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56d115a317492d1400aab8d4
New_York_City
The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines.
How many rail lines are there on New York City's commuter rail network?
{ "text": [ "20" ], "answer_start": [ 120 ] }
56d115a317492d1400aab8d5
New_York_City
The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines.
About how many stations does New York City's commuter rail network have?
{ "text": [ "250" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56d115a317492d1400aab8d6
New_York_City
In Queens, the elevated AirTrain people mover system connects JFK International Airport to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road; a separate AirTrain system is planned alongside the Grand Central Parkway to connect LaGuardia Airport to these transit systems. For intercity rail, New York City is served ...
The AirTrain has a station at what airport?
{ "text": [ "JFK International Airport" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
56d115a317492d1400aab8d7
New_York_City
The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines.
What Amtrak station in New York sees the most use?
{ "text": [ "Pennsylvania Station" ], "answer_start": [ 60 ] }
56d115a317492d1400aab8d8
New_York_City
In Queens, the elevated AirTrain people mover system connects JFK International Airport to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road; a separate AirTrain system is planned alongside the Grand Central Parkway to connect LaGuardia Airport to these transit systems. For intercity rail, New York City is served ...
In what borough is Pennsylvania Station located?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 421 ] }
56d1170417492d1400aab8fc
New_York_City
Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro).
How many 24-hour rapid transit systems are located in New York?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 73 ] }
56d1170417492d1400aab8fd
New_York_City
Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro).
What 24-hour rapid transit system is in Philadelphia?
{ "text": [ "PATCO Speedline" ], "answer_start": [ 243 ] }
56d1170417492d1400aab8fe
New_York_City
Like the New York City Subway, the PATH operates 24 hours a day; meaning three of the six rapid transit systems in the world which operate on 24-hour schedules are wholly or partly in New York (the others are a portion of the Chicago 'L', the PATCO Speedline serving Philadelphia, and the Copenhagen Metro).
What 24-hour rapid transit system is outside the United States?
{ "text": [ "Copenhagen Metro" ], "answer_start": [ 289 ] }
56d1170417492d1400aab8ff
New_York_City
The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH train) links Midtown and Lower Manhattan to northeastern New Jersey, primarily Hoboken, Jersey City, and Newark.
What does the acronym PATH stand for?
{ "text": [ "Port Authority Trans-Hudson" ], "answer_start": [ 4 ] }
56d1174417492d1400aab904
New_York_City
Multibillion US$ heavy-rail transit projects under construction in New York City include the Second Avenue Subway, the East Side Access project, and the 7 Subway Extension.
Along with the East Side Access project and 7 Subway Extension, what heavy-rail project is being built in New York City?
{ "text": [ "the Second Avenue Subway" ], "answer_start": [ 89 ] }
56d1191d17492d1400aab932
New_York_City
Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs; various competing startup transportation network companies; and an aerial tramway that transports commuters between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan Island.
About how many yellow cabs operate in New York?
{ "text": [ "12,000" ], "answer_start": [ 79 ] }
56d1191d17492d1400aab933
New_York_City
Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs; various competing startup transportation network companies; and an aerial tramway that transports commuters between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan Island.
Where does the aerial tramway that starts on Roosevelt Island terminate?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan Island" ], "answer_start": [ 240 ] }
56d1196917492d1400aab93f
New_York_City
Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively.
What industry is Broadway associated with?
{ "text": [ "the theater" ], "answer_start": [ 163 ] }
56d1196917492d1400aab940
New_York_City
Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively.
What industry is Wall Street associated with?
{ "text": [ "finance" ], "answer_start": [ 176 ] }
56d1196917492d1400aab941
New_York_City
Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively.
What industry is Madison Avenue associated with?
{ "text": [ "advertising" ], "answer_start": [ 185 ] }
56d1196917492d1400aab942
New_York_City
Several of the city's streets and avenues, like Broadway, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and Seventh Avenue are also used as metonyms for national industries there: the theater, finance, advertising, and fashion organizations, respectively.
What New York street is associated with fashion?
{ "text": [ "Seventh Avenue" ], "answer_start": [ 91 ] }
56d119ec17492d1400aab947
New_York_City
Because these highways serve millions of outer borough and suburban residents who commute into Manhattan, it is quite common for motorists to be stranded for hours in traffic jams that are a daily occurrence, particularly during rush hour.
At what time are drivers in New York most likely to experience traffic jams?
{ "text": [ "rush hour" ], "answer_start": [ 229 ] }
56d119ec17492d1400aab948
New_York_City
New York City also has an extensive web of expressways and parkways, which link the city's boroughs to each other as well as to northern New Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut through various bridges and tunnels.
What geographical portion of Connecticut is linked to New York via highway?
{ "text": [ "southwestern" ], "answer_start": [ 186 ] }
56d119ec17492d1400aab949
New_York_City
New York City also has an extensive web of expressways and parkways, which link the city's boroughs to each other as well as to northern New Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut through various bridges and tunnels.
What part of New Jersey can be reached from New York by taking the expressway?
{ "text": [ "northern" ], "answer_start": [ 128 ] }
56d11a7617492d1400aab96f
New_York_City
New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St...
What island is the borough of Brooklyn located on?
{ "text": [ "Long Island" ], "answer_start": [ 248 ] }
56d11a7617492d1400aab970
New_York_City
New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St...
Queens is located on what part of Long Island?
{ "text": [ "the west end" ], "answer_start": [ 221 ] }
56d11a7617492d1400aab971
New_York_City
New York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are (primarily) coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and The Bronx is located at the southern tip of New York St...
The borough of Staten Island is primarily located on what island?
{ "text": [ "Staten Island" ], "answer_start": [ 106 ] }
56d11b4a17492d1400aab993
New_York_City
The Manhattan Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Triborough Bridge, and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge are all examples of Structural Expressionism.
What architectural style does the Throgs Neck Bridge reflect?
{ "text": [ "Structural Expressionism" ], "answer_start": [ 110 ] }
56d11b4a17492d1400aab994
New_York_City
The Queensboro Bridge is an important piece of cantilever architecture.
The Queensboro Bridge utilized what type of construction?
{ "text": [ "cantilever" ], "answer_start": [ 47 ] }
56d11c0717492d1400aab9ab
New_York_City
Also, by 2010, the city had 3,715 hybrid taxis and other clean diesel vehicles, representing around 28% of New York's taxi fleet in service, the most of any city in North America.
How many clean diesel and hybrid taxicabs did New York City have in 2010?
{ "text": [ "3,715" ], "answer_start": [ 28 ] }
56d11c0717492d1400aab9ac
New_York_City
Also, by 2010, the city had 3,715 hybrid taxis and other clean diesel vehicles, representing around 28% of New York's taxi fleet in service, the most of any city in North America.
What percentage of the New York City cab fleet was clean diesel or hybrid in 2010?
{ "text": [ "28%" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56d11d3317492d1400aab9c3
New_York_City
Mayor Bill de Blasio has committed to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2014 and 2050 to reduce the city's contributions to climate change, beginning with a comprehensive "Green Buildings" plan.
What percent reduction of greenhouse gases does Mayor de Blasio want to see by 2050?
{ "text": [ "80%" ], "answer_start": [ 41 ] }
56d11d3317492d1400aab9c4
New_York_City
The city is also a leader in the construction of energy-efficient green office buildings, including the Hearst Tower among others.
What is the name of a notable green office building in New York?
{ "text": [ "Hearst Tower" ], "answer_start": [ 104 ] }
56d11d3317492d1400aab9c5
New_York_City
The city government was a petitioner in the landmark Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency Supreme Court case forcing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.
What legal case sought to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to regular greenhouse gases?
{ "text": [ "Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency" ], "answer_start": [ 53 ] }
56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d3
New_York_City
Newtown Creek, a 3.5-mile (6-kilometer) a long estuary that forms part of the border between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, has been designated a Superfund site for environmental clean-up and remediation of the waterway's recreational and economic resources for many communities.
How long is Newtown Creek in kilometers?
{ "text": [ "6" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d4
New_York_City
One of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey, it had been one of the most contaminated industrial sites in the country, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, including the Greenpoint oil spill, raw sewage from New Yor...
How many cubic meters of oil is supposed to be in Newtown Creek?
{ "text": [ "110,000" ], "answer_start": [ 233 ] }
56d11e7b17492d1400aab9d5
New_York_City
One of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey, it had been one of the most contaminated industrial sites in the country, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, including the Greenpoint oil spill, raw sewage from New Yor...
What notable accidental fossil fuel discharge occurred at Newtown Creek?
{ "text": [ "the Greenpoint oil spill" ], "answer_start": [ 271 ] }
56d11eb317492d1400aab9d9
New_York_City
New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898.
What type of government does New York City have?
{ "text": [ "mayor-council" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
56d11eb317492d1400aab9da
New_York_City
New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government since its consolidation in 1898.
In what year did New York City adopt the mayor-council form of government?
{ "text": [ "1898" ], "answer_start": [ 118 ] }
56d11faa17492d1400aab9eb
New_York_City
Manhattan hosts the First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department.
What numbered department of the Supreme Court is located in Brooklyn?
{ "text": [ "Second" ], "answer_start": [ 103 ] }
56d11faa17492d1400aab9ec
New_York_City
Manhattan hosts the First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department.
In what borough is the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court located?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
56d11faa17492d1400aab9ed
New_York_City
There are also several extrajudicial administrative courts, which are executive agencies and not part of the state Unified Court System.
What branch of government are the administrative courts a part of?
{ "text": [ "executive" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56d1204617492d1400aab9f9
New_York_City
Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx...
In what borough is the main courthouse of the District Court for the Southern District of New York located?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 255 ] }
56d1204617492d1400aab9fa
New_York_City
Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx...
What federal district court has its main courthouse in Brooklyn?
{ "text": [ "the Eastern District of New York" ], "answer_start": [ 349 ] }
56d1204617492d1400aab9fb
New_York_City
Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx...
What square is home to the US Court of International Trade?
{ "text": [ "Foley Square" ], "answer_start": [ 224 ] }
56d1204617492d1400aab9fc
New_York_City
Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx...
What federal district court has jurisdiction over Staten Island?
{ "text": [ "the District Court for the Eastern District of New York" ], "answer_start": [ 326 ] }
56d1204617492d1400aab9fd
New_York_City
Uniquely among major American cities, New York is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different US district courts: the District Court for the Southern District of New York, whose main courthouse is on Foley Square near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx...
In what borough is the New York City Hall found?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 255 ] }
56d1218c17492d1400aaba1d
New_York_City
New York is the most important source of political fundraising in the United States, as four of the top five ZIP codes in the nation for political contributions are in Manhattan.
Four-fifths of the ZIP codes that provide the highest amount of political contributions in the United States are located in what borough?
{ "text": [ "Manhattan" ], "answer_start": [ 168 ] }
56d1218c17492d1400aaba1e
New_York_City
The top ZIP code, 10021 on the Upper East Side, generated the most money for the 2004 presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John Kerry.
What ZIP code was responsible for the greatest amount of contributions in the 2004 presidential election for both candidates?
{ "text": [ "10021" ], "answer_start": [ 18 ] }
56d1218c17492d1400aaba1f
New_York_City
It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back).
How much money in cents does New York City receive for every dollar paid in federal taxes?
{ "text": [ "83" ], "answer_start": [ 12 ] }
56d1218c17492d1400aaba20
New_York_City
The city also sends an additional $11 billion more each year to the state of New York than it receives back.
How much more money does the city give to the state of New York annually than it receives?
{ "text": [ "$11 billion" ], "answer_start": [ 34 ] }
56d1218c17492d1400aaba21
New_York_City
It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in taxes (or annually sends $11.4 billion more than it receives back).
Each year, how much more money does New York City give to the federal government than it gets back?
{ "text": [ "$11.4 billion" ], "answer_start": [ 109 ] }
56d121d817492d1400aaba2d
New_York_City
In 2006, the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. was restructured and renamed New York City Global Partners.
What is the new name of the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc.?
{ "text": [ "New York City Global Partners" ], "answer_start": [ 92 ] }
56d121d817492d1400aaba2e
New_York_City
In 2006, the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. was restructured and renamed New York City Global Partners.
In what year did the Sister City Program of the City of New York, Inc. have its name changed?
{ "text": [ "2006" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56ce30f5aab44d1400b88520
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.
When did To Kill a Mockingbird first get circulated?
{ "text": [ "1960" ], "answer_start": [ 60 ] }
56ce30f5aab44d1400b88521
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature.
What prize did To Kill a Mockingbird win?
{ "text": [ "Pulitzer Prize" ], "answer_start": [ 43 ] }
56ce30f5aab44d1400b88523
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "Harper Lee" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
56d1073817492d1400aab786
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.
Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "Harper Lee" ], "answer_start": [ 36 ] }
56d1073817492d1400aab787
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.
What year was To Kill a Mockingbird first published?
{ "text": [ "1960" ], "answer_start": [ 60 ] }
56d1073817492d1400aab788
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
Whom did Lee base the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird on?
{ "text": [ "her family and neighbors" ], "answer_start": [ 74 ] }
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854a
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The book is widely taught in schools in the United States with lessons that emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice.
To Kill a Mockingbird is widely read in which countries schools?
{ "text": [ "United States" ], "answer_start": [ 44 ] }
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854b
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.
What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "Southern Gothic novel" ], "answer_start": [ 5 ] }
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854c
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.
Some of the central themes of the book are what exactly?
{ "text": [ "racial injustice and the destruction of innocence" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56d10cda17492d1400aab823
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South.
Which region of America was the novel set in?
{ "text": [ "Deep South" ], "answer_start": [ 115 ] }
56d10cda17492d1400aab824
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Despite its themes, To Kill a Mockingbird has been subject to campaigns for removal from public classrooms, often challenged for its use of racial epithets.
What has caused the use of the novel in classrooms to be challenged?
{ "text": [ "racial epithets" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
56ce330daab44d1400b88556
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figures, calls the book, "an astonishing phenomenon".
Who gathered impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird from other authors and famous people?
{ "text": [ "Mary McDonough Murphy" ], "answer_start": [ 7 ] }
56ce330daab44d1400b88557
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die".
In which year did British librarians rank To Kill a Mockingbird ahead of the Bible?
{ "text": [ "2006" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56ce330daab44d1400b88558
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote.
When was To Kill a Mockingbird made into a movie?
{ "text": [ "1962" ], "answer_start": [ 45 ] }
56ce330daab44d1400b88559
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
When did a play for the book begin to perform every year in Monroeville, Alabama?
{ "text": [ "1990" ], "answer_start": [ 6 ] }
56ce330daab44d1400b8855a
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote.
Who was the director of the adaptation of the movie?
{ "text": [ "Robert Mulligan" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
56d114b117492d1400aab8c4
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die".
British librarians in 2006 ranked the book ahead of what famous volume?
{ "text": [ "Bible" ], "answer_start": [ 57 ] }
56d114b117492d1400aab8c5
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote.
Who wrote the screenplay for the 1962 film?
{ "text": [ "Horton Foote" ], "answer_start": [ 100 ] }
56d114b117492d1400aab8c6
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan, with a screenplay by Horton Foote.
Who directed the 1962 film?
{ "text": [ "Robert Mulligan" ], "answer_start": [ 62 ] }
56d114b117492d1400aab8c7
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
What is Harper Lee's hometown?
{ "text": [ "Monroeville, Alabama" ], "answer_start": [ 94 ] }
56ce3363aab44d1400b88565
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964.
When did Harper Lee pass away?
{ "text": [ "February 2016" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
56ce3363aab44d1400b88566
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015.
What is the only other work Harper Lee published?
{ "text": [ "Go Set a Watchman" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
56d1161117492d1400aab8de
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015.
What is the name of Lee's second published work?
{ "text": [ "Go Set a Watchman" ], "answer_start": [ 58 ] }
56d1161117492d1400aab8df
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015.
When was the second book published?
{ "text": [ "July 14, 2015" ], "answer_start": [ 137 ] }
56d1161117492d1400aab8e0
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964.
When did Lee die?
{ "text": [ "February 2016" ], "answer_start": [ 65 ] }
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858a
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote.
Who did Harper Lee become childhood friends with?
{ "text": [ "Truman Capote" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858c
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
In 1950, Lee moved to New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerk for British Overseas Airways Corporation; there, she began writing a collection of essays and short stories about people in Monroeville.
What year did Harper Lee pack up to go live in New York City?
{ "text": [ "1950" ], "answer_start": [ 3 ] }
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858d
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
In 1950, Lee moved to New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerk for British Overseas Airways Corporation; there, she began writing a collection of essays and short stories about people in Monroeville.
What job did Harper Lee start in New York City?
{ "text": [ "reservation clerk" ], "answer_start": [ 59 ] }
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858e
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote.
Which state did Harper Lee spend her childhood?
{ "text": [ "Alabama" ], "answer_start": [ 70 ] }
56d11a1217492d1400aab953
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote.
What year was Harper Lee born?
{ "text": [ "1926" ], "answer_start": [ 8 ] }
56d11a1217492d1400aab954
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Born in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote.
Who was the famous writer Lee became close friends with?
{ "text": [ "Truman Capote" ], "answer_start": [ 140 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49).
Where did Lee attend college?
{ "text": [ "Huntingdon College" ], "answer_start": [ 13 ] }
56d11a1217492d1400aab956
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49).
Where did Lee attend law school?
{ "text": [ "University of Alabama" ], "answer_start": [ 85 ] }
56d11a1217492d1400aab957
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
An editor at J. B. Lippincott , who bought the manuscript, advised her to quit the airline and concentrate on writing.
What publishing company bought To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "J. B. Lippincott" ], "answer_start": [ 13 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s.
The first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird was named what?
{ "text": [ "Go Set a Watchman" ], "answer_start": [ 102 ] }
56ce355eaab44d1400b8859f
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s.
Who was the editor who got their hands on the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "Tay Hohoff" ], "answer_start": [ 197 ] }
56d11b1c17492d1400aab991
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled "Go Set a Watchman", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s.
What was the name of the editor who helped Lee finish her book?
{ "text": [ "Therese von Hohoff Torrey" ], "answer_start": [ 145 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Lee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices.
What ailment did Harper Lee's mother suffer from?
{ "text": [ "mental illness" ], "answer_start": [ 43 ] }
56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b5
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird.
What profession did Harper Lee's father hold?
{ "text": [ "lawyer" ], "answer_start": [ 14 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Lee modeled the character Atticus after what laywer?
{ "text": [ "Her father" ], "answer_start": [ 0 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The book was published on July 11, 1960.
What date did To Kill a Mockingbird begin to circulate?
{ "text": [ "July 11, 1960" ], "answer_start": [ 26 ] }
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9bf
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Ultimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird.
How long did Lee spend writing the book?
{ "text": [ "over two and a half years" ], "answer_start": [ 22 ] }
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9c0
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected." Instead of a "quick and merciful death", Reader's Digest Condensed Books chose the book for reprinting in part, which gave it a wide readership immediately.
What publication's partial reprinting gave the book wide public exposure?
{ "text": [ "Reader's Digest Condensed Books" ], "answer_start": [ 200 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County.
Where is the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird?
{ "text": [ "Maycomb, Alabama" ], "answer_start": [ 112 ] }
56ce623aaab44d1400b88722
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County.
How many years does the story of To Kill a Mockingbird take place?
{ "text": [ "three" ], "answer_start": [ 29 ] }
56ce623aaab44d1400b88723
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
After two summers of friendship with Dill, Scout and Jem find that someone leaves them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley place.
How many children does the protagonist, Atticus Finch, have?
{ "text": [ "two" ], "answer_start": [ 6 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt each summer.
Atticus Finch's children make friends with whom during the story?
{ "text": [ "Dill" ], "answer_start": [ 35 ] }
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f1
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County.
What is the name of the town the story takes place in?
{ "text": [ "Maycomb, Alabama" ], "answer_start": [ 112 ] }
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f2
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County.
In what historical era does the book take place?
{ "text": [ "the Great Depression" ], "answer_start": [ 54 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer.
Who is the main character of the book?
{ "text": [ "Jean Louise Finch (Scout)" ], "answer_start": [ 27 ] }
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To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
Judge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell.
What was the name of the woman who was allegedly raped in the book?
{ "text": [ "Mayella Ewell" ], "answer_start": [ 118 ] }