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SQuAD | 50303c29d2a0435ba22426281a83a43e | Who did the Emperor give the place of honor at his left to? | [
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SQuAD | 2e99f0a549334091bc959b4ad2043a82 | Who sat on a lower platform than the Tibetan cleric? | [
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SQuAD | 775463289ade4e34abab9022320842ca | Who showed a great amount of respect to Deshin Shekpa? | [
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SQuAD | a0f593ef9a474cfdaec9abcabd5d3373 | Which embassy did the Neo-Confucian establishment reject? | [
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SQuAD | e946949aabae47379daf901a29c75cfc | What's the name of the software used to manage music and other media on Apple devices? | [
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SQuAD | 6f1a7dc3e8374dd2ba75be6a0eaf408e | What audio deficiency was found in the 3rd gen iPods? | [
"weak bass response"
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SQuAD | 61b46b61d9da44ddb0cf212f1153fa12 | What kind of headphones could partially mitigate the bass response issues of the 3rd gen iPods? | [
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SQuAD | 65083996e0524c8eab66c61065637e8d | What is an example of a device that could entirely mitigate the bass response issues of the 3rd gen iPods? | [
"external headphone amplifier"
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"the Tibetan lamas and Mongol khans"
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SQuAD | dc80c19ab272440597818498f377fb50 | Who does P. Christiaan Klieger believe undertook the former imperial tributaries? | [
"the Republic of China and its Communist successors"
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"the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco"
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SQuAD | dc4fde3f5ef24a20bb1e865654d4f04d | Which iPod accessory was made by Apple but is no longer produced? | [
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SQuAD | f530cb5a350c4705980b7df5bbb9987a | What are two companies that make iPod accessories? | [
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"dock connector"
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"iPod Hi-Fi"
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SQuAD | a8b4b027e65f4d4b99a022c96058b052 | When was Gelug was given the right to conduct the New Years prayer? | [
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SQuAD | 9ff5517d487744a3a9ee3e44b3cd7854 | What policy does Luciano Petech and Sato Hisashi claim the Ming held towards the Tibet? | [
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SQuAD | ce618af3c51d4c25860705b5376db61e | Apple was involved in a lawsuit with which company in 2007? | [
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SQuAD | 44a1be6bc74c4cabb807d0ee170cdb2f | How many Tibetan prisoners did Mu Ying capture? | [
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SQuAD | c8f9c0f2167447c7ab8a6e8db9aaf426 | When were the Rinbung princes overthrown? | [
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