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Screen Time<br>Harry made a student film. He tried to find a producer. He landed a contract. They worked together on the release. The movie premiered last week.
Hypothesis: The movie premiered over 10 years ago
Available choices: (a). Yes. (b). It's impossible to say. (c). No. | (c). |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Q: What is one of the most popular places for tourists to visit in Italy and Europe?, Context: Palermo is Sicily's cultural, economic and touristic capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food. Numerous tourists are attracted to the city for its good Mediterranean weather, its renowned gastronomy and restaurants, its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque churches, palaces and buildings, and its nightlife and music. Palermo is the main Sicilian industrial and commercial center: the main industrial sectors include tourism, services, commerce and agriculture. Palermo currently has an international airport, and a significant underground economy.[citation needed] In fact, for cultural, artistic and economic reasons, Palermo was one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean and is now among the top tourist destinations in both Italy and Europe. The city is also going through careful redevelopment, preparing to become one of the major cities of the Euro-Mediterranean area.
A: | Palermo |
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: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica is the national statistical institute of Italy .
A: The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( Italian : Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ; Istat ) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy .
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Q: The International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Shark Specialist Group say that shark fin trade is causing a serious danger to the shark population .
A: The International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Shark Specialist Group say that shark finning is widespread , and that " the rapidly expanding and largely unregulated shark fin trade represents one of the most serious threats to shark populations worldwide " .
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Q: It is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria .
A: | The Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( English : Library of Alexandria ; " " , -RSB- ) is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria .
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Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to store outdoor cushions for the winter
Brush debris off the cushions.
If you prefer not to get your hands dirty, use any dry cloth or towel you have available. Give all of your cushions a dry brushing before washing.
A: Your cushions may have accumulated a lot of dirt and dust over the summer that can settle into the fabric as stains. A vacuum with an upholstery attachment is very useful for getting dirt out of seams and zippers.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
A little girl is standing on the sidewalk. A dog wearing two pink casts stands on its back legs and walks with her. a man
A: walks in front of the dog.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
As the game continues, the young lady bends over the table and looks at the guys and asks if she is blocking their view. after they
A: end the video, an ad for beer appears that the men were drinking.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to dribble like cristiano ronaldo
Increase your speed.
To dribble like cristiano ronaldo, you need to be very fast. To improve on your speed, do some sprinting every day.
A: | More importantly, do stretches before a game or a run. You need stamina, so go for a jog around a field. |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Let me give you an example: 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.
The answer to this example can be: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Here is why: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
OK. solve this:
The Strangers: Prey at Night is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman. A sequel to the 2008 film The Strangers, it is written by Bryan Bertino (who wrote and directed the first film) and Ben Ketai. Mike and his wife Cindy take their son and daughter on a road trip that becomes their worst nightmare. The family members soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up to satisfy their thirst for blood.
Answer: | is the strangers prey at night a sequel? |
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".
Input: Early in chapter 5 we introduced, along with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, two other men who became operational coordinators for al Qaeda: Khallad and Nashiri. As we explained, both were involved during 1998 and 1999 in preparing to attack a ship off the coast of Yemen with a boatload of explosives. They had originally targeted a commercial vessel, specifically an oil tanker, but Bin Laden urged them to look for a U.S.warship instead. In January 2000, their team had attempted to attack a warship in the port of Aden, but the attempt failed when the suicide boat sank. More than nine months later, on October 12,2000, al Qaeda operatives in a small boat laden with explosives attacked a U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Cole. The blast ripped a hole in the side of the Cole, killing 17 members of the ship's crew and wounding at least 40. The plot, we now know, was a full-fledged al Qaeda operation, supervised directly by Bin Laden. He chose the target and location of the attack, selected the suicide operatives, and provided the money needed to purchase explosives and equipment. Nashiri was the field commander and managed the operation in Yemen. Khallad helped in Yemen until he was arrested in a case of mistaken identity and freed with Bin Laden's help, as we also mentioned earlier. Local al Qaeda coordinators included Jamal al Badawi and Fahd al Quso, who was supposed to film the attack from a nearby apartment. The two suicide operatives chosen were Hassan al Khamri and Ibrahim al Thawar, also known as Nibras. Nibras and Quso delivered money to Khallad in Bangkok during Khallad's January 2000 trip to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. In September 2000, Bin Laden reportedly told Nashiri that he wanted to replace Khamri and Nibras. Nashiri was angry and disagreed, telling others he would go to Afghanistan and explain to Bin Laden that the new operatives were already trained and ready to conduct the attack. Prior to departing, Nashiri gave Nibras and Khamri instructions to execute the attack on the next U.S.warship that entered the port of Aden. <sep>What happened when Khallad and Nashiri. first attempted an attack?<sep>The War ship they were targeting didn't have a successful mission because the suicide attack boat sunk
Output: | Yes |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: How would the city empty out some of the problem areas?, Context: Detroit's protracted decline has resulted in severe urban decay and thousands of empty buildings around the city. Some parts of Detroit are so sparsely populated that the city has difficulty providing municipal services. The city has considered various solutions, such as demolishing abandoned homes and buildings; removing street lighting from large portions of the city; and encouraging the small population in certain areas to move to more populated locations. While some have estimated 20,000 stray dogs roam the city, studies have shown the true number to be around 1,000-3,000. Roughly half of the owners of Detroit's 305,000 properties failed to pay their 2011 tax bills, resulting in about $246 million in taxes and fees going uncollected, nearly half of which was due to Detroit; the rest of the money would have been earmarked for Wayne County, Detroit Public Schools, and the library system.
Output: | encouraging the small population in certain areas to move to more populated locations |
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 publication is mentioned last?, Context: According to the New Jersey Press Association, several media entities refrain from using the term "ultra-Orthodox", including the Religion Newswriters Association; JTA, the global Jewish news service; and the Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s largest daily newspaper. The Star-Ledger was the first mainstream newspaper to drop the term. Several local Jewish papers, including New York's Jewish Week and Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent have also dropped use of the term. According to Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer, spiritual leader of Temple Israel Community Center in Cliffside Park and former executive editor of Jewish Week, this leaves "Orthodox" as "an umbrella term that designates a very widely disparate group of people very loosely tied together by some core beliefs."
| Solution: Jewish Week |
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: The United States Space Force is a proposed new branch of the Military of the United States .
| Solution: The United States Space Force ( USSF ) is the proposed space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces , which is intended to have control over military space operations . |
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.
Let me give you an example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
The answer to this example can be: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Here is why: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
OK. solve this:
Misty Copeland ( born September 10 , 1982 ) is a ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre ( ABT ) .
Answer: | Misty Danielle Copeland ( born September 10 , 1982 ) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre ( ABT ) , one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States . |
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 were examples of assemblages that participated in an action that indirectly helped create changes in the way people spoke and wrote?, Context: Translation has served as a school of writing for many authors. Translators, including monks who spread Buddhist texts in East Asia, and the early modern European translators of the Bible, in the course of their work have shaped the very languages into which they have translated. They have acted as bridges for conveying knowledge between cultures; and along with ideas, they have imported from the source languages, into their own languages, loanwords and calques of grammatical structures, idioms and vocabulary.
A: | monks who spread Buddhist texts in East Asia, and the early modern European translators of the Bible |
TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: The terms commoners , common people or the masses refers to ordinary people who are members of neither the nobility nor the priesthood .
SOLUTION: The common people , also known as the common man , commoners , or the masses , are the ordinary people in a community or nation who lack any significant social status , especially those who are members of neither royalty , nobility , the clergy , nor any member of the aristocracy .
PROBLEM: Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories .
SOLUTION: Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories , denominated in pounds sterling ( symbol : £ ; ISO 4217 currency code GBP Great Britain pound ) .
PROBLEM: Although the Convention was called to revise the Articles of Confederation , it became clear from the beginning that many members , including James Madison and Alexander Hamilton , intended to create a new government rather than fix the existing one .
SOLUTION: | Although the Convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation , the intention from the outset of many of its proponents , chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York , was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one .
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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: Sam Farragut is a sociopathic business executive in Southern California who forces a team of advertising agency employees to embark on a dangerous dirtbike trip to the Baja California desert in order to compete for his business . The men are Warren Summerfield , a suicidal middle-aged ad executive who has been fired from the agency ; the straightlaced Paul McIlvain who is inattentive to his wife , and brash art designer Maxon who feels suddenly trapped after his girlfriend announces she is pregnant . There are numerous long sequences of motorcycle riding on desert backroads . Summerfield has been having an affair with McIlvian's wife . He has not told his wife that he was fired and is simply serving out his tenure at the agency while looking for a new position . His wife is actually aware of the affair . Farragut convinces the ad men to make the motorcycle journey on the pretext of looking for a location to shoot a commercial . In reality , Farragut is reckless and looking to involve the men in spontaneous edgy adventure of his own manipulation . After they leave , McIlvain's wife suspects that Summerfield is planning to kill himself for the insurance money , but she can not convince Summerfield's wife to instigate a search . The four men travel deeper into Mexico on isolated dirt roads . At one point Summerfield contemplates plunging off a cliff . After being humiliated by a young American couple in a Baja bar , Farragut tracks them down on the beach while accompanied by Maxon . <sep>Who has been having an affair with McIlvain's wife, a situation his own wife is aware of?<sep>McIlvian's wife
Solution: | No |
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.
Q: Which country sends the most items into Portmiami?, Context: Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States, the PortMiami. It is the largest cruise ship port in the world. The port is often called the "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas". It has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines. In 2007, the port served 3,787,410 passengers. Additionally, the port is one of the nation's busiest cargo ports, importing 7.8 million tons of cargo in 2007. Among North American ports, it ranks second only to the Port of South Louisiana in New Orleans in terms of cargo tonnage imported/exported from Latin America. The port is on 518 acres (2 km2) and has 7 passenger terminals. China is the port's number one import country, and Honduras is the number one export country. Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters, home to: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Royal Caribbean International. In 2014, the Port of Miami Tunnel was completed and will serve the PortMiami.
A: | Honduras |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: Who has a lower enrollment rate, Context: Education is compulsory from the age of 7 to 13. The enrollment of boys is higher than that of girls. In 1998, the gross primary enrollment rate was 53.5%, with higher enrollment ratio for males (67.7%) compared to females (40%).
Output: | females |
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: Rescue workers stand beside burnt-out coach on the motorway A9 near Muenchberg, southeastern Germany, Monday, July 3, 2017 after a bus crashed into a truck and caught fire. . (News5 / Fricke/NEWS5/dpa... (Associated Press)
BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on bus-truck collision in Germany (all times local):
11:00
Police say a group of people from Saxony in eastern Germany was aboard the bus that went up in flames after it crashed into a truck on southern Germany.
Police say they fear a number of fatalities in the accident Monday morning, in which 31 people were injured and 17 have not been accounted for.
Oberfranken police tweeted that family members could call a special number for further information on the accident.
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10:30 a.m.
German police fear that there may be a number of fatalities after a collision in Germany engulfed a coach in flames. Some 31 people were reported injured with 17 other remaining to be accounted for. German news channel n-tv showed footage of the bus which was burned down to a black, smoking skeleton.
Police spokeswoman Irene Brandenstein says, "We're afraid that people may have died in the accident."
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10 a.m.
Police say a coach went up in flames after it crashed into a truck Monday morning in southern Germany, injuring 31 people and leaving 17 others to be accounted for.
Police said several people were severely injured in the crash near Muenchberg in Bavaria.
Two drivers and 46 people and were on the bus, police spokeswoman Irene Brandenstein said.
German news channel n-tv showed footage of the bus which was burned down to a black, smoking skeleton. ||||| Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Emergency services rushed to the scene
Eighteen people died when their tour bus collided with a lorry and burst into flames on the A9 motorway in southern Germany, police say.
Another 30 on the bus were hurt and two of them were fighting for their lives.
The bus was carrying a group of German pensioners at the time of the fire near Stammbach in northern Bavaria.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said rescuers were delayed by "gawpers" driving slowly and by the intensity of the blaze.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Traffic was reportedly moving slowly at the time and the collision between the two vehicles was not described as a major crash.
The lorry's trailer was also incinerated and the burnt-out wreck ended up a short distance ahead of the bus. The German news website Frankenpost reports that it was carrying mattresses and pillows.
The lorry driver was unharmed and told police the bus had gone into the back of his vehicle and burst into flames, it said.
Image copyright AFP Image caption The burnt-out wrecks of the bus and lorry trailer ended up a short distance apart
There were 46 passengers and two drivers on the bus. The bus driver was among those killed. The passengers were men and women aged 66 to 81, heading to Lake Garda in Italy for a holiday.
Some of the passengers had got on the bus at Dresden station in the eastern state of Saxony. According to local media in Saxony, the bus had earlier picked up passengers elsewhere in Saxony and also in Brandenburg in the early hours of Monday before going to Dresden and then south-west towards Nuremberg.
By mid-afternoon forensic teams had recovered the charred remains of 15 people and police confirmed that 18 had died.
Firefighters reached the scene within 10 minutes of the accident but were driven back by the intensity of the fire. "Only steel parts are recognisable so you can understand what that meant for the people in this bus," said German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt.
Motoring safety expert Hans-Ulrich Sander suggested that the fuel line that ran under the bus may have ruptured, prompting the fire to spread fast.
Five rescue helicopters joined emergency workers at the scene.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was distressed by the accident and expressed sympathy for the injured and bereaved relatives.
She thanked the rescuers for looking after people "in an appalling situation".
Image copyright AFP Image caption Forensic experts examined the charred skeleton of the bus and human remains inside
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The burnt-out shell of the bus could be seen as emergency teams reached the scene |||||
A: | Police in Germany say 17 people are unaccounted for after a horrific crash turned a bus with more than 40 passengers on board into a charred ruin. The bus went up in flames after crashing into a truck near the Bavarian town of Muenchberg early Monday, the AP reports. Police say 31 people were injured in the crash, some of them critically. A police spokesman tells Deutsche Welle that there is "only a glimmer of hope" that any of the people listed as missing will be found alive. "Perhaps somebody ran away in a state of shock," he says. The BBC reports that it's not clear what caused the crash, which happened as traffic was moving slowly on the A9 motorway. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
For Bechtolsheim, who designed the prototype for the first Sun workstation while he was a Birkenstock-shod Stanford University graduate student in 1982, the new line of computers, code named Galaxy, is a return to the company's roots.
Hypothesis: He was a popular person | It's impossible to say |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
A man in a blue shirt talks next to a air hockey table game in a showcase room, interspersed with video of four men demonstrating a game of air table hockey. a man
Pick your answer from:
a). in blue throws the puck and the men throw back the puck..
b). in a blue shirt talks next to the table in a showcase room with view of a green bowl against the wall and a whiteboard with the names of the players..
c). sits in the ice court practicing..
d). begins speaking from a showroom, while standing in front of a air hockey table game.. | d). |
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 other is called " Conservatoire National Supe ́ rieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris " .
A: The Conservatoire national supe ́ rieur de musique et de danse de Paris ( CNSMDP ) ( National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance ) is a separate conservatory for music and dance .
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Q: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport or also called as Santiago-Pudahuel Airport is an airport located in Santiago , Chile , is Chile 's largest aviation facility .
A: Arturo Merino Beni ́ tez International Airport , also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport , located in Pudahuel , 15 km north-west of downtown Santiago , is Chile 's largest aviation facility and the busiest international airport in the country .
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Q: The Hart Trophy is given to the most valuable player of the National Hockey League every year .
A: | The Hart Memorial Trophy , originally known as the Hart Trophy , is awarded annually to the " player judged most valuable to his team " in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) .
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Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: press release: Happy Anniversary to all of us! The Sequoya Library is celebrating 10 years in our "new" building at 4340 Tokay Blvd and everyone is invited to the party! Join us from 1-4pm on Saturday, November 10, to learn about the community groups that use the library, try your hand at screenprinting, add to a community art project and more. And did we mention there will be cake?! All ages are welcome.
Hypothesis: This library has been open for over 8 years.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: A former philosophy teacher whose best-known novel, Sophie's World, was a surprise international best-seller.
Hypothesis: the former philosophy teacher had brown hair.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Well, that vote wasn't exactly -- a lot of the supporters of the Kyoto Treaty actually ended up voting for that because the way it was worded. But there's no doubt there's a lot of opposition to it in the Senate. I'm not for command and control techniques either.
Hypothesis: The Kyoto Treaty was not popular in the Senate
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: Washington Scientists have identified a hormone that significantly extends the lifespan of mice, a discovery that could mark a crucial step toward developing drugs that boost longevity in people.
Hypothesis: Scientists discovered something that gave rodents a longer life span |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: what work of writing is mentioned last?, Context: A generation later, the Irish Anglican bishop, George Berkeley (1685–1753), determined that Locke's view immediately opened a door that would lead to eventual atheism. In response to Locke, he put forth in his Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) an important challenge to empiricism in which things only exist either as a result of their being perceived, or by virtue of the fact that they are an entity doing the perceiving. (For Berkeley, God fills in for humans by doing the perceiving whenever humans are not around to do it.) In his text Alciphron, Berkeley maintained that any order humans may see in nature is the language or handwriting of God. Berkeley's approach to empiricism would later come to be called subjective idealism.
Output: | Alciphron |
In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Example input: 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 output: Russian Revolution
Example explanation: This is a good example, and the Russian Revolution is the first event mentioned.
Q: A noted nickname for the poet Virgil is what?, Context: In the Late Empire and Middle Ages Vergilius was spelled Virgilius. Two explanations are commonly given for this alteration. One deduces a false etymology associated with the word virgo ("maiden" in Latin) due to Virgil's excessive, "maiden"-like modesty. Alternatively, some argue that Vergilius was altered to Virgilius by analogy with the Latin virga ("wand") due to the magical or prophetic powers attributed to Virgil in the Middle Ages (this explanation is found in only a handful of manuscripts, however, and was probably not widespread). In Norman schools (following the French practice), the habit was to anglicize Latin names by dropping their Latin endings, hence Virgil. In the 19th century, some German-trained classicists in the United States suggested modification to Vergil, as it is closer to his original name, and is also the traditional German spelling.[citation needed] Modern usage permits both, though the Oxford guide to style recommends Vergilius to avoid confusion with the 8th-century grammarian Virgilius Maro Grammaticus. Some post-Renaissance writers liked to affect the sobriquet "The Swan of Mantua".[citation needed]
A: | The Swan of Mantua |
Part 1. Definition
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
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.
Answer: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 3. Exercise
Baby back ribs (also back ribs or loin ribs) are taken from the top of the rib cage between the spine and the spare ribs, below the loin muscle. They have meat between the bones and on top of the bones, and are shorter, curved, and sometimes meatier than spare ribs. The rack is shorter at one end, due to the natural tapering of a pig's rib cage. The shortest bones are typically only about 3 in (7.6 cm) and the longest is usually about 6 in (15 cm), depending on the size of the hog. A pig side has 15 to 16 ribs (depending on the breed), but usually two or three are left on the shoulder when it is separated from the loin. So, a rack of back ribs contains a minimum of eight ribs (some may be trimmed if damaged), but can include up to 13 ribs, depending on how it has been prepared by the butcher. A typical commercial rack has 10--13 bones. If fewer than 10 bones are present, butchers call them ``cheater racks''.
Answer: | are pork back ribs same as baby back? |
Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
A woman talks in kitchen, then come two boys and talk whiles showing the fruits on the counter. Then, a man comes and puts all the fruits in a large bowl while explaining. after | , the man adds on top the fruits yogurt, chocolate and cereal. |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: RELEASE: African Countries Launch AFR100 to Restore 100 Million Hectares of Land
Commitments from 10 countries announced at the Global Landscapes Forum
Lire le communiqué de presse en français ici.
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PARIS (December 6, 2015)—African countries launched AFR100 (African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative), a pan-African, country-led effort to restore 100 million hectares (386 thousand square miles) of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. The AFR100 target of 100 million hectares has been endorsed by the African Union. So far 10 African countries have agreed to join AFR100 and committed at least 31.7 million hectares of land for forest landscape restoration. AFR100 partners are earmarking more than USD $1 billion in development finance and more than $540 million in private sector impact investment to support restoration activities.
The announcement was made during the Global Landscapes Forum at the Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, where forest landscape restoration is a key ingredient of the global movement to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Commitments made through AFR100 build on significant climate pledges made by many African countries to support a binding global climate agreement.
“Restoring our landscapes brings prosperity, security and opportunity,” said Dr. Vincent Biruta, Minister of Natural Resources in Rwanda. “With forest landscape restoration we’ve seen agricultural yields rise and farmers in our rural communities diversify their livelihoods and improve their well-being. Forest landscape restoration is not just an environmental strategy, it is an economic and social development strategy as well.”
For the first time, AFR100 brings together political leadership with an ambitious package of financial and technical resources to support a large-scale forest landscape restoration effort across Africa. Nine financial partners and 10 technical assistance providers have pledged support, led by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Agency), Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and World Resources Institute (WRI).
“The scale of these new restoration commitments is unprecedented,” said Wanjira Mathai, Chair of the Green Belt Movement and daughter of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. “I have seen restoration in communities both large and small across Africa, but the promise of a continent-wide movement is truly inspiring. Restoring landscapes will empower and enrich rural communities while providing downstream benefits to those in cities. Everybody wins. ”
Countries that have agreed to join the AFR100 initiative include:
• Democratic Republic of Congo | 8 million hectares
• Ethiopia | 15 million hectares
• Kenya | Committed, but finalizing hectare target
• Liberia | 1 million hectares
• Madagascar | Committed, but finalizing hectare target
• Malawi | Committed, but finalizing hectare target
• Niger | 3.2 million hectares
• Rwanda | 2 million hectares
• Togo | Committed, but finalizing hectare target
• Uganda | 2.5 million hectares
AFR100 builds on the climate commitments made by African countries. So far, 13 of the INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) submitted by African countries include restoration, conservation of standing forests, or “climate-smart” agriculture. According to WRI analysis, following through on the commitments would cumulatively reduce emissions by 1.2 Gt CO2eq over the next 10 years, or 36 percent of Africa’s annual emissions and 0.25 percent of global emissions.
“Restoration is really Africa’s gift to the world,” said Dr. Andrew Steer, president and CEO, World Resources Institute. “As the world forges a climate agreement in Paris, African countries— which bear the least historic responsibility for climate change-- are showing leadership with ambitious pledges to restore land. These countries are well on their way to meet the goal of restoring 100 million hectares of land, which will help sequester carbon and bring economic benefits to low-income, rural communities. These African leaders are turning their words into action and making a real contribution to respond to the global threat of climate change.”
AFR100 recognizes the benefits that forests and trees can provide in African landscapes: improved soil fertility and food security, greater availability and quality of water resources, reduced desertification, increased biodiversity, green jobs, economic growth, and increased capacity for climate change resilience and mitigation. Forest landscape restoration has the potential to improve livelihoods, especially for women. For example, 20 years ago, women in southern Niger spent an average of 2.5 hours daily collecting firewood, which was scarce in the degraded landscape. Now they prune on-farm trees saving two hours a day, time that can be spent on other income generating activities.
Commitments announced through AFR100 also support the Bonn Challenge, a global target to bring 150 million hectares of land into restoration by 2020 adopted in Germany in 2011, the New York Declaration on Forests that extends that challenge to 350 million hectares by 2030, and the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI), an initiative to promote integrated landscape management with the goal of adapting to and mitigating climate change. With these new partners, the Bonn Challenge process has surpassed the 86 m hectare mark, on track to meet its goal well ahead of the 2020 target date.
AFR100 builds on a strong tradition of successful forest landscape restoration in Africa. In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, local communities have already restored over 1 million hectares, making the land more drought-resistant. In Niger, farmers have increased the number of on-farm trees across 5 million hectares of agricultural landscapes, improving food security for 2.5 million people. AFR100 will provide a forum for countries and communities to share knowledge and resources to achieve restoration at a greater scale.
“We know that restoration works for Africa. We’ve seen it work in countries as diverse as Malawi, Ethiopia, and Mali,” said Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO of NEPAD and former Prime Minister of Niger. “But we need to scale up restoration across the whole continent- more than 700 million hectares of land in Africa have potential for restoration. AFR100 provides a platform to work together more effectively to accelerate the achievement of restoration successes to benefit tens of millions of people who are currently searching for ways to adapt to climate change and improve their well-being.”
AFR100 will help to translate ambitious commitments into action with support from private sector investors, foundations, development banks, and bilateral and multilateral funders. AFR100 will leverage a variety of financing, including grants, equity investments, loans, risk management guarantees and funds for specific interventions.
So far, AFR100 partners have set forth over USD $1 billion of development financing:
World Bank: USD $1 billion in investment in 14 African countries by 2030, as part of the Africa Climate Business Plan to support Africa’s climate resilient and low carbon development
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is providing support for the development of the AFR100 initiative
Impact investors have already earmarked USD $546.5 million for restoration under AFR100:
Ecoplanet Bamboo: USD $175 million by 2020
Sustainable Forest Investments – Netherlands: USD $150m by 2030
Terra Global Capital: USD $100 million by 2030
Green World Ventures: USD $65 million by 2020
Moringa Partnership: USD $56.5 million by 2030
NatureVest (impact investment arm of the Nature Conservancy)
Permian Global
Through AFR100, we expect to trigger one of the largest investments in forest landscape restoration the world has ever seen," said H.E. Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany. “This investment is vital for empowering local communities to scale up the inspiring restoration successes we’ve seen in Africa over the last decade.”
In addition to new financing, a coalition of organizations will provide technical assistance on a wide range of activities, including the mapping of restoration opportunities, securing further financing, and implementing restoration efforts on the ground. Partners include World Resources Institute (WRI), Clinton Foundation, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), Kijani, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Agency), The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative (LPFN), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and The Greenbelt Movement.
For more information, including updated commitments, visit www.AFR100.org.
NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), an African Union strategic framework for pan-African socio-economic development, is both a vision and a policy framework for Africa in the twenty-first century. NEPAD is a radically new intervention, spearheaded by African leaders, to address critical challenges facing the continent: poverty, development and Africa's marginalisation internationally. NEPAD provides unique opportunities for African countries to take full control of their development agenda, to work more closely together, and to cooperate more effectively with international partners. www.nepad.org
BMZ (Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) develops the guidelines on which German development policy is based and provides the bulk of funding for German development cooperation. www.bmz.de
World Resources Institute is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries, with offices and staff in the United States, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, and six African countries and more. Our more than 500 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action to sustain our natural resources—the foundation of economic opportunity and human well-being. www.wri.org ||||| Although the feat has yet to be certified by Guinness World Records, Indian officials have reported that volunteers planted a whopping 49.3 million tree saplings on July 11, blowing past the previous record for most trees planted in a single day.
That record, a mere 847,275 trees, was set by Pakistan in 2013.
A reported 800,000 volunteers from Uttar Pradesh worked for 24 hours planting 80 different species of trees along roads, railways, and on public land. The saplings were raised on local nurseries.
The effort is part of the commitment India made at the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015. In the agreement, signed on Earth Day 2016, India agreed to spend $6 billion to reforest 12 percent of its land (bringing total forest cover to 235 million acres by 2030, or about 29 percent of the country's territory).
Trees sequester carbon dioxide from the air, thereby reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. India has experienced substantial loss of its forest cover over the past few centuries, as people cut down trees for firewood, pasture, and to make room for development.
Other countries are also replanting trees. In December, African nations pledged to reforest 100 million hectares. A wide range of stakeholders, from countries to companies, also signed on to the non-binding New York Declaration of Forests that month, with the goal of halving deforestation by 2020 and ending it by 2030. The declaration also seeks to restore at leat 350 million hectares of degraded land with healthy forests.
Still, the young trees aren’t out of the woods yet, so to speak. Saplings need water and care and are susceptible to disease. Experience shows mortality rates as high as 40 percent after such massive tree plantings.
Watch India Man Plants Forest Bigger Than Central Park to Save His Island by William Douglas McMaster in National Geographic's Short Film Showcase. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of National Geographic Partners.
Officials say they are aware of those concerns and will be monitoring the trees with aerial photography, to see which areas may need special attention.
“The world has realized that serious efforts are needed to reduce carbon emissions to mitigate the effects of global climate change,” Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said at an event promoting the planting.
Officials also hope the trees will improve air quality in India, which suffers from some of the worst in the world. Trees can help remove some pollutants from the air. Right now, 6 of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in the country.
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India, a nation of 1.25 billion people. Some of them may be able to breathe a little easier, and find shade under the trees.
"The biggest contribution of this tree planting project is, apart from the tokenism, that it focuses on the major issues," Anit Mukherjee, policy fellow with the Centre for Global Development told the Telegraph. "It addresses many of the big issues for India: pollution, deforestation, and land use." |||||
Student: | India's goal to increase its forest cover to 235 million acres in the next 15 years has gotten a big boost. On July 11, more than 800,000 people in Uttar Pradesh state planted nearly 50 million saplings in 24 hours in a bid to set a new Guinness world record, Popular Science reports. The figure has yet to be certified, as National Geographic notes, but if it is, it will trounce the previous record of 847,275 trees set by Pakistan in 2013. India has reserved more than $6.2 billion for tree-planting initiatives in all of its 29 states, the AP reports. The effort stems from commitments made at the 2015 climate change summit in Paris. “The world has realized that serious efforts are needed to reduce carbon emissions to mitigate the effects of global climate change,” says one official from Uttar Pradesh. India has had much deforestation in recent centuries due to demand for firewood and the creation of pastures and development space. Eighth-grader Shashwat Rai planted a fig species known locally as a peepal. "I've read in a book that this tree releases maximum oxygen," he tells the AP. "There is so much pollution in the city, we need trees that produce oxygen." A tree planted, however, is not necessarily a tree gained. According to reports, up to 40% of the saplings will die. Forestry workers will use aerial photographs to keep watch over the trees. As for young Rai, he says he'll check his tree often, adding, "I don't want this plant to die." India's not the only country getting in on the tree-planting action, per National Geographic: African nations say they will reforest nearly 250 million acres by 2030. (This is the most dangerous tree in the US.) |
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: A percentile ( or a centile ) is a measure in statistics .
A: | A percentile ( or a centile ) is a measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls . |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
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The Bank of Italy, the ultimate arbiter of Italian banking mergers, has been engulfed by scandal since police wire taps revealed Fazio and his wife advised a local banker in a bid for bank Antonveneta against Dutch bank ABN AMRO.
Hypothesis: The Bank of Italy is corrupt.
Available options: [I] Yes [II] It's impossible to say [III] No | [II] |
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.
Let me give you an 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.
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Righteousness (also called rectitude) is a theological concept in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified, and can have the connotation that the person has been 'judged' or 'reckoned' as leading a life that is pleasing to God.
Answer: | what is the definition of righteousness in the bible |
Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Harvard University central administrators secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans last fall, looking for a leak to the media about the school’s sprawling cheating case, according to several Harvard officials interviewed by the Globe.
The resident deans sit on Harvard’s Administrative Board, the committee charged with handling the cheating case. They were not warned that administrators planned to access their accounts, and only one was told of the search shortly afterward.
The dean who was informed had forwarded a confidential Administrative Board message to a student he was advising, not realizing it would ultimately make its way to the Harvard Crimson and the Globe and fuel the campus controversy over the cheating scandal.
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All the Harvard officials interviewed by the Globe declined to identify the dean, although one said no punishment had been involved.
The other 15 deans were left unaware their email accounts had been searched by administrators until the Globe approached Harvard with questions about the incident on Thursday, having learned of it from multiple Harvard officials who described it in detail. Those officials asked for anonymity out of fear of reprisal.
Harvard administrators said they would inform the remaining deans today—almost six months after the search.
The deans have two Harvard email accounts – one primarily intended for administrative duties, and another for personal matters. Only the first category of accounts was searched; information technology staffers were instructed to look only for a specific forwarded message heading and to not read the content of messages.
News of the incident could nonetheless anger Harvard faculty members, whose privacy in electronic records is protected under a Faculty of Arts and Sciences policy.
Resident deans are not professors, but they teach. At issue is how much privacy they should expect.
“If reading the deans’ email is really OK by the book, why didn’t they just ask the deans who leaked the memo, threatening to read their email if no one came forward?” said Harry Lewis, a computer scientist and former dean of the college who helped draft its current email privacy policy for faculty. “Why not tell them what was being done if it was really an OK thing to do?”
The Globe requested interviews with several members of Harvard’s central administration regarding the incident. In response, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Michael Smith – whose office authorized the search along with the Harvard general counsel’s office – released a statement to the Globe on Friday.
The statement did not specifically acknowledge the administration’s actions or say who had initiated them. But it appeared to defend them on grounds that the leak might have compromised the Administrative Board’s confidential disciplinary process.
“Harvard College would take all necessary and appropriate actions under our procedures to safeguard the integrity of that process, which is designed to protect the rights of our students to privacy and due process,” the statement read.
It further said that Smith – a computer scientist with expertise on privacy issues—“would agree entirely with taking steps that found the right balance between our needs to respect the privacy of our employees and to protect the privacy of our students.”
The leaked email, which was written by the head of the Administrative Board, Jay Ellison, on Aug. 16, mostly offered innocuous advice for deans counseling students implicated in the cheating case who were concerned about punishment. It did not name any students.
However, it did contain a passage in which Ellison noted that student-athletes might consider taking voluntary leaves of absence in order to preserve NCAA eligibility if found guilty.
That passage brought Harvard some mild media criticism (http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2012/09/19/harvard-cheating-peter-may), after two star basketball players withdrew from the university.
Sharon Howell, Harvard’s senior resident dean, said she was dismayed to learn that the email accounts had been accessed.
In September, she said, she and the dean of the college, Evelynn Hammonds, had briefly discussed the possibility that administrators might search the deans’ email accounts.
“I told her that I thought looking at our email records was sort of drastic and problematic,” she said.
Howell said she did not hear anything further from administrators about the matter until Friday, when she was called in to discuss it with Hammonds and two other college officials, who were hoping for advice on how to tell the other resident deans.
“They don’t seem to think they’ve done anything wrong,” she said. “[I told them], if you want to repair this with the resident deans, it would make sense to talk about why you thought this was the right thing at the time, and apologize for not notifying us after the fact.”
Howell and other officials interviewed by the Globe said they had no reason to suspect any other email accounts were examined as part of the probe into the leaked message.
Harvard spokesman Jeff Neal added that “any assertion that Harvard routinely monitors emails – for any reason – is patently false.”
Some Harvard policies do allow administrators to freely access email accounts and other electronic records without notifying the holders or owners.
One policy, which appears designed to ward off potential attacks by hackers on school networks, states that authorized administrators may access accounts in order to “prevent harm to the University.”
Another policy, aimed at non-unionized administrative and professional staff, states that electronic records “may be accessed at any time by management or by other authorized personnel for any business purpose.”
The resident deans, however, may qualify for more protection than that policy provides. They are not only administrative and professional staff; they also hold positions as lecturers. That means they may be considered members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who work under a separate policy that all but assures them that their emails and other records on school computers will remain private.
Under the FAS policy, administrators are allowed to access faculty emails and documents in “extraordinary circumstances such as legal proceedings and internal Harvard investigations.” But they must notify the relevant faculty members in writing, ideally in advance. If “circumstances make prior notification impossible,” faculty are to be “notified at the earliest possible opportunity.”
That FAS policy was drafted in part because some professors feared that previous president Lawrence Summers was monitoring their correspondence.
Howell said she expected to be granted the same level of privacy as FAS members. She noted that she and another resident dean serve on the college’s 18-member Faculty Council.
During her meeting on Friday, she said, “I challenged them on this. They seemed to think [the faculty] policy didn’t apply and that it was the staff policy that applied. But we’re faculty.”
Greg Morrisett, a computer scientist who heads the FAS standing committee on information technology, agreed that the resident deans would qualify for protected status and said that a lot of faculty are going to be “pissed off.”
“Speaking for myself, I would certainly include instructors, preceptors, visiting faculty, a wide range of people,” he said. “And I would be extremely upset to learn that somebody is [searching electronic records] without following the policy.” ||||| Bewildered, and at times angry, faculty members at Harvard criticized the university on Sunday after revelations that administrators secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 resident deans in an effort to learn who leaked information about a student cheating scandal to the news media. Some predicted a confrontation between the faculty and the administration.
“I was shocked and dismayed,” said the law professor Charles J. Ogletree. “I hope that it means the faculty will now have something to say about the fact that these things like this can happen.”
News of the e-mail searches prolonged the fallout from the cheating scandal, in which about 70 students were forced to take a leave from school for collaborating or plagiarizing on a take-home final exam in a government class last year.
Harry R. Lewis, a professor and former dean of Harvard College, said, “People are just bewildered at this point, because it was so out of keeping with the way we’ve done things at Harvard.”
“I think what the administration did was creepy,” said Mary C. Waters, a sociology professor, adding that “this action violates the trust I once had that Harvard would never do such a thing.”
Last fall, the administrators searched the e-mails of 16 resident deans, trying to determine who had leaked an internal memo about how the deans should advise students who stood accused of cheating. But most of those deans were not told that their accounts had been searched until the past few days, after The Boston Globe, which first reported the searches, began to inquire about them.
Rather than the searches being kept secret from the resident deans, “they should’ve been asked openly,” said Richard Thomas, a professor of classics. “This is not a good outcome.”
Though some professors were disinclined to speak to a reporter, they showed less restraint online, where sites were buzzing with the news, and several professors said the topic dominated the faculty’s private conversations.
On his blog, which is closely followed by many people at Harvard, Dr. Lewis called the administration’s handling of the search “dishonorable,” and, like some of his colleagues, said the episode would prompt him to do less of his communication through his Harvard e-mail account, and more through a private account.
Timothy McCarthy, a lecturer and program director at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, posted about the e-mail search on Facebook. “This is disgraceful,” he said, “even more so than the original cheating scandal, because it involves adults who should know better — really smart, powerful adults, with complete job security.”
Harvard’s spokesmen declined to comment on Sunday about the criticism. On Saturday, the university would not confirm or deny that the e-mail searches had taken place. It was unclear whether the issue would blow over or if it might escalate into a major confrontation between the faculty and the administration.
A resident dean generally has two Harvard e-mail accounts, a general one and one specifically for the post of resident dean. A Harvard official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a matter the university considers confidential, said the searches had been limited to the resident dean accounts and limited to message headers indicating whether the leaked e-mail had been forwarded to anyone; the official said no one had looked at the content of any e-mails.
The resident deans are employees who live in Harvard’s residential houses, alongside undergraduates, and counsel them on a range of matters. They also have appointments as lecturers — people who teach classes but are not on the tenure track for professors — and serve on various faculty bodies.
Several Harvard faculty members speculated that the administration had felt free to search the e-mail accounts because it regarded the resident deans as regular employees, not faculty members; Harvard’s policies on electronic privacy give more protection to faculty members. The prevailing view from professors seemed to be that the resident deans are faculty members.
“If their role as administrative deans means that they can be treated like staff,” Dr. Waters said, “then I do think that the e-mails of the president, provost and dean of the faculty should be turned over to the Faculty Council to investigate who ordered this witch hunt. “If the resident deans don’t have protection as faculty, neither should any other faculty serving in an administrative capacity.” |||||
Student: | Harvard faculty members are fuming over word that the university quietly searched 16 resident deans' email accounts following a cheating scandal. Administrators were investigating how an internal memo responding to the scandal was leaked to the media, the New York Times reports. "People are just bewildered at this point, because it was so out of keeping with the way we’ve done things at Harvard," says Harry Lewis, a professor and former dean. Just one of the deans was told of the search soon after it occurred; the other 15 weren't told until the Boston Globe looked into the issue. "Why not tell them what was being done if it was really an OK thing to do?" Lewis asks. Harvard released a detailed statement today, saying it made a "very narrow, careful, and precise subject-line search," and that they didn't read the contents of anyone's mail. They say they didn't tell anyone because they determined the leak was unintentional, and wanted to protect the leaker's privacy. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Charantin is a chemical substance obtained from the Asian bitter melon ("Momordica charantia"), reputed to be responsible for the hypoglycaemic properties of those plants. It was identified by Lolitkar and Rao in 1960. It was also found in the similar African species "M. foetida", by A. Olaniyi in 1975, under the name foetidin.
Hypothesis: Foetidin is found in Asia.
OPT: (a). Yes; (b). It's impossible to say; (c). No; | (c). |
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".
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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: One look at Fred Rooney, and you just know he's the good guy. A trace of childish innocence in his face gives the lanky Bethlehem lawyer a Jimmy Stewart-like quality of quiet trust. In black jeans and button-down shirt, he's a kind of folk hero in the south Bethlehem melting pot where he's crafted a law practice catering to working-class families - mostly Latino - in the shadow of the hulkish remnants of Bethlehem Steel. A two-hour drive away, at City University of New York Law School in Queens, Rooney spends several days a week helping upstart lawyers develop storefront practices that, like his, provide legal representation to folks who can't afford a $250-an-hour legal counselor. Kristin Booth Glen, the law school's dean, took one look at Rooney and knew he was the right person to head the innovative Community Legal Resources Network. ''Fred's so low-key, he's Midwestern in effect,'' says Glen, a former New York Supreme Court judge. ''He captivates people, he inspires loyalty.'' For bringing legal representation to the poor and a host of other social causes, including finding medical care for seriously ill children in Latin America, the Moravian College Alumni Association has chosen Rooney for its prestigious Haupert Humanitarian Award. The award, given to only a select few alumni, will be presented at 7:30 tonight at a reception on Moravian's Priscilla Payne Hurd campus. Moravian, where he was an undergraduate in the early 1970s, inspired Rooney's deep sense of social justice. The son of a Bethlehem Steel executive in New York, he came to the Bethlehem campus from an affluent upbringing on Long Island. The young Rooney might have set his sights on Washington, D.C., like his uncle, former U.S. Rep. Fred Rooney of Bethlehem. After all, politics run in the Rooney family. His brother, state Rep. T.J. Rooney of Bethlehem, is a power in the state Legislature and the Democratic Party. But on a trip to Colombia when he was a junior at Moravian, the child of privilege saw human suffering, malnutrition and poverty the likes of which he had never imagined. ''I couldn't understand why we live this way and they live that way,'' Rooney recalled. ''It's been the guiding light of my life ever since.'' After graduating in CUNY Law School's first class in 1986, he took a job with Lehigh Valley Legal Services. <sep>Who has a Jimmy Stewart-like quality of quiet trust?<sep>Fred Rooney
Solution: | Yes |
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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.
question:
This order gave the region self-rule and an elected legislative assembly .
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The order granted self-rule to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan , by creating , among other things , an elected Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly and Gilgit-Baltistan Council .
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The National Security Advisor , officially known as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs , serves as the top advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues .
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The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs ( APNSA ) , commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor ( NSA ) or at times informally termed the NSC Advisor , is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President , based at the West Wing of the White House , who serves as the chief in-house advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues .
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A hard disk drive ( HDD ) , hard disk or hard drive , is a data storage device for computers which uses magnetic storage to store data .
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| A hard disk drive ( HDD ) , hard disk , hard drive , or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks ( platters ) coated with magnetic material .
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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: In law , a legal opinion is usually a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case .
A: | In law , a legal opinion is in certain jurisdictions a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case , laying out the rationale and legal principles for the ruling . |
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: Talk therapy can reduce suicidal ideas such as Dialectical behavior therapy ( DBT ) .
Output: | There are multiple evidence-based psychotherapeutic talk therapies available to reduce suicidal ideation such as dialectical behavior therapy ( DBT ) for which multiple studies have reported varying degrees of clinical effectiveness in reducing suicidality . |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Journalists of the concealed BBC, that was made happen through advisers of London industralists, asked Slavkov.
Hypothesis: Journalists worked for CBS
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Answer:
No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Park Bo-gum (; born June 16, 1993) is a South Korean actor. He gained recognition for his diverse range of roles in film and television, notably, a psychopathic lawyer in "Hello Monster" (2015), a genius Go player in "Reply 1988" (2015–2016), and a Joseon Crown Prince in "Love in the Moonlight" (2016).
Hypothesis: He is a twenty first century actor.
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Answer:
Yes
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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Three anti-Olympic games protesters, posed as a flower delivery service, quickly ransacked British Columbia, Canada premier Gordon Campbell's downtown Vancouver, British Columbia office yesterday afternoon, breaking windows and throwing pictures, office documents, and various other items. After the suspects were caught, they said that they were upset over Campbell's support for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. They also claimed to work for "The Anti-Poverty Committee". They are now facing charges for property damage and uttering threats during or after the incident. Police are only identifying them as a 23-year-old man, a 29-year-old man, and a 17-year old female. The 23-year-old faces a third charge of assault by trespassing.
Hypothesis: Gordon Campbell is the premier of Nunavut.
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Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
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"Who Killed Marilyn?" is a song by Glenn Danzig, about questions surrounding the death of actress Marilyn Monroe, with the titular question suggesting she was murdered. Though Danzig's first solo single, the song has since been included on various collections by Danzig's group The Misfits.
Hypothesis: "Who Killed Marilyn?" is included in The Misfits' discography.
Select from the following. 1. Yes 2. It's impossible to say 3. No | 1. |
Q: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Tex. — Standing in front of the magisterial brick-and-limestone George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Thursday, Bill Clinton summed up the day with a knowing smile. “I told President Obama ,” he said, “that this was the latest, grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents to rewrite history.”
All five veterans of the Oval Office onstage could relate to that: If every memoirist is the star of his own story, every president is the hero of his own library.
So the protagonist who emerged as Mr. Bush’s library was formally dedicated on Thursday was a resolute leader who protected the nation after Sept. 11, 2001, raised education standards, pushed to overhaul the immigration system and brought peace to the war-torn nation of Sudan. His peers highlighted his AIDS-fighting program, which is credited with saving millions of lives in Africa.
The words Iraq and Afghanistan, however, never passed Mr. Bush’s lips, or those of the four other presidents who spoke.
They alluded to the American wars there by praising Mr. Bush’s deep concern for wounded soldiers and the families of those killed in combat, but put aside for a day the arguments over how the wars were conducted, why they were waged and what they accomplished.
“One of the benefits of freedom is that people can disagree,” Mr. Bush told a crowd of thousands on a bright Texas day. “It’s fair to say I created plenty of opportunities to exercise that right. But when future generations come to this library and study this administration, they’re going to find out that we stayed true to our convictions.”
For Mr. Bush, 66, who has spent the past four years listening in silence as his successor has faulted his leadership, this was an emotional day. Bathed in the admiration of a friendly crowd and enjoying a modest resurgence of public appreciation in recent surveys, he choked up as he finished speaking and wiped tears from his eyes after sitting down.
While critics have fumed about what they called the whitewashing of his record in the media blitz leading up to the library dedication, many Americans have been reminded about aspects of Mr. Bush they once liked. Advisers said they hoped the moment would help history draw a fuller picture.
“It’s never been about presenting him,” said Nicolle Wallace, who worked on Mr. Bush’s re-election campaign and in the White House. “It’s been about revealing him.”
The $250 million library, on the campus of Southern Methodist University, reframes many elements of the Bush presidency, domestic, economic and foreign, as part of his “freedom agenda,” linking together sometimes disparate policies in a single narrative thread.
“In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition,” Mr. Bush said. “Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves. The political winds blow left and right, polls rise and fall, supporters come and go. But in the end leaders are defined by the convictions that they hold. And my deepest conviction, the guiding principle of the administration, is that the United States of America must strive to expand the reach of freedom.”
Jimmy Carter, Mr. Bush’s father and Mr. Clinton have opened their own libraries, likewise shaping their histories as they preferred. Mr. Obama can be expected to do the same soon enough. On this day, they collectively wrapped their arms around a fellow member of the club.
“We know President Bush the man,” Mr. Obama said. “To know the man is to like the man. Because he’s comfortable in his own skin. He knows who he is. He doesn’t put on any pretenses. He takes his job seriously, but he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He is a good man.”
Mr. Obama, whose first presidential campaign was built on opposition to the Iraq war, praised Mr. Bush for his bullhorn-in-the-rubble fortitude after Sept. 11 and said his predecessor fought for what he thought was best for his country. He linked his own effort to overhaul the immigration system to Mr. Bush’s.
“If we do that, it will be in large part thanks to the hard work of President George W. Bush,” Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Clinton, who has become close to the Bush family, offered warm words and recounted how he and Mr. Bush used to talk politics while his successor was in office. Referring to the library behind him, he joked, “Dear God, I hope there’s no record of those conversations in this vast and beautiful building.” Hillary Rodham Clinton, sitting onstage with the other presidents and first ladies, laughed robustly.
Mr. Carter, one of the fiercest critics of the Iraq war, talked about how Mr. Bush ended war in Sudan and helped Africa. “I’m filled with admiration for you and deep gratitude for you about the contributions you’ve made to the most needy people on earth,” he told Mr. Bush.
The event was a public re-emergence for Mr. Bush’s father, who spent weeks in a hospital last winter and at one point appeared close to death. Now in a wheelchair because he has a form of Parkinson’s disease, Mr. Bush, 88, said only a few words, thanking those who made his son’s library. “It’s very special for Barbara and me,” he said.
The crowd stood in ovation. In a poignant moment, the former president — with the help of his son and Barbara Bush — lifted himself to his feet for a few moments in acknowledgment.
Also on hand was former Vice President Dick Cheney, who appeared revitalized after having a heart transplant last year. Wearing a cowboy hat, Mr. Cheney was introduced along with members of presidential families, but he had no speaking role.
Mr. Cheney makes only cameo appearances in the museum exhibits, and in an interview broadcast this week, the younger Mr. Bush described their relationship as “cordial” — a word that left the impression that the two were not close because of their fight in the waning days of the administration over a pardon for the vice president’s former chief of staff.
Perhaps to refute that, Mr. Bush offered warm words for Mr. Cheney from the stage. “He served with loyalty, principle and strength,” Mr. Bush said. “I’m proud to call you friend.” ||||| The dedication ceremony of George W. Bush's presidential center has ended after the nation's 43rd president gave a closing speech with tears welling in his eyes.
A crowd of 10,000 watched as a military guard carried a line of flags off the stage, followed by the departure of all five presidents and their wives Thursday in Dallas.
The ceremony was also attended by former members of the Bush administration, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, current and former world leaders including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the children of former presidents.
Bush gave the last speech, noting his joy that his father, the 41st president, was able to attend the dedication.
He said, "41, it is awesome that you are here today." ||||| Alex Wong / Getty Images First lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, former first lady Barbara Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush on April 25, 2013 in Dallas.
Giving a broad-strokes defense of his eight years in the White House, former president George W. Bush celebrated the dedication of his Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas on Thursday.
“We expanded freedom at home by raising standards in schools and lowering taxes for everybody. We liberated nations from dictatorship and freed people from AIDS,” he said.
And he added, alluding to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, “when our nation came under attack we made the tough decisions required to keep the American people safe,” he said.
“My deepest conviction – the guiding principle of the administration – is that the United States of America must strive to expand the reach of freedom,” he declared. Freedom, he said, “sustains dissidents bound by chains, believers huddled in underground churches and voters who risk their lives to cast their ballot.”
In the audience were the nation’s three other former living presidents – George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter – as well as current commander in chief Barack Obama. Also in attendance were pivotal figures from the Bush era, including former Vice President Dick Cheney and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
President Barack Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush speak Thursday at a dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
To no one’s surprise, the ex-presidents’ remarks -- and Obama's too -- generally shied away from re-litigating the controversies of Bush’s presidency. Alluding to those events, including the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bush said, “One of the benefits of freedom is that people can disagree. It’s fair to say I created plenty of opportunity to exercise that right.”
Bush singled out Cheney for praise. “From the day I asked Dick to run with me, he served with loyalty, principle, and strength,” Bush said.
Bush ended his speech with tears in his eyes.
Obama used his speech to promote his top policy goal at the moment – persuading Congress to pass a bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws.
He lauded Bush for trying to enact an immigration bill in 2006 and said “I’m hopeful that this year with the help of Speaker (John) Boehner, and some of the senators and members of congress who are here today, that we bring it home.”
And if an immigration overhaul becomes law this year, Obama said “it will be in large part thanks to the hard work of George W. Bush.”
Obama praised Bush for “reaching across the aisle to unlikely allies like Ted Kennedy because he believed we had to reform our school in ways that helped every child learn, not just some.”
Obama portrayed Bush as a man of compassion and generosity, a man who “is comfortable in his own skin” and who “takes the job seriously but doesn’t take himself too seriously. He’s a good man.”
Clinton also touched on immigration, thanking Bush for working to revamp the nation’s immigration policies – “and I hope the Congress will follow President Obama’s effort to follow the example you set.”
And Clinton delivered some wry humor in his remarks. He called the Bush library “the latest grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents to rewrite history.”
Former President George W. Bush recalls his time in office, noting that it was the "honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the United States."
He noted that he’d had phone conversations with Bush “a couple of times a year in his second term ... just to talk politics.”
Then he added “A chill went up and down my spine when Laura (Bush) said that all their records were digitized. Dear God, I hope there’s no record of those conversations in this vast and beautiful building.”
Carter, the first former president to speak, praised Bush for appointing a special envoy to help end a prolonged war between north and south Sudan.
It was a gathering of men whose political careers stretch back to 1963 when Carter was elected to the Georgia legislature and 1964 when the elder Bush ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
Alluding to the possible future of the Bush political dynasty, former First Lady Barbara Bush skeptically told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Thursday, “There are other people out there that are very qualified and we’ve had enough Bushes.”
When asked whether she expects former Florida governor Jeb Bush to seek the presidency, Mrs. Bush said, “It’s a great country. There are a lot of great families and it’s not just four families.”
The dedication of the Bush library has spurred a wave of retrospective analyses of his presidency, reviving the debates over his leadership after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and his decision, with a congressional vote of authorization, to invade Iraq in 2003.
Obama’s election in 2008 was at least partly due to the electorate’s war weariness after five years of military entanglement in Iraq.
But Obama has continued some of Bush’s counter-terrorism policies and greatly expanded Bush’s use of remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, to kill terrorist suspects in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
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A: | George W. Bush's presidential library got its formal dedication today in Dallas, with all five living presidents making the trip. "Oh happy day," Bush said as he took the stage. "41, it is awesome that you are here today," continued the man of honor in reference to his father, reports the AP. As for visitors to the site: "They’re going to find out that we stayed true to our convictions, that we expanded freedom at home by raising standards at school and lowering taxes for everybody, that we liberated nations from dictatorship and freed people from AIDS," said the younger Bush, as noted by NBC News. "And that when freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to make the American people safe.” Some other notable comments: President Obama: He praised Bush's resolve after 9/11, his help fighting AIDS in Africa, and his commitment to immigration reform, reports the New York Times. "We know President Bush the man. To know the man is to like the man. Because he's comfortable in his own skin. He knows who he is. He doesn’t put on any pretenses. He takes the job seriously but he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He’s a good man." President Carter: He also praised Bush for his AIDS push in Africa, along with helping to stop Sudan's long civil war: "Mr. President let me say that I am filled with admiration for you and deep gratitude for you about the great contributions you've made to the most needy people on Earth." President Clinton: He touched on similar themes, and jokingly recalled his private conversations with his successor. "Dear God, I hope there’s no record of those conversations in this vast and beautiful building." Laura Bush: "I remember how steadfast and steady he was for eight years. My George is a man who when someone needs a hand offers them their arms." |
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Wat Phrasri Rattana Sasadaram or Wat Phra Kaew , the " Temple of the Emerald Buddha " , is one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in Thailand .
Wat Phra Kaew ( , , -RSB- ) , commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram , is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple ( wat ) in Thailand .
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Kensuke Shinzaki ( born December 2 , 1966 ) is a Japanese professional wrestler .
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Later he came up with a short summary of the six-part movie which would come .
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Later he produced a brief synopsis of the six-part film ; this would come , in one form or another , to be the final plan he would settle on for his project .
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Small nuclear RNA ( snRNP , or ' snurps ' ) , joins with proteins to form spliceosomes .
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snRNPs ( pronounced " snurps " ) , or small nuclear ribonucleoproteins , are RNA-protein complexes that combine with unmodified pre-mRNA and various other proteins to form a spliceosome , a large RNA-protein molecular complex upon which splicing of pre-mRNA occurs .
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In law , a legal opinion is usually a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case .
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| In law , a legal opinion is in certain jurisdictions a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case , laying out the rationale and legal principles for the ruling .
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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:In her storage room-turned-office, Jennifer Baum works under an expanding leak that is causing the ceiling to turn brown and crumble. Mold grows in the buckets positioned to catch the water. She shrugs it off. Outside her office she has taped up a clear plastic suit, and a sign that reads, "All employees must don protective gear before coming in." Such is life in limbo. Nearly a year after Sept. 11, the Legal Aid Society-the lawyers for New York's poor and homeless-remains, well, homeless. The nonprofit has been barred from returning to its 90 Church St. headquarters, across from the World Trade Center site, because of environmental concerns. Legal Aid has uncomfortable company. More than 11,500 New Yorkers continue to work out of temporary space, according to analysis by Manhattan-based real estate brokerage TenantWise.com Inc. and Crain's New York Business. That's 8% of the 137,000 workers who lost their offices or access to them when the Twin Towers collapsed. Legal Aid's 450 displaced attorneys and staffers have spent the past 12 months spread among previously unused spaces-some unused for good reason-in the nonprofit's other offices. It could be another year and a half before they return to their old desks. They have contended with difficult working conditions as demand for Legal Aid's services is on the rise because of Sept. 11 and the deteriorating economy. The civil division is spread among a few boroughs. Their papers and documents, some 20,000 boxes worth, are stuck in a storage facility in Linden, N.J. "I am counting the days till we can have all the parts back in one place," says Steven Banks, Legal Aid's associate attorney in chief. In the memories of the exiled workers, the old office has achieved mythical proportions. They say the wood paneling and rugs had the ability to cool emotions and lift spirits. The Legal Aid office on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, where 65 displaced workers have cobbled together space amid the faded and scratched walls, looks more like a bargain basement. <sep>What are some memories Legal Aid's workers recall about the old office?<sep>65 displaced workers
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Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
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— Representative Gabrielle Giffords , an Arizona Democrat, and at least 17 others were shot Saturday morning when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket where Ms. Giffords was meeting with constituents.
Six of the victims died, among them John M. Roll, the chief judge for the United States District Court for Arizona, and a 9-year-old girl, the Pima County sheriff, Clarence W. Dupnik, said.
Ms. Giffords, 40, whom the authorities called the target of the attack, was in critical condition Sunday morning at the University Medical Center in Tucson , where she was operated on by a team of neurosurgeons on Saturday. Dr. Peter Rhee, medical director of the hospital’s trauma and critical care unit, said Saturday that she had been shot once in the head, “through and through,” with the bullet going through her brain.
President Obama , speaking at the White House, confirmed that a suspect was in custody and said that the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , Robert S. Mueller III , was on his way to Arizona to oversee the investigation.
Investigators identified the gunman as Jared Lee Loughner, 22, and said that he was refusing to cooperate with the authorities and had invoked his Fifth Amendment rights. Mr. Loughner was in custody with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday night, the Pima Country sheriff’s office said.
Mr. Loughner had exhibited increasingly strange behavior in recent months, including ominous Internet postings — at least one showing a gun — and a series of videos in which he made disjointed statements on topics like the gold standard and mind control.
Pima Community College said he had been suspended for conduct violations and withdrew in October after five instances of classroom or library disruptions that involved the campus police.
The authorities were seen entering the Loughner family house about five miles from the shooting scene. Investigators said they were looking for a possible accomplice, believed to be in his 50s.
The shootings raised questions about potential political motives, and Sheriff Dupnik blamed the toxic political environment in Arizona. There were immediate national reverberations as Democrats denounced the fierce partisan atmosphere in Ms. Gifford’s district and top Republicans quickly condemned the violence.
Mark Kimble, an aide to Ms. Giffords, said the shooting occurred about 10 a.m. in a small area between an American flag and an Arizona flag. He said that he went into the store for coffee, and that as he came out the gunman started firing.
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Ms. Giffords had been talking to a couple about Medicare and reimbursements, and Judge Roll had just walked up to her and shouted “Hi,” when the gunman, wearing sunglasses and perhaps a hood of some sort, approached and shot the judge, Mr. Kimble said. “Everyone hit the ground,” he said. “It was so shocking.”
The United States Capitol Police, which is investigating the attack, cautioned lawmakers “to take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security.”
Because of the shootings, House Republicans postponed all legislation to be considered on the floor this week, including a vote to repeal the health care overhaul. The House majority leader, Representative Eric Cantor , Republican of Virginia , said lawmakers needed to “take whatever actions may be necessary in light of today’s tragedy.”
Speaking of Ms. Giffords’s condition, Dr. Rhee said at a news conference, “I can tell you at this time, I am very optimistic about her recovery.” He added, “We cannot tell what kind of recovery, but I’m as optimistic as it can get in this kind of situation.”
Ms. Giffords remained unconscious on Saturday night, said her spokesman, C. J. Karamargin.
Several aides to Ms. Giffords were wounded, and her director of community outreach, Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, was among those killed. The girl who died was identified as Christina Green, a third grader. The others killed were Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwan Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Schneck, 79.
Ms. Giffords, who represents the Eighth District, in the southeastern corner of Arizona, has been an outspoken critic of the state’s tough immigration law, which is focused on identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants, and she had come under criticism for her vote in favor of the health care law.
Friends said she had received threats over the years. Judge Roll had been involved in immigration cases and had received death threats.
The police said Ms. Giffords’s district office was evacuated late Saturday after a suspicious package was found. Officers later cleared the scene.
Ms. Giffords, widely known as Gabby, had been speaking to constituents in a store alcove under a large white banner bearing her name when a man surged forward and began firing. He tried to escape but was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody by the police. The event, called “Congress on Your Corner,” was outside a Safeway supermarket northwest of Tucson and was the first opportunity for constituents to meet with Ms. Giffords since she was sworn in for a third term on Wednesday.
Ms. Giffords was part of the Democratic class of 2006 that swept Democrats into the majority in the House. She narrowly won re-election in November, while many fellow Democrats were toppled and the House turned to Republican control.
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“I saw the congresswoman talking to two people, and then this man suddenly came up and shot her in the head and then shot other people,” said Dr. Steven Rayle, a witness to the shootings. “I think it was a semiautomatic, and he must have got off 20 rounds.”
Dr. Rayle said that Ms. Giffords slumped to the ground and that staff members immediately rushed to her aid. “A staffer had his arm around her, and she was leaning against the window of the Safeway,” the doctor said. “He had a jacket or towel on her head.”
At least one of the other shooting victims helped Ms. Giffords, witnesses said.
Television broadcasts showed a chaotic scene outside a normally tranquil suburban shopping spot as emergency workers rushed to carry the wounded away in stretchers. Some of the victims were taken from the site by helicopter, three of which had arrived.
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Law enforcement officials said that the congresswoman had received numerous threats.
Congressional leaders of both parties issued statements throughout the day expressing outrage at the shooting as well as concern and prayers for Ms. Giffords and her family.
The new House speaker, John A. Boehner , said: “I am horrified by the senseless attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and members of her staff. An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve.
“Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society. Our prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords, her staff, all who were injured and their families. This is a sad day for our country.”
Senator John McCain , Republican of Arizona, issued one of the strongest statements, saying: “I am horrified by the violent attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords and many other innocent people by a wicked person who has no sense of justice or compassion. I pray for Gabby and the other victims, and for the repose of the souls of the dead and comfort for their families.”
He added, “Whoever did this, whatever their reason, they are a disgrace to Arizona, this country and the human race.”
Ms. Giffords is a centrist Democrat who won re-election in part by stressing her strong support for gun rights and for tougher immigration controls, including tighter border security, even though she opposed the controversial Arizona law.
Last March, after the final approval of the Democrats’ health care law, which Ms. Giffords supported, the windows of her office in Tucson were broken or shot out in an act of vandalism. Similar acts were reported by other members of Congress.
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In August 2009, when there were demonstrations against the health care measure across the nation, a protester who showed up to meet Ms. Giffords at a supermarket event similar to Saturday’s was removed by the police when the pistol he had holstered under his armpit fell and bounced on the floor.
In an interview at the Capitol this week, Ms. Giffords said she was excited to count herself among the Democrats who joined the new Republican majority in reading the Constitution aloud from the House floor. She said she was particularly pleased with being assigned the reading of the First Amendment.
“I wanted to be here,” she said. “I think it’s important. Reflecting on the Constitution in a bipartisan way is a good way to start the year.”
As a Democrat, Ms. Giffords is something of anomaly in Arizona and in her district, which has traditionally tilted Republican. Last year, she barely squeaked to victory over a Republican challenger, Jesse Kelly. But she had clearly heard the message that constituents were dissatisfied with Democratic leaders in Washington.
At the Capitol last week, Ms. Giffords refused to support the outgoing Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California , in her symbolic contest with the Republican, Mr. Boehner of Ohio . Instead, she cast her vote for Representative John Lewis , a Georgia Democrat and hero of the civil rights movement.
“It’s not surprising that today Gabby was doing what she always does: listening to the hopes and concerns of her neighbors,” Mr. Obama said during a news conference Saturday, calling her a “friend of mine” and an “extraordinary public servant.” “I know Gabby is as tough as they come,” he said. “Obviously, our hearts go out to the family members of those who have been slain.” “We’re going to get to the bottom of this, and we’re going to get through this,” he said.
The shooting mobilized officials at the White House and throughout the highest levels of government, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department.
Rabbi Stephanie Aaron, who in 2007 officiated at the wedding of Ms. Giffords and the astronaut Mark E. Kelly, and leads Congregation Chaverim in Tucson, said the congresswoman had never expressed any concern about her safety. “No fear. I’ve only seen the bravest possible, most intelligent young congresswoman,” Rabbi Aaron said. “I feel like this is really one of those proverbial — seemingly something coming out of nowhere.”
At Ms. Giffords’s district office, a group of about 50 people formed a prayer circle. Chris Cole, a Tucson police officer whose neighborhood beat includes the district office, said of the shooting, “This kind of thing just doesn’t happen in Tucson.”
Behind the office, in the parking lot, campaign volunteers stood around a car with the door open, listening to a live radio broadcast of a hospital news conference updating the congresswoman’s condition. A cheer went up when it was announced that she was still alive.
The volunteers included Kelly Canady and her mother, Patricia Canady, both longtime campaign workers. Patricia Canedy had worked for Ms. Giffords since she served in the State Senate while Kelly, her daughter, moved to Tucson 13 years ago and was active in last year’s campaign and in the health care debate.
“She’s one of those people who remembers you. She always spoke to me by my first name,” Kelly Canady said. “She loved everybody. She was very easy to talk to. She was one of the main reasons I will stay involved in politics.” ||||| Officials familiar with the investigation into a shooting rampage in Arizona say the suspect claims he acted alone.
At least five people were killed and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in the episode, which unfolded as the Democratic congresswoman was greeting constituents in her district in Tucson, Arizona.
Police say the shooter is in custody. He has been identified by officials familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22.
Officials say Loughner told authorities at the scene he had acted alone, although it is not certain that is the case.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they are not authorized to provide details.
Giffords underwent surgery after the attack. The dead include a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl. |||||
Solution: | Though it was initially reported that Jared Lee Loughner told officials he acted alone in today's shootings, one sheriff isn't so sure: In a press conference tonight, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said he was "not convinced" that the suspect acted alone. He declined to say why, but did add that Loughner had a criminal record and mental issues, reports the Arizona Republic. The New York Times reports that officials are looking for a second suspect. Click for more on Jared Lee Loughner, who reportedly posted "goodbye" on MySpace this morning. |
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We expect an order that is consistent with our understanding of an agreement that we reached -- I will let it to you to address that. And my intention would not be to address this again in open court this afternoon. We would just move on. You have other witnesses, I assume, to present, and we can move through this. I'm simply saying I don't want wiggle room that we're waiting to see, because I've had that experience now before.
Hypothesis: The speaker has allowed wiggle room before.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt Lauer returned to the "Today" show with his arm in a sling — only to see his colleagues joke about his accident by donning deer antlers. Lauer flipped over his bike last weekend after colliding with a deer. He had surgery for a separated shoulder and missed three days of work. He says he came armed to Thursday's show with extra meds to deal with the jokes. He gave as good as he got, though — saying a backstage director with antlers had just tried to bum pain medication off him.
Hypothesis: Matt Lauer is often having accidents on his bicycle
It's impossible to say
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Both Bahrain and Qatar are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), but they have a territorial dispute that has led to Bahrain's boycott of the GCC summit convened in the Qatari capital of Doha on December 7-9.
Hypothesis: African beaches are covered in dead marine life.
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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: Hurlburt Field, Florida (CNN) -- An Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed Wednesday during a routine training mission north of Navarre, Florida, injuring five crew members aboard, a military official said. The crash occurred about 6:45 p.m. at Hurlburt Field's Eglin Range, said Amy Nicholson, chief of public affairs at the airfield. The five injured crew members were taken to an area hospital, Nicholson said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. The cause of the accident is under investigation, she said. The Osprey was assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing, the Air Force said. The tilt-rotor aircraft can fly like an airplane and land like a helicopter. The Army began developing the Osprey in 1982, though the program was nearly scrapped in 1989 when then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney sought to cancel it because of ballooning costs. Questions were raised about the safety of the Osprey after two crashes, including one in 1992 at a Marine Corps air base in Virginia that killed the crew. In late 2000, the Marine Corps grounded the Osprey fleet after two crashes -- one in Arizona that killed four crew members and 15 passengers, and another in North Carolina that killed the crew. A redesign was ordered on the Osprey, and it resumed flights in 2002. The Air Force began using Ospreys in 2008 after testing the aircraft in 2006. They were first deployed by the Marines in Iraq in 2007 after 18 years and $20 billion in development. <sep>How many crashes was the CV-22 involved in?<sep>6
Output: | 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.
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Question: The House of Representatives elects the Speaker of the House on the first day of every new Congress and in the event of the death, resignation or removal from the Chair of an incumbent Speaker. The Clerk of the House of Representatives requests nominations: there are normally two, one from each major party (each party having previously met to decide on its nominee). The Clerk then calls the roll of the Representatives, each Representative indicating the surname of the candidate the Representative is supporting. Representatives are not restricted to voting for one of the nominated candidates and may vote for any person, even for someone who is not a member of the House at all. They may also abstain by voting ``present''.
Answer: can the president of the united states fire the speaker of the house?
Question: Until the mid-2000s, sales of beer for off-premises consumption were prohibited statewide before noon on Sundays, a remnant of a royal decree during the Colonial era, and between 3--6 a.m. any day. Changes to the law made in the last years of Governor George Pataki's administration loosened those restrictions, and now beer sales are only prohibited from 3--8 a.m. Sundays. Counties are free to adjust those hours in either direction, all the way to midnight and noon, and allow 24-hour beer sales on other days of the week.
Answer: can you buy beer on sunday in new york?
Question: Although rhubarb is a vegetable, it is often put to the same culinary uses as fruits. The leaf stalks can be used raw, when they have a crisp texture (similar to celery, although it is in a different family), but are most commonly cooked with sugar and used in pies, crumbles and other desserts. They have a strong, tart taste. Several varieties have been domesticated for human consumption, most of which are recognised as Rheum x hybridum by the Royal Horticultural Society.
Answer: | is it safe to eat raw rhubarb stalks?
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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: Theodore Walter " Sonny " Rollins ( born September 7 , 1930 ) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist .
A: | Walter Theodore " Sonny " Rollins ( born September 7 , 1930 ) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians . |
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
In this Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 photo, a nurse attends to Argelia Mansio who was injured by a stray bullet during an assault staged by unknown attackers at the Roosevelt Hospital, in Guatemala City. The deputy hospital director told reporters that 12 people were wounded, including a child who underwent surgery and was in critical condition. Luis Soto AP Photo
Hypothesis: A dozen people were hurt by an attack .
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Answer:
Yes
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and "the usual." Wolfson, one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People in the World, is a man who unflinchingly knows what he wants and stays his course, whether it be in his choice of restaurant or in his choice of battle. And others always know when they see Evan coming what it is that he wants.
Hypothesis: Evan Wolfson thinks only straight people should get married
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Answer:
No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Mr Wongs<br>Adam always ordered Chinese food on Friday. His favorite restaurant Chao Pao was closed for some reason. He settled with a place call Mr Wong's instead. He was worried after he couldn't understand the person on the phone. Adam, the vegetarian, ended up with fried duck for dinner.
Hypothesis: Adam will order chinese from a new restaurant
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Answer:
| It's impossible to say |
[Q]: MADRID, July 4 Nationalised Spanish lender Bankia and Barcelona-based peer Caixabank have mandated investment bank JP Morgan to explore the sale of more than 30 percent of olive oil company Deoleo, two sources close to the deal told Reuters on Thursday. (Reporting by Carlos Ruano and Jesus Aguado; Writing by Clare Kane; Editing by Sonya Dowsett) Bankia has an account by somebody named leo OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: The Croatian will face competition, especially from the American of Chinese origin, Michael Chang, second-seeded in the tournament. Organizers hope that the tournament will contribute to advancing tennis in their countries.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "This tournament features only 3 countries."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Q: The ticket was expensive
Pole<br>The man drove into a pole. He told the cops he hadn't seen it. The cops gave him a sobriety test. The man did not pass it. The man got a ticket.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: It's impossible to say
Mab ( ), or Uranus XXVI (26), is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer in 2003 using the Hubble Space Telescope. It was named after Queen Mab, a fairy queen from English folklore who is mentioned in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
Mab is not a moon. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: Yes
input hypothesis: The study enrolled five hundred women at first.
Context: The maker of a promising ovarian cancer drug said, Friday, that he stopped enrolling women in a study because several patients developed gastrointestinal holes.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: It's impossible to say
input hypothesis: You should ask questions about the school's expectations of you, and you have to follow his orders
Context: How to change schools in the middle of the school year<br>Meet with the new school's principal and teachers. If possible, hold a meeting between the school's teachers and principal and yourself. Ask about expectations for yourself and your child, including details about homework and school involvement.
OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
true or false: | It's impossible to say |
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: After his cousin Joe dies , Layne Vassimer and his girlfriend Macy , along with their friends Stephen , Maurice , Iris and Katrina , decide to clean up Joe's house with the intention of selling it . When they see it for the first time , they discover the house completely covered in plates of iron armor . The group also finds crop circles in the nearby cornfield . When Iris , one of their friends , suddenly disappears they realize something is really wrong . During a blackout , the house is attacked by aliens , who had previously killed Joe and abducted Iris . The group figures out the aliens are allergic to iron , Joe had covered the house in it to keep them out . They attempt to fight the aliens off , but the house is eventually blown up with Layne , Macy , and Katrina the only survivors . In the end , they drive off , listening to the radio . They hear a news report stating that the blackout they experienced affects five western states and parts of Canada . They also hear that people everywhere are being attacked by `` strange creatures . '' <sep>Did any of Layne and Macy's friends survive the alien attack?<sep>Yes
Solution: | 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.
Q: An ambulance drives through the Annex Gate at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
Bexar County Sheriff's deputies are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in this image tweeted by @BexarCoSheriff in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Bexar County Sheriff/Handout via Reuters
Military and emergency response personnel are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
Military and law enforcement personnel are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
Military and law enforcement personnel are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
A military police officer and working dog are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
Military and law enforcement personnel are seen inside Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Abate
SAN ANTONIO Two airmen were killed in a "a workplace violence incident" on Friday at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, military officials said, with media outlets reporting that an airman shot his commanding officer and then himself.
Two weapons identified as Glocks were found at the scene, Brigadier General Robert LaBrutta, Commander, Joint Base San Antonio, told a news conference. LaBrutta said the two men were the only casualties and he declined to provide further details such as a possible motive.
"This was a workplace violence incident and not the result of a terrorist attack," the U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio said in a statement.
The Air Force Times, citing internal Pentagon communications, reported the commanding officer of a training squadron at the base was shot by an airman who then apparently killed himself in a classroom building.
A Pentagon official, speaking on condition on anonymity, told CNN that the airman shot his commander.
Military officials would not confirm the reports. The Bexar County Sheriff's office described the deaths as a likely murder-suicide.
LaBrutta said individuals are not allowed to carry weapons on base unless they are in security forces or the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations.
"This morning we received one of those calls you never want to receive," LaBrutta told reporters.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families that are going to be affected by this tragedy," he said.
LaBrutta said that after an initial report of a shooter, security officers rushed to the scene within three minutes. Both men were found in an office. The shootings occurred at the Medina annex, where operations such as military dog training take place.
(Additional reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin and Lisa Maria Garza in Dallas; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Grant McCool) ||||| SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The fatal shooting of two people at an Air Force base in Texas appears to be a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
Two bodies were found inside a room of a building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Bexar County sheriff's spokesman James Keith said.
It's believed the shooter is among the two dead, Keith said, adding that sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement officers are continuing to search the building and nearby facilities.
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the home of Air Force basic training. The Army's Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Air Force Base were combined during base realignment several years ago to become the military's largest joint base.
About 160 miles northeast of the joint base is Fort Hood, which in 2009 was the site of the deadliest shooting at a U.S. military base, when 13 people were killed and 31 were injured.
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This story has been corrected to show that Fort Hood is northeast of the joint base, not southwest. |||||
A: | A fatal shooting of two people at an Air Force base in Texas on Friday appears to be a murder-suicide, the AP reports. Two bodies were found inside a room of a building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, says Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman James Keith. "It's over," he told Reuters, adding that it's believed the shooter is among the two dead and that sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement officers are continuing to search the building and nearby facilities out of "an abundance of caution." "There are still some rooms that are locked that we are still trying to gain entry into," Keith says, per the Air Force Times. The lockdown at Lackland and at nearby schools has been lifted. The Times says it obtained an internal report from the Pentagon that indicated the commanding officer of a training squadron at the base was shot by an airman, which an Air Force spokeswoman for the Pentagon couldn't confirm right away. On its official Facebook page, the base notes that "there are no indications that this was a terrorist attack." Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the home of Air Force basic training. The Army's Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Air Force Base were combined during base realignment several years ago to become the military's largest joint base. About 160 miles northeast of the joint base is Fort Hood, which in 2009 was the site of the deadliest shooting at a US military base, when 13 people were killed and 31 were injured. |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
A kid in a yellow shirt is skating around a hockey rink. he
OPTIONS:
- is pulling the puck out of the pile.
- starts swinging a bat at a goal.
- runs over to the boy.
- is holding a hockey stick.
A: is holding a hockey stick.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to find bombay's best tourist spots
Catch a plane to mumbai.
Bombay (mumbai as it now called) is well connected to all the cities across the world by flights. It is also has flights to other destinations in the country.
OPTIONS:
- Disney central airport is located east of mumbai and is often referred to as the transunion airport (tsr). Drive there if you'd like.
- It is a great idea to buy a travel guide. But for all intents and purposes, you can refer to a good travel website and take a few print-outs.
- Travel around the parts of bombay you haven't seen much in your time. Hotels, motels, restaurants, big open bars and business places are good places to stay.
- These flights would usually be shorter than your flight time to bombay. Take a bus to bombay's attractions.
OUT: It is a great idea to buy a travel guide. But for all intents and purposes, you can refer to a good travel website and take a few print-outs.
Question:
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
They bend their elbows and close their fists as they show some karate chops while jumping up high in the air. the they
OPTIONS:
- focus all their energy on their beat all at once and they come back down perfectly and continue chopping.
- step back as the crowd applauds for them.
- climb up on the uneven bar and continue to dance their karate moves.
- twist and kick their bodies and knock there heads.
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Answer:
step back as the crowd applauds for them.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to grow horseradish
Obtain horseradish crowns or roots to plant.
Purchase a cutting of horseradish from a greenhouse or grocery store. Most of the time, these places will sell crowns (the uppermost part of the plant) or roots that are pre-cut and ready to plant.
OPTIONS:
- The crown will not grow roots in late autumn. Horseradish crowns will need 7 to 10 days to germinate and 18 to 20 days to mature into roots in late fall.
- The crowns, however, often have only a very tiny number of roots growing out of them. It's better to plant them slowly, without much effort, to avoid any root rot.
- Most gardeners start horseradish from crowns, as the plant grows from the roots and only its weed-like flowers produce seeds. Like carrots or potatoes, horseradish roots are ready to go straight into the ground.
- Dig up the soil around the roots. Use a pair of hands to help guide the rooting process.
A: Most gardeners start horseradish from crowns, as the plant grows from the roots and only its weed-like flowers produce seeds. Like carrots or potatoes, horseradish roots are ready to go straight into the ground.
A group of women are wearing volleyball team uniforms standing in an indoor gym, and a young woman that has a number 10 on her shirt is bouncing the volleyball and getting ready to serve. the woman
OPTIONS:
- in blue is doing the serve and suddenly she starts shooting the ball while the other team wearing hoop stay seated in their seats and the score being shown on the screen.
- serves the ball and a game ensues as all the women keep the ball in the area and hit it over the net multiple times trying to keep it in bounds.
- does a serve and mp3 hits her, which slips into the net before she wags the ball.
- then hits the ball with the racket and leaves the court.
serves the ball and a game ensues as all the women keep the ball in the area and hit it over the net multiple times trying to keep it in bounds.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
A male attaches a hollow stick on a bull whom chases him. A guy messes with a bull. a bull
OPTIONS:
- jumps over the man using a flat pole.
- trophies scores.
- falls on the sidewalk while the man is still holding the hollow stick.
- pushes a man down..
Next sentence: | pushes a man down. |
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: Sally Lowenthal ( born February 25 , 1935 ) , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael , is an American former talk show host .
Student: | Sally Lowenthal ( born February 25 , 1935 ) , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael , is an American former talk show host known for her talk show program " Sally " ( originally titled " The Sally Jessy Raphael Show " ) . |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
An intro shows off a hedge trimmer. a woman beings
Available options: A. to speak about the hedge trimmer.; B. , then writes on a piece of paper and smooths it out.; C. that hedge trimmers her plants while wearing glasses.; D. it and cuts the ends of two hedges.; | A. |
Given the task definition and input, reply with output. 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 chemistry , a property is any aspect of a substance which is only seen by means of a chemical reaction .
| A chemical property is any of a material 's properties that becomes evident during , or after , a chemical reaction ; that is , any quality that can be established only by changing a substance 's chemical identity . |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: A rural Ohio church was the site of an eye-popping protest Sunday.
The Coshocton County church has been picketing a Warsaw strip club for years. On Sunday, employees of the club took the fight to the church, and took off their tops in the process.
The sign outside New Beginnings Ministries in Warsaw welcomes all, but this Sunday's service had some decidedly unwelcome visitors: women bearing picket signs, and baring their bodies for all to see.
Thomas George said he is the man behind the protest.
"I have to point out the hypocrisy that I see," he said.
George said he is the owner of a strip club called the Foxhole North.
He said New Beginnings has worked to bring his club to an end for years.
"They come up every weekend, and they're very abusive and certainly unchristian-like. Calling the girls (expletive) and (expletive). They're abusive to the customers. They sit out with video cameras, they take pictures of license plates, tell them they're posting them to the web," said George.
New Beginnings Pastor Bill Dunfee made no secret of his intentions on Sunday.
"I hope he will realize that the Foxhole has no business in this community," Dunfee said.
Dunfee also said he makes no apologies for his crusade against the club.
"I take very seriously the responsibility as a pastor to see to it that the gospel of Christ is lifted up, that Christ himself is lifted up, and that evil is confronted," Dunfee said.
George admitted that Sunday's topless protest is an extreme measure, but said it's far from evil.
Church members confronted the protestors outside of the tarps hung to protect their eyes.
"Love is the answer, and you don't have it baby. God is love!" shouted one of the protestors.
"Ma'am, you know nothing about love. You know plenty about lust. You know plenty about sex, but you know nothing about love," replied a church member.
Dunfee called the semi-nude protest shameful.
George said he and his topless troops will retreat when New Beginnings finds a new target.
George said he and his protestors plan to be back at the church next Sunday, and into the foreseeable future.
Ohio law does not prohibit women from being topless in public. ||||| Buy Photo Dancers, other staff, family and friends of the Foxhole North protested Sunday at New Beginnings Ministries. Six of the women went topless for a period of time. The demonstrators were opposing church members who had been protesting outside their business for close to nine years. (Photo: Leonard Hayhurst/Tribune )Buy Photo
A topless demonstration Sunday in Warsaw was conducted with little incident, though heated words were exchanged between parties and the incident could escalate next week.
At one point, six bare-breasted women walked in the right of way from the corner of Church and Railroad streets to the edge of New Beginnings Ministries' parking lot. Per Ohio Revised Code, it is legal for men and women to be topless in public.
About 30 dancers, other staff, family and friends from the Foxhole North either marched with protest signs or sat in chairs across from the church. Church members have been protesting the private gentlemen's club for nearly nine years. Two women were topless for about half of the four-hour protest.
After worship services ended, nine women exited the church and an argument ensued between them and the protestors. A couple of the church members also walked up and down the street with their own signs, declaring outrage at what they deemed was public indecency.
Pastor Bill Dunfee would not elaborate but said he is planning to directly confront the situation next Sunday starting with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. Thomas George, who owns the Foxhole clubs in Warsaw and Zanesville, said his supporters plan to be at the church, with some of the women going topless, for the foreseeable future.
"Next Sunday, those who hate me will hate me even more," Dunfee said.
Although George does not have any pending legal actions, he said the demonstration was part of gathering material for a selective enforcement lawsuit he might file.
George intends to show how local authorities deal with New Beginnings churchgoers outside his business is not the same as how his people are dealt with when in front of the church.
Two previous injunctions to keep protestors at least 100 feet away from the strip club about 9 miles up the road from New Beginnings on US 36 were denied.
"We want to let (church members) know how it feels to be under scrutiny," George said. "They come up every weekend. They're very abusive and certainly not Christian-like, not what I read in my Bible. I have to point out the hypocrisy I see and not stand by and let this go on week in and week out."
George said he was concerned about children being exposed to the nudity. He also apologized to the residents and other churches in Warsaw not affiliated with New Beginnings for being exposed to what he knew was an extreme, but necessary, measure.
Tarps were hung around the back of the church, which was used by most parishioners, including children, to enter and exit. The church also paid to have an off-duty Coshocton County Sheriff's Office deputy on the property to monitor the situation.
About 125 people attended the morning worship services.
Deputy Ernie Snyder stood post for more than four hours but did not have to engage any of the church members or protestors. Dunfee said the church would most likely hire a deputy again next week.
The Owners Coalition Executive Director Greg Flaig also was on-hand to serve as liaison between the feuding factions and make sure everything was peaceable and by the law. The Owners Coalition is a group of 70 show clubs and adult cabarets in Ohio. Flaig said he would most likely return next week.
The topless women were not a major spectacle, as only a few people turned out to watch for a few minutes and some motorists honked their horns.
Anny Donewald, founder of Eve's Angels, traveled from Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the protest. Her ministry focuses on strippers, and Donewald came to Warsaw four years ago when the confrontation started getting heated. Donewald led the protestors in a group prayer Sunday.
Donewald and George said they felt the actions of New Beginnings gave other Christian churches a black eye and a bad name. Donewald said that, when she was last in Warsaw, she sat down with Dunfee and tried to make him realize his tactics were not the proper way to reach the dancers and patrons of the Foxhole.
"The Bible says, if you're with someone and they don't receive your message, brush your feet off and keep it moving," she said. "(The church) definitely needs to go away, because they're causing so much of a problem and there's no humility in that."
Although George has stated he simply wants Dunfee and his followers to stop coming to his business, Dunfee said they will not stop their protests until the Foxhole is out of business.
Dunfee said his church opposes sexually oriented clubs everywhere and is simply fighting the one in their backyard. He encourages other churches to tackle such clubs in their areas and called Sunday's topless demonstration "shameful."
"My question is how did we get to this point in America," he said. "The answer to that question is that we have abandoned the laws and words of God that make for better people."
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A: | An Ohio strip club owner surprised churchgoers yesterday with a protest that involved, shall we say, nothing above the belt. Employees of the Foxhole North club staged the topless protest during services outside the New Beginnings Ministries in Warsaw, to oppose church demonstrations at the club over the past nine years, 10TV reports. "They come up every weekend, and they're very abusive and certainly unchristian-like," said Foxhole owner Thomas George, who accused church members of hurling expletives at his dancers. "They're abusive to the customers. They sit out with video cameras, they take pictures of license plates, tell them they're posting them to the web." New Beginnings Pastor Bill Dunfee, however, said he has no plans to back down. "I hope [George] will realize that the Foxhole has no business in this community," he said. "I take very seriously the responsibility as a pastor to see to it that the gospel of Christ is lifted up, that Christ himself is lifted up, and that evil is confronted." As for yesterday's protest, there were six topless women among the 30 dancers and other supporters (it's legal to be topless in Ohio, by the way). Churchgoers and protesters argued when services ended, and a few churchgoers picketed with signs of their own, but there was no violence, the Coshocton Tribune reports. Afterward, both George and Dunfee said they plan to continue their protests. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Heavy fire seriously damaged a Burdick Street home near Bronson Methodist Hospital on Saturday, April 7. The fire was reported about 1:40 p.m. at 724 S. Burdick St. The first firefighters at the scene reported flames coming out of a back porch of the house and indicated the house was fully involved with fire. There were no reports of injuries and fire authorities later called for the American Red Cross to respond to the scene to help displaced residents. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the fire.
Hypothesis: Bronson Methodist Hospital, on Burdick Street, had a fire. | No |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: 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. ||||| A 33-year-old woman returned to her Southeast Portland home early Sunday morning to discover an unknown man inside one of her children's bedrooms.
Portland Police said the woman shot and killed the 59-year-old man inside her Powellhurst-Gilbert home sometime before 1:47 a.m.
The homeowner wasn't identified in a press release, but police said she came home along with her 5 and 10 year-old children early Sunday and found the man inside the residence.
She has since cooperated with police, officials said, and was not arrested.
Amber Murray, who lives on the corner of Southeast Boise Street and Southeast 118th Place, said she woke up to the sound of police sirens and dozens of officers. "It's very scary," Murray said of an intruder breaking into a home in her neighborhood..
"I probably would've done the same thing," Murray said of the homeowner's reaction.
Police said the shooting case will be presented to the Multnomah County District Attorney's office for a review once the investigation is wrapped up.
The victim's name will be released once an autopsy is performed and the man's family is notified.
-- Andrew Theen
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Output: | A man is dead in Portland after a 33-year-old woman returned home early Sunday to find him in her kid's bedroom, police say. Authorities say the woman arrived with her 5- and 10-year-old children in tow only to realize the 59-year-old man had somehow gotten inside during their absence, per OregonLive. She then grabbed her handgun and shot the "unknown man," police say. It isn't clear how many times he was shot, but police say he was dead when paramedics arrived around 1:47am. "The victim cooperated with the investigation and was not arrested," according to a release. "Once the investigation is complete, the case will be presented to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for review." A neighbor tells KOIN that the woman's house was vacant before she moved in and may have been home to squatters. "It's very scary," she says. "I probably would've done the same thing." (A woman shot her stalker when she found him under her bed.) |
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.
One example: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
Solution is here: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Explanation: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Now, solve this: In 1715 , Brook Taylor discovered a general method for applying the series to all functions .
Solution: | It was not until 1715 however that a general method for constructing these series for all functions for which they exist was finally provided by Brook Taylor , after whom the series are now named . |
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.
Henrik , a good passer , is known to help set up goals , while Daniel is known to score goals .
A: | Henrik , a skilled passer , was known as a playmaker ( 150 + more career NHL assists than Daniel ) while Daniel was known as a goal-scorer ( 150 + more career NHL goals than Henrik ) . |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Street lights<br>Ben lived on a dark street. There was an increase of car break-ins in his neighborhood. Ben started a petition to get street lights for his street. After the lights were placed, crime on his street dropped. The neighbors were glad that Ben started the petition.
Hypothesis: Ben's street was dark until they installed lights
OPTIONS:
A). Yes.
B). It's impossible to say.
C). No. | A). |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
One example: 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 here: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Now, solve this: The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2010--11 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in which the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win their first NBA championship. The series was held from May 31 to June 12, 2011. German player Dirk Nowitzki was named the Finals MVP, becoming the second European to win the award after Tony Parker (2007) and the first German player to do so. The series was a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, which the Heat had won in six games.
Solution: | did the dallas mavericks ever win the nba championship? |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Physical Fitness Helps Young Adolescents Prevent Depression (Photo : Reuters)
Young adolescents can ward off depression by staying physically fit, especially the middle-school girls, a new study reveals.
The researchers at the University of North Texas conducted a survey on 437 students from six middle schools in a metropolitan county in North Texas. Out of the total, 55 percent were girls. Based on the survey, they found that physically-fit sixth-graders were less likely to report feeling depressed on being promoted to the seventh grade.
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As part of the study, the participants were made to answer questions pertaining to symptoms of depression and fitness. Each of them was weighed and completed a shuttle-based run. This is a fitness testing procedure that involves short bursts of speed. The participants included 89 percent whites, 9 percent African-Americans and 27 percent Hisapnics.
"A student's physical activity level may change from week to week, whereas fitness is a result of more prolonged physical activity," said Camilo Ruggero, PhD, of the University of North Texas. "Assessing the students' body mass index, how well they performed on a shuttle-run test and their own feelings of personal fitness helps to give us a more complete picture of each student's fitness level."
The researchers noticed that 28 percent of the girls in sixth grade and 29 percent in seventh grade exhibited elevated symptoms of depression. Among boys, 22 percent faced high symptoms of depression in the seventh grade and 19 percent in the eighth grade. Among both girls and boys, the powerful predictor of depression in the seventh grade was having had symptoms of depression in the sixth grade. They found that fitness was a key factor in controlling depression a year later.
After considering existing symptoms of depression and weight, sixth graders who did well on cardio-respiratory fitness tests were less likely to feel depressed when they surveyed the seventh grade.
"Depression that begins at this time can lead to chronic or recurring depression in later years," he said. "Fitness programs are one way to help prevent depression in middle-schoolers, but schools should also use other interventions, such as one-on-one or group therapy, that more directly address symptom treatment among depressed adolescents."
The study was presented at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention. ||||| By Tara Haelle
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The more fit middle-school girls are, the less likely they may be to develop symptoms of depression, according to a recent study.
Although the effect of fitness on depression was small, improvements in fitness may be part of an overall strategy for reducing the risk of depression in middle-schoolers, according to Camilo Ruggero, lead researcher and an assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Texas. Other strategies might include school-based or family therapy, which can both treat and help prevent depression in at-risk kids.
"Fitness is not a cure-all, but it's a small piece of a larger problem," said Ruggero. He noted that depression is also linked to a higher body mass index (BMI), a measurement used to assess if a person has a healthy weight for their height. In addition, middle school is a time when fitness levels drop off, weight increases and depression increases. "That's why we're so focused on that period," he said.
"We don't know exactly why there is a link [between fitness levels and depression], but it is probably a number of things," Ruggero said. "It might be better self-esteem, healthier weight or getting more positive reinforcements that go along with being active, and/or it could be more biological. We know certain proteins and hormones associated with less depression respond to increased exercise."
He said the relationship might be reciprocal, too: the researchers also found that depression among sixth-grade boys predicted poorer fitness in seventh grade.
There was also a trend between fitness levels and depression in boys but it was not statistically significant. Less depression occurs among boys in general, so the effect may have been harder to detect, according to Ruggero. He suspects a study using a larger number of boys might show a stronger link, though it would likely still be modest.
The findings were presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. Findings presented at meetings are generally considered preliminary until they've been published in a peer-reviewed journal. |||||
Output: | The more fit a child is, the less likely he or she is to suffer from depression, a new study suggests. That's especially true for girls, according to researchers from the University of North Texas, who found a link among middle schoolers. The findings, which have yet to appear in a peer-reviewed journal, came after researchers analyzed the fitness levels of 437 sixth-graders. Overall, those with better fitness were less likely to report symptoms of depression when they entered seventh grade, notes Science World Report. It may have to do with "better self-esteem, healthier weight, or getting more positive reinforcements that go along with being active," the lead researcher tells WebMD. However, "it could be more biological. We know certain proteins and hormones associated with less depression respond to increased exercise." Zeroing in on the issue is important, though, because depression at that age can lead to chronic problems later in life. Researchers see it as one more piece of the puzzle for overall mental health in kids and suggest that school fitness programs could be key. (Meanwhile, a study finds depression can take years off your life.) |
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Istituto Nazionale di Statistica is the national statistical institute of Italy .
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The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( Italian : Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ; Istat ) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy .
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The London , Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LBSCR was a railway company in England from 1846 to 1922 .
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The London , Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LB & SCR ; known also as " the Brighton line " , " the Brighton Railway " or " the Brighton " ) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922 .
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" Sho ̄ kaku " had a damaged flight deck which required three months of repair in Japan .
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| " Sho ̄ kaku " herself was unable to conduct further aircraft operations , with her flight deck heavily damaged , and she required almost three months of repair in Japan .
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Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: In this image made from video provided by NASA, U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson, above, and Shane Kimbrough work on the outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, March 30, 2017. An important... (Associated Press)
In this image made from video provided by NASA, U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson, above, and Shane Kimbrough work on the outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, March 30, 2017. An important piece of micrometeorite shielding was lost during the spacewalk. (NASA via AP) (Associated Press)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts carried out an impromptu patch job outside the International Space Station on Thursday, after losing a vital piece of cloth shielding when it floated away.
As the drama unfolded, Peggy Whitson set a record for the most spacewalks by a woman — eight — and the most accumulated time spent spacewalking — just over 53 hours.
The bundled-up shield somehow came loose as Whitson and Shane Kimbrough worked to install micrometeorite protection over a spot left exposed when a new docking port was relocated. Mission Control monitored the shield as it drifted away and, a couple hours later, determined it posed no risk to the 250-mile-high outpost. It was visible in the distance as a white dot.
As Whitson and Kimbrough installed the three remaining shields, Mission Control quickly came up with a TV MacGyver-like plan for a patch. The astronauts filled the gap using the cover that they had just removed from the relocated docking port.
The cover is made of the same material as the shielding, according to Mission Control, and just as capable of protecting against potential strikes by bits of space debris and providing thermal control. The entire space station is protected, in some fashion, against possible debris strikes.
It was not immediately clear how the shield got away, said NASA spokesman Dan Huot. It's supposed to be tethered to the station or spacewalker at all times. Frustration was evident in Whitson's voice as she told Mission Control about the mishap. She was delighted, though, by how well everything turned out.
"You guys came up with a fantastic plan — on short notice. That's amazing," Whitson radioed.
Spacewalkers have lost things before, including an entire tool kit in 2008. But the getaway items are usually small, like bolts. The lost fabric shield is relatively large: It weighs 18 pounds and, when unfolded, measures about 5 feet by 2 feet and is about 2 inches thick. It eventually will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.
The relocated docking port will serve as one of two parking spots for commercial crew capsules under development by SpaceX and Boeing. It was disconnected during a spacewalk last Friday by Kimbrough, the space station's commander and a six-time spacewalker. Then flight controllers in Houston moved it to a new and better location Sunday. The spacewalkers hooked up heater cables to the port Thursday.
Midway through the seven-hour excursion, Whitson surpassed the record for women of 50 hours and 40 minutes of total accumulated spacewalking time, held by former station resident Sunita Williams. Williams is one of four NASA astronauts who will make the initial test flights of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner capsules. The first flight could occur as early as next year.
Whitson is now No. 5 on the all-time spacewalking list.
A Russian holds the top spot: Anatoly Solovyev with 16 spacewalks for a grand total of 82 hours.
The 57-year-old Whitson has been in orbit since November. This is her third space station stint. Altogether, she's spent more than 500 days off the planet, also more than any other woman.
She's scheduled to return to Earth in June, but may stick around an extra three months, until September. NASA is hoping to take advantage of an extra seat in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that's due to launch with two astronauts next month and return in September.
NASA, meanwhile, has indefinitely delayed a spacewalk that had been scheduled for next week. A shipment with replacement parts needed for that spacewalk is on hold because of rocket concerns at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shipper Orbital ATK is relying on the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V to haul up the goods.
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NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html ||||| Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:33 p.m. EDT. During the spacewalk, which lasted just over seven hours, the two astronauts successfully reconnected cables and electrical connections on the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3. PMA-3 will provide the pressurized interface between the station and the second of two international docking adapters to be delivered to the complex to support the dockings of U.S. commercial crew spacecraft in the future.
The duo were also tasked with installing four thermal protection shields on the Tranquility module of the International Space Station. The shields were required to cover the port where the PMA-3 was removed earlier in the week and robotically installed on the Harmony module. During the spacewalk, one of the shields was inadvertently lost. The loss posed no immediate danger to the astronauts and Kimbrough and Whitson went on to successfully install the remaining shields on the common berthing mechanism port.
A team from the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston devised a plan for the astronauts to finish covering the port with the PMA-3 cover Whitson removed earlier in the day. The plan worked, and the cover was successfully installed, providing thermal protection and micrometeoroid and orbital debris cover for the port.
To round out the spacewalk, Kimbrough and Whitson also installed a different shield around the base of the PMA-3 adapter for micrometeoroid protection. The shield was nicknamed a cummerbund as it fits around the adapter similar to a tuxedo’s cummerbund worn around the waist.
Having completed her eighth spacewalk, Whitson now holds the record for the most spacewalks and accumulated time spacewalking by a female astronaut.
Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 1,243 hours and 42 minutes outside the station during 199 spacewalks in support of assembly and maintenance of the orbiting laboratory.
For more information about the International Space Station, visit www.nasa.gov/station. ||||| CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A five-foot (1.5-meter) debris shield being installed on the International Space Station floated away on Thursday during a spacewalk by two veteran U.S. astronauts, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
Peggy Whitson, who became the world’s most experienced female spacewalker during the outing, told ground control teams that a bag containing the debris shield floated away at about 10 a.m. EDT/1400 GMT.
At the time, Whitson, 57, and station commander Shane Kimbrough, 49, were about midway through a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk to prepare a docking port for upcoming commercial space taxis and to tackle other maintenance tasks.
It was the eighth spacewalk for Whitson, who surpassed the 50-hour, 40-minute record total cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut previously held by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams.
Cameras on the station tracked the debris shield bag as it sailed into the distance. NASA said engineers determined it posed no safety threat to the astronauts or to the facility, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (402 km) above Earth.
No other details were immediately available about how the shield, which weighs 18 pounds (8 kg) and measures 63.6-by-23.4- by-2.6 inches (162-by-59-by-7 cm), was lost.
“Teams are focused on completing the (spacewalk) and will review the events as they unfolded after it is completed,” NASA spokesman Dan Huot wrote in an email.
Whitson and Kimbrough were working on a docking port that will eventually be used by space taxis being developed by Boeing and privately owned Space Exploration Technologies.
The pair installed three other debris shields during their spacewalk and fitted a temporary cover over the docking port where the lost shield would have gone.
The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Peggy Whitson of the U.S., waves before a space suit check at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
While not a perfect fit, the cover will help protect the station from impacts and provide thermal shielding, NASA said.
Spacewalkers occasionally lose small items like nuts and screws, but rarely do large objects slip away. The last such occasion was in 2008 when an astronaut lost hold of her tool bag while struggling with a jammed solar panel.
The lost debris shield will eventually be pulled back into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up. Until then, it joins more than 21,000 other pieces of orbiting trash and debris that are big enough to be tracked by radar and cameras on Earth. |||||
Output: | In space, nobody can hear you scream, "Oh no, there goes the shielding"—apart from Mission Control. American astronauts Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough suffered a frustrating setback during a spacewalk Thursday when one of the four fabric shields they were installing on the exterior of the International Space Station drifted off into space, Reuters reports. But Mission Control came up with what the AP calls a "MacGyver-like plan for a patch" and directed the astronauts to use the cover from a relocated docking port to cover the vulnerable area. "You guys came up with a fantastic plan—on short notice. That's amazing," Whitson said. It's not clear why the shield, which was supposed to be tethered, ended up floating away. The lost debris shield is now an 18-pound piece of space debris itself—and at 5 feet across, it's one of the bigger objects lost by spacewalkers. "Sometimes bolts will go," NASA spokesman Dan Huot tells the Washington Post. "There was one spacewalk where we lost an entire bag of tools." He says Mission Control determined that the floating shield, which will eventually burn up in Earth's atmosphere, was no threat to the ISS. NASA says the seven-hour spacewalk was otherwise a success. Whitson, 57, was on her eighth spacewalk. Halfway through the mission, she broke the 50-hour, 40-minute record for accumulated time spacewalking by a female astronaut. (This summer, the coldest spot in space will be on the ISS.) |
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: The Golden Heian Era: The geomancers in 794 decided that Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) would be an auspicious site for the imperial family. It was indeed — until 1869. Grants of tax-free land over the years had been made to Buddhist temples and members of the court aristocracy. The most powerful families thus carved out for themselves whole regions that were to become the fiefdoms of Japanese feudalism. By the end of the eighth century the clans had created a hierarchy of shiki, or rights, from the highest to the lowest ranks of society. The aristocrat or court patron lent his prestige to a powerful provincial proprietor, who employed a competent estate-manager to oversee smallholders, who in turn worked their farms with dependent laborers. This elaborate structure of interdependent rights and obligations was to serve Japanese society right into the 20th century. Meanwhile, Heian court life blossomed in an effusion of aesthetic expression. Princes and princesses judged the merits of birds, insects, flowers, roots, or seashells. Literary party games held in ornate palace gardens required each guest to compose a small poem as his wine cup floated toward him along a miniature winding channel of water. Expeditions were organized to the best viewing points for the first spring cherry blossoms, and special pavilions were built to watch the rising of the full moon. Every gesture, from the most banal opening of an umbrella to the sublimest act of lovemaking, had its appropriate ceremonial. Conversation often took the form of elegant exchanges of improvised verse. The changing role of Chinese culture in Japanese life was epitomized in the language itself. In the absence of an indigenous alphabet, Japanese scholars had with the greatest difficulty tried to adapt the complex ideograms of monosyllabic Chinese to the essentially polysyllabic Japanese. Thus developed the katakana system used as a vehicle for writing Buddhist names and concepts. After rival Fujiwara factions had been struggling for years to gain control of the imperial throne, they turned to the Taira and Minamoto armies in 1156 to wage the four-year war that heralded the end of the golden age of the Heian court. The Taira, controlling the region along the Inland Sea, defeated the Minamoto armies based in the Kanto province east of the capital. <sep>Who developed the katakana system?<sep>The Buddhists
Solution: | No |
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 type of musician is Ritchie Blackmore?, Context: Numerous examples show influence in the opposite direction, including popular songs based on classical music, the use to which Pachelbel's Canon has been put since the 1970s, and the musical crossover phenomenon, where classical musicians have achieved success in the popular music arena. In heavy metal, a number of lead guitarists (playing electric guitar) modeled their playing styles on Baroque or Classical era instrumental music, including Ritchie Blackmore and Randy Rhoads.
A: | lead guitarists |
Q: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
A political ideaology that prevaled among the Axis Powers of World War 2 was called?, Context: In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, The Netherlands) published a book, called Popper, Otto Selz and the rise of evolutionary epistemology, in which he claimed that Popper took some of his ideas from his tutor, the German psychologist Otto Selz. Selz never published his ideas, partly because of the rise of Nazism, which forced him to quit his work in 1933, and the prohibition of referring to Selz' work. Popper, the historian of ideas and his scholarship, is criticised in some academic quarters for his rejection of Plato, Hegel and Marx.
A: | Nazism |
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: Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest. Ethical egoism holds, therefore, that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be considered ethical in this sense.
Student: | how does egoism define what is morally right |
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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.
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Police officers arrest criminals , prevent crime , protect and help the public , and keep public order .
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Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime , protection and assistance of the general public , and the maintenance of public order .
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Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) .
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Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film .
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The Crown agreed that Her Majesty 's Government would not try to take over any part of the Egba Nation without the permission of the lawful Authority of the nation .
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| The Crown agreed that " no annexation on any portion of Egba Nation shall be made by her Majesty 's Government without the consent of the lawful authorities of the nation , no aggressive action shall be taken against the said nation and its independence shall be fully recognized . "
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Instructions: 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.
Input: Not all nation states have codified constitutions, though all such states have a jus commune, or law of the land, that may consist of a variety of imperative and consensual rules. These may include customary law, conventions, statutory law, judge-made law, or international rules and norms. Constitutional law deals with the fundamental principles by which the government exercises its authority. In some instances, these principles grant specific powers to the government, such as the power to tax and spend for the welfare of the population. Other times, constitutional principles act to place limits on what the government can do, such as prohibiting the arrest of an individual without sufficient cause.
Output: | what is the difference between common law statutory law and constitutional law |
Definition: 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.
Input: Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, (Spanish: Condado de Los Ángeles) is the most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2017. Its population is larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states. It is the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a Nominal GDP of over $700 billion -- larger than the GDPs of Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan. It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at 4,083 square miles (10,570 km), it is larger than the combined areas of Delaware and Rhode Island. The county is home to more than one-quarter of California residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S. Its county seat, Los Angeles, is also its most populous city at about four million.
Output: | what is the difference between los angeles and los angeles county |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
We see the man showing water ski supplies. We see a lady standing on a deck holding a handle and wearing skis. we
OPTIONS:
- see supplies on a ladder.
- see a man in the water in gear with instructions on the screen.
- see the lady then sit in a kayak.
- pans back toward the lady putting her skis on.
A: see a man in the water in gear with instructions on the screen.
IN: Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to treat itchy breasts
Recognize dry skin.
Dry skin is a major cause of itchy breasts. Itching from dry skin often involves more areas of your body than just your breasts.
OPTIONS:
- Treating your current outbreak of dry skin can also help to prevent future problems. Dry skin can develop in patchy areas.
- These areas can include your breasts on your face, behind your ears, over your mouth, and along your neck. To recognize dry skin, rub an ice cube on your affected area and enjoy the sensation.
- It occurs throughout the body, from the toes and under the breasts to between the cuticles. Dry skin is the result of bacteria eating away at the area.
- It is described in one of two ways. Keep your breasts within arm length of your face.
OUT: Treating your current outbreak of dry skin can also help to prevent future problems. Dry skin can develop in patchy areas.
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Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
How to put on a cat harness
Pick a type of cat harness.
There are two types of cat harness: the figure eight and the h-harness. The main difference between the two is that the figure eight features just two loops that meet on top of the cat's shoulders, while the h-harness has a short strap that lies between the shoulder blades with the loops sewn onto either end.
OPTIONS:
- There is no right answer to which type of harness is best. Some owners report the figure eight harness is harder to wriggle out of.
- They are significantly more flexible than the h-harness. Only you know what type of harness will work best for your cat.
- The h-harness is lighter and durowless than the h-harness. Both types of harnesses are sold at thrift stores and online.
- The figure eight harnesses are similar to the h-harness. They fit naturally over the cat's body and the h-harness allows the cat to gather extra weight on her hips.
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Answer:
There is no right answer to which type of harness is best. Some owners report the figure eight harness is harder to wriggle out of.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
He is sitting by himself in it because it's so small it only fits one person really. He uses a lot of energy into paddling, going really fast. i
OPTIONS:
- try to text him from home, but he doesn't text back.
- go back to filling up the water water with the tubing machine and soaking it up.
- believe he is probably practicing for an event late in the future.
- only ever see him a few times because he keeps looking his phone like someone is showing it to him.
A: believe he is probably practicing for an event late in the future.
How to help teething pups
Provide your puppy with chew toys.
Chew toys help satisfy the puppy's urges. When new teeth are putting pressure on a puppy's gums, chewing is a natural reaction.
OPTIONS:
- Many puppies develop paws as they get older, making chewing an instant positive behavior. To encourage chewing, place a small treat-such as peanut butter-between your puppy's gums.
- Puppies play on these toys since chewing makes it easier for them to maintain proper dental hygiene. Try toys that are designed specifically for eating.
- Limit chewing to manageable chunks throughout the day. Don't feed your pup too often because chew toys will provide much more oral pain.
- If you don't provide a chew toy, your puppy will look for something else to chew, including furniture, shoes and other things you value. The best chew toys are made of sturdy materials.
If you don't provide a chew toy, your puppy will look for something else to chew, including furniture, shoes and other things you value. The best chew toys are made of sturdy materials.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
The woman adds chopped vegetables, salsa, and eggs to a large bowl. The woman uses a spatula to mix everything together. a spoon
OPTIONS:
- is used to add ingredients into the hollow bell peppers.
- is used to stir everything together, then the woman puts it into an orange bowl.
- pulls broth out of a bowl.
- shape is placed on the kitchen counter..
Next sentence: | is used to add ingredients into the hollow bell peppers. |
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Q: Though he recently revealed that most of his Joaquin Phoenix-centric documentary I’m Still Here was fake, Casey Affleck has said that only he, Phoenix, and Phoenix’s agent were aware of the hoax. But an interview from last year with Late Show with David Letterman writer Bill Scheft has resurfaced, and it claims otherwise. Said Scheft to the independent newspaper Nuvo, “Dave knew about it, and Dave loved it because he could play along…It was great television.”
Scheft also claimed he was met with backlash when he attempted to reveal that the events were staged. “I’ve told people that [everyone is in on the joke], and not only don’t people believe me, they tell me that I’m wrong and that [Phoenix] is a schizophrenic and he needs help and he’s going to end up like his brother [River, who died of a drug overdose in 1993]. I said no. I saw the segment notes. It’s an act. I saw Ben Affleck’s brother taping the whole thing from offstage.”
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Joaquin Phoenix and the ‘I’m Still Here’ hoax: So maybe he really is as great an actor as Brando ||||| click to enlarge Bill Scheft on the Late Show.
You may know Bill Scheft as the author of three novels, a contributor to Sports Illustrated with his "The Show" column or the guy who used to clean out his notebook with Bill Maher on Politically Incorrect.
But probably not.
"No matter how many books I write," he says, "I'm always going to be known as (David) Letterman's monologue writer."
He's not complaining. Writing for theandhost for the past 18 years has opened up these other avenues. And that's what brings him to Wabash on Saturday for a show where he'll do topical jokes, tell some stories, read short passages from the books (and) and engage in a question-and-answer session where he'll have audience members write and deliver jokes.
In a telephone interview, Scheft talked about his work -- from the nightly monologue to the jokes Letterman delivered at the Academy Awards in 1995 -- his longstanding relationship withand comedy in general.
Here's some of the conversation:
You started with Letterman in 1991. What was the interview process like?
I submitted five previous times between 1984 and 1990. I turned in writing submissions. This is how you get jobs on shows like this. I didn't even come close. They get so many submissions. If they're interested, they'll let you know. That's the thing about show business -- when they're interested in you, they call you back. I was a standup then. I was a standup from 1980-93. Meanwhile, during that time, I was trying to get on the show as a comic. And I got a little closer. But I became friends with Bob Morton, the producer, because he would come in to Catch a Rising Star all the time to see acts. I was one of the house emcees there.
I had a line in my act that a lot of comics liked so much that they took. But it was my line: "The dyslexic theater company's in town. They're doing a production of."
That line is 27 years old. Isn't that a beauty?
Morton comes up to me and says, "If you have six more minutes of, I'll put you on the show next week." Sadly, I didn't.
So I submit five times and nothing happens. In October 1991, I had written on a couple of small cable shows and I started getting a couple of jobs. I saw Bob Morton at the Friars. And I hadn't submitted to the show in like a year and a half. I felt the show had made his decision on me. But Morton said, "Dave is always looking for jokes. So write some jokes and get them to us." In my submissions, I had never written monologue jokes; I had written the conceptual stuff because his monologue was three jokes long. What was the point?
So I started writing jokes. Sent him jokes every day for a week, and I come back to my apartment on a Thursday and it's a call from Morton. He said, "Dave did one of your jokes tonight." And here's the joke: "Well, Elizabeth Taylor and her new husband, Larry Fortensky, had their first fight. It was about whether or not he should unpack." Then he did another one the next night. It was in the middle of the Clarence Thomas hearings. The joke was: "We're learning more and more about Clarence Thomas. In high school, his nickname was Dice." Of course, Andrew Dice Clay was big then. That got a nice laugh.
Morton calls me and says, "It turns out, we are looking for a monologue guy. Sit tight."
I go to Las Vegas -- I had a gig -- and it's all I can do not to think about this because this is a job that'll change your life. He calls me and says, "Can you come in and meet with Dave on Monday?" I take the redeye back, I come in. Dave and I talked for 10 minutes about cigars and he said to me, "I hope we can work something out."
I got hired the next day. It was tremendous good fortune, and I'm grateful for the gig every day.
I've seen interviews with you where you've said writing monologue jokes is a "volume business."So what's your batting average?
This isn't going to be pretty, what I'm going to tell you. When I was writing 50-60 jokes a day for him -- on a good day I'd write 50 -- he'd check 10, which meant he wanted 10 to be put on cue cards. And he'd wind up doing five. That was when he was doing an eight-joke monologue. That was a good day for me, and not every day was a good day. You've gotta make mounds and mounds of coleslaw to make one good helping.
And it's not just me. If you look at a Top 10 list, it's 10 items, but all the writers have turned in their own list. So you might look at 200 items to get those 10. And I'm not clairvoyant, but I know what you're thinking: You mean those are the best 10 items? But that's what joke writing is.
Did you write Uma-Oprah?
No, I didn't. Thank God.
I had put together the monologue (for the Oscars). A lot of people contributed to it. And Dave and I were pleased with it. Then I ran it by Standards (the censors) and they said, "This is great." And we were all set. Then somebody, about a half-hour before the show, came up with the Uma-Oprah idea. And Dave loved it. He said, "This is great. We've gotta do this. We've gotta open with this. They're not expecting it."
I said, "What if we did that in the middle of the show?" "No, no, we've gotta open." And that was it.
Look, I'm not going to doubt his judgment.
So I called my wife right before the show -- I swear to you -- from a pay phone just off the stage and I said, "We're going to do something at the beginning of the show. I really, really hope it works." That was the last.
Tell me what it was like backstage after the Joaquin Phoenix appearance.
First of all, that was all an act.
Even Dave's part of it?
: Yeah. Think Andy Kaufman without shaving. That's what he was doing. And Dave knew about it and Dave loved it because he could play along. He could do whatever he wanted with it. And he did, and it was great television. But I will take credit for the line, "I think I owe Farrah Fawcett an apology." That line was mine. I gave that to him during the break.
Dave loves that. He had a ball. He likes anything that's good television, and he knew that's good television.
I've told people that (everyone was in on the joke), and not only don't people believe me, they tell me that I'm wrong and that (Phoenix) is a schizophrenic and he needs help and he's going to end up like his brother. I said no. I saw the segment notes. It's an act. I saw Ben Affleck's brother taping the whole thing from offstage.
I was in New York a couple of months ago and saw the show live. I noticed that at every commercial, you, Eddie Brill (the warm-up comic) and Dave gathered and talked. What are those conversations about?
Mainly, my job is just to entertain the man during his own show. That's mainly what goes on. It's the favorite part of my day because we have a lot of laughs. I keep him loose. And yeah, I'll give him a line or two, if the situation warrants it. But mostly I'm trying to make that part of his day and give him some laughs. I'm like a corner man.
You've saidis based on your experiences. Did you really need hip replacement?
Yeah. For three and a half years, I was dragging a fucking foot. Now I feel great. I wouldn't expect you to have read everything I've written, but I just came today from the softball field, and if you read my first book,, you'll know that (playing ball) was a very important part of my life. For me to be able to go to Central Park and run around unencumbered for the first time in years, I really can't describe it. I got my hip replaced 13 months ago, and I'm a cliche. I'm one of those guys that says it's the best thing I ever did and I don't know why I didn't do it sooner.
But I went down this path of psychosomatic pain, which I really believe in. People say, "Aren't you furious that you dragged that foot for 3 and a half years?" Well, I wouldn't have gotten a book out of it otherwise, so I'm grateful. Suffer for your art.
You're a regular contributor to Bob and Tom, right?
I'm on every month, and I'm going to be on the day before this gig for all four hours. And you don't have to listen, because I'll be doing all of this. But they've been great to me. You do a lot of radio when you write books. And it's all terrible. It's all people asking you things about Dave that's 20 years ago. It's just nonsense. And they don't read the book. There's a million and one reasons not to do it. But I do Bob and Tom and they're great. They love comics. They don't get in the way. They know that every laugh you get helps them. I can't say enough about those guys. And it's the only show I do on a regular basis. I love doing it, and they've been great to me.
How did that relationship get started?
I knew about them because my brother lives in North Carolina and he said, "They're the greatest. You've got to hear them." I said, "I don't get them in New York." Then my publisher booked me on the show whencame out. They liked me and they kept calling me.
George Carlin often said, "Everything is funny in the right context." Do you agree?
Well, look where it got him. He's dead.
When I was a standup in the early '80s, there were only two things you did not make jokes about: abortion and the Holocaust. Not Nazis, but the Holocaust. That's gone. That went away quickly. As Woody Allen would say, "If you can do it, there's nothing to it." |||||
A: | Casey Affleck says that absolutely no one was in on Joaquin Phoenix's hoax except for the actor, his agents, and Affleck himself. But that might not be the case. In an interview with a small independent newspaper last year, one of David Letterman's writers said that Phoenix's strange mumbling interview was "all an act," EW reports. "Think Andy Kaufman without shaving. That’s what he was doing," "Dave knew about it and Dave loved it because he could play along. He could do whatever he wanted with it," writer Bill Scheft told Nuvo. "It was great television." At the time, Scheft says people didn't believe him. "They tell me that I’m wrong and that (Phoenix) is a schizophrenic and he needs help and he’s going to end up like his brother. I said no. I saw the segment notes. It’s an act." For more on the Joaquin saga, click here. |
Input: OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
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Thousands of people are expected to return to New Orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.
Sentence: There are less people returning compared to the number that were forced to leave
Output: It's impossible to say
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Islamabad Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most part of the country while, rain-thunderstorm is expected at few places in Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. Weak seasonal low lies over northwest Balochistan. A westerly wave is affecting northern parts of the country, an official of Met office told APP. During the 24 hours weather remained hot and humid in most parts of the country.—APP
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- It's impossible to say
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Hypothesis: Islamabad has hot weather
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Yes
[Q]: Scout Raskin (born April 26, 1982) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Susie Q in the John Waters film "Cry-Baby". She works as an animation producer in Los Angeles. In 2017, she started Party Goats LA, which provides goats for film/tv, events, and goat yoga. John Waters film "Cry-Baby was filmed in a Burbank studio. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
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[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: Late Night<br>Kia had been assigned a novel to read for English class. She dawdled all week. The night before it was due, she panicked. She had read almost nothing! She had to stay up until almost 3AM to finish the novel.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "She was prepared the night before it was due."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Betty Currie was a secretary.
Betty Currie (born Betty Grace Williams; November 10, 1939) is the former personal secretary for Bill Clinton (during his tenure as President of the United States). She became well known as a figure in the Lewinsky scandal for her alleged handling of gifts given to Monica Lewinsky by President Clinton.
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- It's impossible to say
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A: Yes
Q: Neymar is said to be in proper physical condition to play again.
Brazil star Neymar is expected to be back for the Selecao's two warm-up friendlies for the World Cup next month. National team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said that the 26-year-old should be fit to face Croatia in Liverpool on June 3 and Austria in Vienna a week later, reported the Globo Esporte website. The Paris St Germain striker was expected to rejoin club training this morning after a foot surgery in March.
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A: | Yes |
Input: OPTIONS:
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- It's impossible to say
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"Do you remember Tsar Nikolai's era? When the Red Army came and when Vladimir Lenin died? Well I do. So take a guess how old I am." Meet Sohan Dosova - the newly found treasure of Kazakhstan. She is 130 years old, at least she is according to her documents. The Soviet passport issued in the early 1980s states that Sohan Dosova was born in the Karaganda region on 27 March 1879. Now after a new national census in Kazakhstan, she has been "rediscovered".
Sentence: She is 130 months old, at least she is according to her documents. The Soviet passport issued in the early 1980s states that Sohan Dosova was born in the Karaganda region on 27 March 1879
Output: No
Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to avoid people you dislike<br>Delete, unfollow and unfriend from social media channels. Each social media outlet allows you to remove a person from your list of contacts, fans, and friends. This will not only allow you to disconnect from the person, but it will stop the person from viewing your posts as well.
OPTIONS:
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- It's impossible to say
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Hypothesis: Social media channels is viewed as a good thing.
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It's impossible to say
[Q]: U.S. President George W. Bush and Congressional leaders from both political parties have reached agreement on US$150 billion in tax relief in an effort to help stimulate the United States economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. The agreement includes provision to give up to US$600 in tax rebates to millions of wage earners and an additional US$300 refund for each child. It allows businesses to immediately write off 50 percent of capital equipment purchases. President George W. Bush agreed to more tax relief than he had asked for. OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
[A]: It's impossible to say
Problem: Historically, government intervention at all levels, but certainly at the national level, played a tremendous role in building the fabric of western Canada from the railway through to the oil and gas business through to the wheat board and all of the areas that are considered to be the jewels of the west.
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Historically, government intervention at all levels, but certainly at the regional level, played a tremendous role in building the fabric of western Canada."? OPTIONS:
- Yes
- It's impossible to say
- No
A: No
Q: Alone in the Dark II has acting
Alone in the Dark II is a 2008 German-American horror film starring Rick Yune, Rachel Specter and Lance Henriksen. The film was directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. It is a sequel to Uwe Boll's 2005 film "Alone in the Dark", although it features an entirely new cast and a story that is unrelated to the original film.
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- It's impossible to say
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A: Yes
Q: The show is really popular
Zoey Patricia Bartlet is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Moss on the television serial drama "The West Wing". Zoey is the youngest of President Josiah Bartlet and Abbey Bartlet's three daughters, and is featured more prominently in the series than either of her sisters.
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A: | It's impossible to say |
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Rationale: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Q: The term ``Grand Slam'' was first applied to Bobby Jones' achievement of winning the four major golf events of 1930: The Open Championship, the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur. When Jones won all four, the sports world searched for ways to capture the magnitude of his accomplishment. Up to that time, there was no term to describe such a feat because no one had thought it possible. The Atlanta Journal's O.B. Keeler dubbed it the ``Grand Slam,'' borrowing a bridge term. George Trevor of the New York Sun wrote that Jones had ``stormed the impregnable quadrilateral of golf.'' Keeler would later write the words that would forever be linked to one of the greatest individual accomplishments in the history of sports:
A: | has anyone won the grand slam in golf in one year? |
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: In reality the member's intent to adjust the Competition Act with this bill is born from the fact that in several complaints to the competition tribunal, independent retailers have been unable to prove either of the following infractions took place, predatory pricing or abuse of dominant position.
Hypothesis: Competition Act is a good one
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Romano Prodi will meet the US President George Bush in his capacity as president of the European commission.
Hypothesis: The two public figures were familiar with each other prior to the meeting.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: Context: Authors Anonymous is a 2014 comedy American film directed and produced by Ellie Kanner. It stars Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Tricia Helfer, Jonathan Banks, Jonathan Bennett, Teri Polo and Dennis Farina in his final film role. The film was released on March 18, 2014 through video on demand prior to its limited release on April 18, 2014 by Screen Media Films and Starz Digital.
Hypothesis: Dennis Farina died in 2014.
Generate a context and a hypothesis.
Answer: | Context: A Federal High Court, Abuja, Friday afternoon set aside the consent Judgment it gave on December 13, 2017, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to issue a certificate of return to Obiora Okonkwo, on grounds that there was concealment of fact. By this ruling the rerun election slated for January 13, 2018 to fill the vacant seat of Anambra Central, will go ahead as scheduled by INEC More details shortly Share this: Facebook LinkedIn Google Email Print Twitter
Hypothesis: There is a high court in Abuja |
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Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence for the following:
A man stands on a tennis court preparing to serve the ball. the man
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hits the tennis ball across the court.
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A young lady is in her kitchen with a pink santa claus on her head while holding up a bowl of cookies. the lady
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then appears in the kitchen behind an island with a tray of cookies on the counter.
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A man is seen walking into a barber shop with others and one sitting in a chair. He speaks to the hairdresser and the man begins cutting his hair. he
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finishes the cut and the man smiles back and speaks.
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How to care for rayon
Read the label prior to purchase.
Many rayon garments are hand wash or dry-clean only. Check the label to see if your rayon purchase is washer-safe.
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| If it is not, know that you will have to put in extra effort to care for the fabric. Some rayon composite fabrics won't require hand washing or dry-cleaning. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
During that time, Wilson received the best-play Tony Award for "Fences," plus best-play Tony nominations for six of his other plays, the Pulitzer Prize for both "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," and (a record) seven New York Drama Critics' Circle prizes.
Hypothesis: seven new york drama critics was a record
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Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to not dwell on the past
Express your hurt.
There are many sources of pain in life. You may have made a mistake, regret a decision, failed to take an opportunity, hurt someone, or were hurt by someone.
A: Instead of reliving your past over and over in your head, get it out. Express yourself by writing in a journal, talking to a trusted friend or family member, or talking to a professional counselor.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to clean candy stains
Pick the candy off the clothes or sheets.
If it is hard to get off, you can try scraping it off with a spoon. If it remains stuck, try pouring a bit of cold water onto it and letting it sit for an hour.
A: Afterwards, try scraping it off again with the spoon. If it is gum, tootsie rolls, lollipops, saltwater toffee, or a similarly sticky candy, you can use ice to get the chunks of candy off the fabric.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
How to tutor elementary students
Make sure that the environment is calm and focused.
Do this whether the child is coming to your home, you are going to theirs, or you're meeting at an outside location. Make sure that distractions like loud music or a tv aren't anywhere close by.
A: Some smart places to tutor are : A library a classroom a coffee shop or cafe an office Figure out what you're doing. Make sure you bring any necessary materials for the job.
Problem: What happens next in this paragraph?
Several people are seen jumping roping with one another as well as on their own as others watch on the side. the people
A: | performing several jumps and spins with the jump rope as well as shots that are shown in slow motion. |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Congratulations to Hadley and Gentry Eddings! They had their twins!
Hadley had beautiful twin boys Monday afternoon, Isaiah Dobbs and Amos Reed. Both are healthy, as is Hadley. Gentry and Hadley said WBTV's Molly Grantham could share the exciting news, and sent along a photo. Isaiah Dobbs weighs 6.9lbs, and Amos Reed weighs 6.4lbs.
What a beautiful surprise and an honor to hear their middle names- the names of their older brothers who tragically passed away in a car crash a few years ago.
RELATED: Couple who lost toddler, newborn in an accident now expecting twins
Their last public headline was Hadley announcing her pregnancy. An announcement greeted with lots of people anxiously waiting to hear and see this update.
Congrats again to the entire Eddings family.
Copyright 2017 WBTV. All rights reserved. ||||| 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. |||||
Output: | A couple in Charlotte, North Carolina, welcomed twins on Monday with the names of Isaiah Dobbs Eddings and Amos Reed Eddings. It's those middle names that provide the clue about why the otherwise ordinary births are drawing national attention, reports WBTV. Back in 2015, Hadley and Gentry Eddings were returning home from a wedding when their vehicle was hit by a truck whose driver admitted to distracted driving. Their 2-year-old son, Dobbs, died in the crash, and Hadley, who was 37 weeks pregnant at the time, was forced to give birth to son Reed, who died after two days. The tragedy itself drew headlines, but more so when the Eddingses publicly forgave the 28-year-old driver, per the Charlotte Observer. Matthew Deans pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor death by vehicle and failure to reduce speed and was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in prison. Mom and the twins were all healthy after the births, and donors have raised more than $200,000 for the couple. Gentry Eddings is a campus pastor, and Hadley teaches 4-year-olds. Read more about their story here. |
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) -- Japan's prime minister conceded defeat in parliamentary elections Sunday, signaling the return to power of the Liberal Democratic Party and ending the brief rule of the disappointing upstart Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged to step down as party president after exit polls showed a smashing loss in lower house voting. The party, once seen as a breath of fresh air in Japanese politics, came to be regarded as increasingly ineffective. "We got a regrettable result," Noda said. "The result is everything in the politics. The biggest responsibility lies on me. I will quit as the partly leader of DPJ." The move clears the way for the return to power of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the current leader of the conservative-leaning Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP. "The Japanese people will be keenly looking whether the LDP can meet with their expectations," Abe said in interviews after the polling. The LDP ruled the country almost continuously since its establishment in 1955 until it was forced from power three years ago by the DPJ. Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP and its coalition partner, the new Komei party, gained at least 302 seats in the 480-seat lower house. CNN's main affiliate, TV Asahi, reports the LDP/Komei coalition gained at least 312 seats. The official count is expected to be released Monday. The LDP is inheriting a struggling economy, regional tensions and questions over Japan's role in Asia. "The economy is at the bottom. It's our first mission to turn it around," Abe said. <sep>What is the name of Japan's prime minister who conceded defeat in parlimentary elections?<sep>Natashi Oguama
Answer: | No |
You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Boeing's history in the Pacific Northwest dates back more than a century, when William Boeing purchased a Seattle shipyard that would become his first airplane factory.
Boeing machinists march to cast their vote at the International Association of Machinists union hall in Everett, Wash. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. About 30,000 members of IAM District 751 voted on a... (Associated Press)
In recent years, however, those ties have been fraying, first with the company shifting its headquarters to Chicago, then with the development of a new production line in South Carolina. Now, the relationship between Boeing and Washington state is near the point of unraveling after a fiery debate among machinists this week led the workers to reject a long-term contract.
On Thursday, Boeing made good on its threats and began looking elsewhere to develop its popular new 777X airplane. A spokesman for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Boeing officials called him to begin talks that could bring the work _ and thousands of jobs _ to that state.
Boeing Co. spokesman Doug Alder declined to specify where the company is now looking, saying there is no short list and that there are many places both within Boeing's current operations and outside that are being explored.
"Everything is back on the table," he said.
Boeing has helped anchor western Washington state's economy for decades, but that relationship began to fray about 15 years ago. In 2001, the company moved its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago.
In 2003, Washington state lawmakers approved a broad package of tax breaks for Boeing in hopes of securing long-term work on the company's new 787 airplane. While that plane is being built in the Puget Sound, Boeing has since developed a new production line in South Carolina and placed wing production in Japan.
Alex Pietsch, who serves as Gov. Jay Inslee's leader on aerospace issues, said Thursday he now expects fresh competition for the 777X line from places like South Carolina, Texas, southern California, Utah, Alabama and Georgia.
"This is arguably the most significant prize in commercial aviation history," Pietsch said.
The governor's office is hopeful that Boeing and the machinists can come back together in the near future to explore a potential compromise _ perhaps when both sides have had a chance to cool down from the recent contract battle, Pietsch said.
In the contract vote late Wednesday, The International Association of Machinists District 751 rejected the proposal with 67 percent of the votes. Union members who called for a no vote did so in protest of Boeing's push to end a traditional pension plan and increase their health care costs.
The deal would have exchanged those concessions for the long-term stability expected with the 777X line. Workers would have received a $10,000 signing bonus if they approved the deal.
"We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal. We've held on to our pensions and that's big. At a time when financial planners are talking about a 'retirement crisis' in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity," Tom Wroblewski, District 751 president, said in a statement.
Political leaders, including many Democrats who are closely aligned with unionized workers, declined in recent days to influence machinists' votes but asked them to consider the broader impact on jobs and future generations. Lawmakers in Washington state hurried through a massive extension of tax breaks _ valued at nearly $9 billion _ along with money to improve worker training and permitting programs.
Republican state Sen. Mike Hewitt said the dynamics at Boeing have changed over the years from a corporate structure filled with Washington residents to leaders who no longer have ties to the state.
"The thought processes are different than 10 or 12 years ago when Boeing was a Washington state company," Hewitt said.
Michael Sullivan, a spokesman for the Utah governor's Office of Economic Development, said Gov. Herbert received a call from Boeing officials Thursday afternoon and has begun preliminary discussions with Boeing leaders on the 777X line.
Boeing has had operations in Utah for 25 years, and is getting close to opening a new 850,000- square-foot factory in a Salt Lake City suburb. The company employs 575 people and is expecting to hire 100 more at the new West Jordan factory.
The long-range, twin-aisle 777 holds about 365 passengers, making it Boeing's second-biggest plane. Since its first flight in 1994, it's been a best-seller for Boeing, which has sold more 777s than any of its other current large planes.
In May, it began offering the revamped 777X. Boeing is still finalizing plans for the plane, but it has said it is expected to carry as many as 400 passengers and to be 20 percent more fuel efficient than the current 777.
Instead of the current all-aluminum wing, the 777X wing is expected to be made from composites, the same high-tech plastic that makes up most of Boeing's new 787. Boeing is aiming to deliver the first 777X by the end of this decade.
The 777X is meant to compete with the new Airbus A350, which is undergoing flight testing now. It's also going to compete with Boeing's slightly larger 747-8 Intercontinental, which has seen sluggish sales even before the 777X has been formally launched. ||||| Boeing Co.'s sprawling aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach is in the running to build the aerospace giant's forthcoming 777X jetliner after a machinists union in Washington state rejected a deal that would have ensured the work would stay in the Seattle area.
Once considered a long shot, Long Beach is one of several cities under active consideration by Boeing after the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted down a tentative labor agreement by a 2-to-1 margin late Wednesday.
Now Boeing, along with state and local officials, is in talks about the possibility of bringing the 777X program to Long Beach, where the company currently builds the C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet.
Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet commented on the program. But Brook Taylor, a spokesman for the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, said, "We are actively working to expand all facets of Boeing's operation in California."
Boeing has not discussed which locations it is considering, but reports suggest that possible manufacturing sites include Huntsville, Ala.; Charleston, S.C., where Boeing builds the 787; and Long Beach. The Seattle area hasn't been ruled out either.
After the union vote, the company said it would look at all options for a location to build the 777X, slated to be a more fuel-efficient version of its profitable twin-aisle aircraft.
"We are very disappointed in the outcome of the union vote," Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner said. "But without the terms of this contract extension, we're left with no choice but to open the process competitively and pursue all options for the 777X."
Moving the assembly line out of the Puget Sound region would be staggering to the Seattle area, where Boeing was founded in 1916. The 777 is one of Boeing's best-selling models. Versions of the plane have been built in Washington since the early 1990s, and the 777X is seen as vital to the company's fortunes in the long-haul market for decades to come.
The machinists union has estimated that the program could mean as many as 10,000 direct and 10,000 indirect industry jobs for the Puget Sound region alone.
The labor dispute in Seattle has drawn the attention of Southern California lawmakers, who are still reeling from Boeing's announcement in September that it intends to close the plane-making plant in Long Beach in 2015.
The site now houses construction of the C-17.
Southern California — the former undisputed center of the aerospace industry — has seen the number of aerospace workers in Los Angeles County fall to 56,780 last year, according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., which tracks the industry. That is a nearly 70% drop from the 189,035 workers employed in 1990.
Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), chairman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Aerospace, said he has reached out to Boeing executives to let them know that the state is interested in landing the 777X. He said he also planned to send a letter to Brown about securing the program.
"Time is of the essence," he said. "We have an opportunity here to bring thousands of jobs back home. This must be a priority."
Boeing has already moved some jobs from the Seattle area to Long Beach. The company announced in July that work performed by 375 people would be moved to Long Beach over the next year.
Less than a month later, Boeing said an additional 300 engineering support jobs would come to the region, and that a new engineering design center for commercial aircraft would be established.
Work in the aerospace industry is volatile and highly competitive. When Boeing said it preferred to build the 777X in Washington, it took state lawmakers less than a week to pass a package of bills that included $8.7 billion in tax savings for the company to build the plane there.
After that, Boeing gave the machinists union one week to make a decision on a labor agreement, which would extend the union's current contract eight years into 2024. But provisions of the agreement involving pension plans and healthcare benefits drew fierce opposition from union members and ultimately led to the workers' rejection of the labor agreement Wednesday.
The union represents more than 35,000 company workers.
Once the machinists union's unhappiness over the labor agreement surfaced, talk of Boeing's other options grew.
Meanwhile, aerospace experts pointed out that Boeing also has the option of manufacturing the jet in Charleston, S.C., where Boeing has a 787 assembly line. The site, the company's first nonunion final-assembly plant, was selected in 2009 — one year after a union strike stopped work in Washington for two months.
To win a contract to build the 777X, Long Beach may also try to woo Boeing by boasting about its workforce's decades-long experience building large aircraft.
The plant was built by Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II. It thrived for decades, producing some of the world's most popular airliners, including the DC-3, DC-8 and MD-80. It still has a large "Fly DC Jets" sign nearby.
An Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. official said the group is eager to help put together an incentive package to help bring the 777X to Long Beach.
"The region has a critical mass that can support aerospace firms," said Robert Kleinhenz, the group's chief economist. "The communities here in Southern California know how important the aerospace industry is to the local economy."
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Times staff writers Marc Lifsher and Christine Mai-Duc contributed to this report. |||||
Output: | Boeing's long history in Washington state is at a turning point and other states—including California, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama—are gleefully eyeing the prospect of thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of well-paid jobs building the company's upcoming 777X aircraft, the AP reports. A machinists union rejected a deal this week that would have kept production in the Seattle area and the company, which shifted its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001, says it is now looking for new locations to build the plane, though it hasn't completely ruled out reaching a deal with the Washington workers. Lawmakers and business groups in Southern California—where the number of aerospace jobs has dived 70% since 1990—are among those eagerly trying to woo Boeing, though experts believe the firm may opt for South Carolina, where its first non-union final-assembly plant makes 787s, reports the Los Angeles Times. In Washington, meanwhile, union leaders are standing firm after members voted to reject a deal that would have ended traditional pension plans and increased health care costs. "We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal," says the president of International Association of Machinists District 751. "We've held on to our pensions and that's big. At a time when financial planners are talking about a 'retirement crisis' in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity." |
Instructions: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What genre of music is Blackmore's specialty?, Context: Numerous examples show influence in the opposite direction, including popular songs based on classical music, the use to which Pachelbel's Canon has been put since the 1970s, and the musical crossover phenomenon, where classical musicians have achieved success in the popular music arena. In heavy metal, a number of lead guitarists (playing electric guitar) modeled their playing styles on Baroque or Classical era instrumental music, including Ritchie Blackmore and Randy Rhoads.
Output: | heavy metal |
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.
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Here is why: 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.
OK. solve this:
The Yellowstone River is considered to be one of the greatest trout streams of the world and is officially classed as a blue ribbon stream in Montana from the park to the confluence with the Boulder River east of Livingston and from the mouth of Rosebud creek near Rosebud, Montana to the North Dakota border. The lack of dams along the river provides for excellent trout habitat from high inside Yellowstone Park, downstream through Gardiner, the Paradise Valley, Livingston, and to Big Timber, a stretch of nearly 200 miles (320 km). The Yellowstone varies in width from 74 feet (23 m) to 300 feet (91 m), so fishing is normally done by boat. The most productive stretch of water is through Paradise Valley in Montana, especially near Livingston which produces brown trout, rainbow trout and native Yellowstone cutthroat trout as well as Rocky Mountain whitefish. From Billings downstream to the North Dakota border, anglers seek burbot, channel catfish, paddlefish, sauger, smallmouth bass, and walleye. The pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), an endangered species endemic to the waters of the Missouri and lower Mississippi River basins, is also found in the Yellowstone.
Answer: | what kind of fish are in yellowstone river |
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:Catherine V. "Ginny" Kilgore of Oxford, an attorney with North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, has been recognized for her dedication to serving the indigent. Kilgore - who oversees delivering legal services to the disabled and elderly in 39 north Mississippi counties - is recipient of the University of Mississippi School of Law's 2002 Public Service Award. The award was announced recently at a dinne r, held in Kilgore's honor and hosted by law school Dean Samuel M. Davis, who presented her with an engraved plaque. "Ginny Kilgore is a public servant in the truest sense," said Davis. "Her selection continues the tradition of this award in recognizing those who have labored in the trenches, with little or no compensation but with great professional and personal satisfaction in helping to bring justice and equality to those who need it most." "This award means a great deal to me," Kilgore said, pointing to others so honored. "The work of those who received the award before me has been so important; I feel very honored." After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in education and a few years teaching, Kilgore enrolled at the UM law school. Upon graduation in 1975, she entered private law practice in Oxford, joining NMRLS in 1978. Since then, she has earned promotions from managing attorney, senior attorney, then director of the Council on Aging project. Since 1990, she has worked in the Administrative Law Unit and Resource Development, and directed the Elder Law Project, serving the northern half of the state. She also is an adjunct professor in the UM law school's Civil Law Clinic. She held a similar post a few years ago in the school's Elder Law Clinic. Kilgore says she's found her niche. "I've always thought it was important to do work to help people. I really enjoy it. The issues I've dealt with through the years have been on the side of helping people maintain the basics of life - home, healt h care, jobs and family." She says her desire to serve others was sparked early, growing up in a single-parent home, aware that her widowed mother faced certain challenges as she supported her four children through public school and college. <sep>Where did Kilgore graduate from in 1975?<sep>University of Oxford
Solution: | No |
question: Complete the next sentence:
News reporters are seen talking at the news desk with a correspondent at another location. He spoke with a woman who was spraying a child with suntan lotion. they
OPTIONS:
- then begin putting suntan lotion all over their bodies and sun dresses.
- show a doctor who discusses the risks of cancer from sun exposure before going back to the correspondent with the mother at the park.
- continue to paint and introduce sunscreen to her and make her comfortable in a comfortable environment.
- rinse and rub it onto the clothes while talking.
answer: show a doctor who discusses the risks of cancer from sun exposure before going back to the correspondent with the mother at the park.
Problem: Write the next sentence for:
An older man in a yellow t-shirt stands by an opened garage and white car parked outside. the man
OPTIONS:
- unscrews the trunk lift of the car and unrolls surfboard inside.
- soaks the car in water then throws the rag in a trash bin outside.
- pours water and solution into a bucket and wand sprayer tank.
- is talking to the camera in a room behind a car, then drives away..
Next sentence: pours water and solution into a bucket and wand sprayer tank.
context: How to check feet for complications of diabetes
Be aware of any numbness in your feet.
One of the initial and most common symptoms of peripheral neuropathy that diabetics notice is that their feet lose sensation and become numb. It can start in the toes and then progress to the rest of the foot and the leg in a stocking-like distribution.
OPTIONS:
- Usually both feet are affected, although one side may begin first or be more noticeable than the other. Related to the numbness is a reduced ability to feel pain from excessive temperatures (both hot and cold).
- Numbness can result from swelling of the foot, hooves, feet, or muscles, or hearing the heel clack clack. If your feet are cold enough, you can normally feel it by softly clicking your toe with your heel.
- Due to colder temperatures, your feet may begin to itch and become sore when you go out to eat or go outside. Such signs may indicate case cardiovascular disease and cause health risks.
- You can also develop numbness or pain of the feet. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy : Tingling numbness Know whether the person has diabetes.
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next sentence for the context: Usually both feet are affected, although one side may begin first or be more noticeable than the other. Related to the numbness is a reduced ability to feel pain from excessive temperatures (both hot and cold).
IN: What happens next?
A man is playing shuffleboard on a ship. he
OPTIONS:
- throws the ball for another player.
- kicks the ball back and forth.
- drops the stick and bounces it.
- turns to the camera and says something.
OUT: turns to the camera and says something.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
The other side of the building appears with large words across it saying details and the workers begin waxing the cars and cleaning underneath the hood. when
OPTIONS:
- the car is all cleaned, the man and crew of the department cleans the windows and roof of the second car that uses fire power.
- complete, a few words come across the screen with the business' location and their logo.
- the boys are done they walk out, and one of the men puts a mouthwash and a length of cloth on then one of them walks down with his helmet on.
- the process is complete, all the cars are cleaned and waxed while each of the employees and some of the cars are shown driving drunk.
A: complete, a few words come across the screen with the business' location and their logo.
context: A bike with a deflated tire goes through the dirt. a man
OPTIONS:
- takes it apart without disassembling it.
- sits on a bike wheel.
- is holding a crushed battery along a course while the camera captures him.
- gets off the bike to look at it.
****
next sentence for the context: | gets off the bike to look at it. |
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]: For example , in " Koopa 's Tycoon Town , " players get stars by putting coins into hotels ( like " Monopoly " ) .
[EX A]: For example , " Koopa 's Tycoon Town " involves players investing coins into hotels ( as in " Monopoly " ) in order to earn stars , with each hotel only providing stars to the player with the highest current investment .
[EX Q]: She posted criticism of ISIL 's destruction of religious places in Mosul .
[EX A]: During the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 's occupation of Mosul , she posted comments on her Facebook account critical of ISIS ' destruction of religious shrines there .
[EX Q]: This Ai n't A Scene , It 's an Arms Race is a 2007 single by Fall Out Boy , from the album " Infinity on High " .
[EX A]: | " This Ai n't a Scene , It 's an Arms Race " is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the second single from their commercially successful third studio album " Infinity on High " ( 2007 ) .
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Write the next sentence in this paragraph:
Once they are both on, he scoots to the grass and someone assists him as he gets up. after he | is steady, he gets up and goes rollerblading down the sidewalk before coming back and sitting on the pavement. |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
The Chapin Library's main attraction is its collection of Revolutionary-era documents, including a 1776 printed version of the Declaration of Independence.
Hypothesis: The Chapin Library has numerous old documents. | 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:Scarlett is a 1991 novel by Alexandra Ripley, written as a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, Gone with the Wind. The book debuted on The New York Times bestsellers list, but both critics and fans of the original novel found Ripley's version to be inconsistent with the literary quality of Gone with the Wind.
Solution: | is there a sequel to the book gone with the wind? |
Definition: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Mitch Daniels, who's set to decide soon whether he's entering the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, said Friday he'll sign a bill that will end Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood for family services — an issue that has attracted national attention.
The bill bars the state from entering into contracts with abortion providers, making an exception for hospitals and ambulatory centers. Planned Parenthood of Indiana operates 28 clinics in Indiana, eight of which are Title X funded clinics. The group received about $3 million in federal funding last year.
Late in the day, Daniels issued a statement about HEA 1210, which was approved earlier in the week by the Indiana General Assembly.
"I will sign HEA 1210 when it reaches my desk a week or so from now. I supported this bill from the outset, and the recent addition of language guarding against the spending of tax dollars to support abortions creates no reason to alter my position," said Daniels, who infuriated conservatives last year with a call for a "truce" on the culture wars that have often dominated politics."
"The principle involved commands the support of an overwhelming majority of Hoosiers, as reflected in greater than 2:1 bipartisan votes in both legislative chambers," the statement continued.
Daniels said he "commissioned a careful review of access to services across the state and can confirm that all non-abortion services, whether family planning or basic women's health, will remain readily available in every one of our 92 counties. In addition, I have ordered the Family and Social Services Administration to see that Medicaid recipients receive prompt notice of nearby care options. We will take any actions necessary to ensure that vital medical care is, if anything, more widely available than before."
"Any organization affected by this provision can resume receiving taxpayer dollars immediately by ceasing or separating its operations that perform abortions," he concluded.
The move by Daniels met with instant crticism from abortion rights groups.
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said, "It’s outrageous that Governor Mitch Daniels has decided to abandon his short-lived truce on social issues to sign a dangerous bill that would have a devastating impact on women’s health and take away health care from thousands of women in Indiana, leaving them at greater risk for undetected cancers, untreated infections and unintended pregnancies."
She added, "Clearly, Governor Daniels would rather play politics with women’s health than show leadership and fiscal responsibility in rejecting a bill that will ultimately cost the state millions in federal funding. If Governor Daniels chooses to run for president, his decision to sign this bill will make it harder for him to win key women voters.”
NARAL President Nancy Keenan accused Daniels of putting "his presidential ambitions above thousands of Hoosier women, who, as a result of his actions, will lose access to birth control, cancer screenings and other basic health care."
"He will also open the door to further political interference in women’s personal, private decisions. With the stroke of a pen, Daniels will declare his truce on social issues to be over," Keenan added.
A Democratic insider referred to Daniels's past call for a "truce" on social issues and snarked, "Truce broken it appears." ||||| Gov. Mitch Daniels will sign a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and imposes some of the most stringent anti-abortion measures in the nation.
His decision to sign House Bill 1210 will fuel speculation that he will seek the Republican nomination for president. Daniels has said he will make a decision on his political future soon, now that the legislative session ends today.
In a statement, Daniels said he had supported the bill from the outset "and the recent addition of language guarding against the spending of tax dollars to support abortions creates no reason to alter my position." ... |||||
Output: | Factor this into the 2012 political calculus: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniel says he will sign a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood and puts in place strict anti-abortion measures, reports the Indianapolis Star. Daniels, who promises to announce soon whether he's running for president, will make Indiana the first state to strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds. Planned Parenthood of Indiana—which says no tax dollars have ever been used for abortions, as per federal law—plans to sue. The group would lose $2 million of the $3 million it gets in federal funds—Indiana can pull the plug only on the $2 million that gets funneled through the state but has no control over the $1 million that Planned Parenthood gets directly from the feds, explains CBS. “Any organization affected by this provision can resume receiving taxpayer dollars immediately by ceasing or separating its operations that perform abortions," said Daniels. The decision should shore up his reputation among social conservatives, who grew angry with him last year when he called for a "truce" on social issues, notes Politico. |
Teacher: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".
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: This week, we've been treated to the increasingly familiar sight of former NBA star and provocateur Dennis Rodman attending events in Pyongyang, North Korea. It's his fourth trip in less than 12 months. On Tuesday, an angry Rodman defended his visit in a CNN interview straight from Pyongyang, at one point saying to "New Day" anchor Chris Cuomo, "I don't give a rat's ass what the hell you think ..." in response to question about Kenneth Bae, an American detained in North Korea. When will we tire of this circus? In case you don't watch cable news, you might miss that the media really loves this kind of thing. No story about North Korea is too weird to go unreported, even if there is no real information to disseminate. Recall the recent rumor that Kim Jong Un's uncle was executed by being fed to hungry dogs, which most likely was started as satire on Chinese social media but was at first reported widely in the media (CNN was unable to confirm and did not report the story). In media discourse, North Korea is the classic enemy. The regime's injustices, quirks and dysfunctions are reassuring to Americans that their own country is just the opposite: Normal, well-functioning, a land of peace and liberty. But add in Rodman to the North Korea story, and it's bound to produce eye-popping headlines: The Weird American Athlete Goes to Weird Country story is just too easy not to cover. Rodman himself seems to be thriving on finding a strange smidgen of relevance through his visits to North Korea (and perhaps a Paddy Power paycheck). Though often described as quite shy, he has always enjoyed challenging the values of Middle America. North Korea is providing him a new avenue to be in the spotlight. The most passive player in this tragicomedy is Rodman's home country, the United States. The U.S. State Department has deployed the rhetorical equivalent of an embarrassed teenager whose dad has shown up to dance at his prom. Something along the lines of "this has nothing to do with us" is what the State Department has said with every one of Rodman's trip. Last winter,the State Department criticized Rodman's timing as it followed a nuclear test and rocket launch. <sep>What makes the story of Rodman in North Korea notable?<sep>His odd hair color attracts attention
Student: | No |
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:
Which of the following is not a section of China, Serica, Serae or Scythia?, Context: Ptolemy's Geography divided Asia on a similar basis. In the north is "Scythia this side of the Himalayas" and "Scythia beyond the Himalayas." To the south is "India on this side of the Ganges" and "India beyond the Ganges." Asia began on the coast of Anatolia ("land of the rising sun"). Beyond the Ganges and Himalayas (including the Tien Shan) were Serica and Serae (sections of China) and some other identifiable far eastern locations known to the voyagers and geographers but not to the general European public.
Answer: | Scythia |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
A woman puts a harness on. a man
Choose from: [i] is welding something.; [ii] clips a rope to the front of the woman's harness.; [iii] is piloting a small boat in the water.; [iv] is seen jump roping in front of a crowd.; | [ii] |
Part 1. Definition
You will be given a passage, and your task is to generate a Yes/No question that is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 2. Example
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.
Answer: is confectionary sugar the same as powdered sugar?
Explanation: The question is a yes/no question, and it is answerable based on the given passage.
Part 3. Exercise
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa (ˈtorre di ˈpiːza)) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt. The tower is situated behind the Pisa Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in the city's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo), after the cathedral and the Pisa Baptistry.
Answer: | is the leaning tower of pizza in rome? |
Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
A woman is stacking up hula hoops around her. she | lifts them up with the help of another woman. |
Definition: In this task, you are given a question and a context passage. You have to answer the question based on the given passage.
Input: What is the country in dispute with Japan?, Context: At the end of World War II Soviet troops occupied southern Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, making them part of the RSFSR. The status of the southernmost Kurils remains in dispute with Japan.
Output: | RSFSR |
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.
Let me give you an 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.
The answer to this example can be: who has the maximum number of followers on instagram
Here is why: 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.
OK. solve this:
American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It initially aired on Fox from June 11, 2002 to April 7, 2016 for 15 seasons. On March 11, 2018, the 16th season made its debut on ABC.
Answer: | how many years was american idol off tv |
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to buy a kayak
Inform yourself about kayak types.
There are five main types of kayaks: recreation, touring, whitewater, and downriver models. Each of these are designed to provide comfort and maneuverability suited for specific waters and purposes.
A: Some differences between the types are as follows : Recreational kayaks are non-specialized kayaks used for fun. These tend to be the cheapest kayaks.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to make spaghetti pie
Gather everything needed.
See " ingredients " and " things you'll need " sections.
Cook spaghetti as directed on box.
A: Should take about 6-10 minutes. Maybe set a timer so you don't forget about it while doing the following steps.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
The same woman shows how to use the telescoping handle of the shears and cutting plants that would be out of reach. The same woman walks down a path with the shears. the woman
A: then shows how the shears work demonstrating on several other plants.
Problem: How does the next paragraph end?
Several people have gathered at the top of a snowy hill. they
A: | ride tubes all the way to the bottom. |
instruction:
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.
question:
The atomic radius of an element is the distance between the nucleus and the edge of the electron cloud .
answer:
The atomic radius of a chemical element is a measure of the size of its atoms , usually the mean or typical distance from the center of the nucleus to the boundary of the surrounding shells of electrons .
question:
After ordering the black patrons to leave , the Police arrested them and charged them with disturbing the peace .
answer:
After ordering the black patrons to leave , the Police arrested them and charged them with disturbing the peace , claiming that their behavior could " foreseeably disturb or alarm the public , " according to the state 's " disturbing the peace " statute .
question:
Hippocrates was the first who has looked at the relationships between disease and environmental influences .
answer:
| The Greek physician Hippocrates , known as the father of medicine , sought a logic to sickness ; he is the first person known to have examined the relationships between the occurrence of disease and environmental influences .
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