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56e1441acd28a01900c67703
Boston
The city, especially the East Boston neighborhood, has a significant Hispanic community. Hispanics in Boston are mostly of Puerto Rican (30,506 or 4.9% of total city population), Dominican (25,648 or 4.2% of total city population), Salvadoran (10,850 or 1.8% of city population), Colombian (6,649 or 1.1% of total city p...
How many Puerto Rican hispanics live in greater Boston?
{ "text": [ "175,000+" ], "answer_start": [ 601 ] }
56e1441acd28a01900c67704
Boston
The city, especially the East Boston neighborhood, has a significant Hispanic community. Hispanics in Boston are mostly of Puerto Rican (30,506 or 4.9% of total city population), Dominican (25,648 or 4.2% of total city population), Salvadoran (10,850 or 1.8% of city population), Colombian (6,649 or 1.1% of total city p...
How many Mexican hispanics live in greater Boston?
{ "text": [ "25,000+" ], "answer_start": [ 682 ] }
56e1441acd28a01900c67705
Boston
The city, especially the East Boston neighborhood, has a significant Hispanic community. Hispanics in Boston are mostly of Puerto Rican (30,506 or 4.9% of total city population), Dominican (25,648 or 4.2% of total city population), Salvadoran (10,850 or 1.8% of city population), Colombian (6,649 or 1.1% of total city p...
How many Colombians live in greater Boston?
{ "text": [ "22,000+" ], "answer_start": [ 716 ] }
56e145b6e3433e1400422d28
Boston
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 33% claim no religious affiliation. The same study sa...
In 2014, what percentage of the city identified as Christian?
{ "text": [ "57%" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
56e145b6e3433e1400422d29
Boston
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 33% claim no religious affiliation. The same study sa...
In 2014, what percentage of the city identified as Protestant?
{ "text": [ "25%" ], "answer_start": [ 130 ] }
56e145b6e3433e1400422d2a
Boston
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 33% claim no religious affiliation. The same study sa...
In 2014, what percent of the City of Boston was Catholic?
{ "text": [ "29%" ], "answer_start": [ 222 ] }
56e145b6e3433e1400422d2b
Boston
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 33% claim no religious affiliation. The same study sa...
In 2014, what percentage of Bostons residents did not claim to belong to any religion?
{ "text": [ "33%" ], "answer_start": [ 267 ] }
56e145b6e3433e1400422d2c
Boston
According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 57% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 25% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 29% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 33% claim no religious affiliation. The same study sa...
In 2014, other religions mad eup what percentage of the citys population?
{ "text": [ "10%" ], "answer_start": [ 422 ] }
56e14735cd28a01900c6771d
Boston
As of 2010 the Catholic Church had the highest number of adherents as a single denomination in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro area, with more than two million members and 339 churches, followed by the Episcopal Church with 58,000 adherents in 160 churches. The United Church of Christ had 55,000 members and 213 churc...
How many member attended the Catholic Church in the Boston area in 2010?
{ "text": [ "two million" ], "answer_start": [ 150 ] }
56e14735cd28a01900c6771e
Boston
As of 2010 the Catholic Church had the highest number of adherents as a single denomination in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro area, with more than two million members and 339 churches, followed by the Episcopal Church with 58,000 adherents in 160 churches. The United Church of Christ had 55,000 members and 213 churc...
How many Catholic churches were in the Boston area in 2010?
{ "text": [ "339" ], "answer_start": [ 174 ] }
56e14735cd28a01900c6771f
Boston
As of 2010 the Catholic Church had the highest number of adherents as a single denomination in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro area, with more than two million members and 339 churches, followed by the Episcopal Church with 58,000 adherents in 160 churches. The United Church of Christ had 55,000 members and 213 churc...
How many Episcopal churches were in the Boston Metro area in 2010?
{ "text": [ "160" ], "answer_start": [ 246 ] }
56e14735cd28a01900c67720
Boston
As of 2010 the Catholic Church had the highest number of adherents as a single denomination in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro area, with more than two million members and 339 churches, followed by the Episcopal Church with 58,000 adherents in 160 churches. The United Church of Christ had 55,000 members and 213 churc...
What Boston church is one of the oldest congregations in the US?
{ "text": [ "Old South Church" ], "answer_start": [ 394 ] }
56e14735cd28a01900c67721
Boston
As of 2010 the Catholic Church had the highest number of adherents as a single denomination in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro area, with more than two million members and 339 churches, followed by the Episcopal Church with 58,000 adherents in 160 churches. The United Church of Christ had 55,000 members and 213 churc...
What year was Old South Church organized?
{ "text": [ "1669" ], "answer_start": [ 498 ] }
56e14848cd28a01900c67739
Boston
A global city, Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.
What rank does Boston hold as far as being an economically powerful city in the world?
{ "text": [ "among the top 30" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
56e14848cd28a01900c6773a
Boston
A global city, Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.
What is the economy of Boston?
{ "text": [ "$363 billion" ], "answer_start": [ 110 ] }
56e14848cd28a01900c6773b
Boston
A global city, Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.
What ranking in the country does Greater Boston metro hold as far as economy?
{ "text": [ "sixth-largest" ], "answer_start": [ 169 ] }
56e14848cd28a01900c6773c
Boston
A global city, Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.
What ranking in the world does greater Boston metro hold as far as economy?
{ "text": [ "12th-largest" ], "answer_start": [ 210 ] }
56e149c7cd28a01900c67741
Boston
Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding ...
How many college students does Boston attract?
{ "text": [ "more than 350,000" ], "answer_start": [ 102 ] }
56e149c7cd28a01900c67742
Boston
Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding ...
Students from around the world contribute how much a year to Bostons economy?
{ "text": [ "$4.8 billion" ], "answer_start": [ 185 ] }
56e149c7cd28a01900c67743
Boston
Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding ...
Because of the number of tech companies, the city is a hub for what?
{ "text": [ "biotechnology" ], "answer_start": [ 398 ] }
56e149c7cd28a01900c67744
Boston
Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding ...
The Milken Institute rated Boston as the top what in the country?
{ "text": [ "life sciences cluster" ], "answer_start": [ 464 ] }
56e149c7cd28a01900c67745
Boston
Boston's colleges and universities have a significant effect on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than $4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding ...
Of all cities in the US, Boston received the highest amount of funding from where?
{ "text": [ "the National Institutes of Health" ], "answer_start": [ 569 ] }
56e14ae1e3433e1400422d6c
Boston
The city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons, including the presence of academia, access to venture capital, and the presence of many high-tech companies. The Route 128 corridor and Greater Boston continue to be a major center for venture capital investment, and high technology remains an important...
The city is innovative becaus eit has access to what type of capital?
{ "text": [ "venture capital" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
56e14ae1e3433e1400422d6d
Boston
The city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons, including the presence of academia, access to venture capital, and the presence of many high-tech companies. The Route 128 corridor and Greater Boston continue to be a major center for venture capital investment, and high technology remains an important...
There is a high presence of what type of company in the city?
{ "text": [ "high-tech companies" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
56e14ae1e3433e1400422d6e
Boston
The city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons, including the presence of academia, access to venture capital, and the presence of many high-tech companies. The Route 128 corridor and Greater Boston continue to be a major center for venture capital investment, and high technology remains an important...
Route 128 and Greater Boston are centers for what type of investment?
{ "text": [ "venture capital investment" ], "answer_start": [ 252 ] }
56e14ae1e3433e1400422d6f
Boston
The city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons, including the presence of academia, access to venture capital, and the presence of many high-tech companies. The Route 128 corridor and Greater Boston continue to be a major center for venture capital investment, and high technology remains an important...
What remains an important sector?
{ "text": [ "high technology" ], "answer_start": [ 284 ] }
56e14c63e3433e1400422d74
Boston
Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list. Boston's ...
A large part of Boston's economy is made up of what?
{ "text": [ "Tourism" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56e14c63e3433e1400422d75
Boston
Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list. Boston's ...
How many tourists visited Boston in 2011?
{ "text": [ "21.2 million" ], "answer_start": [ 61 ] }
56e14c63e3433e1400422d76
Boston
Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list. Boston's ...
How much did tourists spend in Boston in 2011?
{ "text": [ "$8.3 billion" ], "answer_start": [ 119 ] }
56e14c63e3433e1400422d77
Boston
Tourism also composes a large part of Boston's economy, with 21.2 million domestic and international visitors spending $8.3 billion in 2011; excluding visitors from Canada and Mexico, over 1.4 million international tourists visited Boston in 2014, with those from China and the United Kingdom leading the list. Boston's ...
What year did the number of Tourists from china and the UK top the list?
{ "text": [ "2014" ], "answer_start": [ 242 ] }
56e14e04cd28a01900c67779
Boston
Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen...
Mutual funds and insurance are what type of industry?
{ "text": [ "financial services" ], "answer_start": [ 31 ] }
56e14e04cd28a01900c6777a
Boston
Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen...
What Boston investment firm helped make mutual funds popular in the 1980's?
{ "text": [ "Fidelity Investments" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56e14e04cd28a01900c6777b
Boston
Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen...
What helped make Boston one of the top financial cities in the US?
{ "text": [ "Fidelity Investments" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56e14e04cd28a01900c6777c
Boston
Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen...
Boston is the center for what type of capital firms?
{ "text": [ "venture capital" ], "answer_start": [ 328 ] }
56e14e04cd28a01900c6777d
Boston
Other important industries are financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The city is home to the headquarters of Santander Bank, and Boston is a cen...
In 2016, GE Corporation decided to move its global headquarters to where?
{ "text": [ "the Seaport District in Boston" ], "answer_start": [ 1019 ] }
56e14eddcd28a01900c6778d
Boston
The Boston Public Schools enrolls 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science, and Boston Latin School. The Boston Latin School, established 1635, is the oldest public high school in the US; Boston also operates the United States' second ...
How many students are in Boston Public schools?
{ "text": [ "57,000" ], "answer_start": [ 34 ] }
56e14eddcd28a01900c6778e
Boston
The Boston Public Schools enrolls 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science, and Boston Latin School. The Boston Latin School, established 1635, is the oldest public high school in the US; Boston also operates the United States' second ...
How many schools are in Boston?
{ "text": [ "145 schools" ], "answer_start": [ 60 ] }
56e14eddcd28a01900c6778f
Boston
The Boston Public Schools enrolls 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science, and Boston Latin School. The Boston Latin School, established 1635, is the oldest public high school in the US; Boston also operates the United States' second ...
What is the oldest public high school in the US?
{ "text": [ "The Boston Latin School" ], "answer_start": [ 186 ] }
56e14eddcd28a01900c67791
Boston
The Boston Public Schools enrolls 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned Boston Latin Academy, John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science, and Boston Latin School. The Boston Latin School, established 1635, is the oldest public high school in the US; Boston also operates the United States' second ...
What percentage of Bostons public students are African American?
{ "text": [ "35%" ], "answer_start": [ 438 ] }
56e1500fcd28a01900c677a1
Boston
Some of the most renowned and highly ranked universities in the world are located in the Boston area. Four members of the Association of American Universities are in Greater Boston (more than any other metropolitan area): Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Brandeis Uni...
How many member of the Association of American Universities are in Boston?
{ "text": [ "four" ], "answer_start": [ 727 ] }
56e1500fcd28a01900c677a4
Boston
Some of the most renowned and highly ranked universities in the world are located in the Boston area. Four members of the Association of American Universities are in Greater Boston (more than any other metropolitan area): Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Brandeis Uni...
How many students are enrolled in boston and Cambridge?
{ "text": [ "250,000" ], "answer_start": [ 599 ] }
56e1500fcd28a01900c677a5
Boston
Some of the most renowned and highly ranked universities in the world are located in the Boston area. Four members of the Association of American Universities are in Greater Boston (more than any other metropolitan area): Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and Brandeis Uni...
Who is the citys fourth largest employer?
{ "text": [ "Boston University" ], "answer_start": [ 285 ] }
56e150c4e3433e1400422db4
Boston
Smaller private schools include Babson College, Bentley University, Boston Architectural College, Emmanuel College, Fisher College, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wellesley College, Wheelock College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, New Eng...
Babson College is what type of institution?
{ "text": [ "Smaller private schools" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56e150c4e3433e1400422db5
Boston
Smaller private schools include Babson College, Bentley University, Boston Architectural College, Emmanuel College, Fisher College, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wellesley College, Wheelock College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, New Eng...
What small private law school is located in Boston?
{ "text": [ "New England School of Law" ], "answer_start": [ 313 ] }
56e150c4e3433e1400422db6
Boston
Smaller private schools include Babson College, Bentley University, Boston Architectural College, Emmanuel College, Fisher College, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wellesley College, Wheelock College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, New Eng...
What was the name of Americas first all female law school?
{ "text": [ "New England School of Law" ], "answer_start": [ 313 ] }
56e151c2cd28a01900c677bf
Boston
Metropolitan Boston is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Lesley University College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Art and Design (Suffolk University), Longy School of Music of Bard Colleg...
Wher e is Lesley University College of Art and Desighn located?
{ "text": [ "Metropolitan Boston" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56e151c2cd28a01900c677c0
Boston
Metropolitan Boston is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Lesley University College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Art and Design (Suffolk University), Longy School of Music of Bard Colleg...
What is another name for New Englans school of Art and Design
{ "text": [ "Suffolk University" ], "answer_start": [ 263 ] }
56e151c2cd28a01900c677c1
Boston
Metropolitan Boston is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Lesley University College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Art and Design (Suffolk University), Longy School of Music of Bard Colleg...
What is the oldest independant conservatory in the US?
{ "text": [ "the New England Conservatory" ], "answer_start": [ 327 ] }
56e151c2cd28a01900c677c2
Boston
Metropolitan Boston is home to several conservatories and art schools, including Lesley University College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Institute of Art, New England School of Art and Design (Suffolk University), Longy School of Music of Bard Colleg...
What college plays an important role in making Boston known for Jazz?
{ "text": [ "Berklee College of Music" ], "answer_start": [ 473 ] }
56e152d7cd28a01900c677c7
Boston
Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institute of higher education, is centered across the Charles River in Cambridge but has the majority of its land holdings and a substantial amount of its educational activities in Boston. Its business...
What Univesity located outside of Boston still holds a large presence in the city?
{ "text": [ "Harvard University" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
56e152d7cd28a01900c677c8
Boston
Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institute of higher education, is centered across the Charles River in Cambridge but has the majority of its land holdings and a substantial amount of its educational activities in Boston. Its business...
What is the nations oldest college?
{ "text": [ "Harvard University" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
56e152d7cd28a01900c677c9
Boston
Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institute of higher education, is centered across the Charles River in Cambridge but has the majority of its land holdings and a substantial amount of its educational activities in Boston. Its business...
Where does Harvard plan to expand to?
{ "text": [ "Allston" ], "answer_start": [ 389 ] }
56e152d7cd28a01900c677ca
Boston
Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institute of higher education, is centered across the Charles River in Cambridge but has the majority of its land holdings and a substantial amount of its educational activities in Boston. Its business...
What was MIT originally known as?
{ "text": [ "Boston Tech" ], "answer_start": [ 581 ] }
56e152d7cd28a01900c677cb
Boston
Several universities located outside Boston have a major presence in the city. Harvard University, the nation's oldest institute of higher education, is centered across the Charles River in Cambridge but has the majority of its land holdings and a substantial amount of its educational activities in Boston. Its business...
In 1916, MIT moved across the river to what city?
{ "text": [ "Cambridge" ], "answer_start": [ 190 ] }
56e153fee3433e1400422dc4
Boston
Like many major American cities, Boston has seen a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s. Boston's low crime rate since the 1990s has been credited to the Boston Police Department's collaboration with neighborhood groups and church parishes to prevent youths from joining gangs, as well as involvement f...
Since the early 1990's, Boston has had less of what type of crime?
{ "text": [ "violent crime" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56e153fee3433e1400422dc5
Boston
Like many major American cities, Boston has seen a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s. Boston's low crime rate since the 1990s has been credited to the Boston Police Department's collaboration with neighborhood groups and church parishes to prevent youths from joining gangs, as well as involvement f...
Boston police and local groups make an effort toprevent youth from doing what?
{ "text": [ "joining gangs" ], "answer_start": [ 281 ] }
56e153fee3433e1400422dc6
Boston
Like many major American cities, Boston has seen a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s. Boston's low crime rate since the 1990s has been credited to the Boston Police Department's collaboration with neighborhood groups and church parishes to prevent youths from joining gangs, as well as involvement f...
The Boston Miracle is the name for the reduction in what crime from 1990 to 1999?
{ "text": [ "Murders" ], "answer_start": [ 458 ] }
56e153fee3433e1400422dc8
Boston
Like many major American cities, Boston has seen a great reduction in violent crime since the early 1990s. Boston's low crime rate since the 1990s has been credited to the Boston Police Department's collaboration with neighborhood groups and church parishes to prevent youths from joining gangs, as well as involvement f...
What was the murder rate in Boston in 1990?
{ "text": [ "26.5 per 100,000" ], "answer_start": [ 525 ] }
56e15477e3433e1400422dce
Boston
In 2008, there were 62 reported homicides. Through December 20 each of 2014 and 2015, the Boston Police Department reported 52 and 39 homicides, respectively.
How many reported murders were there in 2008?
{ "text": [ "62" ], "answer_start": [ 20 ] }
56e15477e3433e1400422dcf
Boston
In 2008, there were 62 reported homicides. Through December 20 each of 2014 and 2015, the Boston Police Department reported 52 and 39 homicides, respectively.
How many murders were there in 2014?
{ "text": [ "52" ], "answer_start": [ 124 ] }
56e15477e3433e1400422dd0
Boston
In 2008, there were 62 reported homicides. Through December 20 each of 2014 and 2015, the Boston Police Department reported 52 and 39 homicides, respectively.
How many murders were there in Boston in 2015?
{ "text": [ "39" ], "answer_start": [ 131 ] }
56e15659e3433e1400422dd4
Boston
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions. ...
Boston is culturally similar to what area?
{ "text": [ "greater New England" ], "answer_start": [ 39 ] }
56e15659e3433e1400422dd5
Boston
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions. ...
What is the Boston accent known as?
{ "text": [ "Boston English" ], "answer_start": [ 134 ] }
56e15659e3433e1400422dd6
Boston
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions. ...
Who influences Boston's politics and religion?
{ "text": [ "Irish Americans" ], "answer_start": [ 233 ] }
56e15659e3433e1400422dd7
Boston
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions. ...
What are Bostons neologisms more commonly known as?
{ "text": [ "Boston slang" ], "answer_start": [ 378 ] }
56e15659e3433e1400422dd8
Boston
Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Irish Americans are a major influence on Boston's politics and religious institutions. ...
Food with an emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy is an exaple of what?
{ "text": [ "regional cuisine" ], "answer_start": [ 156 ] }
56e15767cd28a01900c677f9
Boston
Boston has been called the "Athens of America" for its literary culture, earning a reputation as "the intellectual capital of the United States." In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Bosto...
Known for its literary culture, Boston has also been called what?
{ "text": [ "Athens of America" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
56e15767cd28a01900c677fa
Boston
Boston has been called the "Athens of America" for its literary culture, earning a reputation as "the intellectual capital of the United States." In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Bosto...
What century did Ralph Waldo Emerson write in?
{ "text": [ "the nineteenth century" ], "answer_start": [ 149 ] }
56e15767cd28a01900c677fb
Boston
Boston has been called the "Athens of America" for its literary culture, earning a reputation as "the intellectual capital of the United States." In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Bosto...
What was the name of the bookstore the authors met in?
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Boston
Boston has been called the "Athens of America" for its literary culture, earning a reputation as "the intellectual capital of the United States." In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Bosto...
Where was the Atlantic Monthly first published?
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Boston
Boston has been called the "Athens of America" for its literary culture, earning a reputation as "the intellectual capital of the United States." In the nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote in Bosto...
What year was the Boston Public Library founded?
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Boston
Music is cherished in Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the "Big Five," a group of the greatest American orchestras, and the classical music magazine Gramophone called it one of the "world's best" orchestras. Symphony Hall (located west of Back Bay) is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (and the relat...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is a member of what?
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Boston
Music is cherished in Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the "Big Five," a group of the greatest American orchestras, and the classical music magazine Gramophone called it one of the "world's best" orchestras. Symphony Hall (located west of Back Bay) is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (and the relat...
What classical music magazine called the Boston Symphony orchestra one of the worlds best orchestras?
{ "text": [ "Gramophone" ], "answer_start": [ 164 ] }
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Boston
Music is cherished in Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the "Big Five," a group of the greatest American orchestras, and the classical music magazine Gramophone called it one of the "world's best" orchestras. Symphony Hall (located west of Back Bay) is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (and the relat...
What does Boston Symphony orchestra call home?
{ "text": [ "Symphony Hall" ], "answer_start": [ 223 ] }
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Boston
Music is cherished in Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the "Big Five," a group of the greatest American orchestras, and the classical music magazine Gramophone called it one of the "world's best" orchestras. Symphony Hall (located west of Back Bay) is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (and the relat...
Where is Symphony Hall located?
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Boston
Music is cherished in Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the "Big Five," a group of the greatest American orchestras, and the classical music magazine Gramophone called it one of the "world's best" orchestras. Symphony Hall (located west of Back Bay) is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, (and the relat...
Where is the theater District located?
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Boston
There are several major annual events such as First Night, which occurs on New Year's Eve, the Boston Early Music Festival, the annual Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, and Italian summer feasts in the North End honoring Catholic saints. The city is the site of several events during the Four...
What event occurs on New Year's Eve?
{ "text": [ "First Night" ], "answer_start": [ 46 ] }
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Boston
There are several major annual events such as First Night, which occurs on New Year's Eve, the Boston Early Music Festival, the annual Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, and Italian summer feasts in the North End honoring Catholic saints. The city is the site of several events during the Four...
Where is the annual Boston Arts festival?
{ "text": [ "Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park" ], "answer_start": [ 159 ] }
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Boston
There are several major annual events such as First Night, which occurs on New Year's Eve, the Boston Early Music Festival, the annual Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, and Italian summer feasts in the North End honoring Catholic saints. The city is the site of several events during the Four...
Where are Italian Summer feasts held?
{ "text": [ "the North End" ], "answer_start": [ 226 ] }
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Boston
There are several major annual events such as First Night, which occurs on New Year's Eve, the Boston Early Music Festival, the annual Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, and Italian summer feasts in the North End honoring Catholic saints. The city is the site of several events during the Four...
Whos is honored in the Italian Summer Feasts?
{ "text": [ "Catholic saints" ], "answer_start": [ 249 ] }
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Boston
There are several major annual events such as First Night, which occurs on New Year's Eve, the Boston Early Music Festival, the annual Boston Arts Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, and Italian summer feasts in the North End honoring Catholic saints. The city is the site of several events during the Four...
How long are the Harbor-Fest festivities?
{ "text": [ "week-long" ], "answer_start": [ 356 ] }
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Boston
Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu...
What is preserved in the Boston national Historical Park?
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Boston
Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu...
What is marked by a line of red bricks in the ground?
{ "text": [ "the Freedom Trail" ], "answer_start": [ 195 ] }
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Boston
Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu...
Where is the institute of contemporary Art located?
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Boston
Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu...
What is one of the oldest libraries in the US?
{ "text": [ "The Boston Athenaeum" ], "answer_start": [ 632 ] }
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Boston
Because of the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground. The city is also home to several art museu...
Where is the New England Aquarium located?
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Boston
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ...
How long has Boston been a religious center?
{ "text": [ "from its earliest days" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
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Boston
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ...
How many Roman Catholic parishes are in Boston?
{ "text": [ "nearly 300" ], "answer_start": [ 113 ] }
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Boston
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ...
Where is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross located?
{ "text": [ "the South End" ], "answer_start": [ 191 ] }
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Boston
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ...
Where is the headquarters for the Christial Scientists?
{ "text": [ "Back Bay" ], "answer_start": [ 463 ] }
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Boston
Boston has been a noted religious center from its earliest days. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston serves nearly 300 parishes and is based in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (1875) in the South End, while the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1819) as its episcopal seat, ...
What was the city's first Anglican church?
{ "text": [ "King's Chapel" ], "answer_start": [ 573 ] }
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Boston
Air quality in Boston is generally very good: during the ten-year period 2004–2013, there were only 4 days in which the air was unhealthy for the general public, according to the EPA.
How is the air quality in Boston?
{ "text": [ "generally very good" ], "answer_start": [ 25 ] }
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Boston
Air quality in Boston is generally very good: during the ten-year period 2004–2013, there were only 4 days in which the air was unhealthy for the general public, according to the EPA.
How many days between 2004 and 2013 was the air unhealthy?
{ "text": [ "4 days" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
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Boston
Air quality in Boston is generally very good: during the ten-year period 2004–2013, there were only 4 days in which the air was unhealthy for the general public, according to the EPA.
Who determined that the air quality was unhealthy on those 4 days?
{ "text": [ "the EPA" ], "answer_start": [ 175 ] }
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Boston
Some of the cleaner energy facilities in Boston include the Allston green district, with three ecologically compatible housing facilities. Boston is also breaking ground on multiple green affordable housing facilities to help reduce the carbon footprint of the city while simultaneously making these initiatives financia...
Allston Green District is an example of what?
{ "text": [ "cleaner energy facilities" ], "answer_start": [ 12 ] }
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Boston
Some of the cleaner energy facilities in Boston include the Allston green district, with three ecologically compatible housing facilities. Boston is also breaking ground on multiple green affordable housing facilities to help reduce the carbon footprint of the city while simultaneously making these initiatives financia...
How many green housing facilities does the Allston green District contain?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
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Boston
Some of the cleaner energy facilities in Boston include the Allston green district, with three ecologically compatible housing facilities. Boston is also breaking ground on multiple green affordable housing facilities to help reduce the carbon footprint of the city while simultaneously making these initiatives financia...
How often is Boston's climate plan updated?
{ "text": [ "every three years" ], "answer_start": [ 392 ] }
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Boston
Some of the cleaner energy facilities in Boston include the Allston green district, with three ecologically compatible housing facilities. Boston is also breaking ground on multiple green affordable housing facilities to help reduce the carbon footprint of the city while simultaneously making these initiatives financia...
When was the last time the climate plan was modified?
{ "text": [ "in 2013" ], "answer_start": [ 441 ] }
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Boston
Another initiative, presented by the late Mayor Thomas Menino, is the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive, which reduces the cost of living in buildings that are deemed energy efficient. This, much like the green housing developments, gives people of low socioeconomic status an opportunity to find housing in communit...
Whos is the late Mayor of Boston?
{ "text": [ "Thomas Menino" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
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Boston
Another initiative, presented by the late Mayor Thomas Menino, is the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive, which reduces the cost of living in buildings that are deemed energy efficient. This, much like the green housing developments, gives people of low socioeconomic status an opportunity to find housing in communit...
Who came up with the Renew Boston Whole Building Incentive?
{ "text": [ "Mayor Thomas Menino" ], "answer_start": [ 42 ] }