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Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and some smaller islands. They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy and, although they are not part of the United Kingdom, the UK is responsible for the defence and international relations of the islands. The Crown dependencies are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations or of the European Union. They have a total population of about 164,541, and the bailiwicks' capitals, Saint Helier and Saint Peter Port, have populations of 33,500 and 16,488, respectively. The total area of the islands is 198 km.
Output: | are the channel islands part of the united kingdom? |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Barron is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award, a $5,000 honour given for a fiction or nonfiction book about the military, intelligence operations or foreign policy. Barron, a judge for the First Circuit Court of Appeals, was cited for "Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS."
Hypothesis: Barron was given a prize for something about the history of a certain part of the US political system. | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:To mark the one-year anniversary of Lemonade, Beyoncé has announced a new scholarship program for young women studying creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies. The four “Formation Scholars” awards, available for the 2017-2018 academic year, aim to “encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident,” a statement reads. The participating colleges are Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design, and Spelman College. Read the full statement at Bey’s website or below.
See where Lemonade place in Pitchfork’s Albums of 2016 rundown: ||||| This will appear next to all of your comments
This will NOT appear anywhere on Newser ||||| FORMATION SCHOLARS
To add to the celebration of the one-year anniversary of LEMONADE,
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announces the establishment of Formation Scholars awards for the
2017-2018 academic year, to encourage and support young women who
are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident.
Four scholarships will be awarded, one per college, to female incoming, current or graduate students
pursuing studies in creative arts, music, literature or African-American studies.
The schools selected for participation are Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design
and Spelman College. All details and application deadlines are available directly from the colleges. |||||
Solution: | Beyonce has apparently taken her message of feminist empowerment to heart, and she's putting her money where her melodious mouth is, per Pitchfork. To mark the first anniversary of her Lemonade album, the singer is offering four "Formation Scholars" scholarships for young black women for the 2017-2018 school year, the AP reports, as long as the candidates are studying either music, literature, creative arts, or African-American studies, per a statement on her website. Applicants also need to be "unafraid to think outside the box" and be "bold, creative, conscious, and confident." Four colleges—Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design, and Spelman College—are involved in the performer's promotion. Interested parties who are either incoming, current, or grad students need to contact those schools directly for details. |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music .
A: | Psychedelic rock is a diverse style of rock music inspired , influenced , or representative of psychedelic culture , which is centred around perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs . |
Teacher: In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
Solution: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Reason: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
Now, solve this instance: Buenos Aires (/ ˌbweɪnəs ˈɛəriːz / or /-ˈaɪrɪs /; Spanish pronunciation: (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes)) is the capital and most populous city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. 'Buenos Aires' can be translated as 'fair winds' or 'good airs', but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name 'Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre'. The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 17 million.
Student: | where is buenos aires located on a world map |
Write the next sentence in the following story.
He continues doing front and back hand springs. After he's done, he gets off the bar and walks towards the judges and other contestants. the spectators | cheer for him and the judges shake hands with the gymnast. |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
One example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution is here: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this: Neighborhood Legal Services, which provides free legal services to the poor, has expanded into the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, areas with large Asian populations, many of whom speak limited or no English. Language is their biggest obstacle, but the Asian communities' cultural isolation and service providers' lack of cultural expertise also play a part, said NLS executive director Neal Dubovitz. And with 13 percent to 15 percent of the Asian population in the U.S. living below the poverty line, NLS services are badly needed, Dubovitz said. "Although it is a significant part of the poverty population, Asians historically have not been able to participate in the services and programs available to the poor," he said. From simple telephone advice to complete legal representation in court, the agency provides free consumer, health, family, immigration, housing, public benefits and labor legal services to people who earn under $1,380 per month. Legal service providers have long served large Latino populations, who have cultural diversity but share a common language. "I remember the days when there were only a handful of people in the legal offices who spoke Spanish," Dudovitz said. "Now Spanish and English are interchangeable. Our goal is to have that for the major Asian languages as well." Before the expansion, only a few NLS lawyers spoke Asian languages, said attorney Rebecca Yee, who was hired by NLS in April 2002 to design and head the project. "Now we have people speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Khmer (from Cambodia), Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Tagalog," Yee said. One of the 13 attorneys hired to work with the program is Irene Mak, a family law attorney who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai. Mak was a partner at a private law firm before she went to work for NLS two years ago, earning up to $20,000 less a year working on domestic violence cases. "The job is more satisfying than the money," said Mak, who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand before coming to the United States. "I could use my language skills and wanted to give back to the Asian community." NLS expanded when Legal Services Corp., the federal agency that funds providers of free legal services nationwide, reduced the number of grantees in the Los Angeles area from five to three, Dudovitz said. NLS won the competitive grant over the Legal Services Program for Pasadena, San Gabriel-Pomona valleys. That boosted its client base from 16,000 to around 25,000, and NLS opened an office in El Monte. <sep>Can you name two attorneys mentioned?<sep>Rebecca Irene
Solution: | No |
Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Input: The Romans: Legend says Rome was founded by Romulus, sired with twin brother Remus by Mars of a Vestal Virgin and abandoned on the Palatine Hill to be suckled by a she-wolf. Historians agree with the mythmakers that the site and traditional founding date of 753 b.c. are just about right. Under Etruscan domination, Rome had been a monarchy until a revolt in 510 b.c. established a patrician republic, which lasted five centuries. In contrast to other Italian cities weakened by internal rivalries and unstable government, Rome drew strength from a solid aristocracy of consuls and senate ruling over plebeians proud of their Roman citizenship and only rarely rebellious. Recovering quickly from the Gallic invasion of 390 b.c. , the Romans took effective control of the peninsula by a military conquest reinforced by a network of roads with names that exist to this day: Via Appia, Flaminia, Aurelia. All roads did indeed lead to — and from — Rome. By 250 b.c. , the city's population had grown to an impressive 100,000. Roman power extended throughout the Mediterranean with a victory in the Punic Wars against Carthage (now Tunisia) and conquests in Macedonia, Asia Minor, Spain, and southern France. The rest of Italy participated only by tax contributions to the war effort and minor involvement in commerce and colonization. Resentment surfaced when former Etruscan or Greek cities such as Capua, Syracuse, and Taranto supported Hannibal's invasion in 218 b.c. Rome followed up defeat of the Carthaginians with large-scale massacres and enslavement of their Italian supporters. The Third and final Punic War ended in 149 b.c. , though national solidarity was still a long way off. Under Julius Caesar, elected in 59 b.c. <sep>How long was Rome ruled as a monarchy?<sep>390
Output: | No |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:An unopened bottle of Coffee-Mate can last up to two years with no refrigeration and can stay fresh for two weeks once it is opened. The product is popular in offices where refrigeration may not be available. Non-dairy creamer can be used by individuals who are lactose-intolerant. Once opened, liquid non-dairy creamer should be refrigerated.
Solution: | does liquid coffee mate have to be refrigerated? |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
One example is below.
Q: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
A: Russian Revolution
Rationale: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: What category of organism has the restriction modification system?, Context: It is likely that a multicomponent, adaptive immune system arose with the first vertebrates, as invertebrates do not generate lymphocytes or an antibody-based humoral response. Many species, however, utilize mechanisms that appear to be precursors of these aspects of vertebrate immunity. Immune systems appear even in the structurally most simple forms of life, with bacteria using a unique defense mechanism, called the restriction modification system to protect themselves from viral pathogens, called bacteriophages. Prokaryotes also possess acquired immunity, through a system that uses CRISPR sequences to retain fragments of the genomes of phage that they have come into contact with in the past, which allows them to block virus replication through a form of RNA interference. Offensive elements of the immune systems are also present in unicellular eukaryotes, but studies of their roles in defense are few.
A: | bacteria |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Historiography is about the writing of history and the use of historical methods .
Output: | Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline , and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject . |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Q: Washington (/ ˈwɒʃɪŋtən / (listen)), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named after George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington.
A: | who was the state of washington named after |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Ex Input:
It is the only tower to be in the fire zone to survive .
Ex Output:
The tower was the only public building in the burned zone to survive , and is one of just a few of the surviving structures still standing .
Ex Input:
The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) , , is a federal law .
Ex Output:
The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) , , is a federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government upon request .
Ex Input:
Corpus Christi College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford .
Ex Output:
| Corpus Christi College ( formally , Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford , informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC ) , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom .
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Q: In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
One of the things Avedon is distinguished by as a photographer is his large prints, sometimes measuring over three feet in height. His large-format portrait work of drifters, miners, cowboys and others from the western United States became a best-selling book and traveling exhibit entitled In the American West, and is regarded as an important hallmark in 20th century portrait photography, and by some as Avedon's magnum opus.
A: | who is the first photographer that is discussed in the reading from his in the american west series |
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A man is riding a skateboard indoors and rides it onto a short standing pole on the ground. the same man
A: is now standing outside talking and the words on the bottom of the screen say his name is " shawn connelly " and he's the founder-san francisco skate club and while he's speaking various words appear at the bottom of the screen at various times as well as clips of him skateboarding showing different moves that the words mention.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A butterfly is flying on the screen with words on slides. a person
A: is mixing ingredients in a bowl.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
She begins with adding spaghetti in a large pot of boiling water. She sautes chopped onions and some italian dressing along with garlic on a saucepan. she
A: then adds a cup of grape tomatoes.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to alpine ski if you are a beginner
Pick skis that are shorter than you.
Look at a ski size chart to see what size you should get ahead of time. You can also stand the skis on their end and pick ones that are about 13 cm (5 inches) shorter than you.
A: | Shorter skis are easily to learn on than long skis. The longer the skis are that you choose are, the more finesse it will take to slow down and turn because you have more ski to move. |
Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R.R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who initially envisioned the series as a trilogy, has published five out of a planned seven volumes. The fifth and most recent volume of the series published in 2011, A Dance with Dragons, took Martin six years to write. He is still writing the sixth novel, The Winds of Winter.
Output: | is the game of thrones book series over? |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
See one example below:
Problem: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: What level should the medicine be at?, Context: The International Association for the Study of Pain advocates that the relief of pain should be recognized as a human right, that chronic pain should be considered a disease in its own right, and that pain medicine should have the full status of a specialty. It is a specialty only in China and Australia at this time. Elsewhere, pain medicine is a subspecialty under disciplines such as anesthesiology, physiatry, neurology, palliative medicine and psychiatry. In 2011, Human Rights Watch alerted that tens of millions of people worldwide are still denied access to inexpensive medications for severe pain.
Solution: | full status of a specialty |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Who was allowed to return to Alsace?, Context: After the ceasefire following the Fall of France in June 1940, Alsace was annexed to Germany and a rigorous policy of Germanisation was imposed upon it by the Gauleiter Robert Heinrich Wagner. When, in July 1940, the first evacuees were allowed to return, only residents of Alsatian origin were admitted. The last Jews were deported on 15 July 1940 and the main synagogue, a huge Romanesque revival building that had been a major architectural landmark with its 54-metre-high dome since its completion in 1897, was set ablaze, then razed.
Student: | residents of Alsatian origin |
Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: When there were three HouseGuests left , the public would vote for the winner .
Student: | When only three HouseGuests remained , the viewers would vote for which of them should win the series , and the HouseGuest with the most votes would become the winner . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:When historians look back on this year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, they may talk about snowboarder Shaun White’s incredible gold-medal-winning performance or the style of skater Adam Rippon. Some may even recall that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnyski failed a drug test, even if they have no clue about the sport.
However, the reason the 2018 Games will go down in history will have nothing to do with the “thrill of victory” or the “agony of defeat.” The milestone, in fact, may seem mundane at first glance. In a Wall Street Journal story about the declining ratings at the Games, Magna’s Dani Benowitz, a major ad buyer, made the startling observation that “the days of the ratings bonanza are over."
Let's take a closer look at this seemingly innocuous statement.
To be sure, overall viewership for broadcast and cable networks has slumped in recent years thanks to the surging popularity of Netflix and other streaming services. Events that networks and advertisers counted on to attract huge audiences — such as the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Grammys and the Oscars — have struggled in recent years to add viewers. That’s why it’s not a shock that the Olympics are experiencing the same issues.
Of course, there are specific reasons for the decline in specific events.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ thrilling (yes, I bleed green) victory in Super Bowl LII was enjoyed by millions of fans in the Delaware Valley and legions of New England Patriots haters. Overall, though, the TV audience on Comcast ’s NBC network, which is also broadcasting the Olympics, hit a nine-year low. As I argued in an earlier post, the NFL has many problems, including bad teams in major markets and a boring “product.” Its viewership would have dropped this season regardless of whether players protested during the national anthem.
Not all major sporting events are losing their audience. Viewership for the College Football National Championship game increased this year, and the NBA Finals was the most watched since 1998. The NCAA Final Four games had their largest audiences in 12 years. The Stanley Cup finals was the most watched on record. Even with its drop-off in viewership, the NFL remains by far the most popular U.S. professional sport.
Heading into the Winter Olympics, NBC faced a huge challenge of attracting an audience to sports that most U.S. fans don’t follow regularly and that are dominated by non-American athletes. As Forbes editor Mike Ozanian notes, the “product” of the Peacock network left much to be desired. Half-empty stands at many events don’t help matters, either.
To its credit, NBC, which paid nearly $1 billion for the broadcast rights to the Games, is making the best of the cards that it has been dealt when it comes to selling Olympic ads. Television commercials are priced based on network estimates of their audiences. In the case of the Olympics, NBC is providing these guarantees based on both television and digital platforms, a metric it has dubbed Total Audience Delivery. But even by that metric, NBC's numbers are down.
According to Sports Media Watch, through Friday, the Olympics had averaged a combined 22.2 million viewers in prime time, a 6% drop since 2014, for the lowest average since Turin in 2006. The audience on the flagship NBC network is averaging 19.9 million, the smallest since 1992.
When it comes to television sports, it's all about perspective.
Even with their declining audience, the Olympics remain a ratings juggernaut, which is increasingly difficult to find in this increasingly fractured media environment. ||||| In 2011, NBC paid a total of $4.38 billion for the rights to the next four Olympics. Three years later it bought another six for $7.7 billion. At the time, the deals looked to many like a sure thing. Now, they have started looking like they could end up being more of a burden than a boon.
For years, the conventional wisdom in TV had been that even as younger viewers turned away from TV, live sports were invulnerable -- after all, the thinking went, people wanted to watch live sports, well, live.
In 2012, viewership of the London Games was up even though many viewers had already seen the results on social media. An average of 31.1 million people tuned in to watch the Games when they aired during prime time on a tape delay.
But in the past two years, even sports have fallen victim to the same trends plaguing the broader industry. First the NFL's ratings fell. Now we've seen that same drop hit consecutive Summer and Winter Games.
Viewership for the current Olympics on NBC is down 24% compared to Sochi among viewers aged 18-49, the age demographic most coveted by advertisers. (NBC notes that the demo is actually down only 15% when including viewers from both NBC and NBC Sports Network, which is airing prime time coverage of the Winter Games for the first time.)
But even the Opening Ceremony, which is typically a major draw, was down 8.6% from four years ago.
Related: Why gay Olympians Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy are marketing gold
While the Winter Games tend to be less popular than those in the summer, the 2016 Rio Olympics didn't fare much better.
Ratings then were down from 2012, and NBC reportedly had to issue advertisers "make-goods" in the form of free ad time because initial ads didn't reach the agreed upon number of viewers.
NBC, like all networks, makes money from advertising and "retransmission" fees it charges cable providers and local stations to air its content. Networks typically know what their retransmission fees are going to be, they're essentially baked into budgets, but advertising dollars aren't guaranteed and are less secure, especially in today's changing climate.
NBC, which is owned by Comcast (CCZ), said its national ad sales are actually up from Sochi from $800 million to $920 million.
Related: U.S. women's hockey: From fighting for better pay to fighting for gold
The last three Games have been profitable for NBC, and the 2016 Rio Games set a record Olympic profit of $250 million. The network expects to again make money off Pyeongchang.
Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said in a CNBC interview that he would "absolutely" renew or extend NBC's Olympics contract.
"Our long-term Olympic rights agreement is the best in all of media. The Olympics have demonstrated the ability to assemble massive and diverse audiences on everything from broadcast television to Snapchat, and are uniquely suited to thrive in today's expanding media landscape," NBC Broadcasting and Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus said in a statement. "We are very bullish on our investment."
But the biggest question NBC faces isn't Olympics profitability right now -- it's what this year's poor ratings bode for profitability two years down the line, and four years, and so on.
One thing NBC points to is that the $12 billion rights deal extends to all platforms, including TV and digital.
According to NBC,13.9 million unique viewers have live-streamed content from these Olympics so far -- double the 6.3 million viewers that Sochi had at this point.
But even when combining TV viewers with those watching via a live stream, total viewership is still down. Prime-time viewing saw an 8% drop from Sochi.
Related: Why sponsors are breaking up with the Olympics
There are some factors this year that might not be an issue in subsequent Games.
American athletes have had a relatively poor showing in Pyeongchang, which has dampened enthusiasm among viewers here. The U.S. is currently ranked fourth in the global Olympic medal count with just 23 gold, silver and bronze medals. With only a handful of events left, Norway is dominating with 38 medals. In Sochi, Americans ended the Games leading the count, bringing home 28 medals.
Another issue is a change to men's hockey, which is typically one of the most popular Winter Games sports in the U.S. This year, the NHL didn't allow its players to compete in the Olympics, which meant less viewer interest -- and a missed opportunity for NBC to promote the NHL games it airs.
Both of those factors likely hurt enthusiasm and ratings this year. But the bigger issue is still the industry-wide problem of viewers turning away, and more gold medals and professional hockey players aren't likely to fix that. |||||
Solution: | Was NBC's $12 billion investment in the Olympics a good idea? Based on the ratings from the Pyeongchang games, it's not clear. Viewership in the coveted 18-49 demographic is down 24% compared to the winter games in Sochi four years ago, CNN reports, though NBC points out it's only down 15% when viewers from NBC Sports Network are included. Ratings for the Opening Ceremony, which usually draws lots of viewers, were down 8.6% from Sochi. And in 2016, ratings for the summer games in Rio were down from the 2012 summer games. NBC paid more than $12 billion over two deals, one in 2011 and one in 2014, for rights to the next four Olympics. CNN says that at the time the deals seemed like "a sure thing," since live sports were predicted to always draw strong viewership, but lately sports including NFL games have suffered from declining ratings. Even so, the last three Olympics have made money for NBC, and the network says it expects that to hold true for Pyeongchang. NBC points out that its rights deal includes platforms other than TV, and more than double the number of viewers live-streamed content from the 2018 games than the 2014 games. But even when taking those viewers into effect, total viewership is still down from four years ago. Last week, Forbes said the decline in ratings could be the reason this year's games go down in history, noting that a major ad buyer recently told the Wall Street Journal "the days of the ratings bonanzas are over." |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Example solution: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Problem: what nation in the passage starts with E?, Context: The monarchs of England and the United Kingdom had ministers in whom they placed special trust and who were regarded as the head of the government. Examples were Thomas Cromwell under Henry VIII; William Cecil, Lord Burghley under Elizabeth I; Clarendon under Charles II and Godolphin under Queen Anne. These ministers held a variety of formal posts, but were commonly known as "the minister", the "chief minister", the "first minister" and finally the "prime minister".
| Solution: England |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Pilot<br>Jay wanted to be an air force pilot just like his dad. He attended the same air force school that his father graduated. He plugged a lot of hours in training at the academy. Jay graduated top of his class. He now flies fighter jets for the United States Air force.
Hypothesis: Jay's dad was an air force pilot.
Pick from:
(I). Yes
(II). It's impossible to say
(III). No | (I). |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Ex Input:
Russian human rights activist and dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva explained glasnost as a word that " had been in the Russian language for centuries .
Ex Output:
" For centuries " , human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has explained , the word " glasnost " has been in the Russian language : " It was in the dictionaries and lawbooks as long as there had been dictionaries and lawbooks .
Ex Input:
In embryo transfer , embryos are placed in a woman 's uterus .
Ex Output:
Embryo transfer refers to a step in the process of assisted reproduction in which embryos are placed into the uterus of a female with the intent to establish a pregnancy .
Ex Input:
A serif is a term in typography .
Ex Output:
| In typography , a serif is a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example input: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Example output: No
Example explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Q: At 8:38, Ong told Gonzalez that the plane was flying erratically again. Around this time Sweeney told Woodward that the hijackers were Middle Easterners, naming three of their seat numbers. One spoke very little English and one spoke excellent English. The hijackers had gained entry to the cockpit, and she did not know how. The aircraft was in a rapid descent. At 8:41, Sweeney told Woodward that passengers in coach were under the impression that there was a routine medical emergency in first class. Other flight attendants were busy at duties such as getting medical supplies while Ong and Sweeney were reporting the events. At 8:41, in American's operations center, a colleague told Marquis that the air traffic controllers declared Flight 11 a hijacking and "think he's [American 11] headed toward Kennedy [airport in New York City]. They're moving everybody out of the way. They seem to have him on a primary radar. They seem to think that he is descending." At 8:44, Gonzalez reported losing phone contact with Ong. About this same time Sweeney reported to Woodward, "Something is wrong. We are in a rapid descent . we are all over the place." Woodward asked Sweeney to look out the window to see if she could determine where they were. <sep>What did Sweeney tell Woodward s/he was alarmed about around 8:44?<sep>Something was wrong
A: | Yes |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a four-year research effort by 1,360 of the world's prominent scientists commissioned to measure the actual value of natural resources to humans and the world, 'The structure of the world's ecosystems changed more rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century than at any time in recorded human history, and virtually all of Earth's ecosystems have now been significantly transformed through human actions.' 'Ecosystem services, particularly food production, timber and fisheries, are important for employment and economic activity. Intensive use of ecosystems often produces the greatest short-term advantage, but excessive and unsustainable use can lead to losses in the long term. A country could cut its forests and deplete its fisheries, and this would show only as a positive gain to GDP, despite the loss of capital assets. If the full economic value of ecosystems were taken into account in decision-making, their degradation could be significantly slowed down or even reversed.' | when did the human population begin to grow at a faster rate than any other time in history |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: He ́ ctor Beltra ́ n Leyva ( February 15 , 1965 – November 18 , 2018 ) was a Mexican drug lord .
A: | He ́ ctor Beltra ́ n Leyva ( 15 February 1965 – 18 November 2018 ) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and leader of the Beltra ́ n Leyva Cartel , a drug-trafficking organization . |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to reduce floor noise
Put a rubber floor mat under machinery to absorb noise.
Rubber floor mats help absorb and reduce noise from machines in your home such as televisions, stereo systems, washers, dryers, and dishwashers. These mats, when placed directly below a machine, muffle the vibrations and reduce noise and impact.
OPTIONS:
- Rubber floor mats should also be placed over all electrical components in a work or outdoor environment. For example, cut off a corner of a toilet seat on your family room floor for ease of moving around when you are working on your computers.
- Avoid putting pads or carpet mats against the machine at work and at home. Cover other surfaces with a rubber floor mat.
- Padded flooring products, such as the elephant bark mat, are available online in thicknesses ranging from 1/5 to 3/8 inches (5 mm to 9.5 mm). Add interlocking flooring to reduce noise.
- Put a rubber mat in the laundry room to provide extra cushion from nearby appliances. These mats should be easily accessed on the same level as the machine so you don't have to go up the ladder to get to it.
A: Padded flooring products, such as the elephant bark mat, are available online in thicknesses ranging from 1/5 to 3/8 inches (5 mm to 9.5 mm). Add interlocking flooring to reduce noise.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
A gymnast mounts a high beam in a gym. He turns and flips forward and backward on the beams. He performs forward and hand springs. he
OPTIONS:
- then dismounts, raising his arms into the air.
- completes a rhythmic dismount.
- performs a series of flips and hand springs on the beams.
- dismounts and mounts the beam with his arms up.
OUT: then dismounts, raising his arms into the air.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
A woman is seen speaking to the camera while kneeling down on one knee. The woman then moves her arms up above her head. she
OPTIONS:
- dips down into some water and kisses her knees.
- then then moves her legs up over her head.
- continues to speak to the camera and speaks further.
- moves her arms down and then back up again several times.
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Answer:
moves her arms down and then back up again several times.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
A woman plays the drums and sings on stage. The camera pulls back on the scene. the woman
OPTIONS:
- resumes practicing and sings to the audience.
- finishes and stands up.
- plays the drums again from on high.
- plays the snare drum.
A: finishes and stands up.
How to tie fishing weights
Find your fishing weight.
There are numerous sizes, shapes and types of fishing weights to choose from. Visit your local bait and tackle or hardware store to find your weight.
OPTIONS:
- Use a fishing weight chart to estimate your weight. As the number and position of weights on the chart may change throughout the fishing season, the chart should serve as a guide.
- It's best to pick weights that you can easily draw apart. The most popular fishing weights are minnow, jibbin, bandanas, and anchor weights.
- Choose the size and type of weight designed for the type of fishing you're planning on doing. The outside of the package on the weight should let you know what type of fishing it is designed for.
- For more specific tying weights, visit :. Chunky, compact weights weighing 4.7 lb.
Choose the size and type of weight designed for the type of fishing you're planning on doing. The outside of the package on the weight should let you know what type of fishing it is designed for.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to become a good paintballer
Make sure you know the weight of your equipment.
Your equipment should not be too bulky or heavy, as this will put you at a great disadvantage on the field.
To learn the basics you will need to learn " marker " positioning.
OPTIONS:
- Simply put, markers are placed across areas that are not very far away and that are easily placeable. Just don't expect to know everything right from the start, because marker placement is not based on skill.
- This will be useful on very hard surfaces, such as concrete, etc. The best way to do this is by constructing a marker, or, for higher accuracy, a mask.
- Indicate the range of turns when approaching a marker to advance smoothly and smoothly, and allow for the last four turns to be crossed and shaken. Know what angles you are about to swing.
- First put on your mask (to make it more realistic). You can use a laser pointer taped to the barrel of the marker to represent were you would hit if you fired a paintball..
Next sentence: | First put on your mask (to make it more realistic). You can use a laser pointer taped to the barrel of the marker to represent were you would hit if you fired a paintball. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
A juvenile hacker who crippled an airport tower for six hours, damaged atown's phone system, and broke into pharmacy records has been charged in afirst-ever federal prosecution, the U.S. Attorney's office announcedtoday.
Hypothesis: A person under the age of 18 has been accused of the crimes.
Pick your answer from:
A). Yes.
B). It's impossible to say.
C). No. | A). |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
The Seashell<br>Daniel liked to dig at the beach. He always found interesting shells. Last time, he found a giant shell that had pink swirls. He took hit home on put it on a shelf. People always commented hon how beautiful it was.
Hypothesis: Daniel found a pink shell and put it back in the sand
Options: 1). Yes. 2). It's impossible to say. 3). No. | 3). |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has brought a summary indictment against Dentsu Inc. on suspicion of violating the labor standards law over illegal overtime at the leading ad agency, informed sources said Thursday.
Four senior Dentsu officials on whom papers were sent to prosecutors for the same allegations escaped indictment, the sources said.
The decisions marked an end to criminal investigations into the overwork problem at Dentsu, which came to light following the high-profile overwork-triggered suicide in December 2015 of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old first-year female employee at the company.
The issue has had a huge impact on discussions on the country’s work style reforms. Takahashi’s death was recognized as being related to work by a labor standards inspection office in September last year.
In November last year, labor authorities raided the Dentsu headquarters in Tokyo and the firm’s branches in Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya.
Then, the authorities sent papers on the company and the four senior officials, including a boss of Takahashi, to relevant district public prosecutors offices for allegedly forcing employees to work longer hours than the limit set under a labor-management agreement in violation of the labor standards law.Speech ||||| Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dentsu found itself at the centre of a controversy about death from overwork
One of Japan's leading advertising agencies has been charged over the death of an employee from overwork.
Dentsu is accused of violating labour standards after Matsuri Takahashi, 24, killed herself in 2015.
Her friends said Ms Takahashi - who had been at the firm for less than a year - claimed to be so busy she slept just 10 hours a week.
Death from overwork is relatively common in Japan, where it has its own word: karoshi.
Ms Takahashi is reported to have worked 100 hours of overtime a month for some time before her death.
She died on Christmas day 2015. According to reports, a note left behind for her mother included the line: "Why do things have to be so hard?"
The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said the company was being charged over illegal overtime, and that prosecutors were seeking a fine.
That would effectively end the investigation, Kyodo news agency reported.
The case against Dentsu targets the corporate entity, but not any individuals.
But Kyodo news agency quoted Ms Takahashi's mother as saying she was "unconvinced" about the lack of charges for her daughter's superiors.
The high-profile case has led to renewed calls for changes to Japan's notoriously long working hours and illegal unpaid overtime.
Officially, there are several hundred cases of karoshi each year, although campaigners say the real number is even higher.
Dentsu has made a number of reforms in the aftermath of Ms Takahashi's case, reported to include turning off the lights at 22:00 every night in a bid to force employees to leave.
The agency's chief executive, Tadashi Ishii, offered his resignation last December over the controversy. |||||
| The Japanese company that employed a young worker who killed herself from "overwork" will face charges, reports the Jiji Press. Top advertising agency Dentsu faces charges of violating labor standards related to illegal overtime in the case of Matsuri Takahashi, 24, who threw herself from one of the company's dorms on Christmas Day 2015. Prosecutors were seeking a fine in the case but did not plan to charge any individuals, the Kyodo agency reports via the BBC. Takahashi's suicide made global headlines, prompted the resignation of Dentsu's CEO, and led to calls to reform the country's rabid culture of long hours and unpaid overtime. There are several hundred cases of Japanese workers dying each year from "karoshi," or overwork, per the BBC. But the unofficial death toll is believed to be much higher. In the time before she died, Takahashi, who worked at Dentsu for less than a year, was said to have slept just 10 hours a week and clocked more than 100 hours of overtime per month. Her desperate final tweets included: "It's 4am. My body's trembling. I'm going to die." In a final note penned to her mother, the young woman asked, "Why do things have to be so hard?" The charges against Dentsu will end the investigation. (Japan encouraged workers to punch out early on Premium Friday.) |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
One example is below.
Q: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
A: No
Rationale: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Q: MALS was formed here more than 30 years ago. Today, 14 staff attorneys, 26 office workers and 21 University of Memphis third- year law students work out of rented offices in the old Claridge Hotel building at 109 N. Main. Offices are spartan. There are no lush rugs or stylish furniture. The large table in the conference room is simple varnished wood. Offices are small and mostly plain, except for the eclectic mix of pop art, African statuary and neon that adorns litigation director Webb Brewer's space. Brewer, who has been at the agency 20 years, said there is a need for lawyers of all stripes to help with the problems of the poor. "The private bar could meet more of the need through pro bono work, but there are still cases that involve the systemic problems for low-income people that we would need to do," said Brewer. "The legal system marketplace just doesn't serve low-income people too well, except in fee-generat-ing type cases," Brewer said. "If a poor person gets run over by a bus, an attorney might take that case because they might be able to recover part of the damage award as attorney fees. But so many of the cases we handle have to do with basic rights and a decent life. There is just no profit motive." Larry Pivnick, law professor at the University of Memphis Law School and director of political programs at MALS, said Legal Services is a great learning laboratory for law students. "There are thousands and thousands of people who have problems that never get an opportunity to appear in court," Pivnick said. "Some people may not be particularly articulate. Courts have rules that clients don't always understand." Brewer said a major focus of the agency's work involves housing. "Although a lot of our work is grant-driven, we find that the lack of safe and decent affordable housing and the prevalence of predatory lending are the biggest problems in our client population," Brewer said, referring to clients such as James. <sep>Webb Brewer's office is located in what old hotel?<sep>Housing
A: | No |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
[Q]: Flashbacks reveal that his wife (Salli Richardson) and daughter (Willow Smith) died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan, prior to the military-enforced quarantine of the island in 2009, when Neville stayed behind on the island as military personnel. Neville's only mitigation for his loneliness is his German Shepherd named Samantha, a.k.a. Sam (given to him by his daughter as a puppy to protect him before she died in the helicopter crash), interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons at a video store, and recordings of old television broadcasts. At night, he barricades himself and Sam inside his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home to hide from the Darkseekers. One day, while waiting for survivors, Sam follows a deer into a dark building. Neville cautiously goes in after her and finds the deer's corpse along with Sam, but the building is infested by a colony of Darkseekers. Both manage to escape unharmed and the attacking Darkseekers are killed by the sunlight.
[A]: did willow smith play in i am legend?
[Q]: The passport card is a limited travel document, valid only for land and sea travel within North America (Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda). It cannot be used for international air travel. The Department of State indicates that this is because ``designing a card format passport for wide use, including by air travelers, would inadvertently undercut the broad based international effort to strengthen civil aviation security and travel document specifications to address the post 9/11 threat environment''.
[A]: can a passport card be used for canada?
[Q]: The fluid ounce is distinct from the ounce as a unit of weight or mass, although it is sometimes referred to simply as an ``ounce'' where context makes the meaning clear, such as ounces in a bottle.
[A]: | does a fluid ounce of water weigh an ounce?
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: The western gorilla ( " Gorilla gorilla " ) is a great ape .
A: | The western gorilla ( " Gorilla gorilla " ) is a great ape — the type species as well as the most populous species of the genus " Gorilla " . |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
[EX Q]: It may be better explained by the motto adopted by the 18th-century antiquary , Sir Richard Colt Hoare , " We speak from facts not theory " .
[EX A]: The essence of antiquarianism is a focus on the empirical evidence of the past , and is perhaps best encapsulated in the motto adopted by the 18th-century antiquary Sir Richard Colt Hoare , " We speak from facts , not theory . "
[EX Q]: Noam Chomsky surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals need to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society .
[EX A]: Noam Chomsky , a linguist and political scientist , surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals needed to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society , claiming that leaders should know what human needs were in order to build a better society .
[EX Q]: Europop is a form of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1970s .
[EX A]: | Europop ( also Euro pop ) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1960s and developed to today 's form throughout the late 1970s .
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: Consider Input: In social studies , a political ideology is a certain ethical set of values , principles , doctrines , myths , or symbols of a social movement , institution , or class which explains how society should work .
Output: In social studies , a political ideology is a certain ethical set of ideals , principles , doctrines , myths , or symbols of a social movement , institution , class , or large group that explains how society should work , and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order .
Input: Consider Input: The Belgian Revolution was the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Output: The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces ( mainly the former Southern Netherlands ) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium .
Input: Consider Input: It was the first idea of the natural rate of unemployment and said that inflation rates did not affect labour market .
| Output: It also introduced the concept of the natural rate of unemployment and argued that labor market equilibrium is independent of the rate of inflation tand and so is no long run tradeoff between unemployment and inflation .
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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: Lage is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , approximatively 8 km northwest of Detmold .
A: | Lage ( -RSB- ) is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia ( German : " Nordrhein-Westfalen " ) , Germany , approximatively 8 km northwest of the administrative center Detmold . |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
× Friend says missing couple rushed to their accused murderer’s home after Oso landslide
ARLINGTON, Wash. – A close friend of Monique Patenaude and Patrick Shunn said that in the moments after the Oso landslide, the couple sprinted across a flooding pasture to check on John Reed – one of the two men charged Tuesday with first-degree murder following what police say were brutal deaths for both.
John Reed and his brother, Tony, are missing and both were charged with murder after police said they found “significant blood evidence” in the cargo area of Patenaude and Shunn’s vehicles. The vehicles were found down an embankment on Sunday in a remote, wooded area near Oso, Wash.
Margaret Dunn Hedlund said she became like a surrogate mother to Patenaude after Patenaude’s mother died from cancer about two years ago.
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“The kind of people they are is that on the day of the landslide, they sat there and they could see the trees and they could see the landslide happening, and when it stopped, they ran down into the field to that John Reed’s house to see if he was OK and still there,” Hedlund told Q13 News on Tuesday. “They’re running through fish jumping in their pasture because of the water rushing up onto the land and it had fish in it. They risked everything just to run down and see if he was ok.”
“To think that he would take their lives is almost uncomprehendable (sic).”
Hedlund, who met Patenaude soon after moving to town three years ago, said she had cancer when the landslide occurred, and that the Patenaude and Shunn showed up for a fundraiser for her just a few hours after the disaster.
“They show up at 5 o’clock with their two vehicles with everything but the sheep,” she said. “They’ve got two ducks. They’ve got their chicken and roosters. They got their cat. They’ve got at the time, two dogs.”
Hedlund said the couple moved to the outskirts of Arlington because they wanted to get “out in the boondocks,” describing both as hardworking and happy.
“She loved life,” Hedlund said. “She would give you the absolute last shirt on her back and didn’t deserve to go out when she was such an earthy, loving person.
“He was her Yin to her Yang.”
Police tracked the Reed brothers to Arizona and California, and said they might be heading to Mexico.
“The last information available to affiant prior to writing this document is that the 2002 Acura was spotted in California near the Mexican border on Monday, April 18,” court documents said. ||||| Newly released court records outline long-running hostilities between neighbors that may have led to the disappearances of an Arlington couple now presumed slain, and two brothers who are being sought as suspects.
A former neighbor now wanted in the presumed slayings of a missing Arlington couple previously threatened to shoot the husband and wife for cutting brush between their two properties, newly released court records show.
John Blaine Reed, 53, who shared a common driveway with Patrick Shunn and his wife, Monique Patenaude, “reportedly stated he would shoot or assault them if they didn’t leave” him alone, investigators wrote in an affidavit for a search warrant.
Reed’s alleged threat, which Shunn later reported in 2013 to Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies, was just part of an “ongoing and constant” dispute between the couple and Reed, whom investigators describe in records as a disgruntled landowner angered by the response to the deadly landslide near Oso that left 43 people dead in 2014.
The couple had filed a lawsuit two years ago over alleged threats and harassment by other neighbors, but that suit didn’t name Reed as a defendant. Shunn and Patenaude avoided naming Reed because they didn’t want to irk him, the couple’s former lawyer said Monday.
But in recent weeks, Reed apparently became angry with the couple after Patenaude complained to a county official that Reed had been illegally squatting on his former property, which he recently had sold to the county, the records say.
The new details about the case, contained in 73 pages of detectives’ search-warrant records released Monday, shed new light on why investigators are now searching for Reed and his younger brother, Tony C. Reed, 49, in connection with the couple’s presumed homicides.
Both men remained at large Monday, while investigators continued searching the remote woods near Oso for the couple’s bodies near the area where their vehicles were found last week.
The couple’s disappearance came about two weeks after Reed sold his condemned property to Snohomish County as part of a buyout for landowners affected by the deadly slide.
Some time after the county took over the property on March 31, Patenaude complained to a county parks official that Reed still was “squatting” in his former home, the records say.
Based on her complaint, Snohomish County “trespassed” Reed from the former property — an action that made him “very unhappy,” a county official recently recalled to detectives investigating the case.
The records released Monday also detail a string of physical evidence and witness statements that may tie the brothers to the couple’s disappearance.
Michael and Suzanne Loo, friends and neighbors of the couple, reported them missing a week ago after finding the couple’s dog running loose and their livestock untended, but no sign of Shunn and Patenaude or their vehicles at their home.
After reporting them missing April 12, Suzanne Loo later saw the Reed brothers that day trying to access John Reed’s former property, the records say. Reed allegedly told Loo they were there to move personal items; the brothers were traveling in Reed’s “red, lifted pickup truck,” Loo later told investigators.
Related video: John Reed describes Oso landslide John Reed was in the front yard of his house on the north side of the Stillaguamish River on March 22, 2014 during the Oso landslide. John Reed was in the front yard of his house on the north side of the Stillaguamish River on March 22, 2014 during the Oso landslide. Read more . (Marcus Yam / The Seattle Times)
On Thursday, a search-and-rescue helicopter team spotted the couple’s extensively damaged vehicles next to a clear-cut area north of the couple’s 20-acre farm along the Stillaguamish River. The vehicles, a Land Rover and Jeep Wrangler, had been pushed or driven over an embankment and partly concealed by cut branches. The Land Rover apparently became stuck on the edge of the embankment, a mound, and appeared to have been “pried” over it with a digging tool or lever, records say.
At the top of the embankment, investigators also found a new tarp spread out over a mound covered with cut branches and debris, the affidavit states.
Near the vehicles, investigators later recovered an Ace Hardware bag, an ax, rubber gloves, tarps, posts and other items, records say. Detectives traced the items to a hardware store in Arlington, whose owner recalled John Reed as a frequent customer who he’d seen at the store April 13.
Armed with a warrant, detectives searched Reed’s property Saturday, finding “red stains, which appeared to be dried blood,” in and around the bathtub and a pair of coveralls with apparent blood stains. They also found two rifles and ammunition, and gloves, a tarp and posts similar to those recovered near the couple’s vehicles, the records say.
Investigators also obtained video from a property owner’s security camera along a road heading toward where the vehicles were found. It captured a Jeep and a Land Rover being driven up the road at 3:31 a.m. on April 12 — hours after Shunn and Patenaude were last seen, records say.
About six hours later, the camera also recorded a red Toyota pickup with a winch on the front headed up the road with what may have been a post in the back, the records say.
Based on the evidence, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary announced Sunday investigators believe the couple are dead and named the Reed brothers as suspects in their slayings.
The brothers are both felons who are considered armed and dangerous, the sheriff said.
John Reed’s red Toyota pickup was recovered Saturday in the garage of his parents’ Ellensburg home, the records show. The truck’s ownership registration had been transferred to the name of Reed’s mother one day earlier, the records say.
The brothers now may be driving their parents’ red 2007 Volkswagen EOS coupe with Washington plates AXH5106.
Two months after the deadly landslide in 2014, John Reed shared his experiences of witnessing and surviving the catastrophe with The Seattle Times.
He said then he knew the rugged terrain around Oso extensively. He also noted he was drawn to his lot by the privacy he enjoyed at the end of the road, and noted he had no plans to move off his land, where he had lived for 18 years.
But the disaster apparently took an emotional toll.
After the mudslide, deputies took a report that Reed had threatened FEMA workers at the Oso Fire Hall “in regard to his displeasure about the landslide and associated response.”
The deputies were told “Reed made a loud comment about driving his truck through the building and taking everyone out with him,” the warrant records say.
Reed later explained he was very upset that his slide-damaged driveway hadn’t been fixed, saying he feared if he didn’t get money to fix it, his property would be condemned.
A day after Shunn and Patenaude were reported missing, former deputy Bruce Cheek, who lives on the same road as the missing couple, contacted a detective to describe an incident involving John Reed shortly after the 2014 slide.
“Cheek stated Reed was expressing extreme anger about the slide and named a list of people whom Reed blamed (Cheek did not remember the names),” the records state. “Cheek stated Reed expressed in a serious tone that he was capable of killing people without any problems, he could shoot them and then 'they’ would never be able to locate the bodies as he (Reed) would get rid of them in the area of timber above the slide area.” ||||| Please enable Javascript to watch this video
EVERETT, Wash. -- Fugitive brothers John and Tony Reed were charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the case of the Arlington couple who went missing April 11, and authorities said they found "significant blood evidence" in the cargo area of the husband and wife's vehicles that led them to believe they were slain.
In court documents, Snohomish County prosecutor's office said the Land Rover and Jeep belonging to 45-year-old Patrick Shunn and his wife, 46-year-old Monique Patenaude, "had obvious blood pooling and smearing, and some blood splatter in their respective interiors. The largest concentration of blood in the vehicles appeared to be in the cargo area, consistent with a body having laid there some amount of time."
The vehicles were found down an embankment on Sunday in a remote, wooded area near Oso, Wash.
The court documents stated, "On or about April 11 ... the two defendants, brother John Blaine Reed (dob 9/1/62) and Tony Clyde Reed (dob 11/19/66) murdered husband and wife Patrick Michael Shunn and Monique Marie Patenaude. The murders most likely occurred on the Shunn/Patenaude property located at 27809 Whitman Rd., Arlington, WA.
"The precise mechanism of death for Mr. Shunn and Ms. Patenaude is unclear at this point as their bodies have not been recovered. However significant blood evidence located in the vehicles of Shunn and Patenaude, in the truck belonging to John Reed, on the property that formerly belonged to defendant John Reed ... and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of ... (the couple) lead to the inescapable conclusion that they are dead."
The documents said "dried blood" was also located in the bathtub of John Reed's former property, and that a "fresh" 9mm shell casing was found just outside the locked gate that leads between the former home of John Reed and the Shun/Patenaude home.
On Saturday, detectives traveled to Ellensburg and the home of the Reeds' parents. Inside the garage they found the red Toyota extended cab truck belonging to John Reed. Blood was found on the passenger side floorboard, police said. The defendants' father said he did not know where his two sons were, but if he did, he would not tell law enforcement, the documents stated. The father said his sons arrived in Ellensburg on April 13 and left on April 14 in a red 2007 Volkswagen EOS coupe.
On Sunday, law enforcement received information that the Reed brothers were in Phoenix. The Volkswagen was found, along with two people who said they gave the defendants $500 cash and the keys to a 2002 gold Acura. The brothers left Phoenix sometime on Sunday night, April 17, or in the early morning hours of Monday, April 18, the documents said.
"The last information available to affiant prior to writing this document is that the 2002 Acura was spotted in California near the Mexican border on Monday, April 18," the documents said.
Authorities said they believe the Reed brothers may be heading into Mexico. |||||
A: | Court documents show that Washington state police have reached the "inescapable conclusion" that missing Arlington couple Patrick Shunn and Monique Patenaude were murdered. Their vehicles, found partly obscured by branches down an embankment in a remote area near Oso on Sunday, showed "obvious blood pooling and smearing, and some blood splatter," reports Q13. "The largest concentration of blood in the vehicles appeared to be in the cargo area, consistent with a body having laid there some amount of time." An ax, rubber gloves, and tarps were also found, reports the Seattle Times. The evidence is enough that brothers John Reed, 53—with whom the couple shared a driveway and had an "ongoing and constant" dispute—and Tony Reed, 49, have been charged with murder, though both remain on the run. The brothers were last spotted Monday driving a 2002 gold Acura in California near the Mexican border, according to police. Back in 2013, Shunn told police that John Reed threatened "to shoot or assault" the couple after they cut some brush between their properties, an affidavit reads. More recently, Reed became incensed when Patenaude told a county official that he was squatting on his former property, which he had sold to the county, police say. During a 2014 landslide in Oso, however, Shunn and Patenaude "risked everything just to run down and see if (John) was OK," a friend tells Q13, adding it's incomprehensible "to think that he would take their lives." Police say a shell casing was found near a gate between the two properties, while "dried blood" was found around the bathtub of John Reed's former residence. |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Ex Input:
Christian rock is a type of rock music that is performed by Christians .
Ex Output:
Christian rock is a form of rock music that features lyrics focusing on matters of Christian faith , often with an emphasis on Jesus , typically performed by self-proclaimed Christian individuals .
Ex Input:
Mogilev Region , also Mahilyow Voblasts ( Province ) or Mogilyov Oblast is a province ( voblast ) of Belarus .
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Mogilev Region , also Mahilyow Voblasts ( Province ) or Mogilyov Oblast ( ; " Mahiliou ̆ skaja voblasc ́ " ; ; " Mogilyovskaya Oblast " ) , is a region ( " voblast " ) of Belarus with its administrative center at Mogilev ( Mahilyow ) .
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Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall ( , MK ; Cornish for " Sons of Cornwall " ) is a political party in Cornwall .
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| Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall ( -RSB- , MK ; Cornish for " Sons of Cornwall " ) is a Cornish nationalist , centre-left political party in Cornwall , a county in the southwestern United Kingdom .
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Let me give you an example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
The answer to this example can be: No
Here is why: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
OK. solve this:
(CNN) -- A Christian evangelical group said Thursday that a Bible school -- backed by American evangelist Franklin Graham -- was destroyed in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan. At least eight bombs were dropped in the area Wednesday during the school's first day of classes, according to a statement by Samaritan's Purse, Graham's Christian humanitarian group, which supports the school. Two bombs landed inside the compound -- located in the region's Nuba Mountains -- destroying two Heiban Bible College buildings and igniting grass fires across the area, the group said in a statement No injuries were reported. "It was a miracle that no one was injured," the statement added. Graham, who has called on the international community to take out Sudan's air assets and establish a no-fly zone in the region, said in a statement Thursday that he blamed Sudan's air force for the strike. At least four churches have been destroyed since August, the group said. "We are deeply concerned for the welfare and lives of the people of South Kordofan and we condemn the bombing of churches and Christian facilities," added Graham, son of the famed Rev. Billy Graham. More than 78,000 people have fled South Kordofan and Blue Nile states since August of last year after an armed rebellion took root, the United Nations reported. The Sudanese government is thought to have responded to the rebellion by conducting sustained air raids with the use of Russian-made Antonov bombers, which have raised concerns over civilian casualties. Decades of civil war between the north and south, costing as many as 2 million lives, formally ended with a U.S.-brokered peace treaty in 2005. <sep>What is the name of the organization that supports the bible school?<sep>Samaritan's Purse,
Answer: | Yes |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
1 / 28 Mysterious Hollywood Deaths -- Natalie Wood
Thirty years following her death, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopened the Natalie Wood case on Nov. 17, 2011, claiming officials received credible new information. The original investigation concluded that Wood, 43, accidentally drowned while yachting off the coast of California with husband Robert Wagner and their guest Christopher Walken. But the boat's captain Dennis Davern claims he heard the Oscar-nominated actress fighting on the deck with Wagner. Shortly thereafter, no one could locate Wood. Davern claims Wagner impeded their search for Wood by refusing to turn on lights or call for help. Wood's body was found the morning of Nov. 29, 1981 on Santa Catalina island, about a mile from the yacht.
Ernst Haas, Getty Images ||||| By Dylan Howard – Senior Executive Editor, Star magazine
Hollywood star Robert Wagner smashed a bottle of wine in a fit of rage and screamed to actor Christopher Walken “Do you want to f*ck my wife” in the moments before she fell overboard on the fateful night 30 years ago, the boat’s captain has claimed.
Recalling what he saw on the night from the bridge of the luxury yacht, the captain told the cops who’ve re-opened the cold case: “The only full sentence I could completely decipher during the entire argument was “Get off my f*cking boat” said by Robert Wagner.”
Fifteen minutes later, when he arrived on the open deck where Wood, 43, and Wagner had been arguing, Dennis Davern recounted how only “Wagner was present, and he stood near the far rear wall of the yacht.”
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L.A. County officials who re-opened the investigation into Wood’s death said at a press conference on Friday that Wagner is not a suspect in her death.
In a sworn statement to homicide detectives obtained exclusively by RadarOnline.com, Davern suggested the booze fueled confrontation triggered Wagner, now 81, to have a blow-up with his wife Natalie Wood, who was later found drowned in the water off Santa Catalina Island, Calif., in 1981.
He appeared “sweaty, flushed, anxious, nervous, and disheveled,” the boatman claimed.
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“He (Wagner) told me ‘Natalie is missing’ and asked me to search the yacht,” Davern told police, in the document that triggered the sensational move to re-examine the mysterious case.
“He led me through the stateroom which was a mess…it had been spotless when I passed through it after securing the dinghy a half-hour earlier.”
Walken was asleep in the cabin where he retreated to after the “f*ck my wife” slur, Davern said.
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“I immediately wanted to radio for help and to turn on the searchlight, but Robert Wagner told me, sternly, “We are not going to do that. We will wait and see if she returns.”
“His choice led me to presume that he knew his wife was in the dinghy and had taken off in it. I knew that Natalie Wood had never taken the dinghy alone, day or night, as she did not know how to operate it.
“While we waited, Wagner opened scotch and poured alcohol for me. He encouraged me to drink. He discussed with me the repercussions of bringing any immediate attention to the situation and he claimed he did not want to tarnish his image.
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“After an hour passed, Wagner began crying and repeated, ‘She’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone’ which I believed a strange thing to say.
“Over two hours passed before I finally convinced Robert Wagner to make a call for help. He did not call for professional help. He radioed the Island area and said, “Someone is missing from our boat.” He did not mention Natalie Wood’s name.
“Island help showed up and after an hour or so, the local Harbormaster arrived and suggested the Coast Guard be called immediately, but Wagner still claimed he did not want to tarnish his image by drawing public attention to the situation.
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At 3:30 a.m., the Harbormaster insisted the crew of the Splendour phone the Coast Guard and file a missing person report, the captain recalled.
“Crucial time had been wasted,” wrote Davern.
“Wagner’s primary concern was what he would tell the public or authorities when questioned. He repeatedly told me to remain quiet about anything I knew, again citing the importance of his public image. He demanded I say nothing if questioned.
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When the Coast Guard rescue team arrived, “they seemed angry that we had waited so long to call for professional assistance.”
Wood was found floating face down at 7:45 a.m.
Said Davern, “After the news was relayed to us aboard the Splendour, Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken were flown from the Island by helicopter to the Mainland before the detectives on the case arrived.
“I was left behind to identify Wood’s body, as Wagner had asked me to do. I noticed bruises on her body and my first thought was that the bruises might have been acquired during the argument in the stateroom and on the rear deck.”
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That “loud” argument, which spilled onto the deck, was “fast and furious” according to Davern, who reported he heard things (objects, possibly people) hitting the walls and things being thrown at the ceiling.”
Robert Wagner has issued the following statement about the new investigation:
“Although no one in the Wagner family has heard from the LA County Sheriff’s department about this matter, they fully support the efforts of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and trust they will evaluate whether any new information relating to the death of Natalie Wood Wagner is valid, and that it comes from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30 year anniversary of her tragic death.”
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| More details from the captain of the boat Natalie Wood was on the night she died: Her husband Robert Wagner angrily accused fellow passenger Christopher Walken of wanting “to f*** my wife,” the captain told police investigators in a statement obtained by Radar. Wagner also argued with Wood, the captain said, adding, “The only full sentence I could completely decipher during the entire argument was ‘Get off my f***ing boat’, said by Robert Wagner.” The Huffington Post rounds up 27 more stories of mysterious celebrity deaths: Thomas Ince: The silent film actor died of heart failure shortly after a trip on William Randolph Hearst’s yacht in 1924, but some reports claimed Hearst actually shot him over actress Marion Davies. According to rumors, Hearst saw Davies—with whom he was in love—with Charlie Chaplin, and accidentally shot Ince in the ensuing struggle. Thelma Todd: She was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of a fellow actress, but it remains unknown whether foul play was involved. Some think she could have been locked inside the garage, possibly after being knocked unconscious. Bob Crane: The Hogan’s Heroes star was bludgeoned to death, possibly with a camera tripod. John Henry Carpenter, who often helped Crane film his sexual exploits, was suspected in his 1978 death but not charged until 1990. Authorities still believe Carpenter was the murderer, but he was acquitted. Johnny Stompanato: The bodyguard was stabbed outside the home of his girlfriend, actress Lana Turner, in 1958. Turner’s then-teenage daughter admitted to stabbing him, but some argue Turner actually killed him. Click for the full list. |
Teacher:In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Macri is the son of Francesco Macri, a prominent Italian businessman in the industrial and construction sectors, and was raised in an upper class home. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and studied at Columbia Business School in New York City. Macri became president of Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's two most popular football clubs, in 1995. In 2005, he created the centre-right Republican Proposal party (Propuesta Republicana, also known as PRO).
Student: | where did the president of argentina go to college |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Problem:Criminal charges have been laid in a chocolate price-fixing case against market leader Nestlé Canada Inc. and others, Canada’s competition watchdog announced Thursday.
Mars Canada Inc. and the national distribution network Itwal Ltd. have also been charged, along with three senior industry executives, the federal Competition Bureau said.
The charges cap a bureau investigation lasting more than five years into Canada’s multibillion dollar a year candy industry. None of the allegations has been proven in court.
“Price-fixing is a serious criminal offence and today’s charges demonstrate the Competition Bureau’s resolve to stop cartel activity in Canada,” John Pecman, interim commissioner of competition, said in a statement.
A fourth company, Hershey Canada Inc., is expected to plead guilty on June 21 for its role in the alleged conspiracy to fix the price of chocolate confectionery products in Canada, the bureau said.
Two former senior executives at Nestlé and the current chief executive of Brampton-based Itwal were also charged, the independent law enforcement agency said.
The individuals named are Robert Leonidas, a former president of Nestlé Canada; Sandra Martinez, a former president of confectionery for Nestlé Canada; and David Glenn Stevens, president and chief executive officer of ITWAL.
Mars Canada, Nestlé Canada and a lawyer for Leonidas all said they intend to defend themselves against the charges. “This matter has been in the public domain since late 2007. Mr. Leonidas looks forward to his day in court where we intend to vigorously defend against these allegations,” lawyer Jay Naster, of Rosen Naster LLP, said in an email.
ITWAL chief executive Ross Robertson told the Star Wednesday evening that the company “has always carried on its business for the benefit of its member distributors in full compliance with all Canadian laws” and that it and Stevens “strongly deny the bureau’s allegations and intend to vigorously defend the charges.”
In a separate statement, Hershey Canada said it will plead guilty to one count of price fixing related to communications with competitors in 2007.
Hershey Canada said it promptly reported the alleged conduct to the Competition Bureau, co-operated fully with its investigation and did not put in place the planned price increase, which was the subject of the 2007 communications
The bureau, which said it became aware of the alleged conduct through its immunity program, has recommended that Hershey receive lenient treatment for co-operating with the investigation.
The investigation uncovered evidence suggesting the accused conspired, agreed or arranged to fix prices of chocolate products, the federal watchdog said in a statement.
The allegations cover a period from 2002 to 2008, a bureau spokesperson said.
Court documents unsealed in December, 2007, allege senior executives at Hershey, Mars and Nestlé met secretly in coffee shops and restaurants and at industry conventions to set prices.
The documents allege the chief executive of Nestlé Canada handed envelopes stuffed with pricing information to a competitor, instructing the person not to be seen picking up the material in his office.
The maximum penalties under the act in force at the time the alleged conduct occurred were $10 million and/or five years in prison, the bureau said. The penalties have since been increased to $25 million and/or 14 years in prison.
Class-action lawsuits filed against the companies in connection with the price-fixing allegations resulted in settlements of more than $22 million, according to Siskinds, the law firm representing the plaintiffs.
Nestle Canada settled for $9 million, Cadbury Adams Canada for $5.7 million, Hershey Canada for $5.3 million, and Mars Canada for $3.2 million, documents on Siskinds’ class-action website show. ||||| By Peter N Henderson
TORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - Canada has charged two of the world's biggest candy makers, Nestle SA and Mars Inc, with colluding to fix the price of chocolate, the Canadian competition watchdog said on Thursday.
Canada's Competition Bureau recommended lenient treatment for the Canadian arm of Hershey Co, which cooperated with the investigation. Hershey said it had reached a deal with the bureau, and would plead guilty to a single count of price fixing.
Both Mars and Nestle said they intend to "vigorously defend" themselves against the allegations.
In its statement Hershey expressed regret for its actions and blamed workers who had already left the company.
"The current Hershey Canada senior management team as well as The Hershey Company and its management had no involvement in this conduct," the statement said.
The Competition Bureau has been probing the allegations of price fixing for five years in a scandal that has already resulted in a major class-action suit. Hershey, Mars and Nestle all agreed to settlements as part of that suit.
A similar class-action suit in the United States is still making its way through a Pennsylvania court.
The Canadian Competition Bureau has also charged ITWAL Limited, a national network of independent wholesale distributors, as well as three individuals: Robert Leonidas, the former chief executive of Nestle Canada; Sandra Martinez, former Nestle Canada president and David Glenn Stevens, president and chief executive ITWAL Limited.
The three executives face up to five years in prison if convicted, while the companies and the executives could each be fined up to $10 million. |||||
Solution: | The Canadian branches of Nestlé and Mars were both slapped with criminal charges yesterday, with Canada's Competition Bureau accusing both of price-fixing the chocolate market following a 5-year investigation. Hershey was also party to the scheme, which dates to 2007 and earlier, but the bureau recommended leniency because it cooperated with investigators, Reuters reports. "Price-fixing is a serious criminal offense," the Competition Bureau said, promising "to stop cartel activity in Canada." Two former top Nestlé executives were charged individually as well, as was the wholesale distributor Itwal and its CEO. Court documents describe a series of secret meetings between top Nestlé, Mars, and Hershey executives to set prices. Nestlé Canada's CEO also allegedly shared envelopes full of pricing details with one competitor, warning the competitor not to be seen retrieving them, the Toronto Star reports. Hershey says it promptly reported the scheme to regulators and never implemented a planned price hike. Hershey will plead guilty to one count of price fixing on June 21. The maximum penalty the accused face: a fine of up to $10 million as well as a prison term of up to five years. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Input: Consider Input: The series has been renewed for a sixth season of 26 episodes which will premiere in Canada in September 2018,and in the UK on July 16, 2018.
Output: is there going to be season 6 of the next step?
Input: Consider Input: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology series, set immediately before the events of the original Star Wars film. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Rogue One follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's superweapon.
Output: is rogue one the sequel to force awakens?
Input: Consider Input: The ``flavourings'' are believed to include cloves, soy sauce, lemons, pickles and peppers.
| Output: is soy sauce and worcestershire sauce the same thing?
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In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
One example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution is here: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this: American Airlines Flight 11: FAA Awareness. Although the Boston Center air traffic controller realized at an early stage that there was something wrong with American 11, he did not immediately interpret the plane's failure to respond as a sign that it had been hijacked. At 8:14, when the flight failed to heed his instruction to climb to 35,000 feet, the controller repeatedly tried to raise the flight. He reached out to the pilot on the emergency frequency. Though there was no response, he kept trying to contact the aircraft. At 8:21, American 11 turned off its transponder, immediately degrading the information available about the aircraft. The controller told his supervisor that he thought something was seriously wrong with the plane, although neither suspected a hijacking. The supervisor instructed the controller to follow standard procedures for handling a "no radio" aircraft. The controller checked to see if American Airlines could establish communication with American 11. He became even more concerned as its route changed, moving into another sector's airspace. Controllers immediately began to move aircraft out of its path, and asked other aircraft in the vicinity to look for American 11. At 8:24:38, the following transmission came from American 11: American 11: We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you'll be okay. We are returning to the airport. The controller only heard something unintelligible; he did not hear the specific words "we have some planes." The next transmission came seconds later: American 11: Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. <sep>What did the controllers do when American 11 left the first controller's airspace and moved into another sector?<sep>Immediately began to move aircraft out of its path and asked other aircraft
Solution: | Yes |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
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Question: Edwards failed to qualify for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway. He got a five-year sponsorship from Eagle Airlines, a small British charter company, to support his attempt to reach the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, but failed to qualify for those as well.
Answer: did eddie the eagle participate in 1992 olympics?
Question: Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Answer: can the president serve more than two terms?
Question: A timing belt, timing chain or cambelt is a part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes. In an interference engine the timing belt or chain is also critical to preventing the piston from striking the valves. A timing belt is usually a toothed belt -- a drive belt with teeth on the inside surface. A timing chain is a roller chain.
Answer: | is the cambelt the same as the timing belt?
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Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
What part of the passage cites an example to make its point?, Context: In addition to having evolved, for the most part, separately from one another and with distinct individual histories, the Latin-based regional Romance languages of Italy are also better classified as separate languages rather than true "dialects" due to the often high degree in which they lack mutual intelligibility. Though mostly mutually unintelligible, the exact degree to which the regional Italian languages are mutual unintelligible varies, often correlating with geographical distance or geographical barriers between the languages, with some regional Italian languages that are closer in geographical proximity to each other or closer to each other on the dialect continuum being more or less mutually intelligible. For instance, a speaker of purely Eastern Lombard, a language in Northern Italy's Lombardy region that includes the Bergamasque dialect, would have severely limited mutual intelligibility with a purely standard Italian speaker and would be nearly completely unintelligible to a speaker of a pure Sicilian language variant. Due to Eastern Lombard's status as a Gallo-Italic language, an Eastern Lombard speaker may, in fact, have more mutual intelligibility with a Occitan, Catalan, or French speaker than a standard Italian or Sicilian language speaker. Meanwhile, a Sicilian language speaker would have an greater degree of mutual intelligibility with a speaker of the more closely related Neapolitan language, but far less mutual intelligibility with a person speaking Sicilian Gallo-Italic, a language that developed in isolated Lombard emigrant communities on the same island as the Sicilian language.
A: | an Eastern Lombard speaker may, in fact, have more mutual intelligibility with a Occitan, Catalan, or French speaker than a standard Italian or Sicilian language speaker |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Cookworthy 's factory at Plymouth , 1768 , used kaolin clay and china stone .
A: | Cookworthy 's factory at Plymouth , established in 1768 , used kaolin and china stone to make porcelain with a body composition similar to that of the Chinese porcelains of the early 18th century . |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Russian Trolls Tried To Influence Debate Over NFL Players Kneeling During Anthem NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal about Russian twitter bots attempting to sow political discord in America by tweeting about football.
Hypothesis: Russian's try to create political discord. | Yes |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:Among the national teams, Germany and Brazil have played the most World Cup matches (109), Germany appeared in the most finals (8), semi-finals (13), quarter-finals (16), while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups (21), has the most wins (73) and has scored the most goals (229). The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final.
Solution: | have any teams played each other twice in the world cup? |
Context:
During the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, Chinese student demonstrators in Beijing built a 10-meter version of the Statue of Liberty to symbolize their struggle.
Hypothesis: The actual Statue of Liberty is 257 meters tall. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
It's impossible to say
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
I am sure that the minister will be concerned about reports today that the panel on ecological integrity in Canada's national parks appears about to report that the national parks are in serious trouble, that the ecological integrity principle that the parks are supposed to be managed on is not being applied consistently, and that scientific talent is thin in the parks.
Sentence: The parks are well cared for.
Output: No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
"Oh! Mr Porter" is an old British music hall song about a girl "going too far". It was famously part of the repertoires of the artistes Norah Blaney and Marie Lloyd. It was written in 1892 by George Le Brunn and his brother Thomas, and taken on an extended provincial tour that same year by Marie Lloyd. The lyrics include this chorus:
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
Hypothesis: The song is still popular to this day.
****
Answer:
It's impossible to say
[Q]: How to hire a good boss<br>Define the job duties and qualifications. The first step to becoming a good boss in a particular role is having an excellent understanding of the job and what is needed to be successful. [substeps] Without significant experience, obvious mistakes will be made and the boss's judgment will be questioned by subordinates. The first step to becoming a good boss is to fire your second in command OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: No
Problem: How to become pci compliant<br>Confirm your merchant level. The first step is to discuss and verify your merchant level with the bank or clearinghouse that handles your credit card transactions. Merchants are divided into four categories based on visa card transaction over 12 months.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Merchants are divided into more than 1 category."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
Context:
How to serve gewurztraminer<br>Chill the gewürztraminer. This fragrant wine is best enjoyed at 55 to 60 degrees fahrenheit (12 to 15 degrees celsius). Use a wine cooler to chill the wine to an exact temperature.
Hypothesis: gewürztraminer is not fragant OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
| No |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
One example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution is here: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Now, solve this: Lash is associate dean at the University of Southern California Law School. Johnson is a justice on California's Second District Court of Appeal. Lash and Johnson are co-chairs of the California Commission on Access to Justice. The full report can be viewed at (www.calbar.org). In her year-long odyssey through the California justice system, Katherine, a 35-year-old single mother with three children, experienced failure at every turn. Leaving her abusive husband, she moved into the only apartment she could afford, and soon discovered a broken toilet and non- working oven, rats and roaches, and a fourthfloor landing with no railing. She began withholding rent pending repairs her landlord refused to make, but then her Medi-Cal benefits were cut off when she could not provide rent receipts. She lost health care for her children and herself, although she is a borderline diabetic in need of medication and her children were suffering from rat bites. Katherine tried to seek help through the courts. Representing herself at an administrative hearing, she lost her appeal to restore Medi-Cal benefits because she did not have proper documentation of the rent account. When she went to a courthouse to file a complaint against her landlord, she found the process so confusing that she gave up and went home. According to "The Path to Justice: A Five-Year Status Report on Access to Justice in California," prepared by the California Commission on Access to Justice, Katherine is just one of 4.6 million poor Californians whose basic civil legal needs -- often involving such critical needs as housing, health care, education, employment, safety and transportation -- are not being addressed. California has a critical dearth of legal services for the poor, and, as this report makes clear, it is imperative that the state join with the federal government and private funders to increase resources so that all Californians, regardless of income, have equal access to our justice system. Our justice system is predicated on the assumption that both parties will be represented by lawyers who act as gatekeepers and guides through a complex legal system that would otherwise be inaccessible to many of us. Unfortunately, the most vulnerable members of our society are the least able to afford legal services. California does have a strong network of legal aid organizations that try to help meet the needs of the poor, but there's just one legal aid lawyer available per 10,000 poor people. We may promise "justice for all," but for those who can't afford a lawyer, that promise is often a lie. In its new report, the Commission on Access to Justice notes some significant steps toward providing equal access to justice for all Californians. <sep>What positions do the co-chairs of the California Commission on Access to Justice hold?<sep>Lash is associate dean at the University of Southern California Law School
Solution: | Yes |
Q: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
When entering into force in 1994, the EEA parties were 17 states and two European Communities: the European Community, which was later absorbed into the EU's wider framework, and the now defunct European Coal and Steel Community. Membership has grown to 31 states as of 2016: 28 EU member states, as well as three of the four member states of the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). The Agreement is applied provisionally with respect to Croatia--the remaining and most recent EU member state--pending ratification of its accession by all EEA parties. One EFTA member, Switzerland, has not joined the EEA, but has a series of bilateral agreements with the EU which allow it also to participate in the internal market.
A: | is switzerland a member of the european economic area? |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
The camera cuts to closeup scenes of her fingers picking up a contact lens and holding it up. The camera briefly cuts to the woman's face before returning. the woman
A). 's hands are shown briefly while the camera pans around a large selection of vegetables on the kitchen counter.;
B). holds up the lens and holds it up for a shot.;
C). puts the contact lens on her eye.;
D). continuously uses the contact lens in between her fingers.; | C). |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
The Governor of Victoria represents the head of state , Elizabeth II in the Australian state of Victoria .
A: | The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch , Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Problem: We drove about a great deal--the country at the back of Deauville, going away from the sea, is lovely--very like England--charming narrow roads with high banks and hedges on each side--big trees with spreading branches meeting overhead--stretches of green fields with cows grazing placidly and horses and colts gambolling about. It is a great grazing and breeding country. There are many haras (breeding stables) in the neighbourhood, and the big Norman posters are much in demand. I have friends who never take their horses to the country. They hire for the season a pair of strong Norman horses that go all day up and down hill at the same regular pace and who get over a vast amount of country. We stopped once or twice when we were a large party, two or three carriages, and had tea at one of the numerous farmhouses that were scattered about. Boiling water was a difficulty--milk, cider, good bread and butter, cheese we could always find--sometimes a galette, but a kettle and boiling water were entirely out of their habits. They used to boil the water in a large black pot, and take it out with a big spoon. However, it amused us, and the water really did boil. <sep>What place is a great grazing and breeding country?<sep>London
Solution: | No |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: The name is because radioactive material " falls out " of the atmosphere into which it is spread during the explosion .
A: Nuclear fallout , or fallout , is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast , so called because it " falls out " of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave have passed .
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Q: The British Association for Applied Linguistics ( BAAL ) is an academic society .
A: The British Association for Applied Linguistics ( BAAL ) is an academic society for professional applied linguists , language teachers and other interested parties , based in the United Kingdom .
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Q: The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ( or , or ) was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after its victory in the Franco-Prussian War .
A: | The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine ( or ; Alsatian : ; Moselle Franconian / ) was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 , after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War .
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process. The roles of a producer vary. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist / group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements.
Output: | what is the function of a music producer |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
One example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution is here: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Now, solve this: Which country did the French pick on because they were upset about a breach of contract after declaring war on Great Britain?, Context: When revolutionary France declared war on Great Britain in 1793, the United States sought to remain neutral, but the Jay Treaty, which was favorable to Great Britain, angered the French government, which viewed it as a violation of the 1778 Treaty of Alliance. French privateers began to seize U.S. vessels, which led to an undeclared "Quasi-War" between the two nations. Fought at sea from 1798 to 1800, the United States won a string of victories in the Caribbean. George Washington was called out of retirement to head a "provisional army" in case of invasion by France, but President John Adams managed to negotiate a truce, in which France agreed to terminate the prior alliance and cease its attacks.
Solution: | United States |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
A woman demonstrates how to apply wallpaper to a wall. a woman
Choices: [i] walks in and starts removing wallpaper.; [ii] sits on the bed and reads a document.; [iii] places plaster squares over the wall as she uses scissors to move the squares.; [iv] holds up the various tools needed to apply wallpaper.; | [iv] |
Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Output: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
New input case for you: Proto-Indo-European language ( PIE ) is the ancestor of the Indo-European languages .
Output: | Proto-Indo-European ( PIE ) is the linguistic reconstruction of the ancient common ancestor of the Indo-European languages , the most widely spoken language family in the world . |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: Xu Chongde ( 15 January 1929 – 3 March 2014 ) was a Chinese legal expert , professor and political scientist .
A: | Xu Chongde ( 15 January 1929 – 3 March 2014 ) was a well-known legal expert and professor , political scientist , and the member of the Communist Party of China in the People 's Republic of China . |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
J2 League is the second grouping of Japan Professional Football League ( 日本フ ゚ ロサッカーリーク ゙ , Nippon Puro Sakka ̄ Ri ̄ gu ) .
Output: | The J2 League ( Japanese : J2リーク ゙ , Hepburn : J2 Ri ̄ gu ) or simply J2 is the second division of the Japan Professional Football League ( Japanese : 日本フ ゚ ロサッカーリーク ゙ , Hepburn : Nihon Puro Sakka ̄ Ri ̄ gu ) and the second level of the Japanese association football league system . |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
People wash a car with water using a hose. A man stands on the side watching the men. then
Available options: A. he dry the car with paper towels, and get ready to wash the car, after he drives it. B. , the men wash the bare middle of a car. C. , the men put soap on the car, after they rinse the car with water. D. , the men take off a shoe from the car and dry the shoe in the sink. | C. |
Detailed Instructions: You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Problem:The rules for the high jump are set internationally by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Jumpers must take off on one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the bar is dislodged by the action of the jumper whilst jumping or the jumper touches the ground or breaks the plane of the near edge of the bar before clearance. The technique one uses for the jump must be almost flawless in order to have a chance of clearing a high bar.
Solution: | can you jump off two feet in high jump? |
question: Complete the next sentence:
A kite flying in the sky. a close up of the kite and the trailing tails
OPTIONS:
- flutter in the dim lit sky.
- are covered with small protective jackets.
- of a dog below.
- .
answer: flutter in the dim lit sky.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
Kirbie johnson a beauty reporter talks in front of ramirez tran salon and meets with anh co tran a celebrity hairstylist. More celebrity photos are shown while anh co tran demonstrates hair styling on a female model. more celebrity photos
OPTIONS:
- are shown & end with a web page title screen.
- are shown of a shuttlecock hair stylist using different accessories.
- are shown while anh co tran continues cutting and styling the models hair.
- are shown of a female model up close demonstrating hair but not looking very good..
Next sentence: are shown while anh co tran continues cutting and styling the models hair.
context: How to escape if your car is stalled on the tracks of an approaching train
Get out of the car immediately.
Do not honk your horn and expect the train to stop; a train will not be able to come to a complete stop immediately. Even if it is slowing down, it will still plow through you before it can come to a stop.
OPTIONS:
- Do not attempt to play chicken with a moving train. It's not backing down; you must.
- Pull out your cell phone from within your handbag or pocket. If your phone has a universal back button, tap and hold it out of view from your handbag or pocket.
- Do not attempt to rush onto the track unless you have absolutely no other choice. This is an undertaking that will take hours.
- The train's brake lights will be engaged as it begins to come to a complete stop. If the battery is dying, delay getting out.
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next sentence for the context: Do not attempt to play chicken with a moving train. It's not backing down; you must.
IN: What happens next?
The words "vlogging with hannah" appear on screen in a flourish font. a person
OPTIONS:
- is juicing a lemon with an electric juicer.
- gets their hand tied by the other on a tango bar.
- is instructed on how to weed out grass from a trash can in an outdoors environment.
- is seen bending over throwing a bowling ball down a lane.
OUT: is juicing a lemon with an electric juicer.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to get free virus protection software
Find out which version of windows you are running.
In general, most free anti-virus programs are intended for use with windows operating systems; however, new versions are updated for the latest windows versions.
For example, if you are still running windows xp, make sure you do not download a version only intended for windows 8 and higher.
OPTIONS:
- Read the reviews carefully before downloading. Tech websites go into detail about how to avoid paying for upgrades that you don't want and other common pitfalls.
- Check the ip address of your operating system. A first step in getting free virus protection software is to get an ip address to support the software you are running.
- Connect your windows operating system to your computer using a usb cable. Once the computer is connected, it will be opened by the name windows 8 or higher.
- If this is the case, you may need to do a trial run for another version. Restart your computer and run the software.
A: Read the reviews carefully before downloading. Tech websites go into detail about how to avoid paying for upgrades that you don't want and other common pitfalls.
context: How to bet on sports
Bet on point spreads.
Point spreads help to balance out the odds of each team winning. When people bet on point spreads, they usually talk about (+ 3.5), (- 7.5), (+ 4), etc.
OPTIONS:
- The turn between teams and teams, for instance, would be a red-hand spread. Red-hand spreads offer progressive but greater straight-pocket spreads, which give a lower chance of winning a game-better than points.
- During the game, you and each team should be able to agree whether each team must raise a quarter to win. This ratio of points (- 1.5 is considered the ace in round two) will likewise be purchased a notice of the very high cost to the players.
- After 2 points, the age boards take place to determine what percentage of people were able to win, and what percentage was found to be gaenjoy. In both cases, you are betting on, at the same level, the road to the outer world, and the time zone.
- This is how many points are added or subtracted from a team's final score. Take, for example, the chicago bears (+ 5) and the green bay packers (- 5) are playing each other this sunday.
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next sentence for the context: | This is how many points are added or subtracted from a team's final score. Take, for example, the chicago bears (+ 5) and the green bay packers (- 5) are playing each other this sunday. |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
In addition , the Court of Appeals may transfer a case to the Supreme Court after an opinion is issued .
A: | In addition , the Court of Appeals may transfer a case to the Supreme Court after an opinion is issued , either upon application of one of the parties or at the request of one of the judges on the appellate panel . |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
See one example below:
Problem: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Solution: No
Explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: The opening shot of the movie shows Kunti praying for Lord Krishna's protection for the Pandavas . Lord Krishna consoles Kunti and promises to ever protect the Pandavas and guide them through troubles and problems that may occur in life . The sons of Pandu and Dhritarashtra progeny break into an argument . When Duryodhana insults the Pandavas as `` dependents '' , Bheema counters by saying that , the Kauravas are the progeny of a widow . Duryodhana asks Veda Vyasa for an explanation . He is then told that , since his mother , Gandhari had an astrological defect , she is first married of to a goat and then married to his father . Duryodhana gains animosity towards the kingdom of Gandhara where the king , the father of his mother Gandhari , rules . He attacks Gandhara and lays waste of the whole kingdom . He them imprisons the royal family in his prison . He gives them only one rice grain per prisoner . The king of Gandhara then stops everyone from grabbing the little food that is provided . He says that instead of everyone dying , they could keep at least one of their princes alive . He chooses Sakuni to be alive . Sakuni takes an oath that he will do everything he can to destroy the entire Kaurava clan . He makes magic dice from his father's spinal cord . The magic dice show exactly the number that he would want . Duryodhana takes pity on the lone prisoner , Sakuni after the rest of the Gandhara royal family dies in prison out of starvation . Sakuni joins the evil of coterie of Duryodhana , Karna and Dushyasana . <sep>Which Gandhara family member joins Duryodhana, Karna, and Dushyasana after surviving the prison?<sep>Sakuni
Solution: | Yes |
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Example: Timothy likes to play sports. He spends his time after school playing basketball and baseball. Sometimes Timothy pretends he is a famous baseball pitcher for his favorite team with his friends. He plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. Timothy also plays pretend when he is alone. He has an imaginary friend named Sean. Sean is an elephant who watches television with Timothy. Mandy likes playing baseball but she also likes to paint. Mandy's favorite class at school is art. She likes making pictures of flowers. Her teacher says she is a good artist. She painted a picture of a tree for her teacher. There were red and yellow leaves on it. It had apples on it. When Andrew goes home after baseball, he likes to eat a snack. He eats carrots and bananas. If he is a good boy his mom, Mrs. Smith, sometimes gives him milk and cookies. Afterwards, Andrew finishes his homework. <sep>Who does Timothy play with?<sep>Basketball and baseball
Example solution: No
Example explanation: Based on the passage Timothy plays with his friends Mandy and Andrew. So, the given answer is incorrect and the output should be "No".
Problem: Paris, France (CNN) -- Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said. Caterpillar's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs. It is at least the third time this month that French workers threatened with cutbacks have blockaded managers in their offices to demand negotiations. Executives were released unharmed in both previous situations. The latest incident started Tuesday morning at the office of the construction equipment company in the southeastern city of Grenoble. The workers were angry that Caterpillar had proposed cutting more than 700 jobs and would not negotiate, said Nicolas Benoit, a spokesman for the workers' union. They did not want to harm the Caterpillar executives, Benoit told CNN. One hostage was released Tuesday evening leaving workers with four captives inside the Caterpillar building. The released man was a human resources director identified only as Mr. Petit, because he has heart problems, union representative Bernard Patrick told CNN. Petit had a heart attack a few weeks ago, Patrick said. The four others still being held are Nicolas Polutnik, the head of operations; two other executives; and Petit's personal assistant, he said. About 500 employees were also outside the building protesting. <sep>In what city does this paragraph place Mr. Petit's personal assistant?<sep>The southeastern city of Grenoble, France
| Solution: Yes |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Thursday at Ten, KTIV's Sheila Brummer will introduce you to a breast cancer survivor. Plus, Sheila underwent a mammogram in order to demonstrate the procedure for area viewers and reinforce the importance of early detection in the fight against breast cancer. "Battling Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know" on KTIV News 4 at Ten. We want to hear your stories too. What experiences or advice do you have to offer to those fighting breast cancer?
Hypothesis: Sheila brummer who underwent a mammogram to demonstrate for the battle breast cancer is giving advice is ten year survivor
Choices:
(a). Yes.
(b). It's impossible to say.
(c). No. | (b). |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: What has been done by the government towards the sculptural ensembles?, Context: A number of sculptural ensembles of that era, erected at the tombs of royals and other dignitaries, have survived (in various degrees of preservation) in Nanjing's northeastern and eastern suburbs, primarily in Qixia and Jiangning District. Possibly the best preserved of them is the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (475–518), a brother of Emperor Wu of Liang. The period of division ended when the Sui Dynasty reunified China and almost destroyed the entire city, turning it into a small town.
Student: | preservation |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
We see shots of cameras. We see people celebrating their victory. A crowd jumps over a wall. Groups of people hug and jump. a
A: man and woman hug and kiss.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to inquire about a resume
Determine the submission deadline.
Reread the job advertisement or position description for any information about application deadlines. Only inquire about your resume if the application deadline has passed.
A: Ascertain the time frame of the hiring process. Many companies publish information about the employment process in job advertisements.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to train a horse to jump
Make sure you have the required items.
You'll need cavaletti poles, jump standards, boots to protect your horse's pasterns, and a suitable saddle for jumping. If you don't have a cavaletti just use wood poles or tree branches.
A: Use heavier weight poles (not pvc pipes or bamboo) so if your horse hits one of the poles he will realize that hitting them is uncomfortable. Set the cavaletti poles on the ground.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to infuse herbs
Measure your herbs.
The most basic proportions are one tablespoon dried or two tablespoons fresh herbs per cup of water. However, the guidelines may vary according to the herb and your taste.
A: | Be sure to take the recommended dosages into account when deciding how much of each herb to use in your infusion. Going by weight, the amount can vary from a half gram to five grams per eight ounces of water. |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: My parents, Kelly and Kelley, said that it was that time of year to take a family vacation. We've been to big ride parks that have hotels with large pools. This year my parents wanted to do something different. They wanted to take us all to Elk River Castle. After lots of planning we hit the road for our trip. My Brother Kelsey and I enjoyed the long car ride there. Once we arrive, the castle looked much bigger than we had imagined. There was so much to see and so much to do. There was a swimming pool, movie theater and an elevator to take us from floor to floor. What a magical place! I was so excited because we had the whole place to our family! We spent our vacation playing around the huge castle and finding small mysterious places. There was even a tiny room in the back of one of the closets. My brother, Kelsey, and I played hide and go seek for hours, watched movies and swam until the sun went down. It was sad when our vacation finally came to an end but we made some amazing memories. We'll never forget our trip to Elk River Castle! <sep>Even though the narrator's parents wanted to plan a different-than-normal family vacation, name at least one thing that was the same as past vacations.<sep>There was an elevator in the castle
A: | No |
question: Complete the next sentence:
A close up of a sink is seen with cleaner on top while the camera zooms in on the sink. a woman
OPTIONS:
- talks as she soaks soap in the water under the sink.
- washes the dishes and puts them away.
- is then seen rubbing down the sink with a rag and shows off the sink in the end.
- pops open a bottle and sprays the sink with a cleaner making sure it is clean.
answer: is then seen rubbing down the sink with a rag and shows off the sink in the end.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
How to make your own wrestling ring
Buy four 8 foot (2.4 m) tall wooden posts.
Look for posts that are around 6 inches (15 cm) wide by 6 inches (15 cm) long. These posts will serve as the corners of your wrestling ring.
OPTIONS:
- Purchase six 6 by 6 feet (2.4 m) steel posts. Draw or sketch these upon being laid down.
- 2 15 foot posts will often serve as corners for the ring. There is a " anvil post " that you can use for this.
- Measure and mark 42 inches (110 cm) up from the bottom of each post. That's where the floor of your wrestling ring will be.
- You can purchase wooden poles or duct tape as well. Two 8-foot posts can be used as the corner posts..
Next sentence: Measure and mark 42 inches (110 cm) up from the bottom of each post. That's where the floor of your wrestling ring will be.
context: A news anchor in white coat is talking in front of the camera. the player
OPTIONS:
- plays the drums at an instant.
- kicked the ball and hit the goal.
- in blue is in a series of swings and slightly falls on his back.
- is bra involved in a long stand.
****
next sentence for the context: kicked the ball and hit the goal.
IN: What happens next?
A man and a woman are standing outside in the snow talking. the man
OPTIONS:
- begins to drag the woman down to the ground.
- is cleaning the snow off of the car.
- shows the woman how to shovel the snow from his face.
- puts a white powder on a car and then begins spraying several cakes onto a car in front of him.
OUT: is cleaning the snow off of the car.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
. a young boy dressed in shorts and a t - shirt
OPTIONS:
- stands beside a fooseball table pushing a child's pool cue.
- is standing in a bathroom with his left foot on a colorful mat and his right hand on the sink, and he's brushing his teeth with his left hand.
- is jumping on an elliptical machine that has a large screen of images on it.
- serves tennis tennis ball against another man in a locker room.
A: is standing in a bathroom with his left foot on a colorful mat and his right hand on the sink, and he's brushing his teeth with his left hand.
context: How to avoid feeding your cat harmful people foods
Do not give your cat onions, garlic, or chives.
Onions, garlic, and chives contain properties that can cause anemia if consumed by your cat. This can also lead to jaundice and damage your cat's red blood cells.
OPTIONS:
- To identify anemia in either plant, do a blood test. If you see any of these symptoms, give your cat a cortisone shot.
- Even a few slices of onions, garlic, or chives can be toxic for cats. This applies to uncooked and cooked onions, garlic, and chives.
- By giving your cat these substances, you can avoid consuming them. Furthermore, beer, and vinegar do not have these properties and can cause liver damage for your cat.
- You should also not add plant oils to your cat's diet. Try to stay away from olive oil, honey, aloe vera, or almond oil for a period of several weeks before feeding your cat these foods.
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next sentence for the context: | Even a few slices of onions, garlic, or chives can be toxic for cats. This applies to uncooked and cooked onions, garlic, and chives. |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
Then she demonstrates how she can move the saddle after she loosens it. She hits it with her hand to push the jammed saddle. then she
Options:
(1). sticks her tongue out and gets off the saddle..
(2). takes a hammer and uses a blue-handled mallet on the saddle..
(3). shows how to adjust the saddle by moving it back and forth..
(4). uses a tool to tighten the saddle further.. | (3). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
The answer to this example can be: Russian Revolution
Here is why: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
OK. solve this:
What might we see more countries doing in the future?, Context: Setting national renewable energy targets can be an important part of a renewable energy policy and these targets are usually defined as a percentage of the primary energy and/or electricity generation mix. For example, the European Union has prescribed an indicative renewable energy target of 12 per cent of the total EU energy mix and 22 per cent of electricity consumption by 2010. National targets for individual EU Member States have also been set to meet the overall target. Other developed countries with defined national or regional targets include Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, and some US States.
Answer: | Setting national renewable energy targets |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
Example Input: In the epilogue, Greg reveals that he wrote the book as an explanation to his prospective college, the University of Pittsburgh, about why he fell back on schoolwork during his last school year. After his conversation with Earl, he had decided to retire from film-making, but on writing down his experience, decides that he shouldn't. He realizes that he was always unhappy because he was trying to be someone he wasn't, but was content when he was just himself. He makes up his mind to apply to film school within the next six months. The book ends with him wondering if he should put Rachel in his next film.
Example Output: what happens at the end of me earl and the dying girl
Example Input: The Green Bay Packers Board of Directors is the organization that serves as the owner of record for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). The Packers have been a publicly owned, non-profit corporation since August 18, 1923. The corporation currently has 360,760 stockholders, who collectively own 5,011,558 shares of stock after the last stock sale of 2011 -- 2012. There have been five stock sales, in 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997, and 2011. Shares in 1923 sold for $5 apiece (approx $72 in 2017), while in 1997 they were sold at $200 each and in 2011, $250 each.
Example Output: how does ownership of the green bay packers work
Example Input: Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. About eight miles (12 km) long and two miles (3 km) wide, Roanoke Island lies between the mainland and the barrier islands near Nags Head, with Albemarle Sound on its north, Roanoke Sound at the eastern end, Croatan Sound to the west, and Wanchese CDP at the southern end. The town of Manteo is located on the northern portion of the island, and is the county seat of Dare County. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is on the north end of the island. There is a land area of 17.95 square miles (46.5 km) and a population of 6,724 as of the 2000 census.
Example Output: | name the bodies of water that surround roanoke island
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Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: The feral domestic pigeon is often called the " rock dove " : it is common in many cities .
Output: | The species most commonly referred to as " pigeon " is the species known by scientists as the rock dove , one subspecies of which , the domestic pigeon , is common in many cities as the feral pigeon . |
Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
In 1974 , Cumberland , Westmorland and bits of Yorkshire and Lancashire were put into the new county of Cumbria .
A: | The county of Cumbria was created in April 1974 through an amalgamation of the administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland , to which parts of Lancashire ( the area known as Lancashire North of the Sands ) and the West Riding of Yorkshire were added . |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Four Arrested in Moberly Drug Operation MOBERLY - Officers found marijuana, meth paraphernalia, money and other items used to distribute and use narcotics in Moberly on Tuesday. Two men and two women were taken into custody where they are awaiting formal charges. Three juveniles were removed from the house and placed with a family member. The Officers with the North Missouri Drug Task Force, the Randolph County Sheriff's Department and the Moberly Police Department executed the search warrant at 716 North Ault Street in Moberly.
Hypothesis: Four were arrested in Moberly after a surgery. | No |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
Q: Billy and Sally are brother and sister. Billy is seven and Sally is eight. Their mother, Deborah, likes to have Billy and Sally dress up in costumes and play a game where they are answering the telephone. Usually when they play the game, Billy answers the telephone in a loud voice, and Sally answers the telephone in a quiet voice. On Tuesdays, Billy answers in a quiet voice, and Sally answers in a loud voice. On Fridays, Billy answers in a loud voice and Sally in a quiet voice. Billy has blonde hair. Sally has brown hair. Deborah has blonde hair, and Billy and Sally's father, Bob, has brown hair. He tells them to eat lettuce every time that he sees them, so that they grow big and strong like he is. Deborah likes to add some sugar with the lettuce so that Billy and Sally know what it is like to have sweet tastes in their life. One day, a Wednesday, Billy throws some lettuce into Sally's hair. Deborah laughs an grabs some straw from their farm and puts it in Billy's hair. Billy and Sally live on a farm. They have a goat, named Joey, and a duck, named Quack. They sometimes play a game with the goat where they chase him around the farm. Other times, they play a game with Quack where they wave at Quack and laugh. They have a fun life growing up on the farm. <sep>Living on a farm, they have different pets, which are?<sep>Farm
A: | No |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
There is something illogical about this, and members will understand that, when one sees the Department of Justice spending the $193 million it will be getting via supply, why the Bloc Quebecois cannot agree with this, given that these monies are mismanaged and misspent by a minister concerned only with raising her profile and getting easy votes in the west.
Hypothesis: The minister is unconcerned with acquiring votes. | No |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
There is not a lot to see at the fort these days. The one remaining wall can be seen from the highway. There are a couple of historical markers that tell the story of the fort. And there is a picnic table and a couple of nice shade trees in the parking area.
Hypothesis: the fort was built yesterday | No |
In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Example solution: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Example explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Problem: Both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association named them Duo of the Year in 2000 .
| Solution: Both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association named them Duo of the Year in 2000 , an award for which they have been nominated by both associations in every year since . |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
First Spokane marijuana customer claims coverage cost him his job
SPOKANE, Wash.— The first man to buy legal, recreational marijuana in Spokane claimed on Wednesday that he lost his job due to the news coverage on Tuesday. Michael Kelly Boyer was the first customer to buy marijuana at Green Leaf in North Spokane.
However, Boyer’s employer told KREM 2 News on Wednesday that he was still currently employed at Kodiac Security. Boyer claimed that his other employer, Labor Ready, wanted him to take and pass a drug test by Thursday.
Boyer posted his claim and resume on Craigslist in a post titled “LOST MY JOB! still #1 tho!!”
“I lost my job due to the news coverage of me being the FIRST PERSON TO BUY MARIJUANA LEGALLY IN SPOKANE! I regret nothing. But now im jobless and have decided to post my resume here. Thanks for reviewing it,” Boyer wrote.
WATCH: Spokane’s first legal marijuana buyers line up
CONNECT: Mike Boyer's Criagslist post
On Tuesday, KREM 2 News spoke to Mike Boyer as he waited in line to buy recreational marijuana. He brought a sleeping bag and food to keep him going throughout the night.
"Why not? It's history right here, might as well be the guy to be the first one here," said Boyer during a Tuesday interview. ||||| Correction appended, July 10
The estimated annual market demand for marijuana in Colorado is roughly 130 metric tons, according to the first post-legalization study of the market.
The study, released by state regulators, used actual sales data to draw up the figure rather than rely on survey responses as studies have done in the past, and was able to provide some revealing information.
Surveys have estimated that a third of marijuana users consumed the drug less than once a month, according to the Associated Press. But the study found that those users comprise only .3 percent of the total market, meaning the most of the marijuana is consumed by heavy, more regular users.
The study's estimate for total market demand, which includes both medical and recreational marijuana, surpassed past figures by nearly a third. The analysis found that demand from residents hovers around 121 metric tons and demand from visitors stands at around 9 metric tons.
But in some of the Colorado's vacation spots, out-of-staters account for as much as 90 percent of the recreational dispensary traffic. According to the study, legal marijuana is, on average, going for $220 per ounce.
Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly suggested that the study contradicted previous findings about infrequent marijuana users in Colorado. ||||| | Mike Boyer made history on Tuesday in his tie-dye as the first person to legally buy recreational marijuana in Spokane, Wash. Less than 48 hours later, Boyer tells KREM 2 News, he was out of a job. The security guard says that after making his 4-gram purchase at a local pot shop, he was (willingly) followed home by a KREM team so it could interview and film him enjoying his first toke. Someone recognized him on TV and called his employer, Labor Ready. Boyer says that he quickly got a text message from his boss demanding he come in within 24 hours and take a drug test. He failed after it came up positive for THC, reports the New York Daily News. Boyer admits to the Daily News that he signed an employment contract with Labor Ready that said he wouldn’t have THC in his system, though he adds, “I don’t smoke at work!” He’s definitely not alone in his eagerness to capture some Kush: Colorado is already selling more than 10 tons of pot a month for both medicinal and recreational purposes, according to a post-legalization study cited in Time magazine. As for Boyer, he’s already on the hunt for a new job (maybe in the marijuana industry, he jokes) and tells the Daily News he wouldn’t change a thing. “I don’t regret [buying the marijuana]," he says. "I’m sad [I got fired], but I got the title: I’m No. 1. I regret nothing." |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Hundreds of beachgoers told health officials they felt unwell after swimming last week at oil spill-affected Pensacola Beach, Fla. Scientists cite many unknowns about the safety of swimming and working around the spill.
Brandon Brewer (l.) of Milton, Fla., walks among oily absorbent booms strung along the coast in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Tuesday. The Gulf oil spill brought tar balls to the beach, but local officials removed 'no swimming' signs despite recommendations that the beach remain closed.
Santa Rosa Island officials flew the double-red flag – no swimming – over Pensacola Beach in Florida after a swath of thick oil washed ashore from the Gulf oil spill June 23.
Two days later, against the warnings of federal health officials and based on a visual survey of the beach, the local island authority director, Buck Lee, reopened the beaches for swimming, urging residents and tourists to come back to the beach. Officials left the ultimate decision on whether it was safe to swim to beachgoers.
This week, health officials in Escambia County, Fla., which includes Pensacola Beach, reported that about 400 people claimed they felt sick after visiting the beach and swimming in the Gulf.
The massive oil slick hovering off the shore of the US Gulf Coast threatens an entire tourist season that, in Florida alone, represents $65 million in revenue.
The situation in Pensacola Beach points to the growing difficulty of balancing the potential and largely unknown health effects of a spill making only localized landfall against the political and economic motivations of hard-hit beach communities facing a canceled summer.
"Perception is a bigger enemy than reality, because would-be visitors are not willing to really do the research or take even a small amount of risk," says Adam Sacks, managing director of Tourism Economics, a consultancy firm in Wayne, Pa.
Testing by the University of West Florida in recent days has indicated small amounts of dissolved petrochemicals in the water near Pensacola Beach.
"There are molecules dissolved in the water and you can't see them," Dick Snyder, a biologist at the University of West Florida, told a local TV station. "We don't know how much of that there is, but we suspect there's a lot,"
Federal officials have urged caution about swimming in areas not only near the spill, but also where oil actually came ashore, and where tides buried some of the oil smudges. Federally managed National Seashore beaches on both sides of Pensacola Beach remained closed to swimming.
"My recommendation to the Santa Rosa Island Authority was to keep the beach closed until we can get a better handle on the actual material out here and to get more of it up," EPA official Charlie Fitzsimmons told the Pensacola News-Journal June 25.
Local officials took a different tack.
Water quality tests that take three days to complete have proven useless because of the daily, even hourly, movement of the slick along the shore, says Mr. Lee, the island authority director. Instead, officials are relying on life guards scouring the 8-mile beach to look for oil – as well as the common sense of bathers.
"If you see oil in the water, don't swim in it, and hopefully people will have enough sense not to do that," says Lee. As to reports of people feeling sick, he says, "People have different reactions. You and I may go in the water, swim around, look for shells and come out of the water and your eyes may be burning and mine may be fine. It affects different people different ways."
Another problem for local officials weighing the bathing risks: Scientists don't know the health effects of dissolved petroleum in the water. "Someone needs to invent that test," says Lee.
From the Pensacola Beach Pier, residents reported seeing families with kids swimming in water near a sheen and a concentration of emulsified oil bobbing on the waves.
The situation reminds some residents of the 1975 movie "Jaws," in which the mayor and beach businesspeople don't want to close the beach because it would ruin the Fourth of July weekend, despite reports of a man-eating shark in the area.
The health effects of the oil and chemical dispersants used in the cleanup have become a major issue in the Gulf oil spill. Many cleanup workers are bused in from low-income urban areas, including from Anniston, Ala. A BP contractor told a Monitor reporter at a dock in Bon Seceur, Ala., on June 25, "Don't ask the workers any questions."
The Louisiana Health Department says 108 workers have become ill from working the oil spill. Some health effects have been attributed to working in heavy hazmat suits in the Gulf summer heat.
In Pensacola, health officials have swapped advisory signs that urged against swimming for 35 "oil impact" signs along the beach that tells residents to be on the lookout for oil, and to swim at their own risk. The EPA is setting up decontamination stations along the beach to help beachgoers clean oil off their bodies.
The diverse nature of the spill's effect on beaches has complicated the manner in which officials warn residents – especially as the economic implications are becoming clear. Pensacola Beach is experiencing a hotel cancellation rate of 75 percent as the height of the summer season approaches.
"We have a situation that changes from one hour to the next, from one tide to the next, from wave to wave, from one wind direction to another," Escambia County Health Department Director John Lanza tells the Pensacola News-Journal.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist told the "CBS Morning Show" this week that he went for a swim on Pensacola Beach after BP crews cleaned it up. He said continual testing done by the county has shown that the waters are clean. "There isn't a toxic nature," Governor Crist said. "It's much more of a nuisance than anything at this point. But it is safe."
Related: ||||| Despite detailed water-quality tests and daily oil-spotting flights, local officials said a lack of federal guidance is forcing them to "wing it" when deciding if local beaches are safe for swimmers.
At a press conference at the Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier on Wednesday, Escambia County and Pensacola Beach officials voiced concern at the lack of information about the health risks of oil washing ashore.
"The thing that frustrates public officials is there is no science. ... There is no science that you can use to see exactly when it is unsafe," said Keith Wilkins, deputy chief of neighborhood and community services for Escambia.
Wilkins said the Environmental Protection Agency, the University of West Florida and the county all are testing the water quality at some local beaches.
The location and frequency of the EPA's water testing is unclear, Wilkins said, but county and UWF officials are testing water in surf zones at six locations — four on Santa Rosa Island and two on Perdido Key.
Water quality tests are done twice a week, and results take two to three days to be returned from the laboratory.
Wilkins said recent tests have come back positive for dissolved oil in the water near the beach.
Testing on Monday, for example, detected crude petroleum at 85 parts per billion at Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier and 51 parts per billion near River Road on Perdido Key.
The test results confirm what officials have known all along — there's oil in the water — but they don't answer the bigger question.
"We still don't know what that means for human health concerns," Wilkins said.
Wilkins said federal health regulations specify maximum allowable levels of dissolved hydrocarbons in things like drinking water, but there are no established limits on what levels are safe for swimming.
"That data doesn't exist right now ... There is not a nice red flag that pops up in chemical analysis ... that says the water is not safe for health reasons," Wilkins said.
Wilkins said the EPA is currently developing standards for safe levels in swimming water, but it has not yet released that information to county governments. |||||
A: | Just when they thought it was safe to go back in the water, hundreds of swimmers reported feeling ill after braving the waves when Pensacola authorities lifted the "no swimming" flag. Local officials rejected EPA advice to close beaches and are instead relying on lifeguards to spot oil and on bathers to use common sense and not swim where they see oil, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Local authorities complain that tests to check whether water is safe take 3 days to complete, while the location of oil changes hour to hour. "I went swimming on Saturday in the Gulf, and it was fine," Buck Lee, the official who reopened the beaches, told the Pensacola News Journal. "A day or two later, I might not want to go in there." Some skeptical Pensacola residents say Lee reminds them of the mayor in Jaws who didn't want to ruin business by shutting down beaches to protect swimmers from sharks on a long holiday weekend. |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
[EX Q]: The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America. It consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and forms military policy with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both federal executive departments, acting as the principal organs by which military policy is carried out. All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of the United States.
[EX A]: how many branches of the armed forces are there
[EX Q]: South Dakota (/-dəˈkoʊtə / (listen)) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who compose a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the 17th most expansive, but the 5th least populous and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls, with a population of about 174,000, is South Dakota's largest city.
[EX A]: where is south dakota located in the united states
[EX Q]: In chemistry, a group (also known as a family) is a column of elements in the periodic table of the chemical elements. There are 18 numbered groups in the periodic table, and the f-block columns (between groups 3 and 4) are not numbered. The elements in a group have similar physical or chemical characteristics of the outermost electron shells of their atoms (i.e., the same core charge), as most chemical properties are dominated by the orbital location of the outermost electron. There are three systems of group numbering. The modern numbering group 1 to group 18 is recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). It replaces two older naming schemes that were mutually confusing. Also, groups may be identified by their topmost element or have a specific name. For example, group 16 is variously described as the oxygen group and chalcogens.
[EX A]: | what does the group number in the periodic table tell us
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You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you will be presented with a context passage, a question about that paragraph, and a possible answer to that question. The task is to check the validity of the answer. Answer with "Yes" or "No".
The old vaulted church was stripped down: there was no cloth on the altar, just a DJ's toolkit and his beer. Through the dark, I could see three bolts left in the wall from where they'd taken down the crucifix. A confessional too beaten-up to have been sold was shaking in a way that suggested activity inside, and where the pews had been taken out, a couple hundred people were testifying to the DJ's moving sermon. Rachel stepped forward into the crowd while I took a moment to drink in the ceiling's blue-lit, shadowed vault and the light-catching haze from who-knows-what rising between the DJ and the crowd. There was a terrific echo, each beat reverberating inside of the next, and the old stained-glass windows rattled in their frames. On the dance floor, people moved with their eyes closed and their hands in the air. I danced with Rachel for a while, but then something by the bar seemed to be pulling her eyes. She told me that she was heading for a drink and slipped out of the crowd. When she hadn't come back halfway through the next song, I glanced over at the bar. It was just a little set-up where someone had stacked a few crates and brought something alcoholic to share, mostly beer. Rachel was standing with a plastic cup, looking like she was having a conversation, but I couldn't see anyone else there. The next time the crowd split, I saw him. He stood in front of a blue light, so I couldn't see him clearly, but what I saw was memorable. He wore a jacket of what might have been blue velvet, and his hair gleamed black against his white skin. The blue haze seemed to stop just shy of his pallor, setting off his striking face without illuminating its details, and his wrists flashed white in the darkness. He didn't move, just stared and held his drink. The next time I saw them, his mouth was moving. She nodded and he took her arm. I watched them through the crush of dancers as they squeezed along the wall, and the feeling came to me that something was very wrong. Saturday morning, I woke up and saw that she still hadn't come home. <sep>What was left when the crucifix was taken down from the wall at the old vaulted church?<sep>Three bolts
Output: | Yes |
Teacher:You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Twelve people have won all four major annual American entertainment awards in a competitive, individual (non-group) category of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theater. Winning all four awards has been referred to as winning the ``grand slam'' of American show business.
Student: | has anyone ever won an oscar and a grammy? |
In this task you will be given an answer to a question. You need to generate a question. The answer given should be a correct answer for the generated question.
One example: This list contains the top 25 accounts with the most followers on the social photo-sharing platform Instagram. As of May 2018, the most followed user is Instagram's own account, with over 235 million followers. Selena Gomez is the most followed individual, with over 137 million followers. Ten accounts have exceeded 100 million followers on the site.
Solution is here: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Explanation: The answer is talking about the Instagram accounts that have the most followers. The question asking about the maximum number of followers. So this is a good example.
Now, solve this: In human anatomy, the deltoid tuberosity is a rough, triangular area on the antero lateral (front-side) surface of the middle of the humerus to which the deltoid muscle attaches.
Solution: | where is the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus located |
Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Pocket Sharks are Among the World’s Rarest Finds
NOAA and Tulane researchers identify second possible specimen ever found
A very small and rare species of shark is swimming its way through scientific literature. But don’t worry, the chances of this inches-long vertebrate biting through your swimsuit is extremely slim, because if you ever spotted one you’d be the third person to ever do so.
This species common name is the “pocket shark,” though those in the field of classifying animals refer to it by its scientific name Mollisquama sp., according to a new study published in the international journal of taxonomy Zootaxa. While it is small enough to, yes, fit in your pocket, it’s dubbed “pocket” because of the distinctive orifice above the pectoral fin--one of many physiological features scientists hope to better understand.
“The pocket shark we found was only 5 and a half inches long, and was a recently born male,” said Mark Grace of NOAA Fisheries’ Pascagoula, Miss., Laboratory, lead author of the new study, who noted the shark displayed an unhealed umbilical scar. “Discovering him has us thinking about where mom and dad may be, and how they got to the Gulf. The only other known specimen was found very far away, off Peru, 36 years ago.”
Interestingly, the specimen Grace discovered wasn’t found it the ocean, per se; rather in the holdings of NOAA’s lab in Pascagoula. It was collected in the deep sea about 190 miles offshore Louisiana during a 2010 mission by the NOAA Ship Pisces to study sperm whale feeding. Grace, who was part of that mission after the rare shark was collected, and upon uncovering the sample at the lab years later, recruited Tulane University researchers Michael Doosey and Henry Bart, and NOAA Ocean Service genetics expert Gavin Naylor, to give the specimen an up-close examination.
A tissue sample was collected, and by tapping into the robust specimen collection of Tulane University’s Biodiversity Research Institute, scientists were able to place the specimen into the genus Mollisquama. Further genetic analysis from Naylor indicate that pocket sharks are closely related to the kitefin and cookie cutter species, fellow members of the shark family Dalatiidae. Like other Dalatiidae shark species it is possible that pocket sharks when hungry may remove an oval plug of flesh from their prey (various marine mammals, large fishes and squid).
The specimen is part of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection at Tulane University’s Biodiversity Research Institute in Belle Chasse, La., and it is hoped that further study of the specimen will lead to many new discoveries. Already, the specimen--when compared to the 1979 specimen taxonomic description--is found to have a series of glands along the abdomen not previously noted. Partners at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and American Natural History Museum in New York City have also contributed to the study of this shark.
“This record of such an unusual and extremely rare fish is exciting, but its also an important reminder that we still have much to learn about the species that inhabit our oceans,” Grace added. ||||| WASHINGTON (AP) — Think Jaws meets a kangaroo, with maybe a touch of cute kitten, and you've got the aptly named pocket shark — the newest and rarest species found off the U.S. coast.
This image provided by National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center shows a 5.5-inch long rare pocket shark. It was fished out of the... (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Michael H. Doosey at Tulane University, shows a photo of a rare pocket shark in October 2013 in Belle Chasse, La., taken out of the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, and discovered in a National... (Associated Press)
Surprised scientists found a tiny, young version of the extraordinarily rare shark that was fished out of the deep Gulf of Mexico in 2010 with lots of other creatures in a government research trip. The dead specimen spent more than three years in a giant freezer waiting to be identified.
It turned out to be only the second of its species ever seen. The first pocket shark was found 36 years ago in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and it's been sitting in a Russian museum since.
This pocket shark was a male, maybe a few weeks old, about 5.5 inches long. Strangely, this type of shark has two pockets next to its front fins; their purpose is not known. It's not quite like a kangaroo, which uses its pouch to carry young, but few species have pockets this large — about 4 percent of the shark's body.
"It's cute," said Tulane University biologist Michael Doosey, who co-authored a study in a zoological journal identifying the shark. "It almost looks like a little whale."
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries biologist Mark Grace has spent more than 30 years going through bags upon bags of fish to identify them. It took him more than three years to get to near the end of the freezer, when he plopped a bag on the table and let it thaw.
"I wasn't really sure what it was," Grace said. "That pocket over on the pectoral fin, I had never seen anything like that on a shark."
It's a small miracle that he was not thrown away. A couple of times, the lab with the freezer lost power.
Once identified, the shark was shipped to New York and France for high-tech examinations that wouldn't puncture the specimen.
The shark also has unusual belly patches not seen in most sharks. The only other pocket shark was a female adult about 17 inches long; it is believed that adult females may be larger than males.
But the truly strange thing about this species strange is its twin pockets. While no one knows what they are for, based on the Russian specimen Grace and Doosey speculated that they may secrete some kind of glowing fluid or pheromones.
The Gulf specimen has umbilical scars, showing he's probably a few weeks old, Grace said. Because of that they think he was born in the Gulf. He was captured in February 2010 by the ship Pisces about 190 miles off the Louisiana coast.
"There's others" out there, Grace said. "We just haven't caught them yet."
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NOAA Fisheries: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
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A: | Scientists know very little about the pocket shark—they're not even sure what it keeps in its pockets—but a Gulf of Mexico catch has doubled the number of known specimens. At 5.5 inches, the species is small enough to fit in your pocket, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says, but it got its name from the two deep pockets it has next to its front fins. The only previous specimen was caught off the coast of Peru 36 years ago and is now in a Russian museum, reports the AP. The new catch was a recently born male, and it "has us thinking about where mom and dad may be, and how they got to the Gulf," NOAA biologist Mark Grace says. The rare creature was caught in the Gulf on a 2010 research trip and spent three years sitting in Grace's freezer waiting to be identified, reports the AP. Scientists have classified the species as the only member of the genus Mollisquama in the family Dalatiidae. That family includes "cookiecutter sharks," and researchers believe the pocket shark may feed in the same way: by removing plugs of flesh from larger creatures, the NOAA says. The pockets are still a mystery, but Grace suspects they may secrete a glowing fluid, the AP notes. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
You have, as you have proposed and as the president has commented on tonight, proposed a massive plan to extend health-care coverage to children. You're also talking about the government picking up a big part of the catastrophic bills that people get at the hospital.
Hypothesis: health-care coverage is applied to children
Options are: (I) Yes. (II) It's impossible to say. (III) No. | (I) |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
One percent of America got $89 billion last year in a tax cut, but people working hard, playing by the rules, trying to take care of their kids, family values, that we're supposed to value so much in America -- I'm tired of politicians who talk about family values and don't value families.
Hypothesis: Most Americans got a $89 billion tax cut last year.
OPTIONS: * Yes. * It's impossible to say. * No. | No |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Boston Celtics got a scare when they were told of a bomb threat on their private flight to Oklahoma City.
The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2hbx9Jc ) reports the plane landed safely around 5:00 p.m. at Will Rogers World Airport, where players were told to leave their bags and proceed to their hotel.
The FBI's Oklahoma City field office said late Saturday that a thorough search of the aircraft "did not locate an explosive device" and that the agency is investigating the incident.
The Boston Globe says only a few team executives were aware of the threat during the flight and that others in the party were informed upon landing in Oklahoma City, where the Celtics face the Thunder on Sunday.
The team departed for Oklahoma City from Bedford, Massachusetts. ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. |||||
| The Boston Celtics got a scare when they were told of a bomb threat on their private flight to Oklahoma City. The Boston Globe reports the plane landed safely around 5:00pm at Will Rogers World Airport, where players were told to leave their bags and proceed to their hotel. The FBI's Oklahoma City field office said late Saturday that a thorough search of the aircraft "did not locate an explosive device" and that the agency is investigating the incident, reports the AP. The Boston Globe says only a few team executives were aware of the threat during the flight and that others in the party were informed upon landing in Oklahoma City, where the Celtics face the Thunder on Sunday. The team departed for Oklahoma City from Bedford, Mass. |
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A receptor antagonist is a biological repressor molecule . | A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist . |
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HOPEWELL, Va. -- Police said they did the right thing arresting Rodney Peace at his best friend's funeral last week in Hopewell, but his best friend's mother, Donna Watson, said officers should have waited and somebody needs to be held accountable.
Watson wanted to give her son's necklace to his best friend on Friday at her son's funeral, but she said she never got the opportunity.
Acting on a tip, two Hopewell officers showed up at 31-year-old Troy Howlett's funeral to arrest his friend Rodney Peace.
"We had been looking for Mr. Peace for quite some time. He has been wanted since October of last year," a Hopewell Police spokesperson said.
Hopewell Police Lieutenant Paul Intravia said Peace was wanted for credit fraud and failure to appear, and he had a preliminary protective order taken out against him for family abuse.
"We have a victim that's involved in this as well and their rights are just as important as his right to say goodbye to his friend," Lt. Intravia said.
Police handcuffed Peace, but allowed him to stay in the funeral home for the duration of the funeral.
"They actually showed a lot of compassion with him in doing so when they did not have to at all. They could have simply escorted him out when they first made contact and brought him directly to jail," Lt. Intravia said.
Yet, Watson said they ruined her son's service.
"He tried so hard to give Troy a kiss, but he couldn't because he didn't have anything to catch himself [because he was handcuffed], It was the most barbaric thing I've ever seen. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy ever," Watson said.
Rodney Peace remains in jail.
Watson said she spoke with him by phone, and he apologized for what happened. But she said she wanted to hear an apology from the Hopewell Police Chief and not from Peace. ||||| Rodney Peace was supposed to speak at his friend's funeral, but he didn't get the chance. (Source: Facebook)
Troy Howlett's mother was supposed to give this medal to his best friend, but he was taken out by police before she could. (Source: NBC12)
A grieving mother is angry police showed up to her son's funeral to arrest his best friend in Hopewell on Friday.
It happened at the J.T. Morris and Son Funeral Home. The mother of the deceased man said police could have handled the situation differently.
It's only been four days since the funeral of Donna Watson's son, Troy Howlett. The 31-year-old passed away suddenly at his home. At his funeral, she wanted to give a special keepsake to Troy's best friend, Rodney.
"He wore this wherever he went," she said holding the chain Troy was wearing when he passed away.
But that exchange never happened. Friday, she showed up to the funeral early to spend time with her son. When people began to show up, so did police.
"I see some officers come in. I thought they were there to give their respects," Watson said. "I was so happy. I was like wow, small town, good for you, Hopewell."
That's not why they were there.
Hopewell police said the officers were acting on a tip that Rodney Peace would be there. Peace has been wanted for nearly a year for felony credit card fraud, and he needed to be served with a protective order.
Officers say Peace evaded arrest after multiple attempts to apprehend him, so they came to the funeral.
"There were at least 12 officers there. They completely surrounded the funeral home," Watson said. "It was an officer at every door. The ones that came on the inside had the big tactical vests, standing there."
Peace was supposed to speak at the funeral. The officers allowed him to stay for the service, but not let him give his remarks.
"It wasn't graciously at all," Watson said. "They handcuffed this boy, let him sit out in the foyer and let him watch the teleprompter on TV."
In a statement, police extended condolences to the family. Officers say they showed professionalism and extended compassion towards the fugitive, something the department says the officers were under "no obligation" to give.
"It's more sad they didn't have enough consideration for someone who was laying their son to rest than to come into a sacred sanctuary and bust in," Watson said. "I wanted to know - why wouldn't you wait?"
Watson said she respects the work police do but feels their actions crossed the line. She says no one from the department reached out to her during or after the funeral.
Police said while at the funeral home they did so "calmly and quietly."
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A: | A deceased Virginia man's funeral was interrupted last week when his mother says around a dozen police officers barged in to arrest a mourner. Per WWBT, Hopewell police were acting on a tip when they showed up Friday to the funeral of 31-year-old Troy Howlett in order to arrest his best friend, Rodney Peace. Peace was wanted on a felony credit card fraud charge, but Howlett's mom believes police could have waited to make their move. Instead, Donna Watson said around 12 cops "completely surrounded the funeral home" and posted themselves at every door in tactical vests. Peace reportedly was allowed to stick around for the service, but was not permitted to eulogize his friend as planned. Watson said Peace was cuffed and allowed only to watch in the foyer on CCTV. In spite of Watson's outrage, Hopewell police insist they did the right thing, and even did Peace a favor. Hopewell Police Lieutenant Paul Intravia told WTVR that his officers "actually showed a lot of compassion" by allowing Peace to stay at all. Intravia noted that Peace is also accused of domestic abuse and that a victim's rights needed to be respected, as well. Watson, however, believes the police ruined the funeral for everyone, not just Peace. She has called their conduct "barbaric" and asked for an apology from the Hopewell PD. |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Which of the following is not a natural landmark: the Volga, the Urals or the USSR?, Context: The economy of Russia became heavily industrialized, accounting for about two-thirds of the electricity produced in the USSR. It was, by 1961, the third largest producer of petroleum due to new discoveries in the Volga-Urals region and Siberia, trailing only the United States and Saudi Arabia. In 1974, there were 475 institutes of higher education in the republic providing education in 47 languages to some 23,941,000 students. A network of territorially-organized public-health services provided health care. After 1985, the restructuring policies of the Gorbachev administration relatively liberalised the economy, which had become stagnant since the late 1970s, with the introduction of non-state owned enterprises such as cooperatives. The effects of market policies led to the failure of many enterprises and total instability by 1990.
A: | the USSR |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
RARITAN TWP. - Alexis K. Martone, 27 of Phillipsburg, was arrested and charged with narcotics offenses following a traffic stop on Raritan Avenue by Sgt. Robert Landolina at 12:49 a.m. on Wednesday, police said. Martone was charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, police said. She was ticketed for a view obstruction, failure to keep right on Routes 202-31 and possession of heroin in a car.
Hypothesis: Heroin was found in the trunk of Martone's car.
Choose from:
(1). Yes;
(2). It's impossible to say;
(3). No; | (2). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
One example: what is the first event mentioned?, Context: The Russian Revolution is the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Following the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia, the Russian Provisional Government was established. In October 1917, a red faction revolution occurred in which the Red Guard, armed groups of workers and deserting soldiers directed by the Bolshevik Party, seized control of Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd) and began an immediate armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire.
Solution is here: Russian Revolution
Explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Now, solve this: What distinguishes Hellenistic culture?, Context: After Alexander the Great's ventures in the Persian Empire, Hellenistic kingdoms were established throughout south-west Asia (Seleucid Empire, Kingdom of Pergamon), north-east Africa (Ptolemaic Kingdom) and South Asia (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdom). This resulted in the export of Greek culture and language to these new realms through Greco-Macedonian colonization, spanning as far as modern-day Pakistan. Equally, however, these new kingdoms were influenced by the indigenous cultures, adopting local practices where beneficial, necessary, or convenient. Hellenistic culture thus represents a fusion of the Ancient Greek world with that of the Near East, Middle East, and Southwest Asia, and a departure from earlier Greek attitudes towards "barbarian" cultures. The Hellenistic period was characterized by a new wave of Greek colonization (as distinguished from that occurring in the 8th–6th centuries BC) which established Greek cities and kingdoms in Asia and Africa. Those new cities were composed of Greek colonists who came from different parts of the Greek world, and not, as before, from a specific "mother city". The main cultural centers expanded from mainland Greece to Pergamon, Rhodes, and new Greek colonies such as Seleucia, Antioch, Alexandria and Ai-Khanoum. This mixture of Greek-speakers gave birth to a common Attic-based dialect, known as Koine Greek, which became the lingua franca through the Hellenistic world.
Solution: | a fusion of the Ancient Greek world with that of the Near East, Middle East, and Southwest Asia |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Can the Minister of National Defence tell us whether such a program is indeed in the works and whether the government is getting ready not to renew the lease with the Fort Saint-Jean campus in order to resume full possession of the royal military college facilities in Saint-Jean?
Hypothesis: Saint-Jean does not have military facilities. | No |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar, icing sugar, and icing cake, is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state. It usually contains a small amount of anti-caking agent to prevent clumping and improve flow. Although most often produced in a factory, powdered sugar can also be made by processing ordinary granulated sugar in a coffee grinder, or by crushing it by hand in a mortar and pestle.
Solution: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Why? The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
New input: Carlo Rambaldi, who designed the aliens for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was hired to design the animatronics of E.T. Rambaldi's own painting Women of Delta led him to give the creature a unique, extendable neck. Its face was inspired by those of Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein and Ernest Hemingway. Producer Kathleen Kennedy visited the Jules Stein Eye Institute to study real and glass eyes. She hired Institute staffers to create E.T.'s eyes, which she felt were particularly important in engaging the audience. Four heads were created for filming, one as the main animatronic and the others for facial expressions, as well as a costume. Two dwarfs, Tamara De Treaux and Pat Bilon, as well as 12-year-old Matthew DeMeritt, who was born without legs, took turns wearing the costume, depending on what scene was being filmed. DeMeritt actually walked on his hands and played all scenes where he walked awkwardly or fell over. The head was placed above that of the actors, and the actors could see through slits in its chest. Caprice Roth, a professional mime, filled prosthetics to play E.T.'s hands. The puppet was created in three months at the cost of $1.5 million. Spielberg declared it was ``something that only a mother could love''. Mars, Incorporated refused to allow M&M's to be used in the film, believing E.T. would frighten children. After Mars said ``No'', The Hershey Company was asked if Reese's Pieces could be used, and it agreed; this product placement resulted in a large increase in Reese's Pieces sales. Science and technology educator Henry Feinberg created E.T.'s communicator device.
Solution: | et was played by a kid with no legs? |