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56d6647b1c850414009470ed
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Central State-owned enterprises have accumulatively donated more than $48.6 million.
How much have Central state enterprises donated?
{ "text": [ "48.6 million" ], "answer_start": [ 71 ] }
56d6647b1c850414009470ee
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
China National Petroleum Corp and Sinopec donated 10 million yuan each to the disaster area.
How much did China National Petroleum and Sinopec donate?
{ "text": [ "10 million yuan each" ], "answer_start": [ 50 ] }
56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e1
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations.
How much did China receive in donated money and goods?
{ "text": [ "$457 million" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e2
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations.
How many countries donated?
{ "text": [ "19 countries" ], "answer_start": [ 138 ] }
56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e3
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations.
How many international organizations donated?
{ "text": [ "four" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e4
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials.
What country was the largest aid donor to China?
{ "text": [ "Saudi Arabia" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cec2a1aab44d1400b889e5
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials.
How much financial assistance did Saudi Arabia give China?
{ "text": [ "€40,000,000" ], "answer_start": [ 68 ] }
56d6696d1c850414009470fb
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations.
How much money was donated from foreign sources?
{ "text": [ "83 million" ], "answer_start": [ 122 ] }
56d6696d1c850414009470fc
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Saudi Arabia was the largest aid donor to China, providing close to €40,000,000 in financial assistance, and an additional €8,000,000 worth of relief materials.
What country was the largest aid donor to China?
{ "text": [ "Saudi Arabia" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56d6696d1c850414009470fe
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16 China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts so far, including $83 million from 19 countries and four international organizations.
How many international organizations made donations?
{ "text": [ "four" ], "answer_start": [ 155 ] }
56cec34faab44d1400b889f9
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2008, State Council established a counterpart support plan (《汶川地震灾后恢复重建对口支援方案》).
What did the State Council establish in 2008?
{ "text": [ "a counterpart support plan" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
56cec34faab44d1400b889fb
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget.
How long did the plan last?
{ "text": [ "3 years" ], "answer_start": [ 17 ] }
56d66f3e1c85041400947115
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2008, State Council established a counterpart support plan (《汶川地震灾后恢复重建对口支援方案》).
What did the state council set up in 2008?
{ "text": [ "counterpart support plan" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56d66f3e1c85041400947117
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The plan is to arrange 19 eastern and central province and municipalitie to help 18 counties, on "one province to one affected county" basis.
What is the basis for this plan?
{ "text": [ "one province to one affected county" ], "answer_start": [ 98 ] }
56d66f3e1c85041400947118
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget.
How long is the plan due to last?
{ "text": [ "3 years" ], "answer_start": [ 17 ] }
56d66f3e1c85041400947119
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The plan spanned 3 years, and cost no less than one percent of the province or municipality's budget.
What is the cost per province's budget?
{ "text": [ "one percent" ], "answer_start": [ 48 ] }
56cec3e8aab44d1400b88a02
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The chief engineer of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau said that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture.
What was concluded about the construction?
{ "text": [ "that the sudden shift of a huge quantity of water into the region could have relaxed the tension between the two sides of the fault, allowing them to move apart, and could have increased the direct pressure on it, causing a violent rupture" ], "answer_start": [ 66 ] }
56d677f31c85041400947143
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
An article in Science suggested that the construction and filling of the Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the earthquake.
What structure did an article contemplate could have caused the quake?
{ "text": [ "Zipingpu Dam" ], "answer_start": [ 73 ] }
56d677f31c85041400947144
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The effect was "25 times more" than a year's worth of natural stress from tectonic movement.
What was the affect of the dam on the stresses in that area?
{ "text": [ "25 times more" ], "answer_start": [ 16 ] }
56d677f31c85041400947145
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area.
Who disregarded warnings about dams in the area?
{ "text": [ "The government" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56d677f31c85041400947146
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The government had disregarded warnings about so many large-scale dam projects in a seismically active area.
What type of area is Sichuan?
{ "text": [ "seismically active" ], "answer_start": [ 84 ] }
56d677f31c85041400947147
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Researchers have been denied access to seismological and geological data to examine the cause of the quake further.
What have researchers been denied?
{ "text": [ "access to seismological and geological data" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56cec484aab44d1400b88a07
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The earthquake also provided opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions.
What did the earthquake allow?
{ "text": [ "opportunities for researchers to retrofit data in order to model future earthquake predictions" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56cec484aab44d1400b88a09
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Using this method, they were said to have predicted the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake with an accuracy of ±1 day.
What did the professors predict?
{ "text": [ "the time of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake" ], "answer_start": [ 52 ] }
56d675ed1c8504140094713c
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a "time prediction method" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential.
What did they try to establish?
{ "text": [ "time prediction method" ], "answer_start": [ 144 ] }
56d675ed1c8504140094713d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Macedonia and Strachimir Mavrodiev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences attempted to establish a "time prediction method" through collecting statistics on geomagnetism with tidal gravitational potential.
What did they collect to use in this method?
{ "text": [ "statistics" ], "answer_start": [ 187 ] }
56cec4d0aab44d1400b88a0f
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification wa...
What was stated in the press conference?
{ "text": [ "that earthquake prediction was a global issue" ], "answer_start": [ 192 ] }
56d674591c85041400947133
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification wa...
What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction?
{ "text": [ "no proven methods exist" ], "answer_start": [ 257 ] }
56d674591c85041400947134
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification wa...
What kind of issue is earthquake prediction?
{ "text": [ "a global issue" ], "answer_start": [ 223 ] }
56d674591c85041400947135
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification wa...
What was received before the quake occurred?
{ "text": [ "no prediction notification" ], "answer_start": [ 291 ] }
56d674591c85041400947136
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence.
What did seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake?
{ "text": [ "did not see anything" ], "answer_start": [ 101 ] }
56cec548aab44d1400b88a13
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region.
When was a Seismic Risk Analysis published?
{ "text": [ "In 2002" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cec548aab44d1400b88a14
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region.
Who published the Seismic Risk Analysis?
{ "text": [ "Chen Xuezhong" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
56d672d21c85041400947129
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region.
Who published a Seismic Risk Analysis Study?
{ "text": [ "Chen Xuezhong" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
56d672d21c8504140094712a
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region.
In what year did Chen Xuezhong publish an earthquake study?
{ "text": [ "2002" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56d672d21c8504140094712c
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
In 2002, Chinese geologist Chen Xuezhong published a Seismic Risk Analysis study in which he came to the conclusion that beginning with 2003, attention should be paid to the possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.0 occurring in Sichuan region.
What strength did he predict the next quake in Sichuan to be?
{ "text": [ "over 7.0" ], "answer_start": [ 223 ] }
56cec5d1aab44d1400b88a23
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years.
How long had it been since an earthquake of similar magnitude?
{ "text": [ "over 30 years" ], "answer_start": [ 59 ] }
56d6713f1c8504140094711f
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The earthquake was the worst to strike the Sichuan area in over 30 years.
How long since the Sichuan area has had a severe quake?
{ "text": [ "30 years" ], "answer_start": [ 64 ] }
56d6713f1c85041400947120
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake "prediction" is possible.
Does the scientific community agree that earthquake prediction is possible?
{ "text": [ "no consensus" ], "answer_start": [ 64 ] }
56d6713f1c85041400947122
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Following the quake, experts and the general public sought information on whether or not the earthquake could have been predicted in advance, and whether or not studying statistics related to the quake could result in better prediction of earthquakes in the future.
People wanted to know if the study of what math could produce better predictions?
{ "text": [ "statistics" ], "answer_start": [ 170 ] }
56d6713f1c85041400947123
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Earthquake prediction is not yet established science; there was no consensus within the scientific community that earthquake "prediction" is possible.
What is not an established science?
{ "text": [ "Earthquake prediction" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56cec6e9aab44d1400b88a29
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Many rescue teams, including that of the Taipei Fire Department from Taiwan, were reported ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan as early as Wednesday.
What department was ready to join the rescue effort by Wednesday?
{ "text": [ "the Taipei Fire Department" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56cec6e9aab44d1400b88a2d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The extreme terrain conditions precluded the use of helicopter evacuation, and over 300 of the Tibetan villagers were stranded in their demolished village for five days without food and water before the rescue group finally arrived to help the injured and stranded villagers down the mountain.
How many Tibetan villagers were stranded?
{ "text": [ "over 300" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
56d5db271c85041400946e40
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended don...
What was the reason that many rescue teams could not join the relief efforts?
{ "text": [ "the traffic problem" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56d5db271c85041400946e41
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended don...
What action did the Red Cross recommend ?
{ "text": [ "donating cash" ], "answer_start": [ 317 ] }
56d5db271c85041400946e42
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
However, the Red Cross Society of China said that (on May 13) "it was inconvenient currently due to the traffic problem to the hardest hit areas closest to the epicenter." The Red Cross Society of China also stated that the disaster areas need tents, medical supplies, drinking water and food; however it recommended don...
What problem continued to stop rescue teams from reaching affected areas?
{ "text": [ "landslides" ], "answer_start": [ 462 ] }
56d5db271c85041400946e43
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Landslides continuously threatened the progress of a search and rescue group of 80 men, each carrying about 40 kg of relief supplies, from a motorized infantry brigade under commander Yang Wenyao, as they tried to reach the ethnically Tibetan village of Sier at a height of 4000 m above sea level in Pingwu county.
Where were the soldiers under commander Yang Wenyao trying to go?
{ "text": [ "Tibetan village of Sier" ], "answer_start": [ 235 ] }
56cec79caab44d1400b88a33
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Persistent heavy rain and landslides in Wenchuan County and the nearby area badly affected rescue efforts.
What natural disasters were occurring in Wenchuan County?
{ "text": [ "landslides" ], "answer_start": [ 26 ] }
56cec79caab44d1400b88a34
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
At the start of rescue operations on May 12, 20 helicopters were deployed for the delivery of food, water, and emergency aid, and also the evacuation of the injured and reconnaissance of quake-stricken areas.
How many helicopters were deployed?
{ "text": [ "20" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
56cec79caab44d1400b88a35
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas.
How many militia reservists joined in on rescue efforts?
{ "text": [ "15,600" ], "answer_start": [ 40 ] }
56cec79caab44d1400b88a36
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear.
How many survivors were found?
{ "text": [ "around 3,000" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
56cec79caab44d1400b88a37
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas.
How many troops parachuted into Mao County?
{ "text": [ "15" ], "answer_start": [ 40 ] }
56d5ecf21c85041400946e5a
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Persistent heavy rain and landslides in Wenchuan County and the nearby area badly affected rescue efforts.
What were the biggest difficulties in reaching affected areas?
{ "text": [ "heavy rain and landslides" ], "answer_start": [ 11 ] }
56d5ecf21c85041400946e5b
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
At the start of rescue operations on May 12, 20 helicopters were deployed for the delivery of food, water, and emergency aid, and also the evacuation of the injured and reconnaissance of quake-stricken areas.
How many helicopters were sent to deliver aid to the affected areas?
{ "text": [ "20" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
56d5ecf21c85041400946e5c
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By 17:37 CST on May 13, a total of over 15,600 troops and militia reservists from the Chengdu Military Region had joined the rescue force in the heavily affected areas.
By May 13, how many troops had been added to the rescue efforts?
{ "text": [ "15,600" ], "answer_start": [ 40 ] }
56d5ecf21c85041400946e5d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear.
How people were reported to be survivors in Yingxiu Town?
{ "text": [ "around 3,000" ], "answer_start": [ 55 ] }
56d5ecf21c85041400946e5e
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A commander reported from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan, that around 3,000 survivors were found, while the status of the other inhabitants (around 9,000) remained unclear.
How many persons were still unaccounted for in Yingxiu?
{ "text": [ "around 9,000" ], "answer_start": [ 133 ] }
56cec801aab44d1400b88a3d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
What did Premier Wen Jiabao order?
{ "text": [ "the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters" ], "answer_start": [ 38 ] }
56cec801aab44d1400b88a3e
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
How many helicopters were provided by the PLAAF?
{ "text": [ "60" ], "answer_start": [ 95 ] }
56cec801aab44d1400b88a3f
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
How many helicopter were to be provided by the civil aviation industry?
{ "text": [ "30" ], "answer_start": [ 136 ] }
56cec801aab44d1400b88a40
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
How many aircraft were there in total?
{ "text": [ "over 150" ], "answer_start": [ 308 ] }
56d60cd01c85041400946eea
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
What is the total number of aircraft used in the relief operation?
{ "text": [ "over 150" ], "answer_start": [ 308 ] }
56d60cd01c85041400946eec
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
How many helicopters came from the PLAAF?
{ "text": [ "60" ], "answer_start": [ 95 ] }
56d60cd01c85041400946eed
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
Who provided the other 30 helicopters?
{ "text": [ "civil aviation industry" ], "answer_start": [ 166 ] }
56d60cd01c85041400946eee
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
By May 15, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered the deployment of an additional 90 helicopters, of which 60 were to be provided by the PLAAF, and 30 were to be provided by the civil aviation industry, bringing the total of number of aircraft deployed in relief operations by the air force, army, and civil aviation to over 150, re...
What kind of operation did this massing of aircraft produce?
{ "text": [ "non-combat airlifting" ], "answer_start": [ 343 ] }
56cec88baab44d1400b88a45
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13.
What Foundation wanted to aid Beijing?
{ "text": [ "the Tzu Chi Foundation" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
56cec88baab44d1400b88a46
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13.
Where was the foundation based?
{ "text": [ "Taiwan" ], "answer_start": [ 56 ] }
56d60ddf1c85041400946ef4
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13.
When did Beijing agree to aid from Taiwan?
{ "text": [ "late on May 13" ], "answer_start": [ 63 ] }
56d60ddf1c85041400946ef5
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan late on May 13.
What was the first group from outside China to join in the relief operation?
{ "text": [ "Tzu Chi Foundation" ], "answer_start": [ 32 ] }
56d60ddf1c85041400946ef6
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake.
What did China say they would accept?
{ "text": [ "international help" ], "answer_start": [ 40 ] }
56d60ddf1c85041400946ef7
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
China stated it would gratefully accept international help to cope with the quake.
What did China need help for?
{ "text": [ "cope with the quake" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
56cec8e2aab44d1400b88a55
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas.
Who made a direct chartered cargo flight?
{ "text": [ "China Airlines" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56cec8e2aab44d1400b88a57
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.
What date did the cargo flight leave?
{ "text": [ "May 15" ], "answer_start": [ 110 ] }
56cec8e2aab44d1400b88a58
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.
When did a rescue team depart?
{ "text": [ "May 16" ], "answer_start": [ 307 ] }
56d613011c85041400946efc
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas.
How did the move the relief supplies from Taiwan to the stricken area?
{ "text": [ "chartered cargo flight" ], "answer_start": [ 9 ] }
56d613011c85041400946efd
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas.
From what airport did the chartered flight leave?
{ "text": [ "Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport" ], "answer_start": [ 64 ] }
56d613011c85041400946efe
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas.
Where did the chartered flight from Taiwan land?
{ "text": [ "Chengdu" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
56d613011c85041400946eff
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Approval from mainland Chinese authorities was sought, and the chartered flight departed Taipei at 17:00 CST, May 15 and arrived in Chengdu by 20:30 CST. A rescue team from the Red Cross in Taiwan was also scheduled to depart Taipei on a Mandarin Airlines direct chartered flight to Chengdu at 15:00 CST on May 16.
What Red Cross team left Taipei on May 16
{ "text": [ "rescue team" ], "answer_start": [ 156 ] }
56d613011c85041400946f00
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
A direct chartered cargo flight was made by China Airlines from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport sending some 100 tons of relief supplies donated by the Tzu Chi Foundation and the Red Cross Society of Taiwan to the affected areas.
Where did the Red Cross team from Taiwan land?
{ "text": [ "Chengdu" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
56cec9e1aab44d1400b88a62
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities.
What did the US share?
{ "text": [ "satellite images of the quake-stricken areas" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56cec9e1aab44d1400b88a63
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities.
Who did the US share the satellite images with?
{ "text": [ "Chinese authorities" ], "answer_start": [ 87 ] }
56cec9e1aab44d1400b88a65
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities.
How many Chinese troops were involved in the rescue efforts?
{ "text": [ "135,000" ], "answer_start": [ 16 ] }
56d61a451c85041400946f10
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 16, rescue groups from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan arrived to join the rescue effort.
When did groups from South Korea, Japan, and others arrive in China?
{ "text": [ "May 16" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56d61a451c85041400946f11
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The United States shared some of its satellite images of the quake-stricken areas with Chinese authorities.
What did the U.S. share with China?
{ "text": [ "satellite images" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56d61a451c85041400946f13
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
During the weekend, the US sent into China two U.S. Air Force C-17's carrying supplies, which included tents and generators.
What was included in the the Air Force C-17 supplies?
{ "text": [ "tents and generators" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56d61a451c85041400946f14
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Xinhua reported 135,000 Chinese troops and medics were involved in the rescue effort across 58 counties and cities.
How many Chinese troops and medics were involved in the relief efforts?
{ "text": [ "135,000" ], "answer_start": [ 16 ] }
56ceccc7aab44d1400b88a7d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts.
What was extensively used to pass information to aid rescue and recovery efforts?
{ "text": [ "The Internet" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56ceccc7aab44d1400b88a7e
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery.
What did the Xinhua news agency set up?
{ "text": [ "an online rescue request center" ], "answer_start": [ 52 ] }
56ceccc7aab44d1400b88a7f
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery.
What was the purpose of this online rescue request center?
{ "text": [ "to find the blind spots of disaster recovery" ], "answer_start": [ 93 ] }
56ceccc7aab44d1400b88a80
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given].
Where did rescue helicopters have trouble landing?
{ "text": [ "Wenchuan" ], "answer_start": [ 85 ] }
56d61c4e1c85041400946f1a
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The Internet was extensively used for passing information to aid rescue and recovery efforts.
What was used as a communications aid in the relief efforts?
{ "text": [ "The Internet" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56d61c4e1c85041400946f1b
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
For example, the official news agency Xinhua set up an online rescue request center in order to find the blind spots of disaster recovery.
Who set up an online site to focus on blind spots in recovery?
{ "text": [ "news agency Xinhua" ], "answer_start": [ 26 ] }
56d61c4e1c85041400946f1c
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
After knowing that rescue helicopters had trouble landing into the epicenter area in Wenchuan, a student proposed a landing spot online and it was chosen as the first touchdown place for the helicopters[not in citation given].
What person suggested a landing spot for helicopters near the epicenter?
{ "text": [ "a student" ], "answer_start": [ 95 ] }
56d61c4e1c85041400946f1d
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
Volunteers also set up several websites to help store contact information for victims and evacuees.
What kind of information were websites set up to store?
{ "text": [ "contact information" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
56d61c4e1c85041400946f1e
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 31, a rescue helicopter carrying earthquake survivors and crew members crashed in fog and turbulence in Wenchuan county.
On what date did a rescue helicopter crash with no survivors?
{ "text": [ "May 31" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56cecd53aab44d1400b88a88
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead.
What was done for the anniversary?
{ "text": [ "a moment of silence" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56cecd53aab44d1400b88a89
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster.
Where did the government open access to?
{ "text": [ "the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat" ], "answer_start": [ 37 ] }
56cecd53aab44d1400b88a8a
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster.
How long was it opened for?
{ "text": [ "three days" ], "answer_start": [ 86 ] }
56d66b221c85041400947103
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
On May 12, 2009, China marked the first anniversary of the quake with a moment of silence as people across the nation remembered the dead.
What did China do to mark the first anniversary of the quake?
{ "text": [ "a moment of silence" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56d66b221c85041400947104
2008_Sichuan_earthquake
The government also opened access to the sealed ruins of the Beichuan county seat for three days, after which it will be frozen in time as a state earthquake relic museum, to remind people of the terrible disaster.
What will the Beichuan county seat be used for?
{ "text": [ "earthquake relic museum" ], "answer_start": [ 147 ] }