1193 lines
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1193 lines
68 KiBLFS
JSON
{
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"Contributors": [
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"Ashutosh Garg"
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],
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"Source": [
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"inquisitive"
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],
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"URL": [
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"https://github.com/wjko2/INQUISITIVE"
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],
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"Categories": [
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"Question Answering"
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],
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"Reasoning": [],
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"Definition": [
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"Indicate a text span in the passage about which an inquisitive question is asked. (note, don't answer the question)."
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],
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"Input_language": [
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"English"
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],
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"Output_language": [
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"English"
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],
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"Instruction_language": [
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"English"
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],
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"Domains": [
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"News"
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],
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"Positive Examples": [
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{
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"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 .<sep>Question: What was the duration of the Obama administration?",
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"output": "Obama administration",
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"explanation": "It guesses the right span of the sentence where the question is from."
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},
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{
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"input": "Sentence: Planetary scientists dream of sending a geologist to Mars to study its rocks by hand .<sep>Question: Why do Planetary scientists want to study rocks of Mars only?",
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"output": "to Mars",
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"explanation": "It guesses the right span of the sentence where the question is from."
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}
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],
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"Negative Examples": [
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{
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why are they creating additional screening protocols?",
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"output": "Obama administration",
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"explanation": "It is not able to guess the correct span of the sentence where the question is from."
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},
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{
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"input": "Sentence: Planetary scientists dream of sending a geologist to Mars to study its rocks by hand .<sep>Question: What does Planetary scientist mean?",
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"output": "to Mars",
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"explanation": "It is not an inquisitive question and can be answered from the sentence itself sentence."
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}
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],
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"Instances": [
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{
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"id": "task858-b07c946feaa6473cae9da9d74a7fb3d9",
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"input": "Sentence: Many of the nation ' s highest - ranking executives saluted Friday ' s market plunge as an overdue comeuppance for speculators and takeover players .<sep>Question: Why was it overdue?",
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"output": [
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"overdue"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-574c15502c6949c2b86527aec0b64a29",
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"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 . \"<sep>Question: Which executives?",
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"output": [
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"some executives"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-38bbd4d7b619493d99ba815dad276791",
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"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 ?<sep>Question: how many meet?",
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"output": [
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"fall meeting"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-dada0ed74c354e8bb7fc5318b09f4524",
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"input": "Sentence: Where ' s the guy who can say : ` Enough is enough ' \" ?<sep>Question: should there be that guy?",
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"output": [
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"the guy"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-08debd5ee50441f2a7d522ebbf65ec8b",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why were they not perturbed?",
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"output": [
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"unperturbed"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-0324244a84fe45db89b316bd1dee9d1f",
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"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 .<sep>Question: what is an accord",
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"output": [
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"part of an accord"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-fc1b564599bf4fe1ad6c121c27ea3e23",
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"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 .<sep>Question: what is the federal superfund?",
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"output": [
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"federal Superfund program"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-206411471b1b4a5eaed4e7fe52e7825d",
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"input": "Sentence: The 21 - square - mile area is contaminated with lead , zinc and other metals .<sep>Question: Which other metals?",
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"output": [
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"other metals"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-306e507952fe46a88082025f684c0e6a",
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"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 .<sep>Question: why would it be exempt?",
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"output": [
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"potentially exempting"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-b2555b99baf14c9ca7e76e0b66e71c3b",
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"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 .<sep>Question: is this a neighborhood?",
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"output": [
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"Little Italy"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-75c8daf8bbf443eaa78d5711fef75e9e",
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"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 .<sep>Question: is this a nickname?",
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"output": [
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"\" Bonfire of the Vanities \""
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-b4e069bb429b4bc39d0ecde60ce16539",
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"input": "Sentence: But Laura Cunningham ' s Bronx , her childhood Bronx of the ' 50s , is something else altogether .<sep>Question: who is she?",
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"output": [
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"Laura Cunningham ' s"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-017c23d0a18841e28f0f6fb7f8380b9a",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did Relational have an unexpected first quarter loss?",
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"output": [
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"an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-c464c10d928542cfb0251a0917991ee8",
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"input": "Sentence: The database software company said it expects a $ 2 million net loss for the fiscal first quarter ended Sept . 30 .<sep>Question: What is total loses in all?",
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"output": [
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"net"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6d6e289ac8884fb3971b492165a413ce",
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"input": "Sentence: It said analysts had been expecting a small profit for the period .<sep>Question: Why were the experts incorrect about their analysis?",
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"output": [
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"analysts had been expecting a small profit"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-354b43a2c7974059a7eaa551db0b538a",
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"input": "Sentence: Revenue is expected to be \" up modestly \" from the $ 26 . 5 million reported a year ago .<sep>Question: Why are they expected to generate more revenue this year than last even though they are taking a hit this year?",
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"output": [
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"\" up"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6663e0866b774fbc8ea8476b1d83aff0",
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"input": "Sentence: Relational Technology reported net income of $ 1 . 5 million , or 12 cents a share , in the year - earlier period .<sep>Question: How many shares this year can they expect vs. last year?",
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"output": [
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"share ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-71ffeae5ee4449a18ddf3353f9e53f59",
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"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 .<sep>Question: third quarter of what year?",
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"output": [
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"third quarter ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-3f4cb9187a67424580264db795fa33f8",
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"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 .<sep>Question: what are adverse foreign-currency translations?",
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"output": [
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"adverse foreign - currency translations"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-eeea0dbb39a34d18b48b688d7980ae15",
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"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 .<sep>Question: which medicines?",
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"output": [
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"higher - priced medicines"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-8909b61d80fc4d03b017cb0adc9b3286",
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"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 .<sep>Question: which products?",
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"output": [
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"older products ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-dfbb114b8a4944fda856150770778c43",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How does consolidating manufacturing plants help save the businesses money?",
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"output": [
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"consolidating"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-e8cc249480144e64ab5994976e89499e",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Does this stock-swap mean swapping between two companies?",
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"output": [
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"preferred - stock swap"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-27373886bf3d43fcbe3e4595b072ee52",
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"input": "Sentence: The exchange ratio was never established .<sep>Question: why not established?",
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"output": [
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"ratio was never established"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-7882c21682da4422bc3fe3c158c8c7d4",
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"input": "Sentence: Weatherford said market conditions led to the cancellation of the planned exchange .<sep>Question: What are these market conditions that make the cancellation happen?",
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"output": [
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"market conditions"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-215d847026fd4e1d95ddc89982958053",
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"input": "Sentence: The energy - services concern said , however , that in January 1990, it may resume payments of dividends on the preferred stock .<sep>Question: why will it resume?",
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"output": [
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"may"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-eeff0ee220214f6d8f09273b7d6c2eb7",
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"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 ) .<sep>Question: why did they raise a obstacle?",
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"output": [
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"raised an obstacle"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a00a4cfcb1784b0ca05e84d51f278ed0",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why isnt it a net benefit to canada?",
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"output": [
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"\" net benefit \" to Canada"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-c4a469cf881547ac9ab28fce201b251e",
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"input": "Sentence: Canadian investment rules require that big foreign takeovers meet that standard .<sep>Question: Why must every foreign takeover benefit Canadians?",
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"output": [
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"big foreign takeovers"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a4303b184cfa4863ad3178f06bc8111a",
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"input": "Sentence: The French company said the government gave it 30 days in which to submit information to further support its takeover plan .<sep>Question: Why does it require the government to turn over documents?",
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"output": [
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"further support its takeover plan"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-78b8dbfd45fc4d95b42fec204c2d6cb6",
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"input": "Sentence: Both Merieux and Connaught are biotechnology research and vaccine manufacturing concerns .<sep>Question: What are the concerns?",
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"output": [
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"concerns"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-c116d7bab9294466aebf5991159cb1e1",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which five assembly plants?",
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"output": [
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"five North American assembly plants"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-8c59b2f3d18e4102b4ce4fb62ceb06ec",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which plants would be eliminated?",
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"output": [
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"two full - sized van assembly plants ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-76cf6661c388459eb6321437753bbbcf",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What caused the market share to skid?",
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"output": [
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"market share skidded"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-5c61cb0ce6874a099e851332038a9934",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How will they accomplish this?",
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"output": [
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"100 % of capacity by 1992"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-70ea45f91aae46deb1c2d9a9ac0344d6",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why close this plant specifically?",
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"output": [
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"assembly plant"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-5751e96a0b3d4dcc84a8b2e98d9308e2",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which year?",
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"output": [
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"Sept . 24"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-42ad1b31c89d4ea4abf44f5098f50ee3",
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"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 .<sep>Question: do they make hard drives?",
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"output": [
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"computer - data - storage"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-161e6a169bb84a63a9531103ed2dd1bb",
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"input": "Sentence: Revenue soared to $ 117 million from $ 81 . 5 million .<sep>Question: Is revenue defined as the amount of money made by all workers in the company?",
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"output": [
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"Revenue soared to $ 117 million"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-054e616de9bb41eeaabe868460ce8ca8",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why aren't they going to sell them anymore?",
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"output": [
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"isn ' t going to sell anymore"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-53baf553fadb4a6c9de9b3f9cc74e8fc",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who is the official close to the company?",
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"output": [
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"an official close to the company"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a75fb9a27fe9473cae5dc2ae093a8840",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did this occur and how?",
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"output": [
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"Friday ' s stock - market sell - off in New York"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a94b5c08357f441189233b41e442776b",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who is their new chief executive officer?",
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"output": [
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"last week named a new chief executive officer"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-bd0e7bef4e584f11bb7d134b0473a74c",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who are these third parties?",
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"output": [
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"one or more third parties"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d353ea87512047baa5fdad59d0721886",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why is the buy-out being suggested?",
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"output": [
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"buy - out of the company ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6dc229eff29b4b2b8799d5a1351d2168",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What does HOFI stand for?",
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"output": [
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"HOFI"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-8cf31428b1c04f06a620771f8a995a35",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why are they combining their stakes?",
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"output": [
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"combining"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-29a32a21b9534e4da024daf43ff8f4e4",
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"input": "Sentence: But HOFI ' s first offer would have given Ideal ' s other shareholders about 10 % of the combined company .<sep>Question: Why only 10%?",
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"output": [
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"10 %"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6a7d55c61e3442098de4d924ce618c35",
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"input": "Sentence: Ideal ' s directors rejected that offer , although they said they endorsed the merger proposal .<sep>Question: why did they endorse the major proposal?",
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"output": [
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"endorsed the merger proposal"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-471722c74c3f4dbba804a6626bb94605",
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"input": "Sentence: Under the agreement , HOFI will own 87 . 2 % of the combined company .<sep>Question: do they want more?",
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"output": [
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"87 . 2 % of the combined company"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d8102daef9424fec95fedc63ba707e3d",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What are the laws related to this area?",
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"output": [
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"concealing"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-1707be466c434687b638c925e13b0a8c",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Is there an exact number for this, and what number would be considered disproportionate?",
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"output": [
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"\" disproportionate"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-9f045139763f42e9bc9f8bfefe40731f",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Do the two men mentioned work for Vagabond?",
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"output": [
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"Vagabond Hotels"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-0a39b3d009c840f1b34aa3c1db973c14",
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"input": "Sentence: Vagabond Hotels was controlled by Mr . Boesky , who currently is serving a prison term for securities violations .<sep>Question: How many years and does the punishment fit the crime?",
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"output": [
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"term"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-be5cee6208b74b9a8e2615e1ee18afce",
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"input": "Sentence: Salomon Brothers International Ltd . , a British subsidiary of Salomon Inc . , announced it will issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd .<sep>Question: Why are they going to issue warrants on share of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd?",
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"output": [
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"issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-68543463ffe849788c216f4377d95de6",
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"input": "Sentence: The move closely follows a similar offer by Salomon of warrants for shares of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp .<sep>Question: Why are they placing these warrants on Asian countries?",
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"output": [
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"Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp ."
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-fdabf82722ad4a41b9e33c8b3f055e21",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why can buyers only buy one?",
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"output": [
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"giving buyers the right to buy one"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-dab60628565d4ff4affe698108fe52e3",
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"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 % .<sep>Question: How did they determine the share price?",
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"output": [
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"share price of about 26 % ."
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-46e247eaf4d7418e8c34831cf6ba8c11",
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"input": "Sentence: In trading on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong , the shares closed Wednesday at HK $ 4 . 80 each .<sep>Question: Is there any fee associated with owning foreign shares?",
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"output": [
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"Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-50793232ed39429a9cbb86a33d92eca8",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why are demands growing from Western Europe?",
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"output": [
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"blunt growing demands"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-553489dcdb32413f80350980ba87d701",
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"input": "Sentence: C . Olivetti & Co . supplied militarily valuable technology to the Soviets .<sep>Question: Why did they supply the Soviets with military technology?",
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"output": [
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"C . Olivetti & Co . supplied militarily"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-72030f34a4664023ba3b00064510b08d",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why must we align our export control policies?",
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"output": [
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"align their export - control policies ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-99ef87bfc06d4534ae2fc627fec52740",
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"input": "Sentence: They plan to press specifically for a relaxation of rules governing exports of machine tools , computers and other high - technology products .<sep>Question: Why are they just trying to relax the rules around technology?",
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"output": [
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"relaxation of rules governing exports"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-cefe08a7dc324878ab9b35df9848d18f",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How would he be able to see the evidence?",
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"output": [
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"see evidence"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-24d97f03637945c2a57be6217f24eee1",
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"input": "Sentence: The oil industry ' s middling profits could persist through the rest of the year .<sep>Question: why the rest of yeatr?",
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"output": [
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"the rest of the year"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-1b209a19be234fbea95f707968c8d448",
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"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 .<sep>Question: is this bad?",
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"output": [
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"robust earnings"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2f68d42f6cdc42b4a0c96770d3f7cf85",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which executives and analysts?",
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"output": [
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"industry executives and analysts say ,"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-32b21502f8794f5088de36b3d157ec37",
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"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 .<sep>Question: what does softening mean?",
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"output": [
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"softening"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2a9579c10d2544be8efed463b8a19687",
|
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"input": "Sentence: He didn ' t forecast Phillips ' s results .<sep>Question: what did phillips say?",
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"output": [
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"Phillips ' s"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2c21d5981d19423983d18951542b3b80",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why do they expect to report a net loss in the fourth quarter?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"report a net loss"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-44660994b04d4eb0a39323215deee6b9",
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"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 .<sep>Question: who is the seller?",
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"output": [
|
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"The seller"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-345e137b516548198d21332fd79028a5",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did Traditional decline to estimate the loss for the year?",
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"output": [
|
|
"Traditional declined"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-76723e585e4a4ba8935ac587952882ba",
|
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"input": "Sentence: The company didn ' t break out its fourth - quarter results .<sep>Question: Why didn't the company break out their fourth quarter results?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"company didn ' t"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-52bf62271b1f4c79b9bc3aaf1db0fb6b",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What has made economic tensions worse? ",
|
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"output": [
|
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"U . S . and Japan worsening ,"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-16394de34bbb480bb2fa47c908564207",
|
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"input": "Sentence: They expected a new barrage of demands that Japan do something quickly to reduce its trade surplus with the U . S .<sep>Question: Did they expect this due to the trade war with China?",
|
|
"output": [
|
|
"They expected"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-8b3cf027db634d1c87b80a8edb6cd3b2",
|
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"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 .<sep>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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"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 .<sep>Question: Was this due to tensions rising over economic concernes?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"completely different tone"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-2475973fc45a4b878691be506fd9c1f4",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Mr . Mosbacher called for concrete results by next spring in negotiations over fundamental Japanese business practices that supposedly inhibit free trade .<sep>Question: What are Japanese businesses doing that inhibit free trade?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"business practices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-dd7f9139ceff4950b11e9c7c0320372e",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Measuring cups may soon be replaced by tablespoons in the laundry room .<sep>Question: How soon will this be taking place?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"soon"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-578220f2c10e4068a0bc19b00eef5c84",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Procter & Gamble Co . plans to begin testing next month a superconcentrated detergent that will require only a few spoonfuls per washload .<sep>Question: What are the testing methods?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"testing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-4a62bbd35feb4f84b59ed8959ee44e91",
|
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"input": "Sentence: The move stems from lessons learned in Japan where local competitors have had phenomenal success with concentrated soapsuds .<sep>Question: Does this effect the environment in any way, and are there environmentally friendly options?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"concentrated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-25771fb1deab4d63bf3960add4138e79",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What other products utilize superconcentrates?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"superconcentrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-6913423351a945b1a2815f3e632f2b92",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What is the market share of P&G's in the USA?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"The Cincinnati consumer - products giant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-a62aec9d35234f7a94d37c70b2fc19ab",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What are the new products that will lead to stronger performance?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"several new products will"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-daff2ffa6b204d19b05e611d1015eb79",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: interview with who?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"interview"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-4df6d1d51dc24b10b38c01fcb12fead4",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why has there been such a decline in sales of privately owned pay telephones?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"12 - month decline"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-032b4bcc60b74c11933de75052b0c5b5",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which newly industrialized countries?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"newly industrialized countries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-e7c24a09e29543efb5e0dc6d9b999e91",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: why did they cut it?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"Japan ' s steel quota ,"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-a9f4e4ad19e64c9493358ebf6e21008b",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What is the new quota share?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"previous five - year steel quotas ,"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-8c642de4185a4abea4350de3899f38cf",
|
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"input": "Sentence: In recent years , U . S . steelmakers have supplied about 80 % of the 100 million tons of steel used annually by the nation .<sep>Question: how recent?",
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"output": [
|
|
"In recent years ,"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-c3c9631b29234674b1423fbc6ccd8cbd",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why is Nabisco disbanding that division?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"disbanding its division"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-1a869259029b47babe015eac96cc376d",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: why taken private?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"private"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-a98db1951915471abda3c439fff489f1",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did he decline to specify?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"declined to specify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-76d72d053daf49df88e204a438db5161",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why is the budget down?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"down"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-dc8a5d099bc74d73a4aadd26eea22e02",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Where in California?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"California"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-499e626731bc4b0ba0a1858c10cb1bd1",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Kaufman & Broad , a home building company , declined to identify the institutional investors .<sep>Question: Why did Kaufman & Broad decline to identify its institutional investors? ",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"declined to identify the institutional investors"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
|
"id": "task858-5af956e7a13046a2aa78e206e4f00f85",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why haven't zoning and other approvals for development been obtained? ",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"hasn ' t yet received zoning and other approvals"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-5dc09167aacb4cc3aafaecb7e32bb2dd",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why is the partnership running the risk of not getting approvals? ",
|
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"output": [
|
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"runs the risk that it may not get the approvals"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-90a80a8a5dc347bba84c7127af70d2bd",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: who are atco. ltd?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"Atco Ltd"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-1e44612b0b5b4bb0acfd67dc39fa86f3",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which suppliers?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"from private - sector suppliers"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-69be6e3d4b4e4beb9ebe715d51c31ae3",
|
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"input": "Sentence: \" The projects are big .<sep>Question: how big are they?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"projects are big"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6bdece246337451aadfbfa7856dda403",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Our long suit is our proven ability to operate \" power plants , he said .<sep>Question: long suit meaning what?",
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"output": [
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"long suit"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-9a6e520d6a4e428082b6a9bddbd9f2cc",
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"input": "Sentence: Now , those routes aren ' t expected to begin until Jan .<sep>Question: Why would it take until January?",
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"output": [
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"begin until Jan"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-ac402955188a47d68af74f44f88ab31a",
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"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 .<sep>Question: will it actually happen?",
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"output": [
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"also supposed"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-76ddeb62e3554f3ea727277317d43aec",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who are the private investors?",
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"output": [
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"A consortium of private investors"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-0d8b9610dbd64ee1b0e0da0415f4e69c",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What are secured liabilities?",
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"output": [
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"secured"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6233ba499ba74f21a071727f3ccf447c",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How did Jay Shidler and A. Boyd Simpson meet?",
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"output": [
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"and"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a709f8eb99e64b3fa0e07728ce3d8340",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Hooker's philosophy was to build what exactly?",
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"output": [
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"build"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-58748816b1d7498b9279d61f823d7430",
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"input": "Sentence: We want to build and hold . \"<sep>Question: They want to hold onto what?",
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"output": [
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"hold"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-76d7ac16f19c40eda54addabf546455f",
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"input": "Sentence: Olin Corp . said third - quarter net income rose 26 % on the strength of its chemical business .<sep>Question: What happened to the net income in the first and second quarter? ",
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"output": [
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"third - quarter"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a0902a513b9e498585d2dd2fe050a677",
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"input": "Sentence: Net was $ 24 million , or $ 1 . 15 a share , up from $ 19 million , or 90 cents a share , a year earlier .<sep>Question: What was done differently this year that was not done last year?",
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"output": [
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"up from"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-e464932a069b43dbbdb68423c3975201",
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"input": "Sentence: Sales rose 7 . 4 % to $ 580 million from $ 540 million .<sep>Question: How did the sales shoot up 7.4% in such a short time?",
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"output": [
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"rose"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-64b93448116241bd978d4eb1e5238d84",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Were there any losses at all?",
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"output": [
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"gains"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d0562ab820f24733a4f2619ae9a5b2f6",
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"input": "Sentence: The company said the gains were tied to volume increases and higher prices .<sep>Question: How did the volume increase and what was the cause of higher prices?",
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"output": [
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"gains"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-c73b5ac8f034463281b51b587b19b5ad",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which operations will it sell?",
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"output": [
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"some operations"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d94b13ef25e54bfc951d93356ecc185b",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which year?",
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"output": [
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"year - earlier"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-e81990d2b6c846209ef33462c9d53069",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which services?",
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"output": [
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"certain financial processing services"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d9cb6f2f4ed64f2a81609730c9f77987",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why is Canada narrowing the trade surplus with U.S.?",
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"output": [
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"narrowing"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-3bec77fd606e4540bdd6c9ae9b423001",
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"input": "Sentence: U . S . exports to Canada jumped 11 . 2 % in August from July while U . S . imports from Canada rose only 2 . 7 % .<sep>Question: did it have a bad effect?",
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"output": [
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"Canada rose only 2 . 7 %"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-97217db53bae43fca9da3b477bdfc7e6",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How has this decrease in surplus affect trading?",
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"output": [
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"narrowed"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-81ac0a7340f24dad8f0637c9e2a141df",
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"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 .<sep>Question: which person said it?",
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"output": [
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"demand , Canadian officials said"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-b9a9911c116c4f5f9c7dbb07107a1dad",
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"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 .<sep>Question: who is the second biggest pair?",
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"output": [
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"than any other pair of nations , are to meet"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a4bebb93dd5a462184c65bc31f61f176",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who is he and where did he come from?",
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"output": [
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"James A . Johnson"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-a6952c5ef98249c2ab36d7253a14fde1",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What is this company?",
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"output": [
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"Shearson Lehman Hutton"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-9f87617843f9436ab8bd6a5bd2e3524c",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Did this mean he dealt with the money required for the campaign?",
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"output": [
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"chairman of Mr . Mondale ' s"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-51f8eae3bafc437f99086a0ac334e62f",
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"input": "Sentence: I approached \" Mastergate , \" Larry Gelbart ' s new comedy at the Criterion Center , with considerable trepidation .<sep>Question: Why did he feel this way?",
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"output": [
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"considerable trepidation"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-b7b7650f979146abb68431c23a083c0c",
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"input": "Sentence: Nothing , I assumed , would be more hopelessly dated than a political satire on the Iran - Contra affair .<sep>Question: Why is this hopelessly dated?",
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"output": [
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"political satire on the Iran - Contra affair ."
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-62c8ab08aa5b41f7854a2da8a1c56a95",
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"input": "Sentence: I had underestimated , however , both Mr . Gelbart ' s wit and the persistence of scandal in Washington .<sep>Question: Who is Mr. Gelbart?",
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"output": [
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"Mr . Gelbart ' s"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-debf04d7a3254712a654a2454fb5fce4",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What are these scandals?",
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"output": [
|
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"wide sweep of scandals"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-507aac24fc4d48ccb032ecb834aad0dc",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Can we be informed on more of these scandals?",
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"output": [
|
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"dozen or more scandals of recent years ,"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-671939870d354d6092e4ff36b1e485dc",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What are they?",
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"output": [
|
|
"by concealing worthless loan guarantees"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-642a18d72ed7478080aaa8ca3bbe959f",
|
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"input": "Sentence: A sentencing date hasn ' t been set .<sep>Question: why hasnt it been set?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"sentencing"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-998b2630e27d4877a0f66a57d4c4813d",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How did he think he'd get away with that?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"conspired to conceal an agreement"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-b5dda902c72045cab2e2998a70d5a173",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Neither Mr . Taylor nor Mr . Watson have been charged with criminal wrongdoing .<sep>Question: Again, it doesn't let me highlight everything - just a single word. What wrongdoing were the initially accused of?",
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"output": [
|
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"wrongdoing"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-02d5cb7a0ce24b3590b2affc61e4cc98",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: How did Prospect Group Inc. gain any control, over Recognition Equipment Inc?",
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"output": [
|
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"gained"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-14b34d8095a74b368957102c4b49ee82",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: What is the name of this spokeswoman?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"spokeswoman"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-1a2dc4f9527e425d87144fc2a2d6c52c",
|
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"input": "Sentence: In a management restructuring , Thomas L . Ringer resigned as chairman , chief executive and a director , while Israel Sheinberg resigned as a director .<sep>Question: Who replaced those guys?",
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"output": [
|
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"Thomas"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-9fd44157082a4220b2f60abb6cd79469",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Mr . Sheinberg remains as executive vice president .<sep>Question: Why did Mr, Sheinberg get promoted?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"Sheinberg"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-5d03321a7bd245228655d5f29cd74137",
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"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 .<sep>Question: How many top spots did Recognition have?",
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"output": [
|
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"Recognition ' s"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-de9f8b4caa8d4ed29c4c7e8f152a4485",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: How did they help?",
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"output": [
|
|
"helped by a hefty boost"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2a461663541342939400c70022066073",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: why is it a concern?",
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"output": [
|
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"broadcasting and newspaper concern ,"
|
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-74666dd1cb084213a20b3afc93b50a35",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Per - share figures this year reflect $ 6 . 8 million in preferred - share dividends ; the 1988 quarter didn ' t have such a payout .<sep>Question: How does this play into things?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"1988 quarter didn ' t have such a payout"
|
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-ffc95503132b452f940db72dc05240c4",
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"input": "Sentence: Revenue rose to $ 590 . 7 million from $ 575 . 1 million .<sep>Question: How much would they dividend be?",
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"output": [
|
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"Revenue rose"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-915d39d294de4657a7813257dd8354ff",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did it climb?",
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"output": [
|
|
"Nine - month net climbed 19 %"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-58596e6983ed4989aebcf5af7ab66962",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why don't interest rates always represent transactions? ",
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"output": [
|
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"don ' t always represent"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-c3db006e621444c1a28404a0dd75044c",
|
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"input": "Sentence: The base rate on corporate loans at large U . S . money center commercial banks .<sep>Question: What is the base rate on corporate loans at large US banks?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"base"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-f3b77275234c419691bb7315533d0ebf",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why was there such a big debt in severance?",
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"output": [
|
|
"severance"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-c1bc83ccd4ac4c40a44ae21df6592612",
|
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"input": "Sentence: The software company said revenue slid 28 % to $ 53 . 9 million .<sep>Question: What was the reason for the slide?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"slid"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-876137cca2504c1aa50ea59e22485d9f",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What happened compared to a year-ago?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"income"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2b176fd9d5844fa2b7caa6a7082d986d",
|
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"input": "Sentence: For the nine months , Ashton - Tate had a loss of $ 27 . 6 million , or $ 1 . 05 a share .<sep>Question: What is Ashton Tate?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"Ashton - Tate"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
|
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"id": "task858-a7126c3771b34ec69d7aceb7aa3ad7e2",
|
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"input": "Sentence: In the year - ago period , the company had profit of $ 34 . 3 million , or $ 1 . 32 a share .<sep>Question: What is the company's profit during this period? ",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"company had profit of $ 34 . 3 million ,"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-db1faab2ccf0430fa020cac1a98e55b1",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why would our export drive have stalled in other nations?",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"the nation ' s export drive has stalled ,"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-d483275a08f24ec2a76a83a754a586c5",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: Why did the largest deficit happen in July?",
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"output": [
|
|
"$ 8 . 24 billion and the largest"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-c0162c96df8343aeaf0fb6a070c83760",
|
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"input": "Sentence: Exports fell for the second month in a row , while imports rose to a record .<sep>Question: Would putting a tariff on those imports help mend the deficit? ",
|
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"output": [
|
|
"while imports rose"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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{
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"id": "task858-d1a5f51a873f4f7585a9f3fb879f95f4",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: How big of an economical problem could this turnout to be?",
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"output": [
|
|
"more fundamental economic problems"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-6b9cb5f317c7491a96d21ecd932714b0",
|
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"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 .<sep>Question: who is hoping?",
|
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"output": [
|
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"Hopes"
|
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]
|
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-8e668200debc4ca195afb9e999b7beb1",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Which house leaders?",
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"output": [
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"House leaders had hoped"
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},
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"id": "task858-75346bbc6b0e4605a3a747e5ff6d9beb",
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"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 . \"<sep>Question: why do they desire it?",
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"output": [
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"their desire"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-69b2bc06019e48a186133f44c14ccc37",
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"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 . \"<sep>Question: Why would it be placed into another legislation?",
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"output": [
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"placed into other legislation"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-eb682014d07043e192d67583a4d86d57",
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"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 .<sep>Question: what are his credentials?",
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"output": [
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"Richard Darman"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-2daed1fa4e9a4afa8c8f67cdcf9bfc4f",
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"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 .<sep>Question: What is John M. Templeton's net worth?",
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"output": [
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"John M . Templeton"
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]
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},
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{
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"id": "task858-f6478977ddc6425d90e85ce055935b02",
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"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 .<sep>Question: Who are the other funds available to?",
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"output": [
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"three of the 10 available to U . S . investors ,"
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]
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}
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],
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"Unknown"
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} |