{ "Contributors": [ "Ashutosh Garg" ], "Source": [ "inquisitive" ], "URL": [ "https://github.com/wjko2/INQUISITIVE" ], "Categories": [ "Question Answering" ], "Reasoning": [], "Definition": [ "Indicate a text span in the passage about which an inquisitive question is asked. (note, don't answer the question)." ], "Input_language": [ "English" ], "Output_language": [ "English" ], "Instruction_language": [ "English" ], "Domains": [ "News" ], "Positive Examples": [ { "input": "Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .Question: What was the duration of the Obama administration?", "output": "Obama administration", "explanation": "It guesses the right span of the sentence where the question is from." }, { "input": "Sentence: Planetary scientists dream of sending a geologist to Mars to study its rocks by hand .Question: Why do Planetary scientists want to study rocks of Mars only?", "output": "to Mars", "explanation": "It guesses the right span of the sentence where the question is from." } ], "Negative Examples": [ { "input": "Sentence: The Obama administration is developing additional screening protocols for airline passengers both overseas and in the United States to control infectious diseases such as Ebola, President Barack Obama said Monday .Question: Why are they creating additional screening protocols?", "output": "Obama administration", "explanation": "It is not able to guess the correct span of the sentence where the question is from." }, { "input": "Sentence: Planetary scientists dream of sending a geologist to Mars to study its rocks by hand .Question: What does Planetary scientist mean?", "output": "to Mars", "explanation": "It is not an inquisitive question and can be answered from the sentence itself sentence." } ], "Instances": [ { "id": "task858-b07c946feaa6473cae9da9d74a7fb3d9", "input": "Sentence: Many of the nation ' s highest - ranking executives saluted Friday ' s market plunge as an overdue comeuppance for speculators and takeover players .Question: Why was it overdue?", "output": [ "overdue" ] }, { "id": "task858-574c15502c6949c2b86527aec0b64a29", "input": "Sentence: Assuming that the market doesn ' t head into a bottomless free fall , some executives think Friday ' s action could prove a harbinger of good news - - as a sign that the leveraged buy - out and takeover frenzy of recent years may be abating . \" This is a reaction to artificial LBO valuations , rather than to any fundamentals , \" said John Young , chairman of Hewlett - Packard Co . , whose shares dropped $ 3 . 125 to $ 48 . 125 . \" If we get rid of a lot of that nonsense , it will be a big plus . \"Question: Which executives?", "output": [ "some executives" ] }, { "id": "task858-38bbd4d7b619493d99ba815dad276791", "input": "Sentence: A few of the executives here for the fall meeting of the Business Council , a group that meets to discuss national issues , were only too happy to personalize their criticism . \" People wish the government would do something about leveraged buy - outs , do something about takeovers , do something about Donald Trump , \" said Rand Araskog , chairman of ITT Corp . , whose stock dropped $ 3 . 375 . \" Where ' s the leadership ?Question: how many meet?", "output": [ "fall meeting" ] }, { "id": "task858-dada0ed74c354e8bb7fc5318b09f4524", "input": "Sentence: Where ' s the guy who can say : ` Enough is enough ' \" ?Question: should there be that guy?", "output": [ "the guy" ] }, { "id": "task858-08debd5ee50441f2a7d522ebbf65ec8b", "input": "Sentence: The executives were remarkably unperturbed by the plunge even though it lopped billions of dollars off the value of their companies - - and millions off their personal fortunes .Question: Why were they not perturbed?", "output": [ "unperturbed" ] }, { "id": "task858-0324244a84fe45db89b316bd1dee9d1f", "input": "Sentence: Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp . said it agreed to pay $ 1 . 5 million as part of an accord with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding an environmental cleanup of a defunct smelter the company formerly operated in Idaho .Question: what is an accord", "output": [ "part of an accord" ] }, { "id": "task858-fc1b564599bf4fe1ad6c121c27ea3e23", "input": "Sentence: In 1984 the EPA notified Gulf Resources , which was a part - owner of the smelter , that it was potentially liable for sharing cleanup costs at the site under the federal Superfund program .Question: what is the federal superfund?", "output": [ "federal Superfund program" ] }, { "id": "task858-206411471b1b4a5eaed4e7fe52e7825d", "input": "Sentence: The 21 - square - mile area is contaminated with lead , zinc and other metals .Question: Which other metals?", "output": [ "other metals" ] }, { "id": "task858-306e507952fe46a88082025f684c0e6a", "input": "Sentence: Gulf Resources earlier this year proposed a reorganization plan that would make it a unit of a Bermuda concern , potentially exempting it from liability for the smelter ' s cleanup costs .Question: why would it be exempt?", "output": [ "potentially exempting" ] }, { "id": "task858-b2555b99baf14c9ca7e76e0b66e71c3b", "input": "Sentence: The Bronx has a wonderful botanical garden , a great zoo , its own charming Little Italy ( on Arthur Avenue ) and , of course , the Yankees .Question: is this a neighborhood?", "output": [ "Little Italy" ] }, { "id": "task858-75c8daf8bbf443eaa78d5711fef75e9e", "input": "Sentence: However , most people , having been subjected to news footage of the devastated South Bronx , look at the borough the way Tom Wolfe ' s Sherman McCoy did in \" Bonfire of the Vanities \" - - as a wrong turn into hell .Question: is this a nickname?", "output": [ "\" Bonfire of the Vanities \"" ] }, { "id": "task858-b4e069bb429b4bc39d0ecde60ce16539", "input": "Sentence: But Laura Cunningham ' s Bronx , her childhood Bronx of the ' 50s , is something else altogether .Question: who is she?", "output": [ "Laura Cunningham ' s" ] }, { "id": "task858-017c23d0a18841e28f0f6fb7f8380b9a", "input": "Sentence: Amid a crowd of crashing stocks , Relational Technology Inc . ' s stock fell particularly hard Friday , dropping 23 % because its problems were compounded by disclosure of an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter .Question: Why did Relational have an unexpected first quarter loss?", "output": [ "an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter" ] }, { "id": "task858-c464c10d928542cfb0251a0917991ee8", "input": "Sentence: The database software company said it expects a $ 2 million net loss for the fiscal first quarter ended Sept . 30 .Question: What is total loses in all?", "output": [ "net" ] }, { "id": "task858-6d6e289ac8884fb3971b492165a413ce", "input": "Sentence: It said analysts had been expecting a small profit for the period .Question: Why were the experts incorrect about their analysis?", "output": [ "analysts had been expecting a small profit" ] }, { "id": "task858-354b43a2c7974059a7eaa551db0b538a", "input": "Sentence: Revenue is expected to be \" up modestly \" from the $ 26 . 5 million reported a year ago .Question: Why are they expected to generate more revenue this year than last even though they are taking a hit this year?", "output": [ "\" up" ] }, { "id": "task858-6663e0866b774fbc8ea8476b1d83aff0", "input": "Sentence: Relational Technology reported net income of $ 1 . 5 million , or 12 cents a share , in the year - earlier period .Question: How many shares this year can they expect vs. last year?", "output": [ "share ," ] }, { "id": "task858-71ffeae5ee4449a18ddf3353f9e53f59", "input": "Sentence: Earnings for most of the nation ' s major pharmaceutical makers are believed to have moved ahead briskly in the third quarter , as companies with newer , big - selling prescription drugs fared especially well .Question: third quarter of what year?", "output": [ "third quarter ," ] }, { "id": "task858-3f4cb9187a67424580264db795fa33f8", "input": "Sentence: For the third consecutive quarter , however , most of the companies ' revenues were battered by adverse foreign - currency translations as a result of the strong dollar abroad .Question: what are adverse foreign-currency translations?", "output": [ "adverse foreign - currency translations" ] }, { "id": "task858-eeea0dbb39a34d18b48b688d7980ae15", "input": "Sentence: Analysts said that Merck & Co . , Eli Lilly & Co . , Warner - Lambert Co . and the Squibb Corp . unit of Bristol - Myers Squibb Co . all benefited from strong sales of relatively new , higher - priced medicines that provide wide profit margins .Question: which medicines?", "output": [ "higher - priced medicines" ] }, { "id": "task858-8909b61d80fc4d03b017cb0adc9b3286", "input": "Sentence: Less robust earnings at Pfizer Inc . and Upjohn Co . were attributed to those companies ' older products , many of which face stiffening competition from generic drugs and other medicines .Question: which products?", "output": [ "older products ," ] }, { "id": "task858-dfbb114b8a4944fda856150770778c43", "input": "Sentence: Joseph Riccardo , an analyst with Bear , Stearns & Co . , said that over the past few years most drug makers have shed their slow - growing businesses and instituted other cost savings , such as consolidating manufacturing plants and administrative staffs .Question: How does consolidating manufacturing plants help save the businesses money?", "output": [ "consolidating" ] }, { "id": "task858-e8cc249480144e64ab5994976e89499e", "input": "Sentence: Weatherford International Inc . said it canceled plans for a preferred - stock swap but may resume payment of dividends on the stock , and added that it expects to publicly offer about 10 million common shares .Question: Does this stock-swap mean swapping between two companies?", "output": [ "preferred - stock swap" ] }, { "id": "task858-27373886bf3d43fcbe3e4595b072ee52", "input": "Sentence: The exchange ratio was never established .Question: why not established?", "output": [ "ratio was never established" ] }, { "id": "task858-7882c21682da4422bc3fe3c158c8c7d4", "input": "Sentence: Weatherford said market conditions led to the cancellation of the planned exchange .Question: What are these market conditions that make the cancellation happen?", "output": [ "market conditions" ] }, { "id": "task858-215d847026fd4e1d95ddc89982958053", "input": "Sentence: The energy - services concern said , however , that in January 1990, it may resume payments of dividends on the preferred stock .Question: why will it resume?", "output": [ "may" ] }, { "id": "task858-eeff0ee220214f6d8f09273b7d6c2eb7", "input": "Sentence: Institut Merieux S . A . of France said the Canadian government raised an obstacle to its proposed acquisition of Connaught BioSciences Inc . for 942 million Canadian dollars ( US $ 801 . 6 million ) .Question: why did they raise a obstacle?", "output": [ "raised an obstacle" ] }, { "id": "task858-a00a4cfcb1784b0ca05e84d51f278ed0", "input": "Sentence: Merieux said the government ' s minister of industry , science and technology told it that he wasn ' t convinced that the purchase is likely to be of \" net benefit \" to Canada .Question: Why isnt it a net benefit to canada?", "output": [ "\" net benefit \" to Canada" ] }, { "id": "task858-c4a469cf881547ac9ab28fce201b251e", "input": "Sentence: Canadian investment rules require that big foreign takeovers meet that standard .Question: Why must every foreign takeover benefit Canadians?", "output": [ "big foreign takeovers" ] }, { "id": "task858-a4303b184cfa4863ad3178f06bc8111a", "input": "Sentence: The French company said the government gave it 30 days in which to submit information to further support its takeover plan .Question: Why does it require the government to turn over documents?", "output": [ "further support its takeover plan" ] }, { "id": "task858-78b8dbfd45fc4d95b42fec204c2d6cb6", "input": "Sentence: Both Merieux and Connaught are biotechnology research and vaccine manufacturing concerns .Question: What are the concerns?", "output": [ "concerns" ] }, { "id": "task858-c116d7bab9294466aebf5991159cb1e1", "input": "Sentence: General Motors Corp . , in a series of moves that angered union officials in the U . S . and Canada , has signaled that as many as five North American assembly plants may not survive the mid - 1990s as the corporation struggles to cut its excess vehicle - making capacity .Question: Which five assembly plants?", "output": [ "five North American assembly plants" ] }, { "id": "task858-8c59b2f3d18e4102b4ce4fb62ceb06ec", "input": "Sentence: In announcements to workers late last week , GM effectively signed death notices for two full - sized van assembly plants , and cast serious doubt on the futures of three U . S . car factories .Question: Which plants would be eliminated?", "output": [ "two full - sized van assembly plants ," ] }, { "id": "task858-76cf6661c388459eb6321437753bbbcf", "input": "Sentence: GM is under intense pressure to close factories that became unprofitable as the giant auto maker ' s U . S . market share skidded during the past decade .Question: What caused the market share to skid?", "output": [ "market share skidded" ] }, { "id": "task858-5c61cb0ce6874a099e851332038a9934", "input": "Sentence: The company , currently using about 80 % of its North American vehicle capacity , has vowed it will run at 100 % of capacity by 1992 .Question: How will they accomplish this?", "output": [ "100 % of capacity by 1992" ] }, { "id": "task858-70ea45f91aae46deb1c2d9a9ac0344d6", "input": "Sentence: Just a month ago , GM announced it would make an aging assembly plant in Lakewood , Ga . , the eighth U . S . assembly facility to close since 1987 .Question: Why close this plant specifically?", "output": [ "assembly plant" ] }, { "id": "task858-5751e96a0b3d4dcc84a8b2e98d9308e2", "input": "Sentence: Citing a payment from a supplier and strong sales of certain data - storage products , Maxtor Corp . said earnings and revenue jumped in its second quarter ended Sept . 24 .Question: Which year?", "output": [ "Sept . 24" ] }, { "id": "task858-42ad1b31c89d4ea4abf44f5098f50ee3", "input": "Sentence: The maker of computer - data - storage products said net income rose to $ 4 . 8 million , or 23 cents a share , from year - earlier net of $ 1 . 1 million , or five cents a share .Question: do they make hard drives?", "output": [ "computer - data - storage" ] }, { "id": "task858-161e6a169bb84a63a9531103ed2dd1bb", "input": "Sentence: Revenue soared to $ 117 million from $ 81 . 5 million .Question: Is revenue defined as the amount of money made by all workers in the company?", "output": [ "Revenue soared to $ 117 million" ] }, { "id": "task858-054e616de9bb41eeaabe868460ce8ca8", "input": "Sentence: Maxtor said its results were boosted by $ 2 million in payments received from a supplier , for a certain line of products that Maxtor isn ' t going to sell anymore .Question: Why aren't they going to sell them anymore?", "output": [ "isn ' t going to sell anymore" ] }, { "id": "task858-53baf553fadb4a6c9de9b3f9cc74e8fc", "input": "Sentence: If a hostile predator emerges for Saatchi & Saatchi Co . , co - founders Charles and Maurice Saatchi will lead a management buy - out attempt , an official close to the company said .Question: Who is the official close to the company?", "output": [ "an official close to the company" ] }, { "id": "task858-a75fb9a27fe9473cae5dc2ae093a8840", "input": "Sentence: Financing for any takeover attempt may be problematic in the wake of Friday ' s stock - market sell - off in New York and turmoil in the junk - bond market .Question: Why did this occur and how?", "output": [ "Friday ' s stock - market sell - off in New York" ] }, { "id": "task858-a94b5c08357f441189233b41e442776b", "input": "Sentence: But the beleaguered British advertising and consulting giant , which last week named a new chief executive officer to replace Maurice Saatchi , has been the subject of intense takeover speculation for weeks .Question: Who is their new chief executive officer?", "output": [ "last week named a new chief executive officer" ] }, { "id": "task858-bd0e7bef4e584f11bb7d134b0473a74c", "input": "Sentence: Last week , Saatchi ' s largest shareholder , Southeastern Asset Management , said it had been approached by one or more third parties interested in a possible restructuring .Question: Who are these third parties?", "output": [ "one or more third parties" ] }, { "id": "task858-d353ea87512047baa5fdad59d0721886", "input": "Sentence: And Carl Spielvogel , chief executive officer of Saatchi ' s big Backer Spielvogel Bates advertising unit , said he had offered to lead a management buy - out of the company , but was rebuffed by Charles Saatchi .Question: Why is the buy-out being suggested?", "output": [ "buy - out of the company ," ] }, { "id": "task858-6dc229eff29b4b2b8799d5a1351d2168", "input": "Sentence: Ideal Basic Industries Inc . said its directors reached an agreement in principle calling for HOFI North America Inc . to combine its North American cement holdings with Ideal in a transaction that will leave Ideal ' s minority shareholders with 12 . 8 % of the combined company .Question: What does HOFI stand for?", "output": [ "HOFI" ] }, { "id": "task858-8cf31428b1c04f06a620771f8a995a35", "input": "Sentence: HOFI , the North American holding company of Swiss concern Holderbank Financiere Glaris Ltd . , previously proposed combining its 100 % stake in St . Lawrence Cement Inc . and its 60 % stake in Dundee Cement Co . with its 67 % stake in Ideal .Question: Why are they combining their stakes?", "output": [ "combining" ] }, { "id": "task858-29a32a21b9534e4da024daf43ff8f4e4", "input": "Sentence: But HOFI ' s first offer would have given Ideal ' s other shareholders about 10 % of the combined company .Question: Why only 10%?", "output": [ "10 %" ] }, { "id": "task858-6a7d55c61e3442098de4d924ce618c35", "input": "Sentence: Ideal ' s directors rejected that offer , although they said they endorsed the merger proposal .Question: why did they endorse the major proposal?", "output": [ "endorsed the merger proposal" ] }, { "id": "task858-471722c74c3f4dbba804a6626bb94605", "input": "Sentence: Under the agreement , HOFI will own 87 . 2 % of the combined company .Question: do they want more?", "output": [ "87 . 2 % of the combined company" ] }, { "id": "task858-d8102daef9424fec95fedc63ba707e3d", "input": "Sentence: Financial Corp . of Santa Barbara filed suit against former stock speculator Ivan F . Boesky and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc . , charging they defrauded the thrift by concealing their relationship when persuading it to buy $ 284 million in high - yield , high - risk junk bonds .Question: What are the laws related to this area?", "output": [ "concealing" ] }, { "id": "task858-1707be466c434687b638c925e13b0a8c", "input": "Sentence: In a suit filed in federal court Thursday , the S & L alleged that a \" disproportionate number \" of the bonds it purchased in 1984 declined in value .Question: Is there an exact number for this, and what number would be considered disproportionate?", "output": [ "\" disproportionate" ] }, { "id": "task858-9f045139763f42e9bc9f8bfefe40731f", "input": "Sentence: Financial Corp . purchased the bonds , the suit alleged , after Mr . Boesky and Drexel negotiated an agreement for Vagabond Hotels to purchase a 51 % stake in the thrift for about $ 34 million .Question: Do the two men mentioned work for Vagabond?", "output": [ "Vagabond Hotels" ] }, { "id": "task858-0a39b3d009c840f1b34aa3c1db973c14", "input": "Sentence: Vagabond Hotels was controlled by Mr . Boesky , who currently is serving a prison term for securities violations .Question: How many years and does the punishment fit the crime?", "output": [ "term" ] }, { "id": "task858-be5cee6208b74b9a8e2615e1ee18afce", "input": "Sentence: Salomon Brothers International Ltd . , a British subsidiary of Salomon Inc . , announced it will issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd .Question: Why are they going to issue warrants on share of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd?", "output": [ "issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong" ] }, { "id": "task858-68543463ffe849788c216f4377d95de6", "input": "Sentence: The move closely follows a similar offer by Salomon of warrants for shares of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp .Question: Why are they placing these warrants on Asian countries?", "output": [ "Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp ." ] }, { "id": "task858-fdabf82722ad4a41b9e33c8b3f055e21", "input": "Sentence: Under the latest offer , HK $ 62 . 5 million ( US $ 8 million ) of three - year warrants will be issued in London , each giving buyers the right to buy one Hong Kong Telecommunications share at a price to be determined Friday .Question: Why can buyers only buy one?", "output": [ "giving buyers the right to buy one" ] }, { "id": "task858-dab60628565d4ff4affe698108fe52e3", "input": "Sentence: The 50 million warrants will be priced at HK $ 1 . 25 each and are expected to carry a premium to the share price of about 26 % .Question: How did they determine the share price?", "output": [ "share price of about 26 % ." ] }, { "id": "task858-46e247eaf4d7418e8c34831cf6ba8c11", "input": "Sentence: In trading on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong , the shares closed Wednesday at HK $ 4 . 80 each .Question: Is there any fee associated with owning foreign shares?", "output": [ "Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ," ] }, { "id": "task858-50793232ed39429a9cbb86a33d92eca8", "input": "Sentence: The Bush administration , trying to blunt growing demands from Western Europe for a relaxation of controls on exports to the Soviet bloc , is questioning whether Italy ' s Ing .Question: Why are demands growing from Western Europe?", "output": [ "blunt growing demands" ] }, { "id": "task858-553489dcdb32413f80350980ba87d701", "input": "Sentence: C . Olivetti & Co . supplied militarily valuable technology to the Soviets .Question: Why did they supply the Soviets with military technology?", "output": [ "C . Olivetti & Co . supplied militarily" ] }, { "id": "task858-72030f34a4664023ba3b00064510b08d", "input": "Sentence: Most of the Western European members of Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls , the unofficial forum through which the U . S . and its allies align their export - control policies , are expected to argue for more liberal export rules at a meeting to be held in Paris Oct . 25 and 26 .Question: Why must we align our export control policies?", "output": [ "align their export - control policies ," ] }, { "id": "task858-99ef87bfc06d4534ae2fc627fec52740", "input": "Sentence: They plan to press specifically for a relaxation of rules governing exports of machine tools , computers and other high - technology products .Question: Why are they just trying to relax the rules around technology?", "output": [ "relaxation of rules governing exports" ] }, { "id": "task858-cefe08a7dc324878ab9b35df9848d18f", "input": "Sentence: But the Bush administration says it wants to see evidence that all Cocom members are complying fully with existing export - control procedures before it will support further liberalization .Question: How would he be able to see the evidence?", "output": [ "see evidence" ] }, { "id": "task858-24d97f03637945c2a57be6217f24eee1", "input": "Sentence: The oil industry ' s middling profits could persist through the rest of the year .Question: why the rest of yeatr?", "output": [ "the rest of the year" ] }, { "id": "task858-1b209a19be234fbea95f707968c8d448", "input": "Sentence: Major oil companies in the next few days are expected to report much less robust earnings than they did for the third quarter a year ago , largely reflecting deteriorating chemical prices and gasoline profitability .Question: is this bad?", "output": [ "robust earnings" ] }, { "id": "task858-2f68d42f6cdc42b4a0c96770d3f7cf85", "input": "Sentence: The gasoline picture may improve this quarter , but chemicals are likely to remain weak , industry executives and analysts say , reducing chances that profits could equal their year - earlier performance .Question: Which executives and analysts?", "output": [ "industry executives and analysts say ," ] }, { "id": "task858-32b21502f8794f5088de36b3d157ec37", "input": "Sentence: The industry is \" seeing a softening somewhat in volume and certainly in price in petrochemicals , \" Glenn Cox , president of Phillips Petroleum Co . , said in an interview . \" That change will obviously impact third and fourth quarter earnings \" for the industry in general , he added .Question: what does softening mean?", "output": [ "softening" ] }, { "id": "task858-2a9579c10d2544be8efed463b8a19687", "input": "Sentence: He didn ' t forecast Phillips ' s results .Question: what did phillips say?", "output": [ "Phillips ' s" ] }, { "id": "task858-2c21d5981d19423983d18951542b3b80", "input": "Sentence: Traditional Industries Inc . said it expects to report a net loss for the fourth quarter that ended June 30 and is seeking new financing .Question: Why do they expect to report a net loss in the fourth quarter?", "output": [ "report a net loss" ] }, { "id": "task858-44660994b04d4eb0a39323215deee6b9", "input": "Sentence: The seller of photographic products and services said it is considering a number of financing alternatives , including seeking increases in its credit lines .Question: who is the seller?", "output": [ "The seller" ] }, { "id": "task858-345e137b516548198d21332fd79028a5", "input": "Sentence: Traditional declined to estimate the amount of the loss and wouldn ' t say if it expects to show a profit for the year .Question: Why did Traditional decline to estimate the loss for the year?", "output": [ "Traditional declined" ] }, { "id": "task858-76723e585e4a4ba8935ac587952882ba", "input": "Sentence: The company didn ' t break out its fourth - quarter results .Question: Why didn't the company break out their fourth quarter results?", "output": [ "company didn ' t" ] }, { "id": "task858-52bf62271b1f4c79b9bc3aaf1db0fb6b", "input": "Sentence: With economic tension between the U . S . and Japan worsening , many Japanese had feared last week ' s visit from U . S . Trade Representative Carla Hills .Question: What has made economic tensions worse? ", "output": [ "U . S . and Japan worsening ," ] }, { "id": "task858-16394de34bbb480bb2fa47c908564207", "input": "Sentence: They expected a new barrage of demands that Japan do something quickly to reduce its trade surplus with the U . S .Question: Did they expect this due to the trade war with China?", "output": [ "They expected" ] }, { "id": "task858-8b3cf027db634d1c87b80a8edb6cd3b2", "input": "Sentence: Instead , they got a discussion of the need for the U . S . and Japan to work together and of the importance of the long - term view .Question: What in particular is it that the U.S. and Japanese need to properly work together without further escalating tensions. ", "output": [ "need for the U . S . and Japan to work together" ] }, { "id": "task858-f445a05ee2284dd680b584cf88ccbb9b", "input": "Sentence: Mrs . Hills ' first trip to Japan as America ' s chief trade negotiator had a completely different tone from last month ' s visit by Commerce Secretary Robert A . Mosbacher .Question: Was this due to tensions rising over economic concernes?", "output": [ "completely different tone" ] }, { "id": "task858-2475973fc45a4b878691be506fd9c1f4", "input": "Sentence: Mr . Mosbacher called for concrete results by next spring in negotiations over fundamental Japanese business practices that supposedly inhibit free trade .Question: What are Japanese businesses doing that inhibit free trade?", "output": [ "business practices" ] }, { "id": "task858-dd7f9139ceff4950b11e9c7c0320372e", "input": "Sentence: Measuring cups may soon be replaced by tablespoons in the laundry room .Question: How soon will this be taking place?", "output": [ "soon" ] }, { "id": "task858-578220f2c10e4068a0bc19b00eef5c84", "input": "Sentence: Procter & Gamble Co . plans to begin testing next month a superconcentrated detergent that will require only a few spoonfuls per washload .Question: What are the testing methods?", "output": [ "testing" ] }, { "id": "task858-4a62bbd35feb4f84b59ed8959ee44e91", "input": "Sentence: The move stems from lessons learned in Japan where local competitors have had phenomenal success with concentrated soapsuds .Question: Does this effect the environment in any way, and are there environmentally friendly options?", "output": [ "concentrated" ] }, { "id": "task858-25771fb1deab4d63bf3960add4138e79", "input": "Sentence: It also marks P & G ' s growing concern that its Japanese rivals , such as Kao Corp . , may bring their superconcentrates to the U . S .Question: What other products utilize superconcentrates?", "output": [ "superconcentrates" ] }, { "id": "task858-6913423351a945b1a2815f3e632f2b92", "input": "Sentence: The Cincinnati consumer - products giant got clobbered two years ago in Japan when Kao introduced a powerful detergent , called Attack , which quickly won a 30 % stake in the Japanese markets . \" They don ' t want to get caught again , \" says one industry watcher .Question: What is the market share of P&G's in the USA?", "output": [ "The Cincinnati consumer - products giant" ] }, { "id": "task858-a62aec9d35234f7a94d37c70b2fc19ab", "input": "Sentence: Elcotel Inc . expects fiscal second - quarter earnings to trail 1988 results , but anticipates that several new products will lead to a \" much stronger \" performance in its second half .Question: What are the new products that will lead to stronger performance?", "output": [ "several new products will" ] }, { "id": "task858-daff2ffa6b204d19b05e611d1015eb79", "input": "Sentence: George Pierce , chairman and chief executive officer , said in an interview that earnings in the most recent quarter will be about two cents a share on revenue of just under $ 4 million .Question: interview with who?", "output": [ "interview" ] }, { "id": "task858-4df6d1d51dc24b10b38c01fcb12fead4", "input": "Sentence: The lower results , Mr . Pierce said , reflect a 12 - month decline in industry sales of privately owned pay telephones , Elcotel ' s primary business .Question: Why has there been such a decline in sales of privately owned pay telephones?", "output": [ "12 - month decline" ] }, { "id": "task858-032b4bcc60b74c11933de75052b0c5b5", "input": "Sentence: The U . S . , which is finalizing its steel - import quotas , is allocating a larger share of its steel market to developing and newly industrialized countries which have relatively unsubsidized steel industries .Question: Which newly industrialized countries?", "output": [ "newly industrialized countries" ] }, { "id": "task858-e7c24a09e29543efb5e0dc6d9b999e91", "input": "Sentence: Meanwhile , the U . S . has negotiated a significant cut in Japan ' s steel quota , and made only a minor increase to the steel allotment for the European Community .Question: why did they cut it?", "output": [ "Japan ' s steel quota ," ] }, { "id": "task858-a9f4e4ad19e64c9493358ebf6e21008b", "input": "Sentence: Brazil , similar to Mexico and South Korea , is expected to negotiate a somewhat bigger share of the U . S . market than it had under the previous five - year steel quotas , which expired Sept . 30 .Question: What is the new quota share?", "output": [ "previous five - year steel quotas ," ] }, { "id": "task858-8c642de4185a4abea4350de3899f38cf", "input": "Sentence: In recent years , U . S . steelmakers have supplied about 80 % of the 100 million tons of steel used annually by the nation .Question: how recent?", "output": [ "In recent years ," ] }, { "id": "task858-c3c9631b29234674b1423fbc6ccd8cbd", "input": "Sentence: RJR Nabisco Inc . is disbanding its division responsible for buying network advertising time , just a month after moving 11 of the group ' s 14 employees to New York from Atlanta .Question: Why is Nabisco disbanding that division?", "output": [ "disbanding its division" ] }, { "id": "task858-1a869259029b47babe015eac96cc376d", "input": "Sentence: A spokesman for the New York - based food and tobacco giant , taken private earlier this year in a $ 25 billion leveraged buy - out by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co . , confirmed that it is shutting down the RJR Nabisco Broadcast unit , and dismissing its 14 employees , in a move to save money .Question: why taken private?", "output": [ "private" ] }, { "id": "task858-a98db1951915471abda3c439fff489f1", "input": "Sentence: \" We found with the size of our media purchases that an ad agency could do just as good a job at significantly lower cost , \" said the spokesman , who declined to specify how much RJR spends on network television time .Question: Why did he decline to specify?", "output": [ "declined to specify" ] }, { "id": "task858-76d72d053daf49df88e204a438db5161", "input": "Sentence: An executive close to the company said RJR is spending about $ 140 million on network television time this year , down from roughly $ 200 million last year .Question: Why is the budget down?", "output": [ "down" ] }, { "id": "task858-dc8a5d099bc74d73a4aadd26eea22e02", "input": "Sentence: Kaufman & Broad Home Corp . said it formed a $ 53 . 4 million limited partnership subsidiary to buy land in California suitable for residential development .Question: Where in California?", "output": [ "California" ] }, { "id": "task858-499e626731bc4b0ba0a1858c10cb1bd1", "input": "Sentence: Kaufman & Broad , a home building company , declined to identify the institutional investors .Question: Why did Kaufman & Broad decline to identify its institutional investors? ", "output": [ "declined to identify the institutional investors" ] }, { "id": "task858-5af956e7a13046a2aa78e206e4f00f85", "input": "Sentence: The land to be purchased by the joint venture hasn ' t yet received zoning and other approvals required for development , and part of Kaufman & Broad ' s job will be to obtain such approvals .Question: Why haven't zoning and other approvals for development been obtained? ", "output": [ "hasn ' t yet received zoning and other approvals" ] }, { "id": "task858-5dc09167aacb4cc3aafaecb7e32bb2dd", "input": "Sentence: The partnership runs the risk that it may not get the approvals for development , but in return , it can buy land at wholesale rather than retail prices , which can result in sizable savings , said Bruce Karatz , president and chief executive officer of Kaufman & Broad .Question: Why is the partnership running the risk of not getting approvals? ", "output": [ "runs the risk that it may not get the approvals" ] }, { "id": "task858-90a80a8a5dc347bba84c7127af70d2bd", "input": "Sentence: Atco Ltd . said its utilities arm is considering building new electric power plants , some valued at more than one billion Canadian dollars ( US $ 851 million ) , in Great Britain and elsewhere .Question: who are atco. ltd?", "output": [ "Atco Ltd" ] }, { "id": "task858-1e44612b0b5b4bb0acfd67dc39fa86f3", "input": "Sentence: C . S . Richardson , Atco ' s senior vice president , finance , said its 50 . 1 % - owned Canadian Utilities Ltd . unit is reviewing cogeneration projects in eastern Canada , and conventional electric power generating plants elsewhere , including Britain , where the British government plans to allow limited competition in electrical generation from private - sector suppliers as part of its privatization program .Question: Which suppliers?", "output": [ "from private - sector suppliers" ] }, { "id": "task858-69be6e3d4b4e4beb9ebe715d51c31ae3", "input": "Sentence: \" The projects are big .Question: how big are they?", "output": [ "projects are big" ] }, { "id": "task858-6bdece246337451aadfbfa7856dda403", "input": "Sentence: Our long suit is our proven ability to operate \" power plants , he said .Question: long suit meaning what?", "output": [ "long suit" ] }, { "id": "task858-9a6e520d6a4e428082b6a9bddbd9f2cc", "input": "Sentence: Now , those routes aren ' t expected to begin until Jan .Question: Why would it take until January?", "output": [ "begin until Jan" ] }, { "id": "task858-ac402955188a47d68af74f44f88ab31a", "input": "Sentence: Boeing is also supposed to send to America West another 757 twin - engine aircraft as well as a 737 by year ' s end .Question: will it actually happen?", "output": [ "also supposed" ] }, { "id": "task858-76ddeb62e3554f3ea727277317d43aec", "input": "Sentence: A consortium of private investors operating as LJH Funding Co . said it has made a $ 409 million cash bid for most of L . J . Hooker Corp . ' s real - estate and shopping - center holdings .Question: Who are the private investors?", "output": [ "A consortium of private investors" ] }, { "id": "task858-0d8b9610dbd64ee1b0e0da0415f4e69c", "input": "Sentence: The $ 409 million bid includes the assumption of an estimated $ 300 million in secured liabilities on those properties , according to those making the bid .Question: What are secured liabilities?", "output": [ "secured" ] }, { "id": "task858-6233ba499ba74f21a071727f3ccf447c", "input": "Sentence: The group is led by Jay Shidler , chief executive officer of Shidler Investment Corp . in Honolulu , and A . Boyd Simpson , chief executive of the Atlanta - based Simpson Organization Inc . Mr . Shidler ' s company specializes in commercial real - estate investment and claims to have $ 1 billion in assets ; Mr . Simpson is a developer and a former senior executive of L . J . Hooker .Question: How did Jay Shidler and A. Boyd Simpson meet?", "output": [ "and" ] }, { "id": "task858-a709f8eb99e64b3fa0e07728ce3d8340", "input": "Sentence: \" The assets are good , but they require more money and management \" than can be provided in L . J . Hooker ' s current situation , said Mr . Simpson in an interview . \" Hooker ' s philosophy was to build and sell .Question: Hooker's philosophy was to build what exactly?", "output": [ "build" ] }, { "id": "task858-58748816b1d7498b9279d61f823d7430", "input": "Sentence: We want to build and hold . \"Question: They want to hold onto what?", "output": [ "hold" ] }, { "id": "task858-76d7ac16f19c40eda54addabf546455f", "input": "Sentence: Olin Corp . said third - quarter net income rose 26 % on the strength of its chemical business .Question: What happened to the net income in the first and second quarter? ", "output": [ "third - quarter" ] }, { "id": "task858-a0902a513b9e498585d2dd2fe050a677", "input": "Sentence: Net was $ 24 million , or $ 1 . 15 a share , up from $ 19 million , or 90 cents a share , a year earlier .Question: What was done differently this year that was not done last year?", "output": [ "up from" ] }, { "id": "task858-e464932a069b43dbbdb68423c3975201", "input": "Sentence: Sales rose 7 . 4 % to $ 580 million from $ 540 million .Question: How did the sales shoot up 7.4% in such a short time?", "output": [ "rose" ] }, { "id": "task858-64b93448116241bd978d4eb1e5238d84", "input": "Sentence: Olin said its chemical segment had profit of $ 22 million , up from $ 15 million a year ago , largely because of gains in electrochemicals such as caustic soda .Question: Were there any losses at all?", "output": [ "gains" ] }, { "id": "task858-d0562ab820f24733a4f2619ae9a5b2f6", "input": "Sentence: The company said the gains were tied to volume increases and higher prices .Question: How did the volume increase and what was the cause of higher prices?", "output": [ "gains" ] }, { "id": "task858-c73b5ac8f034463281b51b587b19b5ad", "input": "Sentence: Bank of New England Corp . , seeking to streamline its business after a year of weak earnings and mounting loan problems , said it will sell some operations and lay off 4 % of its work force .Question: Which operations will it sell?", "output": [ "some operations" ] }, { "id": "task858-d94b13ef25e54bfc951d93356ecc185b", "input": "Sentence: The bank holding company also reported that third - quarter profit dropped 41 % , to $ 42 . 7 million , or 61 cents a share , from the year - earlier $ 72 . 3 million , or $ 1 . 04 a share .Question: Which year?", "output": [ "year - earlier" ] }, { "id": "task858-e81990d2b6c846209ef33462c9d53069", "input": "Sentence: Walter Connolly , chairman , said in an interview that the company expects to record pretax gains of $ 100 million to $ 125 million from the sale of its leasing operations and of certain financial processing services .Question: Which services?", "output": [ "certain financial processing services" ] }, { "id": "task858-d9cb6f2f4ed64f2a81609730c9f77987", "input": "Sentence: Canada , which is preparing to speed up tariff cuts with the U . S . , recorded a 47 % narrowing in its trade surplus with the U . S . in August , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , reported .Question: Why is Canada narrowing the trade surplus with U.S.?", "output": [ "narrowing" ] }, { "id": "task858-3bec77fd606e4540bdd6c9ae9b423001", "input": "Sentence: U . S . exports to Canada jumped 11 . 2 % in August from July while U . S . imports from Canada rose only 2 . 7 % .Question: did it have a bad effect?", "output": [ "Canada rose only 2 . 7 %" ] }, { "id": "task858-97217db53bae43fca9da3b477bdfc7e6", "input": "Sentence: As a result , Canada ' s trade surplus with the U . S . narrowed to C $ 656 . 5 million ( US $ 558 million ) in August from C $ 1 . 23 billion ( US $ 1 . 04 billion ) in July .Question: How has this decrease in surplus affect trading?", "output": [ "narrowed" ] }, { "id": "task858-81ac0a7340f24dad8f0637c9e2a141df", "input": "Sentence: U . S . exports benefited in August from heavy Canadian spending on new plant and equipment and a pickup in Canadian auto demand , Canadian officials said .Question: which person said it?", "output": [ "demand , Canadian officials said" ] }, { "id": "task858-b9a9911c116c4f5f9c7dbb07107a1dad", "input": "Sentence: The U . S . and Canada , which do more trade than any other pair of nations , are to meet next month to arrange an acceleration of planned tariff cuts under the U . S . - Canada free trade agreement .Question: who is the second biggest pair?", "output": [ "than any other pair of nations , are to meet" ] }, { "id": "task858-a4bebb93dd5a462184c65bc31f61f176", "input": "Sentence: The Federal National Mortgage Association set up a three - member office of the chairman and elected James A . Johnson as vice chairman , effective Jan . 1 .Question: Who is he and where did he come from?", "output": [ "James A . Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task858-a6952c5ef98249c2ab36d7253a14fde1", "input": "Sentence: Mr . Johnson has been a managing director at Shearson Lehman Hutton since 1985, and before that was president of Public Strategies , a Washington consulting firm .Question: What is this company?", "output": [ "Shearson Lehman Hutton" ] }, { "id": "task858-9f87617843f9436ab8bd6a5bd2e3524c", "input": "Sentence: He is well - known in Democratic circles , having been executive assistant to Vice President Walter Mondale and chairman of Mr . Mondale ' s 1984 presidential campaign .Question: Did this mean he dealt with the money required for the campaign?", "output": [ "chairman of Mr . Mondale ' s" ] }, { "id": "task858-51f8eae3bafc437f99086a0ac334e62f", "input": "Sentence: I approached \" Mastergate , \" Larry Gelbart ' s new comedy at the Criterion Center , with considerable trepidation .Question: Why did he feel this way?", "output": [ "considerable trepidation" ] }, { "id": "task858-b7b7650f979146abb68431c23a083c0c", "input": "Sentence: Nothing , I assumed , would be more hopelessly dated than a political satire on the Iran - Contra affair .Question: Why is this hopelessly dated?", "output": [ "political satire on the Iran - Contra affair ." ] }, { "id": "task858-62c8ab08aa5b41f7854a2da8a1c56a95", "input": "Sentence: I had underestimated , however , both Mr . Gelbart ' s wit and the persistence of scandal in Washington .Question: Who is Mr. Gelbart?", "output": [ "Mr . Gelbart ' s" ] }, { "id": "task858-debf04d7a3254712a654a2454fb5fce4", "input": "Sentence: Though the play clearly is framed around the events of Iran - Contra , it takes in the wide sweep of scandals over the past 30 years .Question: What are these scandals?", "output": [ "wide sweep of scandals" ] }, { "id": "task858-507aac24fc4d48ccb032ecb834aad0dc", "input": "Sentence: In fact , at one point Merry Chase ( Melinda Mullins ) , a cool , carefully coiffed television announcer , recites a list of a dozen or more scandals of recent years , concluding with those affecting the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the savings and loan industry .Question: Can we be informed on more of these scandals?", "output": [ "dozen or more scandals of recent years ," ] }, { "id": "task858-671939870d354d6092e4ff36b1e485dc", "input": "Sentence: The former president of FirstSouth F . A . , a defunct Arkansas thrift , pleaded guilty to conspiring to inflate the institution ' s earnings by concealing worthless loan guarantees .Question: What are they?", "output": [ "by concealing worthless loan guarantees" ] }, { "id": "task858-642a18d72ed7478080aaa8ca3bbe959f", "input": "Sentence: A sentencing date hasn ' t been set .Question: why hasnt it been set?", "output": [ "sentencing" ] }, { "id": "task858-998b2630e27d4877a0f66a57d4c4813d", "input": "Sentence: Mr . Reed admitted he conspired to conceal an agreement not to enforce loan guarantees executed by Dallas real - estate developers A . Starke Taylor III and George S . Watson , both of whom were FirstSouth stockholders .Question: How did he think he'd get away with that?", "output": [ "conspired to conceal an agreement" ] }, { "id": "task858-b5dda902c72045cab2e2998a70d5a173", "input": "Sentence: Neither Mr . Taylor nor Mr . Watson have been charged with criminal wrongdoing .Question: Again, it doesn't let me highlight everything - just a single word. What wrongdoing were the initially accused of?", "output": [ "wrongdoing" ] }, { "id": "task858-02d5cb7a0ce24b3590b2affc61e4cc98", "input": "Sentence: Prospect Group Inc . , whose recent hostile tender offer for Recognition Equipment Inc . failed for lack of financing , apparently has gained a measure of control over the troubled company anyway .Question: How did Prospect Group Inc. gain any control, over Recognition Equipment Inc?", "output": [ "gained" ] }, { "id": "task858-14b34d8095a74b368957102c4b49ee82", "input": "Sentence: As part of what a Recognition spokeswoman termed an \" amiable agreement , \" Prospect Group will wind up with control of top management posts and an increased stake in the maker of data management equipment .Question: What is the name of this spokeswoman?", "output": [ "spokeswoman" ] }, { "id": "task858-1a2dc4f9527e425d87144fc2a2d6c52c", "input": "Sentence: In a management restructuring , Thomas L . Ringer resigned as chairman , chief executive and a director , while Israel Sheinberg resigned as a director .Question: Who replaced those guys?", "output": [ "Thomas" ] }, { "id": "task858-9fd44157082a4220b2f60abb6cd79469", "input": "Sentence: Mr . Sheinberg remains as executive vice president .Question: Why did Mr, Sheinberg get promoted?", "output": [ "Sheinberg" ] }, { "id": "task858-5d03321a7bd245228655d5f29cd74137", "input": "Sentence: Thomas M . Hurley and Robert A . Vanourek , who had been designated to take over Recognition ' s top spots had Prospect ' s tender offer succeeded , were named co - chief executives and directors .Question: How many top spots did Recognition have?", "output": [ "Recognition ' s" ] }, { "id": "task858-de9f8b4caa8d4ed29c4c7e8f152a4485", "input": "Sentence: Tribune Co . , helped by a hefty boost in performance at its broadcasting and entertainment operations , said net income jumped 21 % in its third quarter ended Sept . 24 on a 3 % increase in revenue .Question: How did they help?", "output": [ "helped by a hefty boost" ] }, { "id": "task858-2a461663541342939400c70022066073", "input": "Sentence: The broadcasting and newspaper concern , based in Chicago , said net was $ 62 . 7 million , or 77 cents a primary share , up from $ 51 . 6 million , or 69 cents a share .Question: why is it a concern?", "output": [ "broadcasting and newspaper concern ," ] }, { "id": "task858-74666dd1cb084213a20b3afc93b50a35", "input": "Sentence: Per - share figures this year reflect $ 6 . 8 million in preferred - share dividends ; the 1988 quarter didn ' t have such a payout .Question: How does this play into things?", "output": [ "1988 quarter didn ' t have such a payout" ] }, { "id": "task858-ffc95503132b452f940db72dc05240c4", "input": "Sentence: Revenue rose to $ 590 . 7 million from $ 575 . 1 million .Question: How much would they dividend be?", "output": [ "Revenue rose" ] }, { "id": "task858-915d39d294de4657a7813257dd8354ff", "input": "Sentence: Nine - month net climbed 19 % to $ 174 . 8 million , or $ 2 . 21 a primary share , from $ 147 . 5 million , or $ 1 . 94 a share .Question: Why did it climb?", "output": [ "Nine - month net climbed 19 %" ] }, { "id": "task858-58596e6983ed4989aebcf5af7ab66962", "input": "Sentence: The key U . S . and foreign annual interest rates below are a guide to general levels but don ' t always represent actual transactions .Question: Why don't interest rates always represent transactions? ", "output": [ "don ' t always represent" ] }, { "id": "task858-c3db006e621444c1a28404a0dd75044c", "input": "Sentence: The base rate on corporate loans at large U . S . money center commercial banks .Question: What is the base rate on corporate loans at large US banks?", "output": [ "base" ] }, { "id": "task858-f3b77275234c419691bb7315533d0ebf", "input": "Sentence: Ashton - Tate Corp . reported a net loss of $ 19 . 4 million , or 74 cents a share , for the third quarter , which was burdened by severance costs and the expense of upgrading its database software inventories .Question: Why was there such a big debt in severance?", "output": [ "severance" ] }, { "id": "task858-c1bc83ccd4ac4c40a44ae21df6592612", "input": "Sentence: The software company said revenue slid 28 % to $ 53 . 9 million .Question: What was the reason for the slide?", "output": [ "slid" ] }, { "id": "task858-876137cca2504c1aa50ea59e22485d9f", "input": "Sentence: This contrasts with the year - ago quarter , when the company had net income of $ 11 . 7 million , or 45 cents a share , on revenue of $ 75 . 7 million .Question: What happened compared to a year-ago?", "output": [ "income" ] }, { "id": "task858-2b176fd9d5844fa2b7caa6a7082d986d", "input": "Sentence: For the nine months , Ashton - Tate had a loss of $ 27 . 6 million , or $ 1 . 05 a share .Question: What is Ashton Tate?", "output": [ "Ashton - Tate" ] }, { "id": "task858-a7126c3771b34ec69d7aceb7aa3ad7e2", "input": "Sentence: In the year - ago period , the company had profit of $ 34 . 3 million , or $ 1 . 32 a share .Question: What is the company's profit during this period? ", "output": [ "company had profit of $ 34 . 3 million ," ] }, { "id": "task858-db1faab2ccf0430fa020cac1a98e55b1", "input": "Sentence: A surprising surge in the U . S . trade deficit raised fears that the nation ' s export drive has stalled , and caused new turmoil in financial markets .Question: Why would our export drive have stalled in other nations?", "output": [ "the nation ' s export drive has stalled ," ] }, { "id": "task858-d483275a08f24ec2a76a83a754a586c5", "input": "Sentence: The merchandise trade deficit widened in August to $ 10 . 77 billion , the Commerce Department reported , a sharp deterioration from July ' s $ 8 . 24 billion and the largest deficit of any month this year .Question: Why did the largest deficit happen in July?", "output": [ "$ 8 . 24 billion and the largest" ] }, { "id": "task858-c0162c96df8343aeaf0fb6a070c83760", "input": "Sentence: Exports fell for the second month in a row , while imports rose to a record .Question: Would putting a tariff on those imports help mend the deficit? ", "output": [ "while imports rose" ] }, { "id": "task858-d1a5f51a873f4f7585a9f3fb879f95f4", "input": "Sentence: The number had a troubling effect on Wall Street , suggesting that more fundamental economic problems may underlie last Friday ' s stock market slide .Question: How big of an economical problem could this turnout to be?", "output": [ "more fundamental economic problems" ] }, { "id": "task858-6b9cb5f317c7491a96d21ecd932714b0", "input": "Sentence: Hopes for quick enactment of pending deficit - reduction legislation faded as efforts to streamline the House version in advance of a House - Senate conference broke down .Question: who is hoping?", "output": [ "Hopes" ] }, { "id": "task858-8e668200debc4ca195afb9e999b7beb1", "input": "Sentence: House leaders had hoped to follow the Senate ' s lead by getting an agreement from House committee chairmen under which they would drop items that wouldn ' t reduce the fiscal 1990 budget deficit from the House - passed bill before the negotiations with the Senate began .Question: Which house leaders?", "output": [ "House leaders had hoped" ] }, { "id": "task858-75346bbc6b0e4605a3a747e5ff6d9beb", "input": "Sentence: But the effort became snagged on the question of what would become of other issues , ranging from cutting the capital - gains tax to child care to repeal of catastrophic - illness insurance . \" Many members feel there are important features of the House bill that should be enacted , \" Speaker Thomas Foley ( D . , Wash . ) said . \" If there is any support for reducing the bill , it is conditioned on their desire to see them passed in another form . \"Question: why do they desire it?", "output": [ "their desire" ] }, { "id": "task858-69b2bc06019e48a186133f44c14ccc37", "input": "Sentence: Now those items will be discussed in a House - Senate conference , which could begin as soon as today , with the expectation that they could either be resolved there or placed into other legislation . \" You ' ve got to give these chairmen the opportunity to see if they can work things out , \" said House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta ( D . , Calif . ) . \" This is a democratic process - - you can ' t slam - dunk anything around here . \"Question: Why would it be placed into another legislation?", "output": [ "placed into other legislation" ] }, { "id": "task858-eb682014d07043e192d67583a4d86d57", "input": "Sentence: White House Budget Director Richard Darman has said he would continue to press to keep the capital - gains provision in the final version of the bill unless the House drops many of its costly provisions .Question: what are his credentials?", "output": [ "Richard Darman" ] }, { "id": "task858-2daed1fa4e9a4afa8c8f67cdcf9bfc4f", "input": "Sentence: Mutual - fund czar John M . Templeton has put his money where his moniker is , pouring $ 1 . 4 million into one of his own funds , the Templeton Value Fund .Question: What is John M. Templeton's net worth?", "output": [ "John M . Templeton" ] }, { "id": "task858-f6478977ddc6425d90e85ce055935b02", "input": "Sentence: Mr . Templeton owns shares in several of the 33 funds that his firm manages , but only in three of the 10 available to U . S . investors , according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission .Question: Who are the other funds available to?", "output": [ "three of the 10 available to U . S . investors ," ] } ], "Instance License": [ "Unknown" ] }