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Çok sayıda tanık, kişisel güvenliklerinden endişelendiği için ifade vermeyi reddetmişti.
Could you please translate this to English? | Numerous witnesses refused to testify out of fear for their personal safety. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Dialogue:
Peter: I need to take care of my little niece during the weekend
Peter: And I have no idea how to spend time with kids
Jordan: How old is she?
Peter: 4
Mathew: Sorry mate, I have no experience
Jordan: Kids this age tend to be very active
Jordan: Maybe you can play ball with her?
Peter: Sounds like a good idea
What were the main points in that conversation? | Peter needs to take care of his little niece during the weekend, but he doesn't know how to spend time with her. Jordan suggested playing ball with her. | 5 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the most logical completion of this news story?.
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 18:04 EST, 22 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:04 EST, 22 June 2012 John Edwards' mistress has revealed that she saw the politician's cancer-stricken wife as 'family' even while carrying on an affair with her husband. Rielle Hunter has also opened up about the first time she had sex with Mr Edwards, then a presidential candidate, describing it as being 'like a rock concert'. Ms Hunter is cashing in on her notoriety with a tell-all memoir, which she is promoting in an interview with ABC's 20/20 set to air tonight. Rivals: But Rielle Hunter, left, insists that she felt compassion towards Elizabeth Edwards, right, the cancer-stricken wife of her politician lover John
Mr Hunter bragged that she played a role in destroying the 'myth' of John and
OPTIONS:
- ABC, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Edwards, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Elizabeth, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Elizabeth Edwards, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Hugo Gye, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Hunter, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- John, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- John Edwards, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Quinn, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
- Rielle Hunter, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children.
| Elizabeth Edwards, but says the book is part of her 'duty' to Mr Edwards' other children. | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
How to make a healthy fruit smoothie<br>Put the oats and chia seeds into the blender. Grate 'em up until you get the consistency of flour--in other words, till they're near powder. Add milk and yogurt.
Choose from: i. Yes. ii. It's impossible to say. iii. No.
Hypothesis: Boil them, mash them, put them in a stew up until you get the consistency of flour.
| iii. | 5 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Do the following sentences say the same thing?
the deal has been in process for several years.
the iaea has been investigating iran's nuclear activities for 4 years.
Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
Options: i. 0; ii. 1; iii. 2; iv. 3; v. 4; vi. 5; | ii. | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
I want to make crispy risotto cake and seafood ragout
Can you repeat this sentence, but add in punctuation? | I want to make crispy risotto cake and seafood ragout. | 1 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
1. Fans of martials arts flicks will enjoy this one. But it's no Crouching Tiger.
2. If Asian martial arts movies interest you even a little bit, you're going to want to see Iron Monkey.
3. A rollicking, comic-book Robin Hood plot and more furiously entertaining fight scenes than the ones in Ang Lee's solemn martial-arts art movie.
4. Iron Monkey is a masterful film that deftly bounds over Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
5. A cinematic marvel to behold.
6. Pure ballet, pure candy for the eyes.
7. What raises it above the level of conventional children's pulp entertainment is Yuen's dazzlingly choreographed acrobatic high-wire work.
8. If you're a fan of the genre, this is a must.
9. Yuen tosses off nimble, elegantly witty solutions to life's most vexing problems regarding rooms full of bad guys who won't take thwak for an answer.
10. While the story and characterizations are weak, the action is as good as you'll see in any film.
What is a brief summary of the following reviews? | Iron Monkey may not have the poetic lyricism of Crouching Tiger, it makes up for it in fun and energy. | 1 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
"Do you remember Tsar Nikolai's era? When the Red Army came and when Vladimir Lenin died? Well I do. So take a guess how old I am." Meet Sohan Dosova - the newly found treasure of Kazakhstan. She is 130 years old, at least she is according to her documents. The Soviet passport issued in the early 1980s states that Sohan Dosova was born in the Karaganda region on 27 March 1879. Now after a new national census in Kazakhstan, she has been "rediscovered".
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The capital of Kazakhstan is Tsibilisi."?
Options: --Yes. --It's impossible to say. --No.
I think the answer is | It's impossible to say | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose the next sentence for this paragraph.
It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses -- but when it came to creating a "Street View" of a desert, Google hit on a low-tech solution. It hired a camel. The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera, which is typically hoisted by humans to capture 360-degree images of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars. Google spokeswoman Monica Baz says the camel, reportedly named Raffia, was an apt way of documenting the beautiful shifting sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis. "With every environment and every location, we try to customize the capture and how we do it for that part of the environment," she told The National newspaper.
Of course, while the camel can only be seen in shadow on the images it captured, Google's
OPTIONS:
- Abu Dhabi cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Egyptian cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Galapagos cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Google cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Google Trekker cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Grand Canyon cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Liwa Oasis cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Monica Baz cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Raffia cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Street View cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- The National cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
- Trekker cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights.
| Street View cars have witnessed plenty of other bizarre sights. | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: What is "What is the formula to calculate pi ?" asking about?
Pick your answer from:
--description;
--entity;
--abbreviation;
--human;
--numeric;
--location;
Answer: | entity | 4 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
A ball is tossed up in the air and it comes back down. The ball comes back down because of
Available options:
[A]. gravity
[B]. friction
[C]. erosion
[D]. magnetism | [A]. | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?
Context:
In this Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 photo, a nurse attends to Argelia Mansio who was injured by a stray bullet during an assault staged by unknown attackers at the Roosevelt Hospital, in Guatemala City. The deputy hospital director told reporters that 12 people were wounded, including a child who underwent surgery and was in critical condition. Luis Soto AP Photo
Hypothesis: A total of twelve people had got hurt by the bad guys
Available options: a. Yes. b. It's impossible to say. c. No. | a. | 7 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Available choices:
+ yes
+ no
Does "Saint Helena produces what is said to be the most expensive coffee in the world." correctly answer the question of Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena all issue their own what?
| no | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: Of the three churches flanking New Haven Green, which is home to a notorious 17th century crypt?
Is Below one of the churches (referred to as the Center Church on-the-Green) lies a 17th-century crypt, which is open to visitors. a good answer to this question?
1). yes. 2). no. | 1). | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Tropical climates are found around the equator. These climates have warm temperatures year round. Tropical climates may be very wet or wet and dry. Tropical wet climates occur at or very near the equator. They have high rainfall year round. Tropical rainforests grow in this type of climate. Tropical wet and dry climates also occur near the equator. They receive less rainfall. Most of the rain falls in a single season. The rest of the year is dry. Few trees can withstand the long dry season. The main plants are grasses. Dry climates receive very little rainfall. They also have high rates of evaporation. This makes them even drier. Deserts can get less than 25 centimeters of rain per year. Thats less than 10 inches per year. How much rain do you get at your house?
After reading the above, is "Tropical wet climates" the correct answer to the question "Which climates have high rainfall year round?"?
Pick your answer from:
[I] no;
[II] yes; | [II] | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
"Would you like to pay for others health care?"
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a (a). in textual similarity to the above sentence. | "Would you like to wear your seatbelt?" | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-select: Let's say that "The path to the lake was blocked, so we couldn't use it."
Can we now say that "We couldn't use the lake."?
Options:
a). no
b). yes | a). | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article that answers the following question: How many yards was the longest TD | On December 10, the Chiefs looked to extend their "December home game winning streak" to 19 games when they took on the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs previously won the past 18 games at home in December, leading back to their loss to the Indianapolis Colts on December 15, 1996. The game was broadcast on CBS at noon Kansas City time. Before the game, there was a moment of silence for ailing Chiefs owner and founder Lamar Hunt, who was still in the hospital seeking cancer treatment. Throughout the first half, it was a defensive fight with the Ravens getting a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter by kicker Matt Stover. Within the first half, Trent Green committed three turnovers In the third quarter, Kansas City fell big as blown coverage allowed Steve McNair to complete an 87-yard touchdown pass to Mark Clayton. The pass was the longest made by McNair in his career and Clayton's longest reception The blown coverage would seal the loss for the Chiefs. The score put the Ravens up 13-0 with just under 6 and a half minutes left in the third quarter. Chiefs fans began to file out of Arrowhead Stadium, realizing their team lost for the first time in December at home in over a decade. In the late hours of Wednesday, December 13, Chiefs founder and owner Lamar Hunt died due to complications to prostate cancer at the age of 74. Hunt had been in the hospital seeking cancer treatment since November 22. Hunt was stricken with prostate cancer in September 1998 and underwent a series of chemotherapy treatments. In October 2003 he had surgery to remove the prostate gland. Hunt is survived by wife Norma, children Lamar Jr., Sharron Munson, Clark and Daniel; and 13 grandchildren. Clark Hunt will oversee the family's sports interests. On Thursday, December 14, before the Thursday Night Football game on NFL Network between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, a moment of silence was held to honor Lamar Hunt. | 7 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the question
Which of these is a safe practice in a laboratory investigation when working with chemicals?
pick from the following.
[a]. pouring unused chemicals down the sink;
[b]. mixing leftover chemicals in one container;
[c]. wearing safety goggles when working with chemicals;
[d]. returning unused chemicals to the original container; | [c]. | 5 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Choose from the options at the end, and answer how do you do this: To reheat pasta in the microwave without ruining the texture,
Choose from: [-] add a sprinkling of water on top of the pasta before microwaving it.. [-] add sugar into the pasta before you reheat it in the microwave.. | add a sprinkling of water on top of the pasta before microwaving it. | 4 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "Lastly, I believe that standardising the labelling of video games will lead to a better understanding of labelling systems, while at the same time promoting the effective operation of the internal market." said in Romanian? | În cele din urmă, cred că standardizarea etichetării jocurilor video va duce la o mai bună înţelegere a sistemelor de etichetare şi, în acelaşi timp, se va promova funcţionarea eficientă a pieţei interne. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence from a movie review: something of a public service
Select your answer: was the movie seen positively or negatively based on the preceding review?
OPT:
[-] negative
[-] positive | positive | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from the options at the end. Are the following two questions the same?
How can I upload any picture on Google images?
How do you upload a photo in Google Images?
-- no. -- yes.
The answer is: | yes | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
We vote like crazy . We 're voting for them and they know it . We are not right wingers who hate government and could care less about politics .
Q with options: Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: What type of political ideology may the narrator have ?
Pick your answer from:
[a]. The narrator is a protectionist ..
[b]. The narrator is a conservative ..
[c]. The narrator is a libertarian ..
[d]. The narrator is a progressive .. | [d]. | 4 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: is the following review positive or negative?
I know this place got bad reviews, but I had a favorable experience today. In and out in under 45 minutes. Nurses could have been a bit more gentle, but that's not a deal breaker; they were at least nice. Doctor (didn't catch his name) was really funny, nice, and right to the point. He listened, understood what I needed, and took care of my issue (allergic reaction). I'd go back, they got the job done and were fast! (Without making you feel rushed)
Choices: (A). negative (B). positive | (B). | 4 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Does the sentence "Hebrew Shinar, Egyptian Sngr, and Hittite Šanhar(a), all referring to southern Mesopotamia, could be western variants of Shumer." answer the question "What compass point of Mesopotamia did the Hebrew Shinar refer to?"
Select from: -- yes. -- no. | yes | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
(CNN) -- The F1 title race may have taken a potentially decisive twist Sunday as Lewis Hamilton took ruthless advantage of the misfortune which befell Mercedes teammate and bitter rival Nico Rosberg to win under the Singapore floodlights and leapfrog him in the standings.
Rosberg, who led by a commanding 22 points coming into the 14th round of the championship, was left stranded in the pit lane after failing to move off his second spot on the grid for the formation lap and later retired as the electrical malfunction could not be remedied.
Hamilton, who has won two straight races after claiming the Italian Grand Prix earlier this month, has taken a three-point advantage over Rosberg, with five races remaining.
He was made to work for his victory by four-time reigning champion Sebastian Vettel, who took the lead after Hamilton pitted for fresh tires in the closing stages, but could not hold off the charging Briton, who eventually won by over 13 seconds.
It was his seventh win of the season with Vettel and his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his former teammate Felipe Massa, now with Williams, claimed fourth and fifth.
Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne, who is set to be replaced at Toro Rosso by 16-year-old Dutchman Max Verstappen next year, finished sixth, holding off a fast-finishing Mexican Sergio Perez of Force India.
Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari, Nico Hulkenberg for Force India and McLaren's Kevin Magnussen completed the points scoring on the Marina Bay street circuit.
Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:
1. What race overtook a twist?
2. How mich did Rosberg score?
3. What round did he get into after commanding 22 points?
4. How many races has Hamilton won?
5. What did he claim?
6. How has he taken advantage over Rosberg?
7. How many races remain?
8. What day was this race?
9. What position was Fernando Alonso at?
10. was he alone?
11. What was his teammate's name?
12. Was he in the 5th position?
Numbered answers: | 1. The F1 title race
2. unknown
3. 14th
4. two straight
5. Italian Grand Prix
6. ruthlessly
7. five
8. Sunday
9. fourth
10. No
11. Felipe Massa
12. Yes | 5 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Russian:
But we have never spoken about this, and that conversation will be hard".
Russian: | Но мы никогда об этом не говорили, и разговор этот будет тяжелым". | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Pick your answer from:
+ yes.
+ no.
Does "It is a multireligional, multicultural as well as multilingual state like other Indian states." correctly answer the question of What are the common languages spoken?
| no | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
Drawings of hand soap bottles and humans are shown. a little girl
Pick your answer from: i. is standing next to a white sink, she opened the faucet, wash her hand, rub her hand with soap, rinse her hand thoroughly, turned off the water and smiled at the camera. ii. holds a bottle in a hand bath tub and conditioner. iii. holds up a bottle of oil then begins spreading it on the hand soap lotion. iv. gets her hand wet while holding in her hand a wigwam of soap and its rubbing it over her hands with towels.
Answer: | i. | 2 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: Alderney Airport runway name is 03/21.
What structured data could we extract from this sentence? | Alderney Airport, runwayName, "03/21" | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Ifyoudonothaveasufficientcapitalbasetodrawon,yourcompanywilleasilybeshakenbyfluctuationsinthemarket,andbevulnerableifyoulosecustomers.Youwillnotbeabletoactfreelyandindependently,either.
Generate a sentence using the above characters: | If you do not have a sufficient capital base to draw on, your company will easily be shaken by fluctuations in the market, and be vulnerable if you lose customers. You will not be able to act freely and independently, either. | 0 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Dialogue:
Debra: cool initiative
Angelica: cool, good to hear there some zero-waste initiatives in the area
Heather: yeah, nice
Debra: what do you say we have a little decluttering party at my house? You gals, could help me part with some of my stuff and we could take it there together later.
Angelica: great idea, someone will surely find use for your things.
Debra: One man's trash is another man's treasure ;) Shall we say Friday?
Angelica: sounds good
Heather: can do
Debra: great see you then!
What was going on in that conversation? | Debra will have a little decluttering party on Friday at her house. Angelica and Heather will help Debra with some of her stuff to get rid of it. | 6 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Thuringia
Of the approximately 850 municipalities of Thuringia, 126 are classed as towns (within a district) or cities (forming their own urban district). Most of the towns are small with a population of less than 10,000; only the ten biggest ones have a population greater than 30,000. The first towns emerged during the 12th century, whereas the latest ones received town status only in the 20th century. Today, all municipalities within districts are equal in law, whether they are towns or villages. Independent cities (i.e. urban districts) have greater powers (the same as any district) than towns within a district.
Q: What was the latest a town was established in Thuringia? | the 20th century | 7 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select the correct answer: Which is an appropriate title for this article?
PC World - Copernic Desktop Search does the work without Google's security flaws.
Possible answers:
A). World;
B). Sports;
C). Business;
D). Science/Tech; | D). | 6 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Oil prices should fall with Kadafi overthrow
Oil prices around the world should start falling if
's regime, though the full effect won't be felt for months.
On Sunday night, rebel forces pushed into Tripoli without meeting much resistance, hours after they overran a major military base that defended the capital. Opposition fighters captured Kadafi's son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam.
Independent analyst Andrew Lipow said oil markets will likely respond Monday by sending prices lower in "a sign of relief that conflict has come to the end." But Lipow said it will take time for the market to erase the hefty price increase that resulted from the suspension of Libyan oil exports since the rebellion began in February.
Brent crude for October delivery was down $3.22 per barrel to $105.40 on London's ICE Futures exchange. Benchmark oil for September delivery was down 25 cents to $82.01 a barrel in electronic trading on the
. Crude fell 12 cents to settle at $82.26 on Friday.
When fighting broke out, oil was trading at around $84 a barrel. It quickly spiked above $93 and kept rising to a high above $110 at the end of April. Demand from emerging markets including China was also a factor in the rise. Oil has fallen recently along with stocks because of concerns about the global economy.
used to export about 1.5 million barrels of oil per day, almost all of which have been cut off. Although Libyan oil amounted to less than 2 percent of world demand, its loss affected prices because of its high quality and suitability for
The European refineries have struggled to make up for the production loss despite an increase from
. As a result, European markets should see the first and most significant drops in oil prices, Lipow said.
He added that any developments in the ongoing European financial crisis could also move stock markets around the world this week and oil prices along with them.
Independent analyst Jim Ritterbusch said that even if rebels manage to push Kadafi out soon, the near-term effects on oil prices will be limited. "Psychologically anyway, it's going to force some additional selling," Ritterbusch said. "But selling may not be pronounced because there's still a lot of question marks remaining" on how long it would take for production to resume.
Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, said that once Kadafi is pushed out, Libya's new government could take the path of the Iraqis after the fall of
and spend years fighting over every detail. Or it could follow
example and quickly decide to bring in an outside company to get production restarted right away.
He added that there's always a chance that the process could come to a halt if one of the rebel generals tries to seize power, or if different factions get caught up debating the country's new constitution and put off making decisions about oil production.
"They do have a good cadre of educated people, but they don't have a long record of competent self-government," Lynch said. "It would not be a bad bet to think there might be a chaotic period for a few months till they get organized."
What is a short summary of the above article? | Oil prices around the world should start falling if Libyan rebels succeed in toppling Moammar Kadafi 's regime, though the full effect won't be felt for months. | 4 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Who is he in the following sentence?
The man gave the beggar some money because he was very generous.
OPTIONS: a). The man b). the beggar | a). | 5 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
At what level of organization does damage compromise the function of the whole system?
Options: i. a cell. ii. an organ. iii. a tissue. iv. an organelle. | ii. | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Is there any life form outside earth?
Is there life outside the earth?
Choose your answer. Are these two questions paraphrases of each other?
Choose from:
(I). no
(II). yes | (II). | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can you tell me the answer to who is the actress that played kimmy gibbler on full house?? | Andrea Laura Barber | 7 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Add spaces: ALFAROMEO33edition1983-allowanceforrepairandmaintenance(0replies)
| ALFA ROMEO 33 edition 1983-allowance for repair and maintenance (0 replies) | 3 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Answer the following question. "What famous 1945 book includes the first of seven commandments, ""Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.""?" | animal farm | 5 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Jerick Deshun McKinnon (born May 3, 1992) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Vikings. He played college football at Georgia Southern. He has two dogs.
Jerick Deshun McKinnon (born May 3, 1992) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Vikings in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Southern.
Pick from: (A). Yes. (B). It's impossible to say. (C). No. | (B). | 8 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer this question: Oberon is a moon of which planet? | uranus | 0 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Combine that with her losing my flowers I asked her to hold while I carried her stuff to the car today , and I ' m afraid I ' m not too happy with her at the moment , much though I love her .
OPT: A. None of the above choices .; B. She threw them away .; C. She gave them away .; D. She dropped them .;
Answer the following question: What may have caused her to lose the flowers ?
| D. | 2 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a short summary this sentence:
nasa managers decided thursday to bring u.s. astronaut sunita williams back to earth on an earlier shuttle flight than planned so she does not spend more than six months in the cosmos .
Summary: | astronaut sunita williams to catch early flight home from space station | 2 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence that describes the following data: Alfred Garth Jones, deathPlace, London; London, leaderTitle, European Parliament; London, leader, Boris Johnson.
Sentence: | Alfred Garth Jones died in London, where Boris Johnson is a leader and the leader is the European Parliament. | 5 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
What is the answer to this question? who has won the most nhl mvp awards?
| Wayne Gretzky | 6 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
If "The foxes are getting in at night and attacking the chickens. I shall have to kill them.", does it follow that "I shall have to kill The foxes."
Pick your answer from: [-] no; [-] yes; | yes | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Is the premise "A man on stage playing guitar beside a microphone." true if "There is a musician on stage"?
Available options: (a). yes. (b). it is not possible to tell. (c). no. | (a). | 8 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Isiah Thomas won't return to Knicks as consultant
Thomas said Wednesday in a statement he was declining a position as a consultant with the franchise he ran for four years because it may not be legal.
"After speaking with commissioner (David) Stern and Knicks executives, it has become apparent that my new agreement violates certain NBA bylaws," Thomas said. "Because of this, I have decided to rescind my contract with the team."
Thus ends — at least for now — the surprising and controversial reunion between the Knicks and the frequent target of fans and media during his turbulent tenure at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks announced the agreement with Thomas on Friday and it was quickly criticized. League personnel are not allowed contact with players who are not yet eligible for the draft, which Thomas would have in his role as Florida International University coach.
"We have been informed by the Knicks that Isiah Thomas has rescinded his consulting agreement with the team. As a result, it is not necessary for the league to take any formal action on the proposed arrangement," Stern said. "However, we have reminded the Knicks of NBA rules that prohibit team personnel, including consultants, from having contact with players not eligible for the draft."
Thomas could have chosen to leave his college job after just one season and keep the Knicks position. Instead, he thanked the organization for giving him another chance.
"Although I'm disappointed that Isiah will not be working with the Knicks as a consultant, I continue to believe in his basketball knowledge, including his ability to judge talent," MSG chairman James Dolan said. "He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team. We wish him continued success at FIU."
Thomas also blamed himself for the Knicks' poor performance while he was team president from December 2003 through April 2008. He was also the coach the final two seasons and the team never won a postseason game while he was in charge.
"One of the biggest regrets of my life is that the Knicks didn't perform up to the standards the fans had every right to expect while I was in charge. I take full responsibility for that," he said. "I was very much looking forward to this unique opportunity to help the organization do what I do best: find basketball talent. I wish the team nothing but success in the future."
Thomas aided the Knicks during free agency when he went to Ohio to speak with a member of LeBron James' (FSY) inner circle. Donnie Walsh, who replaced Thomas as president and later fired him as coach, thanked Thomas during the press conference to announce Amar'e Stoudemire's (FSY) signing.
That fueled speculation in New York that Thomas, a favorite of Dolan, could return to the Knicks, perhaps even in a management role. But Dolan said Wednesday he is confident in the team he has in place.
"I also believe Donnie Walsh has done a terrific job since joining the Knicks and my tremendous respect for him has only grown since he's joined the organization," Dolan said. "I'm confident that the work that Donnie, coach Mike D'Antoni and their staffs have done this summer has the team poised for long-term success."
The decision should calm members of the basketball community who questioned the partnership. Among them was Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who said he would decline an offer to be a paid consultant of an NBA team.
"I don't think you can be in both worlds, in an official basis. I think that makes people in both worlds somewhat angry about it, or concerned," Krzyzewski said. "You're getting a leg up, and in college we definitely shouldn't do that."
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What was this article about? | Isiah Thomas will not be returning to the New York Knicks after all. | 3 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Russian:
It may not be possible to sue a non-U.S. company or its officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violations of U.S. securities laws.
Russian: | Может оказаться невозможным привлечь к ответственности через суд неамериканскую компанию или ее должностных лиц и директоров в суде за пределами территории США за нарушение законодательства США о ценных бумагах. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Based on the sentence "A man with gray hair and a blond woman sitting on the same side of a table with bikes in the background.", is the sentence "A man has blond hair." a true sentence?
Choose from: *yes; *it is not possible to tell; *no; | no | 3 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Objective: How can I dice garlic without stinky hands after?
Which of the following solutions is more sound in terms of naive physics reasoning?
Select from:
1). Surgical items can help those who struggle with the preparation of meals.
2). Wear tight fitting surgical gloves while you are dicing smelly things like fish, garlic, onions, etc. After you are done, just toss the gloves and you're good to go! | 2). | 3 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a grad-school level question? | Which of the following best shows the basic three-step energy transformation for a battery-operated radio? | 8 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Which movie is the following review about?
While many biographical documentaries reduce their subjects to museum pieces, American presents the erstwhile Goat Boy as a force of nature, as vital and essential as he ever was.
Movie: | american-the-bill-hicks-story | 9 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Several interchangeable parts are used in the manufacture of automobiles. Some examples of these parts are batteries, windshield wiper blades, spark plugs, and tires. Which of the following is an advantage of interchangeable parts over non-interchangeable parts on automobiles?
Choices: --Interchangeable parts are generally more expensive than custom-made parts for automobiles.. --Interchangeable parts break more often now than in years past on most automobiles.. --Interchangeable parts are plentiful for custom-made automobiles.. --Interchangeable parts can fit many kinds of automobiles..The answer is: | Interchangeable parts can fit many kinds of automobiles. | 1 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
El acceso y control de los recursos naturales (tierras, agua, biodiversidad) por medio de la fuerza, la violencia, la extorsión o la corrupción son cada vez más frecuentes. How do you say this sentence in English? | Access to and control of natural resources (land, water, etc) is increasingly acquired through violence, extortion or corruption. | 1 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
Write a sentence that about [The Mill eatType coffee shop; The Mill food Italian; The Mill priceRange high; The Mill area riverside; The Mill near The Sorrento]. | At the riverside area, a few steps of The Sorrento, there is a coffee shop called The Mill. You can eat Italian food but at high prices. | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The Fall were an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. They underwent many line up changes, with vocalist and founder Mark E. Smith as the only constant member. The Fall's long term musicians have included drummers Paul Hanley and Karl Burns; guitarists Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon and Brix Smith; and bassist Steve Hanley, whose melodic, circular bass lines are widely credited with shaping the band's sound from the early 1980s to the late-1990s. First associated with the late 1970s punk movement, the Fall's music underwent numerous stylistic changes, often concurrently with changes in the group's lineup.
In 1983, Rough Trade Records released the Fall's ninth single, "The Man Whose Head Expanded", and on 19 September issued the band's tenth single and double pack "Kicker Conspiracy". Bizarrely, in November Kamera Records released around two- to three-thousand copies of the planned 1982 single "Marquis Cha Cha", the release date having been put back due to Kamera's financial troubles in late 1982, making it the Fall's eleventh single issue. That year Smith's American girlfriend and later wife, Brix Smith joined the band on guitar. Born Laura Elise Salenger, she was nicknamed after the track "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash, a favourite song of hers. Brix's tenure in the group marked a shift towards the relatively conventional, with the songs she co-wrote often having strong pop hooks and more orthodox verse-chorus-verse structures. Additionally, Brix's keen sense of fashion gradually influenced the group's members to give more attention to their clothing and styling--but her platinum blonde hair and glamorous style were always somewhat at odds to the otherwise working class appearance of the Fall. Brix's first live appearance with the Fall was on Wednesday, 21 September 1983 at the Hellfire Club, Wakefield. Perverted by Language, released 5 December, was the Fall's final album for Rough Trade Records, but the first to feature Brix. Also released in December was the live album In a Hole, recorded during the Fall's tour of New Zealand in 1982, on Flying Nun Records. This era, a favourite period amongst many critics and fans, was marked by Brix's effort to find a wider audience for the Fall. They achieved a few modest UK hits with singles -- including their versions of R. Dean Taylor's "There's a Ghost in My House" (no.30, 1987) and the Kinks' "Victoria" (no. 35, 1988) and their own songs "Hey! Luciani" (no.59, 1986) and "Hit the North" (no.57, 1987) -- and enjoyed a string of critically acclaimed albums: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall (1984), This Nation's Saving Grace (1985), Bend Sinister (1986) and The Frenz Experiment (1988). I Am Kurious, Oranj is notable as the fruit of a ballet project between Smith and dancer Michael Clark. Simon Rogers and later Marcia Schofield played keyboards, and Simon Wolstencroft replaced Burns on drums after This Nation's Saving Grace. Wolstencroft's playing also shifted the group's sound; his drumming was described as "nimble" and "funky" when compared to Burns. In 2014 Wolstencroft published a memoir You Can Drum But You Can't Hide about his 11-year stint in the Fall.
Ask a question about this article. | did these songs chart? | 9 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
turkish foreign minister and deputy prime minister abdullah gul expressed here monday the hope that turkey would contribute more to solving the regional problems in the coming days .
Write a brief summary in a sentence or less. | turkey to contribute more to solving regional problems | 4 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
In 1 April 2012 by-elections the NLD won 43 of the 45 available seats; previously an illegal organisation, the NLD had never won a Burmese election until this time. The 2012 by-elections were also the first time that international representatives were allowed to monitor the voting process in Myanmar. Following announcement of the by-elections, the Freedom House organisation raised concerns about "reports of fraud and harassment in the lead up to elections, including the March 23 deportation of Somsri Hananuntasuk, executive director of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), a regional network of civil society organisations promoting democratization." However, uncertainties exist as some other political prisoners have not been released and clashes between Burmese troops and local insurgent groups continue.
Does the political party of Aung San Suu Ky hold any positions among the ruling faction ? | 43 of the 45 available seats | 2 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: A group of six males sitting near each other playing instruments in a room.
Hypothesis: Six guys are sitting down and playing musical instruments.
.Choose the correct answer: Given the premise, can we conclude the hypothesis?
Select from the following. 1. yes; 2. it is not possible to tell; 3. no; | 1. | 5 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer.OPT:
(1). no
(2). yes.
Bill passed the gameboy to John because *his* turn was next.
Do "his" and "John" mean the same thing? | (2). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Add punctuation: I offer my humblest apologies to the artists
| I offer my humblest apologies to the artists. | 6 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
Born to Alexander Beaton Ferguson, a plater's helper in the shipbuilding industry, and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Hardie), Alex Chapman Ferguson was born at his grandmother's home on Shieldhall Road in Govan on 31 December 1941, but grew up in a tenement at 667 Govan Road (which has since been demolished), where he lived with his parents as well as his younger brother Martin. Ferguson attended Broomloan Road Primary School and later Govan High School. He began his football career with Harmony Row Boys Club in Govan, before progressing to Drumchapel Amateurs, a youth club with a strong reputation for producing senior footballers.
Ferguson was manager of St Mirren from 1974 until 1978, producing a remarkable transformation of a team in the lower half of the old Second Division watched by crowds of just over 1,000, to First Division champions in 1977, discovering talent like Billy Stark, Tony Fitzpatrick, Lex Richardson, Frank McGarvey, Bobby Reid and Peter Weir while playing superb attacking football. The average age of the league winning team was 19 and the captain, Fitzpatrick, was 20. St Mirren have the distinction of being the only club ever to sack Ferguson. He claimed wrongful dismissal against the club at an industrial tribunal but lost and was given no leave to appeal. According to a Billy Adams Sunday Herald article on 30 May 1999, the official version is that Ferguson was sacked for various breaches of contract including unauthorised payments to players. He was counter-accused of intimidating behaviour towards his office secretary because he wanted players to get some expenses tax free. He did not speak to her for six weeks, confiscated her keys and communicated only through a 17-year-old assistant. The tribunal concluded that Ferguson was "particularly petty" and "immature". It was claimed during the tribunal by St Mirren chairman, Willie Todd, that Ferguson had "no managerial ability". On 31 May 2008, The Guardian published an interview with Todd (then aged 87), who had sacked Ferguson many years earlier. Todd explained that the fundamental reason for the dismissal was a breach of contract relating to Ferguson having agreed to join Aberdeen. Ferguson told journalist Jim Rodger of the Daily Mirror that he had asked at least one member of the squad to go to Aberdeen with him. He told the St Mirren staff he was leaving. Todd expressed regret over what happened but blamed Aberdeen for not approaching his club to discuss compensation. In 1977, Ferguson turned down the manager's job at Aberdeen. The role went to Billy McNeill, who returned to Celtic after only a year, leaving the role available for Ferguson once again.
Using a quote from the above article, answer the following question: What was St Mirren | St Mirren have the distinction of being the only club ever to sack Ferguson. | 1 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from the possible answers, would the following sentence, by the strictest standards, be considered correct by a linguist?
Sally explained the attempt to arrest Holly, but only after I had denied the decision to.
OPTIONS:
(1). unacceptable
(2). acceptable | (1). | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898. It was an important step in showing the homology of all insect wings. This system was based on Needham's "pretracheation theory" that was later discredited by Frederic Charles Fraser in 1938.
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Frederic Charles Fraser discredited the basis for the Comstock-Needham system 40 years after the system was devised."?
Options are:
(A). Yes;
(B). It's impossible to say;
(C). No;
I think the answer is | (A). | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
while inviting new negotiations with syria , israeli prime minister ehud olmert gives no sign that he is prepared to withdraw from the golan heights -- a prerequisite for such talks to succeed .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase. | israel blows hot and cold towards syria | 6 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Unser Hotel genießt eine ruhige Lage abseits der Straße und ist von 3000 m² großen Gartenanlagen umgeben.
Could you please translate this to English? | Our hotel enjoys a quiet location off the main road and is surrounded by 3,000 m² gardens. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Background: Christopher Lynn Hedges was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the son of Thelma Louise (nee Prince) and the Rev. Thomas Havard Hedges, a Presbyterian minister. He grew up in rural Schoharie County, New York, southwest of Albany. He graduated in 1975 from the Loomis Chaffee School, a private boarding school in Windsor, Connecticut. He founded an underground newspaper at the school that was banned by the administration and resulted in his being put on probation.
Context: In 2003, University of Texas classics professor Thomas Palaima wrote an article for the Austin-American Statesman accusing Hedges of plagiarizing Ernest Hemingway in Hedge's 2002 book War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. Palaima said that Hedges had corrected a passage in his first edition of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning that was close to Hemingway, and he should have cited the paraphrase in all subsequent editions. Hedges' publisher at the time, PublicAffairs, said it did not believe the passage needed to be cited to Hemingway. The New Republic said that Palaima's allegation had resulted in the passage being reworded. But, after posting the article online, the magazine posted a correction box that read: "In the original version of this article, The New Republic indicated that PublicAffairs changed the text of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning only after having been alerted by Thomas [Palaima] to the presence of plagiarism. In fact, the wording had been changed months earlier, and an edition with the present language existed at the time of Palaima's e-mail to PublicAffairs. However, there was still no attribution to Hemingway in the new version, despite the obvious similarities in ideas and formulation". In June 2014, Christopher Ketcham accused Hedges of plagiarism in an article published in The New Republic. Ketcham claims that Hedges plagiarized many writers over his career, including Matt Katz, Naomi Klein, Neil Postman, Ernest Hemingway, along with Ketcham's wife: Petra Bartosiewicz. Hedges, his editors at Truthdig, and his publisher Nation Books denied the claims made by Ketcham. In a response first published by The Real News on June 16, 2014, Hedges noted that Ketcham based his allegations on an unpublished manuscript which the latter man admitted he had never seen and passages that were actually footnoted or sourced. Hedges accused Ketcham and The New Republic (TNR) of malicious intent and character assassination. On the following day (June 17), The New Republic republished Hedges' response along with Ketcham's (and TNR's) response to the counter-allegations made by Hedges. The Washington Free Beacon reported The New York Times spokesman saying that it "did not have reason to believe Hedges plagiarized in his work for the paper" and had no plans to investigate Hedges for plagiarism. The American Prospect and Salon declined to publish Ketcham's article, and The Nation Institute and Truthdig issued statements dismissing Ketcham's allegations.
Question: What was that passage about?
Answer: | 4 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt | |
Ea a primit a doua oară acest titlu din 2007 şi până în prezet.
Translate to English
English: | This is the second time she has received the award since 2007. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
ItwasthefastestsellingmusicalalbumeverreleasedinDenmark.Platinuminjustfourmonths-andthissuccesswasfollowedupwithacompletelysold-outconcerttour.
Please segment the words: | It was the fastest selling musical album ever released in Denmark. Platinum in just four months - and this success was followed up with a completely sold-out concert tour. | 2 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Mielestäni se on täysin luonnollista, sillä keskustelua on käyty jo viisi vuotta ja se on vaikuttanut meihin kaikkiin, ja haluaisin kiittää kaikkia niitä, jotka ovat osallistuneet keskusteluun merkittävällä panoksella.
Translate to English
English: | I think this is quite natural, as the debate has gone on for five years, and has affected us all, and I would like to thank everyone who played a serious part in it. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "Aid for Afghanistan is also in accordance with commitments which the Commission made on behalf of the European Union in December 2001 in Tokyo." said in German? | Ferner entspricht die Hilfe für Afghanistan den Verpflichtungen, die die Kommission im Namen der Europäischen Union im Dezember 2001 in Tokio eingegangen ist. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The surface gravity of Pluto is the weakest of the nine planets because Pluto Available options: - has the lowest temperature. - has the smallest mass. - rotates the slowest. - is farthest from the Sun.
Your answer: | has the smallest mass. | 2 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be able to present this proposal for a directive on river information services to you today.
Translate to Finnish
Finnish: | . Arvoisa puhemies, hyvät parlamentin jäsenet, olen iloinen voidessani esitellä teille tänään tämän ehdotuksen direktiiviksi jokiliikenteen tiedotuspalveluista. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Se examinează toate soluțiile posibile. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
A gastrectomy is the removal of which part of the human body? | stomach | 1 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Peuvent également intenter des actions au titre de l'article 1983 les personnes qui affirment avoir été soumises à des sanctions contre lesquelles une force excessive a été utilisée par des fonctionnaires de l'administration pénitentiaire sans que les garanties prévues par la loi aient été respectées en violation des droits des détenus consacrés par les cinquième et quatorzième amendements. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to French:
Emphasis was placed upon the priority implementation by the Office of Human Resources Management of the measures for strengthening the specific areas of human resources management set out in the resolution.
| On a souligné qu'il était important que le Bureau de la gestion des ressources humaines exécute en priorité les mesures visant à renforcer les différents aspects de la gestion des ressources humaines énoncés dans cette résolution. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. West's mother, Dr. Donda C. (Williams) West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to serve as his manager. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago.
What was the name of the business that Kanye West helped fund in 2006? (If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable") | Good Water Store and Café | 3 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
În primul rând, Parlamentul European și-a exprimat solidaritatea cu poporul libian și a condamnat încălcările drepturilor omului și represiunile violente comise de regimul Gaddafi.
Translate this to English? | First and foremost, the European Parliament expressed its solidarity with the Libyan people and condemned the human rights violations and the violent repression being perpetrated by the Gaddafi regime. | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This question has options. Select from options: Read this fact: "the moon orbiting the Earth approximately occurs 13 times per year"
Now answer this question: "During the time the moon orbits the Earth 13 times the Earth orbits the sun"
Available choices: (I) once; (II) twice; (III) three times; (IV) four times; | (I) | 1 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
What is a question about this article? If the question is unanswerable, say "unanswerable".
Hayek had a long-standing and close friendship with philosopher of science Karl Popper, also from Vienna. In a letter to Hayek in 1944, Popper stated, "I think I have learnt more from you than from any other living thinker, except perhaps Alfred Tarski." (See Hacohen, 2000). Popper dedicated his Conjectures and Refutations to Hayek. For his part, Hayek dedicated a collection of papers, Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, to Popper and, in 1982, said that "ever since his Logik der Forschung first came out in 1934, I have been a complete adherent to his general theory of methodology". Popper also participated in the inaugural meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. Their friendship and mutual admiration, however, do not change the fact that there are important differences between their ideas.
Which fellow Vienna native was Hayek friends with? | Karl Popper | 2 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a news article: Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities in the United States, the company said Tuesday.
FILE This July 16, 2013 FILE photo, shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half... (Associated Press)
The social-networking giant is the latest technology company to release figures on how often governments seek information about its customers. Microsoft and Google have done the same.
As with the other companies, it's hard to discern much from Facebook's data, besides the fact that, as users around the globe flocked to the world's largest social network, police and intelligence agencies followed.
Facebook and Twitter have become organizing platforms for activists and, as such, have become targets for governments. During anti-government protests in Turkey in May and June, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called social media "the worst menace to society."
At the time, Facebook denied it provided information about protest organizers to the Turkish government.
Data released Tuesday show authorities in Turkey submitted 96 requests covering 173 users. Facebook said it provided some information in about 45 of those cases, but there's no information on what was turned over and why.
"We fight many of these requests, pushing back when we find legal deficiencies and narrowing the scope of overly broad or vague requests," Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel company said in a blog post. "When we are required to comply with a particular request, we frequently share only basic user information, such as name."
Facebook spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg said the company stands by its assertions that it gave no information regarding the Turkey protests.
"The data included in the report related to Turkey is about child endangerment and emergency law enforcement requests," she said.
Facebook and other technology companies have been criticized for helping the National Security Agency secretly collect data on customers. Federal law gives government the authority to demand data without specific warrants, and while companies can fight requests in secret court hearings, it's an uphill battle.
Facebook turned over some data in response to about 60 percent of those requests.
It's not clear from the Facebook data how many of the roughly 26,000 government requests on 38,000 users were for law-enforcement purposes and how many were for intelligence gathering.
Technology and government officials have said criminal investigations are far more common than national security matters as a justification for demanding information from companies.
The numbers are imprecise because the federal government forbids companies from revealing how many times they've been ordered to turn over information about their customers. Facebook released only a range of figures for the United States.
The company said it planned to start releasing these figures regularly. ||||| Facebook has built an empire on getting to know its users’ preferences, sometimes with a frightening accuracy. A while back, the company launched a new advertising campaign called “Sponsored Stories” that incorporated users’ “likes” into advertisements. It offered peer endorsement of products and a way for Facebook to make money. But the new ad format was a step too far for many individuals, who were concerned about unknowingly having their name woven into an advertisement.
A lawsuit that accused Facebook of misappropriating users’ images ended with a settlement on Monday.
The agreement states that the social media site has to pay approximately 614,000 Facebook users $15 each for using their information for advertising purposes. While approximately 150 million Facebook users’ images and likenesses were allegedly used to promote products and services through the Sponsored Stories program, only users who entered a claim form by May 2, 2013, were eligible to receive settlement funds.
It is far from clear that any of the users featured in the advertisements were “actually harmed in any meaningful way,” writes US District Judge Richard Seeborg in the statement.
“Plaintiffs have repeatedly relied primarily on their argument that Facebook benefited, rather than that class members were harmed,” the settlement reads. Even if the users had not read the entire Terms of Service agreement, they were presumably aware that engaging with the social media site – hitting the “like” button, for example – would broadcast their preferences to their social network, Judge Seeborg explains in the court document. This does not give the social media site a carte blanche for using any information from the site, but it does not force the site to adopt “pro-privacy” policies.
As part of the settlement, Facebook will make changes to its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to give users greater information about and control over how they are featured in the Sponsored Stories.
Facebook users cannot currently opt-out of the Sponsored Stories advertisements, though the ads do respect users’ current privacy settings. For example, if a user likes a Starbucks page, only his or her friends will be able to see the “like.” The social media site recommends users adjust privacy settings on their activity log if they are concerned about information featured in Sponsored Stories. |||||
A summary of this is? | – American police and intelligence agencies are by far the most eager to get their hands on the data of Facebook users, the company has revealed in its first detailed report on such requests. Facebook says that in the first half of this year, it received requests for information on around 38,000 users from 74 countries, with the US responsible for requests on between 20,000 and 21,000 users, Reuters reports. The company says it complied at least partially with around 80% of the requests. "We fight many of these requests, pushing back when we find legal deficiencies and narrowing the scope of overly broad or vague requests," a Facebook spokesman says. The company granted 45 requests from Turkish agencies but it denies any of them were related to protest organizers, the AP reports. In other Facebook news, a lawsuit has been settled with an agreement to pay 614,000 Facebook users $15 each for using their information for advertising in its "Sponsored Stories" campaign, reports the Christian Science Monitor. The campaign used the images of around 150 million users but only those who entered a claim before May this year will get the payout. | 4 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the most logical completion of this news story?.
An off-duty police officer was fatally shot early Sunday at a pub in northeast Ohio after he approached a patron described as 'unruly' who was carrying a firearm, police said. Police identified the deceased officer as Justin Winebrenner, 32, a seven-year veteran of the Akron Police Department who once pulled a man from a burning vehicle, Cleveland reports. Winebrenner was shot at the Papa Don's Pub in Akron at about 2am. A spokesperson from the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office said the officer died shortly after the shooting, just before 2.30am, according to ABC 5. Officer: Justin Winebrenner, 32, was fatally shot at the Papa Don's Pub in Akron early Sunday morning
OPTIONS:
- ABC came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Akron came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Akron Police Department came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Cleveland came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Justin Winebrenner came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Kenan Ivery came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Ohio came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Papa Don's Pub came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Summit County Medical Examiner's Office came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
- Winebrenner came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said.
| Kenan Ivery came into the pub separately and 'was being very unruly,' Nice said. | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a movie review? | Well, what was fun... except for the fun part.
It's my second least favorite so far, I even thought it was worse than 'Lazarus' and 'Ghost in the Machine'.
Let's start with the good. The teaser, it was incredibly well done and also emotional. Being the great animal lover that I am, it was fun seeing so many beautiful animals in this episode.
But then there's all the bad, and believe me there is a lot of it. Little made sense, so those animals were being abducted by aliens and impregnated? whaaa??? the dialog was also pretty awful. There were about one or two quotable lines.
and worst of all, having pretty much all those animals die was very unpleasant for me. In the end... what's the point? they all pretty much died. We didn't learn anything, we weren't entertained, and I couldn't even find Sophia's death sad... just very frustrating.
* star. shame because Season 2 was doing so well. | 9 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Do these questions have the same meaning?
Prisons and Prison Life: What is it like to be a married inmate?
How are inmates connected to healthcare services in prison?
pick from the following. A). no B). yes | A). | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
In 2002 , spending on inpatient hospital care grew by 6.8 percent and the costs of outpatient hospital care rose by 14.6 percent , the study .
In 2002 , spending on inpatient hospital care grew by 6.8 percent and that on outpatient hospital care by 14.6 percent .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
[i] no. [ii] yes. | [ii] | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Stock Chart for News Corp (NWSA)
News Corp. (NWSA) is considering elevating Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey to chief executive officer to succeed Rupert Murdoch, people with knowledge of the situation said.
A decision hasn’t been made and a move depends in part on Murdoch’s performance today before the U.K. Parliament, the people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly, said yesterday. Murdoch would remain chairman, the people said.
Murdoch and his son James appeared today to discuss the company’s role in the alleged phone hacking of murder victims, members of the royal family and others by the News of the World, which was closed on July 10. The 80-year-old executive said he wasn’t considering resigning. He said he wasn’t responsible for the hacking scandal and that the blame lies with “the people I trusted to run it.”
“The News of the World is less than 1 percent of our company,” Murdoch told Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee. He said that he may have “lost sight” of the newspaper because it was “so small in the general frame of the company.”
News Corp. executives who watched Murdoch rehearse for his appearance had concerns about how he handled questions, according to three people, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
“Who would have thought this could happen two weeks ago?” Laura Martin, an analyst with Needham & Co. in Pasadena, California, said before the hearing. “He spent 60 years building something and we are watching his legacy being ripped apart day by day.”
Shares Rebound
News Corp. rose 72 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $15.68 at 2:02 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, paring the decline since July 4, when the Guardian newspaper reported that the News of the World hacked into the voicemail of a murdered teenager, Milly Dowler. Before today, the Class A shares had dropped 17 percent since July 1.
A change to Carey, 57, as CEO would “likely be applauded,” Barton Crockett, an analyst at Lazard Capital Markets in New York, said in a research note today.
Standard & Poor’s said yesterday it may lower New York-based News Corp.’s BBB+ corporate debt rating because of “business and reputation risks” created by the phone-hacking scandal.
Independent Directors
Independent directors yesterday weighed naming Carey CEO, according to a person close to the board. The directors, who didn’t make a decision, discussed whether the stock market and investors would react favorably to a change, the person said.
There was no meeting yesterday to elevate Carey, said a senior News Corp. executive who sought anonymity because the matter is private. Existing succession plans get re-evaluated from time to time, and any suggestion they have been accelerated or implemented is unfounded, the person said.
Murdoch has the board’s support, Thomas Perkins, one of the independent directors, told the Associated Press. He said the board isn’t considering elevating Carey.
Board members and executives at News Corp. are concerned about Murdoch’s ability to contain the fallout from the hacking scandal, the people familiar with the matter said. The company closed the 168-year-old News of the World this month and abandoned its bid for British Sky Broadcasting Plc. (BSY)
Politicians, Police
News Corp.’s top publishing executive in the U.K., Rebekah Brooks, resigned last week and was arrested on July 17. She also gave evidence to Parliament today.
The scandal has touched high-level politicians and police officials in Britain. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson and Assistant Commissioner John Yates resigned and are under investigation over their roles in the scandal by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa to prepare for a statement to Parliament tomorrow.
A shift in leadership would end Murdoch’s almost six-decade run as CEO of a company that began with a newspaper in Australia and evolved into a media empire that controls Fox television and movie assets, HarperCollins Publishers, and newspapers including the Times of London, The Sun and the Wall Street Journal.
Board Control
Murdoch’s voting power suggests he can influence any board decision about his role and would retain clout even if there were a leadership change.
“Rupert Murdoch controls the votes of the company through the Class B shares,” Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, said this week in an interview. “He can just replace them if he wants. They may do something, but it will be temporary. Maybe he becomes chairman, but this is still his company and he can do what he wants. When he controls the stock, he controls the board.”
Through a family trust, the Murdochs own 306.6 million shares, or 38.4 percent, of News Corp.’s Class B voting stock, according to the company’s proxy statement. Including other family holdings, Rupert Murdoch controls 39.7 percent of the voting power, giving him effective control, filings show.
The value of the family’s holdings has declined more than $700 million since the scandal erupted, according to Bloomberg data.
Carey’s Role
Independent directors must protect shareholders and act in their best interest, said Needham’s Martin, who recommends buying News Corp. shares. Considering succession issues at this moment is “justifiable,” she said.
By installing Carey as CEO, News Corp. would be relying on a trusted Murdoch deputy to help get past the hacking scandal.
Carey worked for 15 years as a senior News Corp. executive before becoming CEO of DirecTV (DTV) in 2003. He returned in 2009 following the resignation of Peter Chernin as Murdoch’s No. 2.
News Corp.’s independent directors, who hold nine of 16 board seats, have expressed frustration over the quality and quantity of information they’ve received about the scandal and concern about management’s ability to handle the crisis given how slowly the company has responded, a person with knowledge of the situation said earlier.
Negotiating Stance
According to News Corp.’s proxy filing, independent board member Roderick Eddington, the former CEO of British Airways, is the company’s lead director. He has the responsibility to call meetings of the non-executive directors or independent directors and to serve as a liaison between the chairman and the independent board members.
In his first stint at News Corp., Carey served as co-chief operating officer and as an aide to Murdoch for about six years, helping Fox acquire rights to the National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball.
Carey, who played on the Harvard Business School rugby team while studying for his MBA, led News Corp.’s efforts this year to generate fees from its Fox broadcast affiliates, pressuring them to share more of the so-called retransmission fees that local stations get from cable and satellite operators.
Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, competes with News Corp. units in providing financial news and information.
To contact the reporters on this story: Andy Fixmer in Los Angeles at afixmer@bloomberg.net; Ronald Grover in Los Angeles at rgrover5@bloomberg.net; Jeffrey McCracken in New York at jmccracken3@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.net ||||| James Murdoch scaled the rungs of the global media empire that his father built. Now scandal taints the heir apparent, threatening to derail the expected succession and shaking the assumption that the Murdoch dynasty would preserve its tight grip over the multibillion-dollar business.
Lachlan Murdoch leaves the home of his father Rupert in London, Monday, July 18, 2011. James Murdoch scaled the rungs of the global media empire that his father built. Now scandal taints the heir apparent,... (Associated Press)
FILE - A Sunday July 10, 2011 photo from files showing Chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch gesturing as he leaves his father Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch's... (Associated Press)
FILE - A Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 photo from files showing media industry entrepreneur Elizabeth Murdoch taking part in a breakfast meeting about 'Digital Britain' at Downing Street in London. Some analysts... (Associated Press)
Founder Rupert Murdoch, 80, has long expressed a wish to hand his publicly traded News Corp. to his offspring, and he retains the voting power to make key decisions. But shareholders and board members are said to be troubled by revelations of wrongdoing on Murdoch's watch, and feel the U.S.-based company needs fresh leadership.
A pivotal moment for the family comes Tuesday when the media mogul and his son testify before British lawmakers investigating the hacking and alleged police bribery at a now-shuttered tabloid, News of the World.
"The future is looking increasingly gray" for James Murdoch, said Ivor Gaber, professor of political journalism at City University London. "There are now investors, particularly in the United States, who are suggesting that the time has come to end the Murdochs' dynastic hold on News Corp."
News Corp. board member Thomas Perkins said Monday that Rupert Murdoch has the full support of the company's board of directors, and they are not considering elevating Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey to replace him amid the phone-hacking scandal in Britain.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Perkins denied a report that said that independent directors on Monday considered the company's succession plan, including naming Carey as CEO.
Perkins, 79, has been an independent News Corp. director since 1996 and is cofounder of Silicon Valley venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He said a succession plan has long been in place given Murdoch's age, but it had not been brought up in light of recent revelations about phone hacking and alleged payments to British police.
"I can assure you, there has been no discussion at the board level in connection with this current scandal of making any changes. The board supports top management totally," Perkins said. "The board has been misled, as has top management been misled, by very bad people at a very low level in the organization."
Some analysts believe Murdoch is positioning 42-year-old daughter Elisabeth as a successor in the event that 38-year-old James, chief executive of his father's European and Asian operations, is forced to step aside or faces arrest.
"At the end of the day, that's what made it a success. It's 'Brand Murdoch,'" said Richard Hillgrove, a London-based public relations consultant and former commentator for Murdoch-owned newspapers in New Zealand. "He's going to do anything in his power to make sure it stays that way."
Hillgrove described Elisabeth Murdoch, who is expected to join the board of News Corp. in October, as the "likely contender" for leadership of the company and noted that she appears "untainted and pretty clean" in comparison to the pressure bearing down on her brother, James.
There have been unconfirmed reports in the British media of family tension and dissatisfaction on the part of Elisabeth with how the company has been run; some observers speculate people close to the family have leaked information to elevate her stature.
However, a lawsuit in the United States has questioned News Corp.'s move in February to buy Shine Group., the television production company founded in Britain by Elisabeth, in a $670 million deal viewed by some shareholders as overpriced and fueled by nepotism. And while the company is successful, Elisabeth lacks experience at the highest levels of international management.
Another Murdoch son, 39-year-old Lachlan, is on the board of News Corp., but he quit a high-level position in the company in 2005 and does not have a management role. He is saddled in part by the legacy of a failed investment in an Australian telecom company a decade ago.
Chase Carey, the American deputy chairman and president of News Corp., could step in to head the group as an option from outside the family. He previously worked with Fox television, a company holding.
Murdoch crafted a behemoth over the decades, acquiring newspaper, television, publishing and entertainment interests in Asia, Europe, the United States and Latin America. New York-based News Corp., which employs more than 50,000 people, said it had total assets as of March of $60 billion, and total annual revenues of $33 billion, though the scandal has pushed down share prices.
In 2001, a former wife of Rupert Murdoch predicted that there would be heartache among her children _ James, Lachlan and Elisabeth _ when the time came to choose his successor. At the time, Anna Murdoch Mann told the Australian Women's Weekly magazine that she would prefer that none of her children took the reins.
"I think they're all so good that they could do whatever they wanted, really," she said. "But I think there's going to be a lot of heartbreak and hardship with this. There's been such a lot of pressure that they needn't have had at their age."
The accusations of phone hacking and police bribery by journalists at the News of the World reached into the elder Murdoch's inner circle with the arrest Sunday of Rebekah Brooks, former head of his British newspaper unit.
James Murdoch did not directly oversee News of the World, where the phone hacking of celebrities and others allegedly occurred, but he approved payments to some of the paper's most prominent hacking victims, including 700,000 pounds ($1.1 million) to Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor.
He said he "did not have a complete picture" when he approved the payouts. Still, commentators view his position as fragile because of questions about whether the criminal investigation will go higher up the chain of command at News Corp. Additionally, the company could be liable under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars American companies from bribing foreign officials for business.
Journalists at News of the World hacked the voice mail of mobile telephones in an attempt to get information for stories that would help sell newspapers, and allegedly paid police for information that could also be used in the production of news reports.
Louise Cooper, an analyst in the London office of the brokerage BGC Partners, described years of speculation about who would take control after Rupert Murdoch as a perpetual process of "one's up, another one's down" that focuses on the tycoon's children. In the end, she said, it is the patriarch's decision.
"He still has absolute control over that company," Cooper said. She said that barring further revelations about the involvement of James Murdoch in the scandal, "it's difficult to write him off completely."
Rupert Murdoch controls News Corp. through a family trust that holds 40 percent of the company's Class B voting shares. The succession question has centered on James, Elisabeth and Lachlan, children by Murdoch's second marriage to Anna Torv, later Anna Murdoch Mann after she remarried.
Elisabeth is married to prominent British public relations executive Matthew Freud. She resigned as managing director of British Sky Broadcasting, a lucrative satellite broadcaster in which News Corp. is the biggest shareholder, in 2000 to go her own way. This month, Rupert Murdoch dropped a bid to take full control of BSkyB in response to the uproar over phone hacking.
Lachlan Murdoch, once seen as the heir apparent, had been elevated to deputy chief operating officer of News Corp. by the time he quit in 2005 to go back to Australia.
That left James as the expected heir. He has been chairman and CEO of the company's European and Asian operations since 2007, and later became deputy chief operating officer of News Corp.
Rupert Murdoch has another daughter, Prudence, from his first marriage to Patricia Booker; she is married to Alasdair MacLeod, who stepped down last year after 20 years as a News Corp. executive, most recently as managing director of its Australian newspapers.
Murdoch also has two daughters, 9-year-old Grace and 7-year-old Chloe, with his third wife, Wendi Deng. She was a junior News Corp. executive in Hong Kong before marrying Murdoch in 1999 at the age of 32. Her name has occasionally cropped up in succession speculation in the past.
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Robert Barr and Martin Benedyk contributed to this report. |||||
What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article? | – Rupert Murdoch heads to Parliament today for perhaps the most clutch performance of his storied career, as his media empire hangs in the balance. News Corp execs who watched the mogul rehearse quietly expressed concern about his answers, Bloomberg reports, and a disastrous appearance could cement rumblings emanating from the board about replacing him. But succession remains murky: With son James increasingly tainted, rumors yesterday turned to daughter Elisabeth, but insiders are now eyeing COO Chase Carey for the top job, notes Bloomberg. “This will be a heavily reviewed performance,” says one expert. “Who would have thought this could happen two weeks ago?” But Murdoch's goose isn't cooked yet, says board member Thomas Perkins, who tells the AP that, "I can assure you, there has been no discussion at the board level in connection with this current scandal of making any changes. The board supports top management totally." Bloomberg notes that at the end of the day, it's likely Murdoch's call anyway: “Rupert Murdoch controls the votes of the company through the Class B shares,” says an expert . “He can just replace them if he wants." | 3 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer this question: Who was the nymph who changed into a Laurel bush to save herself from Apollo? | daphne | 0 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff was born on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Alma Sophia (nee Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. All of her grandparents were German immigrants. For most of her life, Day reportedly believed she had been born in 1924 and reported her age accordingly; it was not until her 95th birthday, when the Associated Press found her birth certificate, showing a 1922 date, that she learned otherwise. The youngest of three siblings, she had two older brothers: Richard (who died before her birth) and Paul, 2-3 years older.
While recovering from an auto accident, Day started to sing along with the radio and discovered a talent she did not know she had. Day said: "During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller [...]. But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words." Observing her daughter sing rekindled Alma's interest in show business, and she decided to give Doris singing lessons. She engaged a teacher, Grace Raine. After three lessons, Raine told Alma that young Doris had "tremendous potential"; Raine was so impressed that she gave Doris three lessons a week for the price of one. Years later, Day said that Raine had the biggest effect on her singing style and career. During the eight months she was taking singing lessons, Day had her first professional jobs as a vocalist, on the WLW radio program Carlin's Carnival, and in a local restaurant, Charlie Yee's Shanghai Inn. During her radio performances, Day first caught the attention of Barney Rapp, who was looking for a girl vocalist and asked if Day would like to audition for the job. According to Rapp, he had auditioned about 200 singers when Day got the job. While working for Rapp in 1939, she adopted the stage surname "Day", at Rapp's suggestion. Rapp felt that "Kappelhoff" was too long for marquees, and he admired her rendition of the song "Day After Day". After working with Rapp, Day worked with bandleaders Jimmy James, Bob Crosby, and Les Brown. While working with Brown, Day scored her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", released in early 1945. It soon became an anthem of the desire of World War II demobilizing troops to return home. This song is still associated with Day, and she rerecorded it on several occasions, including a version in her 1971 television special. During 1945-46, Day (as vocalist with the Les Brown Band) had six other top ten hits on the Billboard chart: "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time", "'Tain't Me", "Till The End of Time", "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)", "The Whole World is Singing My Song", and "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'". In the 1950s she became the most popular and one of the highest paid singers in America.
Ask a question about this article. | What other interesting facts about the article? | 9 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to French:
The Panel is satisfied on the evidence provided that, had Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait not occurred, Extraktionstechnik would have been able to replace the pumps on the refinery.
| Les pièces justificatives indiquent que, si l'Iraq n'avait pas envahi et occupé le Koweït, Extraktionstechnik aurait été en mesure de remplacer les pompes de l'usine. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Who is it in the following sentence?
The cougar tried to befriend the rabbit because it had a bad reputation as an evil predator.
Options are:
-- The cougar;
-- the rabbit; | The cougar | 5 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question. Katy Cropper was the first woman to win which TV competition | one man and his dog | 5 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Next question: what is the most common language in mexico?
| Spanish | 8 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Which entity is he this sentence?
Tobias is upset with William because he was mean.
Options are: a). Tobias b). William | b). | 6 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
French media giant Vivendi Universal reported a second quarter net loss of 1.852 billion euros (2.3 billion dollars), six times larger than the 313-million-euro shortfall in the same period last year.
What best summarizes the content of the above article?
pick from the following.
(A). World;
(B). Sports;
(C). Business;
(D). Science/Tech; | (C). | 4 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Jill wanted to buy a new car. Jill drove her old car down to the car dealership. The salesman traded Jill's old car for a new car. After paying the salesman as well, Jill got her new car.
What is a natural next sentence?
Select from: (i) Jill was excited.. (ii) Jill was depressed.. | (i) | 2 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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