You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Local people were also <e1>called</e1> on to report <e2>deaths</e2> of wild birds to the provincial wildlife protection center.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20061211.0352

JOHANNESBURG, <t1>Dec 11 , 2006</t1>, 2006

South African lifespans cut short by AIDS

South Africa, which has the world's second heaviest caseload of HIV/AIDS, has seen average life expectancy fall by 13 years since 1990 to 51, a new study has <e1>said</e1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
US President George W. Bush, who arrived here <t1>Thursday night</t1>, was attending the two-day summit which will be focusing on topics like free trade and <e1>fighting</e1> poverty.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The <e1>trial</e1> is <e2>set</e2> to close February 10 after all the suspects have gotten a change to make a final declaration and the judges are expected to hand down a verdict on February 24.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970427.0491

SUVA, April 28 , 1997 (AFP)

Fiji family killed in landslide

A 16-year-old girl was recovering in hospital Monday after seeing her sister and grandparents <e1>killed</e1> as their home was buried by a landslide, emergency authorities <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The friendly exchange and <e1>cooperation</e1> between China and Japan witnessed sound progress since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations 33 years ago, Jia <e2>said</e2>, noting it is worthy to be cherished and preserved by the two sides.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, who spoke moments after Layton's <e1>speech</e1>, <e2>said</e2> he believes the NDP leader still has not made up his mind and is still negotiating with the Liberals.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
PRI19980213.2000.0313
 NEWS STORY

 Officials in California  are <e1>warning</e1> residents that oncoming <e2>rains</e2>  will cause dangerous and unpredictable landslides.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
27 , 2006 (Xinhua)

Writethru: Italy to complete troop withdrawal from Iraq within days

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on <t1>Monday</t1> that Italy will complete its troop withdrawal from Iraq by <t2>Dec.</t2>

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"We think there is a good chance of reaching an <e1>agreement</e1> at the council next week," he <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Naidu's party, which decimated the Congress in his home state <t1>last year</t1>, <e1>enjoys</e1> grass-root support across the coastal state.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
But I personally <e1>support</e1> the <e2>election</e2> of a young, capable and vigorous writer as the new president," writer Hai Yan was quoted as saying by the China News Service.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"My heart was telling me to stay in Likud but my head told me otherwise and so therefore I am today <e1>announcing</e1> my resignation from Likud after representing the party for the last 17 years in the Knesset," he <e2>told</e2> a press conference.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
In a separate statement, the US embassy <e1>said</e1> the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) , signed in 1998 between the Philippine and US governments to allow US troops return to the Philippines after they pulled out in 1993, provides the mechanism for US and Philippine authorities to work together to <e2>determine</e2> the facts of the case and to ensure that accused individuals are available to both Filipino and US investigators.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"I am <e1>looking</e1> forward to facing a great competition on a fast <e2>course</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The "biggest losers" were South Korea, Malaysia, where a third of the world's microprocessor production is <e1>tested</e1> and packaged, Singapore, which <e2>makes</e2> 40 percent of the world's disk drives, and Taiwan, which makes eight out of 10 circuit boards and half of all keyboards.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The gunmen, mostly youths, <e1>smashed</e1> windows and furniture inside the terminal -- Gaza's only border <e2>crossing</e2> that bypasses Israel -- while shots were fired into the air and at the building itself.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Layton has <e1>made</e1> general comments, but not once has he said what specific change he'd like to see to this package that will strengthen public health care," the minister <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970403.0524

LONDON, <t1>April 3 , 1997</t1> (AFP)

Climber killed abseiling on Britain's highest peak

A climber who fell while abseiling on Britain's highest mountain has <e1>died</e1> from his injuries, police said Thursday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A similar confrontation <e1>happened</e1> in <t1>1991</t1>, but no-one was injured.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"We are <e1>predicting</e1> a peaceful election," <e2>said</e2> Silaigwana.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The UN mission, known by its French acronym MONUC, <e1>said</e1> that its blue helmets (UN forces), fighting alongside the National Army Force in the DRC (FARDC), <e2>launched</e2> air strikes on the rebel 81st and the 83rd brigades loyal to General Laurent Nkunda.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
When local police <e1>approached</e1> <t1>May</t1>'s house in Ky Son district on the morning of Nov.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Based on a scenario <e1>developed</e1> by researchers that by 2015 50 percent of those needing treatment will be receiving it, the impact of AIDS deaths could slow down in <t1>the coming years</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20061230.0186

ROME, Dec 30 , 2006, 2006

ATTENTION - ADDS further reax ///

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi <e1>said</e1> Saturday he was "concerned" over tensions fanned in Iraq by the <e2>execution</e2> of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The prime minister <e1>called</e1> for unity in the deeply divided country and pledged that his government will take up all its responsibilities to <e2>protect</e2> the interests of the people.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"The BoJ may need to confirm first that consumer spending has <e1>accelerated</e1> before hiking rates," said NLI Research Institute senior economist Taro Saito, who is looking at a rate <e2>increase</e2> either in January or February.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
In an outlook approved by the cabinet, the government <e1>expected</e1> the economy to continue its gradual <e2>recovery</e2> in the next fiscal year, led by domestic private demand and strong corporate earnings.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"I <e1>think</e1> definitely the home market will be affected but to what extent nobody can tell," <e2>said</e2> a property agent, adding that property stocks were expected to stabilise Monday given the week-end selling bout.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Friday's <e1>talks</e1> were specially choreographed to minimize tensions with China, with an official meeting between Gore and Lee which Clinton <e2>dropped</e2> in on while it was "in progress."

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Small fish have to <e1>fight</e1> hard for survival," he added, <e2>referring</e2> to traditional and small opposition parties.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
On May 22, 1995, Farkas  was made a brigadier general, and <t1>the
following year</t1> he  was <e1>appointed</e1> military attache at the Hungarian
embassy in Washington.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The police have normalized the situation and calm seemed to have returned <t1>last night</t1>," Kibunja <e1>said</e1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Ltd., two of Japan's Big Four stockbrokers, <e1>announced</e1> <t1>Friday</t1> net losses for the year to March, joining market leader Nomura Securities Co.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A national committee on fighting the bird flu <e1>issued</e1> a decree <e2>urging</e2> all fever hospitals across Egypt to heighten preventive measures against the disease.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Group leader Ron Gould <e1>said</e1> here on Wednesday that both the government and ECZ would abide by the recommendations that would <e2>reflect</e2> in their report to be handed to ECZ in two weeks time.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
According to sources close to <t1>Monday</t1>'s talks, Wu Yi accepted the need for greater flexibility, but insisted that the WTO members take into account China's <t2>current</t2> level of economic development.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The project, jointly <e1>initiated</e1> by the State Environmental Protection Administration and Nature Conservation China, will gradually be <e2>implemented</e2> across the country.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The men's program has <e1>varied</e1>, but has become relatively standardized at all major <e2>games</e2> since 1928.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Bello said "issues about availability, accessibility and affordability of food would <e1>feature</e1> prominently at the <e2>summit</e2>."

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Mourinho was enraged by an <e1>incident</e1> in which Johnson jumped over Chelsea goalkeeper Hilario as they both went for the ball and <e2>tumbled</e2> after landing.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Zimbabwe and Botswana's <e1>co-operation</e1> in wildlife management including the establishment of the Shashe/Limpopo and Kavango/ Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation areas was greatly <e2>appreciated</e2> by the commission which hailed the move as an indication of close cooperation.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
9 , 2006 (Xinhua)

Thousands flee homes in Kenya slum fighting

Thousands of Kenyans are fleeing their homes in a <t1>fourth day</t1> of slum gang <e1>violence</e1> that has left at least eight people dead, witnesses and police said on Thursday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"We have to <e1>yield</e1> to the new generations ... or continue to <e2>lead</e2> the way for the new generations, gradually of course."

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
25 , 2005 (Xinhua)

Factbox of women's all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel

Following is the factbox of American Chellsie Memmel, who won women's all-around at the 38th gyamnastics world championships here on Friday:

Chellsie Memmel, the United States

Place of birth: West Allis, WI, the United States

Date of birth: Junuary 23, 1988

Height: 154 cm

Weight: 50 kg

Club: M Gymnastics in the United States

Coach: Andrew Memmel, her father, and Laurie Glazer

Idol: her parents

A steady performer, she helped the American team <e1>win</e1> its first world team title in <t1>2003</t1> and was a co-champion on uneven bars that year.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970417.0042

MANILA, April 17 , 1997 (AFP)

ADB forecasts moderate recovery for battered Asian electronics exports

Global demand for high-technology electronics products should make a moderate recovery in 1997 but <t1>the boom years</t1> of the early 1990s are unlikely to return, the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) said <t2>Thursday</t2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A BJP ideologue, Jay Dubashi, <e1>said</e1>: "The panel will meet next week to thrash out an agenda to suggest <e2>changes</e2> in the finance bill.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, voiced the hope that the SEM and its advisory council would <e1>increase</e1> innovation capacity and <e2>train</e2> more talented personnel on science and economic management.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
'Monty' <e1>birdied</e1> four, 10 and 14 but bogeyed 11 to be one <e2>shot</e2> back from Kingston, who was 10 under par and leading by a shot until the final hole.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
He <e1>said</e1> traffic has been banned during the day because of the warming temperatures that <e2>increase</e2> the risk of avalanches.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Last month, Pinochet was charged with alleged crimes at Villa Grimaldi, a secret jail where Michelle Bachelet, now president of Chile, was once <e1>tortured</e1>, along with her mother, for a month in <t1>1975</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The party <e1>conference</e1> last year was <e2>held</e2> against the backdrop of its sweep in elections to a new parliamentary Senate.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
According to EBRD figures, new projects approved for Hungary plunged from 406 million ECUs (485 million dollars) in <t1>1995</t1> to 133 million ECUs in <t2>1996</t2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Fight them," he <e1>urged</e1> Iraqis in a radio
<e2>address</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The relics, most are still in <e1>use</e1>, have <e2>witnessed</e2> the earliest pervasion of Western religious culture in the oriental continent as well as its ensuing coexistence with the local culture.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
But these were <e1>cancelled</e1> at the last minute by Suffolk Police, prompting media speculation that the investigating team needed to <e2>carry</e2> out more tests.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20061213.0531

FRANKFURT, <t1>Dec 13 , 2006</t1>, 2006

Bundesbank sees German economy growing by 2.75 pct in 2006

The Bundesbank <e1>expects</e1> the German economy to grow by around 2.75 percent this year, thereby providing "substantial impulses" for the 12-country eurozone as a whole, the German central bank's president Axel Weber said on Wednesday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Leoncio Amadore, one of the Philippines' foremost meteorologists, <e1>believes</e1> that climate <e2>change</e2> is also contributing to the severity of the typhoons now hitting the Philippines.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
He went on to add
that "in so <e1>doing</e1> you not only <e2>return</e2> a nation to its people,
but you will destroy the war machine of a ruthless dictator."

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
In an <e1>interview</e1> with local television Telelombardia, Prodi <e2>said</e2> that Italy currently has only 60 to 70 troops left in Nassiriyah and they will be back home between Dec.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The head of the British delegation, John Sawers, <e1>said</e1> the European Union proposed a <e2>compromise</e2> over the final declaration that was initially accepted by Washington while the Russians were still considering it.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A federal appeals court  has reinstated his state <e1>convictions</e1>
 for securities <e2>fraud</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The bureau's <e1>move</e1> confirmed long-circulating speculation in the market that it would sell copper reserves to <e2>bring</e2> down the runaway copper price.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
On April 9, Iraq also <e1>flouted</e1> the UN sanctions in force since its August 1990 invasion of Kuwait and flew more than 100 Iraqis to Saudi Arabia for the start of the <e2>pilgrimage</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
It was unclear when Bush would <e1>announce</e1> his choice for a successor to Bolton, who will leave his post at <t1>the end of the year</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"They could be <e1>fined</e1> up to three times the revenue they got from selling the goods," an official with the administration <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Prodi added that he <e1>talked</e1> about the <e2>pullout</e2> with U.S.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, <e1>made</e1> the remark when <e2>holding</e2> talks with Philip Mangula, general secretary of the ruling Revolutionary Party of Tanzania.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
His body was temporarily <e1>kept</e1> in the then Central Park, which was <e2>renamed</e2> Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) Park in 1928.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The EBRD was <e1>set</e1> up in 1991 to <e2>assist</e2> the transition to a market economy in eastern and central Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"We could <e1>increase</e1> transit with the volume needed to ensure stable functioning of the economies of our European neighbours," Ukraine's Energy Minister Yury Boyko <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
However , cited by District of Columbia traffic police in
<t1>December</t1> for driving under the influence of alcohol, Farkas  was ordered home and <e1>retired</e1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
History will judge the deeply flawed Dujail trial and this <e1>execution</e1> harshly," Dicker <e2>said</e2> in a statement.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Chelsea lost the last game they played and for me when this happens to any team it <e1>makes</e1> them a dangerous animal," Souness told reporters on <t1>Friday</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
India's financial year <e1>begins</e1> <t1>April 1</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"<t1>Today</t1> we see the <e1>use</e1> of home-made improvised explosive devices.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A nine year old boy and his sister <e1>developed</e1> symptoms of pneumonia in xianggang county, central-south Hunan province, last month after <e2>eating</e2> a chicken that had died of bird flu.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Police <e1>opened</e1> an investigation in August last year after a report by state comptroller Eliezer Goldberg found Hanegbi had "trampled on the law" by <e2>appointing</e2> dozens of political supporters to posts while environment minister.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970406.0166

MOSCOW, April 6 , 1997 (AFP)

Two killed by avalanche on road in Caucasus

Two people were killed and two others injured when their car was hit by an <e1>avalanche</e1> on a main road running through the Russian republic of Northern Ossetia, ITAR-TASS news agency <e2>reported</e2> Sunday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
In the last election in 1992, polls <e1>predicted</e1> a Labour <e2>victory</e2> but the Conservatives eventually won.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"The risk to human life from natural disasters in the Philippines has <e1>increased</e1> dramatically over the past generation," he <e2>said</e2> in a recent report.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The breakthroughs in the March talks were China's <e1>undertaking</e1> to grant individual overseas firms import-export rights three years after <e2>joining</e2> the WTO, and its pledge to abide by all WTO rules on intellectual property rights from the moment of its accession.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Last week, Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh <e1>provided</e1> Layton with a <e2>proposal</e2> on promoting public health care, which was criticized by Layton as "disappointing" Friday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20061229.0486

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 , 2006, 2006

Rights group condemns Saddam execution

US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday <e1>condemned</e1> the hanging of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, saying history would <e2>judge</e2> his trial and execution "harshly".

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Gazprom vice-president Alexander Medvedev <e1>told</e1> France's Le Figaro daily on Friday that this amounted to "grotesque blackmail" and <e2>warned</e2> that European clients could face shortfalls.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Hanegbi, a minister without portfolio, <e1>became</e1> the sixth minister to follow Sharon out of Likud as part of the continuing turmoil in Israeli politics in the run-up to a March general <e2>election</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
commanders said 5,500 Iraqi prisoners were <e1>taken</e1> in the first
hours of the ground <e2>war</e2>, though some military officials later said the total may have climbed above 8,000.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
11 , 2006 (Xinhua)

decease

The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip <e1>marked</e1> on Saturday two-year anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's <e2>decease</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Speaking to journalists after <e1>talks</e1> with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Denktash <e2>said</e2> he was optimistic about UN plans to try and get the leaders of the feuding communities on the divided island together for a June meeting.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The British strength is now around 1,800 which will <e1>fall</e1> to around 1,600 by the end of May, leaving only a few to be withdrawn in the final few weeks before the <e2>handover</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The mourning period, <e1>starting</e1> on Thursday, <e2>came</e2> after all 23 miners trapped in the Halemba coal mine in the southern Polish city of Ruda Slaskain were confirmed dead, the report said.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Under the new law, the federal government <e1>banned</e1> semi-automatics and pump-action rifles and shotguns and offered to buy these weapons from gunowners, <e2>using</e2> a levy on income tax.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The Commission should meet regularly to <e1>review</e1> the ongoing projects and issues and explore possibility for further avenues of cooperation, the Russian foreign minister <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Colin Powell, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, <e1>returned</e1> from a <e2>visit</e2> with military
commanders in Saudi Arabia, administration officials say.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A second group of <e1>returning</e1> pilgrims was <e2>expected</e2> at Jodaidat Arar, three kilometres (two miles) from the border, on Saturday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Yuki said earnings were pressured by <e1>declining</e1> profits at subsidiaries in Europe, the United States and Asia in <t1>the year</t1> to March although banking units in the United States and Luxembourg booked firm profits.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner said the partnership was aimed at <e1>winning</e1> a major share of the business network market, which is <e2>predicted</e2> to exceed 50 billion dollars in 2007.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
15 , 2005 (Xinhua)

53 birds die of avian flu in Britain

Fifty-three birds have died at a British quarantine center <e1>hit</e1> by an outbreak of avian flu, according to a report <e2>released</e2> on Tuesday by the British Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Separately, the US Federal Reserve said Monday that the average yield for one-year Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, <e1>rose</e1> to 4.32 percent last week from 4.26 percent <t1>the previous week.</t1>

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
A second installment of the program, <e1>making</e1> more explosive claims concerning the validity of Hwang's <e2>research</e2>, was scheduled to air Tuesday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Regional peacemaker Kenya, which helped form the Somali government in 2004, <e1>asked</e1> Ethiopia to cease military operations, as it announced <e2>plans</e2> to organise a regional meeting to discuss the escalation of the conflict in Somalia.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Dozens of Pinochet's men are behind bars in Chile for killing and <e1>torturing</e1> some 3,000 persons, by official count, under his rule

But Pinochet has yet to <e2>face</e2> trial for any crime.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi have been strained by tensions over Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and the country's <e1>bid</e1> to <e2>join</e2> NATO since Saakashvili came to power in 2003.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20051204.0086

HONG KONG, Dec 4 , 2005

= (PICTURES) =

UBS Hong Kong Open champion Colin Montgomerie did his best to <e1>console</e1> a tearful James Kingston on <t1>Sunday</t1> after the South African threw away a one-shot lead on the last hole.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
According to government figures for September, 213,000 infected people now <e1>benefit</e1> from a government-funded antiretroviral plan, and 11,000 more <e2>join</e2> each month.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Albania is home to the internationally renowned archeological sites, such as the Butrint National Park, the country's Stone City of Gjirokastra and its 2500-year-old city of Berati," he <e1>said</e1>, <e2>adding</e2> that Berati is expected to be granted World Heritage site status in 2007.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970412.0213

SARAJEVO, April 12 , 1997 (AFP)

Police foil apparent attempt to kill pope

Police in Sarajevo on <t1>Saturday</t1> foiled an apparent attempt to <e1>kill</e1> Pope John Paul II, discovering 23 landmines wired to explode under a bridge the pope was set to cross later in the day.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"It is important we <e1>counter</e1> that, and we have to counter it truthfully, to some significant degree to counter it with transparency, and we are looking at all kinds of ways to do that," he <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970406.0166

MOSCOW, <t1>April 6 , 1997</t1> (AFP)

Two killed by avalanche on road in Caucasus

Two people were killed and two others injured when their car was hit by an <e1>avalanche</e1> on a main road running through the Russian republic of Northern Ossetia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Sunday.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The Democrats have also struggled to find a common voice on Iraq, torn between the public disenchantment with the US military campaign and the need to offer a viable alternative to the administration's "stay the course" approach -- particularly after Democratic Representative John Murtha <t1>last month</t1> <e1>called</e1> for an immediate troop pullout.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The main covers came on and off several times during <t1>the afternoon</t1> because of the <e1>rain</e1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Much of the important <e1>work</e1> -- and the toughest issues -- have been left to the end," he said, while <e2>warning</e2> Beijing that WTO membership was crucial to the country's economic future.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Mugabe opens the conference on Friday in the obscure rural centre of Goromonzi although preparatory meetings were <e1>beginning</e1> on <t1>Thursday</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Dutton gave a veiled warning about deep-rooted fears among the many Hongkongers who <e1>associate</e1> the PLA with bloody images of tanks crushing student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in <t1>June 1989</t1>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"They <e1>need</e1> to be told that the fees they have paid for treating the wastewater have indeed been used for that purpose and the money to build facilities for the more efficient use of water resources has really been used in that area," he <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The revalidation of the 2002/2003 voters cards is "to <e1>ensure</e1> that all eligible voters are able to vote during the forthcoming general elections," the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) <e2>said</e2> in an official statement.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
<e1>Joining</e1> UNESCO's Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1985, China now has 31 sites on the World Heritage List, the third most next to Italy and Spain, and it is now playing an active role in <e2>protecting</e2> the world heritages.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_20061228.0348

AGEN, France, Dec 28 , 2006, 2006

Laporte looks to Irish strategy for World Cup success

France coach Bernard Laporte <e1>revealed</e1> Thursday that he would be <e2>looking</e2> to emulate Ireland's strategy as the hosts prepare for next year's rugby World Cup.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
AFP_ENG_19970417.0441

FARGO, North Dakota, <t1>April 17 , 1997</t1> (AFP)

Red River floods set new record high in North Dakota town

Floodwaters from the swollen Red River soared to record high levels in this upper Midwest town <t2>Thursday</t2> and kept on rising as residents raced to shore up weakening sandbag dikes.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Twenty-eight brands of clothes failed inspections by the Beijing Industry and Commerce Administration (BICA), and four brands were <e1>found</e1> to <e2>contain</e2> excessive levels of toxic aromatic ammine or formaldehyde.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Under the VFA, US troops who take part in joint exercises in the Philippines are <e1>provided</e1> with special legal protection for actions taken as part of the war games but are <e2>given</e2> less protection for crimes committed while on leave.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The index, initiated in <t1>August 1994</t1> and readjusted on <t2>Sept.</t2>

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
When local police approached <t1>May</t1>'s house in Ky Son district on <t2>the morning of Nov.</t2>

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Five people were injured in the shoot-out, one of them seriously, which occurred as the Palestinian premier left the Gaza border terminal where he had been <e1>blocked</e1> for several hours, a government source <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Martin collected 19 points and 20 rebounds in <t1>the first two games of the season</t1>, but swelling in the right knee forced him to miss last <t2>Wednesday</t2>'s game against the New York Knicks.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
China should follow a slightly more stringent monetary policy in 2007, <e1>restricting</e1> newly increased loans to three trillion yuan, <e2>said</e2> the report.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
However , <e1>cited</e1> by District of Columbia traffic police in
December for <e2>driving</e2> under the influence of alcohol, Farkas  was ordered home and retired.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The Israeli government <e1>admitted</e1> <e2>mistakes</e2> were made in intelligence-gathering and planning, but insisted its commandos used lethal force because activists had attacked them.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The company hopes to <e1>sell</e1> 600 of the made-to-measure cars in 2006, <e2>setting</e2> a 16-year production record, and will launch its long-awaited, yet-to-be-named convertible version in January 2007.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Operating revenue <e1>surged</e1> 54% in <t1>the latest period</t1> to $42.9 million from $27.7 million.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"It ends the <e1>era</e1> of a literary world dominated by great masters and ushers in the age of common people," fellow writer Sun Yunxiao <e2>wrote</e2> in his blog, commenting on Tie's election.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The former five-time world cross country champion said he is looking forward to future challenges including the next London Marathon on April 23, 2006 which will feature a rematch with Hendrick Ramaala, and another encounter with Haile Gebrselassie who ran 2:06:20 in Amsterdam on <t1>October 16</t1>, the fastest time in <t2>the year</t2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The <e1>attack</e1> <e2>took</e2> place at a police barricade outside Tres Vidas, where conflict between a private hotel and farming interest has sparked a series of conflict.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
The minister <e1>said</e1> the government hopes to achieve economic growth of six percent <t1>a year</t1> and to bring down inflation to no more than five percent from the current level of eight percent.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
President Bush on Tuesday said
the United States may <e1>extend</e1> its naval quarantine to Jordan's Red
Sea port of Aqaba to <e2>shut</e2> off Iraq's last unhindered trade route.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Saddam Hussein was responsible for horrific, widespread human rights <e1>violations</e1>, but those acts, however brutal, cannot <e2>justify</e2> his execution, a cruel and inhuman punishment," said HRW International Justice Programme director Richard Dicker.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"Governor Mohammad Daud was about to leave and as his motorcade and bodyguards were <e1>prepared</e1> the attacker penetrated into the governor's house and tried to approach the governor," Mullahkil <e2>said</e2>.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Market speculation <t1>Friday</t1> <e1>sent</e1> property stocks reeling, with the Stock Exchange of Singapore Property Index ending down five percent -- the largest one-day fall since the May curbs.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
While a compromise was reached over OSCE reforms due to start next year, Russia could not <e1>agree</e1> with the US and the European Union on a joint final declaration, which must be unanimously approved by participants before the <e2>end</e2> of the conference.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
24 , 2005 (Xinhua)

joint statement

A four-day conference for young political leaders in Asia and Europe concluded here <t1>Thursday</t1> with the <e1>adoption</e1> of a joint statement featuring agreements on youth issues in the two continents.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
Although Tie has <e1>turned</e1> down all media requests for interviews since the appointment this week, her position in both the literary and political arena, as well as her earlier words and deeds, might still <e2>belie</e2> her would-be agenda for the organization with more than 7,600 member writers.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.


You are a system for temporal relation classification.
Input:
A sentence with two marked spans:
<e1>/<e2> = events, <t1>/<t2> = times.
Rules:
- FIRST = <e1> or <t1>
- SECOND = <e2> or <t2>
- Relation is from FIRST with respect to SECOND
- Do NOT flip direction

Labels:
BEFORE = FIRST earlier than SECOND
AFTER = FIRST later than SECOND
NONE = no clear relation
OTHER = overlap or non-order relation

Sentence:
"And I think the most important thing for the Syrian government is to look to themselves and <e1>take</e1> the actions that are necessary to help <e2>improve</e2> the situation in Iraq," Casey said.

Output EXACTLY one label: BEFORE, AFTER, NONE, or OTHER.
DO NOT output anything else.