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Data: name = Wildwood, eatType = pub, food = Japanese, priceRange = high. Can you generate a sentence about this data? | Wildwood is an more expensive pub which serves Japanese food, it has a mediocre customer rating. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Select from options: How similar are the following two sentences?
22 dead in suicide attack on Yemen police academy
AU forces intensify attack on Somali rebels
Give the answer on a scale from 0 - 5, where 0 is "not similar at all" and 5 is "means the same thing".
pick from the following. A). 0 B). 1 C). 2 D). 3 E). 4 F). 5 | A). | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a title:
ommissioner Bud Selig #39;s three-year contract extension, the start of a television network and a World Cup tournament are likely to gain overwhelming approval from baseball #39;s owners this week, while a decision on the future home of ...
Title: | Expos #39; Move Remains Undecided | 8 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: Ella has several wooden blocks. When Ella holds the blocks in her hand, she feels that they are rough. Which term best describes what Ella feels?
What is the correct answer to this question?
OPTIONS:
-- a prediction.
-- a conclusion.
-- a hypothesis.
-- an observation....A: | an observation | 3 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "I voted in favour of the report by Mrs in 't Veld, which welcomes the Commission's 2008 report on competition policy." said in Romanian? | Am votat în favoarea raportului dnei in 't Veld, care salută raportul din 2008 al Comisiei privind politica concurenţială. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Toutefois, comme l'ont souligné les auteurs eux-mêmes et le CIRC, le formaldéhyde pourrait ne pas être la seule exposition à être associée à ce type de résidence.
Translate to English. | However, as noted by the authors themselves and by IARC reviewers, formaldehyde may not be the only exposure associated with this type of residence. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Are "Bill" and "He" the same in this sentence?
Dan had to stop Bill from toying with the injured bird. *He* is very cruel.
OPTIONS: (I). no (II). yes
The answer is: | (II). | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
This question has options. Answer the question about text:
It 's hard to explain because I have n't seen most of these people since I was a teenager . But I feel like I know them . The weird thing is they are dying , and they all look so much older than I remember . I saw my cousins Susie and Zander tonight .
What would happen after seeing all those people
Choose your answer from: A. They would see them again as a teenager B. They would see each other again at a hospital C. They would wish they were family D. None of the above choices . | B. | 7 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Tuberculosis:
Primary resistance occurs when a person becomes infected with a resistant strain of TB. A person with fully susceptible MTB may develop secondary (acquired) resistance during therapy because of inadequate treatment, not taking the prescribed regimen appropriately (lack of compliance), or using low-quality medication. Drug-resistant TB is a serious public health issue in many developing countries, as its treatment is longer and requires more expensive drugs. MDR-TB is defined as resistance to the two most effective first-line TB drugs: rifampicin and isoniazid. Extensively drug-resistant TB is also resistant to three or more of the six classes of second-line drugs. Totally drug-resistant TB is resistant to all currently used drugs. It was first observed in 2003 in Italy, but not widely reported until 2012, and has also been found in Iran and India. Bedaquiline is tentatively supported for use in multiple drug-resistant TB.
Please answer a question about this article. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable". What is low-quality medication an example of a lack of? | unanswerable | 0 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read this article and answer this question The Texans opened the 2006 season at home against the Philadelphia Eagles on September 10. The Texans looked sharp early with QB David Carr throwing a 25-yard TD pass to former Bills WR Eric Moulds in the 1st Quarter. The Eagles would tie the game with QB Donovan McNabb throwing a 42-yard TD strike to WR Donte' Stallworth. The Texans would retake the lead, however, after a 34-yard FG from K Kris Brown. Philadelphia took the lead late in the half with McNabb throwing a 5-yard TD pass to WR Reggie Brown and held on to it for the rest of the game. In the third quarter, McNabb hooked up with RB Brian Westbrook with a 31-yard pass and then, opposing kicker David Akers ended the game in the fourth quarter with a 42-yard field goal. David Carr finished 18-of-27 for 208 yards and a touchdown and was sacked five times.
What was the last scoring play of the game? | field goal | 4 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: Take it from me, I know.
Hypothesis: You probably shouldn't listen to me, since I don't know what's going on here.
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Possible answers:
[A]. yes;
[B]. it is not possible to tell;
[C]. no; And the answer is: | [C]. | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate short a sentence that can be linguistically classified as acceptable (Available options: *unacceptable. *acceptable.) | Networking helps you grow your business. | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
pick from the following.
(A). negative;
(B). positive; What would be an example of an (A). review? | Referred to this place by primary Dr. and went on a Wed. for appointment. The P.A. I saw was nice and scripted two medications to get. I was told if I have any trouble getting any of the meds to give them a call and they would either give me a different one or get the problem solved. Now a week later and several un-returned phone messages I still do not have the medication and can not talk to a single person about getting the medication. I will be cancelling my follow up appointment if I can talk to a live person. | 9 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Does "third" mean the same thing in these two sentences? See options at the end.
Jones came in third.
He answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment.
Possible answers: 1). different meanings; 2). the same meaning;..Answer: | 2). | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write a summary based on this article:
Sleep is an essential part of our development and wellbeing. It is important for learning and memory, emotions and behaviours, and our health more generally. Yet the total amount of sleep that children and adolescents are getting is continuing to decrease. Why?
Although there are potentially many reasons behind this trend, it is emerging that screen time – by way of watching television or using computers, mobile phones and other electronic mobile devices – may be having a large and negative impact on children’s sleep.
Electronic Devices Intrude On Time For Sleep
The presence and use of these devices is incredibly widespread. A 2006 survey showed that nearly all adolescents have at least one electronic device in their bedroom.
Given this, and the increasing exposure to screen time – particularly in the hours before bedtime – it is perhaps not surprising that screen time is now associated with insufficient and poor quality sleep.
A 2014 review found consistent evidence that sleep was hampered by screen time, primarily in relation to shortened sleep duration and a delay in the timing of sleep. The latter finding was reported in 90% of the studies reviewed.
But the relationship between screen time and sleep is more complex than that. Screen time could be negatively influencing sleep in many ways.
The timing of screen time is one important factor. The use of these devices can lead to delays in the time that children and adolescents go to bed and, consequently, shorter sleep overall.
These negative impacts on sleep can be due to screen time in the evening cutting into the time that children would normally be preparing for bed and sleeping, delaying sleep onset and reducing the overall duration of sleep. There is simply less time available for it.
Lights, games and dramas are stimulating, which delays sleep. from www.shutterstock.com
Bright Lights And Alertness
It has also been suggested that longer screen times may be affecting sleep by reducing the time spent doing other activities – such as exercise – that may be beneficial for sleep and sleep regulation.
Screen time in the hours directly prior to sleep is problematic in a number of ways other than just displacing the bed and sleep times of children and adolescents. The content of the screen time, as well as the light that these devices emit, may also be responsible for poorer sleep.
The content, or what we are actually engaging with on the screen, can be detrimental to sleep. For example, exciting video games, dramatic or scary television shows, or even stimulating phone conversations can engage the brain and lead to the release of hormones such as adrenaline. This can in turn make it more difficult to fall asleep or maintain sleep.
Less obvious, but still just as important, is the impact that light has on sleep and on our sleep-wake patterns in general. Many of the devices that are now routinely used by our youth emit bright light. Exposure to these light emissions in the important evening hours before sleep can increase alertness.
Bright light at night can also disrupt the body’s naturally occurring circadian (or daily) rhythms by suppressing the release of the hormone melatonin, which is important for maintaining and regulating our sleep-wake cycle.
Limiting Screen Time To Improve Sleep
The number of devices and amount of screen time children and adolescents are exposed to is continually increasing. Given these early associations with reduced sleep quality, and the importance of sleep in healthy development and ageing, this is an issue that is not likely to go away any time soon.
Sleep should be made a priority, and we can combat this growing problem in a number of ways.
It is becoming increasingly clear that limiting screen time in the period leading up to bedtime is beneficial for sleep. In relation to this, removing electronic devices from the bedroom provides a good sleep environment and promotes good sleep practices.
Although it is yet to be established how much is too much when it comes to screen time, public guidelines recommend that children under the age of 13 are limited to two hours per day, and children below five to less than one hour.
There are many advantages to the advancements in technology that go alongside the exposure to screen time, such as broader opportunities for learning and communicating, and development in general. However, the worrying trend of increased screen time at the cost of essential behaviours such as sleep should not be ignored.
With a more balanced approach to screen time and the use of electronic devices, the clear benefits can be obtained while still maintaining and prioritising sleep, health and development.
Sarah Loughran, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. ||||| Screen-time has little impact on the quality of children's sleep, according to new Oxford University research.
Screens are now a fixture of modern childhood. And as young people spend an increasing amount of time on electronic devices, the effects of these digital activities has become a prevalent concern among parents, caregivers, and policy-makers. Research indicating that between 50% to 90% of school-age children might not be getting enough sleep has prompted calls that technology use may be to blame. However, the new research findings from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, has shown that screen time has very little practical effect on children's sleep.
The study was conducted using data from the United States' 2016 National Survey of Children's Health. Parents from across the country completed self-report surveys on themselves, their children and household.
"The findings suggest that the relationship between sleep and screen use in children is extremely modest," says Professor Andrew Przybylski, author of the study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. "Every hour of screen time was related to 3 to 8 fewer minutes of sleep a night."
In practical terms, while the correlation between screen time and sleep in children exists, it might be too small to make a significant difference to a child's sleep. For example, when you compare the average nightly sleep of a tech-abstaining teenager (at 8 hours, 51 minutes) with a teenager who devotes 8 hours a day to screens (at 8 hours, 21 minutes), the difference is overall inconsequential. Other known factors, such as early starts to the school day, have a larger effect on childhood sleep.
"This suggests we need to look at other variables when it comes to children and their sleep," says Przybylski. Analysis in the study indicated that variables within the family and household were significantly associated with both screen use and sleep outcomes. "Focusing on bedtime routines and regular patterns of sleep, such as consistent wake-up times, are much more effective strategies for helping young people sleep than thinking screens themselves play a significant role."
The aim of this study was to provide parents and practitioners with a realistic foundation for looking at screen versus the impact of other interventions on sleep. "While a relationship between screens and sleep is there, we need to look at research from the lens of what is practically significant," says Przybylski. "Because the effects of screens are so modest, it is possible that many studies with smaller sample sizes could be false positives -- results that support an effect that in reality does not exist."
"The next step from here is research on the precise mechanisms that link digital screens to sleep. Though technologies and tools relating to so-called 'blue light' have been implicated in sleep problems, it is not clear whether play a significant causal role," says Przybylski. "Screens are here to stay, so transparent, reproducible, and robust research is needed to figure out how tech effects us and how we best intervene to limit its negative effects." ||||| Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Correlations between screen time and lack of sleep are "extremely modest", says the report
The amount of time children spend on devices has little effect on how long they sleep, a study from Oxford University suggests.
It runs counter to previous research that suggested excessive screen time was linked to children failing to get sufficient rest.
The survey concluded that the relationship between sleep and screen use in children was "extremely modest".
But one UK GP said the findings did not tally with his clinical experience.
The study, conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute, relied on data from a 2016 US study into children's health, in which parents from across the country completed surveys about their households.
The children's "digital screen time" was based on answers to two questions about the weekday habits of children aged between six months and 17 years:
how much time they spent on computers, mobile phones, handheld video games and other electronic devices
how much time they spent in front of a TV watching programmes and other content as well as playing video games
The findings indicate that the tech-abstaining teenagers slept only slightly longer than their counterparts who had spent much of their day in front of a screen.
For example, teenagers who had not been in front of a screen for any part of the day got a total of eight hours and 51 minutes of sleep.
Those who had spent eight hours of their day glued to a screen got eight hours and 21 minutes of slumber.
The sample size for the survey was more than 50,000 youngsters from every state in the US.
'Mini case of jet lag'
The study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, said every hour of screen time was linked to between three to eight fewer minutes of sleep a night.
Screens are now a fixture of modern childhood and both professionals and parents are increasingly expressing concerns that the amount of time children devote to devices affects their physical and mental health.
When it comes to sleep, there are concerns that children take devices to bed and continue to use them when they should be sleeping.
Others have expressed worries about the role the blue light emitted from such devices plays on sleep habits and a related hormone.
The US National Sleep Foundation has told parents that it is important to stop children using electronic devices before bedtime "because the blue light emitted from these screens can delay the release of sleep-inducing melatonin".
"This is an especially big problem for teens whose circadian rhythms are already shifting naturally, causing them to feel awake later at night. The end result: sleep-deprived or poorly rested kids who have essentially given themselves a mini case of jet lag," it writes on its website.
'Imperfect data'
But the study author thinks other factors should be considered.
"Focusing on bedtime routines and regular patterns of sleep, such as consistent wake-up times, are much more effective strategies for helping young people sleep than thinking screens themselves play a significant role," said study author Prof Andrew Przbylski.
Prof Przbylski told the BBC that many of the studies suggesting links between screen time and lack of sleep had very small sample sizes and need "much larger studies" to find conclusive evidence of a problem.
"Because the effects of screens are so modest, it is possible that many studies with smaller sample sizes could be false positives - results that support an effect that in reality does not exist," he said.
He acknowledged that the data used in the study was "imperfect" because it relied on reports from parents. A further study into the time that children turn off their devices before bedtime will be published shortly.
Many of the large technology firms, including Apple, Google and Facebook, have introduced dashboards allowing people to keep a check on the amount of time they spend on screens.
Some leading technology executives have banned their own children from using devices.
The late Apple chief Steve Jobs's young children were notably not allowed iPads.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates banned phones until his children were teenagers.
And Tim Cook, Apple's current leader, has said he would not let his nephew join social networks.
One UK GP, Rangan Chatterjee, said the Oxford University study was "welcome" but that he did not plan to change his advice to parents, which was to turn off devices an hour before bedtime.
"The more research on this area, the better because screens are here to stay," he told the BBC.
"But the findings don't replicate what I see in clinical practice which is that the use of screens right before bed has a significant impact on the quality of sleep." |||||
Summary: | – If you're worried about your kids not getting enough shut-eye because of the time they spend on their smartphones and computers, playing Xbox, or watching Netflix, new research may ease that parental guilt—somewhat. The BBC reports on a new study out of Oxford University that found any ties between screen time and children's sleep were "extremely modest," and researchers were even able to put a number on how much sleep was lost at night with each daily hour of screen time: three to eight minutes. "Digital screen time, on its own, has little practical effect on pediatric sleep," the study published in the Journal of Pediatrics notes, adding that "contextual factors surrounding screen time exert a more pronounced influence on pediatric sleep compared to screen time itself." The scientists used data from a 2016 US survey of parents that contained questions on the electronic-device habits of more than 50,000 kids between 6 months and 17 years. Teens who stared at a screen for eight hours a day, for example, got only a half-hour or so less sleep a day (an average of 8 hours, 21 minutes) than teens who didn't have any screen time. Critics of the study say self-reporting from parents may not be the most reliable assessment—the study's lead author, Andrew Przybylski, himself notes the data used is "imperfect"—and there are still concerns about kids sneaking phones into bed (i.e., staying up later) and the effects of late-night blue light. Still, Przybylski and his team think other variables, such as consistent bedtime routines, are "much more effective" in ensuring kids sleep better at night, per a release. (Blue light from electronic devices could be doing a number on your kids' eyes.) | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is a test of commonsense with single/multi-choices. Complete the next sentence:
How to make rice krispie monster treats
Prepare a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
You can choose to grease the pan by spraying non-stick cooking spray all over it, or you can cover the pan with parchment paper.
Melt the butter in a medium-sized pan over lower heat.
OPTIONS: [i] After melting the butter, pour in the rice krispies. Let the rice krispies sit for 2 to 3 minutes so they melt completely.. [ii] Stir gently with a rubber spatula until fully melted. Fold in the marshmallows and mix once more until the marshmallows melt.. [iii] Lower the temperature a little while you are heating the butter and keep an eye on it. Add the onions, vegetable stock, and yam puree to the pan.. [iv] Make sure you cook at medium speed so the butter bakes evenly. A butter vacuum is great for quick both the cooking and the filling..
The answer is: | [ii] | 3 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
FermiLab's goal is to ensure that if a program runs and is certified on RedHat Enterprise, then it will run on the corresponding Fermi Linux LTS release. They have built Fermi Linux LTS for Fermilab's use, and that is their ultimate goal.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
FermiLab created Linux LTS.
Select from:
(1). yes.
(2). no. | (1). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Translate "The Commission is monitoring, and will continue to monitor, the impact of new media on traditional broadcasting." to French? | Le Conseil surveille et continuera de surveiller les répercussions des nouveaux médias sur la radiodiffusion traditionnelle. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question about this sentence:
The stain came out of the shirt.
What is the cause?
Choose from: a). I patched the shirt. b). I bleached the shirt. | b). | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Please add spaces between words: In1706aCollegeFellowshipbecameavailableand,aftertakingsomeextremelydemandingcompetitiveexaminations,hebecameaJuniorFellowofTrinityCollege,Dublinon9June1707.
| In 1706 a College Fellowship became available and, after taking some extremely demanding competitive examinations, he became a Junior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin on 9 June 1707. | 4 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
The heart, veins, arteries, and capillaries make up which organ system?
Choose your answer from:
(I) reproductive;
(II) muscular;
(III) excretory;
(IV) circulatory;The answer is: | (IV) | 1 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
August 3 , 2008 Finally , a day of rest and tranquility , at least that was what I thought . The night before I had sleep until almost 1 o'clock in the morning after the dinner I had . When I woke up , I was tired , but it was already late , so I got out of bed . When I went out of my room , my family was already helping to make breakfast , so I went to help too .
Select from: i. I helped clean the table and all the dishes . ii. I helped myself to the lunch that we ordered . iii. None of the above choices . iv. I helped spoon feed my parents the breakfast .
Answer the following question: What may have happened after breakfast ?
| i. | 2 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
Dan Deacon (born August 28, 1981) is an American composer and electronic musician based in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels. Deacon is renowned for his live shows, where large-scale audience participation and interaction is often a major element of the performance. Godson of Paul J Fowler.
Sentence: Dan Deacon is a slow man
Possible answers: i. Yes; ii. It's impossible to say; iii. No; | ii. | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question about this sentence:
The pharmaceutical company recalled the drug.
What is the cause?
Select from the following.
(i) Users reported dangerous side effects.;
(ii) Users got refills on their prescriptions.; | (i) | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Here is a news article: POLITICO Playbook, presented by BP -- HIGH TIMES: The backstory on Gray Lady’s strong call to legalize pot -- NYT EXPERIMENTS with assigning authorship to editorials -- 10 YEARS AGO TONIGHT: State Sen. Barack Obama keynotes Democratic convention in Boston
BEHIND THE CURTAIN – Andrew Rosenthal, the N.Y. Times editorial page editor, emails some backstory on the paper’s call today for nationwide legalization of marijuana for anyone 21 or older – a big cultural moment: “The position on marijuana wasn’t exactly controversial as a policy matter, although we had an interesting debate on three approaches: let Washington do the wait-and-see thing it has been doing; decriminalization, and outright repeal of the law against marijuana. We mostly had to consider whether it was time for the Times (meaning the editorial page) to make this kind of statement and how to do it. …
“[Publisher] Arthur [Ochs Sulzberger Jr.] and I have been in sync on this issue. It was really a question of when to do it, and how. He’s been very supportive on the project. … [T]his is an unusual series. The policy statement is in the traditional, unsigned editorial on the cover of Sunday Review (which is a first, putting an editorial there). All of the other pieces, which explain, analyze and argue, are signed. That’s part of our experimenting with the role of unsigned and signed editorials in the current era. They are not columns, expressing personal opinion. We just thought it was a moment to assign authorship to editorials.
“It’s also a wonderful … combination of print and online — with two videos coming, interactive stuff, graphs and charts, and a special comment platform created for us for this series. The translation of the big art on the printed page to the lively art on the digital pages is pretty cool.”
THE EDITORIAL, on cover of Sunday Review, “Repeal Prohibition, Again: Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol,” by The Editorial Board: “The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana. We reached that conclusion after a great deal of discussion among the members of The Times’s Editorial Board, inspired by a rapidly growing movement among the states to reform marijuana laws. …
“We considered whether it would be best for Washington to hold back while the states continued experimenting with legalizing medicinal uses of marijuana, reducing penalties, or even simply legalizing all use. Nearly three-quarters of the states have done one of these. But that would leave their citizens vulnerable to the whims of whoever happens to be in the White House and chooses to enforce or not enforce the federal law. …
“[W]e believe that the evidence is overwhelming that addiction and dependence are relatively minor problems, especially compared with alcohol and tobacco. … There are legitimate concerns about marijuana on the development of adolescent brains. For that reason, we advocate the prohibition of sales to people under 21. … We recognize that this Congress is as unlikely to take action on marijuana as it has been on other big issues. But it is long past time to repeal this version of Prohibition.” http://nyti.ms/1pjf3Bc
--SO GOOD: The whole package is available at nytimes.com/HighTime. (“High Time” is also the A1 refer line.)
--STONER HUMOR from THE GRAY LADY: “On Monday at 4:20 p.m. [!] Eastern Time, Andrew Rosenthal, the editorial page editor, will be taking questions about marijuana legalization at facebook.com/nytimes.”
--@MichaelRoston, NYT senior staff editor for social media: “No word whether new employees can stop taking drug tests … I did propose that we print tomorrow’s edition on hemp-based paper.”
--@AndrewKueneman, NYT editor of digital news design: “it has been all weed puns for weeks around here.”
--EMAIL DU JOUR, from Stephen Cox: “It only took the NYT a few decades … to catch up with Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. … I just wish the NYT would catch up to him on deregulation more generally!”
--CHASER – Denver Post, Saturday p. 1A, “STRESS ON SERVICE NETWORK: Lure of legal marijuana tied to influx of homeless in state” http://dpo.st/1q3dTbP
THE PREVIOUS TIMES EDITORIAL that got the most attention since Rosenthal took over as editorial page editor in 2007 was published on June 6, 2013, “President Obama’s Dragnet,” on spying and civil liberties: “The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue.” http://nyti.ms/14lavAk
--Andy Rosenthal, on other defining editorials: “[W]e said the Iraq war was a failure and it was time to get out at a pace dictated only by the safety of U.S. forces. … Telling Weiner to get out of the NY mayor’s race was big. Oddly enough, our position on carriage horses has been the subject of a crazy amount of attention … We were the only paper in NY to stand up to Bloomberg on both stop-and-frisk and Muslim surveillance. I was very proud of us on that.
“I always rank the Jan. 5, 1956 (month and a half before I was born) statement of defiance by Charles Merz, who was then editor, to the Eastland committee’s Communist witch hunt as a big moment for the Times editorial page. Also, 1998 on Clinton’s ‘mendacity,’ under Howell Raines.”
CHERYL MILLS will be honored by the UVaClub of Washington in September at an annual-black tie event, Mr. Jefferson's Capital Ball: “All proceeds support local, merit-based scholarships for high school graduates to attend the University of Virginia. … Cheryl Mills, Distinguished Alumna (COL, '87): Ms. Mills is an American lawyer, administrator, and corporate executive. Ms. Mills has been the Director of BlackRock, Inc. since November 2013. Previously, she served as Senior Adviser and Counsel for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Ms. Mills also served as Senior Vice President and Counselor for Operations and Administration for New York University from May 2002 to February 2006.
“From 1999 until 2001, Ms. Mills served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Policy and Public Programming of Oxygen Media Inc. Most Notably, Ms. Mills was the Deputy Counsel to the former President of the United States, William J. Clinton from 1993 to 1996. She served as an Associate Counsel to the President and as Deputy General Counsel of the Clinton/Gore Transition Planning Foundation. In addition to her distinguished career in public service, Ms. Mills is a dedicated supporter to the University.” http://dchoos.org/capital-ball
10 YEARS AGO TONIGHT – in Boston, at 11:09, eight days from his 43rd birthday -- Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama (identified in most news stories as “U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama”) delivered his history-changing keynote address to the Democratic National Convention: “Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya. … His father, my grandfather, was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America, that's shown as a beacon of freedom and opportunity to so many who had come before him. (APPLAUSE)
“While studying here my father met my mother. She was born in a town on the other side of the world, in Kansas. … My parents shared not only an improbable love; they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or ‘blessed,’ believing that in a tolerant America, your name is no barrier to success. …
“Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America. (APPLAUSE) There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America. (APPLAUSE) …
“[T]he pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states … But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states. We coach little league in the blue states and, yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states. …
“America, tonight, if you feel the same energy that I do, if you feel the same urgency that I do, if you feel the same passion that I do, if you feel the same hopefulness that I do, if we do what we must do, then I have no doubt that all across the country, from Florida to Oregon, from Washington to Maine, the people will rise up in November, and John Kerry will be sworn in as president. And John Edwards will be sworn in as vice president. And this country will reclaim its promise. And out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come.” Transcript http://wapo.st/1k25qaY
ATTENTION, POTUS! Chicago Tribune p. 1, above fold, “Emanuel wants to shelter migrants: Feds would foot bill for 1,000 children from Latin America,” by Juan Perez Jr.: “Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is set to aggressively expand the amount of shelter available to children apprehended at the southern U.S. border, with plans to house as many as 1,000 additional young immigrants in Chicago by the end of this year. … ‘The influx of unaccompanied child migrants is a growing humanitarian crisis that we can no longer ignore,’ Emanuel said in a statement. ‘While we have our own challenges at home, we cannot turn our backs on children that are fleeing dangerous conditions’ …
“Funding for the facilities — and for the children's education, health care, food, security and social services — would come from the federal government … Emanuel's local plans for young border crossers thrusts the former … White House chief of staff into a controversial federal effort to determine what to do with more than 57,000 immigrant children who have crossed the U.S. border during the past nine months. … Mayoral aides said the administration discussed housing more immigrants in Chicago after federal officials approached the city earlier this month about the possibility of finding a 1,000-bed facility.” http://trib.in/1AlBoUp
2016 – NEW LINE in last night’s keynote by Maryland Gov. Martin O”Malley, at the Nebraska Democratic Party’s Morrison Exon Dinner, in Omaha, on the border crisis: “I believe in American generosity and the compassion of our people. We do not turn our back on innocent children who arrive at our doorstep fleeing death.”
--PUNDIT PREP, per Lis Smith: “In recent months, [O’Malley] has keynoted state party events in California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Next month, he will be keynoting the Mississippi Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson-Hamer dinner.”
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DEEP DIVE – New Republic cover story: “Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League: A better education – and a better life – lies elsewhere … The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies,” by William Deresiewicz: “Our system of elite education manufactures young people who are smart and talented and driven, yes, but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose: trapped in a bubble of privilege, heading meekly in the same direction, great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it. … Look beneath the façade of seamless well-adjustment, and what you often find are toxic levels of fear, anxiety, and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.” http://bit.ly/1unX1Dc See the cover. http://bit.ly/1prdiiB
ASSIGNMENT EDITORS – BOB McDONNELL TRIAL begins tomorrow -- “Gifts-for-favors trial set for ex-governor, wife,” by AP’s Larry O’Dell, in Richmond: “Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell … and his wife, Maureen, could be sentenced to decades in prison … The defendants have hired a small army of attorneys, led by former federal prosecutor John Brownlee for McDonnell and ex-White House lawyer William Burck for his wife. … Maureen McDonnell said in court filings that she would not testify if she and her husband were tried jointly. It's not clear if the former governor will take the stand.” http://bit.ly/1o3K9sl
--WashPost A1, “McDonnells’ court drama: ‘It’s going to be ugly’” http://wapo.st/1rUMomZ
SPACE AVAILABLE: “BUZZFEED BENNY” changed his Twitter ID yesterday to just “BENNY”(@BennyJohnson). He tweeted: “To the writers who were not properly attributed and anyone who ever read my byline, I am sincerely sorry,” and linked to Ben’s statement.
AP FOR MONDAY PAPERS – “Obama-Exporting Pollution: US sending dirty coal abroad,” by Dina Cappiello in Newport News, Va., with David Rising in Berlin and and Kirsten Grieshaber in Luenen, Germany: “Coal from Appalachia rumbles into this port city … [T]he massive cargo ship Prime Lily … soon sets sail for South America, its 80,000 tons of coal destined for power plants and factories, an export of American energy -- and pollution. … ‘This is the single biggest flaw in U.S. climate policy,’ said Roger Martella, the former general counsel at the [EPA] under President George W. Bush. ‘Although the administration is moving forward with climate change regulations at home, we don't consider how policy decisions in the United States impact greenhouse gas emissions in other parts of the world.’
“This fossil fuel trade, which has soared under President Obama, threatens to undermine his strategy to reduce the gases blamed for global warming. It also reveals a … side effect of countries acting alone on a global issue. As the U.S. tries to set a global example by reducing demand for fossil fuels at home, American energy companies are sending more dirty fuels than ever to other parts of the world … It's a global shell game on fossil fuels that … makes the U.S. appear to be making more progress on global warming than it actually is, because it shifts some of the pollution -- and the burden for cleaning it up -- onto another country's balance sheet. …
“White House officials say … the best way to address global warming is to reduce coal's use globally. In the meantime, they're considering adding crude oil and natural gas to the menu of U.S. energy exports shipped abroad. ‘There may be a very marginal increase in coal exports caused by our climate policies,’ said Rick Duke, Obama's deputy climate adviser … ‘Given that coal supply is widely available from many sources, our time is better spent working on leading toward a global commitment to cut carbon pollution on the demand side.’” http://bit.ly/Uv59l4
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): ABC News anchor Dan Harris is 43 … Elettra Wiedemann, fashion model, LSE graduate (biomedicine masters), founder of charity "One Frickin' Day," New York Magazine & Vogue TV correspondent, "Impatient Foodie" blogger, and daughter of Isabella Rossellini (h/t Ben Chang)
BIRTHDAYS: Norman Lear is 92 … actor Jerry Van Dyke is 83 … sportscaster Irv Cross is 75 … actor John Pleshette is 72 … Peggy Fleming is 66 … singer Maureen McGovern is 65 … comedian Maya Rudolph is 42 … Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez is 39 … Taylor Schilling (TV: "Orange is the New Black") is 30 (h/ts AP)
BIRTHDAYS TOMORROW: Huma Abedin is 38 … Richard N. Haass, CFR president. If there is a problem in the world, he'll solve it for two piña coladas. (h/t Sarah Doolin) … BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer (h/t Maggie)
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It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.
The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana.
We reached that conclusion after a great deal of discussion among the members of The Times’s Editorial Board, inspired by a rapidly growing movement among the states to reform marijuana laws.
There are no perfect answers to people’s legitimate concerns about marijuana use. But neither are there such answers about tobacco or alcohol, and we believe that on every level — health effects, the impact on society and law-and-order issues — the balance falls squarely on the side of national legalization. That will put decisions on whether to allow recreational or medicinal production and use where it belongs — at the state level.
We considered whether it would be best for Washington to hold back while the states continued experimenting with legalizing medicinal uses of marijuana, reducing penalties, or even simply legalizing all use. Nearly three-quarters of the states have done one of these.
But that would leave their citizens vulnerable to the whims of whoever happens to be in the White House and chooses to enforce or not enforce the federal law.
The social costs of the marijuana laws are vast. There were 658,000 arrests for marijuana possession in 2012, according to F.B.I. figures, compared with 256,000 for cocaine, heroin and their derivatives. Even worse, the result is racist, falling disproportionately on young black men, ruining their lives and creating new generations of career criminals.
There is honest debate among scientists about the health effects of marijuana, but we believe that the evidence is overwhelming that addiction and dependence are relatively minor problems, especially compared with alcohol and tobacco. Moderate use of marijuana does not appear to pose a risk for otherwise healthy adults. Claims that marijuana is a gateway to more dangerous drugs are as fanciful as the “Reefer Madness” images of murder, rape and suicide.
There are legitimate concerns about marijuana on the development of adolescent brains. For that reason, we advocate the prohibition of sales to people under 21.
Creating systems for regulating manufacture, sale and marketing will be complex. But those problems are solvable, and would have long been dealt with had we as a nation not clung to the decision to make marijuana production and use a federal crime.
In coming days, we will publish articles by members of the Editorial Board and supplementary material that will examine these questions. We invite readers to offer their ideas, and we will report back on their responses, pro and con.
We recognize that this Congress is as unlikely to take action on marijuana as it has been on other big issues. But it is long past time to repeal this version of Prohibition. |||||
A summary of this is? | – The Grey Lady is high on the idea of marijuana legalization: The New York Times' editorial board today comes out decidedly in favor of decriminalizing pot in an editorial headlined "Repeal Prohibition, Again." In it, the board likens the 40-year-old ban on marijuana to America's ill-fated ban on booze, noting that the current one is "inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol." Citing "a great deal of discussion," the board writes that while "there are no perfect answers" to the question of marijuana, "we believe that on every level—health effects, the impact on society, and law-and-order issues—the balance falls squarely on the side of national legalization." The board compares marijuana to alcohol at some length, and likewise advocates prohibiting sales of pot to those under 21. Sure, it says, regulating marijuana "will be complex. But those problems are solvable, and would have long been dealt with had we as a nation not clung to the decision to make marijuana production and use a federal crime." Over at Politico, Mike Allen has some back story on the paper's decision to publicly back pot. Andrew Rosenthal, the Times' editorial page editor, tells Allen the issue itself was mostly a non-issue. "We mostly had to consider whether it was time for the Times (meaning the editorial page) to make this kind of statement and how to do it." Click for the Times' full piece, or check out Maureen Dowd's disastrous experience with pot candy. | 4 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
other applications were to diverse topics such as the pricing of grain and the study of chromosomes.
Please write the text above using proper case. | Other applications were to diverse topics such as the pricing of grain and the study of chromosomes. | 0 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
Translate from English to Spanish:
Music. The assistant takes out on a tray a glass with wine, a cluster of grapes and a fur-tree branch.
Spanish: | El asistente madurará sobre la bandeja la copa con el vino, el racimo de uvas y de abeto vetochkoj. | 3 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
Arthur Benson, attorney for the case's plaintiff schoolchildren, said he will appeal.
An attorney for plaintiff schoolchildren said he plans to appeal.
Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".
Select from the following. -- 0 -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 | 4 | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
why focus on danish companies?
This is all lower case. Can you fix that? | Why focus on Danish companies? | 6 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
Answer by taking a quote from the following article:
Chayefsky was born in The Bronx, New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants Harry and Gussie Stuchevsky Chayefsky who came from Moscow to New York in 1907. He had two older brothers, William and Isidor. He spent part of his youth in Mount Vernon, New York.
He moved into television with scripts for Danger, The Gulf Playhouse and Manhunt. Philco Television Playhouse producer Fred Coe saw the Danger and Manhunt episodes and enlisted Chayefsky to adapt the story It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway about a photographer on a New York subway train who reunites a concentration camp survivor with his long-lost wife. Chayefsky's first script to be telecast was a 1949 adaptation of Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? for Philco. Since he had always wanted to use a synagogue as backdrop, he wrote Holiday Song, telecast in 1952 and also in 1954. He submitted more work to Philco, including Printer's Measure, The Bachelor Party (1953) and The Big Deal (1953). One of these teleplays, Mother (April 4, 1954), received a new production October 24, 1994 on Great Performances with Anne Bancroft in the title role. Curiously, original teleplays from the 1950s are almost never revived for new TV productions, so the 1994 production of Mother was a conspicuous rarity. In 1953, Chayefsky wrote Marty, which was premiered on The Philco Television Playhouse, with Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand. Marty is about a decent, hard-working Bronx butcher, pining for the company of a woman in his life but despairing of ever finding true love in a relationship. Fate pairs him with a plain, shy schoolteacher named Clara whom he rescues from the embarrassment of being abandoned by her blind date in a local dance hall. The production, the actors and Chayefsky's naturalistic dialogue received much critical acclaim and influenced subsequent live television dramas. Chayefsky had a unique clause in his Marty contract that stated that only he could write the screenplay, which he did for the 1955 movie. Chayefsky's The Great American Hoax was broadcast May 15, 1957 during the second season of The 20th Century Fox Hour. This was actually a rewrite of his earlier Fox film, As Young as You Feel (1951) with Monty Woolley and Marilyn Monroe. The Great American Hoax was shown on the FX channel after Fox restored some The 20th Century Fox Hour episodes and telecast them under the new title Fox Hour of Stars beginning in 2002.
who was the story about? | about a photographer on a New York subway train who reunites a concentration camp survivor with his long-lost wife. | 2 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Do "body" and "it" point to the same thing in the following sentence?
I sat there feeling rather like a chappie I'd once read about in a book , who murdered another cove and hid the body under the dining-room table , and then had to be the life and soul of a dinner party, with *it* there all the time.
Available choices: -no -yes | yes | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
Marco Masini (born September 18, 1964 in Florence), is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. . One of his greatest virtues is his voice due to his vocal range, which reaches difficult musical notes, according to experts . . Accompanied by guitarist Riccardo Cherubini, .
Hypothesis: Marcia Masini (born September 18, 1964 in Florence), is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician.
Select from: + Yes; + It's impossible to say; + No; | No | 7 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Are these paraphrases?
Originally , the Lafayette Township was called Havana Township and was founded under the latter name in 1857 .
Havana Township was originally called the Lafayette Township and was founded in 1857 under the latter name .
Choices:
a). no.
b). yes. | a). | 7 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Add spaces between the words in the following text: TheKnowledgeGraphalreadypoweringBingandExceldatatypes.
| The Knowledge Graph already powering Bing and Excel data types. | 6 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Article: Biodiversity provides critical support for drug discovery and the availability of medicinal resources. A significant proportion of drugs are derived, directly or indirectly, from biological sources: at least 50% of the pharmaceutical compounds on the US market are derived from plants, animals, and micro-organisms, while about 80% of the world population depends on medicines from nature (used in either modern or traditional medical practice) for primary healthcare. Only a tiny fraction of wild species has been investigated for medical potential. Biodiversity has been critical to advances throughout the field of bionics. Evidence from market analysis and biodiversity science indicates that the decline in output from the pharmaceutical sector since the mid-1980s can be attributed to a move away from natural product exploration ("bioprospecting") in favor of genomics and synthetic chemistry, indeed claims about the value of undiscovered pharmaceuticals may not provide enough incentive for companies in free markets to search for them because of the high cost of development; meanwhile, natural products have a long history of supporting significant economic and health innovation. Marine ecosystems are particularly important, although inappropriate bioprospecting can increase biodiversity loss, as well as violating the laws of the communities and states from which the resources are taken.
Now answer this question: What provides critical support for drug discovery and the availability of medicinal resources? | Biodiversity | 6 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
"Fred is the only man alive who still remembers my father as an infant. When Fred first saw my father, he was twelve years old." is a true sentence.
Does this mean that "When Fred first saw my father, Fred was twelve years old."?
Options:
[-] no;
[-] yes; | yes | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose the next sentence for this paragraph.
A Home Depot worker who shot his manager before killing himself had been passed over for a promotion and was dumped by his girlfriend, law-enforcement sources have revealed. Calvin Esdaile fatally shot his manager Moctar Sy, 38, after he was reprimanded by a supervisor at the New York City hardware store for ‘being rude’ to the man he later killed in the store’s aisle 12, according to the New York Post. Esdaile, 31, of Brooklyn, worked a shift at the store in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Sunday and left, only to return to the store with a .38 caliber revolver at about 2.45pm to gun down Sy before turning the gun on himself.
He walked into the busy store argued with
OPTIONS:
- Brooklyn before he fired shots.
- Calvin Esdaile before he fired shots.
- Chelsea before he fired shots.
- Esdaile before he fired shots.
- Home Depot before he fired shots.
- Manhattan before he fired shots.
- Moctar Sy before he fired shots.
- New York City before he fired shots.
- New York Post before he fired shots.
- Sy before he fired shots.
| Moctar Sy before he fired shots. | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
How is "But I am positive that with our support, but mainly with the determination of its people, Montenegro can make real progress towards the European Union." said in Finnish? | Luotan kuitenkin siihen, että meidän tukemme ja ennen kaikkea Montenegron kansan päättäväisyyden avulla Montenegro voi edetä todella kohti Euroopan unionia. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize:
The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local time.
However, the execution of a ninth convict, a woman from the Philippines, was postponed at the last minute.
Among those killed were Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Australia has withdrawn its ambassador in response.
The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, called the pair's executions "cruel and unnecessary".
He said Australia respected Indonesia's sovereignty but added, "this cannot be simply business as usual".
Those put to death also include Nigerian nationals, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.
Filipina woman Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was also due to be executed, but this was delayed after a request by the Philippine president, a spokesman from the attorney general's office told the BBC.
The request came after someone suspected of framing Veloso to carry heroin into Indonesia surrendered to police in the Philippines, the spokesman went on.
Indonesia would give Veloso the chance to testify as a witness in the trial in the Philippines, the spokesman said.
Her mother described the last minute reprieve as a "miracle".
"We are so happy, I can't believe it. I can't believe my child will live," Celia Veloso told Philippine radio station DZMM.
A Frenchman also convicted of drug offences, Serge Areski Atlaoui, has also been sentenced to death but has an appeal outstanding.
Amnesty International described the executions as "utterly reprehensible".
"The execution of eight people in Indonesia today shows complete disregard for due process and human rights safeguards," it said in a statement.
Earlier, the eight prisoners were allowed to spend their final moments with their families.
Relatives of Chan and Sukumaran were visibly distressed and Sukumaran's sister collapsed and had to be carried to the prison.
Australia had urged Indonesia to delay the execution of its two nationals until a corruption investigation into their case was complete.
Chan and Sukumaran, along with seven other Australians, were arrested in Bali in 2005 for trying to smuggle more than 18lb (8.2kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia.
The pair were later found to be the ringleaders of the group and sentenced to death. The other seven members of the "Bali Nine" are currently serving either life or 20 years in prison.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
It says it takes a hard line because of the country's own drugs problem - 33 Indonesians die every day as a result of drugs, according to Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency.
Summary: | Eight convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia. | 0 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: "Bob paid for Charlie's college education. He is very grateful."
Sentence 2: "Charlie is very grateful."
Is sentence 2 true, based on sentence 1?
Possible answers:
[1]. no;
[2]. yes; | [2]. | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer from options. Premise: "France's National Archives are kept here in an 18th-century mansion, the Hotel de Soubise, fronted by a vast horseshoe-shaped courtyard." If this premise is true, what does that tell us about whether it entails the hypothesis "There is a horseshoe-shaped courtyard in front of the Hotel de Soubise."?
Select from: A). yes; B). it is not possible to tell; C). no; | A). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the answer to this question? which nba team did lebron james go to?
| Lakers | 6 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
narrow cobbled streets, ancient city walls, breathtaking vantage points, towers and an incredible historical atmosphere; tallinn, the capital city of estonia and formerly known reval, has a lot to offer those who yearn to feel the magic of history.
Can you repeat this sentence, but capitalize it correctly? | Narrow cobbled streets, ancient city walls, breathtaking vantage points, towers and an incredible historical atmosphere; Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia and formerly known Reval, has a lot to offer those who yearn to feel the magic of history. | 5 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
, Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 - 4 November 1999) was a West Indian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is regarded as one of the finest and fastest pacemen ever to have played Test cricket. His Test bowling average of 20.94 is the best of anyone who has taken 200 or more wickets. He achieved his bowling success despite being, by the standards of other fast bowlers, a short man - he stood at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m), while most of the great quicks have been well above 6 feet (1.8 m) and many great West Indian fast bowlers, such as Joel Garner, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, were 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) or above.
Marshall was born in Bridgetown, Barbados. His father, Denzil DeCoster Edghill was also an outstanding cricketer who played for Kingspark cricket club in St. Philip the son of Claudine (nee Edghill) and Guirdwood Ifill, was a policeman; he died in a traffic accident when Marshall was one year old. His mother was Eleanor (nee Welch). Malcolm had three half-brothers and three half-sisters. He grew up in the parish of Saint Michael, Barbados and was educated at St Giles Boys' School from 1963 to 1969 and then at Parkinson Comprehensive from 1969 to 1973. He was partly taught cricket by his grandfather, who helped to bring him up after his father's death. He played cricket for the Banks Brewery team from 1976. His first representative match was a 40-over affair for West Indies Young Cricketers against their English equivalents at Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago in August 1976. He made nought and his eight overs disappeared for 53 runs. Marshall's initial senior appearance was a Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy (List A) match for Barbados on 13 February 1978; again he made a duck and did not take a wicket. Four days later, he made his first-class debut against Jamaica, and whilst he failed to score runs, he claimed 6-77 in the Jamaican first innings. On the back of this single first-class appearance he was selected to tour India in 1978/79, many first-choice West Indian stars being unavailable having committed themselves to playing World Series Cricket. Marshall heard of his selection on the radio while working in the storeroom at Banks Brewery and later claimed he did not know where India was. Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
Did he go to college? | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt | |
Is the premise "Three men are pulling a fishing net on shore." true if "the men are pulling a girl out of the room"?
[1]. yes
[2]. it is not possible to tell
[3]. no | [3]. | 8 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Bienging is unaccptable.
Being drunk is unacceptable.
Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".
Select from:
(I). 0.
(II). 1.
(III). 2.
(IV). 3.
(V). 4.
(VI). 5. | (II). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Companies that fall under that definition are subject to much less stringent regulation .
Phone companies , which have argued that DSL should be subject to less regulation , had mixed reaction .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Select from:
a). no;
b). yes; | a). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Yhteyteni ja yhteistyöni kollegoideni, myös sisämarkkinoista vastaavan komission jäsenen McCreevyn kanssa ovat oikein hyvät tekijänoikeuksien turvaamista koskevien näkökohtien osalta. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select the correct answer: Which is an appropriate title for this article?
The New Jersey Nets have acquired five-time NBA All-Star guard/forward Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for center Alonzo Mourning, center/forward Aaron Williams, forward Eric Williams and two first round draft picks, Nets President Rod
Choose your answer from:
(i). World;
(ii). Sports;
(iii). Business;
(iv). Science/Tech; | (ii). | 6 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence that describes the following data: Airey Neave, battle, Battle of France; Airey Neave, birthPlace, Knightsbridge; Airey Neave, activeYearsStartDate, 1953-06-30; Airey Neave, activeYearsEndDate, 1979-03-30.
Sentence: | Airey Neave was born in Knightsbridge and began his career on June 30th, 1953. He fought in the Battle of France before ending his career on March 30th, 1979. | 5 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Remove the spaces from the following sentence: something new discovered for its inner parts, function and secrets. | somethingnewdiscoveredforitsinnerparts,functionandsecrets. | 9 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Just a note regarding my plans for Thanksgiving. I am going to fly out the afternoon of Nov. 21 and will be back in the office on Monday the Nov.27. I will need PJB to cover my daily trading on Nov.22. Chris
Write a subject line for this email. | Thanksgiving | 2 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. The members of the United Methodist Church gather in Laichingen , while the Catholics are appointed to the parish of Bad Urach in St. Joseph .
2. The members of the United Methodist Church gather in Laichingen , while the Catholics are assigned to the parish of St. Josef in Bad Urach .
Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Choices:
* no;
* yes;...I think the answer is | no | 2 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a negative tweet. Possible tweet types: Choices: *negative; *positive; | @guybatty oh I'm so sorry to hear that very sad thing, he was so young | 8 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
I don't like using the word "awful" to describe any work of the cinema for which a great deal of time, effort, talent and money is spent in its creation but Zefferelli's attempt to adapt Charlotte Brontë's novel 'Jane Eyre' is a total waste of time.
The script is lacking in finesse and power, everything explained to the viewer in no uncertain terms, leaving little to the imagination. The lead actors are woefully miscast, clearly hired for their star names, and the musical score drippy and dull. Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Hurt have absolutely no chemistry with one another at all. She is like a wet noodle, worse even than Joan Fontaine, who at least was capable of some modicum of emotional involvement in what should be a story of frustrated passion. And William Hurt acts the entire film on one tone and that tone is flat and devoid of energy. Of course the limp and vapid script does not aid any of these otherwise fine actors in their efforts to bring any whiff of life to this flick.
Joan Plowright's Mrs Fairfax is like some Disney creation who keeps popping up to sweeten scenes in which she would have been best left out.
There is no mystery surrounding the story of Rochester's first wife. The role of the would-be second wife, played like a Barbie Doll by Elle MacPhearson, is an empty cipher.
Fiona Shaw, a very great actress, is completely wasted as Jane's Aunt, Mrs Reed. She would have been better-cast as Mrs Fairfax. Only Amanda Root, as Jane's beloved school teacher, evokes any authentic sympathy or believability.
I saw this version of 'Jane Eyre' after viewing Robert Young's for British television, made in 1997, starring Ciaran Hinds, Samantha Morgan and Gemma Jones. There is no comparison. Young's vital, romantic and deeply moving version is like an exploding nova compared to Zefferelli's wet squib.
I will be interested now to see the 1970 version with Timothy Dalton, about which I've read some very good things on this web-site. I am amazed at how many people liked Zefferelli's Yorkshire picture book.
About all I can say good about this film is that the house is beautiful and the cinematography vividly colored, beyond that it is a complete dud.
Did this review think positively or negatively of the movie (see options below)?
Select from the following. --negative. --positive....I think the answer is | negative | 4 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
What is the increase organic traffic of websites?
How can I increase traffic very soon on my blog?
Pick from: +no. +yes.
The answer is: | yes | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Reports in Italy this week claim Puma will help Arsenal to sign Mario Balotelli from AC Milan. The striker is sponsored by Puma, who also announced a partnership with Arsenal in January. Balotelli’s. future at Milan has been thrown into doubt after President Silvio. Berlusconi confessed it was still to be decided and Sky Sport Italia. pundit Mario Giunta suggested: 'Arsenal are very interested in Balotelli. and Arsene Wenger would do anything to bring him to London. Target: Reports in Italy suggest Puma could help Arsenal sign Mario Balotelli from AC Milan. Balotelli could be about to return to England having left Manchester City last year. 'This. operation could be pushed forward by the technical sponsor, who. Balotelli shares with Arsenal. To have Balotelli in the Premier League. for Arsenal would be an important investment.' Arsene. Wenger has an admiration for Balotelli but remains keen on Mario. Mandzukic of Bayern Munich, as first revealed in SportsmailOnline, and. is watching him play for Croatia in the World Cup, although he is suspended for the opening game against Brazil. Another target, Alvaro Morata of Real Madrid, is in discussions over a possible move to Villarreal. Blade Harry could cut it for Tigers as Davies talks continue. Hull City are showing interest in Sheffield United defender Harry Maguire and will open talks with Curtis Davies over a new contract. The 29-year-old Davies has been outstanding this season and that has attracted interest from Newcastle and Everton. It is a pivotal contract for Davies who has rebuilt his reputation under Steve Bruce's tutelage after an inauspicious time at Aston Villa which was hampered by poor form and injury. Bruce has made a new centre-back his priority for the summer along with the signing of Jake Livermore. Tiger time? Sheffield United's Harry Maguire is being tracked by Premier League Hull City. Sportsmail reported last month that Crystal Palace have an interest in Livermore too but the player is keen to return to Hull if they can negotiate a suitable fee with Tottenham. That is not easy and will have a bearing on Bruce's other targets Michael Dawson and Joleon Lescott. Dawson is keen to see whether he has a future at Tottenham first. Maguire, 21, has been the subject of two failed bids by Wolves and League One Sheffield United want more than the £2m that has been discussed so far. Pepe is too pricey for Napoli as Spaniard returns to Liverpool. Napoli will struggle to take Pepe Reina back to Italy because of his wages. The Spaniard has returned to Liverpool and is waiting for talks with manager Brendan Rodgers about his future. Rodgers has been looking to bring in a second goalkeeper to give competition to Simon Mignolet and was looking at Swansea's Michel Vorm until the Welsh club valued him at £8m. Spot on: Pepe Reina saves a Balotelli penalty during his loan spell at Napoli this season. The belief is that Liverpool will look to strike a compromise and maybe subsidise Reina's departure to help him reach agreement with a new club over his salary. Atletico Madrid did hold an interest but have signed Miguel Moya from neighbours Getafe and may look at Petr Cech in negotiations with Chelsea over Thibaut Courtois. Arsenal have also been contacted although they have spoken to Cardiff about David Marshall too among several others. Ole eyes Dikgacoi with former Palace midfielder set to join Bluebirds. Cardiff City are in discussions over a deal for South African midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi. The 29-year-old turned down a new contract at Crystal Palace and is a free agent. He is poised to sign for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and will become the Norwegian's fifth summer recruit. From Eagle to Bluebird: Kagisho Dikgacoi is poised to sign for Cardiff from Crystal Palace. Bouremouth have made a second bid for Coventry striker Callum Wilson after having a £1million offer turned down earlier this month. Millwall have made an improved offer for Halifax Town striker Lee Gregory. They had an initial bid of around £150,000 rejected for the 25-year-old. Joao's going nowhere for now as Atletico dig heels in. Atletico Madrid are refusing to negotiate over the transfer of centre-back Joao Miranda insisting clubs meet his buy-out clause of £24.2million if they want to buy him. The Spanish champions are wary that coach Diego Simeone is growing frustrated at the sales taking place with Diego Costa and Filipe Luis heading to Chelsea with free agent Tiago. Midfielder Koke is also the subject of fevered interest but all interested parties are being referred to his buy-out clause of £48m. Tight grip: Atletico Madrid are keeping on to defender Joao Miranda (riight), pictured with Roberto Soldado, then of Valencia. Simeone wants to build on the success of last season but with his squad being dismantled to pay off debts he is concerned at what will be left. Miranda turns 30 in September and has reached an impasse in talks over a new contract. Manchester City, United and Barcelona have all shown an interest although United insist they have not made any offer. City have Eliaquim Mangala and Roma's Mehdi Benatia at the top of their wishlist and will open talks with Porto over a deal for Mangala after the World Cup despite his public declaration of love for Chelsea and also admitting he was partial to United. Atletico meanwhile are considering Mateo Musacchio of Villarreal to replace Miranda should he eventually go. It's no Shaw thing but United are still Luke-ing to Saints star. Manchester United remain determined to conclude a deal for Luke Shaw. The final sign off has been delayed while Southampton search for a new manager. The south coast club are keen to get the optimum price should they sell their players after initially intimating that around £27m would be enough. They are also looking at options of players in return although may struggle to attract some as they continue to lose their own big names. Arsenal remain keen on Morgan Schneiderlin and Calum Chambers and Liverpool will re-package a bid for Adam Lallana but will only go so far. Dejan Lovren, Dani Osvaldo, Victor Wanyama and Jay Rodriguez are also looking to leave. Saint is no Devil, yet: Southampton and England left-back Luke Shaw remains a target of Manchester United. Will Pape put pen to paper at Loftus Road? Pape Souare is being considered by Queens Park Rangers as they weigh up potential recruits for left-back. The Senegal international who figured for his country at the Olympics currently plays for Lille in France. The 24-year-old has also had a spell on loan at Reims. Souare was linked with Arsenal earlier this season after their scouts watched several Lille games. Arsene Wenger was also asking for reports on Belgian starlet Divock Origi, 19, who plays up front at Lille. Charley's got the Edge as he signs up to World Football agency. Everton youngster Charley Edge has signed up to Monaco-based agency World Football. The promising 17-year-old from Aberystwyth is a Wales U17 international and joined Everton at 14 after initially signing with Swansea then Stoke City. He can play across the front line and has caught the eye with performances for the club's U18s. Quick, with a good left foot, Edge has drawn comparisons with a young Ryan Giggs in his style and lists Steven Pienaar as his favourite first team player at Goodison.
What are highlight points for this article? | Reports in Italy suggest sports manufacturer could help broker deal for Italy frontman. It is claimed Arsene Wenger will 'do anything' to bring Balotelli to London. Former Manchester City star is currently on World Cup duty in Brazil and will face England on Saturday. Arsenal remain keen on Bayern Munich striker Mario Mandzukic. | 3 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
See the multi-choice question below:
Sentence 1: You will get a great look at the often dramatic mountains of the Western Ghats running parallel to the coast during your trip.
Sentence 2: The coast runs parallel with the Western Ghat mountains.
If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Available choices:
[1]. yes;
[2]. it is not possible to tell;
[3]. no; | [1]. | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
PeopleSoft's board turns down Oracle's "best and final" offer. But the database software giant is still on the prowl.
What is a good title for this? | PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle bid | 9 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can we conclude that "The hair has to be removed." if the statement "The drain is clogged with hair. It has to be removed." is true?
Choose from: -no. -yes. | yes | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Article: The Famicom contained no lockout hardware and, as a result, unlicensed cartridges (both legitimate and bootleg) were extremely common throughout Japan and the Far East. The original NES (but not the top-loading NES-101) contained the 10NES lockout chip, which significantly increased the challenges faced by unlicensed developers. Tinkerers at home in later years discovered that disassembling the NES and cutting the fourth pin of the lockout chip would change the chip’s mode of operation from "lock" to "key", removing all effects and greatly improving the console’s ability to play legal games, as well as bootlegs and converted imports. NES consoles sold in different regions had different lockout chips, so games marketed in one region would not work on consoles from another region. Known regions are: USA/Canada (3193 lockout chip), most of Europe (3195), Asia (3196) and UK, Italy and Australia (3197). Since two types of lockout chip were used in Europe, European NES game boxes often had an "A" or "B" letter on the front, indicating whether the game is compatible with UK/Italian/Australian consoles (A), or the rest of Europe (B). Rest-of-Europe games typically had text on the box stating "This game is not compatible with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo Entertainment System". Similarly, UK/Italy/Australia games stated "This game is only compatible with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo Entertainment System".
Now answer this question: What was the lockout chip number for Asia? | 3196 | 6 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: how far is the peachtree road race in atlanta??
Answer: | 10-kilometer | 0 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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Thomas Eric Duncan’s dying wish was to see his son. That desire were the last words spoken by the first Ebola victim to die on American soil. And it was a desperate hope he did not live to fulfill. This tragic revelation has been shared now by Wilshire Baptist Church Senior Pastor George Mason. Mason was speaking at a prayer service on Wednesday evening - planned as a vigil of hope but transformed into one of remembrance by Mr Duncan’s passing at 7.51 this morning. Pastor Mason led prayers for the congregation that included community leaders and a small number of friends and family of Mr Duncan. Scroll down for video. Emotianal tribute: Bishop Nathan Kortu of New Life Fellowship Church in Euless, Texas, preaches to nearly 150 persons in attendance at a service at Wilshire Baptist Church Wednesday dedicated to Thomas Eric Duncan who died from complications of Ebola. Tragic: Visitors pray during a service for Duncan, in which speakers revealed the Ebola victim's tragically unfulfilled last wish. Tearful: People hold candles and hold back tears during a a prayer vigil and memorial at Wilshire Baptist Church for Thomas Eric Duncan after he passed away from the Ebola. Wanted to see his son: Duncan did two weeks after coming down with symptoms of Ebola and became the face of America's fears the virus could spread Stateside. Louise Troh, 54, the woman who Mr Duncan came to America to marry and the mother of his 19-year-old son, Karsiah, followed the service via a livestream. She remains in quarantine with her 13-year-old son and two nephews followed the service. ‘If you are with us Louise,’ Pastor Mason said simply, ‘We love you and we are praying for you.’ Pastor Mason described Mr Duncan , 42, as a man who had come to this country ‘in hope.’ He said, ‘He had dreams of a life. He had dreams for his son, Eric (Karsiah) ‘The last words that (Thomas) Eric Duncan said were said to a nurse. ‘She asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted to see his son. ‘She asked him where his son was. He said he was in college, where he should be. ‘He was very proud of his son. ‘His son,’ Pastor Mason added, ‘Wanted to see his father too.’ Kasiah Eric Duncan, 19, a student at San Angelo State University, Texas, travelled to Dallas yesterday in hopes of establishing a relationship with the father he last saw when he was just three years old. That was when his mother left Liberia, and Mr Duncan, following a falling out and travelled to America. But Mr Duncan’s condition deteriorated so severely over the weekend that his family could only view him by video link. And even that was so upsetting to them, Karsiah said yesterday, that they could not sleep after seeing him and could not bear to see him again. Ms Troh, who had been in telephone contact with the man who called her ‘the love of his life’ until Friday. But by Saturday, the day he began receiving experimental drug treatment, Mr Duncan was too weak to communicate with her. Earlier today Ms Troh issued a statement in which she told of her ‘sorrow and anger’ at Mr Duncan’s death. Already serious questions are being asked as to the standard of care the dead man received at Texas Presbyterian Hospital. But tonight at the prayer service Pastor Mason sought to place the focus firmly on he said, ‘One man who we did not know a few weeks ago but who has affected our lives forever.’ Over days of intense scrutiny anger has flared over Mr Duncan’s ‘eagerness’ to enter the country. The allegation that he lied on exit documents in Liberia by claiming he had not been exposed to Ebola when he had carried a pregnant woman dying from the virus the day before flying has been much rehearsed. Elegant service: Pastor Mason sought to place the focus firmly on he said, ‘One man who we did not know a few weeks ago but who has affected our lives forever’ Wrenching: The church in which Duncan would have been married later this year instead ‘sang him to heaven’ But tonight Pastor Mason revealed that Mr Duncan’s greatest dream was to rekindle his family in America then return to the country of his birth, to ‘build his country.’ And he said it was his son and Ms Troh who begged Mr Duncan to travel to the States to be with them. He said, ‘Karisah Eric Duncan and his mother called for Eric Duncan to come from Liberia. ‘They wanted to begin a new life together, to rekindle their family. He came in hope.’ Pastor Mason continued, ‘Eric and Louise built a castle of dreams in their hearts together that they never got to live in.’ According to Pastor Mason who is in daily contact with the now grief-stricken woman, Ms Troh told him, ‘Eric wanted to come to this country. He wanted to be a family. He wanted to work hard. ‘He wanted to gain all he could so he could go back to Libera and build his country.’ Mr Troh told Pastor Mason that Mr Duncan was a ‘Christian man’ ‘respectful of his father and mother.’ Her recollection that he ‘knew how to talk to ladies’ provided a brief moment of levity as a ripple of recognition passed through those who were close to him. Pastor Mason clarified, ‘She said he didn’t let anyone use bad language in front of women. ‘He cared for his children and wanted the best for them.’ Describing Ebola as ‘an unwelcome guest in our community,’ Pastor Mason urged the church that has provided spiritual and material support for Ms Troh and the boys who must remain in quarantine until 19 October, ‘to live by faith not fear.’ Pastor Mason said, ‘Every day we make a choice about how we are going ot live.‘Are we going to move away from each other because of fear? Or towards each other because of love?’ Earlier members of the Liberian community – some 10,000 strong – and residents of Vickery Meadows, the area in which the now notorious Ivy Apartment in which Mr Duncan briefly stayed, spoke of the discrimination they had experienced in the wake of this Ebola outbreak. Dallas County Councillor Jennifer Staubach Gates told MailOnline that yesterday morning alone 15 men had come to her telling her that they had been turned away from their jobs. She said, ‘They were told not to come back for 21 days unless they had a note from the health department.’ Tonight Pastor Mason said, ‘Every day we make a choice about how we are going ot live. ‘Are we going to move away from each other because of fear? Or towards each other because of love?’ Ms Troh will not be able to say a final goodbye to Mr Ducan whose funeral will be held before her period of quarantine is over. Earlier Pastor Mason told reporters that his understanding was that the body would have to be cremated. He was unsure as to whether his ashes would be buried or placed in a sealed urn. Associate Pastor Mark Wingfield said that it was likely there would be ‘multiple memorial services,’ for the man who Pastor Mason said, ‘we did not know a few weeks ago (but who) has affected our lives forever.’ Last night the church that he would have been married in later this year instead ‘sang him to heaven.’ ‘We can let him go,’ Pastor Mason said. ‘Without fear even with the loss. ‘Our hearts with hurt and his friends and loved ones will grieve but they know thay can trust him to God.’ ‘We can let him go,’ Pastor Mason said. ‘Without fear even with the loss.‘Our hearts with hurt and his friends and loved ones will grieve but they know thay can trust him to God.’
Highlights: | Pastor George Mason led prayers at Wilshire Baptist in Dallas that included community leaders and a small number of friends and family of Mr Duncan. Duncan's quarantined fiancee Louise Troh, 54, who Duncan and mother of his 19-year-old son, Karsiah, followed the service via a livestream. Already serious questions are being asked as to the standard of care the dead man received at Texas Presbyterian Hospital. | 1 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
How does the sentence end?
(CNN) -- Germany has only produced two Formula One champions, but they are two of the greatest drivers the sport has ever known -- and they can thank one man for spotting their nascent talent. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel have won 11 world titles between them, winning renown across the globe for their record-breaking feats. And the story of their success started in the small town of Kerpen, where Gerhard Noack is known as the man who finds champions at the local go-kart club. It was at this innocuous circuit, carved out of an old gravel pit, that Noack first spotted the potential of Germany's two giants of motorsport.
"Other than that he is, in my view at least, still the same
OPTIONS:
- CNN that he was when he was eight years old.
- Formula One that he was when he was eight years old.
- Gerhard Noack that he was when he was eight years old.
- Germany that he was when he was eight years old.
- Kerpen that he was when he was eight years old.
- Michael Schumacher that he was when he was eight years old.
- Noack that he was when he was eight years old.
- Schumacher that he was when he was eight years old.
- Sebastian Vettel that he was when he was eight years old.
- Vettel that he was when he was eight years old.
| Sebastian Vettel that he was when he was eight years old. | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Sentiment possibilities Pick from: 1. negative; 2. positive;. Generate a tweet that has the following sentiment: 1. | i love dateline/mystery solving shows. not good for someone who gets nightmares easily | 9 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Text complete: more to the point , it plainly demonstrated to patrick that secret government policy was certainly a reality . laws against such activity did n't seem to deter it . patrick spent more time reading the paper than he realized . justine actually found him instead of the other way around . sure enough , she was brandishing a paper coffee cup . it must have come from a greek restaurant , given the illustration of yellow columns on a blue field that went around the | cup | 7 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
See context followed by options. Is "Martin" the same as "he" in this sentence?
Pete envies Martin although *he* is very successful.
Choose your answer from: -- no -- yes | no | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Read this and answer the question. If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
Recent studies, as by the APG, show that the monocots form a monophyletic group (clade) but that the dicots do not (they are paraphyletic). Nevertheless, the majority of dicot species do form a monophyletic group, called the eudicots or tricolpates. Of the remaining dicot species, most belong to a third major clade known as the magnoliids, containing about 9,000 species. The rest include a paraphyletic grouping of primitive species known collectively as the basal angiosperms, plus the families Ceratophyllaceae and Chloranthaceae.
What do studies by the monophyletic group show? | unanswerable | 1 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
The teacher took roll.
What is the effect of the preceding sentence?
Possible answers: 1). She identified the students that were absent.. 2). She gave her students a pop quiz.. | 1). | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Find the right ending to this passage.
On both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, key questions are lingering after Mexico's presidential vote. Election authorities projected Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, as the winner Sunday night. But his closest competitor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, has not conceded. The election results raise issues rooted in Mexico's complicated political past that will play a critical role in shaping the nation's future, analysts say. Has the PRI, a political party that critics accuse of being authoritarian and corrupt, changed its approach in Mexico? Will Lopez Obrador and his supporters protest the election results as they have in the past? And will Peña Nieto's proposal to decrease violence mark a significant shift in U.S.-Mexico drug war policy?
OPTIONS:
- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Democratic Revolution Party claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Enrique Peña Nieto claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Institutional Revolutionary Party claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Lopez Obrador claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Mexicans claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Mexico claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- PRD claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- PRI claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Pentagon claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- Peña Nieto claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
- U.S. claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
| Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself as "the legitimate president of Mexico." | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a movie review? | Just Cause is one of those films that at first makes you wonder quite why it was so heavily slated when it came out - nothing special but competent enough and with an excellent supporting performance from Ed Harris. Then you hit the last third and everything starts to get increasingly silly until you've got a killer with a flashlight strapped to his forehead threatening to fillet Sean Connery's wife (a typically mannered and unconvincing Kate Capshaw) and kid (a very young Scarlet Johannsen) in an alligator skinner's shack.
The kind of movie that's probably best seen on a plane, and even then only once. | 9 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Coming off their road win over the Titans, the Steelers flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 3 interconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With quarterback Dennis Dixon recovering from injury, veteran quarterback Charlie Batch made his first start since Week 17 of the 2007 season. Pittsburgh trailed early in the first quarter as Buccaneers kicker Connor Barth got a 40-yard field goal following a Batch interception. Afterwards, the Steelers would answer as Batch completed a 46-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Wallace. Tampa Bay would respond in the second quarter as Barth nailed a 24-yard field goal, but Pittsburgh would strike back, beginning with a 3-yard touchdown run from running back Rashard Mendenhall. Batch would then find Wallace again on a 41-yard touchdown pass, followed by his 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Hines Ward. The Steelers would pull away in the second half as kicker Jeff Reed booted a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter, followed by defensive end Brett Keisel returning an interception 79 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Buccaneers would close out the game as running back LeGarrette Blount got a 1-yard touchdown run. With the win, the Steelers got their first 3-0 start since 2007.
Ask a question about this article. | How many field goals were made in the game? | 9 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, and filmmaker who achieved international fame as the creator of the Muppets. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Leland, Mississippi and Hyattsville, Maryland. Henson began developing puppets while attending high school. He created Sam and Friends while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, a five-minute sketch-comedy puppet show that appeared on television.
James Maury Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 24, 1936, the younger of two children of Paul Ransom Henson (1904-1994), an agronomist for the United States Department of Agriculture, and his wife Betty Marcella (nee Brown, 1904-1992). He was raised as a Christian Scientist and spent his early childhood in Leland, Mississippi, before moving with his family to University Park, Maryland in the late 1940s, near Washington, D.C. He remembered the arrival of the family's first television as "the biggest event of his adolescence," having been heavily influenced by radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the early television puppets of Burr Tillstrom on Kukla, Fran and Ollie and Bil and Cora Baird. He remained a Christian Scientist at least into his twenties when he would teach Sunday School, but he wrote to a Christian Science church in 1975 to inform them that he was no longer a practicing member. Henson began working for WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV) in 1954 while attending Northwestern High School, creating puppets for a Saturday morning children's show called The Junior Morning Show. He enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park as a studio arts major upon graduation, thinking that he might become a commercial artist. A puppetry class offered in the applied arts department introduced him to the craft and textiles courses in the College of Home Economics, and he graduated in 1960 with a BS in home economics. As a freshman, he had been asked to create Sam and Friends, a five-minute puppet show for WRC-TV. The characters on Sam and Friends were forerunners of the Muppets, and the show included a prototype of Henson's most famous character Kermit the Frog. He remained at WRC from 1954 to 1961. In the show, Henson began experimenting with techniques that changed the way in which puppetry was used on television, including using the frame defined by the camera shot to allow the puppet performer to work from off-camera. He believed that television puppets needed to have "life and sensitivity" and began making characters from flexible, fabric-covered foam rubber, allowing them to express a wider array of emotions at a time when many puppets were made of carved wood. A marionette's arms are manipulated by strings, but Henson used rods to move his Muppets' arms, allowing greater control of expression. Additionally, he wanted the Muppet characters to "speak" more creatively than was possible for previous puppets, which had random mouth movements, so he used precise mouth movements to match the dialogue. When Henson began work on Sam and Friends, he asked fellow University of Maryland sophomore Jane Nebel to assist him. The show was a financial success but, after graduating from college, he began to have doubts about going into a career performing with puppets. He spent several months in Europe, where he was inspired by European puppet performers who looked on their work as an art form. He and Jane began dating after his return to the United States. They were married in 1959 and had five children: Lisa (b. 1960), Cheryl (b. 1961), Brian (b. 1963), John (b. 1965, d. 2014), and Heather (b. 1970). Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
What year was he born ? | September 24, 1936, | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Who is he referring to in the following sentence?
The boy laughed at his friend because he heard the joke.
Pick your answer from:
a). The boy
b). his friend | a). | 7 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Here is some data: Alvah Sabin, office, Secretary of State of Vermont; Alvah Sabin, successor, Homer Elihu Royce; Alvah Sabin, birthPlace, Georgia, Vermont; Alvah Sabin, deathPlace, Sycamore, Illinois.
Write a sentence that describes this data.
Sentence: | Alvah Sabin, who was born in Georgia, Vermont and died in Sycamore, Illinois, worked as the Secretary of State of Vermont and was succeeded by Homer Elihu Royce. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
I dreamed buckets full of moccasins and native Americans with no faces hawking them . I dreamed a man in an old purple van with a temper , with a trailer attached , with a sleeping little girl . I dreamed he ran them into a tree .
Options: 1. None of the above choices .. 2. They were wearing moccasins and running around trees. 3. They might have been running around trees .. 4. They might have been reading a book about Native American culture.
Q: What might have happened before this person had this dream ? | 4. | 1 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Nos esforzamos para conectar con el mejor Skillman New Jersey Última Voluntad y Testiment los abogados en su ubicación Empiece por elegir un lugar y la categoría en su área. Es así de simple. How do you say this sentence in English? | We strive to connect you with the best Skillman New Jersey Child Abduction lawyers and attorneys in your location Start by choosing a location and category in your area. It's that simple. | 1 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
This is some data: Aaron Hunt, club, SV Werder Bremen; Aaron Hunt, club, Hamburger SV; Hamburger SV, league, Bundesliga; SV Werder Bremen, manager, Viktor Skrypnyk.
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Sentence: | Aaron Hunt has played for SV Werder Bremen who are managed by Viktor Skrypnyk along with Hamburger SV who are a member of the Bundesliga. | 3 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a short summary this sentence:
hungarian prime minister gyula horn today concluded his two-day visit to sweden with a meeting with representatives of the swedish industrial and commercial communities .
Summary: | hungarian prime minister ends visit to sweden | 2 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Select the correct answer: Which is an appropriate title for this article?
NEW YORK - Wall Street shares took a beating yesterday as a fresh surge in oil prices dented sentiment among investors already fretting about the coming corporate earnings season.
Possible answers:
- World;
- Sports;
- Business;
- Science/Tech; | Business | 6 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
justin drove a corvette
Justin breaks down<br>Justin was taking a trip. His car started to make a loud noise. He decided to pull over. He popped the hood and his engine was blown. He called for help and waited to get picked up.
Pick from:
[1]. Yes;
[2]. It's impossible to say;
[3]. No; | [2]. | 8 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet — 0.6 0.6 0.6 Pilot Commercialization Fund for University Research — 10.5 10.5 10.5 Pilot Commercialization Fund for Federal Labs — 5.2 5.2 5.2 Budget 2003:
| Stratégie nationale pour la protection des enfants contre l'exploitation sexuelle sur internet (SNPEESI) — 0,6 0,6 0,6 Programme pilote de fonds de commercialisation pour la recherche universitaire — 10,5 10,5 10,5 Programme pilote de fonds de commercialisation pour les laboratoires fédéraux — 5,2 5,2 5,2 Budget de 2003 : | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: well do you have separate trash cans at your desk
Hypothesis: Do you use special trash cans for recycling?
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
(i) yes (ii) it is not possible to tell (iii) no And the answer is: | (ii) | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Triple: 2 RECORD 0-2; 2 DATE september 22, 1974
What is a sentence that describes this triple? | The record on September 22, 1974 was 0–2. | 0 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
As of the census of 2010, there were 42,883 people, 16,119 households, and 10,872 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile (44/km²). There were 17,347 housing units at an average density of 44 per square mile (17/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.8% Race (United States Census), 5.9% Race (United States Census) or Race (United States Census), 0.6% Race (United States Census), 0.4% Race (United States Census), 0.0% Race (United States Census), 1.3% from Race (United States Census), and 1.9% from two or more races. 4.1% of the population were Race (United States Census) or Race (United States Census) of any race. According to Census 2000, 20.3% were of Germans, 18.3% English people, 10.8% Italian people, 10.3% Irish people, 9.4% United States and 7.3% Polish people ancestry and 96.0% spoke English language and 3.0% Spanish language as their first language.
Which group is larger according to the census: people or families? | people | 2 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Does the following review have a positive or negative opinion of the movie?
just a string of stale gags
Pick your answer from:
1). negative
2). positive | 1). | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Master Wong had to come to the defense of his pupil, Lun-Xiu, since he managed to anger numerous thugs.
Tell me who he is.
Choose from:
[1]. Master Wong.
[2]. Lun-Xiu. | [2]. | 3 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Review: Petter Mattei's "Love in the Time of Money" is a visually stunning film to watch. Mr. Mattei offers us a vivid portrait about human relations. This is a movie that seems to be telling us what money, power and success do to people in the different situations we encounter.
This being a variation on the Arthur Schnitzler's play about the same theme, the director transfers the action to the present time New York where all these different characters meet and connect. Each one is connected in one way, or another to the next person, but no one seems to know the previous point of contact. Stylishly, the film has a sophisticated luxurious look. We are taken to see how these people live and the world they live in their own habitat.
The only thing one gets out of all these souls in the picture is the different stages of loneliness each one inhabits. A big city is not exactly the best place in which human relations find sincere fulfillment, as one discerns is the case with most of the people we encounter.
The acting is good under Mr. Mattei's direction. Steve Buscemi, Rosario Dawson, Carol Kane, Michael Imperioli, Adrian Grenier, and the rest of the talented cast, make these characters come alive.
We wish Mr. Mattei good luck and await anxiously for his next work.
What is the sentiment of this review?
Options are: i. negative ii. positive | ii. | 7 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Kylie Minogue records theme song for Absolutey Fabulous: The Movie
I ALREADY know it’s going to be my favourite film of the year and I haven’t even seen it yet.
But now Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie has got even better, as one of my most-loved singers has recorded the classic theme.
I am unbelievably excited to reveal that KYLIE MINOGUE has covered This Wheel’s On Fire, which featured in every episode of the original BBC sitcom.
The Aussie star, whom we’ve mocked up as Patsy, recorded the song in a secret studio session and Ab Fab writer JENNIFER SAUNDERS was keen to keep her involvement under wraps, just like the scores of cameos in the movie.
The track, a cover of BOB DYLAN’s 1975 song, is now available to pre-order on download — and it doesn’t disappoint.
It will be included in the show’s first feature-length film, in which Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, played by Jennifer and JOANNA LUMLEY, escape to the French Riviera after shoving KATE MOSS into the Thames.
I revealed the first screen shots from the movie in April and promise to keep you updated with further exclusives regarding the film everyone’s talking about.
JASON DERULO, LA ROUX and PALOMA FAITH have also provided hits for the soundtrack, which will be released on July 1 — the day the flick hits cinemas.
Not letting them get all the fun, it looks like some characters will be having a singsong during the movie.
JULIA SAWALHA, who plays Eddie’s daughter Saffy, has sung a rendition of At Seventeen.
And JANE HORROCKS, who portrays Eddie’s ditzy assistant Bubble and arch-nemesis Katy Grin, will also be breaking out a performance of Big Spender.
Kylie said: “As a huge fan of the Ab Fab series and both Jennifer and Joanna, I’m over the moon to be singing the theme song.”
TOM JONES held back the tears as he performed for the first time since the death of his wife Melinda Rose from cancer in April.
At Wednesday’s gig at Hampton Court Palace Festival in South London he sang a new song Long Lost Suitcase, telling the crowd: “Any time I used to record songs I would play them to my wife first to see what she thought.
“She loved this song and so do I, so I would like to do it for you.”
He received a standing ovation before a poignant version of PRINCE’s Kiss.
Only a legend like Tom could do that track justice.
A DECADE of partying hasn’t taken its toll on pals LINDSAY LOHAN and KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN.
The pair hung out all over London on Wednesday, doing dinner at Ours restaurant before heading to Loulou’s nightclub and topping off the night at Cirque le Soir.
Since 2006, when they were regulars on the Hollywood party scene, Lilo has bagged fiancé Egor Tarabasov, who was out too, while reality star Kourtney has three kids.
Even more reason to let their hair down.
UNLIKE her half-sister on the dance floor, KENDALL JENNER’s car ran out of fuel back home in LA.
The supermodel was helped out by a kind passer-by who nipped to a garage to top up her 1957 Corvette.
It’s very unlikely the slender star asked him to pick up a sandwich, crisps and drink meal deal while he was there.
X FACTOR couple STEVI RITCHIE and CHLOE-JASMINE WHICHELLO are planning to walk down the aisle this month – just weeks after they called off their engagement.
I can reveal the duo will fly to Paphos in Cyprus to tie the knot on a luxury yacht on June 30.
A source said: “Stevi and Chloe-Jasmine have been offered a major magazine deal covering all their wedding expenses.
“Guests will be picked up in a limo and whisked over to the yacht for the ceremony before they all pile back to a luxury villa for the reception. No expense is being spared.
“They are trying to keep it a secret so haven’t sent out any physical invitations, but they have been quietly inviting friends and family.
“Of course, they are hoping some of their celebrity pals will come along too.”
I expect SIMON COWELL and CHERYL have already made their excuses.
Stevi and Chloe-Jasmine met on The X Factor back in 2014. They appeared together on Celebrity Big Brother last year but split up in April after a tumultuous 16 months – with pals saying that their relationship had turned “toxic”.
In a statement at the time, a rep for the pair said: “Chloe-Jasmine and Stevi are taking a break due to busy work schedules.”
I hope the marriage lasts longer than their split.
ALL that time spent with boxer FLOYD MAYWEATHER hasn’t paid off for JUSTIN BIEBER.
The pop star took on a man three times his size outside his hotel in Cleveland, US, and lost.
CCTV footage showed Biebs throwing punches before he was quickly taken down by his rival at around 11pm on Wednesday.
It’s unclear what prompted the scrap.
But it’s not like he’s the type to say sorry, either.
What is a short summary of the above article? | I ALREADY know it’s going to be my favourite film of the year and I haven’t even seen it yet. But now Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie has got even better, as one of my most-loved singers has recorde… | 4 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this:
Which is a possible disadvantage of using flowing water to produce electricity?
(A). ecosystem damage and loss of land
(B). reduced carbon dioxide emission
(C). only suitable for industrial use
(D). creates reservoirs | (A). | 7 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Write a summary based on this article:
Women make “bloody good spies” because of their ability to understand emotions and juggle multiple problems at once, a female intelligence officer has claimed.
Being a mother and a spy can also be an advantage because it enables you to connect with a whole range of people, from terrorists to political leaders. “I am less of a threat than a single female,” said the intelligence officer, who is married with young children. “They [the terrorists] have mothers, sisters, daughters.”
Blowing away the stereotypical macho, lone-ranger image of spies as portrayed by James Bond and Jason Bourne, Lisa (not her real name) is the real deal.
She gave a rare interview to The Times about her job as part of a subtle but active recruitment campaign… ||||| Women make the best spies says (female) MI6 officer: Feminine charms such as understanding emotions help make a good secret agent
MI6 officer says women make better spies as they appear less threatening
Female intelligence officer speaking as part of a drive to recruit more women
Spy said working mothers made particularly good secret agents
But she admits life is a lot less glamourous than in the James Bond films
It's not the exotic charms of a modern-day Mata Hari that will make a good secret agent, but feminine characteristics such as understanding emotions
Women spies have often been depicted as practised seducers – able to prise secrets from defenceless men with their devastating charm.
But, according to one female intelligence officer, there’s a rather more ordinary reason why women make better spies than men – they appear less threatening.
So it’s not the exotic charms of a modern-day Mata Hari that will make a good secret agent, but feminine characteristics such as understanding emotions.
They are the qualities that make women ‘bloody good spies’ a female MI6 officer said yesterday as part of a drive by the Security Service to recruit more women.
The spy, speaking anonymously, said working mothers made particularly good secret agents. She said: ‘Being a mother and a spy can also be an advantage because it enables you to connect with a whole range of people from terrorists to political leaders.
‘I’m less of a threat than a single female,’ said the intelligence officer who is married with young children. ‘They, the terrorist, have mothers, sisters, daughters.’
After taking six months maternity leave when she had her children, she said life as a working mother is difficult.
‘It is amazing that anybody manages to balance life and work with small children.’
She added that the thing that upsets her the most is hearing her children cry when dropping them off at nursery. She said her gender has been helpful as she worked to protect the world from the threat of terrorism or nuclear war.
‘I have successfully countered proliferation,’ she added. ‘I’ve made the world a safer place through some of the jobs I have done and the agents I have run. ‘
It is always interesting, there is massive diversity. You can be covering completely different geographic locations over a career. There’s strong moral reward to it.’
The spy said life at MI6 is far from the glamorous world depicted in James Bond films, starring Daniel Craig and Judi Dench
The spy said life at MI6 is far from the glamorous world depicted in James Bond films.
‘SIS is a lot more responsible and it is a lot more connected to the rest of government. It is a lot more about teamwork and not just Bond talks to Q and gets kit.’
Asked if she has ever been armed with an explosive pen, she said: ‘No, though I have had pens that explode on a plane because of cabin pressure.’
Two high profile women, Dame Stella Rimington (left) and Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller (right) have reached the top in the spying game
Throughout the decades the idea of the female spy has captured the imagination. Mata Hari was an exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy, and executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage during the First World War.
Two high profile women have reached the top in the spying game. Dame Stella Rimington was director general of MI5 in 1992 and used her knowledge to become a successful thriller author. ||||| Women make "bloody good spies". So says a female Secret Intelligence Service officer, known as "Lisa", who has spoken out as part of an SIS recruitment campaign. She says women spy well because "We are quite good at multi-tasking. We are quite good at tapping into different emotional resources".
Busting the tradition of portraying female spies as rapacious sex addicts (Mata Hari) or over-emotional (Carrie Mathison in Homeland), Lisa is a mother who says the most distressing thing in her working day is hearing her children cry when she leaves them at nursery. Does that sound surprising? If it does, take that as a clue to the most important attribute possessed by female spies: other people's prejudice. That spying seems like a man's job is possibly the biggest reason women make good ones.
Last year Prince Charles unveiled a monument to Britain's female spies of the second world war, so perhaps they are at last gaining recognition. To celebrate – and to encourage, or perhaps discourage, applicants – here are five famous female spies.
"Jen"
The female CIA analyst on whom Carrie Mathison is reportedly based. "Jen" was outed – but only pseudonymously – by Navy Seal Matt Bissonnette, who took part in the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed – thanks to the intelligence she provided. According to Bissonnette's book, she spent five years researching Bin Laden's whereabouts. Little is known of her. Except Bissonnette says she is feisty – and that when she saw Bin Laden's bullet-riddled body, she wept.
Christine Granville (born Krystyna Skarbek)
Christine Granville Photograph: ©Rue des Archives/PVDE
"In the 1940s, most people seemed to think all female agents were beautiful and used their charm and beauty," says Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved, a biography of Granville. This was not true for all, but "Granville's charm and beauty were really important". She was fast-thinking, brave, devoted and instinctive, once biting her tongue to feign the symptoms of tuberculosis and elude the Gestapo. She also slept with lots of men: it was a jealous lover who killed her in 1952, after she had survived the war. She was awarded the George Medal.
Violette Szabó
Violette Szabo Photograph: Getty
Proof that women have long been spies and mothers. A secret agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Szabó took part in two intelligence-gathering missions in 1944, in Rouen and Limoges, barely two years after her daughter was born. She was possibly motivated by the death in action of her husband, an officer in the Free French Army. One biography claims that she bought a dress for her baby in Paris when the first mission was completed. She was captured during her second mission and executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Noor Inayat Khan
Noor Inayat Khan Photograph: The Khan Family
Joined SOE in 1939, and supported the Resistance in France. She was Muslim and played the sitar. "She was a dreamy musician and writer," says her biographer, Shrabani Basu. "But once she was in the field she was transformed." She gave no information under torture and was executed at Dachau. Although she was awarded a George Cross, recognition of her work has been slow. Basu says she received so many letters from readers of her book asking why there was no memorial to Khan, that she started a campaign. Last year a monument to Khan was erected in London's Gordon Square.
Stella Rimington
Stella Rimington Photograph: Linda Nylind
The first female director general – and an unprecedentedly public face – of MI5. Headed up the organisation between 1992 and 1996 having risen through the ranks. "There were a number of educated women like myself [at MI5 in Curzon Street]. We ganged up against the tweed-suited, pipe-smoking brigade," she has said. Living proof of a spy afterlife – as thriller writer (intriguingly her female spy does not have children, although Rimington does), Man Booker prize judge and non-executive director. ||||| Video
Image Mothers make 'bloody good spies' 1:41 Play video Alison Stephenson crosses to Wake Up with the story.
MUM’S the word, or so it seems.
A top British spy claims women, especially mothers, make great spies because of their ability to understand emotions and to multitask.
In an interview with The Times , the unnamed spy said being a mother meant it was also possible to draw sympathy from a range of different people who found her “less of a threat than a single female”.
“They [the terrorists] have mothers, sisters, daughters,” said the intelligence agent, who is married with young kids.
“I think they [women] are bloody good spies,” she said.
Her comments fly in the face of the glamorised image of spies put forth in movies like James Bond. The woman, who works for the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), better known as MI6, said intelligence work was more about team work than charismatic lone heroes like Bond.
She said her work had involved fighting terrorism and countering the threat of nuclear proliferation.
“I have made the world a safer place through some of the operations I have done and the agents I have run,” she said. “It is always interesting. There is massive diversity. You can be covering completely different geographical places during a career. There is a strong moral reward to it.”
She also expressed frustration at the way female spies were shown on TV, as having some kind of personality disorder, like Carrie Mathison, the female CIA operative in the Homeland television series.
“You would not be selected with such a condition,” she said. “You would be too much of a risk.” |||||
Summary: | – A British intelligence officer tells the Times of London that women make "bloody good spies" because they are fine multi-taskers who excel at "tapping into different emotional resources." As part of a Secret Intelligence Service recruitment campaign, the top spy dismissed the notion that female agents are over-emotional (Homeland's Carrie Mathison) or obsessed with sex (Mata Hari), the Guardian reports. In fact, a woman with a personality disorder "would not be selected" for service, she says, reports Australia's News Network. "You would be too much of a risk." Speaking anonymously, the spy said her life as a working mother is hard to balance—but being married helps her connect to a range of people, from politicians to terrorists, the Daily Mail reports. "I'm less of a threat than a single female," she says. "They, the terrorist, have mothers, sisters, daughters." She also spoke of rewards beyond gender: "I have made the world a safer place through some of the operations I have done and the agents I have run. There is a strong moral reward to it." (For a weird spy story, check out Russia's hijacking of Ukraine's spy dolphins.) | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "You're my lawyer, so anything I tell you is in confidence, right?" said in Czech? | Jsi můj právník, takže cokoli ti řeknu, je důvěrné, že ano? | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
greek officials wednesday called on neighboring turkey to abandon plans to build a nuclear reactor after the country suffered a devastating earthquake .
What is a very short summary of the above text? | greece officials urge turkey to reconsider nuclear power plans with bc-turkey-quake | 5 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Cut along the sides of the duct tape to even out the edge. Use a ruler to help guide you and make a straight edge. Don't cut too much off, as that will make your wallet too small. For a shorter wallet that will more snugly fit skinny American dollar bills, make your rectangle no smaller than 6 by 8 inches (15 by 20 cm). Cut pieces of tape that are the height of the sides of the pocket you've just made. Place a piece on each end, folding it over the cut edge and around the back. Smooth it out with your fingers. The edges should be up against each other when you wrap the tape around them.
Summary: | Trim the edges of the duct tape. Tape the edges closed. | 0 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
This is a test of commonsense with single/multi-choices. Complete the next sentence:
How to unstick two cooking bowls
Fill your sink with hot water.
Place the stopper in the bottom of the sink. Sit your stuck pots in the sink.
Pick from:
A). The stopper will drain out a small amount of hot water. Wait until about 10 minutes is passed, then remove the stopper.
B). Let them rise, one at a time, until you're ready to begin cooking. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes.
C). Turn on the hot water faucet. Soak the currants by turning the faucet on and then quickly splashing water on them.
D). Turn the hot water faucet on. Wait for the sink to fill and do not let any water get in the upper pot.
The answer is: | D). | 3 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Aaron Mokoena
Translate to Russian
Russian: | Мокоена, Арон | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Review:
has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself
Is this movie review sentence negative or positive?
OPTIONS:
a). negative
b). positive
The answer is: | b). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: Where is Wayne County's Probate Court located?
Answer: The city is home to the Thirty-Sixth District Court, as well as the First District of the Michigan Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
A single-select problem: Is the question answered in a satisfactory fashion?
Pick your answer from: a). yes; b). no; | b). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
This text is missing some spaces, please add them: Themainadvantageofthesekindofharddiskisthattheyarefast,smallandportable.
| The main advantage of these kind of hard disk is that they are fast, small and portable. | 5 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Generate a short movie review that has "positive" sentiment (Options:
*negative
*positive). | through its otherwise comic narrative | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
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