such works as "Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks," suggested that Cyrus should continue to pursue the craft, he went on to star in the television drama "Doc," which also helped spur the career of Cyrus' greatest production -- "Hannah Montana" star, and Cyrus' daughter, Miley Cyrus.
Now, with the release of "Hannah Montana: The Movie" on Blu-ray and DVD, a music tour and an upcoming role in a film featuring comedian George Lopez and martial arts expert Jackie Chan, Cyrus is staying busy.
He recently took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to CNN about how he keeps it all together, how he manages raising a family full of performers (son Trace is a member of the band Metro Station, daughter Brandi performs with the band Frank and Derol and also acts, as do younger children Braison and Noah) and what makes him a good fit for Hollywood. | ['Who told Cyrus to try acting?', 'Why?', 'What type of career did he want for him?', 'Before acting what was he focused on?', 'What was his first famous song?', 'What year was that released?', 'How did people view him after that?', 'When did his dad suggest acting?', 'What was his first part?', 'What year was that?', 'Whose movie was it?', 'What else was Lynch known for?', 'What was Cyrus in after that?', 'What that another movie?', 'What was it?', 'Who is his daughter?', 'What is her job?', 'What is she known for?', 'Does he have more kids?', 'how many?'] | {'answers': ['his dad', 'he wanted him to have a career', 'one like Kenny Rogers', 'music', 'Achy Breaky Heart', '1992', 'as a novelty act', "In the mid-'90s,", 'a role in Mulholland Drive', '2001', "David Lynch's", 'Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks', 'Doc', 'no', 'a television drama', 'Miley Cyrus', 'an actress', 'Hannah Montana', 'yes', 'four'], 'answers_start': [627, 565, 574, 511, 257, 258, 209, 423, 723, 776, 776, 822, 949, 949, 971, 1093, 1067, 1066, 1444, 1492], 'answers_end': [681, 626, 623, 544, 292, 291, 252, 565, 821, 820, 818, 890, 997, 998, 999, 1121, 1123, 1124, 1558, 1652]} |
32at8r96gl9dmhyu5trno3z8w6lusc | The light from the campfire brightened the darkness, but it could not prevent the damp cold of Dennis's Swamp creeping into their bones. It was a strange place. Martin and Tom wished that they had not accepted Jack's _ . They liked camping, but not near this swamp.
"So," Martin asked as they sat watching the hot coals. "How did this place get its name?"
"Are you sure you want to hear it ? It's a scary story," warned Jack.
"Of course!" cried out Tom. "If there were anything to be scared of, you wouldn't have chosen this place!"
"Ok, but don't say I didn't warn you," said Jack, and he began this tale.
"Way back in time, a man called Dennis tried to start a farm here. He built that cottage over there to live in. In those days, the area looked quite different ---- it was covered with tall trees and the swamp was a crystal-clear river. After three hard years, Dennis had cleared several fields and planted crops. He was so proud of his success that he refused to listen to advice.
"'You are clearing too much land,' warned one old man. ' The land is a living thing. It will hit back at you if you abuse it. '
"'Silly fool,' said Dennis to himself. 'If I clear more land, I can grow more crops. I'll become wealthier. He's just jealous!'"
"Dennis continued to chop down trees. Small animals that relied on them for food and shelter were destroyed. He was so eager to expand his farm that he did not notice the river flowing slowly towards his door. He did not notice salt seeping to the surface of the land. He did not notice swamp plants choking all the native plants."
"What happened?" Martin asked. It was growing colder. He trembled, twisting his body closer to the fire.
"The land hit back ---- just as the old man warned," Jack shrugged. "Dennis disappeared. Old folks around here believe that swamp plants moved up from the river and dragged him underwater. His body was never found."
"What a stupid story," laughed Tom. "Plants can't ..." Before he had finished speaking, he screamed and fainted . The other two boys jumped up with fright, staring at Tom. Suddenly, they burst out laughing. Some green swamp ivy had covered Tom's face. It was a while before Tom could appreciate the joke. | ['Where the light is?', 'Is the weather warm?', 'How is the landscape?', 'Did they regret accepting someone?', 'Who was that?', 'Who regretted?', 'Are they watching hot something?', 'What was that?', 'What is the name of the place they are in?', 'Who it was named after?', 'Are the guys interested in the naming of the place?', 'Who told the story to them/', 'How did the land look before?', 'Did the man clear that out?', 'How long it took him to do that?', 'What he planted there?', 'Did someone warned him?', 'Who?', 'Did he listen to that?', 'What happened to him then?'] | {'answers': ['Campfire', 'No', 'Strange', 'Yes', 'Jack', 'Martin and Tom', 'Yes', 'Coals', "Dennis's Swamp", 'Dennis', 'Yes', 'Jack', 'It was covered with tall trees', 'Yes', 'three years', 'Crops', 'Yes', 'An old man', 'No', 'He disappeared'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 0, 136, 161, 161, 268, 268, 0, 617, 268, 360, 728, 853, 852, 853, 617, 1000, 1000, 1595], 'answers_end': [51, 119, 160, 220, 216, 218, 322, 322, 266, 683, 358, 430, 850, 998, 998, 929, 1128, 1128, 1297, 1918]} |
3jcg6dtrv3q9h8c0wgidj2niarzqq6 | (CNN) -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial woman who revealed nine years ago she was the illegitimate daughter of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, died Monday, her family's spokesman said. She was 87.
Washington-Williams kept her father's identity secret until six months after Thurmond, a segregationist leader for decades, died in June 2003 at age 100.
"I never wanted to do anything to harm him or cause detriment to his life or to the lives of those around him," Washington-Williams said at a 2003 news conference, six months after her father died at the age of 100.
She died at her Columbia, South Carolina, home of natural causes Monday morning, according to Frank Wheaton.
Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on the ticket of the States' Rights Democratic Party, or Dixiecrats, a breakaway faction of Southern Democrats who believed strongly in racial segregation and were opposed to their party's civil rights program. Thurmond joined the Republican Party in the 1960s and ultimately turned away from his segregationist past.
Martin: GOP needs to listen to blacks
"My father did a lot of things to help other people, even though his public stance appeared opposite," Washington-Williams said. "I was sensitive about his well-being and career and his family here in South Carolina."
Washington-Williams said she went public only at the urging of her children, but rumors had persisted for years.
An attorney for the former senator's family confirmed in 2003 that Thurmond fathered a child with a teenage black housekeeper in 1925. Her mother, Carrie Butler, worked as a maid at the Thurmond family home in Edgefield, South Carolina. | ['Who was the famous father in this story?', 'How old was he when he died?', 'Who was his daughter?', 'Was she an illegitimate child?', 'Was she bi-racial?', "What was Thurmond's position on segregation?", 'All of his life?', 'When did he run for president?', 'What was his party then?', "What party did he join in the 60's?", 'What was Washington-', "What was Washington-Williams' mother's name?", 'Where did she work?', 'Was the story of Washington-Williams confirmed?', 'By whom?'] | {'answers': ['Strom Thurmond,', '100', 'Essie Mae Washington-Williams', 'yes', 'yes', 'a segregationist leader', '. no', '1948', 'Democratic Party,', 'Republican Party', 'unknown', 'Carrie Butler', 'maid at the Thurmond family home', 'yes, after his death', 'an attorney in 2003'], 'answers_start': [151, 300, 9, 1505, 7, 300, 952, 708, 779, 954, -1, 1572, 1573, 223, 1438], 'answers_end': [166, 377, 58, 1564, 59, 334, 1061, 852, 797, 1061, -1, 1657, 1674, 376, 1571]} |
37kgen7nj3q3hka6wqozjs7y01nppn | CHAPTER XXVII
THE COLLISION IN THE FOG
"Hullo! Mumps isn't keeping this flag of truce very good," remarked Sam, as the seashell dropped at his feet.
"There is something inside of the shell," said Tom. "A bit of paper. Perhaps it's a message?"
"I'll soon see," returned his younger brother, and ran to where he could not be seen from the other yacht.
He pulled from the seashell a small, square of paper, upon which had been hastily scrawled the following in lead pencil:
"I will help you all I can and hope you won't prosecute me. I will see that Dora S. gets something to eat, even if I give her my share. They intend to go to Sand Haven if they can give you the slip."
"Good for Mumps! He's coming to his senses," cried Sam, and showed the others the message. Dick read the words with much satisfaction.
"I hope he does stand by Dora," he said. "If so, I'll shield him all I can when the crowd is brought up for trial."
"If he tells the truth we may as well put into harbor and make for Sand Haven," said Martin Harris, who had now resumed the chase once more.
"Yes; but he may not be telling the truth," was Sergeant Brown's comment. "The whole thing may be a trick to get us to go to Sand Haven while that crowd goes somewhere else."
"I think they are tired of carrying the girl around," said Carter. "To give her up to us would have been no hardship." | ['who sent the message about Dora?', 'who thought it might be a trick?', 'where did he think it was trying to get them to go?', 'what was in the shell?', 'what was on the paper?', 'written in what?', 'who offered to give Dora their food?', 'where did he say they were going?', 'who did carter think they had grown tired of carrying?', 'was the paper in the shape of a circle?', 'what shape was it?', 'was the writing neat?', 'how did Mumps message make Dick feel?', 'who did Sam show it to?'] | {'answers': ['Mumps', 'Sergeant Brown', 'Sand Haven', 'A bit of pape', 'a message', 'lead penci', 'Mumps', 'Sand Haven', 'Dora', 'no', 'square', 'no', 'satisfied', 'the others'], 'answers_start': [695, 1084, 1200, 156, 223, 468, 559, 619, 1261, 397, 397, 433, 776, 736], 'answers_end': [700, 1156, 1224, 249, 249, 478, 591, 684, 1324, 412, 412, 450, 818, 762]} |
3tvrfo09gkfiz8xzqp59wokhy4zxli | Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also he spent much of his free time playing computer games. He never went to the library to study. How time flew! At the end of the term, there was an important thing--the final exam . He was afraid of it. "What should I do?" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam. He was so nervous. Suddenly, he thought of an idea. The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man and took a seat next to him. "Hey you!" Tom greeted. "What?" The young man asked. "Can you help me?" Tom said politely. "Please let me copy your paper during the exam." When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said nothing. When the bell rang, the young man stood up and came to the front, saying "It is the time for the final exam. Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them in one hour." Tom sat there with his mouth wide open. | ['Who went to school?', 'Which type?', 'Was he prepared for finals?', 'How much time was allotted?', 'Did he have perfect attendance?', 'Did he play around a lot?', 'What?', 'Who did he hope to cheat with?', 'Was he successful?', 'Did he spend much time studying?', 'Was he fretful?', 'Where did he go ahead of time?', 'Did he remain standing?', 'Who did he sit by?', 'What was the gender?', 'Was he elderly?', 'How did the teacher respond to Tom?', 'Did he say anything at that point?', 'How did he address the teacher?'] | {'answers': ['Tom', 'college', 'no', 'onehour', 'no', 'yes', 'computer games', 'the teacher', 'no', 'no', 'yes', 'the exam room', 'no', 'the teacher', 'male', 'no', 'he just smiled', 'no', 'Hey you'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 278, 884, 27, 71, 108, 746, 682, 132, 358, 428, 911, 468, 468, 468, 696, 696, 518], 'answers_end': [25, 25, 307, 908, 70, 130, 130, 790, 724, 169, 375, 466, 950, 517, 489, 488, 724, 724, 540]} |
3hutx6f6vunp4dxzfs08yfuffl8o2p | A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity gave birth to a baby girl in prison Tuesday, her lawyers said.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was not allowed to be present for the birth, sources told CNN. They asked not to be named for safety reasons.
Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, about two weeks ago while she was eight months pregnant.
A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal last week to reverse the verdict by the lower court.
She is in prison with her 20-month-old son, but Sudanese officials have said the toddler is free to leave any time, according to her lawyer, Mohamed Jar Elnabi.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, is a U.S. citizen who uses a wheelchair and "totally depends on her for all details of his life," her lawyer said.
The appeal
The appeals court in Khartoum will issue a ruling on the case in the next week, but it will first ask the lower court to submit the documents it used to make the ruling, according to her lawyer.
Once that's done, it will issue a case number, he said.
"We will continue checking with the appeals court, but Inshallah (Allah willing) ... the appeals court will reverse the sentence and set her free," he said.
Christian or Muslim?
Ibrahim says her father was a Sudanese Muslim and her mother was Ethiopian Orthodox. Her father left when she was 6, and she was raised as a Christian. | ['Where did the birth in the article occur?', 'In which city?', 'Why was the woman in prison?', 'What nationality was the woman?', 'What was the punishment for this crime?', "What was the woman's name?", 'Could her husband attend the birth?', 'Is it a certainty that she will be put to death?', 'Why not?', 'Is anyone with her in prison?', 'Who?', 'How old is he?', 'Is her husband healthy?', 'Is he also Sudanese?', 'Where is he from?', "what's his name?", "Was Ibrahim's father also a Christian?", 'What religion did he follow?', "What about her mother's religion?", 'Did she grow up with her father?'] | {'answers': ["at a woman's prison", 'Khartoum', 'for refusing to renounce her Christianity', 'A Sudanese woman', 'she was sentenced to die', 'Meriam Yehya Ibrahim', 'No', 'No', 'The verdict is being appealed', 'Yes', 'Her son', '20 months old', 'No', 'no', 'the U.S.', 'Daniel Wani', 'no', 'he was a Muslim', 'she was Ethiopian Orthodox', 'No'], 'answers_start': [141, 189, 2, 0, 0, 141, 223, 1134, 471, 560, 560, 560, 723, 736, 736, 723, 1316, 1316, 1366, 1401], 'answers_end': [205, 217, 111, 16, 75, 217, 278, 1291, 557, 602, 602, 602, 789, 766, 766, 747, 1361, 1361, 1399, 1431]} |
3tvrfo09gkfiz8xzqp59wokhxp4xls | NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday.
Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts company.
Some four to five workers, belonging to a union not recognized by the company, barged into his office and beat him up with iron rods, said N. Kannan, a police superintendent of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state.
George, 47, died from his head injuries Tuesday, Kannan told CNN.
Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more.
Last year the Indian head of an Italian company died after allegedly being beaten by a mob of sacked employees.
More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi.
Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in August.
Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.
Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.
Hiring and firing conditions are often not explained to workers by their companies, said Rajeev Karwal, founding-director of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions.
Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are seen in a "corrupt nexus" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor authorities, he said. | ['How many flights were cancelled at Jet Airways?', 'Why?', 'When were their fellow workers fired?', 'Who was Roy George?', 'Who did he work for?', 'What happened to him?', 'by who?', 'What kind of injuries did he sustain?', 'How old was he?', 'Did he survive?', 'When did he die?', 'How many people have the police taken into custody for his death?', 'What happened to the Chief Executive of Graziano Transmissioni?', 'How many people participated in that?', 'Where was this?', 'What do companies fail to explain?', 'to who', 'What do workers want from authorities?', 'Who is the founding director of Milagrow Business', 'What are companies in South Asia experiencing?'] | {'answers': ['hundreds', 'pilots strike', 'August', 'vice-president for human resources', 'Pricol', 'he was beat up', 'workers', 'head injuries', '47', 'no', 'Tuesday', 'nine', 'he was murdered', 'More than 60', 'near New Delhi', 'explain hiring and firing conditions', 'workers', 'reprieve', 'Rajeev Karwal', 'labor issues'], 'answers_start': [886, 895, 971, 201, 201, 288, 288, 499, 499, 499, 511, 567, 751, 751, 751, 1366, 1366, 1637, 1455, 1023], 'answers_end': [940, 965, 1019, 261, 260, 420, 313, 538, 509, 516, 547, 600, 849, 800, 863, 1429, 1430, 1691, 1534, 1157]} |
3tayzsbpll8425psm9hhik4gdj9s27 | Dallas (CNN) -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs remained in critical condition in a Texas hospital on Tuesday, but was not in a coma and is expected to recover, state prison officials said.
Jeffs fell ill while fasting in a prison in Palestine, Texas, where he is serving a life-plus-20-year term for sexual assault, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said. But while a source familiar with Jeffs' condition told CNN Monday that the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was in a coma, Clark said Tuesday that Jeffs was conscious.
"He's somewhat sedated, but he is responsive," Clark wrote.
And Michelle Lyons, another press officer for the department, said Jeffs "is expected to make a full recovery." Lyons said that in addition to not eating, he had "bigger issues that required medical attention."
Prison officials have not elaborated on those conditions, citing inmate privacy rules.
Jeffs was convicted in early August of the aggravated sexual assaults of a 12-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl he claimed were his "spiritual wives." His church is a breakaway Mormon sect that practices polygamy, which the mainstream Mormon Church renounced more than a century ago.
Jeffs was sent to a hospital in Tyler on Sunday night and was in critical but stable condition Tuesday. He told officials at the Powledge prison unit that he was not on a hunger strike, but had been "fasting," Clark said.
"While he definitely is eating and drinking some, it just wasn't as much as he should," Clark said. | ['What position does Warren Jeffs have?', 'Where is he now?', 'In what part of the country?', 'Is he comatose?', 'Is he predicted to get better?', 'Where was he when he got sick?', 'What was he imprisoned for?', 'How long was his sentence?', 'Is it known what his medical condition is?', 'When was he convicted?', 'What was the relationship he claimed with his victims?', 'How old were they?', 'Does he belong to a mainstream Mormon church?', 'What does his branch of the religion practice?', 'Was he on a hunger strike?'] | {'answers': ['Polygamist leader', 'a hospital', 'Texas', 'no', 'yes', 'in a prison', 'sexual assault', 'life-plus-20-years', 'no', 'early August', '"spiritual wives."', '12 and 15', 'no', 'polygamy', 'no'], 'answers_start': [15, 34, 34, 546, 135, 191, 259, 273, 868, 957, 1072, 1032, 1111, 1111, 1350], 'answers_end': [45, 97, 97, 590, 158, 231, 316, 297, 924, 992, 1110, 1066, 1148, 1172, 1430]} |
338jkrmm26z4hz6gouyxkogcfobhas | CHAPTER XIV.
'Well,' said Elizabeth, drawing a long breath, as she went out to walk with Anne and Helen, 'there is the even-handed justice of this world. Of the four delinquents of last Friday, there goes one with flying colours, in all the glory of a successful deceit; you, Anne, who, to say the best of you, acted like a very great goose, are considered as wise as ever; I, who led you all into the scrape with my eyes wilfully blinded, am only pitied and comforted; poor Kitty, who had less idea of what she was doing than any of us, has had more crying and scolding than anybody else; and Lucy, who behaved so well--oh! I cannot bear to think of her.'
'It is a puzzle indeed,' said Helen; 'I mean as far as regards Harriet and Lucy.'
'Not really, Helen,' said Elizabeth; 'it is only a failure in story book justice. Lucy is too noble a creature to be rewarded in a story-book fashion; and as for Harriet, impunity like hers is in reality a greater punishment than all the reproof in the world.'
'How could she sit by and listen to all that Papa and Mrs. Hazleby were saying?' said Helen.
'How could she bear the glance of Papa's eye?' said Elizabeth; 'did you watch it? I thought I never saw it look so stern, and yet that contemptible creature sat under it as contentedly as possible. Oh! it made me quite sick to watch her.'
Are you quite sure that she knew whether my uncle was aware of her share in the matter?' said Anne. | ['Who was reprimanding someone?', 'Who got the most?', 'Did she deserve it?', 'Was she knowledgeable?', "How is Lucy's behavior?", 'Who is Elizabeth with?', 'What are they doing?', 'Did they help in the wrongdoing?', 'Was she the leader?', 'How many participated?', 'When?', 'Who helped papa talk to them?', 'What kind of look did he have?', 'How did Elizabeth feel watching Harriet?', 'what does she call her?', 'Had she ever seen papa look like this?', 'How did Harriet react?', 'Who is the most well behaved?'] | {'answers': ['Papa', 'Kitty', 'No', 'No', 'cannot bear to think of it', 'Anne and Helen', 'went out to walk', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Five', 'last Friday', 'Mrs. Hazleby', 'stern', 'sick', 'contemptible creature', 'No', 'as contentedly as possible', 'Lucy'], 'answers_start': [1103, 472, 477, 477, 595, 28, 69, 379, 374, 374, 183, 1053, 1117, 1304, 1233, 1185, 1259, 596], 'answers_end': [1150, 590, 538, 502, 658, 105, 85, 441, 418, 743, 194, 1089, 1223, 1342, 1259, 1224, 1299, 622]} |
3jjvg1ybebxxkgrdt6xkq2xst155b3 | Barack Obama has never been shy about comparing himself with Abraham Lincoln. He did so when he announced his presidential election in Illinois, where both he and Lincoln served in the legislature . "The life of a tall, thin, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible." Obama said. "He tells us that there is power in words and that there is power in hope." Such comparisons have continued on big and small occasions, but the most important similarity, in Obama's mind, is how he plans to govern if elected.
Obama says he admires Doris Kearns Goodwin' s wonderful Lincoln biography, Team of Rivals. "He talks about it all the time." says a top assistant. "He is particularly interested in the idea that Lincoln successfully won the hearts of many people who had run against him for President, some of them even disagree with him firmly." "The lesson is that you shouldn't let your hatred get in the way of hiring ly the best people." says Obama. "I think American people are practical and so I have an interest in casting a wide net, seeking out people with a wide range of expert knowledge, including Republicans, for the highest positions in the government."
"I don't want to have people who just agree with me." He says. "I want people who are continually pushing me forward and I'd be very interested in having those sorts of Republicans in my government, especially people who can speed up a responsible and logical conclusion to the Iraq war." | ['Which president compared himself to another?', 'When did he do so?', 'Which president did he compare himself to?', 'Had they both served in the House of Representatives there?', 'What is the similarity that means the most according to Obama?', "What shouldn't you allow to interfere with things?", 'What should you do?', 'Does this include both parties?', 'Who does he look up to?', 'Did she write a book?', 'what was the title?', 'Who is it about?', 'How does he describe the citizens of America?', 'So what does he want to do?', 'To catch what?', 'With what?', 'And what would they be hired to fill?', 'As interns and aids?', 'He is most interested in people who can help achieve what?', 'And how would he like that handled?'] | {'answers': ['Barack Obama', 'when he announced his presidential election', 'Abraham Lincoln', 'yes', 'how he plans to govern if elected', 'hatred', 'hire the best', 'yes', 'Doris Kearns Goodwin', 'yes', 'Team of Rivals', 'Lincoln', 'as practical', 'cast a wide net', 'people', 'expert knowledge', 'government positions', 'no', 'an end to the Iraq War.', 'logically'], 'answers_start': [0, 78, 0, 76, 454, 891, 871, 1067, 542, 542, 542, 564, 981, 1025, 1048, 981, 1149, 1152, 1396, 1417], 'answers_end': [76, 196, 76, 197, 538, 965, 978, 1147, 615, 615, 632, 631, 1018, 1065, 1192, 1124, 1195, 1195, 1484, 1484]} |
3kb8r4zv1e7v0dgxa2gbuzohjgagbz | (CNN) -- Johan Friso, the 43-year-old Dutch prince who was injured in an avalanche at an Austrian ski resort last week, has suffered brain damage, his doctor said Friday.
"After the latest neurological test we conducted yesterday it became clear that the lack of oxygen (to) the brain of the patient caused massive damage," Dr. Wolfgang Koller told CNN affiliate SBS NL.
"Fifty minutes of reanimation is a very long time. One could also say too long," he added. "Our hope was that the relatively moderate level of hypothermia might have protected the brain somewhat. Unfortunately this was not the case."
Friso, a son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, had been airlifted to hospital in Innsbruck after the incident.
He was skiing outside the bounds of the ski resort with friends at the resort of Lech am Arlberg when he was hit by an avalanche, a spokesman for the state of Vorarlberg said.
No one else in the group was injured.
The prince was under the snow for a "short period of time," the spokesman said. He was wearing an electronic beacon that helped rescuers quickly find him.
Lech am Arlberg is in Austria's Vorarlberg state, a popular skiing area in western Austria.
The town's mayor told the station "that we have hoped for a miracle."
"We have hoped that Prince Friso will recover again," said Mayor Ludwig Muxel. "There had been similar accidents and people nearly recovered fully. So we hoped that his health conditions would improve."
The region's avalanche agency reported there was a considerable to great chance of avalanches in Lech last week. It cited new snowfall on top of a packed layer of snow that could cause snow slabs to slide off. | ['Who is this article about?', 'Where is he from?', 'What is his title?', 'How old is he?', 'What was he doing last week?', 'Where?', 'What happened to him?', 'How?', 'Is he ok?', 'How so?', 'Where was he when it happened?', 'At the time of the avalanche, where in the ski resort?', 'Was he alone?', 'Was anyone else hurt?', 'How did they find him?', 'What was the name of the resort?', 'Who was his mother?', 'Where was he taken after they found him?', 'Who was his doctor?', 'How long before they found him?'] | {'answers': ['Johan Friso', 'Netherlands', 'Prince', '43', 'Skiing', 'Austria', 'He was injured', 'In an avalanche.', 'No.', 'He suffered brain damage', 'At a ski resort', 'Outside the bounds of the ski resort', 'No', 'No.', 'By electronic beacon.', 'Lech am Arlberg', 'Queen Beatrix', 'Hospital in Innsbruck.', 'Dr. Wolfgang Koller', 'A short period of time.'], 'answers_start': [8, 611, 30, 22, 58, 86, 59, 66, 119, 120, 86, 727, 749, 905, 946, 1102, 611, 661, 287, 945], 'answers_end': [39, 659, 51, 50, 171, 98, 171, 85, 170, 145, 110, 777, 853, 943, 1100, 1193, 661, 725, 373, 1004]} |
3jaoywh7vi4sycf1n9zvglyzrpd9ls | Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetal and oxidizing agent that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with most elements. By mass, oxygen is the third-most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium. At standard temperature and pressure, two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a colorless and odorless diatomic gas with the formula O 2. Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes 20.8% of the Earth's atmosphere. However, monitoring of atmospheric oxygen levels show a global downward trend, because of fossil-fuel burning. Oxygen is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust as part of oxide compounds such as silicon dioxide, making up almost half of the crust's mass.
Many major classes of organic molecules in living organisms, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and fats, contain oxygen, as do the major inorganic compounds that are constituents of animal shells, teeth, and bone. Most of the mass of living organisms is oxygen as it is a part of water, the major constituent of lifeforms. Oxygen is used in cellular respiration and released by photosynthesis, which uses the energy of sunlight to produce oxygen from water. It is too chemically reactive to remain a free element in air without being continuously replenished by the photosynthetic action of living organisms. Another form (allotrope) of oxygen, ozone (O 3), strongly absorbs UVB radiation and consequently the high-altitude ozone layer helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation, but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by-product of smog. At even higher low earth orbit altitudes, sufficient atomic oxygen is present to cause erosion for spacecraft. | ['What is the article about?', 'What is its symbol?', "it's numeral?", 'is it abundant?', 'how does it rank?', 'What is more abundant?', 'What makes up O2?', 'What seems to be lowering earths levels of O2?', 'Does O2 exist inside our planet?', 'How is O2 released by plants? What process?', 'What is O3?', 'Where is this found?', 'Is it found near the face of the planet?', 'What is this called?', 'Does smog cause this?', 'What can erode space vehicles?', 'At what level?'] | {'answers': ['Oxygen', 'O', 'Eight', 'Yes', 'third', 'hydrogen and helium', 'two atoms of oxygen', 'fossil-fuel burning', 'Yes', 'photosynthesis', 'ozone', 'high-altitude', 'Yes', 'a pollutant', 'Yes', 'atomic oxygen', 'higher low earth orbit altitudes'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 0, 244, 244, 244, 376, 559, 661, 1160, 1446, 1547, 1632, 1629, 1633, 1699, 1699], 'answers_end': [63, 42, 62, 310, 310, 337, 483, 659, 725, 1229, 1493, 1572, 1697, 1698, 1698, 1809, 1809]} |
37uqdcyh6xvrgy32mg3hpy5vnzgv7e | Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840.Her father made a great deal of money in the trade.During school,her parents took her to Italy to explore the country's many cultural treasures.
One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her.She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy.
In Paris,Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates,Julia Gardner,whose family was from Boston.Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother,Jack.In 1 860,Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner.
The couple had too much art to fit inside their home.So they decided to start planning a museum.Mrs. Gardner didn't like the cold and empty.spaces of many museums during her time.She wanted a warm museum filled with light.She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art.America was a young country developing quickly in other areas.But the country needed more chances for people to See beautiful examples of art.
After her husband's death in 1 898.Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum.She bought land,hired a building designer,and supervised every detail of her museum's construction.
Mrs.Gardner opened her museum on January 1,1 903,which was then called Fenway Court.She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance.The next month,she opened the museum to the public.At first,visits were limited to twenty days out of the year.Visitors paid one dollar to enter.
Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1 924 in Boston.In her will,she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one that the permanent collection cannot be changed. | ['Where was Isabella Steward born?', 'What was the name of her classmate in Paris she became close friends with?', 'What had great influnce on Ms. Steward in Milan?', 'Why did the Gardners decide to open an Art museum?', "Where did Isabella's parents take her to study the countries many cultural treasures?", 'What was the date Mrs. Gardner opened her museum?', 'What was the name of the muesum then?', 'What did Mrs. Gardner leave the museum in her will?', 'Did she have any requirements to how the museum should be managed?', 'how long after the initial opening was the museum opem to the public?'] | {'answers': ['New York City', 'Julia Gardner', 'One of the private art collections she visited', "Isabella didn't like the cold and wanted a museum full of light", 'Italy', 'January 1 ,1903', 'Fenway Court', 'a million dollars', 'Yes', 'The next month'], 'answers_start': [0, 416, 199, 811, 103, 1284, 1284, 1633, 1634, 1437], 'answers_end': [52, 525, 288, 853, 197, 1368, 1368, 1797, 1797, 1487]} |
3zppdn2slvwes6596ncr3q8firy9ep | Asthma is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Environmental factors include exposure to air pollution and allergens. Other potential triggers include medications such as aspirin and beta blockers. Diagnosis is usually based on the pattern of symptoms, response to therapy over time, and spirometry. Asthma is classified according to the frequency of symptoms, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), and peak expiratory flow rate. It may also be classified as atopic or non-atopic where atopy refers to a predisposition toward developing a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction.
There is no cure for asthma. Symptoms can be prevented by avoiding triggers, such as allergens and irritants, and by the use of inhaled corticosteroids. Long-acting beta agonists (LABA) or antileukotriene agents may be used in addition to inhaled corticosteroids if asthma symptoms remain uncontrolled. Treatment of rapidly worsening symptoms is usually with an inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonist such as salbutamol and corticosteroids taken by mouth. In very severe cases, intravenous corticosteroids, magnesium sulfate, and hospitalization may be required. | ['Does asthma have a cure?', 'Why not?', 'Can anything be done to help sufferers?', 'Like what?', 'Is that expensive?', 'Is there anything else that can be done?', 'For example?', 'Is there any other known risk conditions for this?', 'Is it a disease?', 'How many people suffer from it?'] | {'answers': ['No', "It's thought to be genetic", 'Yes', 'An inhaled short-acting beta-2 agonist', 'unknown', 'yes', 'intravenous corticosteroids', 'environmental factors', 'unknown', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [623, 0, 927, 977, -1, 1076, 1076, 63, -1, -1], 'answers_end': [651, 87, 1077, 1021, -1, 1182, 1182, 155, -1, -1]} |
34s9dkfk73pxndqu7y7qsuvf4oqnye | Taking part in charity is not just for adult people. Kids can do it too! Melvin Sheppard, 14, an American student, has done charity work for 8 years. He has also encouraged his classmates to join him. Melvin studies at William Allen Middle School in Philadelphia. Recently, he collected $ 1,500 by himself and $487 from his classmates to donate to Cooper University Hospital. Melvin was born nine weeks premature in Cooper University Hospital, weighing 2.6kg. His father told him how Cooper saved his life, so he feels thankful to the hospital. Melvin's classmates joined him once they found out about his kind behavior. Their teacher, Michael Bemer, also held a class with them about helping others. "It wasn't really about the money," Bemer said. "It was about the fact that they were doing something good." "It feels great, helping someone that I know." said Jordan, Melvin' s classmate. Melvin's neighbors also helped out. Since Melvin was 6, he and his parents have given money to Cooper University Hospital every year. This year, Gray E. Stahl, the head of Cooper's division of neonatology , went to Melvin's school to accept the money. The money goes to a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year. "When they leave, we call them graduates," Stahl said, "my co - workers and I are pleased when our graduates and their families do well, like Melvin and his family." | ['Who can take part in charity?', 'Did Melvin take part in one?', 'Which one?', 'Did that one have meaning to him?', 'How come?', 'Was he born healthy?', 'What was wrong?', 'What did he weigh?', 'Did he raise money?', 'how much?', 'Did anyone else?', 'who?', 'What did they raise?', 'Did his teachers help out too?', 'Which one?', 'What did he do?', 'How long has Melvin been helping?', 'What does the money go to?'] | {'answers': ['adults and Kids', 'Yes', 'Cooper University Hospital', 'Yes', 'he was born there', 'No', 'he was born nine weeks premature', '2.6kg', 'Yes', 'he collected $ 1,500 by himself', 'Yes', 'his classmates', '$487', 'Yes', 'Michael Bemer', 'held a class with them about helping others.', '8 years.', 'a part of the hospital that helps about 500 young patients every year'], 'answers_start': [0, 73, 274, 375, 376, 376, 376, 444, 264, 274, 264, 310, 309, 621, 627, 636, 73, 1143], 'answers_end': [71, 137, 374, 442, 442, 412, 413, 458, 306, 306, 335, 334, 334, 699, 699, 700, 150, 1230]} |
3dy4fpooa1o1yhnhvu1nufwvobzvr2 | Andy loved the first grade. He loved his teacher,Mrs.Parks. He loved playing games on the playground. He loved learning about dinosaurs and the solar system .
Every morning Andy's mother dropped him off in front of his school on South Street. One foggy morning,the traffic was so bad on South Street that she decided to drop him off behind the school. Andy walked for about ten minutes and got to the gate. He held the icy handle,but it didn't move!Using both hands,he tried his hardest and finally the gate opened.
After Andy closed the gate behind him,he looked in the direction of the teaching building. But all he could see was fog. He got to the spot where the slide had always been,but it was not there."The slide is gone!" he cried. He walked a little more to look for the swings,but they were not where they had always been."The swings are gone!" he cried again.
Andy kept walking. He was so anxious to see the school that he fell and landed on the ground. He still couldn't see the school. A terrible thought appeared in his head."The school is gone!" he cried sadly. No more games with Jennie,Angel and Dillon,he thought. No more reading about dinosaurs. No more watching videos on the solar system...
Suddenly the boy saw something up ahead."It's Jennie!"he shouted. Then he saw the outline of a school building. His school was still there!He was full of excitement!
"Hi,Jennie!" he stood up and caught up with the girl."I couldn't see the school. I thought it was gone." Jennie just laughed."You're so silly." "What happened to the slide and the swings?" Andy asked.
"We will have new playground equipment today," Jennie answered."The old equipment was taken away last night. Don't you remember Mrs. Parks telling us about it yesterday?" "I guess I forgot," Andy said,smiling."Anyway,I'm glad the school is here." | ["Who was Andy's first grade teacher?", 'What did he love learning about?'] | {'answers': ['Mrs. Parksd', 'dinosaurs and the solar system'], 'answers_start': [1719, 102], 'answers_end': [1759, 159]} |
3oe22wjigio191jhdp2it3k7erouqt | Wi-Fi or WiFi () is a technology for wireless local area networking with devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. "Wi-Fi" is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which restricts the use of the term "Wi-Fi Certified" to products that successfully complete interoperability certification testing.
Devices that can use Wi-Fi technology include personal computers, video-game consoles, phones and tablets, digital cameras, smart TVs, digital audio players and modern printers. Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN and a wireless access point. Such an access point (or hotspot) has a range of about indoors and a greater range outdoors. Hotspot coverage can be as small as a single room with walls that block radio waves, or as large as many square kilometres achieved by using multiple overlapping access points.
Wi-Fi most commonly uses the UHF and SHF ISM radio bands. Having no physical connections, it is more vulnerable to attack than wired connections, such as twisted pair.
In 1971, ALOHAnet connected the Hawaiian Islands with a UHF wireless packet network. ALOHAnet and the ALOHA protocol were early forerunners to Ethernet, and later the IEEE 802.11 protocols, respectively.
A 1985 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released the ISM band for unlicensed use. These frequency bands are the same ones used by equipment such as microwave ovens and are subject to interference. | ['What is one electronic device that can use Wi-Fi?', 'And another?', 'And one more?', 'What is a hotspot?', 'Is this the only thing a device needs to get wireless internet?', 'True or False: A hotspot can cover a wider area indoors than outdoors.', 'How small can a hotspot be?', 'How big can hotspot coverage be if multiple points are used?', 'Do you need a license to use the ISM band?', 'What kitchen device uses the same band?', 'What body decided to release the band for unlicensed use?', 'When?', 'What was ALOHAnet an ancestor of?', 'What kind of protocol did the ALOHA protocol give rise to?', 'What area did ALOHAnet serve?', 'When?', 'What kind of network did it provide?', 'What is a type of wired connections?', 'True or False: Twisted pair is more secure against attacks than Wi-Fi.', 'Why is Wi-Fi less secure?'] | {'answers': ['personal computers', 'video-game consoles', 'phones and tablets', 'an access point', 'yes', 'false', 'unknown', 'many square kilometres', 'no', 'microwave ovens', 'U.S. Federal Communications Commission', '1985', 'Ethernet', 'IEEE 802.11', 'the Hawaiian Islands', '1971', 'UHF wireless packet', 'twisted pair.', 'true', 'it has no physical connections'], 'answers_start': [298, 298, 298, 568, 476, 603, -1, 662, 1217, 1319, 1217, 1217, 1096, 1164, 1019, 1011, 1060, 968, 899, 899], 'answers_end': [420, 383, 403, 602, 568, 661, -1, 839, 1317, 1400, 1318, 1230, 1162, 1199, 1059, 1215, 1094, 1009, 1009, 929]} |
333u7hk6i9fy6c4iw4skm24xev0dj8 | CHAPTER XIII.
Caught in a Cyclone
Less than an hour later Jasper was brought out and Noel Urner sprang into the saddle, with Allen behind him on the blanket.
"Keep a close watch for more thieves while I am gone!" cried Allen.
"We will!" shouted Paul. "And you take care for more doctored bridges!"
A parting wave of the hand and the ranch was left behind, and Allen was off on a journey that was to be filled with adventures and excitement from start to finish.
Chet and Paul watched the horse and his two riders out of sight, and then with rather heavy hearts returned to the house. The place seemed more lonely than ever with both Allen and Noel Urner gone.
"It's going to be a long time waiting for Allen's return," sighed Paul.
"Perhaps not," returned Chet. "He left me with a secret to tell you, Paul."
And Chet lost no time in relating Allen's story of the hidden mine of great wealth.
"And perhaps we can explore the place during his absence," Paul said, after he had expressed his astonishment and asked half a dozen questions.
"I don't know about that, Paul. We may not be able to find the opening Allen mentioned, and then, again, he may not wish us to do so."
"Why should he object?"
"I don't know."
"We'll have ten days or two weeks on our hands, at the very least. We might as well take a look at that wealth as not." | ['Which two people got into the saddle?', 'Who watched Noel and Allen leave on the horse?', 'Were they happy about it?', 'What had Allen told them to watch out for?', 'And what did Paul say back to that?', 'Where did Chet an Paul go after the horse faded from sight?', 'And was it a lively house?', 'What kind of a house was it?', "What was Noel's last name?", 'Did Allen leave anything with Chet?', 'What was it?', 'What was it about?'] | {'answers': ['Noel and Allen', 'Chet and Paul', 'no', 'more thieves', 'Look for more doctored bridges', 'the house', 'no', 'lonely', 'Urner', 'yes', 'a secret', 'a story of the hidden mine of great wealth'], 'answers_start': [38, 474, 539, 164, 234, 539, 596, 595, 89, 748, 778, 826], 'answers_end': [162, 538, 596, 233, 307, 594, 672, 624, 100, 824, 824, 911]} |
3zgvpd4g6thvng5j0gvlf0a9z1hztl | (CNN)Barcelona took full advantage of arch-rival Real Madrid's humiliating derby defeat to close the gap in the La Liga title race to just one point with thrilling 5-2 win over Athletic Bilbao Sunday.
Lionel Messi gave Barca the perfect start by grabbing his 33rd goal of the season and had a hand in his team's other four goals at the San Memes stadium.
Messi's opener had a touch of fortune as it came from a deflected free-kick and he set up Luis Suarez for the Uruguay forward to double the advantage before halftime.
Athletic refused to lie down and Mikel Rico pulled a goal back on the hour mark before Messi's goalbound header was then turned into his own net by Oscar de Marcos.
The Catalan giants went 4-1 ahead when Neymar scored his 23rd of the season, Messi again with the assist.
Aritz Aduriz pulled another goal back for Athletic but the home team's hopes ended when Xabier Etxeita was shown a straight red card for a nasty challenge on Suarez before Pedro Rodriguez added a fifth.
It was the ninth straight win for Barca, who will have taken heart from seeing Real thrashed 4-0 by reigning champions Atletico Madrid Saturday.
Man Utd held
Barcelona's fellow European powerhouses Manchester United missed the opportunity to close up in the English Premier League title race when it was held 1-1 at West Ham.
The home side looked set to secure all three points after a superb piece of skill from Senegal's Cheikhou Kouyate just after half time at Upton Park. | ['Which team is Lionel Messi on?', 'How many times has he scored so far this season?', 'How many others did he help with?', 'Where was the game played?', 'Who is the ultimate rival of Barcelona?', 'Who won in Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao?', 'What was the final score?', 'And when did the game take place?', 'What title are they fighting for', 'How many goals has Neymar made so far?', 'Who received a red card?', 'Why?', 'This ended the hopes of which team?', 'How many wins has Barca had in a row?', 'Who are the current champions?'] | {'answers': ['Barca', '33', 'four', 'San Memes stadium', 'Real Madrid', 'Barcelona', '5-2', 'Sunday', 'La Liga', '23', 'Xabier Etxeita', 'challenge on Suarez', 'Athletic', 'nine', 'Atletico Madrid'], 'answers_start': [220, 261, 319, 338, 49, 5, 164, 193, 112, 752, 890, 948, 845, 1018, 1127], 'answers_end': [227, 263, 324, 355, 60, 15, 167, 199, 119, 754, 905, 967, 853, 1025, 1142]} |
3ygxwbaf70hyy2fjt1a5wuxwbzyc4i | MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as "video jockeys" (VJs). In its early years, MTV's main target demographic was young adults, but today it is primarily towards teenagers, particularly high school and college students. MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years, and its programming now consists mainly of original reality, comedy and drama programming and some off-network syndicated programs and films, with limited music video programming in off-peak time periods. It has also become involved in promoting left-wing political issues and progressive social causes. The network received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTV's influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years.
In recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. Its ratings had been said to be failing systematically, as younger viewers increasingly shift towards digital media, with yearly ratings drops as high as 29%; thus there was doubt of the lasting relevance of MTV towards young audiences. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series "MTV Unplugged". After nine years off air, "TRL" will be returning in October 2017. | ['where is MTV headquartered?', 'Has it been struggling recently?', 'why?', 'how much has its ratings dropped?', 'what are VJs?', 'Have they been known to promote politics at all?', 'what type?', 'What did the channel air originally?', 'and now?', 'any others?', 'what?', 'do they still air music videos?', 'when?', 'what does MTV plan on reintroducing?', 'when did they announce this?', 'when was the chanel launched?', 'who owns it?', 'who is its target audience now?', 'has that changed from when it first started?', 'how?'] | {'answers': ['New York City', 'yes', 'younger viewers increasingly shift towards digital media', 'as high as 29%', 'video jockeys', 'yes', 'left-wing', 'music videos', 'original reality', 'yes', 'comedy and drama programming', 'yes', 'in off-peak time periods', 'MTV Unplugged', 'April 2016', 'August 1, 1981', 'Viacom Media Networks', 'teenagers', 'yes', 'its main target demographic was young adults'], 'answers_start': [163, 1141, 1287, 1348, 312, 778, 819, 495, 577, 615, 616, 715, 715, 1554, 1468, 195, 104, 402, 335, 335], 'answers_end': [193, 1176, 1346, 1388, 333, 846, 845, 556, 662, 713, 662, 776, 776, 1614, 1496, 221, 135, 446, 401, 401]} |
3tesa3pj31arbeggcu4flkj8r4pmm7 | The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia's six states (Tasmania being the exception). Matches have been played in all mainland states and territories of Australia, as well as in New Zealand and China. The AFL season currently consists of a pre-season competition (currently branded as the "JLT Community Series"), followed by a 23-round regular (or "home-and-away") season, which runs during the Australian winter (March to September). The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series, culminating in the AFL Grand Final, which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year. The winning team in the Grand Final is termed the "premiers", and is awarded the premiership cup. The current premiers are the Richmond Football Club. | ['whats AFL?', 'when was it founded?', 'what was it formally called', 'why was it called that before AFL?', 'What is the current "premiers"?', 'what does "premiers" even mean?', 'what does the season consists of?'] | {'answers': ['Australian Football League', '1897', 'Victorian Football League', 'breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association', 'Richmond Football Club', 'winning team in the Grand Final', 'pre-season competition and 23-round regular season'], 'answers_start': [4, 433, 290, 327, 1413, 1290, 932], 'answers_end': [30, 437, 315, 385, 1435, 1321, 1064]} |
3zr9aiqjub9e4ak3hlhl1tvv21f40d | At Dulles High school in Sugar Land, Texas, the roster for Advanced Chinese begins with Jason Chao and ends with Kathy Zhang. In between comes an unexpected name: Elizabeth Hoffman. Hoffman, now a 12thgrader, began learning Chinese in the eighth grade, has spent a summer studying in Nanjing and plans to perfect her Mandarin next fall. When asked by her peers---why she is learning Chinese, she responds with a question: "why aren't you?"
As China rushes toward superpower status, America's schools and government officials are responding to Hoffman's opinion. Earlier this year Eush Holt of New Jersey introduced legialation calling for increased money of programs for less commonly taught languages, "For reasons of economics, culture and security, we should have much better facilities with Chinese languages and dialects," he said. The State Department has pointed out Chinese is becoming a "critical language", but the most recent data show that only 24,000 students in Grade 7 to Grade 12 study Chinese.
Still, the number is growing. In Chicago public schools, enrollment in Chinese classes has skyrocked from 5000 students in 2005 to nearly 35,000 students this year. In the Santa Clara County, California, enrollment has quadrupled during the same period. In 2007, when the College Board first introduces advanced-placement language exams in Chinese and Italian, 2,400 high school plan to offer AP Chinese---10 times the number of students that plan to offer AP Italian.
Much of the interest can be explained by China's increasing competiviveness. "People are always trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future," says Marty Abbot, the director of education at the National Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Stephanie Wong, a student At Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, chose Chinese so that she could speak with her grandfather. Wong also predicted that Chinese will be important if she becomes a doctor. 80 percent of people in her hometown are Asians. | ['What was the name of the school?', 'Where was it?', 'Whose name was unexpected?', 'What grade is she in?', 'What language is she learning?', 'Why is she learning it?', 'What does she say when people ask her that?', 'What status does China want to get?', 'How many kids learn Chinese?', 'In what grades?', 'Is the number growing or decreasing?', 'How many students enrolled to learn the language in 2005?', 'How did the number of enrolled students grow in California?'] | {'answers': ['Dulles High school', 'Sugar Land, Texas', 'Elizabeth Hoffman', '12th', 'Chinese,', 'unknown', '"why aren\'t you?"', 'superpower', '24000', 'Grade 7 to Grade 12', 'growing', '35000', 'quadrupled'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 163, 182, 363, -1, 390, 442, 954, 975, 1101, 1137, 1207], 'answers_end': [22, 42, 180, 208, 391, -1, 440, 483, 1013, 997, 1160, 1159, 1244]} |
3dh6gaktyypr424damiknh2ofeuyzr | The philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo became the model for other modern Japanese martial arts that developed from .
The early history of judo is inseparable from its founder, Japanese polymath and educator , born . Kano was born into a relatively affluent family. His father, Jirosaku, was the second son of the head priest of the Shinto Hiyoshi shrine in Shiga Prefecture. He married Sadako Kano, daughter of the owner of Kiku-Masamune sake brewing company and was adopted by the family, changing his name to Kano. He ultimately became an official in the Shogunal government.
Jigoro Kano had an academic upbringing and, from the age of seven, he studied English, and the under a number of tutors. When he was fourteen, Kano began boarding at an English-medium school, Ikuei-Gijuku in Shiba, Tokyo. The culture of bullying endemic at this school was the catalyst that caused Kano to seek out a at which to train.
Early attempts to find a jujutsu teacher who was willing to take him on met with little success. With the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Meiji Restoration of 1868, jujutsu had become unfashionable in an increasingly westernised Japan. Many of those who had once taught the art had been forced out of teaching or become so disillusioned with it that they had simply given up. Nakai Umenari, an acquaintance of Kanō's father and a former soldier, agreed to show him "kata", but not to teach him. The caretaker of Jirosaku's second house, Katagiri Ryuji, also knew jujutsu, but would not teach it as he believed it was no longer of practical use. Another frequent visitor, Imai Genshiro of school of jujutsu, also refused. Several years passed before he finally found a willing teacher. | ['Who grew up in academia?', 'When did he begin to study English?', 'Under a single helper?', 'When did he board at a scholarly institute?', 'What was it called?', 'Located where?', 'What did he create?', 'Was it derived from other forms?', 'Why did he get into fighting forms?', 'Was it easy to locate a helper?', 'What was he trying to learn?', 'Why was it hard to locate a helper?', 'After what event?', 'When did that happen?', 'Had the country fallen deep into eastern ways?', 'Who ended up helping him at first?', 'Did he help him learn the specific form he wanted?', 'What did he help with then?', "How many other people wouldn't help?", 'Was it because he was poor?'] | {'answers': ['Jigoro Kano had an academic upbringing', 'seven', 'no', 'When he was fourteen', 'Ikuei-Gijuku', 'in Shiba', 'judo', 'no', 'bullying', 'no', 'jujutsu', 'jujutsu had become unfashionable', 'the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Meiji Restoration', '1868', 'no', 'Nakai Umenari', 'no', '"kata"', 'two', 'no'], 'answers_start': [601, 645, 696, 722, 770, 793, 158, 58, 823, 945, 939, 1110, 1036, 1083, 1143, 1321, 1391, 1391, 1482, 237], 'answers_end': [639, 686, 720, 791, 805, 814, 241, 113, 886, 1034, 979, 1142, 1108, 1108, 1179, 1416, 1438, 1416, 1664, 285]} |
3kkg4cdwkiyw048ghh0eu4wo4yp94v | Mr. Smith works in a factory. There he drives a truck. He's tired all the time. When he comes back, he's always busy and doesn't want to do any housework. His wife is a doctor and likes to keep all the things clean. So she has to do all at home. She usually goes to work from Monday to Friday and has to do all on weekends. All her friends know about it and sometimes they come to help her. It's Saturday today. Mrs Smith tells her husband to help her do some housework, but he says he has something to do and goes out early in the morning. He leaves a lot of dirty clothes at home. Mrs Smith doesn't go to work but she doesn't feel well. So she doesn't want to do any housework. After breakfast, Jo, one of her friends, comes to see her when she's sitting on a chair. The girl finds the rooms are dirty and she asks, "Don't you clean your rooms today, Mrs Smith?" "No, I don't."says the doctor. "Why don't you wear your glasses?" "Then I will think the rooms are still clean." | ['Where does the man work?', 'How does he get there?', 'How does he feel most days?', "What doesn't he enjoy doing?", 'What does Mrs. Smith do for work?', 'What days?', 'So when does that leave time for cleaning?', 'What day is it today?', 'What did Mr. Smith leave a lot of when he left for the day?', 'who came by after the morning meal?', 'Named what?', 'Where was Mrs. Smith when she came by?'] | {'answers': ['in a factory', 'unknown', 'tired', 'housework', "she's a doctor", 'Monday to Friday', 'weekends', 'Saturday', 'dirty clothes', 'one of her friends', 'Jo', 'sitting on a chair'], 'answers_start': [0, -1, 55, 121, 155, 246, 293, 391, 541, 680, 697, 738], 'answers_end': [30, -1, 78, 153, 175, 292, 322, 410, 581, 738, 699, 767]} |
3pb5a5bd0v68y1d7xl4vpx2l0sj7g8 | CHAPTER IX: HONOURS
In half an hour Paolo returned leading two horses. By their trappings and appearance both had evidently belonged to officers.
"Take off the trappings," Hector said, "then put a saddle on one for me; shift your own saddle on to the other, and picket your own with the spare horses of the staff, then we will ride over and get my saddle, bridle, holsters, and trappings. The horse has carried me well ever since I left Paris, and I am grieved indeed to lose it."
"So am I, master; it was a good beast, but I think that either of these is as good, though it will be long before I get to like them as I did Scotty. We shall want housings for this second horse, master."
"Yes; there will be no difficulty about that. There are scores of dead horses on the field; choose one without any embroidery or insignia. You may as well take another pair of holsters with pistols."
Riding across to the spot where Enghien and his officers were forming up the prisoners, talking courteously to the Spanish officers and seeing to the wounded, Hector, leaving Paolo to find his fallen horse and shift his trappings to the one that he rode, cantered up to the spot where Enghien's white plume could be seen in the midst of a group of officers, among whom was General Gassion. He saluted as he came up.
"I am glad indeed to see you, Captain Campbell," Enghien said warmly, holding out his hand; "I feared that you were killed. Some of my friends told me that you were struck down in the third charge, and that they had not seen you since and feared that you were slain." | ['How many horses did Paolo bring?', "What could be guessed about the horses' origins?", 'How long was he gone?', 'What did he need to ride and fetch?', 'Did he miss his own horse?', 'Where is he from originally?', 'Were there many dead horses in the battlefield?', 'Who was organizing prisoners?', 'What distinguishing feature did he have?', 'Which General saluted them?', 'Was Enghien happy to see him?', 'What rumor had he heard?', 'During which charge?', 'Who had told him this rumor?', 'Where did Hector tell Paolo to take holsters and pistols from?'] | {'answers': ['two', 'they had belonged to officers.', 'half an hour', 'saddle, bridle, holsters, and trappings', 'Yes', 'Paris', 'Yes', 'Enghien', 'white plume', 'General Gassion', 'Yes', 'he was killed', 'the third', 'Some of his friends', 'dead horse'], 'answers_start': [38, 73, 23, 317, 392, 391, 695, 896, 1181, 1269, 1315, 1406, 1437, 1438, 740], 'answers_end': [72, 147, 52, 391, 484, 447, 785, 982, 1253, 1312, 1382, 1512, 1510, 1511, 893]} |
39paafcodm0eew09zj6iuuxdc3ptvk | CHAPTER XXVII—BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF VINES
An hour went by and during that time Dave drew Phil to one side and related the particulars concerning the doings of Merwell and Jasniff, according to the story told by the former of the two evil-disposed youths.
“I think Link feels pretty sore,” he continued. “So there won’t be any use in rubbing it in.”
“What do you intend to do with him, Dave?”
“I don’t know yet. We’ll talk it over later on. The thing to do now is to locate Jasniff and get the rest of the jewels. Don’t forget that he has the finest of the diamonds. That is one thing that made Link sore—Jasniff taking the lion’s share.”
“Well, that was the way Jasniff always did, even at school. Now you’ve got back I’m willing to start the search for him any time you say,” continued the shipowner’s son.
“We’ll wait a while and see if Roger and Captain Sanders return,” answered our hero.
He was glad to rest, and threw himself on a bed of moss the sailors had collected. Merwell sat against a tree, tired out, but too much worried to sleep. Evidently he was trying to decide on what to do next and wondering how he was to get out of the awful situation in which he found himself.
Presently a shout was heard, and Roger burst into view, followed an instant later by Billy Dill.
“Hello, Dave!” cried the senator’s son. “Got back, have you?” And then he stared at Merwell. “Oh, are you here, too?” | ['What was Dave talking about to Phil?', 'What were thing going to get from Jasniff?', 'Who is it that feels pretty sore about the situation?', 'What is one of the reasons for this?', 'What was it the sailors collected that was rested on?', 'How burst into sight have a shout was heard?', 'who followed after that?', "Which one is the shipowner's sone?", 'Who were they waiting for to see if they returned.', "What did the senator's some say to dave?", 'Did he say anything else?'] | {'answers': ['doings of Merwell and Jasniff', 'jewels', 'Link does', 'Jasniff took more diamonds', 'a bed of moss', 'Roger burst into view', 'Billy Dill', 'I think Dave is.', 'Roger and Captain Sanders', 'Hello, Dave!', 'Got back, have you?'], 'answers_start': [112, 448, 261, 612, 949, 1233, 1256, 648, 851, 1301, 1341], 'answers_end': [180, 519, 290, 643, 988, 1255, 1296, 817, 883, 1313, 1359]} |
3wleiwsyhohfcwbcbf5ie6xe41u2hk | Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. It is a versatile material with many uses, including writing, printing, packaging, cleaning, and a number of industrial and construction processes.
The pulp papermaking process is said to have been developed in China during the early 2nd century AD, possibly as early as the year 105 A.D., by the Han court eunuch Cai Lun, although the earliest archaeological fragments of paper derive from the 2nd century BC in China. The modern pulp and paper industry is global, with China leading its production and the United States right behind it.
The oldest known archaeological fragments of the immediate precursor to modern paper, date to the 2nd century BC in China. The pulp papermaking process is ascribed to Cai Lun, a 2nd-century AD Han court eunuch. With paper as an effective substitute for silk in many applications, China could export silk in greater quantity, contributing to a Golden Age. | ['Is paper a thick material?', 'When did the pulp process develop?', 'Where?', 'How is it made?', 'What is something it can be used for?', 'What is another thing it can be used for?', 'Is the industry local?', 'Who is the main maker?', 'Then who?', 'Where were the oldest pieces found?', 'What did it replace?', 'What did it cause?'] | {'answers': ['No.', 'The early 2nd century AD.', 'China.', 'By pressing together moist cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them.', 'Writing.', 'Cleaning.', 'No.', 'China.', 'The United States.', 'China.', 'Silk.', 'A Golden Age.'], 'answers_start': [0, 310, 310, 0, 192, 192, 582, 632, 639, 703, 914, 1028], 'answers_end': [24, 410, 378, 159, 220, 251, 626, 661, 699, 824, 960, 1057]} |
3xiqgxaumc8jkn8xmv4zdj2g3dwx7x | (CNN) -- The man closest to Tiger Woods when he plays golf says he had no idea about the extramarital affairs that have sidelined Woods from the game.
Steve Williams, Woods' caddy and confidant for nearly a decade, talked to New Zealand's TV3 about the scandal.
"I knew nothing," Williams said in an interview posted on the station's Web site Thursday. "I don't need to clarify it, extend that answer. I knew nothing."
Williams said he's heard the calls from some that he should be fired for not preventing Woods' downfall. "In some people's perception, I'm involved with it, and I've committed a crime or done wrong," he said.
"If the shoe was on somebody else, I would say the same thing, it would be very difficult for the caddy not to know," he said. "But I'm 100 percent telling you, I knew nothing, and that's that."
Williams' wife, Kirsty, defended her husband, insisting he would not have been able to keep the secret from her or Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren.
"The four of us are so close," she told TV3. "Being so close, he couldn't know and not say something to Elin or myself. You know, it's just, that's the way it is."
Woods, 34, apologized last month in a tightly controlled televised statement for his "irresponsible and selfish" behavior, which he said included infidelity.
The February 19 statement was his first public appearance since he crashed his black Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree near his home in November. The crash and reports about why it happened sparked a barrage of infidelity allegations against the golfer, who has two children with his wife. | ['What famous person is featured?', 'How old is he?', 'And who spoke to TV3?', 'Who is she related to?', 'And does the caddy have a wife?', 'What was her name?', 'Did she side with her hubby?', 'Were the Williams close to the Woods?', "How long was Steve and Tiger's confidant?", 'When did Tiger first speak on the subject?', 'After what event?', 'What did he hit?', 'What else?', 'When did this happen?', 'Did he have kids at the time?', 'How many?'] | {'answers': ['Tiger Woods', '34', 'Elin Nordegren', 'Woods', 'yes', ', Kirsty,', 'yes', 'yes', 'nearly a decade', 'February 19', 'he crashed his black Cadillac Escalade', 'a fire hydrant', 'a tree', 'November.', 'Yes', 'two'], 'answers_start': [27, 1151, 961, 948, 833, 847, 856, 153, 199, 1308, 1368, 1413, 1432, 1456, 1575, 1582], 'answers_end': [40, 1154, 975, 953, 856, 856, 878, 263, 214, 1321, 1407, 1427, 1438, 1465, 1609, 1585]} |
3cplwgv3mozimcimzmfatd2owkd9nu | Starting in the late 1950s, American computer scientist Paul Baran developed the concept Distributed Adaptive Message Block Switching with the goal to provide a fault-tolerant, efficient routing method for telecommunication messages as part of a research program at the RAND Corporation, funded by the US Department of Defense. This concept contrasted and contradicted the theretofore established principles of pre-allocation of network bandwidth, largely fortified by the development of telecommunications in the Bell System. The new concept found little resonance among network implementers until the independent work of Donald Davies at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) (NPL) in the late 1960s. Davies is credited with coining the modern name packet switching and inspiring numerous packet switching networks in Europe in the decade following, including the incorporation of the concept in the early ARPANET in the United States.
Packet switching contrasts with another principal networking paradigm, circuit switching, a method which pre-allocates dedicated network bandwidth specifically for each communication session, each having a constant bit rate and latency between nodes. In cases of billable services, such as cellular communication services, circuit switching is characterized by a fee per unit of connection time, even when no data is transferred, while packet switching may be characterized by a fee per unit of information transmitted, such as characters, packets, or messages. | ['What is davies known for causing?', 'What did he inspire?', 'Where?', 'Did it follow previous thought ideals?', 'What did it challenge?', 'Principles of what system?', 'Who developed those principals?', 'Was the concept an immediate success?', 'When did it find success?', 'Where did davies work curing this time?'] | {'answers': ['Naming packet switching.', 'packet switching networks.', 'Europe.', 'No.', 'Established principles.', 'Network bandwidth.', 'Paul Baran', 'No.', 'In the late 1960s.', 'National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) (NPL)'], 'answers_start': [715, 715, 794, 952, 328, 328, 0, 527, 527, 622], 'answers_end': [951, 866, 949, 1042, 526, 447, 149, 673, 714, 702]} |
3ioen3p9s7jsqm9zwse0cwyj3q916s | (CNN) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney used an event at the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday to announce Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, as his vice presidential pick. Romney's choice of Ryan is considered by political observers to be a bold, risky move that could potentially change the dynamic of the Oval Office race.
CNN Exclusive: How Romney chose his running mate
By the numbers, here's a look at Paul Ryan:
28 - Ryan's age when he was first elected to Congress, in 1998.
3 - Children with his wife, Janna - Liza, Charlie and Sam.
Polls: Paul Who?
104 - Times Paul Ryan's Wikipedia entry has been updated so far today, since Ryan was announced as Mitt Romney's running mate.
Ryan's selection energizes both sides
$5 trillion - Proposed spending cuts over the next decade in Ryan's 2013 budget proposal, "The Path to Prosperity," relative to President Obama's budget.
Paul Ryan, top GOP voice on fiscal matters
25% - The corporate tax rate under Ryan's budget plan.
2 - Number of proposed federal income tax brackets, 10% and 25%, under Ryan's plan.
6 - Number of current federal income tax brackets.
Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick
173,783 - Followers for Ryan's preexisting Twitter account @RepPaulRyan.
57, 744 - Followers for Ryan's new campaign-related Twitter account @PaulRyanVP that was launched today.
153,000 -"Likes" for Ryan's pre-existing Facebook page.
64,000 - "Likes" for Ryan's new campaign-related Facebook page launched today.
6 - Number of days a week you have to work out on the P90X exercise regimen. Ryan is a big fan of the regimen. | ['How old was Ryan when he was elected to Congress?', "Who was Mitt Romney's pick for vice president?", "What is his wife's name?", 'How many kids does he have?', 'Are they all girls?', 'What are their names?', 'How many proposed tax brackets does Ryan want?', 'Where did Romney announce his vice presidential pick?', 'What does 104 represent?', "What is the corporate tax rate under Ryan's budget?", 'How many Twitter followers does he have in his preexisting account?', 'What exercise regimen does Ryan use?', 'For how many days of the week?', 'How many "Likes" does he have for his preexisting Facebook?', 'How much are his proposed spending cuts?', 'What year was he first elected to Congress?', 'What is considered a bold and risky move by Romney?', 'How many "Likes" did his new Facebook campaign page have?'] | {'answers': ['28', 'Paul Ryan', 'Janna', 'Three', 'No', 'Liza, Charlie and Sam', 'Two', 'event at the USS Wisconsin', "Times Paul Ryan's Wikipedia entry has been updated so far today, since Ryan was announced as Mitt Romney's running mate.", '25%', '173,783', 'P90X', 'Six', '153,000', '$5 trillion', '1998', 'choice of Ryan', '64,000'], 'answers_start': [455, 148, 549, 521, 557, 557, 1028, 73, 607, 971, 1223, 1597, 1544, 1405, 770, 513, 212, 1463], 'answers_end': [457, 157, 554, 522, 579, 578, 1029, 99, 727, 974, 1230, 1602, 1545, 1412, 781, 517, 226, 1469]} |
3x87c8jfv6bluordok7ie22jtozsqv | (CNN) -- "There is a sense that he is 'one of us,' a true fan of comics."
That's how John Mayo, co-host of the Comic Book Page podcast, describes Geoff Johns, the chief creative officer at DC Comics and one of the most influential figures in comics today.
All those trailers you've been seeing for the upcoming "Green Lantern" movie? A good chunk of the credit should go to Johns. He's a co-producer on the film, but he's also responsible for giving the character top billing recently in comics and, ultimately, in pop culture.
Johns brought Hal Jordan back to life in the "Green Lantern: Rebirth" series and went on to cast the emerald warrior's world as the focal point of the DC Universe in the popular "Blackest Night" comic event.
Now, he's taking on DC's newest large-scale series: "Flashpoint," a world in which everything you know will change in a Flash. The first issue hits shelves Wednesday.
"I didn't want to take the DC universe, put it in a box, shake the box and pour it out," Johns said. "I wanted to take the major characters and show what they could be like if they were put on a different path."
The one constant is another fan favorite that owes his recent reincarnation to Johns: the Silver Age Flash, Barry Allen.
Some Flash Facts about the scarlet speedster: Allen is a police scientist who, thanks to an accident, was imbued with the Speed Force, an energy that turned him into the fastest man alive. He sacrificed his life during one of DC's first mega events, "Crisis on Infinite Earths," back in the 1980s, but returned in recent years as a regular fixture in the DC world. | ['Can characters come back to life in comic books?', 'Do you have an example?', "Who's he?", 'Anyone else?', 'And who is he?', 'What comic publisher are they both from?', 'Who there has had a major impact on these characters?', "Who's he?", 'What has he worked on?', 'So does he just work on films?', 'WHat else?', "How has he changed the Green Lantern's role?", "What has he done to the characters' stories?", 'How so?', 'Do people like this?', 'When is the next round of story coming out?', 'What hero will play an important part in that one?', 'What is his power?', 'How did that happen?', 'What about it?', 'Is that a silly name for something?'] | {'answers': ['yes', 'Hal Jordan', 'Green Lantern', 'Barry Allen', 'The Flash', 'DC Comics', 'Geoff Johns', 'chief creative officer', 'Green Lantern movie', 'no', 'comics too.', 'made him the focal point', 'changed them', 'show what they could be like if they were put on a different path', 'yes', 'Wednesday.', 'The Flash.', 'He is the fastest man alive', 'an accident', 'He was imbued with the Speed Force', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [534, 548, 548, 1182, 1228, 162, 148, 164, 315, 417, 447, 626, 827, 1057, 9, 870, 795, 1296, 1339, 1295, -1], 'answers_end': [571, 571, 611, 1247, 1246, 200, 499, 200, 337, 532, 499, 677, 870, 1123, 73, 911, 870, 1437, 1350, 1383, -1]} |
31euonyn2v3y14v132kj0krqdp2voi | On a lot of occasions, you have to make some public speaking. However, public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearance of all kinds.
Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways.
While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal , it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British Comedian Julian, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.
In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.
Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.
Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.
Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers.
But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.
I remember going to see British psychiatrist R.D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.
The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satisfying. | ['How do most people fill about speaking in public?', 'What are they most afraid of?', 'What will this kind of situation illuminate?', 'Is it worse for men or women?', 'Is personality a good indicator of who will be good at this?', 'How do politicians prepare?', 'What is the audience aware of?', "Who is Princess Diana's brother?", 'Did he speak at her funeral?', 'How did he act?', 'How often is a script a good tool?', 'Who is R.D. Laing?', 'from where?', 'Has he spoken in public?', 'What was his topic?', 'What did he write about?', 'Did he do well?', 'How did his behavior seem', 'What state do psychologists say you need to be in?', 'What does this make your speech look like?'] | {'answers': ['they dread it', 'Humiliation', 'insecurities', 'women', 'no', 'they have scripts', 'it might not be true', 'Earl Spencer', 'yes', 'natural', 'rarely', 'a psychiatrist', 'Great Britain', 'yes', 'madness', 'mental illness', 'no', 'odd', 'state of flow', 'natural'], 'answers_start': [70, 117, 338, 223, 799, 1051, 1164, 1496, 1495, 1495, 1619, 1858, 1882, 1858, 2003, 2003, 1931, 1931, 2221, 2220], 'answers_end': [115, 149, 436, 242, 856, 1133, 1234, 1554, 1620, 1618, 1678, 1913, 1914, 1929, 2042, 2072, 2003, 1969, 2350, 2260]} |
326o153bmiyqvwiqi3htpmr589pedg | Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts into charity work in China? Here let's know some of them. Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation for harelipped children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization. Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea to people with eye problems. He helped six people see the world. Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and "Mother Water". Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10 years old. With the help of the government and her neighbours, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer. Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon's Heart Charity Missions. The Dragon's Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools. | ['what organization did Faye Wong start with her husband?', 'what was it named after?', 'does it help children over 14?', 'what does it help children under 14 with?', "what is the name of Jackie Chan's charitable organization?", 'does he support other charities?', "when did he go on the Dragon's Hearth Charity Missions?", 'how old was Guan when her mother died?', 'which project did she donate money to?', 'who does that help?', 'how many have finished school because of this?', 'was cong fei rich?', 'what was his profession?', 'how old was he when he died?', 'how many people did he help with eye problems?', 'what did he donate to people with eye problems?', 'how much in total did Faye Wong and her husband donate to start their organization?', 'where was Cong Fei a famous singer?', 'who else grew up as a successful singer?', 'what did Jackie Chan bring to the villages?'] | {'answers': ['Yan Ran Angel Foundation', 'their daughter', 'no', 'harelips', 'Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation', 'yes', 'In 2007', '10', 'Project Hope', 'poor students', 'Thirty', 'Not untill later in life', 'a singer', '37', 'six', 'his cornea', 'one million yuan (about $ 133,000)', 'Shenzhen', 'Guan Mucun', 'warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies'], 'answers_start': [160, 293, 309, 309, 1349, 1238, 1384, 1056, 758, 790, 851, 455, 491, 606, 722, 661, 374, 491, 1056, 1633], 'answers_end': [232, 307, 349, 372, 1382, 1382, 1500, 1132, 802, 849, 880, 533, 521, 652, 756, 720, 427, 532, 1237, 1740]} |
3m0bcwmb8vwrxz6xp7ktg2a5d10wb8 | (CNN) -- They played in the U.S. Open final Monday but both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were back in action for their countries Friday.
They both won, too, overcoming fatigue, jet lag and a change of surface.
Nadal, who beat Djokovic in New York to claim his 13th grand slam title, prevailed 6-0 6-0 6-4 over Sergiy Stakhovsky -- Roger Federer's conqueror at Wimbledon -- on his favored clay.
He boosted his Davis Cup record in singles to a near invincible 21-1, with his lone reverse coming in his first outing against Jiri Novak in 2004.
Nadal hadn't played in the competition since 2011, opting to skip proceedings in 2012 even before his season was ruined by a knee injury.
"Today is another victory after a long year and every victory is important," Nadal told the Davis Cup website.
With Fernando Verdasco also winning his match in Madrid against Ukraine, it means Spain is on the verge of retaining its spot in next year's world group following an upset loss to Canada in February.
Nadal is scheduled for the potential doubles clincher Saturday alongside good pal Marc Lopez. If he does take to the court, it would be his first doubles tussle in the Davis Cup in seven years.
"To play with a good friend like Marc will be a special feeling, first time in the Davis Cup," said Nadal.
Canada kept on progressing in the Davis Cup and encountered Djokovic's Serbia in its maiden semifinal Friday.
But Djokovic was too strong in the opener versus big-serving Vasek Pospisil, cruising 6-2 6-0 6-4 on clay in Belgrade. | ['Who played in the US open', 'Who did Nadal beat?', 'what were the scores?', 'What scores did he have in the Davis Cup?', 'What happened in 2011?', 'Why was his season ruined?', 'What kind of injury?', 'Who won his match against Ukraine?', 'Did they lose afterwards?', 'What is Nadal is scheduled for?'] | {'answers': ['Rafael Nadal', 'Djokovic', '6-0 6-0 6-4', '21-1', 'it was the last time he played in the competition', 'an injury.', 'a knee injury.', 'Fernando Verdasco', 'unknown', 'the potential doubles clincher'], 'answers_start': [9, 217, 217, 403, 552, 650, 643, 810, -1, 1007], 'answers_end': [72, 242, 311, 471, 601, 689, 689, 876, -1, 1060]} |
3mtmreqs4vimep15jtkxlrqzvmywa2 | Korea is a historic country in East Asia, since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea (officially the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea") and South Korea (officially the "Republic of Korea"). Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
Korea emerged as a singular political entity after centuries of conflict among the Three Kingdoms of Korea, which were unified as Later Silla to the south and Balhae to the north. Later Silla divided into three separate states during the Later Three Kingdoms period. Goryeo, which had succeeded Goguryeo, defeated the two other states and united the Korean Peninsula. Around the same time, Balhae collapsed and its last crown prince fled south to Goryeo. Goryeo (also spelled as "Koryŏ"), whose name developed into the modern exonym "Korea", was a highly cultured state that created the world's first metal movable type in 1234. However, multiple invasions by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty during the 13th century greatly weakened the nation, which eventually agreed to become a vassal state after decades of fighting. Following the Yuan Dynasty's collapse, severe political strife followed, and Goryeo eventually fell to a coup led by General Yi Seong-gye, who established Joseon in 1392. | ['When did Korea become one country?', 'During these conflicts, what was the southern kingdom called?', 'And the northern kingdom?', 'Which kindom does Korea take its name from?', 'What did it invent?', 'Whom did it become subordinate to?', 'When?', 'What succeeded Goryeo?', 'Who caused that?', 'What gave him the opportunity to do that?', 'Caused by?', 'When did Korea split again?', 'Which is referred to as the DPRK?', 'How many countries does Korea share a land border with?', 'What are the names of the two countries?', 'What country does Korea share a sea border with?'] | {'answers': ['after centuries of conflict', 'Silla', 'Balhae', 'Goryeo', 'metal movable type', 'Mongol Yuan Dynasty', '13th century', 'Joseon', 'Yi Seong-gye', 'severe political strife', "Yuan Dynasty's collapse", 'since 1945', 'North Korea', 'Two', 'China and Russia', 'Japan'], 'answers_start': [465, 556, 579, 875, 1021, 1084, 1115, 1388, 1358, 1272, 1247, 42, 97, 274, 274, 400], 'answers_end': [492, 561, 585, 881, 1039, 1103, 1127, 1394, 1370, 1295, 1270, 52, 108, 308, 279, 405]} |
3y4w8q93lzk7x74cdt63pqfr9gndv5 | CHAPTER III.
Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was the first inventor of Johnny cakes); and others have mentioned a son, named Thuiscon, from whom descended the Teutons or Teutonic, or, in other words, the Dutch nation.
I regret exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers, by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah. Indeed, such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would imagine; for the good old patriarch seems to have been a great traveler in his day, and to have passed under a different name in every country that he visited. The Chaldeans, for instance, give us his story, merely altering his name into Xisuthrus--a trivial alteration, which to an historian skilled in etymologies will appear wholly unimportant. It appears, likewise, that he had exchanged his tarpaulin and quadrant among the Chaldeans for the gorgeous insignia of royalty, and appears as a monarch in their annals. The Egyptians celebrate him under the name of Osiris; the Indians as Menu; the Greek and Roman writers confound him with Ogyges; and the Theban with Deucalion and Saturn. But the Chinese, who deservedly rank among the most extensive and authentic historians, inasmuch as they have known the world much longer than any one else, declare that Noah was no other than Fohi; and what gives this assertion some air of credibility is that it is a fact, admitted by the most enlightened _literati_, that Noah traveled into China, at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel (probably to improve himself in the study of languages), and the learned Dr. Shuckford gives us the additional information that the ark rested on a mountain on the frontiers of China. | ['Who was first read of?', 'What was he?', 'did he have siblings?', 'did he have children?', 'sons or daughters?', 'how many', 'what was their names?', 'who was the father of titans?', 'who gave him one son?', 'where did thusicon come from?', 'who invented johnny cakes?', 'was researching noah easy?', 'did noah travel?', 'what was his name altered to by chaldeans?', 'what was his egyptian name?', 'his greek name?', 'what was his chinese given name?', 'did he travel to china?', 'what was being built?', 'where was the ark?'] | {'answers': ['Noah,', 'a seafaring man', 'no', 'yes', 'sons,', 'three', 'Shem, Ham, and Japhet', 'Berosus', 'Methodius', 'the Teutons or Teutonic', 'Jonicus', 'no', 'yes', 'Xisuthrus', 'Osiris', 'Ogyges', 'Fohi', 'yes', 'the Tower of Babel', 'on a mountain on the frontiers of China.'], 'answers_start': [15, 25, 15, 63, 64, 62, 76, 209, 258, 396, 304, 492, 802, 912, 1275, 1344, 1442, 1762, 1793, 1971], 'answers_end': [63, 52, 80, 81, 81, 80, 103, 257, 299, 450, 355, 606, 835, 999, 1323, 1398, 1639, 1791, 1842, 2026]} |
3s0tnuhwkti9mv8z50vtxcvjyja8dl | CHAPTER XIV.
HOW KING BOABDIL EL CHICO MARCHED OVER THE BORDER.
The defeat of the Christian cavaliers among the mountains of Malaga, and the successful inroad of Muley Abul Hassan into the lands of Medina Sidonia, had produced a favorable effect on the fortunes of the old monarch. The inconstant populace began to shout forth his name in the streets, and to sneer at the inactivity of his son Boabdil el Chico. The latter, though in the flower of his age and distinguished for vigor and dexterity in jousts and tournaments, had never yet fleshed his weapon in the field of battle; and it was murmured that he preferred the silken repose of the cool halls of the Alhambra to the fatigue and danger of the foray and the hard encampments of the mountains.
The popularity of these rival kings depended upon their success against the Christians, and Boabdil el Chico found it necessary to strike some signal blow to counterbalance the late triumph of his father. He was further incited by his father-in-law, Ali Atar, alcayde of Loxa, with whom the coals of wrath against the Christians still burned among the ashes of age, and had lately been blown into a flame by the attack made by Ferdinand on the city under his command.
Ali Atar informed Boabdil that the late discomfiture of the Christian knights had stripped Andalusia of the prime of her chivalry and broken the spirit of the country. All the frontier of Cordova and Ecija now lay open to inroad; but he especially pointed out the city of Lucena as an object of attack, being feebly garrisoned and lying in a country rich in pasturage, abounding in cattle and grain, in oil and wine. The fiery old Moor spoke from thorough information, for he had made many an incursion into these parts, and his very name was a terror throughout the country. It had become a by-word in the garrison of Loxa to call Lucena the garden of Ali Atar, for he was accustomed to forage its fertile territories for all his supplies. | ['what did Ali tell Boabdil?', 'what did the popularity of the kings depend on?', 'who lost in the the mountains of Malaga?', 'what did this lead to?', 'who was inactive?', 'had the son ever used his weapon?', 'what did he prefer?', 'what did Boabdil el Chico think was necessary?', 'who is his father in law?', 'who attacked the city?', 'what city has lots of cows and grain?'] | {'answers': ['that the late discomfiture of the Christian knights had stripped Andalusia of the prime of her chivalry and broken the spirit of the country', 'upon their success against the Christians', 'the Christian cavaliers', 'a favorable effect on the fortunes of the old monarch', 'The populace', 'yes', 'he preferred the silken repose of the cool halls of the Alhambra to the fatigue and danger of the foray and the hard encampments of the mountains.', 'to strike some signal blow to counterbalance the late triumph of his father.', 'Ali Atar', 'Ferdinand', 'Lucena'], 'answers_start': [1230, 760, 68, 218, 286, 397, 610, 851, 990, 1171, 1501], 'answers_end': [1396, 846, 136, 284, 309, 527, 758, 964, 1018, 1208, 1628]} |
3ranct1zvfhe5vhsu75syep8srtbu4 | Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent. There is no consensus on the precise area it covers, partly because the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. There are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct".
One definition describes Eastern Europe as a cultural entity: the region lying in Europe with the main characteristics consisting of Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian , and some Ottoman culture influences. Another definition was created during the Cold War and used more or less synonymously with the term "Eastern Bloc". A similar definition names the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union as Eastern Europe. Some historians and social scientists view such definitions as outdated or relegated, but they are still sometimes used for statistical purposes.
Several other definitions of Eastern Europe exist today, but they often lack precision, are too general or outdated. These definitions vary both across cultures and among experts, even political scientists, as the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. | ['What exact area does Eastern Europe cover?', 'What is one way it is defined?', 'How many influence does that say it has?', 'How many is that?', 'When did they come up with another way to define it?', 'What does it basically have for a synonym?', 'Which former communist states are named as being Eastern Europe?', 'Are these old definitions?', 'What are definitions missing?', 'Do all political scientists agree?', 'Are there a lot of connotations to the term?', 'Where is Eastern Europe?'] | {'answers': ['no precise area', 'a cultural entity', 'Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian , and some Ottoman culture influences', 'Five', 'during the Cold War', 'Eastern Bloc', 'states outside the Soviet Union', 'Some historians and social scientists say so', 'precision', 'no', 'yes', 'the eastern part of the European continent'], 'answers_start': [62, 455, 588, 588, 671, 731, 845, 897, 1102, 1162, 1268, 0], 'answers_end': [113, 515, 669, 670, 720, 784, 877, 981, 1160, 1250, 1352, 60]} |
3pwwm24lhsymjlaj8bbc1t4f1oh820 | (CNN) -- At least one person was killed when a National Guard helicopter crashed in waters off San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday, citing preliminary information.
"The preliminary information we have ... is that the wreckage of (the) Army National Guard aircraft was found in the water near San Juan," spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said in an e-mail.
The aircraft was destroyed, she said.
The crash occurred late Monday, according to Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Moorlag of the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami, Florida.
The Coast Guard received the call to help late Monday night with search and rescue efforts, said Ricardo Castrodad, spokesman for the Coast Guard in San Juan. He said three crew members and three passengers -- one guard and two civilians from Puerto Rico -- were on board.
The UH 72 Lakota helicopter departed Monday night from San Juan, he said. It was one nautical mile northeast from the Puerto Rican coast.
Castrodad did not provide information on casualties but said the search for survivors was ongoing.
CNN's Mike Ahlers and Maria P. White contributed to this report.
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3q5zz9zevofeiit6qudaz07rkph85r | London, England (CNN) -- Prince William's younger brother Prince Harry will be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton in London in April, Clarence House announced Monday. Middleton's sister Philippa will be her maid of honor.
William, who is second in line to the throne, is due to marry his long-time girlfriend April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Prince Harry is currently third in line of succession.
Royal protocol states that the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man and speculation was rife that Prince Harry would be named supporter, and another friend of Prince William announced as his best man.
Prince Charles elected his brother Prince Andrew to be his "supporter" when he married Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981.
Naming Harry best man is a break with protocol, and is being taken as an indication of William and Kate's more modern approach to their upcoming wedding, which is taking place at Westminster Abbey on April 29.
Harry will be organizing the Prince's "stag" or bachelor party. Meanwhile Philippa, or "Pippa," will be expected to pull together Kate's "hen" or bachelorette party.
William's office at Clarence House also announced that there will be four bridesmaids and two page boys, including two of William's godchildren.
They are Grace van Cutsem, 3, and Tom Pettifer, 8. Pettifer is the son of Tiggy Pettifer, William and Harry's former nanny -- an important figure in the young Princes' lives, especially following the death of their mother in 1997.
Lady Louise Windsor, 7, the Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, 8, and Eliza Lopes, 3, will be the other bridesmaids. | ["Who is the best man in Prince William's wedding?", 'Who is he marrying?', 'When is it ?', 'What is the supporter?', 'Who was second in line to the throne?', 'Who did Prince Charles choose as his supporter?', 'What did it mean when Prince William broke protocol?', 'Where was the wedding to be?', "Who was expected to put together Kate's hen party?", 'What is a hen party?', 'How many bridesmaids are there?', 'Was there any other notable parties?', 'When did Prince Charles marry Diana?', 'What was royal protocol?', 'What is another word for bachelor party?', 'When did Diana pass away?', 'Who is 3rd in line of succession for the throne?'] | {'answers': ['Prince Harry', 'Kate Middleton', 'April 29', 'the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man', 'William', 'Prince Andrew', 'a more modern approach to their wedding,', 'Westminster Abbey', 'Pippa', 'a bachelorette party.', 'four', "William and Harry's former nanny", 'in 1981.', 'the groom should have a "supporter" rather than a Best Man', 'stag', '1997.', 'Prince Harry'], 'answers_start': [25, 96, 289, 408, 233, 629, 752, 906, 1028, 1101, 1186, 1369, 629, 408, 1002, 1475, 351], 'answers_end': [91, 122, 328, 494, 278, 698, 905, 948, 1105, 1130, 1217, 1453, 750, 493, 1026, 1510, 406]} |
3w92k5rlwuhctupjynokrerzwys5vq | Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning.
Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic. In philosophy, the study of knowledge is called epistemology; the philosopher Plato famously defined knowledge as "justified true belief", though this definition is now thought by some analytic philosophers to be problematic because of the Gettier problems while others defend the platonic definition. However, several definitions of knowledge and theories to explain it exist.
Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes: perception, communication, and reasoning; while knowledge is also said to be related to the capacity of "acknowledgment" in human beings.
The definition of knowledge is a matter of ongoing debate among philosophers in the field of epistemology. The classical definition, described but not ultimately endorsed by Plato, specifies that a statement must meet three in order to be considered knowledge: it must be justified, true, and believed. Some claim that these conditions are not sufficient, as Gettier case examples allegedly demonstrate. There are a number of alternatives proposed, including Robert Nozick's arguments for a requirement that knowledge 'tracks the truth' and Simon Blackburn's additional requirement that we do not want to say that those who meet any of these conditions 'through a defect, flaw, or failure' have knowledge. Richard Kirkham suggests that our definition of knowledge requires that the evidence for the belief necessitates its truth. | ['Who said knowledge is justified true belief?', 'Do recent philosophers agree?', 'Why do some disagree?', 'How is knowledge obtained?', 'Is it implicit or explicit?', 'What does it mean to be implicit?', 'And explicit?', 'What term is used for the study of knowledge?', 'How many processes are involved with acquiring knowledge?', 'Are these simple processes?', 'Would communicating be one of them?', 'Is there much disagreement about the definition of knowledge?', 'In the classical sense, how many things must be true for something to be considered knowledge?', 'What are those?', 'Who described this definition?', 'Did he agree with the premise?', 'What do some philosophers claim?', 'What showed that that is likely the case?', 'What requirement would Nozick add to the list?', 'What does Kirkham say the definition should also require?'] | {'answers': ['Plato', 'some do', 'because of the Gettier problems', 'unknown', 'its both', 'like as with practical skill or expertise', 'as in the theoretical understanding of a subject', 'epistemology', 'Three', 'no', 'yes', 'yes', 'three', 'it must be justified, true, and believed.', 'Plato', 'no', 'they claim that these conditions are not sufficient', 'Gettier case examples', 'that knowledge tracks the truth', 'evidence'], 'answers_start': [552, 612, 614, -1, 304, 305, 366, 489, 854, 876, 883, 1054, 1185, 1278, 1187, 1186, 1357, 1409, 1513, 1768], 'answers_end': [611, 698, 731, -1, 427, 362, 427, 536, 955, 913, 954, 1129, 1314, 1356, 1233, 1234, 1409, 1456, 1590, 1882]} |
32riadziss4e5j4fqn05bz1exuas42 | Chinese President Hu Jintao, on his way to talks with President George W. Bush in prefix = st1 /Washington, on Tuesday met with Bill Gates.
After the meeting with Gates, the world's richest man, at Microsoft's headquarters, Hu restated that China would move against software pirates all the time.
At Microsoft Corp.'s campus, Hu said on Tuesday he admired what Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had achieved. He also sought to reassure Gates that China is serious about protecting intellectual property rights .
"Because you, Mr. Bill Gates, are a friend of China, I'm a friend of Microsoft," Hu said.
"Also, I am dealing with the operating system produced by Microsoft every day," he added, to laughter.
Gates responded: "Thank you, it's a fantastic relationship," and then said: "And if you ever need advice on how to use Windows, I'll be glad to help."
"Chinais focused on and has already accomplished much in creating and enforcing laws to protect intellectual property." he said. "We take our promises very seriously."
Hu also said he would certainly welcome a further increase in Microsoft's investment in China.
"I'd also like to take this opportunity to assure you, Bill Gates, that we will certainly honor our words in protecting intellectual property rights," Hu said.
In his brief visit to the Microsoft campus, Hu, accompanied by Gates and company CEO Steve Ballmer, saw some business technology demonstrations and toured Microsoft's Home of the Future, which features experimental technology that might someday be used in people's living spaces.
Following the visit at Microsoft, about 100 guests, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Gov. Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor, were invited to Gates' $100 million lakeside house on Lake Washington for a dinner.
China has recently begun requiring Chinese computer makers to load legal software on their machines.
In Seattle's Chinatown, many stores hung Chinese and U.S.flags to welcome Hu, and many in the crowd outside the stately Fairmont Hotel on Monday night where Hu was staying were there to support the Chinese president. | ['What is China serious about protecting?', 'Who is the Chinese president?', 'On what day of the week did he meet Gates?', 'Was he going to talk with a President as well?', 'Who?', 'In what city?', 'Was Gates referred to with a title regarding his wealth?', 'What is it?', 'Where Jintao and Gates have this meeting?', 'What did Jintao say he used every day?'] | {'answers': ['intellectual property', 'Hu Jintao', 'Tuesday', 'yes', 'President George W. Bush', 'Washington', 'yes', "world's richest man", "at Microsoft's headquarters", 'Microsoft operating system'], 'answers_start': [865, 0, 107, 28, 53, 78, 165, 176, 143, 631], 'answers_end': [983, 27, 140, 78, 78, 106, 196, 195, 224, 683]} |
3k772s5np8b77cns4z0jg7631fzhe2 | CHAPTER XXX
MR. JACKSON MAKES UP HIS MIND
Two years have elapsed and Mike is home again for the Easter holidays.
If Mike had been in time for breakfast that morning he might have gathered from the expression on his father's face, as Mr. Jackson opened the envelope containing his school report and read the contents, that the document in question was not exactly a paean of praise from beginning to end. But he was late, as usual. Mike always was late for breakfast in the holidays.
When he came down on this particular morning, the meal was nearly over. Mr. Jackson had disappeared, taking his correspondence with him; Mrs. Jackson had gone into the kitchen, and when Mike appeared the thing had resolved itself into a mere vulgar brawl between Phyllis and Ella for the jam, while Marjory, who had put her hair up a fortnight before, looked on in a detached sort of way, as if these juvenile gambols distressed her.
"Hullo, Mike," she said, jumping up as he entered; "here you are--I've been keeping everything hot for you."
"Have you? Thanks awfully. I say--" his eye wandered in mild surprise round the table. "I'm a bit late."
Marjory was bustling about, fetching and carrying for Mike, as she always did. She had adopted him at an early age, and did the thing thoroughly. She was fond of her other brothers, especially when they made centuries in first-class cricket, but Mike was her favourite. She would field out in the deep as a natural thing when Mike was batting at the net in the paddock, though for the others, even for Joe, who had played in all five Test Matches in the previous summer, she would do it only as a favour. | ['How long had it been since Mike had been home for the Easter holiday?', 'Was mike in time for breakfast that moring?', 'What was it that phyllis and Ella were fighting about?', 'When was the woman particularly fond of her brothers?', 'What was in the envelope Mr. Jackson opened?', 'Was it a good report?', 'What as it Joe had played in the previous summer?', 'Has Mr. Jackson stayed in the room when Mike came down that morning?', 'What is it he took with him when he left?', 'Where had Mrs. Jackson gone to?'] | {'answers': ['Two years', 'no', 'the jam', 'when they made centuries in cricket', "Mike's school report", 'not exactly', 'unknown', 'no', 'the report', 'the kitchen'], 'answers_start': [46, 408, 740, 1325, 282, 354, -1, 561, 590, 628], 'answers_end': [92, 489, 783, 1386, 303, 408, -1, 630, 628, 668]} |
3ob0cao74hp5dh4j40cdnayjjs6yh2 | India, officially the Republic of India ("Bhārat Gaṇarājya"), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE. In the following millennium, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed. Social stratification, based on caste, emerged in the first millennium BCE, and Buddhism and Jainism arose. Early political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta empires; the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as southeast Asia. In the medieval era, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived, and Sikhism emerged, all adding to the region's diverse culture. Much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate; the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire. The economy expanded in the 17th century in the Mughal Empire. In the mid-18th century, the subcontinent came under British East India Company rule, and in the mid-19th under British crown rule. A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century, which later, under Mahatma Gandhi, was noted for nonviolent resistance and led to India's independence in 1947. | ['What is the population of India?', 'Does this make it the largest population in the world?', 'What is it ranked?', 'And by land mass?', 'Where is it located?', 'Is it land locked?', 'What body of water is to the southeast?', 'And what does it lay west of?', 'Is it near Sri Lanka?', 'What else?', 'What system came about in the first millennium BCE?', 'How does this categorize people?', 'Which religions followed?', 'When did Christiannity appear?', 'Who controlled the north?', 'And the south?', 'When did they begin to have an active commerce?', 'Under the rule of whom?', 'When did the royal of Britain take control?', 'What began later that century?', 'Known for?', 'Led by whom?'] | {'answers': ['1.2 billion people', 'no', 'second', 'seventh', 'South Asia', 'no', 'the Bay of Bengal', 'It shares land borders with Pakistan', 'yes', 'the Maldives', 'Social stratification', 'based on caste', 'Buddhism and Jainism', 'In the medieval era', 'the Delhi sultanate', 'the Vijayanagara Empire', 'in the 17th century', 'the Mughal Empire', 'mid-19th century', 'A nationalist movement', 'nonviolent resistance', 'Mahatma Gandh'], 'answers_start': [132, 132, 132, 90, 0, 244, 330, 365, 527, 527, 871, 872, 872, 1141, 1285, 1332, 1384, 1384, 1533, 1578, 1579, 1579], 'answers_end': [195, 165, 166, 131, 88, 290, 365, 414, 565, 582, 947, 947, 978, 1218, 1330, 1382, 1445, 1445, 1577, 1634, 1706, 1668]} |
3wj1oxy92agboo5nlq4r7bndc5ga81 | CHAPTER XXII--THE CITY OF BRIDGES
So for long hours sat Enid by her lord, There in the naked hall, propping his head, And chafing his pale hands, and calling to him. And at the last he waken'd from his swoon.
TENNYSON, Enid.
The transit was happily effected, and closely hidden in wool, Leonard Copeland was lifted out the boat, more than half unconscious, and afterwards transferred to the vessel, and placed in wrappings as softly and securely as Grisell and Clemence could arrange before King Edward's men came to exact their poundage on the freight, but happily did not concern themselves about the sick man.
He might almost be congratulated on his semi-insensibility, for though he suffered, he would not retain the recollection of his suffering, and the voyage was very miserable to every one, though the weather was far from unfavourable, as the captain declared. Grisell indeed was so entirely taken up with ministering to her knight that she seemed impervious to sickness or discomfort. It was a great relief to enter on the smooth waters of the great canal from Ostend, and Lambert stood on the deck recognising old landmarks, and pointing them out with the joy of homecoming to Clemence, who perhaps felt less delight, since the joys of her life had only begun when she turned her back on her unkind kinsfolk.
Nor did her face light up as his did while he pointed out to Grisell the beauteous belfry, rising on high above the many-peaked gables, though she did smile when a long-billed, long-legged stork flapped his wings overhead, and her husband signed that it was in greeting. The greeting that delighted him she could not hear, the sweet chimes from that same tower, which floated down the stream, when he doffed his cap, crossed himself, and clasped his hands in devout thanksgiving. | ['Who did he sit by?', 'Where?', 'Who was removed from the floating vessel?', 'Was he alive?', 'Where was he put?', 'Did the other people care about him?', 'Who was taking care of the knight?', 'Were the waters choppy?', 'Who was showing famous land marks?', 'Who to?', 'Was she happy when he showed he belfry?', 'What bird was there?', 'Why?', 'What did she not observe?'] | {'answers': ['lord', 'naked hall', 'Leonard Copeland', 'half unconscious', 'placed in wrappings', 'did not concern themselves about the sick man.', 'Grisell', 'No, smooth waters', 'Lambert', 'Clemence', 'she did smile', 'ong-legged stork', 'it was in greeting', 'sweet chime'], 'answers_start': [72, 91, 295, 347, 411, 573, 881, 1044, 1089, 1199, 1476, 1511, 1584, 1661], 'answers_end': [76, 101, 311, 363, 430, 621, 888, 1057, 1101, 1207, 1489, 1527, 1602, 1671]} |
3wyp994k17rpgsk28hl9qj9tafv6yg | CHAPTER IX.
COUSINS.
"Come in," called Beth, answering a knock at her door.
Louise entered, and with a little cry ran forward and caught Beth in her arms, kissing her in greeting.
"You must be my new cousin--Cousin Elizabeth--and I'm awfully glad to see you at last!" she said, holding the younger girl a little away, that she might examine her carefully.
Beth did not respond to the caress. She eyed her opponent sharply, for she knew well enough, even in that first moment, that they were engaged in a struggle for supremacy in Aunt Jane's affections, and that in the battles to come no quarter could be asked or expected.
So they stood at arm's length, facing one another and secretly forming an estimate each of the other's advantages and accomplishments.
"She's pretty enough, but has no style whatever," was Louise's conclusion. "Neither has she tact nor self-possession, or even a prepossessing manner. She wears her new gown in a dowdy manner and one can read her face easily. There's little danger in this quarter, I'm sure, so I may as well be friends with the poor child."
As for Beth, she saw at once that her "new cousin" was older and more experienced in the ways of the world, and therefore liable to prove a dangerous antagonist. Slender and graceful of form, attractive of feature and dainty in manner, Louise must be credited with many advantages; but against these might be weighed her evident insincerity--the volubility and gush that are so often affected to hide one's real nature, and which so shrewd and suspicious a woman as Aunt Jane could not fail to readily detect. Altogether, Beth was not greatly disturbed by her cousin's appearance, and suddenly realizing that they had been staring at one another rather rudely, she said, pleasantly enough: | ['Who did Beth meet for the first time?', 'What was their relationship?', 'Were they competing for something?', 'What?', 'What did they do to each other after the saying hello?', "What was Beth's estimation of Louise?", "What was Louise's of Beth?", 'What did Beth think of Aunt Jane?', "Was Beth agitated by Louise's appearance?", 'Is Beth a nickname?', 'What is her full name?', 'Who is older?', 'How did she greet Beth?', 'Did Beth respond?', 'Did she think Louise had any advantage?', 'Did she think she had any disadvantages?', 'What?', 'Did Beth think Aunt Jane would notice?', 'Did Louise think that Beth was stylish?', 'What did she think she lacked?'] | {'answers': ['Louise', "They're cousins", 'Yes', "Aunt Jane's affections", 'Faced one another', 'That she was older and more experienced', 'She was pretty enough', 'She was shrewd and suspicious', 'No', 'Yes', 'Elizabeth', 'Louise', 'Hugged and kissed her', 'No', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Her evident insincerity', 'Yes', 'No', 'Tact and self-possession'], 'answers_start': [82, 208, 540, 540, 668, 1155, 781, 1533, 1631, 223, 223, 276, 136, 375, 1365, 1421, 1421, 1582, 952, 866], 'answers_end': [88, 214, 562, 562, 686, 1181, 794, 1554, 1652, 232, 232, 279, 168, 386, 1380, 1440, 1440, 1608, 957, 890]} |
3ql2ofsm96ikkappb6p1v33w131cnu | CHAPTER XXIII. THE OVERWHELMING ODDS
At half-past ten that same evening, Blakeney, still clad in a workman's tattered clothes, his feet bare so that he could tread the streets unheard, turned into the Rue de la Croix Blanche.
The porte-cochere of the house where Armand lodged had been left on the latch; not a soul was in sight. Peering cautiously round, he slipped into the house. On the ledge of the window, immediately on his left when he entered, a candle was left burning, and beside it there was a scrap of paper with the initials S. P. roughly traced in pencil. No one challenged him as he noiselessly glided past it, and up the narrow stairs that led to the upper floor. Here, too, on the second landing the door on the right had been left on the latch. He pushed it open and entered.
As is usual even in the meanest lodgings in Paris houses, a small antechamber gave between the front door and the main room. When Percy entered the antechamber was unlighted, but the door into the inner room beyond was ajar. Blakeney approached it with noiseless tread, and gently pushed it open.
That very instant he knew that the game was up; he heard the footsteps closing up behind him, saw Armand, deathly pale, leaning against the wall in the room in front of him, and Chauvelin and Heron standing guard over him.
The next moment the room and the antechamber were literally alive with soldiers--twenty of them to arrest one man. | ['what was burning?', 'what city was he in?', 'what was between the door and main room?', 'was it lit?', 'was he heavyfooted?', 'was he followed?', 'by whom?', 'Who was being guarded?'] | {'answers': ['a candle', 'Paris', 'soldiers', 'No', 'No', 'Yes', 'Armand,', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [455, 800, 1324, 925, 1025, 1147, 1147, 1277], 'answers_end': [481, 856, 1403, 974, 1069, 1192, 1205, 1323]} |
3lrliptpeq9vjp7ouf1uxgw473jakp | (CNN) -- Ryan Lochte won the United States' first gold medal at the London Olympics with an outstanding performance in Saturday's 400m individual medley.
Swimming superstar Michael Phelps, who has 14 Olympic gold medals from his three previous Olympics, could only manage fourth place in a disappointing performance.
"I think I am in shock right now. Going into these Games I knew I was capable of getting the win. I'm happy that I was able to do that," said Lochte.
The rivalry between Lochte and Phelps has dominated the build up to this year's swimming competition, but Phelps couldn't live up to the hype as he struggled to find the form that helped him win eight golds in eight days at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
With First Lady Michelle Obama in attendance, Lochte, the current Fina male swimmer of the year, dominated the race from the start.
The six-time Olympic medal winner, including three golds, opened up an early lead and never looked liked being caught in the race that combines four different strokes.
Phelps hasn't missed out on a medal since finishing fifth in the 200m butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but he ends day one empty handed after finishing behind surprise medal winners Thiago Pereira and Kosuke Hagino.
"It was just a crappy race. They swam a better race than me, they swam a smarter race than me and that is why they are on the podium," said Phelps, who is scheduled to compete in seven events at the Games. | ['What sport is Phelps in?', 'Who was his teammate?', 'Who do they swim for?', 'What did Lochte win?', 'What place?', 'Where?', 'When?', 'How many medals does Phelps have?', 'How many games had he performed at before?', 'What place did he come out in the race?', 'Where were the games in 2008?'] | {'answers': ['swimming', 'Ryan Lochte', 'the United States', '400m individual medley.', 'first place', 'at the London Olympics', 'Saturday', '14 gold medals', 'Three', '4th', 'Beijing'], 'answers_start': [156, 9, 21, 0, 9, 61, 119, 175, 226, 256, 700], 'answers_end': [189, 43, 61, 154, 61, 83, 155, 223, 254, 319, 725]} |
3ifs6q0hjij8dq3ubc2950bx159si0 | Poor Alice was very unhappy. "What a wonderful garden!" she said to herself. "I'd like to be out there - not in this dark room. Why can't I get smaller?" It was already a very strange day. and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible. After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and she saw a little bottle on the table. Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters. But Alice was a careful girl. "It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles," she said. "What will it do to me?" She drank a little bit very slowly. The taste was very nice. like chocolate and oranges and hot sweet coffee. and very soon Alice finished the bottle. "What a strange feeling!" said Alice. "I think I' m getting smaller and smaller every second." And she was. A few minutes later she was only 25 centimeters high. "And now," she said happily, "I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden." She ran at once to the door. When she got there. she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but of course, she was now much too small! There was the key, high above her, on top of the table. She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she could not do it. At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily. "Come now," she said, "Stop crying at once. What's the use of crying?" She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this. Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it.[:. . ] Nothing could surprise Alice now. "Well, I'II eat it," she said. "If I get taller, I can take the key off the table. And if I get smaller, I can get under the door. _ I'll get into the garden. So it doesn't matter what happens!" She went on eating, but nothing happened. | ['Who was unhappy?', 'Did it say EAT ME on the bottle she found?', 'What did it say that on?', 'What must she do to make her way outside?', 'Where did she find the thing to sip from?', 'How many things did the liquid remind her of?', 'Did it make her taller and taller?', 'What did it make her?', 'Small enough to make it through to outside?', 'When she was outside, did she remember that she had she forgotten her hat?', 'What had she forgotten?', 'Was this easily retrieved?', 'Why not?', 'What did she have to do to become bigger?', 'Did it work?', 'Did she shock her?', 'What did she tell herself to cease?', 'Did she wind up 30 cms tall?', 'How tall was she?', 'Was the outdoors area she wanted to go to ugly?'] | {'answers': ['Alice', 'no', 'a cake', 'get smaller', 'on the table', 'Three', 'no', 'smaller', 'yes', 'no', 'the little gold key', 'no', 'She was too small.', 'eat the cake', 'no', 'no', 'crying', 'no', '25 centimeters', 'no'], 'answers_start': [0, 394, 1587, 127, 332, 643, 717, 796, 865, 1042, 1042, 1264, 1131, 1586, 1947, 1719, 1473, 866, 866, 28], 'answers_end': [28, 485, 1718, 153, 486, 716, 853, 852, 1012, 1130, 1130, 1336, 1207, 1835, 1989, 1752, 1494, 919, 920, 56]} |
3yhh42uu5bfa2irondg2nax6oxf0lr | As Danny put his lunch tray onto the cafeteria table, milk spilled all over his sandwich. "This is the worst thing I've ever done!" he said, "It's not that bad," said his friend Elena, who was sitting across from him. "Just get another sandwich." "Sandwich? What sandwich? I am talking about the talent contest . It's only two weeks away and I don't know what I'm doing! Everybody will laugh at me. There's no way to avoid it!" "Don't be so _ , Danny," said Elena as she rolled her eyes. "You're going to be great. You have the skills to do just about anything." Danny moved his lunch tray to the side and rested his head on the table. "Sit up Danny," ordered Elena, "I have an idea. Let's brainstorm a list of things you could do. We'll divide the list into categories or groups. Let's start with music. You play the piano, right?" "I stopped taking lessons in the third grade," said Danny. "What about singing a song?" suggested Elena. Danny shook his head no. "Let's move on to another category." "What about performing magic tricks?" asked Elena, as she twisted thin strands of hair around her finger. "I don't know how to play magic tricks!" Danny almost shouted. "Stop being so..." Elena paused, "That's it, DRAMATIC!" Elena shouted excitedly. "You could do a dramatic reading. You definitely have the talent for it. Mrs. Pace always calls on you to read aloud in class. You could read a play aloud. Maybe you could even get extra credit from Mrs. Pace. She rewards students with points for doing extra reading work." Danny thought for a minute. Then he smiled. "Elena," Danny said, "You are a great friend!" Elena smiled back. "I just want to make sure you are a bright, shiny star when you step out on stage." | ['what was Danny talking about?', 'with who?', 'who is one of their teachers?', 'what did Danny spill on his sandwich?', 'where was he at the time?', 'where did he put his tray?', 'what did Elena tell him to do about it?', 'how soon was the talent contest?', 'where did Danny rest his head?', 'what instrument does he play?', 'could he also sing?', 'did he know any tricks?', 'was he yelling?', 'how did Elena think he was being?'] | {'answers': ['The talent contest', 'Elena', 'Mrs. Pace', 'Milk', 'The cafeteria', 'The cafeteria table', 'To get another sandwich', 'Two weeks', 'On the table.', 'The piano', 'Yes', 'No', 'Almost', 'DRAMATIC'], 'answers_start': [272, 143, 1322, 0, 0, 0, 142, 273, 563, 781, 893, 1001, 1107, 1169], 'answers_end': [311, 216, 1375, 88, 89, 89, 244, 337, 635, 831, 961, 1144, 1167, 1222]} |
354gidr5zb6x5m22ykujpq5ilp200w | Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonald's in April. Within a month doctors told him that he had color1ectal cancer. After stock market hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when the market opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, McDonald's had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss.
Mr. Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonald's franchisees . Mr. Cantalupo was a McDonald's veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr. Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr. Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened board confirmed Mr. Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job. The convention got its promised chief executive's address, from the firm's first non-American leader.
Yet within weeks executives had to think about what to do if Mr. Bell became too ill to continue. Perhaps Mr. Bell had the same thing on his mind: he usually introduced Jim Skinner, the 60-year-old vice-chairman, to visitors as the "steady hand at the wheel". Now Mr. Skinner, an expert on the firm's overseas operations, becomes chief executive, and Mike Roberts, head of its American operations, joins the board as chief operating officer.
Is Mr. Roberts now the new heir apparent? Maybe. McDonald's has brought in supposedly healthier choices such as salads and toasted sandwiches worldwide and, instead of relying for most of its growth on opening new restaurants, has turned to upgrading its 31,000 existing ones. America has done best at this; under Mr. Roberts, like-for-like sales there were up by 7. 5% in October on a year earlier.
The new team's task is to keep the revitalization plan on course, especially overseas, where some American brands are said to face political hostility from consumers. This is a big challenge. Is an in-house succession(, ) the best way to tackle it? Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts are both company veterans, having joined in the 1970s. Some recent academic studies find that the planned succession of a new boss from within, such as Mr. Bell and now (arguably) Mr. Roberts, produces better results than looking hastily, or outside, for one. McDonald's smooth handling of its serial misfortunes at the top certainly seems to prove the point. Even so, everyone at McDonald's must be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency. | ['What fast food chain is the article in reference to?', 'Who are veterans of the company?', 'Who was the first non american CEO?', 'Who died while being CEO?', 'and his successor was?', "Who joined the team in the 70's?", 'Who resigned from the company in November?', 'How old was he when he became CEO', 'Who is assumed to be the new lead of the corporation?', 'Has the company been doing well under his guidance?'] | {'answers': ["McDonald's", '.Jim Cantalupo and Charlie Bell', 'unknown', 'Jim Cantalupo', 'Charlie Bell', 'Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts', 'unknown', '44', 'Mike Roberts', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 580, -1, 431, 431, 2259, -1, 908, 1609, 1917], 'answers_end': [123, 1060, -1, 582, 582, 2343, -1, 1061, 1658, 2009]} |
35bldd71i6xa08985bv0giyuxvnzva | (CNN) -- Does money make you happy? Does being rich contribute to your spiritual life and its possibilities?
Is the gap between the rich and poor a religious problem as well as a social problem in desperate need of solutions?
Jesus, Pope Francis, and brain scientists have asked these questions, and the answers are clear if unnerving. Wealth and power are dangerous for your mental health, your spiritual condition, and for society in general -- especially when they contribute to the neglect of the poor. New research explains how this works (more on this in a minute).
Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy. Jesus knew this: "You will always have the poor among you," he said (Matthew 26:11). He also said, "God blesses you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours." (Luke 6:20). Only a few verses before this moment in Luke, he cries (echoing the Old Testament): "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring the good news to the poor." (Luke 4:18).
Jesus also noted, famously and controversially, that it is easier "for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 19:23-24).
Let's just hope that we've got some very skinny camels.
Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special pleasure in helping the poor, dedicating his efforts to them. He must have shaken his head at the large gaps between rich and poor throughout ancient Palestine in the first century. | ['Is getting rid of poverty a reality?', 'Who knew this?', 'What did he say?', 'What Bible verse is that from?', 'What else did he say?', 'What is that from?', 'Did he encourage accumulating wealth?', 'What did he worry about?', 'Who did he like to help?', 'What have many said about wealth and power?', 'What is one of the questions being asked?', 'What is another one?', "What does Jesus say it's easier for?", 'What part of the bible says that?'] | {'answers': ['Proverty', 'Jesus', 'You will always have the poor among you,', 'Matthew 26:11', 'God blesses you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours', 'Luke 6:20', 'No', 'worried about its effects on those who had it', 'poor people', 'are dangerous for your mental health, your spiritual condition, and for society in general', 'Does money make you happy?', 'Does being rich contribute to your spiritual life and its possibilities?', 'for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven', 'Luke 4:18'], 'answers_start': [578, 633, 651, 702, 733, 798, 1251, 1296, 1385, 356, 9, 36, 1072, 991], 'answers_end': [1003, 638, 691, 715, 794, 807, 1295, 1342, 1389, 447, 35, 109, 1168, 1000]} |
3x0h8uuit1oqelnz0t6o6rk5hsdsw2 | (CNN) -- Noah Baumbach is emerging as an emotionally acute, not to say eviscerating, observer of the middle-class intelligentsia, the kind of people who write letters to "The New York Times" and might plausibly pop up in a Woody Allen movie.
Unlike the Woodman, Baumbach doesn't show his face on screen, but his films are no less personal for that: "The Squid and the Whale" was a sometimes wincingly autobiographical account of two boys torn between their divorcing parents, and he's not one to deflect an insight with a wisecrack. The cracks just cut deeper. I've rarely experienced an audience recoil from a character as passionately as they did to Nicole Kidman's toxically self-absorbed writer in "Margot at the Wedding" (maybe her best performance, incidentally). These are comedies in the sense that the characters are painfully ridiculous -- and all too recognizably real -- but Baumbach sure doesn't make it easy for himself, or us.
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is another neurotic narcissist, a middle-aged loner who comes back to Los Angeles to house-sit while his brother enjoys a long vacation in the Far East. Greenberg (only his brother calls him Roger) can feed the family dog, but the truth is that he desperately needs to regroup and recharge after a spell in a mental hospital.
He has one friend, Ivan (Rhys Ifans), who still has time for him and a wider circle of former friends who don't. We soon learn that Greenberg used to front a band, but it fell apart after he turned down a recording deal, and he's been in New York ever since, under-achieving on a permanent basis. | ['Who is an observer of middle class intelligentsia?', 'Does he appear on screen?', 'What was the film about two boys?', 'Was it about their loving parents?', 'Who was in Margot at the Wedding?', 'Are these movies thrillers?', 'Who played Roger Greenberg?', 'What city does the character come back to?', 'To do what?', 'For whom?', 'Where was his brother going/', 'What does Greenburg do for the dog?'] | {'answers': ['Noah Baumbach', 'No', '"The Squid and the Whale"', 'No', 'Nicole Kidman', 'No', 'Ben Stiller', 'Los Angeles', 'House-sit', 'His brother', 'Far East', 'Feed the family dog'], 'answers_start': [9, 244, 350, 350, 562, 772, 946, 946, 946, 1061, 1076, 1128], 'answers_end': [129, 304, 439, 477, 727, 848, 975, 1057, 1071, 1088, 1128, 1198]} |
3wr9xg3t63bsmlkn2k2ug85iam0749 | CHAPTER VIII
Kate was stirring early, but not as early as her sister, who met her on the threshold of her room. Her face was quite pale, and she held a letter in her hand. "What does this mean, Kate?"
"What is the matter?" asked Kate, her own color fading from her cheek.
"They are gone--with their horses. Left before day, and left this."
She handed Kate an open letter. The girl took it hurriedly, and read--
"When you get this we shall be no more; perhaps not even as much. Ned found the trail yesterday, and we are taking the first advantage of it before day. We dared not trust ourselves to say 'Good-by!' last evening; we were too cowardly to face you this morning; we must go as we came, without warning, but not without regret. We leave a package and a letter for your husband. It is not only our poor return for your gentleness and hospitality, but, since it was accidentally the means of giving us the pleasure of your society, we beg you to keep it in safety until his return. We kiss your mother's hands. Ned wants to say something more, but time presses, and I only allow him to send his love to Minnie, and to tell her that he is trying to find the red snow.
"GEORGE LEE."
"But he is not fit to travel," said Mrs. Hale. "And the trail--it may not be passable."
"It was passable the day before yesterday," said Kate drearily, "for I discovered it, and went as far as the buck-eyes." | ['who was stirring?', 'when?', 'who got up first?', 'was she flush?', 'where did they meet?', 'who was gone?', 'what was given to kate?', 'by who', 'who left the letter', 'what was found?', 'by who?', 'when?', 'did he trust himself to say good bye?', 'was he brave?', 'what was left', 'who was the letter too?', 'who had more to say??', 'whose hand was kissed', 'who is not fit?', 'is the trail passable?'] | {'answers': ['Kate', 'early', 'her sister', 'no', 'threshold of her room', 'the men and their horses', 'a letter', '"GEORGE LEE."', '"GEORGE LEE."', 'the trail', 'Ned', 'yesterday', 'no', 'no', 'a package and a letter', 'her husband', 'Ned', "their mothers'", 'Ned', 'It was passable the day before yesterday'], 'answers_start': [15, 24, 40, 113, 91, 278, 348, 1185, 1185, 487, 486, 485, 574, 635, 746, 771, 1027, 998, 1201, 1291], 'answers_end': [38, 38, 70, 138, 112, 311, 378, 1199, 1199, 507, 507, 515, 633, 655, 794, 794, 1058, 1025, 1230, 1334]} |
3wrfbplxraow7at6ide020z2wvyn3s | As the forceful king of Macedonia , Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian Empire, becoming a hero that would survive centuries after his death.
Born in 356 B.C., Alexander III was the son of Philip II and Olympias. Alexander's parents wanted him to receive the finest education, and arranged for him to study under Aristotle, regarded as one of the greatest scholars.
Alexander's father was a strong leader. Philip II built an impressive army and established the Macedonian kingdom; he was even planning to attack Persia shortly before his death.
In 336, Philip was murdered by one of his guards. Although it was obvious that the guard had a personal hatred, there are clues that other people were related to it.
After Alexander was cleared as a suspect, he succeeded his father without opposition, and killed those said to be responsible for his father's murder, as well as all rivals. He was then just 20 years old. He then prepared to attack Persia.
In the spring of 334, Alexander led the army made up of nearly 50,000 soldiers into Asia, which is called "the most powerful military expedition ever to leave Greece", He soundly defeated the Persian army at the Granicus River, sending a strong message to Darius III, leader of the Persian Empire.
In 333, Alexander faced Darius at Issus, a mountain pass. The Macedonian army was greatly outnumbered but able to work the narrow mountain passageway to their advantage. Darius managed to escape. Continuing down the Mediterranean Coast, Alexander took every city in his path.
In 332 Alexander declared Egypt to be part of the Greek Empire and was crowned Pharaoh .
When Alexander left Egypt in 331, he defeated the Persians again and was crowned leader of Asia.
In 323, however, Alexander developed a fever on the way back home and died 10 days later at Babylon. He was just 33 years old. | ["Who were Alexander's mom and pop?", "What's something they wanted for their boy?", 'So, who did they get to help him get that?', 'Was he a decent teacher?', "Did Alexander's dad have his very own army?", 'Where were they based?', 'Were they trying to start a battle?', 'With who?', "What happened to Alexander's dad?", 'By whom?', 'When?', 'Did they ever consider Alexander as a suspect?', 'How did he take revenge on those who killed his dad?', "Did he spare his dad's enemies?", 'How old was he when he became the new leader?', "Did he continue his dad's war plans?", 'Did he successfully pull that off?', 'How many troops did it take?', 'Who did he face at the mountain?', 'When did Alexander leave Egypt?'] | {'answers': ['Philip II and Olympias', 'the finest education', 'Aristotle', 'Yes!', 'Yes', 'Macedonian kingdom', 'Yes', 'Persia', 'was murdered', 'one of his guards', '336', 'Yes', 'Killed them', 'No', '20', 'Yes', 'Yes', '50,000', 'Darius', '331'], 'answers_start': [197, 263, 321, 351, 415, 471, 491, 522, 572, 588, 559, 725, 815, 876, 915, 930, 1135, 1030, 1290, 1665], 'answers_end': [219, 283, 330, 372, 451, 489, 555, 528, 585, 605, 563, 766, 898, 898, 918, 965, 1195, 1036, 1297, 1668]} |
37u1utwh9vm3n5r4n1qd21cndj7r8e | The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1787 after the American Revolutionary War, it was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy. It developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819. After surviving two devastating fires and various relocations within the area, the school moved to its current location in the Oakland neighborhood of the city; it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh in 1908. For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution, until 1966 when it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges located at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and 28,766 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university also includes four undergraduate schools located at campuses within Western Pennsylvania: Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. The 132-acre Pittsburgh campus has multiple contributing historic buildings of the Schenley Farms Historic District, most notably its 42-story Gothic revival centerpiece, the Cathedral of Learning. The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), as well as the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and Carnegie Mellon University. | ['What institution was created in 1787?', 'What was its original name?', 'it was then changed to what?', 'what year did that happen?', 'was its location always the same?', 'what catastrophe happened to it more than once?', 'what is its nickname?', 'where did it finally move to?', 'is it still there?', 'what year did it take its current name?', 'has it always been a public uni?', 'what year did that change?', 'when it became a part of what system?', 'how big is the campus?', 'what is the location of those schools?', 'how many people are enrolled there?', 'what is its most notable central building?', 'how tall is that?'] | {'answers': ['University of Pittsburgh', 'Pittsburgh Academy', 'Western University of Pennsylvania', '1819', 'no', 'fires', 'Pitt', 'Oakland neighborhood of the city', 'yes', '1908', 'no', '1966', 'Commonwealth System of Higher Education.', '17 schools and college', 'urban Pittsburgh campus', '28,766', 'the Cathedral of Learning', '42-story'], 'answers_start': [4, 241, 293, 358, 364, 396, 54, 491, 365, 575, 580, 644, 676, 749, 815, 892, 1276, 1239], 'answers_end': [28, 259, 327, 362, 580, 401, 58, 523, 580, 579, 717, 648, 717, 798, 838, 898, 1301, 1247]} |
3kwtyt087039xpdpkjme45tx5zsl5n | The rare moments Christos Sourovelis can take a break from running his own painting business, he can be found toiling away on his family's dream house in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
"I'm a working guy. I work every day, six days a week, even seven if I have to," Sourovelis says. One day this past March, without warning, the government took his house away, even though he and his wife, Markella, have never been charged with a crime or accused of any wrongdoing.
"I was so upset thinking somebody's going to take my house for nothing. That makes me crazy," Sourovelis says, shaking his head.
The nightmare began when police showed up at the house and arrested their 22-year-old son, Yianni, on drug charges -- $40 worth of heroin. Authorities say he was selling drugs out of the home. The Sourvelises say they had no knowledge of any involvement their son might have had with drugs.
A month-and-a-half later police came back -- this time to seize their house, forcing the Sourvelises and their children out on the street that day. Authorities came with the electric company in tow to turn off the power and even began locking the doors with screws, the Sourvelises say. Authorities won't comment on the exact circumstances because of pending litigation regarding the case.
Police and prosecutors came armed with a lawsuit against the house itself. It was being forfeited and transferred to the custody of the Philadelphia District Attorney. Authorities said the house was tied to illegal drugs and therefore subject to civil forfeiture. | ['How much does Christos work?', 'When did he lose his home?', 'Was it expected?', 'How did he lose it?', 'Was it because they were criminals?', 'Who was arrested?', 'Who is that?', 'What was the cause of arrest?', 'Was he 30 years old?', 'How old?', 'What kind of drugs was it for?', 'How long before the house was taken?', 'Is the lawsuit done?', 'What do authorities say about the situation?', 'Why not?', 'What happened with the house?', 'Why could it be forfeited?', "What was Christos's job?", 'Was he married?', 'To who?'] | {'answers': ['every day', 'this past March', 'no', 'the government took it', 'no', 'Yianni', 'their son', 'drugs', 'no', '22', 'heroin', 'A month-and-a-half', 'no', "they won't comment", 'because of pending litigation', 'transferred to the Philadelphia District Attorney', 'it was tied to illegal drugs', 'he owned a business', 'yes', 'Markella'], 'answers_start': [204, 283, 307, 325, 399, 659, 668, 658, 673, 674, 718, 893, 1244, 1179, 1232, 1360, 1452, 17, 372, 373], 'answers_end': [263, 359, 359, 359, 437, 697, 697, 714, 689, 689, 737, 968, 1281, 1282, 1281, 1451, 1548, 92, 388, 398]} |
34s6n1k2zvjldixkllnnt2wn90ihli | The Sun had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the United Kingdom, but in late 2013 slipped to second largest Saturday newspaper behind the Daily Mail. It had an average daily circulation of 2.2 million copies in March 2014. Between July and December 2013 the paper had an average daily readership of approximately 5.5 million, with approximately 31% of those falling into the ABC1 demographic and 68% in the C2DE demographic. Approximately 41% of readers are women. The Sun has been involved in many controversies in its history, including its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster. Regional editions of the newspaper for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are published in Glasgow (The Scottish Sun), Belfast (The Sun) and Dublin (The Irish Sun) respectively.
On 26 February 2012, The Sun on Sunday was launched to replace the closed News of the World, employing some of its former journalists. In late 2013, it was given a new look, with a new typeface. The average circulation for The Sun on Sunday in March 2014 was 1,686,840; but in May 2015 The Mail on Sunday sold more copies for the first time, an average of 28,650 over those of its rival: 1,497,855 to 1,469,195. Roy Greenslade issued some caveats over the May 2015 figures, but believes the weekday Daily Mail will overtake The Sun in circulation during 2016. | ['Does it look like the Sun will continue to out circulate the Daily Mail in 2016?', 'Who believes that this will be true?', 'Where is the paper usually distributed?', 'Was there a new version started around 2012?', 'Why was it launched?', 'Did it do anything else to involving that paper?', 'What was the largest demographic that bought the Sun around 2013?', 'Was it a scandal free paper?', 'What is an example of one?', 'Was the appearance ever changed?', 'When?', 'When did it outsell other papers for the first time since it slipped to second?'] | {'answers': ['No', 'Roy Greenslade', 'United Kingdom', 'The Sun on Sunday', 'replace the closed News of the World,', 'employing some of its former journalists', '1,686,840', 'No, The Sun has been involved in many controversies', 'overage of the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster.', 'Yes, it was given a new look, with a new typeface.', 'late 2013', 'May 2015'], 'answers_start': [1320, 1233, 66, 842, 875, 914, 1080, 482, 561, 969, 959, 1097], 'answers_end': [1380, 1247, 80, 859, 913, 954, 1089, 530, 620, 1015, 968, 1106]} |
3wmoan2srbxgjjvp2nk6lvrlnmavnu | CHAPTER XXII--ANGEL AND BEAR
"Enough of science and of art! Close up those barren leaves, Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives." - WORDSWORTH.
A telegram had been handed to Mr. Mayor, which he kept to himself, smiling over it, and he--at least--was not taken utterly by surprise at the sight of a tall handsome man, who stepped forward with something like a shout.
"Angel! Lance! Why, is it Robin, too?"
"Bear, Bear, old Bear, how did you come?"
"I couldn't stop when I heard at Clipstone that Angel was here, so I left Phyllis and the kid with her mother. Oh, Angel, Angel, to meet at Bexley after all!"
They clung together almost as they had done when they were the riotous elements of the household, while Lance opened the front door, and Robina, mindful of appearances, impelled them into the hall, Bernard exclaiming, "Pratt's room! Whose teeth is it?"
"Don't you want Wilmet to hold your hands and make you open your mouth?" said Lance, laughing.
Gertrude, who had already received the Indian arrival, met Angela, who was bounding up to see to her charge, with, "Not come in yet! She is gone out with the children quite happily, with Awdrey's doll in her arms. Come and enjoy each other in peace."
"In the office, please," said Angela. "That is home. We shall be our four old selves."
Lance opened the office door, and gave a hint to Mr. Lamb, while they looked at each other by the fire. | ['where was phyllis and her child?', 'where were they meeting?', 'who opened the door?', 'who had received a letter?', 'was he happy?', 'who look at each other?', 'who had gertrude already received?', 'where did he hear that angel was there?', 'who was mindful of how they look?', 'Did Mr. Mayor share the letter with anyone?', 'what did Lance say before laughing?', 'where did Angela feel at home?'] | {'answers': ['with her mother', 'Bexley', 'Lance', 'Mr. Mayor', 'yes', 'Lance and Mr. Lamb', 'the Indian arrival', 'Clipstone', 'Robina', 'no', '"Don\'t you want Wilmet to hold your hands and make you open your mouth?"', 'in the office'], 'answers_start': [554, 614, 751, 179, 227, 1341, 999, 508, 784, 217, 902, 1252], 'answers_end': [595, 632, 778, 216, 259, 1444, 1052, 548, 814, 242, 996, 1338]} |
3zppdn2slvwes6596ncr3q8fi489ep | Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics after several years' hard work. In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realise her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate special machines Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012. | ['Who was the first American Woman in space?', 'When did she do that?', 'What did she travel in ?', 'What was the name of it?', 'Was she alone?', 'How many were with her?', 'Were they all astronauts?', 'Did she always want to be an astronaut?', 'What was her first plan?', 'Did she train for it?', 'How long?', 'Where did she attend college?', 'What did she learn about?', 'Did she graduate?', 'With what?', 'When did she become an astronaut?', 'How old was she?', 'Was she ever a teacher?', 'Where?', 'When did she die?'] | {'answers': ['Sally Ride.', 'Jun. 18, 1983.', 'A spaceship.', 'Challenger.', 'No.', 'Four.', 'Yes.', 'No.', 'She wanted to be a tennis player.', 'Yes.', 'Three months.', 'Stanford University.', 'Science.', 'Yes.', 'PhD in astrophysics', '1977', '26', 'Yes.', 'University of California.', '2012.'], 'answers_start': [0, 790, 780, 790, 758, 759, 758, 98, 128, 176, 176, 245, 256, 339, 379, 439, 1, 900, 902, 1041], 'answers_end': [97, 842, 825, 825, 806, 806, 806, 176, 176, 243, 222, 277, 307, 437, 406, 487, 42, 951, 951, 1073]} |
3y5140z9dxgb0yn2jvyfav6mfygipf | CHAPTER XV. HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM
"For strangers then did so increase, By reason of King Henry's queen, And privileged in many a place To dwell, as was in London seen. Poor tradesmen had small dealing then And who but strangers bore the bell, Which was a grief to Englishmen To see them here in London dwell."
Ill May Day, by CHURCHILL, a Contemporary Poet.
Time passed on, and Edmund Burgess, who had been sent from York to learn the perfection of his craft, completed his term and returned to his home, much regretted in the Dragon court, where his good humour and good sense had generally kept the peace, both within and without.
Giles Headley was now the eldest prentice. He was in every way greatly improved, thoroughly accepting his position, and showing himself quite ready both to learn and to work; but he had not the will or the power of avoiding disputes with outsiders, or turning them aside with a merry jest; and rivalries and quarrels with the armoury at the Eagle began to increase. The Dragon, no doubt, turned out finer workmanship, and this the Eagle alleged was wholly owing to nefarious traffic with the old Spanish or Moorish sorcerer in Warwick Inner Yard, a thing unworthy of honest Englishmen. This made Giles furious, and the cry never failed to end in a fight, in which Stephen supported the cause of the one house, and George Bates and his comrades of the other.
It was the same with even the archery at Mile End, where the butts were erected, and the youth contended with the long bow, which was still considered as the safeguard of England. King Henry often looked in on these matches, and did honour to the winners. One match there was in especial, on Mothering Sunday, when the champions of each guild shot against one another at such a range that it needed a keen eye to see the popinjay--a stuffed bird at which they shot. | ['Who would be returning home?', 'Who was not happy about this?', 'Who sent him to hone his craft?', 'Who sent Burgess to hone his craft?'] | {'answers': ['Edmund Burgess', 'Giles', 'Unknown', "King Henry's queen"], 'answers_start': [385, 1233, 370, 43], 'answers_end': [515, 1257, 645, 110]} |
3n1fsuefl5083ulxtx5gg0feww64d0 | (CNN)Silent, almost shy as she headed into Manhattan Criminal Court, Ailina Tsarnaeva was anything but timid when it came to a perceived rival, prosecutors say.
According to a criminal complaint, Tsarnaeva threatened a woman in a phone call this summer, saying "Leave my man alone."
"Stop looking for him. ... I know people that can put a bomb where you live," she said, according to the complaint.
Considering who was making the threats, prosecutors didn't consider it a joke and charged Tsarnaeva with aggravated harassment, which she denies.
Leaving court last December, she and her lawyer refused to discuss the case.
Tsarnaeva is the sister of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Authorities allege the brothers are responsible for the 2013 Boston marathon bombing, which left three people dead and more than 260 others injured. Police shot and killed Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, during the manhunt and later captured Dzhokhar, who is now on trial. Tsarnaev's lawyers don't dispute that he did it. The defense argues that he was influenced and enlisted by his older, self-radicalized brother to commit acts of terror.
Defense rests in Boston Marathon bombing trial
The Tsarnaev family first immigrated to the Boston area back in 2002.
The parents, fleeing a troubled region of Russia, were treated as legal residents and granted asylum -- a status that opened the door for taxpayer-funded welfare.
The state of Massachusetts has confirmed the Tsarnaevs received food stamps, public housing and other aid, on and off, between 2002 and 2012.
During this time, Tamerlan Tsarnaev began his conversion to radical Islam. Then, according to investigators, he began filling his younger brother's head with a hatred toward the West. | ['Who is this mostly about?', 'What is she accused of doing?', 'How?', 'When?', 'What is her quote?', 'Did she mention a specific weapon?', 'Which one?', 'Did the court consider it a joking matter?', 'What did they charge specifically?', 'Did she admit to it?', 'Does she have any siblings?', 'Who?', 'What are they known for?', 'When was that?', 'Did anyone die from that?', 'How many?', 'How many hurt?', 'How long has the family been in the area?', 'What religion is mentioned?', 'Who converted to that?'] | {'answers': ['Ailina Tsarnaeva', 'She threatened a woman', 'On a phone call', 'This summer', 'Leave my man alone.', 'Yes', 'A bomb', 'No', 'Aggravated harassment', 'No', 'Yes', 'Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.', 'Causing the Boston marathon bombing', '2013', 'Yes', 'Three people', '260', 'Since 2002', 'Radical Islam', 'Tamerlan Tsarnaev'], 'answers_start': [5, 163, 163, 163, 264, 288, 288, 405, 483, 405, 632, 632, 691, 691, 691, 691, 691, 1175, 1556, 1556], 'answers_end': [85, 254, 254, 254, 283, 401, 362, 482, 531, 549, 690, 690, 775, 775, 838, 838, 838, 1243, 1629, 1629]} |
3ixqg4fa2tygl3tpwwa12i2uf36b9u | Rabbi Moses ben Maimon ( "Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn"; "Mūsā bin Maymūn"), commonly known as Maimonides (; "Maïmōnídēs"; ), and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (, for "Rabbeinu Mōšeh bēn Maimon", "Our Rabbi Moses son of Maimon"), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician. Born in Cordova, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135 or 1138, he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on December 12, 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.
During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides' writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen, and although Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his writings, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously acknowledged as among the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship. His fourteen-volume "Mishneh Torah" still carries significant canonical authority as a codification of Talmudic law. He is sometimes known as "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle) in recognition of his outstanding status as a "bona fide" exponent of the Oral Torah. | ['What caronym is Rabbi Moses ben Mairmon referred to?', 'What was he one of the most prolific and influential scholars of?', 'During what time?', 'Where there any critics of his writings?', 'Where were they from?', 'Where was he born?', 'On what Eve?', 'What 14 volume work of his still carries significant canonical authority as a codification of Talmudic law?', 'What did he work as in Morocco and Egypt?', 'Why is he sometimes called "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle)?'] | {'answers': ['acronym Rambam', 'the Torah', 'the Middle Ages', 'yes', 'particularly in Spain', 'in Cordova', 'on Passover Eve', 'Mishneh Torah', 'rabbinical arbiters', 'in recognition of his outstanding status as a "bona fide" exponent of the Oral Torah'], 'answers_start': [114, 293, 338, 928, 989, 422, 476, 1225, 1080, 1384], 'answers_end': [156, 329, 356, 987, 1023, 437, 491, 1238, 1099, 1469]} |
3yz8upk3vtmxf09y871n9yvqa8yucr | Sir James Paul McCartney, (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon is the most celebrated of the post-war era. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
McCartney has been recognised as one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. More than 2,200 artists have covered his Beatles song "Yesterday", making it one of the most covered songs in popular music history. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and as a solo artist in 1999), and a 18-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written, or co-written, 32 songs that have reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and he has 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr all received appointment as Members of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and, in 1997, McCartney was knighted for services to music. McCartney is also one of the wealthiest persons in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$1.2 billion. | ['Who is this article about?', 'When was he born?', 'Which band was he best known for?', 'What instrument did he play?', 'Which of his songs has been covered the most?', 'How many musicians have recorded it?', 'What was his other band?', 'Has it been put into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?'] | {'answers': ['Sir James Paul McCartney', 'born 18 June 1942', 'Beatles', 'bass', '"Yesterday"', 'More than 2,200', 'Wings', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 116, 116, 648, 611, 415, 837], 'answers_end': [25, 44, 203, 162, 717, 676, 465, 893]} |
3kibxj1wd5uklt1p4y6cybg9xn0koi | Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. It has traditionally focused largely on the study of the systems of phonemes in particular languages (and therefore used to be also called phonemics, or phonematics), but it may also cover any linguistic analysis either at a level beneath the word (including syllable, onset and rime, articulatory gestures, articulatory features, mora, etc.) or at all levels of language where sound is considered to be structured for conveying linguistic meaning. Phonology also includes the study of equivalent organizational systems in sign languages.
The word phonology (as in the phonology of English) can also refer to the phonological system (sound system) of a given language. This is one of the fundamental systems which a language is considered to comprise, like its syntax and its vocabulary.
Phonology is often distinguished from phonetics. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a given language or across languages to encode meaning. For many linguists, phonetics belongs to descriptive linguistics, and phonology to theoretical linguistics, although establishing the phonological system of a language is necessarily an application of theoretical principles to analysis of phonetic evidence. Note that this distinction was not always made, particularly before the development of the modern concept of the phoneme in the mid 20th century. Some subfields of modern phonology have a crossover with phonetics in descriptive disciplines such as psycholinguistics and speech perception, resulting in specific areas like articulatory phonology or laboratory phonology. | ['When was the concept of the phoneme put forth?', 'Does phonology usually focus on phonemes is certain languages?', 'Did phonology have a different name at one point?', 'More than one?', 'What is one of those names?', 'And the other name?', 'Is phonology commonly differentiated from something?', 'From what?', 'How many concepts does phonetics concern?', 'And one of those concepts is?', 'And another one?', 'And the last one?', 'According to people who work in the field to which brand of linguistics does phonetics belong to?', 'And does phonology belong to a specific one?', 'Which one?', 'What is a person called who works in this field?', 'Can sign languages fall under this field in linguistics?', 'Under what branch specifically?', 'Can a sound system be considered part of a fundamental system of a language?'] | {'answers': ['the mid 20th century.', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'phonematics', 'phonemics', 'yes', 'phonetics', 'Three', 'physical production of the sounds of speech', 'the acoustic transmission of those sounds', 'The perception of the sounds', 'descriptive linguistics', 'yes', 'theoretical linguistics', 'linguist', 'yes', 'Phonology', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [1469, 103, 205, 242, 205, 205, 896, 915, 975, 973, 945, 945, 1165, 1234, 1234, 1164, 552, 553, 645], 'answers_end': [1567, 270, 268, 268, 270, 270, 944, 943, 1055, 1055, 1055, 1056, 1228, 1270, 1270, 1421, 642, 643, 893]} |
32zkvd547fnu6149fn9rb5z8e8b3bd | Logan had lots of toys. He had balls, dinosaurs, race cars, and even robots! Logan had so many toys he had a room for his toys. There he could play with whatever he wanted, when he wanted, and not even have to pick them back up. Logan had all kinds of balls. He had red ones, green ones, blue ones and even a pink one he hid from his sister. His robots were so cool they could change shape, fly, or race. Some even saved the world in his imagination. Logan loved his dinosaurs. He had one with big sharp teeth, one with little tiny arms, one with purple spots, and even one that his dad said didn't eat anything but plants and vegetables. Logan's favorite toys were his race cars. That was because when his dad came home from work he always went to the toy room with Logan to play with his race cars. Logan had so much fun he even lets his sister in his toy room so she can play dad too! The toy room was Logan's favorite room in the house. He spends all the time he can in his room with all his friends and family and he has so much fun. | ["Where were Logan's toys?", 'Did he have race cars?', 'How many colors of balls did he have?', 'Why were his robot toys neat?', 'Did he have a dinosaur with pink spots?', 'Which toys were his favorites?', 'Why', 'Did anyone else play in the room?', 'Who?', 'When would his father play with him?'] | {'answers': ['toy room', 'yes', 'four', 'could change shape, fly, or race', 'no', 'race cars', 'dad played with those with him', 'yes', 'sister', 'home from work'], 'answers_start': [100, 639, 259, 342, 538, 639, 681, 823, 826, 698], 'answers_end': [126, 680, 340, 404, 559, 679, 800, 863, 863, 730]} |
34yb12fsqyorj4ku1r6k8fzbu5qmgl | CHAPTER XVI.
AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG.
"What are you going to do with me?" asked Hank Stiger, after a moment of painful silence, during which Dan glanced toward Henry, to find his friend reviving rapidly.
"You'll find out later, Stiger. I can tell you one thing, you've gotten yourself in a pretty tight box."
"It wasn't my fault,--you forced the shooting," was the sullen response. "Why didn't you leave me alone from the start?"
"Because I am bound to have those papers and the other articles you stole, that's why."
"I took nothing, I swear it."
"Do you expect me to believe you,--after what has happened here, and after that affair of the deer?"
At this Stiger was silent. He wanted to get up and rush at Dan, despite the levelled pistol, but the wounded knee held him back. Had he been a full-blooded Indian he would have suffered in silence, but, being only a half-breed, and of poor Indian and white blood at that, he groaned dismally.
"Dan!" The cry came faintly from Henry, who had slowly raised himself. "Where--what--oh, I remember, now!" And he sank back again.
"It's all right, Henry; I've made Stiger a prisoner."
"A prisoner!" whined the half-breed. "Ain't I suffered enough already? My leg is somethin' fearful!" and he groaned again.
"You brought it all on yourself, Stiger, so you need not complain to me."
"I didn't, you----"
"I won't listen to any more explanations. Throw your knife over here, and be careful you don't hit anybody with it." | ['Who is the prisoner?', 'What was his crime?', 'what else tarnished his reputation?', 'Does Dan believe Hank?', 'What keeps Hank from attacking Dan?', 'was Stiger in trouble?', 'What is this chapter about?', 'Is Dan going to punish Hank?', 'Who is Henry?', 'Does Hank admit to the crimes he is accused of?', 'Did someone else cause this to happen to Hank?', 'Was Dan sympathetic to Hanks complaints?', 'What does Dan assure Henry?', 'Did Hank suffer in silence?', 'Why not?', 'Was Henry standing?', 'What was pointed at Hank', 'Is Hank in pain?', 'Why?', 'Did Henry have a clear memory of the events'] | {'answers': ['Hank Stiger', 'Stole papers', 'The affair of the deer.', 'No', 'His wounded knee', 'Yes', 'Going after a missing mustang', 'unknown', "Dan's friend", 'No', 'unknown', 'No', "He's made Stiger a prisoner.", 'No', 'His leg was wounded.', 'No', 'A pistol', 'Yes', 'His leg', 'Probably not'], 'answers_start': [1093, 440, 563, 562, 762, 665, 15, -1, 145, 530, -1, 211, 1093, 1149, 1149, 132, 692, 1149, 1149, 960], 'answers_end': [1146, 526, 661, 663, 792, 958, 40, -1, 207, 559, -1, 315, 1146, 1272, 1271, 207, 757, 1271, 1272, 1090]} |
3o7l7bfshep737ycahi4gj7i1kdeib | A victor is, by definition, someone who wins a struggle or contest. However, that doesn't mean he or she will live a proud and happy life ever after, as Katniss Everdeen is about to discover in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Catching Fire, out in Chinese theaters on Nov 21, is set in a futuristic society called Panem. Every year its government holds a televised fight to the death. Two teenagers from each of the 12 districts of Panem are chosen to compete.
In the new film, last year's victors Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her partner Peeta are back home after winning the 74thHunger Games. Katniss just wants to live a normal life. However, that never seems to happen. She has nightmares, which remind her that she is a killer.
Her worst nightmare comes true when the annual Hunger Games arrive again. The teenager finds herself back in the competition along with Peeta. Since Katniss brings hope to Panem through her courage, President Snow plans to use this year's Games to kill off Katniss and Peeta and in turn _ the fires of rebellion.
"This is the next step of Katniss' heroism and the next part of her journey to finding out who she is really going to be," Lawrence told Reuters.
Fast-paced and full of action, Catching Fire looks to outdo the success that the first film had in 2012. With a 97 percent rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, it is enjoying positive reviews. Critics have praised it for being faithful to the book written by American author Suzanne Collins. The Hollywood Reporter said that Catching Fire outshines the first movie a lot.
Jennifer Lawrence, who won a best actress Oscar this year for her 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook, has helped Catching Fire find success, Forbes pointed out. The 23-year-old actress does well playing a young lady who hates what she was forced to do to stay alive yet is determined not to give up.
"Lawrence's down-to-earth personality in real life won the hearts of the public. So given a wildly popular first film that blew everyone away, a rising fan base and a lead performer beloved by the mainstream press and viewers, the sequel was always going to be big," Forbes noted. | ['What is a victor?', 'Wins what?', 'What was the contest or struggle?', 'What happens in that?', 'How many people were in the fight?', 'Who were 2 of them?', 'How old are they?', 'Who played the part of Katniss?', 'Did she win any awards?', 'What did she win?', 'How old is she?', 'What makes her so well liked?'] | {'answers': ['someone who wins', 'a struggle or contest.', 'the annual Hunger Games', 'A televised fight to the death.', '24', 'Katniss and Peeta', 'They are teenagers', 'Jennifer Lawrence', 'Yes', 'best actress Oscar', '23-years old', 'Her down-to-earth personality'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 743, 322, 388, 466, 817, 465, 1595, 1595, 1756, 1898], 'answers_end': [67, 67, 816, 387, 462, 601, 885, 600, 1695, 1697, 1895, 1977]} |
34s9dkfk73pxndqu7y7qsuvf4o1nyp | Michael and Derek are good friends, but they like to pull each other's leg sometimes. One day during the holidays they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets. When the train came in, Michael broaden in first and without knowing it, dropped his ticket in the platform as he got into the carriage . Derek, who was close behind saw the ticket fall and quickly picked it up. Without a word to his friend, he put it in his pocket. After they had been in the train a little while, they heard the ticket inspector coming down the corridor, shouting, "tickets, please!" Michael looked for his and of course couldn't find it. "Oh, dear, I can't find my ticket, Derek," he said. "Have another look, Michael, it must be somewhere," said Derek. "No, I can't find it anywhere. What shall I do?" "Perhaps you had better hide under the seat, then the inspector won't know you are here." So Michael crawled under the seat as fast as he could and lay perfectly still. Presently the door opened and in came the inspector, "Tickers please!" he said. Derek handed him two tickets and said, "This is mine. The other belongs to my friend, who prefers to travel under the seat." | ['who are good friends', 'Where did they buyt tickets', 'where was the ticket dropped', 'who picked up the ticket', 'who shouted tickets please', 'who hide under the seat', 'who handed the tickets over', 'who said have another look', 'where did they decide to go', 'during what time did they go'] | {'answers': ['Michael and Derek are good friends', 'The station.', 'In the platform.', 'Derek.', 'The ticket inspector.', 'Michael.', 'Derek.', 'Derek.', 'London.', 'During the holidays.'], 'answers_start': [0, 158, 277, 341, 530, 920, 1076, 714, 119, 94], 'answers_end': [34, 203, 311, 415, 607, 950, 1104, 776, 142, 113]} |
3duzq9u6smodzwnuaj1skp1raa8vsa | The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per capita is higher. The HDI was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in their life, and was published by the United Nations Development Programme.
The 2010 Human Development Report introduced an Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). While the simple HDI remains useful, it stated that "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality)," and "the HDI can be viewed as an index of 'potential' human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)." | ['Who developed the HDI?', 'what does it stand for?', 'what was one of the data points it looked at?', 'and another?', 'is there another one?', 'what is it?', 'which is a better score, high or low?', 'how many levels are there?', 'did this help describe undesirable things?', 'what did it describe?', 'who did the publication of it?', 'what came out in 2010?', 'what did it present?', 'why is it better according to this?', 'what helps make a place get a higher score?', 'is it better if people are expected to live longer?', 'what is another thing that results in a top score?', 'anything else?', 'What does the HDR say the HDI can be seen as?', 'or?'] | {'answers': ['Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq,', 'Human Development Index', 'life expectancy,', 'income per capita', 'yes', 'education,', 'high', 'Four', 'no', 'if people can "be" and "do" good things', 'UN Development Programme', 'Human Development Report', 'Inequality-adjusted HDI', 'IHDI is actual develoment, HDI is potential', 'If there were no inequality)."', 'yes', 'education period is longer,', 'income per capita is higher', 'index of potential human development', "max IHDI if there's no inequality"], 'answers_start': [337, 0, 37, 62, 39, 36, 195, 133, 401, 426, 500, 564, 599, 564, 877, 195, 195, 194, 801, 873], 'answers_end': [400, 28, 123, 122, 123, 123, 337, 194, 498, 498, 562, 662, 662, 943, 943, 267, 299, 335, 929, 943]} |
3vp0c6efsgwpmbvopexywomm0p0m6s | Everyone in our class has our own characters. Each plays his or her part in our class. All in all,we are a group of young children who are perhaps a bit noisy at times,but on the whole are well behaved and pleasant to be with. Ah Keong We are a noisy group, and that is what our teachers say about us.This is largely because of Ah Keong.He is the noisiest of us all because he lives with his family of ten children.It seems that he cannot talk softly.Actually he does not talk, he shouts. Padma Padma is a quiet boy who sits next to me. He is so soft that one would think that he is a girl .This is not so. No one dares to call him"girl", for he is a member of the school karate club. Doris Doris is such a model student that all the teachers love her, She sits right in front of the teachers table.We all love her because she is kind and helpful. Every day, she makes sure that the teachers have enough chalk and the classroom is clean. JJack Every class has a clown . Our class has jack. He is naughty and always playing tricks on others. He puts tails on the boys pants and frogs in the girls desks. So when we hear someone crying, we know that Jack has played a trick again. | ['Which child is the loudest?', 'Why?', 'Does he talk?', 'What does he do?', 'Which student do the teachers all adore?', 'Why?', 'Where is she in class usually?', 'How does she help the teachers?', 'Does she help clean?', 'Who is the joker?', 'Do other classmates like his jokes?', 'What tricks does he play?', 'What do the teachers do to stop him?', "What is the school's opinion of him?", 'Which student is the opposite of Ah Keong?', 'Are his actions seen to match his gender?', 'Do they tease him about it?', 'Why?'] | {'answers': ['Ah Keong', 'Because he lives with his family of ten children.', 'No.', 'He shouts.', 'Doris Doris.', 'Because she is kind and helpful.', "Right in front of the teacher's table.", 'She makes sure that the teachers have enough chalk.', 'Yes.', 'Jack.', 'No.', "He puts tails on the boys' pants and frogs in the girls' desks.", 'unknown', 'He is naughty.', 'Padma Padma.', 'No.', 'No.', 'Because he is a member of the school karate club.'], 'answers_start': [301, 365, 451, 451, 685, 798, 753, 858, 859, 938, 1103, 1041, -1, 990, 489, 537, 607, 607], 'answers_end': [365, 414, 476, 488, 751, 847, 799, 909, 936, 989, 1178, 1102, -1, 1040, 536, 589, 637, 684]} |
3nlzy2d53ppyqbwn4bah2goo1z1lqu | CHAPTER XXII
Not altogether unwillingly, in the darkness of night, despite that he disliked the man, did Michael go with Harry Del Mar. Like a burglar the man came, with infinite caution of silence, to the outhouse in Doctor Emory's back yard where Michael was a prisoner. Del Mar knew the theatre too well to venture any hackneyed melodramatic effect such as an electric torch. He felt his way in the darkness to the door of the outhouse, unlatched it, and entered softly, feeling with his hands for the wire- haired coat.
And Michael, a man-dog and a lion-dog in all the stuff of him, bristled at the instant of intrusion, but made no outcry. Instead, he smelled out the intruder and recognised him. Disliking the man, nevertheless he permitted the tying of the rope around his neck and silently followed him out to the sidewalk, down to the corner, and into the waiting taxi.
His reasoning--unless reason be denied him--was simple. This man he had met, more than once, in the company of Steward. Amity had existed between him and Steward, for they had sat at table, and drunk together. Steward was lost. Michael knew not where to find him, and was himself a prisoner in the back yard of a strange place. What had once happened, could again happen. It had happened that Steward, Del Mar, and Michael had sat at table together on divers occasions. It was probable that such a combination would happen again, was going to happen now, and, once more, in the bright-lighted cabaret, he would sit on a chair, Del Mar on one side, and on the other side beloved Steward with a glass of beer before him--all of which might be called "leaping to a conclusion"; for conclusion there was, and upon the conclusion Michael acted. | ['Who did Michael go with?', 'Did he like him?', 'Did he willingly go with him?', 'What the author compared Michael with?', 'Did he make any complain about all these?', 'Who did he recognized?', 'How?', 'Was he about to be hanged?', 'Where did he follow him?', 'Where they ended up?', 'Did he meet him earlier?', 'How many times?', 'Who else was there?', 'Was he a friend or foe to him?', 'Did they have drink together?', 'Who was lost?', 'Did he know about his whereabouts?', 'What other reason prevented him from finding him?', 'Who else shared table with them?', 'Did he think they would meet again?'] | {'answers': ['Harry Del Mar.', 'no', 'yes', 'a man-dog and a lion-dog', 'no', 'the intruder', 'smell', 'no', 'out to the sidewalk', 'into the waiting taxi', 'yes', 'more than once', 'Steward', 'friend', 'yes', 'Steward', 'no', 'he was himself a prisoner', 'Michael', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [123, 82, 706, 541, 628, 673, 661, 821, 815, 860, 941, 962, 996, 1004, 1079, 1094, 1113, 1153, 1299, 1414], 'answers_end': [137, 101, 788, 565, 704, 686, 666, 883, 834, 881, 960, 976, 1003, 1022, 1094, 1102, 1148, 1176, 1307, 1454]} |
3r2ur8a0iagq5t0w3hl1o5obs0loxo | Lucy was a young lady bug. She always felt different from the lady bugs because her colors were reversed! Instead of a red body and black spots she had a black body and red spots! As you can imagine this left Lucy feeling pretty lonely so she spent a lot of time flying around to all the different areas to find other ladybugs like her. She loved to feel the wind in her wings as she flew. She spent so much of her time flying around so she could fly longer and faster than another other lady bug. She also loved flying so much because it gave her a feeling of being free. One day when she was flying around she heard a loud scream for help! She went as fast as she could towards the screams for help. She saw another lady bug with a broken wing lying on the ground. She knew the lady bug as Jessie. "What happened?!" asked Lucy. "I crashed into the tree flying home yesterday and I've been lost ever since. I can't fly because my wing is broken. Do you know the way back home?" asked Jessie "Don't worry Jessie, I know this area like the back of my wing I'll lead you home!" Lucy said happily. "Thank you so much!" Jessie said happily. Lucy led Jessie straight home where he was given medicine to fix his broken wing. She was rewarded a medal and called a hero. As she enjoyed her medal she knew she didn't need to find for any more ladybugs that looked like her. She now knew that even with her different colors, she was still a lady bug like everyone else. | ['What was lucy?', 'Why was she different?', 'Who did she hear scream?', 'What did he run into?'] | {'answers': ['a lady bug', 'her colors were reversed', 'another lady bug', 'a tree'], 'answers_start': [17, 80, 710, 833], 'answers_end': [25, 104, 726, 854]} |
32z9zlut1lktj30hyd3flj0h5h7ohf | CHAPTER VIII
And these two, as I have told you, Were the friends of Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind. --Hiawatha
Torpenhow was paging the last sheets of some manuscript, while the Nilghai, who had come for chess and remained to talk tactics, was reading through the first part, commenting scornfully the while.
"It's picturesque enough and it's sketchy," said he; "but as a serious consideration of affairs in Eastern Europe, it's not worth much."
"It's off my hands at any rate. . . . Thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine slips altogether, aren't there? That should make between eleven and twelve pages of valuable misinformation. Heigh-ho!" Torpenhow shuffled the writing together and hummed--
'Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell, If I'd as much money as I could tell, I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!'"
Dick entered, self-conscious and a little defiant, but in the best of tempers with all the world.
"Back at last?" said Torpenhow.
"More or less. What have you been doing?"
"Work. Dickie, you behave as though the Bank of England were behind you. Here's Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday gone and you haven't done a line. It's scandalous."
"The notions come and go, my children--they come and go like our 'baccy," he answered, filling his pipe. "Moreover," he stooped to thrust a spill into the grate, "Apollo does not always stretch his----Oh, confound your clumsy jests, Nilghai!"
"This is not the place to preach the theory of direct inspiration," said the Nilghai, returning Torpenhow's large and workmanlike bellows to their nail on the wall. "We believe in cobblers" wax. La!--where you sit down." | ['Who was paging?', 'What was she paging', 'Who came for chess', 'Did he stay', 'why?', 'Was he reading?', 'How was he commenting', 'How does he describe what he reads?', 'Is it worth much?', 'How many slips were there', 'How many pages does that make', 'Who entered?', 'Was he self-conscious', 'How does dickie behave', 'Has he done a line?'] | {'answers': ['Torpenhow', 'the last sheets of some manuscript', 'the Nilghai', 'yes', 'to talk tactics', 'yes', 'Yes.', '"It\'s picturesque enough and it\'s sketchy,"', 'No', 'thirty-nine', 'between eleven and twelve', 'Dick', 'yes', 'as though the Bank of England were behind', 'no'], 'answers_start': [152, 152, 208, 228, 227, 209, 281, 352, 405, 529, 601, 869, 869, 1054, 1143], 'answers_end': [208, 207, 279, 279, 279, 315, 350, 403, 490, 586, 676, 897, 918, 1118, 1187]} |
3tayzsbpll8425psm9hhik4gdf2s2s | Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871 in Dayton, Ohio, USA and died on January 30, 1948. Together with his brother, Wilbur, he was the first airplane builder. The brothers created the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight.
His parents were Milton Wright and Susan Catherine Koerner and besides the two famous brothers they had five children. One day after a trip his father brought as a gift a small helicopter. The kids loved it and as they played daily with it after a while it broke. The brothers managed to create a new one. Wright even let go his plans of attending Yale. He spent his time helping his ill mother and reading in his father's library.
In 1884 the family decided to move to Dayton and they remained there until the 1870's. A printing press was built by the two and Wilbur was an editor. In 1892 they started being fascinated by the aeronautical events of that time. Then they started to create an airplane and Wilbur was considered the head of the team. They were the inventors of "three axis-control", which permitted the pilot to _ the aircraft's balance.
In 1900 they had their first attempts to make a functional glider -- of course it didn't have a pilot. After three years they thought of introducing an engine to the glider. At first, their patent application was refused in 1903, but after one year it was accepted.
Orville's first flight lasted 12 seconds and had 36.5 meters. He was responsible with the public shows near Washington in the United States. On September 9, 1908 his flight was 62 minutes and 15 seconds long and the success was huge. | ['What was Orville Wright known for?', 'When did they make a plane?', 'How long was his first flight?', 'How far did it go?', 'When was his first lengthy flight?', 'How long was that one?', 'When was Wright born?', 'Where?', 'Did he have more siblings then the one brother?', 'How many?', 'Who were his parents?', 'When did he pass away?', 'Did he build anything else?'] | {'answers': ['(with his brother) as the first airplane builders', '1900', '12 seconds', '36.5 meters', '1908', '62 minutes and 15 seconds', 'August 19, 1871', 'Dayton, Ohio', 'yes', 'five children in the family', 'Milton Wright and Susan Catherine Koerner', 'January 30, 1948', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [136, 1113, 1408, 1427, 1535, 1554, 27, 46, 252, 252, 269, 76, 773], 'answers_end': [162, 1117, 1418, 1438, 1539, 1580, 42, 58, 369, 369, 310, 92, 810]} |
3s4aw7t80bir169p6e34zdnj4uv4lg | CHAPTER XXX
THE INHERITANCE
The rain lasted several days and saved the crops: the wheat, although somewhat damaged, was ripening fast.
As Lance drove home from one of his mysterious absences from the Grange, he looked out over the rippling fields with a sense of thankfulness in his boyish heart. Harding was not to be ruined after all! The rain had saved his fortune; and in Lance's pocket there was a paper that would clear his name.
Beatrice met him on the steps, but he brushed past her with a smile and hurried to his father's study, where he knew he would find the Colonel.
"I've been away several times, and now I must tell you why, sir," he said. "You will remember that I've declared my belief in Harding all along."
"I've no doubt he feels properly grateful," Mowbray remarked.
"I'm grateful to him. And now I have some satisfaction in being able to prove his innocence. Read this."
He gave his father a note, and Mowbray read it aloud:
"'_I hereby declare that Craig Harding of Allenwood is a stranger to me. I met him for the first and only time at the Rideau Hotel, Winnipeg, and I regret that I then claimed his acquaintance._'"
"It sounds conclusive. I see it's signed 'Coral Stanton, clairvoyante.' May I ask how you came to meet this lady and get the document?"
"Both things needed some tact, sir," Lance answered with a grin.
"So I should imagine. Rather a delicate business for one so young. You must have seen that your motives were liable to be misunderstood." | ['Which chapter is The Inheritance?', 'What was Lance grateful for?', 'What saved Harding?', 'What was the paper in his pocket?', 'From whom?', 'What did it attest?', 'How many times did that occur?', 'Where?', 'Did she enjoy his company?', 'Did he say how he obtained this note?', 'To whom did he give it?'] | {'answers': ['CHAPTER XXX', 'He declared his belief in Harding', 'The rain', 'a note', 'Coral Stanton, clairvoyante', 'When she first meet him', 'first and only time', 'Rideau Hotel, Winnipeg', 'unknown', 'things needed some tact,', 'Mowbray'], 'answers_start': [0, 689, 343, 928, 1204, 968, 1055, 1083, -1, 1301, 940], 'answers_end': [11, 733, 351, 934, 1232, 1162, 1075, 1105, -1, 1366, 947]} |
3txmy6ucaeo5n72hryhizxy17orqcj | Trondheim (), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 187,353 (January 1, 2016), and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. It is the third largest city in the country, with a population (2013) of 169,972 inhabitants within the city borders. The city functions as the administrative centre of Sør-Trøndelag county. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions.
The settlement was founded in 997 as a trading post, and it served as the capital of Norway during the Viking Age until 1217. From 1152 to 1537, the city was the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros; since then, it has remained the seat of the Lutheran Diocese of Nidaros and the Nidaros Cathedral. It was incorporated in 1838. The current municipality dates from 1964, when Trondheim merged with Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda and Tiller.
The city was originally given the name by Olav Tryggvason. It was for a long time called "Nidaros" (), or "Niðaróss" in the Old Norse spelling. But it was also just called "kaupangr" ("city") or, more specifically, "kaupangr í Þróndheimi" ("the city in the district Þróndheimr", i.e. Trøndelag). In the late Middle Ages people started to call the city just "Þróndheimr". In the Dano-Norwegian period, during the years as a provincial town in the united kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the city name was spelled "Trondhjem". | ['Where is Trondheim located?', 'WHen was it founded?', "Who originally gave it it's name?", "What is it's populationi as of 2013?", 'What was it notable for from 1152 to 1537?', 'What fjord south shore lies near it?', 'What did people start to call the city in the middle ages?', "Is it known for it's educational institudes?", 'Can you name one of them?', 'When does the current municipality date to?', 'When was it incorperated?', 'What county does it function as the administrative seat for?', 'How does it rank in populous in Norwar?'] | {'answers': ['Norway', '997', 'Olav Tryggvason', '169,972', 'the Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros', 'Trondheim Fjord', 'Þróndheimr', 'yes', 'the Norwegian University of Science and Technology', '1964', '1838', 'Sør-Trøndelag county', 'third'], 'answers_start': [0, 769, 1216, 311, 895, 456, 1512, 545, 545, 1104, 1074, 384, 174], 'answers_end': [119, 802, 1273, 346, 974, 543, 1585, 766, 627, 1144, 1102, 455, 224]} |
3z4xg4zf48rnk1dgw0w5rjybdqex8h | CHAPTER XXIV
GEORGE FEELS GRATEFUL
When George returned from Winnipeg, Edgar took him to the granary.
"You may as well look at the seed Grant sent you, and then you'll be able to thank him for it," he said. "It's in here; I turned out the common northern stuff you bought to make room."
"Why didn't you put it into the empty place in the barn?" George asked.
"I wasn't sure it would go in; there's rather a lot of it," Edgar explained, with a smile.
George entered the granary and stopped, astonished, when he saw the great pile of bags.
"Is all of that the new seed?" he asked incredulously.
"Every bag," said Edgar, watching him.
George's face reddened. He was stirred by mixed emotions: relief, gratitude, and a feeling of confusion he could not analyze.
"Grant must have sent the whole carload!" he broke out.
"As a matter of fact, he sent most of it. Grierson and I hauled it in; and a tough job we had of it."
"And you took it all, without protesting or sending me word?"
"Yes," said Edgar coolly; "that's precisely what I did. You need the stuff; Grant meant you to have it, and I didn't want to offend him."
"I suppose you have some idea what that seed is worth?"
"I dare say I could guess. Our people at home once experimented with some American seed potatoes at three shillings each. But aren't you putting the matter on a rather low plane?" | ['Who feels grateful?', 'What chapter is this?', 'Where did George return from?', 'Who did he meet on his return?', 'Where did Edgar take him?', 'What might George take a look at?', 'Who sent him the seeds?', 'Were the bags in a pile?', 'What amount must Grant have sent?', 'Was it a tough job to haul it in?'] | {'answers': ["George's face reddened. He was stirred by mixed emotions: relief, gratitude,", 'unknown', 'he returned from Winnipeg', 'Edgar', 'the barn', 'all of that the new seed', 'the seed Grant sent', 'Every bag,', 'must have sent the whole carload', 'it was tough job'], 'answers_start': [650, -1, 43, 75, 341, 556, 133, 610, 785, 912], 'answers_end': [726, -1, 73, 79, 350, 580, 152, 620, 817, 923]} |
3del4x4el6l2z74y94uzqwmd7cjyxd | In a telephone call Monday between Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia's border as "unprecedented."
According to the official Russian version of the call, his American counterpart assured him the alliance did not have "provocative or expansionist" intentions -- and that Russia should know this.
But it hardly seems to matter how often NATO makes these assurances. The Kremlin will never trust them. Fear of the Western military alliance's steady march east is deep-rooted. It strikes at the very heart of Russia's national sense of security, a relic of Cold War enmity which has seeped down to post-Soviet generations.
Ilya Saraev is a 15-year-old pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow. He thinks long and hard when I ask him about NATO. "I think NATO might be a friend to Russia but there's one point I don't understand: Why it needs to approach the border with Russia more and more," he says.
Cadet school is an education in patriotism, like something from a bygone era. Besides the regular classes, there are lessons in ballroom dancing. Teenage cadets proudly leading local beauties through the waltz while outside their classmates rehearse the goosestep.
After the takeover of Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of behaving in a 19th century fashion in the 21st century. In some ways it's an epithet that seems to ring true here. The children are immaculately mannered and thoughtful. They write to their fellow cadets in Crimea. They say they feel sad there's this tension between brother nations -- Russia and Ukraine. | ['Who is Chuck Hagel?', 'Did he describe something?', 'Who did?', 'Was the pairing povocative according to him?', 'Whi is a teen?', 'Is he a soldier?', 'What is he?', 'What type of school is that?', 'Is this a new form of education?', 'When is it from?'] | {'answers': ['U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel,', 'No', "Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu", 'no', 'Ilya Saraev', 'No', 'A pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow', 'an education in patriotism', 'No', 'from a bygone era'], 'answers_start': [26, 0, 0, 227, 751, 751, 751, 1040, 1040, 1040], 'answers_end': [129, 226, 177, 391, 780, 828, 828, 1116, 1185, 1116]} |
3io1lgzlk9xa1mtkvdnfr6lrgkd68q | When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems. When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn't like the doctor's white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams because he was too different. But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called "the Gusundheit Institute",together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people. Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:"hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him." | ['What did Adam want to be?', 'Why?', 'Did he go to college?', 'Where?', 'Was he like everyone else?', 'What did he do that was odd?', 'Who did he see a lot?', 'Did he do anything special for them?', 'What?', 'Where did he work after graduation?', 'Was there anything unique about it?', 'What?', 'Who made a movie about him?', 'When?', 'Who played him?'] | {'answers': ['A doctor', 'Because he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.', 'Yes', 'Virginia, USA.', 'No.', 'He wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients.', 'Children.', 'Yes', 'He often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh.', 'The Gusundheit Institute.', 'Yes.', 'unknown', 'Universal Pictures', '1988', 'Robin Williams'], 'answers_start': [139, 0, 199, 199, 248, 359, 702, 759, 759, 869, 968, -1, 1105, 1092, 1189], 'answers_end': [199, 138, 247, 247, 304, 426, 754, 815, 815, 966, 1046, -1, 1150, 1151, 1217]} |
3907x2ahf057pd90usdnnfz5q1lp2b | (CNN) -- If the global economy remains sluggish, a small corner of the British horse racing hub of Newmarket is very much bucking the trend.
It is nearly quarter of a millennium since Richard Tattersall founded his eponymous bloodstock auctioneers and, in 2013, Tattersalls' business is booming.
Back in October behind the gates of Tattersalls Park Paddocks, a record was set for the most ever spent on a horse in Europe -- $8.4 million (£5.25 million) -- for the Galileo filly by Alluring Park.
In a nod to its old roots, all sales are still priced in guineas (effectively a pound and a shilling) so Qatari Sheikh Joann al Thani parted with five million guineas for the honor of buying this prestigious filly.
Excitement, though, is building at Tattersalls once more with the first offering from Frankel having retired and gone to stud with the pregnant Dancing Rain undoubtedly the most mouth-watering prospect going under the hammer at the two-week December sale, which starts on November 25.
Dancing Rain won both the Oaks and its German equivalent and it is more than 50 years since an Oaks winner carrying her first foal has been sold in public auction.
The fact the foal she is carrying is the offspring of Frankel, with 14 wins from as many races and undoubtedly the most acclaimed horse of its generation, makes the prospect all the more exciting.
Jimmy George, the marketing director at Tattersalls, is loathe to say he expects the record to be broken but big money will undoubtedly change hands. | ["how long ago was Rick's business started?", 'what is it called?', 'does the company continue to thrive?', 'what type of company is it?', 'what do they sell?', 'are they expensive?', 'did any of the prices set records?', 'what one?', 'where?', 'when?', 'how much was paid?', 'was the animal a boy?', 'who bought it?', 'did one of the animals retire?', 'who?', 'what will he do with in his retirement?', 'is one of the animals expecting a baby?', 'who?', 'did she win a race?', 'what one?'] | {'answers': ['almost 250 years ago', 'Tattersalls', 'in 2013 it was', 'an auction company', 'horses', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'the most ever spent on a horse', 'in Europe', 'October', '$8.4 million', 'No', 'Qatari Sheikh Joann al Thani', 'Yes', 'Frankel', 'breed', 'Yes', 'Dancing Rain', 'Yes', 'the Oaks'], 'answers_start': [143, 186, 254, 186, 336, 336, 336, 337, 362, 300, 384, 460, 604, 805, 805, 805, 849, 854, 1006, 1006], 'answers_end': [286, 277, 297, 249, 414, 441, 414, 414, 424, 379, 440, 481, 718, 844, 827, 845, 875, 875, 1036, 1037]} |
3ywrv122cszv3xjlrvli7cz7kiq8ue | Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented by Joseph Stalin. Stalinist policies in the Soviet Union included rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, a centralized state, collectivization of agriculture, cult of personality, and subordination of interests of foreign communist parties to those of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union—deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vanguard party of communist revolution at the time. Stalinism promoted the escalation of class conflict, utilizing state violence to forcibly purge society of claimed supporters of the bourgeoisie, regarding them as threats to the pursuit of the communist revolution that resulted in substantial political violence and persecution of such people. These included not only bourgeois people but also working-class people accused of counter-revolutionary sympathies.
Stalinist industrialization was officially designed to accelerate the development towards communism, stressing that such rapid industrialization was needed because the country was previously economically backward in comparison with other countries; and that it was needed in order to face the challenges posed by internal and external enemies of communism. Rapid industrialization was accompanied with mass collectivization of agriculture and rapid urbanization. Rapid urbanization converted many small villages into industrial cities. To accelerate the development of industrialization, Stalin pragmatically created joint venture contracts with major American private enterprises, such as Ford Motor Company, that under state supervision assisted in developing the basis of industry of the Soviet economy from the late 1920s to 1930s. After the American private enterprises completed their tasks, Soviet state enterprises took over. | ['What is Stalinism?', 'What was Stalinist industrialization officially designed to do?', 'What did rapid urbanization do to many small villages?', 'Who implremented Stalinism?', 'What was the political party deemed by Stalinism to be the leading vangaurd party of the communist revolution at the time?', 'What did Stalin do to accelerate the development of industialization for his country?', 'What accompanied Rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union?', 'Did stalinism promote the escalation of class conflict?', 'Who was persecuted by the revolution?', 'Who took over Soviet industriy after American private enterprises?'] | {'answers': ['Governing and policies implemented by Joseph Stalin', 'Accelerate the development towards communism.', 'Converted them into industrial cities', 'Joseph Stalin', 'Communist Party of the Soviet Union', 'Created joint venture contracts with major American private enterprises.', 'Mass collectivization and rapid urbanization', 'Yes', 'Bourgeois and their supporters', 'The Soviet state'], 'answers_start': [0, 890, 1353, 0, 351, 1425, 1247, 477, 530, 1726], 'answers_end': [85, 989, 1424, 85, 476, 1570, 1351, 528, 771, 1823]} |