{"question": "In it's initial phase, which 1,160 mile interstate pipeline originating in the San Juan basin of New Mexico will charge shippers for actual fuel via a fuel tracker?", "answer": "Sonoran Pipeline", "_id": "PAIRIDX:17594", "domain": [0, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "e2308_p4", "sents": ["Given sufficient shipper support in the open season, Sonoran Pipeline, LLC (Sonoran) proposes an in-service date in the summer of 2003. The estimated cost of phase one of the project is approximately $624 million.", "The open season will seek at a minimum, 20-year term commitments at a fixed transport rate of $0.39 per Dth for firm transportation.", "Sonoran proposes to charge shippers actual fuel on Phase One via a fuel tracker.", "Fuel is estimated at 1.3 percent.", "Sonoran has already received an acceptable binding bid from Calpine Energy Services, L.P. for 400,000 Dth per day.", "Phase Two: Phase Two will be an extension of Phase One and consist of approximately 590 miles of 36-inch and 42-inch high-pressure interstate natural gas pipeline continuing from Needles on the California border to points within California, terminating near Antioch in Contra Costa County.", "Depending on shipper interest, Phase Two will transport from 1.0 to 1.5 million Dth of natural gas per day."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}, {"title": "e2308_p1", "sents": ["As proposed, the Sonoran Pipeline will be a 1,160-mile, high-pressure interstate natural gas pipeline from the San Juan Basin in northern New Mexico to markets in California.", "The project will provide much needed natural gas transportation capacity to California to serve rapidly growing electric generation demand.", "In addition, producers will be able to move more natural gas from the San Juan Basin through the Sonoran Pipeline.", "This will benefit California consumers, as access to these abundant natural gas supplies has been constrained due to a lack of pipeline infrastructure.", "The interstate pipeline will be evaluated and developed in two phases, which will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).", "The first phase will run from the San Juan Basin to the California border, with the second phase extending from the California border to the San Francisco Bay area.", "The first phase of the pipeline is expected to be completed in the summer of 2003. ``This exciting project will enable us to grow our core business and extend our natural gas transportation service into new markets,'' said Richard D. Kinder, chairman and CEO of KMP."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Besides Oxford Biosciences, which other investor has backed both MedContrax and Zone Labs?", "answer": "Pacific Venture Group", "_id": "PAIRIDX:45835", "domain": [0, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "e2756_p22", "sents": ["Fairchild, which focuses on designing, manufacturing, and marketing high performance semiconductors for multiple end market use, said the acquisitions strengthen its analog business.", "KOTA is backed by individual investors.", "http: www.fairchildsemi.com Healthcare Technology Firm MedContrax Acquires med-ecom ROCKVILLE, Md.", "-- MedContrax, a provider of healthcare information and network software and services, said it acquired all of the assets of med-ecom, which provides transaction processing and reporting services to the healthcare industry, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stocks.", "Most of the employees have been retained and med-ecom will function as a wholly-owned subsidiary, MedContrax said.", "MedContrax's investors include Salix Ventures, Pacific Venture Group, Cardinal Partners, and Oxford Biosciences.", "Backers for med-ecom include Salix Ventures, Acacia Partners, and Prism Venture Partners.", "http: www.medcontrax.com Knowledge Networks Buys Consumer Research Firm PDI MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Knowledge Networks, a marketing information firm, said it has acquired Promotions Decisions (PDI), a consumer purchase tracking company, for an undisclosed amount."], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}, {"title": "e2933_p30", "sents": ["Gregor Freund, CEO and co-founder, had previously held those responsibilities.", "Mr. Salim, who was introduced to the company throug h mutual contacts at Zone Labs, had previously served as president of United States an d European operations for Trend Micro.", "He had also served as president and CE O of Software Publishing Corp.", "Zone Labs is backed by EastWest Ventures, Inte l, Oxford Bioscience, Pacific Venture Group, and John McAfee.", "http: www.zonelabs.com PrivateExpress Appoints New President & CEO mail?", "top SAN MATEO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- PrivateExpress, a provider of sec urity software for Internet-based business communications, said that it has appointed Richard W. Ormond to president and CEO.", "Mr. Ormond most recently served as chief operating officer at e-commerce provider Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited.", "He replaces Jim Levy, who w as interim chief executive officer and will remain with the company as chairma n. Mr. Ormond also joins as the seventh member of the board, which includes Alberto J. Yepez, president of Entrust, Philip Wang, president of F.V.I.G."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Which agency that Scheduling Coordinators should submit their Energy bids in excess of the $250 MWh to, also investigates whether bidding and pricing patterns indicate collusive or illegal behavior?", "answer": "California Electricity Oversight Board", "_id": "PAIRIDX:22448", "domain": [0, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "e8857_p1", "sents": ["The ISO ,s scheduling system will not r eject Energy bids priced in excess of the $250 MWh price cap, but will evaluate those bids in price merit order.", "However, if the ISO issues Dispatch instructions to Scheduling Coordinators for Energy that has been bid in excess of the $250 soft cap, those bids will not set the Market Clearing Price for Imbalance Energy.", "Rather, those Scheduling Coordinators will be paid in accordance with their bids. 8 b) Refund risk and cost documentation above $250. &Imbalance Energy abov e the level of the soft price cap would be subject to refund, based on subsequent review by the Commission.", "It also should require Scheduling Coordinators th at submit such bids to supply supporting cost information to the Commission, as well as to the ISO and to the California Electricity Oversight Board so tha t they may bring questionable bids to the Commission ,s attention."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 3]}, {"title": "e3126_p9", "sents": ["AGENCY: PUC and California Independent System Operator INVESTIGATION: Whether generation plants were shut down for spurious reasons in order to create supply shortages and, thus, to raise electricity prices.", "AGENCY: California Electricity Oversight Board INVESTIGATION: Whether patterns of bidding and pricing in California's electricity auction indicate collusive or otherwise illegal behavior.", "Sources: state and federal agencies Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Business Financial Desk; Section W Enron Unit Moves to End India Contract For Power By SARITHA RAI 05 22 2001 The New York Times Page 1, Column 6 c. 2001 New York Times Company BANGALORE, India, May 21 -- Fed up with its main customer's refusal to pay its bills, the Enron Corporation's Indian power-generating venture served formal notice on Saturday that it would terminate its power supply contract and pull out.", "The move by the Dabhol Power Company, 65 percent owned by Enron, starts the clock ticking on a six-month notice period before the contract is voided, during which negotiations to settle the dispute are expected."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "Ockham Technologies and Cytura share which financial backer?", "answer": "Noro-Moseley Partners", "_id": "PAIRIDX:7501", "domain": [0, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "e27468_p8", "sents": ["Ms. MacKenzie was previously a strategic planning and development consultant for such clients as Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, and United Airlines. Founded on 1 October 1984 in Uttar Pradesh, it has since spread throughout India, although its most significant base remains the northern and central portions of the country.", "The group runs about 2,500 akhadas, similar to the shakhas (branches) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.", "The name \"Bajrang\" is a reference to the Hindu deity Hanuman."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e27921_p17", "sents": ["In India, for instance, members of the All India People's Resistance Forum, who were distributing anti-war and anti-US pamphlets in Delhi, have been jailed.", "Even the printer of the leaflets was arrested.", "The rightwing government (while it shelters Hindu extremists groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal) has banned the Islamic Students Movement of India and is trying to revive an anti- terrorist Act which had been withdrawn after the Human Rights Commission reported that it had been more abused than used.", "Millions of Indian citizens are Muslim.", "Can anything be gained by alienating them?", "Every day that the war goes on, raging emotions are being let loose into the world.", "The international press has little or no independent access to the war zone.", "In any case, mainstream media, particularly in the US, have more or less rolled over, allowing themselves to be tickled on the stomach with press handouts from military men and government officials."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "What United States Senator born on November 19th, 1939 served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee?", "answer": "Tom Harkin", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55530", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Tom Harkin", "sents": ["Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American politician and author who served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e5472_p22", "sents": ["California had asked the federal government to be exempted from a Clean Air Act requirement to use fuel additives like ethanol to cleanse its gasoline, arguing that cheaper technologies were available.", "Administration officials said today that the government would issue a decision on Tuesday denying the request.", "Last Friday, in a speech in Iowa, Mr. Bush hinted at the decision, saying he supported the use of ethanol \"not only to reduce dependency on foreign sources of energy but secondly as a way to clean the air.\"", "Several Democratic senators from farm states, including Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the new majority leader, and Tom Harkin of Iowa, the new chairman of the Agriculture Committee, saw a favorable decision as a huge boon to their states' economies and had urged Mr. Bush to deny California the waiver.", "It was Mr. Daschle -- and former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas -- who began the push for ethanol a decade ago by inserting in the Clean Air Act an amendment that required 2 percent of cleaner-burning gasoline to contain oxygenates like ethanol."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "What California politician born in March of 1951 represented Los Angeles in the State Senate?", "answer": "Richard Polanco", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55508", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Richard Polanco", "sents": ["Richard G. Polanco (born 4 March 1951) is a former California State Senate Majority leader and member of the California State Assembly.", "He is known for his significant efforts in increasing Latino representation in the California Legislature."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e5680_p18", "sents": ["She said the issue would be fully examined at a later hearing.", "To spare Edison from going into bankruptcy and to restore its credit- worthiness, Davis and executives of the utility reached a complex compromise in April, the centerpiece of which was a state purchase of Edison's transmission grid for about $2.8 billion, more than twice its book value.", "Edison has estimated that it owes $3.5 billion to creditors, including wholesale power generators, as a result of deregulation of retail electricity prices in 1996. Because of a freeze in retail rates, Edison was prohibited from passing its energy costs to customers.", "Other features of the deal include dedicating a portion of consumer rates to help pay off the debt, a guaranteed 11.6% rate of return to Edison on its sales and investments, and termination of an ongoing Public Utilities Commission investigation into financial dealings of Edison's parent company, Edison International.", "The energy committee held the hearing for fact-finding purposes and did not consider the Edison bill, SB 78x by Sen. Richard Polanco (D-Los Angeles)."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "The American congressman who represented California's 18th congressional district following redistricting in 1990 covered up his affair with which missing intern?", "answer": "Chandra Levy", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55495", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Gary Condit", "sents": ["Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is a former politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003.", "Condit holds a B.B.A from the USC Marshall School of Business.", "Condit originally represented California's 15th congressional district, and then later California's 18th congressional district after redistricting following the 1990 census."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e6442_p1", "sents": ["Politics this week July 12th 2001 From The Economist print edition Portents As General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and the Indian prime mi nister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, prepared to discuss peace for Kashmir, 15 people died in clashes in the Indian part of the disputed territory.", "See article: It's good to talk E+ Gary Condit, an American congressman, admitted having covered up his affair with a missing intern, Chandra Levy.", "The police later searched the Democrat ,s apartment *11 weeks after Miss Levy had disappeared.", "See article: Secrets, lies and hubris Squatters invaded land on the edge of Johannesburg.", "A court ord ered them to leave and the South African government, anxious to differentiate itself fro m Zimbabwe, sent police to evict them.", "See article: Space invaders E+ Riots in Jamaica AP Violence erupted in Jamaica.", "The government called out the army after 25 people had been killed, most of them in gun battles between police and gang s with political links."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "In the iteration of WORTH MAGAZINE's Top 50 CEOs that has Steve Balmer at #1 and John Wren at #48, what rank is the CEO that works for the company headquartered in Tennessee that is mostly known for its shipping services?", "answer": "19. Frederick Smith,", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55476", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "FedEx", "sents": ["FedEx Corporation is an American multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.", "The name \"FedEx\" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express (now FedEx Express), which was used from 1973 until 2000.", "The company is known for its overnight shipping service, but also for pioneering a system that could track packages and provide real-time updates on package location (to help in finding lost packages), a feature that has now been implemented by most other carrier services."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e1599_p14", "sents": ["\"The real test is not to recognize past achievements but to be able to look back in five or ten years from now.", "As a matter of fact, some CEO's we've chosen haven't made money for share holders in the past few years, but we believe they are poised to do so now.\"", "WORTH's methodology for selecting the 50 best CEO's strives to balance their possession of a vision with a demonstrated ability to execute under stress and when confronted by urgent challenges.", "The nominations were collected from leading fund managers and securities analysts and vetted by a team of WORTH reporters.", "The final selections were made by WORTH's editors.", "WORTH, the monthly magazine edited for the dynamic wealth market, reaches active investors, business leaders and luxury connoisseurs with a median net worth of $1.25 million.", "The May issue will be available on newsstands April 24. WORTH MAGAZINE'S 50 TOP CEO'S 1. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft; Redmond, WA 2. Jeffrey Skilling, CEO, Enron; Houston, TX 3. Philip Purcell, CEO, Morgan Stanley; New York, NY 4. James Morgan, CEO, Applied Materials; Santa Clara, CA 5. Margaret Whitman, CEO, eBay; San Jose, CA 6. Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle; Redwood Shores, CA 7. Koichi Nishimura, CEO, Solectron; Milpitas, CA 8. John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems; San Jose, CA 9. Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems; Palo Alto, CA 10. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO, Tyco International; Exeter, NH 11. David Pottruck, CEO, Charles Schwab; San Francisco, CA 12. Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer; Cupertino, CA 13. James McNerney Jr., CEO, 3M; St. Paul, MN 14. Steven Appleton, CEO, Micron Technology; Boise, ID 15. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric; Fairfield, CT 16. Henry Paulson Jr., CEO, Goldman Sachs; New York, NY 17. Kenneth Freeman, CEO, Quest Diagnostics; Teterboro, NJ 18. Steven Burd, CEO, Safeway; Pleasanton, CA 19. Frederick Smith, CEO, FedEx; Memphis, TN 20. Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel; Santa Clara, CA 21. Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computer; Round Rock, TX 22. Richard Fairbank, CEO, Capital One; Falls Church, VA 23. Kenneth Chenault, CEO, American Express; New York, NY 24. James Kelly, CEO, United Parcel Service; Atlanta, GA 25. Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target; Minneapolis, MN 26. William McGuire, CEO, UnitedHealth Group; Edina, MN 27. George David, CEO, United Technologies; Hartford, CT 28. James Truchard, CEO, National Instruments; Austin, TX 29. Richard Kovacevich, CEO, Wells Fargo; San Francisco, CA 30. Henry Nicholas III, CEO, Broadcom; Irvine, CA 31. Robert Nardelli, CEO, Home Depot; Atlanta, GA 32. Arthur Levinson, CEO, Genentecc; San Francisco, CA 33. Gordon Bethune, CEO, Continental Airlines; Houston, TX 34. Ronald DeFeo, CEO, Terex; Westport, CT 35. Leonard Schaeffer, CEO, Wellpoint Health Networks; Thousand Oaks, CA 36. William Wise, CEO, El Paso; Houston, TX 37. Robert Walter, CEO, Cardinal Health; Dublin, OH 38. Alain Belda, CEO, Alcoa; Pittsburgh, PA 39. Kevin Knight, CEO, Knight Transportation; Phoenix, AZ 40. Russell Lewis, CEO, New York Times Company; New York, NY 41. Dan Akerson, CEO, XO Communications; Reston, VA 42. Jacques Nasser, CEO, Ford Motor, Dearborn, MI 43. Roger Jarvis, CEO, Spinnaker Exploration; Houston, TX 44. Jure Sola, CEO, Sanmina; San Jose, CA 45. David D'Alessandro, CEO, John Hancock Financial Services; Boston, MA 46. Douglas Rock, CEO, Smith International; Houston, TX 47. Willem Roelandts, CEO, Xilinx; San Jose, CA 48. John Wren, CEO, Omnicom; New York, NY 49. Clark McLeod, CEO, McLeodUSA; Cedar Rapids, IA 50. William Wrigley Jr., CEO, WM."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "What wireless service operator, now owned by the Sprint Corporation, was involved in a case action Robert and Loren Pearson v. Zoning Hearing Board of Newlin Township?", "answer": "Nextel Communications", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55467", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Nextel Communications", "sents": ["Nextel Communications, Inc. was a wireless service operator that merged with and continues to exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Corporation.", "Nextel in Brazil, and formerly in Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Philippines, and Mexico, is part of NII Holdings, a stand-alone, publicly traded company that is not owned by Sprint Corporation."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e10258_p2", "sents": ["Senior Judge William J. Lederer and Judge Bonnie B. Leadbeter joined Judge Doyle's opinion.", "(Case no.", "3182 C.D.", "1999 Robert and Loren Pearson v. Zoning Hearing Board of Newlin Township and Nextel Communications of the Mid Atlantic, Inc.) CUSTOMER-AFFECTING MICHIGAN PSC approves Ameritech identity theft protection procedures The Public Service Commission today approved procedures proposed by Ameritech-Michigan to protect customers from identity theft.", "The commission had ordered Ameritech to file the proposed procedures when it fined the company $1.5 million for identity theft-related violations of the Michigan Telecommunications Act.", "(9 25 00 p.m.) The PSC's decision responded to a complaint filed by customer Patricia Nelski.", "In July 1996 Nelski discovered that a fraudulent Ameritech telephone account had been opened in her name.", "She contacted Ameritech and was told she wouldn't be held responsible for charges to the account.", "She subsequently learned that she had been denied credit and employment because Ameritech failed to clear her credit record as promised."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 2, 3]}]} {"question": "What department did John Wilcox chair at the Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Bronx?", "answer": "religious studies", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55458", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Manhattan College", "sents": ["Manhattan College is a private, independent, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college located in the Bronx, New York City, United States.", "After originally being established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, Manhattan College was officially incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter granted by the New York State Board of Regents.", "In 1922, the College moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 6.4 mi north of its original location on 131st Street in the Manhattanville section of Manhattan.", "Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, health, engineering, and science.", "Graduate programs are offered for education, business, and engineering.", "\"U.S. News & World Report\" lists Manhattan as one of the top 20 colleges in the Regional Universities North category.", "In addition, Manhattan consistently ranks in the top twenty in surveys that evaluate return on investment.", "In the 2014\u20132015 Payscale.com College Return on Investment survey, Manhattan placed 15th nationally."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e6569_p39", "sents": ["In Orange County, more than 1,000 churchgoing customers took advantage of the discount in a single day.", "At Compton's Our Lady of Victory, more than 200 congregants joined the program.", "Through the churches, Edison also had handed out 80,000 sign-up forms that parishioners have taken home.", "Edison workers volunteer time on Sundays to pass out information at churches.", "\"It's really a humbling experience for us,\" said Rocio Contreras, a board member of the company's Latino employees' association.", "\"What was really neat was to have the priests and fathers there, letting the parishioners know who we are and why we were there.", "That made a difference.\"", "Churches are a natural go-between for wary immigrants and institutions that provide poverty-relief services, said John Wilcox, chairman of religious studies and director of the Center for Professional Ethics at Manhattan College.", "\"It's really using churches in an area where they're already very effective,\" he said."], "sp_sent_idx": [7]}]} {"question": "The British daily national newspaper that adopted its current name in 1788 is referred to with the same name as the paper that reviewed records for peak power prices for the company based in what city?", "answer": "Baltimore", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55452", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "The Times", "sents": ["The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.", "It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register , adopting its current name on 1 January 1788.", "\"The Times\" and its sister paper \"The Sunday Times\" (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by News Corp. \"The Times\" and \"The Sunday Times\" do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5495_p37", "sents": ["Under a separate deal for the same three-year period, the Houston-base d company has an entirely different rate structure that could minimize its ri sk of losses.", "The state will pay $21.65 a megawatt-hour, in addition to coveri ng fuel and other production costs that could rise or fall dramatically.", "Hart, of the state water agency, argues that California consumers coul d benefit should natural gas prices fall.", "A pair of contracts with Constellation Energy Group illustrates the horse trading.", "In one two-year deal, the Baltimore-based company will receive $154 a megawatt-hour for peak power, the highest price in the records reviewed by The Times.", "The state also agreed to take a larger amount of power around th e clock.", "That deal, at $58 a megawatt-hour, extends over eight years beginnin g in 2003. Freeman, who helped broker many of the deals, said the state had to si gn long-term contracts to lock in electricity needed this year and next--a necessary \"quid pro quo.\""], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "What is the job title of the Value Line Publishing Inc. employee who shares a name with the former University of Tennessee Martin football player who later played in the NFL for the Ravens and the Bills?", "answer": "analyst", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55438", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Jeremy Butler", "sents": ["Jeremy Butler (born April 22, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).", "He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2014.", "He played college football at the University of Tennessee Martin."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}, {"title": "e2204_p3", "sents": ["-By Dyala Sabbagh, Dow Jones Newswires; 9714 3314260; dyala.sabbagh@dowjones.com Post Mortem Missing link by Claire Poole 05 03 2001 The Daily Deal Copyright (c) 2001 The Deal LLC Buying Illinova gave Dynegy a key piece in a puzzle for trading energy anywhere, anytime.", "When Chuck Watson decided to take his company beyond natural gas trading, he changed its name to Dynegy Inc. and took as its logo a tangram, a seven-piece puzzle that can be assembled in thousands of ways.", "Buying utility Illinova Corp. in February 2000, gave him a piece for delivering such flexibility.", "\"The Illinova acquisition was probably the most well-timed and best conceived buy of the year,\" raves Jeremy Butler, an analyst at Value Line Publishing Inc. ReportCard DYNEGY -- ILLINOVA Stock Price A Profitability B+ Strategy A- Braintrust B Culture B Competitive Position A Overall A- Why?", "Besides providing electricity to 650,000 customers in a 15,000-square-mile area in Illinois, Decatur, Ill.-based Illinova also had recently received regulatory approval to transfer its coal and gas-fired generating plants -- 3,800 megawatts in all -- to an unregulated subsidiary as part of the state's deregulation of its electricity industry."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Which leadership role did this US diplomat who was a US ambassador to Hungary in 1986 hold at Enron?", "answer": "spokesman", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55437", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Mark Palmer", "sents": ["Robie Marcus Hooker \"Mark\" Palmer (14 July 1941 \u2013 28 January 2013) was a United States diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Hungary (1986\u201390).", "He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Committee on the Present Danger, Vice Chairman of Freedom House and the Council for a Community of Democracies.", "He was also the co-founder of the National Endowment for Democracy."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e20464_p17", "sents": ["Subpoenas could go out next week if responses don't arrive by then, Paradis said.", "Enron spokeswoman Karen Denne didn't respond to requests for comment about the document requests.", "The executives earned no income from the partnerships, Enron spokesman Mark Palmer has said.", "``There are no financial interests in the structures themselves for any Enron employee,'' Palmer said.", "He said it's common for a company to name its executives to the boards of affiliates.", "Affiliates Have Debts Texas records show Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lay, Frevert, Whalley, McMahon and dozens of other people who list their address as Enron's corporate headquarters serving as officers and directors of limited liability companies and foreign business corporations.", "The document requests ask Enron executives for information on any form of compensation or benefit received from any of the affiliates, including stock grants and options.", "They also ask the executives to disclose any equity or partnership interests in the affiliates."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "Which prime minister of Albania was returned to power via general election along with his Socialist movement, of which he was the founder?", "answer": "Ilir Meta", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55404", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ilir Meta", "sents": ["Ilir Meta (] ; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian diplomat and politician who has served as President of Albania since 24 July 2017.", "Previously he served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2009 to 2010.", "He was Chairman of the Parliament of Albania from 2013 to 2017.", "Meta also held positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy.", "Prior to that, he held the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary Commission of European Integration.", "Meta founded the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) in 2004."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 5]}, {"title": "e6442_p2", "sents": ["See article: Burning E+ A row broke out in America after scientists announced that they had created human embryos in order to harvest stem cells.", "President George Bush has sti ll not decided whether to let federal money go to stem-cell research.", "Chile ,s appeal court ruled that General Augusto Pinochet was mentally unfit to stand trial on human-rights charges, bringing to an end a lengthy legal saga.", "See article: He's demented E+ Meta politics Reuters Albania ,s prime minister, Ilir Meta, and his Socialists were handsomely returned to power in a general election.", "See article: On the road to normality E+ In his native city of Split, huge flag-waving crowds welcomed G oran Ivanisevic, the wild-card Croatian winner of the men ,s singles at Wimble don.", "See article: Goran Ivanisevic British and Irish leaders agonised together for days trying to save the crumbling peace process in Northern Ireland.", "The northern English city of Bradford saw Britain ,s worst race riots for years, between whites and (m ainly British-born) Asians."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "What was the first name of the spouse of the 1954 Nobel Prize winning author for Literature who has a Hemens painting as part of her collection?", "answer": "Mary", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55398", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ernest Hemingway", "sents": ["Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899\u00a0\u2013 July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.", "His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.", "Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.", "He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works.", "Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works, were published posthumously.", "Many of his works are considered classics of American literature."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e19951_p1", "sents": ["He worked with legendary 'underground' filmmaker, painter, musicologist, anthropologist, Harry Smith, in New York, learning the craft of hand painted film and collage.", "He also spent extended periods of time with mentors, Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.", "He has participated in and contributed to several art movements including the Bay Area Neo Dada movement, Correspondence Art, Xerox Art, Rubber Stamp Art and other conceptual and performance pieces.", "He has had numerous group exhibitions and one man shows.", "His paintings can be found in the collections of the late Joanne Dru (Mrs. Robert Wood), Angela Lansbury, the late Ernest Hemingway and wife Mary, Mr. and Mrs. Randolf Hearst, Henri Lenoir, Mrs. Robert Mondavi and other prominent collections in the United States and Europe.", "Mr. Hemens is currently completing a non-fiction narrative about Jack Kerouac and America, entitled The Other Side of Denial-Memoirs of a Second Generation Desolation Angel ?, and a collection of remembrances of time spent with his friend, the poet Bob Kaufman, entitled Percodan Summer ?."], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5]}]} {"question": "At what other organization did Dr. Chiao hold a senior management or R&D position besides Mosel Vitelic, Hewlett-Packard, and the company founded in 1948 by Edward Ginzton and two other founders?", "answer": "Gould AMI", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55380", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Varian Associates", "sents": ["Varian Associates was one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.", "It was founded in 1948 by Russell H. and Sigurd F. Varian, William Webster Hansen, and Edward Ginzton to sell the klystron, the first tube which could amplify electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies, and other electromagnetic equipment.", "Varian Associates split into three companies in 1999."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e126_p1", "sents": ["He is on the board of directors of several high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.", "Dr. Chiao is also a partner of several VC funds.", "Prior to his professorship, Dr. Chiao held senior management and R&D positions at Mosel Vitelic, Gould AMI, Hewlett-Packard and Varian Associates.", "Dr. Chiao received his B.S.", "from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan, M.S.", "from University of Southern California and Ph.D. from Stanford University.?"], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "For which newspaper did this American business and consumer columnist who joined \"Los Angeles Times\" in 2007 write a report on June 7, 2001 about electricity prices plummeting in California?", "answer": "San Francisco Chronicle", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55321", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "David Lazarus", "sents": ["David Lazarus is an American business and consumer columnist for the \"Los Angeles Times\".", "He joined the paper in August 2007."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3793_p31", "sents": ["FERC rules prevent staffers from commenting on specific matters scheduled for commission action, such as any changes to the California pric e control plan.", "\"That issue is pending and we are prohibited from commenting on it,\" said Ferguson.", "Democrats contend that as Californians begin receiving higher utility bills in the mail, the pressure will grow on Washington officials to clamp down more vigorously on wholesale electricity prices.", "But Rep. Mary Bono (R-Palm Springs), who has opposed price controls, said that at a recent town hall meeting in her district, \"out of probably 3 0 questions, one came up on caps.", "People in California are looking for real solutions, and they recognize that's a quick political fix.\"", "Times staff writer Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar contributed to this story.", "Copyright 2001 Los Angeles Times Power switch -- contracts now in limbo Nosedive in electricity prices will let state deal from strength David Lazarus, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, June 7, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f=3D ca 2001 06 07 MN177308 .DTL Emboldened by an unexpected plunge in electricity prices, state officials said yesterday that they are prepared to press their advantage and walk awa y from nearly two dozen long-term power contracts that now are at above-marke t rates."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "What entity has received funding from Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Nassau Capital, Sumitom, Protege Group, and the global venture capital firm founded in 1911?", "answer": "Notara", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55086", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Bessemer Venture Partners", "sents": ["Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is an American global venture capital firm founded in 1911.", "The firm has $4.5 billion under management and operates offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Israel, and India."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3787_p24", "sents": ["Mr. Bellosguardo said Music is providing $300,000 in financing toward expenses related to the sale of the assets.", "http: www.music.com Software Firm Notara Cuts 9% of Staff NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Notara, a developer of Web-application sof tware, said it laid off approximately ten employees, roughly 9% of its staff, in order to reduce its burn rate.", "\"They were all positions within the company that could be eliminated,\" said a company spokesperson.", "\"We didn't lose any functionality.\"", "The spokesperson said rumors that the company's Stratford, Conn. office has closed were not true, but the company is considering consolidating the Connecticut office and its employees into the New York office.", "She said most of the cuts affected the company's New York office.", "Notara has received funding from Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nassau Capital, Sumitomo, and the U.K.-based Protege Group.", "http: www.notara.com Mobile App Firm Wapit Files for Bankruptcy HELSINKI, Finland (VENTUREWIRE) -- Wapit, which provides mobile oper ators and media companies with mobile technology, middleware, and applications, announced it was unable to secure a second round of funding, and is filing for bankruptcy."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "What position did White serve to the man who was 65th United States Secretary of State while he headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff?", "answer": "executive assistant", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55078", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Colin Powell", "sents": ["Colin Luther Powell ( ; born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army.", "Powell was born in Harlem as the son of Jamaican immigrants.", "During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987\u20131989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989\u20131993), holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War.", "Powell was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.", "He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 4]}, {"title": "e20092_p28", "sents": ["Tom Ridge, who was named by President Bush in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks to head a new Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security.", "The new office will coordinate the efforts of more than 40 government agencies in tightening domestic security and rooting out terrorist threats.", "White was named to serve as the Pentagon's liaison by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday.", "White is a retired Army brigadier general who became the Army's top civilian executive in May.", "Before he was nominated for the Army post by Bush, White was vice chairman of Houston-based Enron Energy Services.", "\"In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, homeland security has emerged as a paramount national priority,\" White said.", "\"As the Department of Defense executive agent for homeland security, I look forward to working closely with Gov.", "Tom Ridge as he leads this vital effort.\"", "A 23-year veteran of the Army, White served as executive assistant to Gen. Colin Powell while Powell headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff under former President Bush."], "sp_sent_idx": [8]}]} {"question": "Who is the president of the company that raised $11.5 million in funding from Sequoia and the Japanese international stockholding, which is the 5th largest advertising agency network in the world and located in Minato, Tokyo?", "answer": "Gina Bianchini", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55077", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dentsu", "sents": ["Dentsu Inc. (\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u96fb\u901a , Kabushiki-gaisha Dents\u016b ) is a Japanese international advertising, public relations, stockholding company whose headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo.", "It is the parent company of Dentsu Aegis Network.", "Dentsu is currently the 5th largest advertising agency network in the world in terms of worldwide revenues."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3698_p27", "sents": ["New investor Dentsu led the round with $11.5 million in investments, while Sequoia, the only existing investor, made up the balance.", "Valuation has increased since the previous $10.8 million round, though president Gina Bianchini declined to give details.", "Dentsu gains an observer seat on the board, which consists of five directors.", "Funds will be used for technology development and building out a Japanese market.", "Though she declined to shar e projections for revenues or profitability, Ms. Bianchini said she did not expect the company to raise another round of financing.", "http: www.harmonic.net Wireless Provider Bluefish Gets $1.8 in Second Round Funds mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Bluefish Wireless, which develops aw ireless platform for two-way infrared communication between Palm-based handheld devices and the Internet, said that it received $1.8 in second round fundin g from Allen & Buckeridge and NetworkAsia.", "The round was led by NetworkAsia, a new investor."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "According to Harding, only one out of how many people had access to electricity in the 93rd largest country by area?", "answer": "14", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55066", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Nepal", "sents": ["Nepal ( ; Nepali: \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 ] ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (Nepali: \u0938\u0919\u094d\u0918\u0940\u092f \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915 \u0917\u0923\u0924\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \"Sanghiya Lokt\u0101ntrik Ganatantra Nep\u0101l\" ), is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia.", "Nepal is divided into 7 states and 75 districts and 744 local units including 4 metropolises, 13 sub-metropolises, 246 municipal councils and 481 villages.", "It has a population of 26.4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area.", "Bordering China in the north and India in the south, east, and west, it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state.", "Nepal does not border Bangladesh, which is located within only 27\u00a0km (17\u00a0mi) of its southeastern tip.", "Neither does it border Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between.", "Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.", "Kathmandu is the nation's capital and largest city.", "Nepal is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3788_p29", "sents": ["Nepal Australians are hungry for energy.", "They are the fifth-biggest consumers of electricity, lagging Norway and the United States Pacific Hydro's earnings may triple this year to A$18.5 million, helped by the start of its Bakun hydroelectric station on the northwest Philippines island of Luzon, which almost doubled the company's electricity generation.", "It plans to build another hydro station on the southern Mindanao Island with joint venture partner Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.", "Though a new Philippine law to allow more competition in the electricity industry will drive down power prices, Pacific Hydro's Harding said most of its output will be sold under long-term contracts.", "Its next target country may offer even greater challenges.", "As Nepal struggles to launch an inquiry into the massacre of its royal family, Harding is awaiting the kingdom's decision on whether to accept a bid to build two hydroelectric dams.", "``Only one in 14 Nepalese has access to electricity, so there is quite a demand for power within Nepal and northern India,'' Harding said."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "Which company did the American computer scientist and member of the original Apple development team found along with Mike Boich and Mike Homer in the 1990s?", "answer": "Eazel", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55053", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Andy Hertzfeld", "sents": ["Andy Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953) is an American computer scientist and inventor who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s.", "After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Apple Computer from August 1979 until March 1984, where he was a designer for the Macintosh system software.", "Since leaving Apple, he has co-founded three companies: Radius in 1986, General Magic in 1990 and Eazel in 1999.", "In 2002, he helped Mitch Kapor promote open source software with the Open Source Applications Foundation.", "Hertzfeld joined Google in 2005, and in 2011 was the key designer of the Circles user interface in Google+."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e2933_p16", "sents": ["In a note posted on its Web site, the company said it could not secure additional funding.", "The company laid off 40 of its 75 employees two months ago, citing the difficult funding environment and its efforts to release a new product, a services platform slated for roll out this spring.", "The company had already launched its first product, Nautilus I, a front-end client product.", "In the note, the company stated \"We are confident that Nautilus' development will continue forward.\"", "The company raised approximately $15 million over two rounds of funding.", "Backers included Acce l Partners.", "When asked last Friday about a possible shutdown, Eazel said it h ad no comment.", "The company's phone has since been disconnected.", "Accel Parnters did not return calls.", "Eazel was founded by several widely-known veterans of Apple Computer, including Mike Boich, Andy Hertzfeld!", "and Mike Homer.", "http: www.eazel.com RoundArch Cuts 12% of North American Staff mail?"], "sp_sent_idx": [9, 10]}]} {"question": "What Republican politician who was born in 1952 and served as an Ohio representative in the Senate was involved with the piece of legislation known as SB 8?", "answer": "Ron Amstutz", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55045", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ron Amstutz", "sents": ["Ronald Amstutz (born 1952) is the former state representative for the 1st District of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from both 1983 to 2000, and again from 2009 to 2016.", "He also served as the state senator for the 22nd District of the Ohio Senate, and the mayor of Orrville, Ohio.", "In the House, he was the chairman of the House Finance & Appropriations Committee.", "He is a Republican."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 3]}, {"title": "e10669_p6", "sents": ["Under SB 8, the recipient of an e-mail advertisement transmitted in violation of the legislation could bring a civil action against the violator.", "The recipient could recover actual damages or $10 per e-mail advertisement and attorney's fees and court costs.", "Sen. Ron Amstutz (R., District 22) introduced the measure.", "UNIVERSAL SERVICE NEW YORK Senator wants DPS to look into access to advanced services in rural areas Sen. James W. Wright (R., District 46) has introduced SB 1087 to direct the Department of Public Service to evaluate rural customers' access to advanced telecom services at reasonable rates.", "The bill finds that rural communities often don't have access to advanced services, resulting in limited opportunities to attract and maintain businesses and readily access education, health care, and recreational services.", "The measure has been referred to Energy and Telecommunications Committee.", "WIRELESS TENNESSEE Lawmakers seek consumer protections in wireless contracts Rep. Gary Odom (D., District 55) has introduced a bill that would require wireless providers to notify consumers 30 days before any written contract expired."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}]} {"question": "Sonny Bono's widow's membership of what Congressional committee made her vote seem especially critical to H.R. 1647?", "answer": "the Commerce and Energy Committee", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55037", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Mary Bono", "sents": ["Mary Bono (n\u00e9e Whitaker and formerly Mary Bono Mack, born October 24, 1961) is a former U.S. Representative for California 's 45 congressional district , and previously the 44th, serving from 1998 to 2013.", "She was first elected to Congress to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, who had died months before.", "She is a member of the Republican Party.", "Bono's district was based in Palm Springs and included most of central and eastern Riverside County.", "She sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and was Chairwoman for the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3256_p1", "sents": ["All Direct Access Supporters From: Mark Seetin Subject:?", "Urgent need to contact California Members of Congress to urge the ir support for direct access legislation in the Barton &emergency 8 bill H.R.", "1647 Scheduled for Markup tomorrow, May 24 Please call or contact one or all of the attached members of congress, all of whom have indicated an interest in supporting direct access.?", "As of today, while all have been supportive, we have not gotten a commitment to sponsor.", "The two most likely, who are members of the Commerce and Energy Committee a re George Radanovich and Chris Cox.?", "Mary Bono is also a member of the committee.?", "Doug Ose, a supporter of DA is on the Government Reform.?", "David Dreier has just been elected to head the California Republican caucus, so is also a critical link.", "Subcommittee chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) supports DA, but needs a Californian to sponsor the amendment.?"], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 2, 4, 5]}]} {"question": "What agency controls the state's power grid in the state that John Garamendi was Lt. Governor of?", "answer": "Cal-ISO", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55026", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Cruz Bustamante", "sents": ["Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American retired politician.", "He was the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party.", "He served with Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was succeeded by John Garamendi in 2007."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}, {"title": "e5975_p54", "sents": ["Duke officials said in the ads - which appeared in newspapers in California, Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina - that plant production was increased and decreased at the order of Cal-ISO, the agency that controls the state's power grid and monitors supply and demand.", "The California version of Duke's advertisement specifically denied the workers' allegations, and claimed they \"did not know - and were not in an operational capacity to know - that the ISO directs output.", "Davis had praised the three workers as heroes and Lt. Gov.", "Cruz Bustamante said they had delivered the \"smoking gun\" needed to prove price gouging.", "Cal-ISO has not yet publicly acknowledged its role in the ramping up and down of electricity production, but gave its analysis late Friday to selected lawmakers.", "The move came after Duke gave the agency's confidential orders to the Times and the Observer.", "The agency's analysis found that Duke's South Bay units had accurate logs showing that the units followed Cal-ISO's dispatch orders."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "What was the name of the person who was the co-director of Natural Resources Defense Council's energy program and had the e-mail address rcavanagh@nrdc.org?", "answer": "Ralph Cavanagh", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55006", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ralph Cavanagh", "sents": ["Ralph Cavanagh is a senior attorney and co-director of Natural Resources Defense Council's energy program.", "Cavanagh has been with the NRDC since 1979 and was on the Secretary of Energy Advisory board from 1993-2003.", "Cavanagh has served as Visiting Professor at both Stanford University and UC Berkeley."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e6972_p0", "sents": ["'Energy Commitee Members: Please find the minutes from our July 25 Energy Committee meeting attached.", "Also attached is the draft SVMG-NRDC report prepared by Ralph Cavanagh to be released at the August 24 Energy Efficiency Conference.", "As discussed at the committee meeting, I am providing you the opportunity to review the draft report and provide comments and feedback prior to its release.", "Please direct your comments directly to Ralph Cavanagh [mailto:rcavanagh@nrdc.org].", "If you have any concerns regarding the meeting minutes, please respond to this e-mail or call 408-501-7870. Thank you and have a good weekend.", "Regards, Laura - Energy Committee Meeting Minutes July 25.doc - NRDCSVMGREPORTTEXT.doc'"], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 3]}]} {"question": "What person said \"They just want to bleed us dry,\" in reference to Reliant while in an interview with the paper begun in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register?", "answer": "Davis", "_id": "PAIRIDX:55002", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "The Times", "sents": ["The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.", "It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register , adopting its current name on 1 January 1788.", "\"The Times\" and its sister paper \"The Sunday Times\" (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by News Corp. \"The Times\" and \"The Sunday Times\" do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e2943_p40", "sents": ["In the past, Davis has used an assortment of inflammatory terms to broad-brush the generators.", "He recently called them \"the biggest snakes on the planet Earth.\"", "But Reliant in particular has drawn the governor's wrath for allegedly being more recalcitrant than the others in working with the administration.", "\"They just want to bleed us dry,\" Davis said in his interview with The Times.", "\"I'm not saying they're unique in that capacity.", "But they are unique ly obstructionist.\"", "Davis said that, among other things, Reliant has opposed court and federal orders that it sell power to the state and recently refused to forgive a portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars it is owed by California's utilities.", "Reliant also informed Davis that it is asking higher prices in part because it added a credit charge, essentially questioning the state's credit-worthiness.", "Last Thursday, the governor decided to go public--to \"name names,\" in the words of his chief political strategist, Garry South."], "sp_sent_idx": [2, 3]}]} {"question": "Woodwind Communication Systems was backed by Boulder, SpaceVest, Sterling Capital, a venture capital firm founded by Dr. Jean Deleage in 1996, and which other investor?", "answer": "Novak Biddle Venture Partners", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54982", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Alta Partners", "sents": ["Alta Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA.", "The company was founded in 1996 by Dr. Jean Deleage, Ph.D., who was also a founder of the venture capital firms Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO) and Sofinnova, together with Garrett Gruener, a former general partner at BEDCO."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e7650_p24", "sents": ["http: www.amplified.com http: www.onebigcd.com Vina Technologies Acquires Woodwind Communications NEWARK, Calif. -- Publicly traded Vina Technologies said it acquired Woodwind Communication Systems, a maker voice over broadband technology, for approximately 5 million shares of stock valued at approximately $44 million.", "Richard Berger, Woodwind president, chairman, and CEO, will be a vice president of Vina.", "Woodwind's 40 employees were offered jobs with the combined company.", "Woodwind was backed by Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Boulder, SpaceVest, Alta Partners, and Sterling Capital.", "http: www.vinatechnologies.com http: www.wcsinc.com New Directors o eSpeed Fulfillment Taps Lawyer, Consultant for Board DALLAS -- eSpeed Fulfillment, which provides services and technology to business-to-business and business-to-consumer Internet companies, said it has appointed David Bryant, partner of Hughes & Luce, a Texas technology law firm, and Robert J. Potter, president and CEO of R. J. Potter, a Dallas-based consulting firm, as the second and third members of its board."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 3]}]} {"question": "The AIPAC chief spokesman is a fellow at what Institute?", "answer": "Hudson Institute", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54971", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Marshall Wittmann", "sents": ["Marshall Wittmann is an American pundit, author, and sometime political activist.", "On November 22, 2006, he was hired to be the communications director and spokesman for Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT).", "Wittmann is a former senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council.", "In 2012, he became the chief spokesman for AIPAC."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 3]}, {"title": "e6568_p12", "sents": ["From the start, polls showed that Americans felt the policy was to o heavily tilted toward expanding energy production rather than conservation, and that it favored corporate interests over the environment.", "Many on Capit ol Hill were wary of embracing the plan.", "A recent USA Today CNN Gallup poll showed that 45 percent of Americans approve of Bush's handling of the energ y issue.", "But the energy crisis atmosphere of earlier this year has largely dissipated, robbing the Bush plan of momentum.", "\"The only thing that will be able to revive it is $3-per-gallon gasoline.", "As energy prices decrease, the steam goes out of the issue,\" said Marshall Wittmann, senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.", "Though the administratio n scored a victory on the energy front last week when the Senate blocked an effort to halt new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Wittmann predicted that, barring some new crisis, Bush will get little of what he wants from Congres s. Indeed, the Senate also voted to block energy production at national monuments and the House voted to ban drilling in the Great Lakes."], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}]} {"question": "Which firm backed MobileLogic along with Allen & Co., Apollo Management, CMGI@Ventures, Odyssey Investment partners, and manager of alternative investment products with a principal client base in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries?", "answer": "Hikari Tsushin", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54969", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Investcorp", "sents": ["Investcorp is a global manager of alternative investment products, for private and institutional clients.", "Its principal client base is in the six countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council, but it also has institutional clients in North America and Europe.", "It has offices in New York City, Bahrain, London, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Singapore"], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5289_p22", "sents": ["MSC Industrial Direct and VerticalNet have also invested in MROLink.", "http: www.mrolink.com MobileLogic Acquires Wireless Platform Eyeshake with Stock NEW YORK -- MobileLogic, a provider of services that enable secure wireless access to corporate data, said it acquired Eyeshake, a Boston-based developer of a wireless application development and delivery platform for mostly stock and some cash.", "The stock constitutes between 10% and 15% of MoblileLogic, which will completely absorb Eyeshake.", "All of Eyeshake's employees have been retained and will remain in Boston.", "MobileLogic raised $25 million this past March and is backed by Allen & Co., Apollo Management, CMGI @Ventures, Hikari Tsushin, Investcorp, and Odyssey Investment Partners.", "http: www.mobilelogic.com http: www.eyeshake.com New Directors o Hockey 's Bourque Joins Board of Retailer 180 aceOff.com DENVER -- 180 aceOff.com, a consumer and wholesale marketer of hockey equipment, said renowned hockey player Raymond Bourque joined the company as an investor and a board member."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "Dairy.com was founded by eight dairy industry organizations: Dairy Farmers of America, The Dannon Company, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Leprino Foods, Schreiber Foods, Suiza Foods, the agricultural cooperative that is ranked third on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives, and which other organization?", "answer": "Kraft Foods", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54968", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Land O'Lakes", "sents": ["Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota, focusing on the dairy industry.", "The co-op states that it has about 3,600 direct producer-members, 1,000 member-cooperatives, and about 10,000 employees who process and distribute products for about 300,000 agricultural producers; handling 12 billion pounds of milk annually.", "It is ranked third on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives.", "The co-op is one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e8721_p22", "sents": ["Scott Sexton, president of INC2inc, will serve as president.", "INC2inc's 45 employees will become employees of Momentx.", "Dairy.com was founded in July by eight dairy industry organizations including Dairy Farmers of America, The Dannon Company, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Kraft Foods, Land O'Lakes, Leprino Foods, Schreiber Foods, and Suiza Foods.", "Dairy.com plans to launch its first release in the first quarter of 2001 with live trading of commodities including milk and cream.", "INC2Inc is backed by Spyglass Equities.", "http: www.dairy.com http: www.inc2inc.ocm Media Ad Sales Site BuyMedia Acquires REP-PAK Media Systems mail this story?", "top BURLINGAME, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- BuyMedia, a provider of technology that enables media buying and selling, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire REP--PAK Media Systems, a Canadian broadcast sales software provider.", "The acquisition is the BuyMedia's first acquisition outside the United States REP-PAK's management positions are yet to be decided.", "In September, BuyMedia acquired the TvScan and Cablescan divisions of Tapscan, which provides sales software for TV and cable industries."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "What London-headquartered telecommunications company had a partnership with Digital Bridges?", "answer": "Vodafone", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54963", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Vodafone", "sents": ["Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company, with headquarters in London.", "It predominantly operates services in the regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3975_p19", "sents": ["http: www.amsecsolutions.com Wireless Entertainment Firm Digital Bridges Gets $14 Million FIFE, Scotland -- Digital Bridges, which develops multimedia entertainment for wireless devices, said it raised GBP 10 million ($14 million) in its most recent round of funding.", "Apax Partners Funds and Argo Global Capital financed the round.", "The company said it will use the funds for its planned global expansion.", "Digital Bridges has existing partnerships with One2One and Vodafone in the U.K., France Telecom Mobile, Omnitel in Italy, Telfort in the Netherlands, Orange Switzerland, and others.", "As a result of the investment, Stephen Grabiner of Apax Partners, and Alan MacIntosh of Argo have joined the company's board of directors.", "http: www.digitalbridges.com Education E-Transaction Firm KawamaCommerce Gets Funds SANTA ANA, Calif. -- KawamaCommerce, which provides online business transaction services for school districts, service agencies, and purchasing cooperatives, said it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Sylvan."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Of the Republican committee members that had scheduled a meeting with Enron on February 21st, which was born on February 15th, 1949?", "answer": "Joe Barton", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54958", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Joe Barton", "sents": ["Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Metroplex.", "Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.", "Barton came to national prominence after telling a citizen at a town hall meeting to \"shut up\", although the citizen later claimed he deserved it."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e10747_p0", "sents": ["'We just received a phone call from the House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican staff inviting Enron to meet in California on February 21 with Chairman Tauzin, Rep. Joe Barton, and other Republican committee members.", "The Committee intends to hold three meetings, probably in Pasadena, of a fact finding nature.", "The meetings will be CEO level and will not be official hearings.", "Instead, the meetings will be more in the nature of a roundtable session.", "The three groups being invited are: a)generators marketers; b) IOUs; and c) State and consumer groups.", "The Chairman is interested in hearing about solutions, and less interested in \"who's to blame.\"", "Other participants in our group are: Dynegy, Southern, Reliant, Duke, Calpine, and Williams.", "They intend to also include a few natural gas suppliers in our group.", "Our session is expected to start at 10:00 a.m.", "Although they are asking for CEO level participation, I expect we could substitute someone under that rank."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "The largest news agency in India quoted Yashwant Sinha as saying the government of which state will renegotiate a power purchase agreement with Dabhol Power?", "answer": "Maharashtra", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54941", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Press Trust of India", "sents": ["Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India.", "It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 500 Indian newspapers and has more than 1,000 full-time employees, as on January 22, 2016.", "It employs over 400 journalists and 500 part-time correspondents located in most of the district headquarters in the country.", "A few correspondents are based in major capitals and important business centres on the world.", "It took over the operations of the Associated Press of India from Reuters after India's independence in 1947.", "It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and Hindi.", "Its corporate office is located at Sansad Marg, New Delhi and registered office in D N Road, Mumbai."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e1612_p9", "sents": ["As reported by the Press Trust of India Monday, the Maharashtra state government will form a high-level committee to renegotiate the power purchase agreement with Dabhol Power.", "\"We have decided that the government of Maharashtra will constitute a negotiating committee to negotiate issues like the cost of power and use of power with DPC,\" the Press Trust quoted Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha as saying.", "-By Andrew Dowell, Dow Jones Newswires; 646-456-3542; andrew.dowell@dowjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "IT'S TV CO PICKS NCUBE CORP TO BE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVER PROVIDER 04 24 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. LAS VEGAS, April 24 Asia Pulse - It's TV Co., Ltd, a Korea-based interactive TV service provider, today announced that it has chosen nCUBE Corporation to be its Video-On-Demand (VOD) server provider.", "Formerly known as Genesis Multimedia Corporation, It's TV plans to offer DVD quality VOD movies and television over its IP network to more than 500,000 consumers by 2003, making it the largest scheduled VOD deployment in the world to date."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "Which company is the largest foreign purchaser of hydrocarbons from the world's most valuable company by market capitalization?", "answer": "Exxon Mobil", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54928", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Saudi Aramco", "sents": ["Saudi Aramco (Arabic: \u0623\u0631\u0627\u0645\u0643\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629\u200e \u200e \"\u02beAr\u0101mk\u014d s-Su\u02bf\u016bdiyyah \"), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, most popularly known just as Aramco (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran.", "Saudi Aramco's value has been estimated at between US$8.25 trillion and US$10 trillion, making it the most valuable company in the world by Market Capitalisation ."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3679_p37", "sents": ["It also will lead the Red Sea Coast Core Venture 2 project.", "Royal Dutch Shell Group (RD, SC) was chosen to lead the Shaybah Core Venture 3 project.", "The Western companies will help Saudi Arabia convert its utilities from oil burning to natural gas, which would free up more of the kingdom's crude oil for export.", "The other companies selected were BP PLC (BP), TotalFinaElf SA (TOT), Conoco Inc. (COCA, COCB), Phillips Petroleum Co. (P), Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY), Enron Corp. (ENE) and Marathon Oil Canada Inc. (MRO).", "Saudi Arabia's state-owned energy company, Saudi Aramco, will be an equity owner in the projects.", "Saudi Arabia nationalized its oil fields in 1975 after tension caused by the Arab oil embargo against the West that began two years earlier, and it closed its energy exploration and production sectors to foreign investment.", "Although locked out of the production of energy, Exxon Mobil has $5 billion in refining and petrochemical joint ventures in the country, and it said it is also the largest foreign purchaser of crude oil and other hydrocarbons from Saudi Aramco."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "Which Toronto-headquartered communications and media company participated in iPass's fourth, Series F round of funding?", "answer": "Rogers Communications", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54926", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Rogers Communications", "sents": ["Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company.", "It operates particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, telephone, and Internet connectivity with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets.", "The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario,"], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e4073_p29", "sents": ["The latest round brings the company's total funding to $90 million.", "http: www.portera.com ESP Media Gets $8.1 Million From Intasys and Microcell MONTREAL -- ESP Media, a wireless service provider that offers marketing sponsorship of wireless telecommunications service, said it raised approximately $2.7 million from Intasys and $5.4 million from Microcell Capital II.", "The concept and business plan for ESP Media were developed with Intasys' financial and operating assistance.", "Intasys and Microcell have agreed to equity participation expected at 26.7% and 53.3% respectively.", "The balance of ESP Media's equity will be held by its founders and employees.", "Telephone 877-289-4682. o iPass Secures $30 Million in Series F Round Financing REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- iPass, a global settlement and clearinghouse for Internet services, said it secured $30 milion in its fourth, Series F round of funding.", "New investors Condisco, Equant, Rogers Communications, and Sand Hill joined previous investors Accel Partners and Crosspoint Ventures to fund the round."], "sp_sent_idx": [5, 6]}]} {"question": "The person who became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation after the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall chaired what subcommittee?", "answer": "Energy and Commerce", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54905", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Joe Barton", "sents": ["Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Metroplex.", "Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.", "Barton came to national prominence after telling a citizen at a town hall meeting to \"shut up\", although the citizen later claimed he deserved it."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e2582_p88", "sents": ["\"No one is contending that price controls will help us meet the blackout challenges.\"", "He also argued that because Feinstein's plan would exempt about half of California's power suppliers from the caps, it would open the door to \"further chaos.\"", "EXEMPTIONS Feinstein's bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., would impose temporary price controls on wholesale Western electricity sales.", "But it exempts municipal utilities such as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and big federal power marketers such as the Bonneville Power Administration in Oregon.", "Like private generators, these providers have profited handsomely from soaring electricity prices.", "Radanovich said the Democratic effort to force price caps was a way to shif t the blame for the state's electricity fiasco from \"a bumbling governor\" (Davis) to President Bush.", "The overall bill was approved 17-13 by an Energy and Commerce subcommittee chaired by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex., who said it \"will not stop blackouts,\" but could help increase power supplies this summer."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "Who is the Deputy chief minister of the Indian political party whose youth wing is the Nationalist Youth Congress?", "answer": "Chhagan Bhujbal", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54901", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Nationalist Congress Party", "sents": ["The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a centrist nationalist political party in India.", "Its youth wing is the Nationalist Youth Congress."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e19883_p17", "sents": ["The Congress pushed for the judicial inquiry into the power purchase agreement(PPA) for the 2144 MW Dabhol power project amidst opposition from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).", "According to sources, senior NCP ministers held a closed-door meeting before attending the crucial cabinet meeting.", "The coordination committee of the DF had earlier unanimously passed a resolution approving the move to set up a judicial inquiry.", "The terms of reference was also shown to the coordination committee which insisted that the inquiry include both the phases of the power project set up at Dabhol.", "Deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, PWD minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, and tribal welfare minister Madhukar Pichad, who belong to the NCP, reportedly asked the government to go slow on the move for the judicial probe since the union government is in the process of trying to sort out the Enron muddle.", "They pointed out that they were not against the probe as such but did not want to complicate the issue for the government."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 4]}]} {"question": "Which ancient city in the present-day province of Perugia, Italy, did Baron Ancaiani describe as commerce town with large amounts of truffles being sent to Florence and Venice in his 1761 document?", "answer": "Spoleto", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54894", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Spoleto", "sents": ["Spoleto (Latin Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines.", "It is 20 km S. of Trevi, 29 km N. of Terni, 63 km SE of Perugia; 212 km SE of Florence; and 126 km N of Rome."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e1496_p1", "sents": ["Since from the beginning truffles interested philosophers and scientists, starting fighting and discussions to whom neither very strict thinkers like Savonarola could avoid to partecipate.", "It is not so strange then that in the first book scientifically talking about mushrooms which has been printed, the Opusculus de Tuberis di Alfonso Ceccarelli da Bevagna (1564), was about TRUFFLES.", "Almost 2000 years before the Greek philosopher Teophrastus (370-287 a.C.) turned on the discussion asserting that truffles were vegetables without roots, originated during winter rains, if there were thunders.", "Strange theory, without doubts.", "The Romans were really crazy for truffles and the Latin poets Apicious and Giovenal glorified the truffles and their taste, writing also a recipes book.", "During the middle age it was the king on the refined tables of every king's court.", "In a document from Baron A. Ancaiani (1761) about the \"active and passive commerce of the town of Spoleto\" huge quantities of truffles sent to Florence and Venice are described."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "How much in settlement did the Chicago-based American holding company, which surrendered its license to practice in 2002, pay in the case where Mr. Maier paid $40,000 and Mr. Allgyer $50,000?", "answer": "$7-million.", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54892", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Arthur Andersen", "sents": ["Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, is an American holding company and formerly one of the \"Big Five\" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations.", "In 2002, the firm voluntarily surrendered its licenses to practice as Certified Public Accountants in the United States after being found guilty of criminal charges relating to the firm's handling of the auditing of Enron, an energy corporation based in Texas, which had filed for bankruptcy in 2001."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e19545_p1", "sents": ["Arthur Anderson agreed to pay the fine to settle the case, but the firm and the auditors don't admit or deny the allegations.", "Among the audit partners Mr. Allgyer agreed to pay $50,000, Mr. Maier, $40,000, and Mr. Cercavschi $30,000. Arthur Andersen agreed to pay $7-million.", "As part of a campaign to curb what it sees as growing accounting fraud, the SEC has broadened a number of investigations of companies' earnings reports to include audit wo rk done by outside accountants.", "In bringing the first fraud case against a ny audit firm since 1985, SEC enforcement chief Richard Walker said the act ion \"helps to underscore the importance of auditors as gatekeepers to our c apital markets and shows the SEC won't shy away from making auditors comply with their responsibilities.\"", "Under a related administrative proceeding f iled yesterday alleging professional misconduct, the SEC also censured Arth ur Andersen, the three audit partners and a fourth partner, Robert Kutsenda who was the regional audit director at the time of the alleged violations As part of the censure, the four audit partners are barred from doing acc ounting work for public companies for a period of one to five years."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "What actor who won the so-called \"Triple Crown\" of his field appeared in the movie \"The Insider\"?", "answer": "Al Pacino", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54885", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Al Pacino", "sents": ["Alfredo James Pacino ( ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter.", "Pacino has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.", "He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the \"Triple Crown of Acting\"."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3700_p78", "sents": ["KAGAN: Good to see we're working today.", "That's positive.", "Sometimes you just don't know.", "Our viewers might be more familiar with you.", "Your the guy who, in the movie \"The Insider,\" Al Pacino portrayed as the producer who took on the tobacco industry.", "BERGMAN: I'm not Al Pacino.", "KAGAN: You're not Al Pacino, but accomplished in your own right, and as a reporter, a journalist who really likes to take on tough, difficult topics, like the tobacco industry, like the drug wars, a previous \"Frontline\" documentary, and now, the power companies.", "How does that compare to previous topics?", "BERGMAN: Well, this is really a subject that touches everyone's lives.", "As you know, when you wake up in the morning and you turn on your radio, you expect the electricity to be on or your television to go on.", "What happens when that doesn't happen?", "And why is that happening now in place like California, and also why are your bills going up."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "Which City Commissioner, born in 1967, oversaw Portland's response to the Endangered Species Act by making an effort to restore salmon?", "answer": "Erik Sten", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54838", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Erik Sten", "sents": ["Erik Sten (born October 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a former City Commissioner in Portland, Oregon, United States.", "He was first elected to Commissioner Position No.", "2 in 1996, in a campaign featuring hundreds of volunteers, defeating Chuck Duffy.", "He ran successful campaigns for re-election in 1998, 2002, and 2006."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e27514_p17", "sents": ["\"The Little Sandy will be the centerpiece of a very aggressive effort to restore salmon,\" said Portland Commissioner Erik Sten, who oversees the city's response to the Endangered Species Act.", "Advocates have been trying to secure protection for the Little Sandy since 1994. Forest Service officials once argued that the legislation was unnecessary because the agency already has authority to prohibit logging if it would impair water quality.", "But two of the bill's sponsors, Sens.", "Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore., said they wanted to be certain that the watershed -- and Portland's drinking water supply -- would be protected.", "\"While modest in scope, this bill is essential to ensuring that future generations of Portlanders will have the cleanest drinking water available,\" Smith said in a joint statement with Wyden.", "More than a third of timber in the Little Sandy watershed has been harvested, although the Forest Service is not currently logging there, the senators said."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "What two titles did the woman who was formerly mayor of Milan hold at Goldenegg?", "answer": "founder and chairman", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54829", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Letizia Moratti", "sents": ["Letizia Moratti (born Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi; 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and former politician.", "She is the former mayor of Milan."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5223_p38", "sents": ["The firms, which expect the merger to be effective December 12, said the new firm will have 22 portfolio companies and manage over $250 million.", "Letizia Moratti, GoldenEgg founder and chairman, will serve as chairman of the new firm's board.", "Schoeller Logistics Technologies co-founder Christophe Schoeller and Main Street Merchant Partners co-founder Sam Humphreys will serve as co-chief executive officers of Syntek.", "GoldenEgg Ventures' portfolio companies include lifestyle portal PeopleNews and wireless platform provider XciTel.", "E-Street's portfolio companies include digial media firm C2Media.com, consulting firm Etensity, and digital animation firm Wildbrain.", "Telephone 39-02-6599609. VW Amplification o Eve.com NEW YORK -- Yesterday's article about the closure of Eve.com listed idealab!", "along with several venture capital firms as the failed startup's former backers.", "In April of this year, idealab!", "purchased controlling equity in the company from the company's other investors, which included Charter Venture Capital, Crosslink Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Weiss Peck & Greer Venture Partners."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "Which solar power system provider received a $1 million incentive from the LADWP under the 40th Mayor of Los Angeles?", "answer": "Neutrogena", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54814", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "James Hahn", "sents": ["James Kenneth \"Jim\" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American lawyer, politician and member of the Democratic Party.", "Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001.", "He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election.", "Prior to his term as mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including deputy city attorney (1975\u20131979), city controller (1981\u20131985) and city attorney (1985\u20132001).", "Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices.", "He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e6455_p1", "sents": ["\"I commend the LADWP for their promotion of solar energy, and strongly encourage other companies to follow Neutrogena's lead in using solar power.\"", "Neutrogena received a $1 million Solar Incentive or rebate from LADWP.", "Its system utilizes Siemens Solar panels and was designed and installed by the PowerLight Corporation.", "\"This new solar power system is an example of the innovative ways the City and local businesses are working together to conserve energy,\" said Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn.", "\"Using solar power will lead to a cleaner environment in Los Angeles, and I urge other corporations to follow suit.\"", "\"This is truly remarkable; a single company has installed a solar system that provides power equivalent to that used by 100 average size Los Angeles homes.", "And by doing so, it frees up that energy for use elsewhere.", "At a time when every kilowatt counts, this is a major breakthrough,\" said Ruth Galanter, chair of the Los Angeles City Council's Commerce, Energy and Natural Resources Committee."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 2, 3]}]} {"question": "What position did Karl Rabago hold at the Basalt-headquartered organization founded in 1982 dedicated to sustainability?", "answer": "managing director", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54813", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Rocky Mountain Institute", "sents": ["Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an organization in the United States dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability, with a special focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency.", "RMI was established in 1982 and has grown into a broad-based institution with 150+ staff and an annual budget of some $30 million.", "RMI's work is independent and non-adversarial, with a strong emphasis on market-based solutions.", "The institute, including recently merged Carbon War Room, operates across 9 different initiative areas: Electricity Platform, Renewables Solutions, Buildings, Reinventing Fire: China, Smart Island Economies, Mobility Transformation, Shipping Efficiency, Sunshine for Mines, Sustainable Aviation, and Trucking Efficiency.", "The work of RMI has benefited more than 80 Fortune 500 companies in a diverse range of sectors.", "RMI is headquartered in Basalt, Colorado, and also maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado, New York City, Washington D.C. and Beijing, China."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 5]}, {"title": "e3132_p3", "sents": ["\"I don't see anything that bodes well\" in the Bush plan as far as subsidies and credits, he said.", "\"And there's nothing just for California.\"", "That's fine with Karl Rabago, managing director of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a not-for-profit organization that advocates efficient use of resources, including energy.", "Rabago said he doesn't want energy use subsidized, because that short-circuits the market mechanism that forces users to reduce consumption in response to higher prices.", "At the same time, he also doesn't like aspects of the Bush plan that he believes subsidize energy production.", "Jesper Michaelsen, sales manager for wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon USA of Rolling Hills, Ill., said he was disappointed that Bush's plan doesn't set any specific goals for increasing the amount of power generated from renewable sources.", "Wind and solar sources account for just 2 percent of the nation's total electricity market.", "But Allen Barnett, who heads solar panel maker AstroPower of Newark, Del., said he's thankful for any attention at all, given the oil-and-gas backgrounds of many Bush advisers."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "The Indian neighborhood situated on a peninsula and bounded by the Bay of Bengal on one side is home to a port that will be receiving what natural resource?", "answer": "coal", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54761", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ennore", "sents": ["Ennore is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India.", "Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Korttalaiyar River, Ennore creek and the Bay of Bengal.", "The creek separates Ennore from the Ennore Port and Athipattu Pudunagar.", "The neighbourhood is served by Ennore railway station.", "It was recently merged with Chennai City, of which it now forms the 1st ward.", "Over the years Ennore has become the hub of a range of industrial projects, mainly thermal power stations, fertilizer factories, industrial ports and coal yards."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}, {"title": "e5805_p29", "sents": ["But KPCL has already tied up fuel linkage with Talcher.", "The coal requirement for the project is estimated to be in the region 2.8 million tonnes per annum assuming a plant load factor of 80 per cent and a calorific value of 3,000 kilo calories per kg.", "This coal is to be brought by sea to the newly corporatised port of Ennore and evacuated by the Railways to Vijaynagar.", "- C. Shivkumar Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Rolls charged up on power generation Soma Banerjee 06 25 2001 The Economic Times Copyright (C) 2001 The Economic Times; Source: World Reporter (TM) ROLLS Royce India Private has drawn up expansive plans to enter the captive power generation market in a big way.", "The company which has been associated with the Indian power sector for the past few years has already identified some states and is in negotiation with private developers to set up such power plants."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "On which date did the The San Francisco Chronicle run a story penned by a person employed by the Los Angeles Times as a columnist for business and consumer stories starting in August of 2007 detailing PG&E's first public meeting with bankruptcy creditors?", "answer": "06 08 2001", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54756", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "David Lazarus", "sents": ["David Lazarus is an American business and consumer columnist for the \"Los Angeles Times\".", "He joined the paper in August 2007."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5399_p73", "sents": ["People interested in enrolling can call PG&E at (800) 743-5000. NEWS Creditors hear PG&E's bonus defense Executives say retention is critical to smoothing bankruptcy process David Lazarus 06 08 2001 The San Francisco Chronicle FINAL Page A.14 (Copyright 2001) Senior executives of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., in their first public faceoff with creditors, yesterday defended $17.5 million in proposed bonuse s for managers of the bankrupt utility.", "Consumer advocate Medea Benjamin, dressed in an oversized suit coat and sporting a red tie, told the PG&E officials that she was a creditor and was concerned about reports that the utility's leaders are prepared to depart if they do not receive the extra financial incentives.", "\"Which of you is going to jump ship if you don't get these raises?\"", "she asked.", "\"Retention is a key factor,\" replied Gordon Smith, chief executive of the utility.", "\"Many of our employees have jumped ship already.\""], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Which company, the 3rd largest oil producer in Texas as of 2015, moved its headquarters from Bakersfield to Houston?", "answer": "Occidental Petroleum", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54738", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Occidental Petroleum", "sents": ["Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an American multinational oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America.", "Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it is one of the largest American oil and gas companies based on 2015 year-end market capitalization.", "Often abbreviated as \"Oxy\", in reference to its ticker symbol, the company is ranked on the \"Forbes\" Global 2000 and Fortune 500 list.", "In 2015, it was the 16th largest gas producer and 3rd largest oil producer in Texas."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 3]}, {"title": "e3426_p53", "sents": ["Conversations in the finer Bakersfield restaurants are filled with references to trips to Texas, of colleagues in Midland and Odessa.", "A Bakersfield radio station was running a contest recently: The winners would be flown to a bull riding championship in Houston.", "Until December 1999, American Airlines offered direct jet service between Bakersfield and Dallas.", "It stopped after Occidental Petroleum moved its headquarters from Bakersfield to Houston.", "This is a county where President Bush received more support in the November election than he did in Texas, his home state.", "But then, Bush already had a Bakersfield connection: He lived there briefly as a child whe n his father, former President George Bush, worked in the Kern oil fields.", "\"You look at the topography around Bakersfield, and the county's moral s and ethics--that predominantly conservative attitude that we have around here--and you look at the oil, and you could be in Midland,\" said John Alle n, the general manager of Occidental of Elk Hills, which is developing a power plant in tandem with Sempra Energy of San Diego."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "The company that sold 10 million automobiles in 2016 was ordered to pay how much in punitive damages by a Los Angeles Jury?", "answer": "$4.9 billion", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54497", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "General Motors", "sents": ["General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.", "With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, GM manufactures cars and trucks in 35 countries.", "In 2008, 8.35 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under various brands.", "GM reached the milestone of selling 10 million vehicles in 2016.", "Current auto brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, and Wuling.", "Former GM automotive brands include McLaughlin, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer, Saab, Saturn, as well as Vauxhall, and Opel, which were bought by Groupe PSA in 2017."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 3]}, {"title": "e7129_p2", "sents": ["Going slightly over the speed limit on an interstate highway, Romo attempted illegally to pass another vehicle on the right.", "When the other driver decided to move back into the right lane, Romo swerved left and rolled over.", "His mother, father and brother were killed; he and his two sisters survived.", "The $290 million judgment in the Romo case was the second largest ever entered against a United States car manufacturer, yet it received little media attention outside the immediate Modesto area.", "Hardly surprising, perhaps, since only three days before a Las Angeles jury had set the punitive damage bar impossibly high by ordering General Motors to pay a staggering punitive damage award of $4.9 billion.", "By way of a yardstick, that amount surpasses the combined Gross National Product of Afghanistan and Albania.", "Almost obscured by the astonishing generosity of the jurors in Los Angeles and Modesto, was a salient point that still sends shivers through corporate defense lawyers around the country: By any objective criteria, neither Ford nor General Motors appeared to bear any responsibility for the accidents."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "The film executive who was chairman of 20th Century Fox from 1989 to 1993 founded a film studio in 2000; what was this film studio's first film?", "answer": "Tomcats", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54488", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Joe Roth", "sents": ["Joseph E. \"Joe\" Roth (born 1948) is an American film executive, producer and film director.", "He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1987 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989\u201393), Caravan Pictures (1993\u201394), and Walt Disney Studios (1994\u20132000) before founding Revolution Studios in 2000."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e489_p51", "sents": ["But lately, Hollywood has been showing signs of getting its act together.", "Now some studios have begun to do essentially what movie fans have been doing for a while -- creating rich, immersive Web sites built around some high-profile properties, aimed at stoking interest among existing fans while also attracting newcomers.", "The best recent example of this is the Web site for New Line Cinema's coming \"Lord of the Rings\" trilogy, which aims to keep users coming by promising that new interviews, pictures or bits of information will be introduced almost daily for the next three years.", "The idea is to make the site addictive to potential movie audiences, in the same way that \"Rings\" author J.R.R.", "Tolkien sucked teenagers into the fantasy world of his novels.", "Hollywood is trying to create the same kind of experience for unknown properties as well, sometimes starting months before a film's release.", "\"Tomcats,\" the first film from former Disney Studio chief Joe Roth's new Revolution Studios, has had a robust Web presence for months, even using its site to cast a couple of bit roles in the film and follow the exploits of the wannabes who won them."], "sp_sent_idx": [6]}]} {"question": "Which Republican politician from Wisconsin, born in 1941, was the Bush administration's choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services?", "answer": "Tommy Thompson", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54484", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Tommy Thompson", "sents": ["Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is a United States Republican politician who was a state legislator in Wisconsin, and 42nd Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is the longest serving governor in the state's history.", "During his term as governor he was the chairman of Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail service.", "He served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001\u201305, appointed by George W. Bush.", "After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was a partner with the law-firm Akin Gump and Chairman of Deloitte's global healthcare practice and has served on the board of 22 other organizations."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e10082_p14", "sents": ["In a second memorandum opinion and order released today in Wireless Telecommunications docket 99-168, the Commission said its rule changes \"allow for the broadest possible use of this spectrum, consistent with sound spectrum management, and will expand participation in the auction and increase the potential for new technologies and new services.\"", "NEWS IN BRIEF Commerce Secretary Norman Y. Mineta will join information technology industry executives Tuesday, Jan. 16, to announce the opening of a new Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center.", "The announcement is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the Department of Commerce in Washington.", "Mr. Mineta will step down as Commerce secretary later this month and has been tapped by President-elect George W. Bush to become Secretary of Transportation in the new administration", "Wisconsin Gov.", "Tommy Thompson (R.), another Bush administration cabinet choice (to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services), announced that John H. Farrow has asked not to be reappointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission when his term expires March 1. Mr. Farrow intends to return to his faculty position at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), where he taught for 10 years before his appointment to the PSC in 1998"], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}]} {"question": "The California Public Utilities Commission scheduled a 3-day February workshop focused on the bid of the company previously known as The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to enter what?", "answer": "the interLATA", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54465", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Pacific Bell", "sents": ["Pacific Bell Telephone Company (Pacific Bell) provides telephone service in California.", "The company is owned by AT&T Inc. through AT&T Teleholdings.", "The company has been known by a number of names during which its service area has changed.", "The formal name of the company from the 1910s through the 1984 Bell System divestiture was The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.", "As of 2002, the name \u201cPacific Bell\u201d is no longer commonly used."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 3]}, {"title": "e10519_p5", "sents": ["\"The judge was right-on when he said Verizon needs to stop whining about not wanting to comply with the order and turn its attention to how it's going to separate its retail and wholesale divisions,\" the WorldCom spokesperson said.", "According to a PUC spokesperson the commission could take up the recommended decision as early as March or April.", "(Docket no.", "M-00001353) LONG DISTANCE CALIFORNIA PUC turns attention to performance incentives The California Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a three-day workshop Feb. 7-9 to focus on performance incentives for Pacific Bell's bid to enter the interLATA (local access and transport area) services market under section 271 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. The PUC noted that during the last year, it and participating parties have directed \"significant efforts\" toward the performance assessment side of Pacific Bell's performance remedies plan.", "The workshop will focus on the performance incentives part of the plan, it said."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "In which year did MSEB request this Mumbai-based governing body for regulatory and safety functions incorporated in the 1990s to rescind an agreement with the Dabhol Power Company?", "answer": "2001", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54410", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission", "sents": ["Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) (http://www.merc.gov.in) is a governing body to control certain regulatory and safety functions in Maharashtra based in Mumbai.", "It was incorporated under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998, of Central Act in August 1999.", "In 2003, Under Section 82 of the Electricity Act the Commission is continued as regulatory body in state.", "It was established to promote competition, efficiency and economy in the power sector.", "It also regulate tariffs of power generation, transmission and distribution in Maharashtra."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3420_p47", "sents": ["For Enron's part, Dabhol has not brought in any revenue for months, and a drawn-out legal battle in the Indian courts could leave it unable to recover any of its losses if unsuccessful.", "Talks are now scheduled to begin Tuesday.", "Photo: Part of a power plant that a subsidiary of the United States energy company Enron has been building in Dabhol, India.", "A dispute with Indian officials over unpaid bills has clouded the future of the plant.", "(Associated Press) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "India: MSEB requests MERC to rescind Dabhol PPA 05 26 2001 Business Line (The Hindu) Copyright (C) 2001 Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL); Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire MUMBAI, May 25. THE Maharashtra State Electricity Board filed a petition with the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday, asking it to rescind the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Dabhol Power Company."], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}]} {"question": "Which Attorney General who later founded his own DC-based lobbying firm, would have been involved with attempts to obtain records from VP Cheney's office?", "answer": "John Ashcroft", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54399", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "John Ashcroft", "sents": ["John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General (2001\u20132005), in the George W. Bush Administration.", "He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5855_p26", "sents": ["Comptroller General David M. Walker \"is prepared to issue a demand letter .. if we do not receive timely access to the information,\" the GAO said in a 10-page letter dated Friday from office General Counsel Anthony H. Gamboa to David S. Addington, attorney for the vice president.", "The GAO is the investigative arm of Congress, and it has legal authority to federal agency records under the law.", "A demand letter could begin a legal battle: It would give Cheney's office 20 days to respond, either by turning over the names, or providing a reason why it is not compelled to do so, sai d Lynn Gibson, a lawyer for the GAO.", "If Cheney declined to turn over the records, the GAO would notify Congress and Attorney General John Ashcroft, among others.", "The GAO would also be authorized to file a civil action in court seeking the record, Gibson said."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Which famous New Delhi-based, Kashmir-born, and St. Stephens'-educated fashion designer is a direct competitor of Abu and Sandeep?", "answer": "Rohit Bal", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54396", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Rohit Bal", "sents": ["Rohit Bal is a fashion designer from New Delhi, India.", "He designs for both men and women.", "Rohit Bal was born in Kashmir.", "He graduated from Burn Hall School, Srinagar and then received a bachelor's degree in history from St. Stephens College."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2, 3]}, {"title": "e553_p5", "sents": ["As they say in Punjab, \"Ki pharak painda?\"", "And BPL fights with Orange and Videocon fights with Godrej and Bbujbal with Thackeray and Sonia with Vajpayee and how on earth does it affect you?", "Amar Singh versus Mani Shankar Aiyer, Ram Jethmalani versus Soli Sorabjee and Justice Anand, Rohit Bal versus Abu and Sandeep and what did it matter, what was changed or as the kids say these days, what goes of your dad?", "O & M fights with Lintas, Brajesh Mishra fights with J K Jain, and MTV fights with Channel V. In the end, does it make a whit of difference to your life?", "Star versus Zee and Sony versus Nine Gold and who cares in the long run?", "Who gives a damn?", "And Jaya Jaitley versus Aniruddha Bahal and Mamta versus Jyoti Basu, and the CBI versus Vincent George and what difference?", "India versus Pakistan, Tamil Nadu versus Karanataka, MG Damani versus Anand Rathi, Gavaskar versus Raj Singh Dungarpur, Azharuddin versus Manoj Prabjhakar versus Kapil Dev, and Sushma versus FTV and Sharad Yadav versus Laloo Yadav and Ramkrishna Hegde versus Deve Gowda, and IBM versus Macintosh and where does it all lead?"], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "Which American TV and film producer was a managing principal with Lazard Technologies?", "answer": "Kevin Burns", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54392", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Kevin Burns", "sents": ["Kevin Burns (born June 18, 1955 in Schenectady, New York) is an American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter.", "His work can be seen on A&E, National Geographic Channel, E!, Animal Planet, AMC, Bravo, WE tv, Travel Channel, Lifetime, and The History Channel.", "Burns has created and executive-produced more than 800 hours of television programming."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e9389_p14", "sents": ["Fidelity Ventures, iVisionary Ventures, and JMI Equity Fund, which invested in Managed Objects' initial round, also participated.", "Deutsche Banc Alex Brown served as the placement agent for Managed Obects throughout the financing process.", "Managed Objects said it will use the funds for product launches and general growth.", "Managed Objects has elected Kevin Burns, managing principal of Lazard Technologies, to its board of directors.", "http: www.managedobjects.com Management Technology Provider Yantra Gets $41 Million ACTON, Mass.", "-- Yantra, a provider of management technology for the manufacturing and retail industries, said it received $41 million from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, Amerindo, Broadvision, VerticalNet, and Eastman Chemical Company.", "The funds will be used for marketing and R&D.", "http: www.yantra.com Nano-Particle Material Manufacturer Raises $10 Million FREMONT, Calif. -- NanoGram, which synthesizes complex compounds and manufactures nano-particle materials, said it raised $10 million in its most recent round of funding.", "The round was raised from previous investors Institutional Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, Nth Power Technologies, and new investors NEC, Techno-Venture, and Sands Brothers."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "In which year did Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers announced its plan to sign an agreement with this UK-based energy and home services provider, which is a subsidiary of Centrica?", "answer": "2001", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54380", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "British Gas", "sents": ["British Gas is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom.", "It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e6080_p14", "sents": ["I truly believe we are today at the threshold of a unique opportunity.", "Different countries the US, EU, Malaysia and so on want to engage in trade with India in a manner that nobody has looked at before.", "President Bush and the Bush administration want to engage in a substantial trade relationship with India which is based on mutually beneficial long-term relationships.", "It offers India a unique window.", "There is huge respect for Mr Vajpayee, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Yashwant Sinha.", "The world is recognising Indias potential.", "Enron is an issue in the minds of the Americans that is stalling investment commitment, despite this respect, and this must be addressed quickly if we are to maximise on our overseas business dialogue.", "RCF plans to ink supply pact with British Gas Our Bureau Bangalore 07 06 2001 Business Standard 4 Copyright (c) Business Standard Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd (RCF) is planning to sign an agreement with British Gas for supply of gas to meet its fleet stock needs."], "sp_sent_idx": [7]}]} {"question": "The investors backing CrossAccess are Alpha Partners, AVI Management Partners, Hewlett-Packard, Cable & Howse Ventures, JF Shea Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm whose predecessor H&Q Venture Associates was spun out from Hambrecht & Quist in 1999, and which other investor?", "answer": "MK Global Ventures", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54376", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Granite Ventures", "sents": ["Granite Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, California.", "Granite's predecessor H&Q Venture Associates, founded in 1992, was the venture capital investment arm of Hambrecht & Quist, a leading technology oriented investment bank.", "Granite completed a spinout from H&Q when the bank was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 1999."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}, {"title": "e2942_p11", "sents": ["top KIRKLAND, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- YottaYotta, a network storage firm, said it promoted Robin Harris as vice president of marketing.", "Mr. Harris formerly served as the company's senior director of product marketing and has been with the company for ten months.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Harris served as director of Americas marketing, storage server business unit at Bull Worldwide Information Systems in Phoenix, Arizona.", "YottaYotta is backe d by Davenport Capital Ventures, Grosvenor Venture Partners III, Morgan Keega n, Optical Capital Group, and TechnoCap.", "http: www.yottayotta.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CrossAccess Adds Metagon CEO as VP of Bus.", "Dev.", "mail?", "top SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- CrossAccess, a data integration company, said it appointed Lance Becker as vice president of business development.", "Mr. Becker formerly served as president and CEO of Metagon Technologies.", "CrossAccess is funded by Alpha Partners, AVI Management Partners, Cable & Howse Ventures, Granite Ventures, Hewlett-Packard, JF She a Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and MK Global Ventures."], "sp_sent_idx": [9]}]} {"question": "What is the company backed by Bayer, Computer Sciences Corp., Methanex, Sprout Group, Stolt-Nielsen, and this technology-focused investment firm founded in 1983, which raised more than $5.6 billion?", "answer": "CheMatch.com", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54317", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Battery Ventures", "sents": ["Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm.", "Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Israel.", "Since inception, the firm has raised over $5.6 billion and is now investing its eleventh funds, Battery Ventures XI and Battery Ventures XI Side Fund, with a combined capitalization of $950 million."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e4500_p11", "sents": ["Backers in CheMatch.com include Battery Ventures, Bayer, Computer Sciences Corp., E.I.", "DuPont de Nemours and Co., Methanex, Millennium Chemicals, H. Muehlstein & Co., Reed Elsevier, Sprout Group, Stolt-Nielsen, and TownsendTarnell.", "http: www.chematch.com Web-based Wine Store eVineyard Gets $8 Million Third Round PORTLAND, Ore. -- eVineyard, an online wine retailer, said it closed its third round of financing with approximately $8 million from Osprey, ITech, Angel Investors, and undisclosed private individuals.", "The company will use the funds to open new distribution centers and expand its Web site services.", "The company raised $12 million in its two previous rounds, bringing the total amount of funding to more than $20 million.", "http: www.evineyard.com Streaming Media Firm VideoSnap in Deal with PSINet Ventures NEW YORK -- VideoSnap, which provides streaming media management services that enable large multimedia files to be viewed without waiting for the files to download, said it received an investment from PSINet Ventures, the corporate ventures unit of PSINet."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "What is the name of the company that raised $156 million in funds from TAMC, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm focusing on the technology industry?", "answer": "X.com", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54315", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Sequoia Capital", "sents": ["Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.", "The firm is located in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry.", "It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value.", "Sequoia manages multiple investment funds including funds specific to India, Israel, and China."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e10578_p11", "sents": ["The company has raised a total of $156 million in funds.", "The company said there will be no change to its board of directors following this round.", "Previous investors in X.com include Madison Dearborn Partners, Hikari Tsushin, TAMC, Qualcomm, J.P. Morgan, Digital Century Capital, Sequoia Capital, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and idealab!", "Capital Partners.", "http: www.x.com Project Outsourcer Ants.com Raises $3.6 Million Series B SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Ants.com, a marketplace for outsourcing project work, said it raised a $3.6 million Series B round of funding.", "Previous investor Bertelsmann led the round, which also included investments from new investors Millennium Hanson and CommerceNet.", "Ants.com said the funds will be used for product development, ongoing operations, and marketing.", "Previous funding in Ants.com came from individual investors.", "http: www.ants.com Audio Tech Firm Sseyo Raises $3 Million in Round Two MAIDENHEAD, U.K. -- Sseyo, a developer of scalable interactive audio technology for convergent technologies, said it secured approximately $3 million in its second round."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}]} {"question": "A certain individual was born on July 24, 1943 and was the 37th United States Secretary of Commerce. A question was raised as to whether that person had retired from where?", "answer": "Edison International SCE", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54294", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "John Bryson", "sents": ["John E. Bryson (born July 24, 1943) is the former United States Secretary of Commerce, the 37th person to hold the post since its establishment in 1913.", "Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison and as director of The Boeing Company."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e142_p2", "sents": ["Plus Southern irritates public power - they're very good at competing in open markets in other regions while keeping their own system closed to competition.", "A Jeff Skilling or Ken Lay might be more insightful and open, but that raises appearance issues with Enron as a sponsor.", "Also, I may be out of date, but did John Bryson retire from Edison International SCE?", "I tend also to be skeptical of the value of Richardson, in that I think he really has not focused that much energy on electric restructuring.", "Rich Glick from DOE might be better, but then there's no marquee value.", "Note - external events may make either Mon Nov 13 or Thurs Nov 16 really good or bad for the potential audience - NARUC (the National Assoc of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) will be holding a conference in San Diego on Nov 15 on the October 15 RTO compliance filings for FERC Order 2000 (the Regional Transmission Organizations final rule)."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "A certain press secretary was born on October 13, 1960. What did they rhetorically suggest that politicians could use to lower gas prices?", "answer": "magic wand", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54269", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ari Fleischer", "sents": ["Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) served as White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003.", "Today, he works as a media consultant for the NFL, College Football Playoff, and other various sports organizations and players through his company, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications.", "He was also an international media consultant to former Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper.", "He helped Mark McGwire in his media strategy for his admission of steroid usage.", "He is also a regular CNN contributor.", "He was also briefly hired by Tiger Woods to help him with a strategy to make his entrance back on the PGA Tour, but was not retained after news stories surfaced promoting his representation of Woods.", "He was hired by the Green Bay Packers as a consultant in August 2008."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e2386_p127", "sents": ["The statement from the White House followed a report yesterday that gas prices are at record high levels in the Bay Area.", "\"If any politician has a magic wand that they can wave over gas prices to lower them, the president would like to listen to them,\" said Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman.", "Bush is opposed to price controls and did not support cutting the 18.4- cents-a-gallon federal gas tax during the presidential campaign.", "The California State Automobile Association said a gallon of regular self- serve unleaded now averages $2.10 in San Francisco and $2.03 in San Jose.", "T he state average is also at a record high of $1.95, the association reported.", "\"It's outrageous,\" said Dave Miller, a contractor from San Rafael, while filling up an Oldsmobile sports utility vehicle yesterday at a Shell statio n in San Francisco.", "\"I see three bucks coming.\"", "Fear that gas will reach $3 a gallon spread last week when service station owners were advised by some oil companies to have the number \"3\" on hand to place on their signs should the price climb to $3 a gallon."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "The 16th largest ISP in the United States in 2006 complained that the telecom environment in what country wasn't stable, predictable, or non discriminatory?", "answer": "United Kingdom", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54245", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Covad", "sents": ["Covad Communications Group was an American provider of broadband voice and data communications.", "By 2006, the company had 530,000 subscribers, and ranked 16th largest ISP in the United States.", "Covad was acquired by U.S. Venture Partners, who in 2010 announced a 3-way merger of MegaPath, Covad, and Speakeasy, creating a single Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC), providing voice and internet services; the new company was named MegaPath Corporation."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e10642_p19", "sents": ["Telmex charges carriers a \"resale tariff rate of more tha n 9 cents per minute to terminate traffic in cities where the competitive carri er doesn 't have a network, CompTel said.", "Spain Spain 's Ministry of Science and Technology has completed an initial revi ew of Telefonica S.A. 's \"reference interconnection offer, Covad reporte d. It said it had several concerns with the terms of the offer.", "Telefonica \"offers only discriminatory collocation, it said, explain ing that Telefonica requires competitors to install equipment in separate caged collocation spaces and restricts the types of equipment that can be installed.", "Covad also complained about Telefonica 's slow provisioning intervals for unbundled loops and lack of information on the condition or availability of loops.", "United Kingdom Although the U.K. 's Office of Telecommunications has completed a series of proceedings to open markets, the telecom environment there is \"neither stable, predictable, nor nondiscriminatory, Covad said."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "What firm placed at the number 5 spot in the 2001 midyear lobbying firm rankings of the research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C lead by Kevin Turpin and Editor Stephen G. Smith?", "answer": "Greenberg Traurig", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54240", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "National Journal", "sents": ["National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering services in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders.", "It publishes daily journalism covering politics and public policy and is led by President Kevin Turpin and Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e20319_p19", "sents": ["But two new players-boasting huge growth rates-are among the firms nipping at the heels of these top dogs.", "Greenberg Traurig, which came in at No.", "5 in National Journal's midyear 200 1 rankings, had never before been in the top tier of Washington lobbying fi rms.", "According to PoliticalMoneyLine, which compiles a comprehensive annual list of all lobbying firms, Greenberg Traurig had the 35th-highest income during the first six months of last year.", "And No.", "7 in the midyear 2001 rankings is Quinn Gillespie, another first-ti me member of the top 10. Formed just a year and a half ago by former Clinto n White House Counsel Jack Quinn and Ed Gillespie-a one-time adviser to Hou se Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas-the firm has seen its fortunes rocke t upward.", "Quinn Gillespie was No.", "13 in the first six months of 2000. In between these two newcomers is Van Scoyoc Associates, ranked at No."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 2]}]} {"question": "A certain company was founded by Sir Terry Matthews. Who had served in the CFO position in that company?", "answer": "Mr. Wigglesworth", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54238", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Newbridge Networks", "sents": ["Newbridge Networks was an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada company founded by Welsh-Canadian entrepreneur Sir Terry Matthews.", "It was founded in 1986 to create data and voice networking products after Matthews was forced out of his original company Mitel.", "According to Matthews, he saw that data networking would grow far faster than voice networking, and he had wanted to take Mitel in much the same direction, but the 'risk-averse' British Telecom dominated Mitel board refused and effectively ousted him.", "The name Newbridge Networks comes from Sir Terry Matthews' home town of Newbridge in south Wales."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3720_p46", "sents": ["They will loca te and manage investments in the area while continuing to serve as principals at Eagle One Ventures.", "Mr. Lewis will focus on early-stage networking and communications investments in Canada for Newbury.", "Previously, he was an executive vice president at Newbridge Networks, where he worked in the acce ss and network management product group.", "Mr. Wigglesworth is also a former Newbridge Networks executive, where he served in the CFO position.", "Newbury Ventures recently closed its third fund at $250 million and added two new venture partners to its Paris office.", "http: www.newburyven.com vw corrections Optium mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An article in Tuesday's VentureWire on opt ical device and packaging technology firm Optium contained an incorrect URL for the company.", "Optium's URL is http: www.optiumcorp.com.", "Also, the name of L ee Munder Venture Partners, an investor in the company, was misspelled.", "iWitness mail?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- In Monday's VentureWire an item about iWit ness, a provider of digital business records management software, incorrectly liste d World Ventures as an investor."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "In which country were the US Embassies were attacked in 1998 by several men including the founder of al-Qaeda?", "answer": "Kenya and Tanzania", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54233", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Osama bin Laden", "sents": ["Usama ibn Mohammed ibn Awad ibn Ladin (Arabic: \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0645\u0629 \u0628\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0648\u0636 \u0628\u0646 \u0644\u0627\u062f\u0646\u200e \u200e , \"us\u0101mah ibn mu\u1e25ammad ibn \u2018awa\u1e0d ibn l\u0101din \"), often anglicized as Osama bin Laden ( ; March 10, 1957 \u2013 May 2, 2011) was the founder of al-Qaeda , the organization that was responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks worldwide.", "He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3523_p49", "sents": ["A16 McVeigh Edges Toward Appeal Timothy J. McVeigh told his lawyers to draft papers seeking a stay of his execution on June 11 but was waiting until later this week to decide whether to file them, his lawyer said.", "A17 Survivor Arrested as Smuggler The Border Patrol arrested one of the survivors of a botched smuggling effort that left 14 migrants dead in the Arizona desert last week, accusing him of being an organizer.", "A18 Suit Weighed in Dancer's Death A Pennsylvania pathologist said the death of the flamenco dancer Jose Greco, 82, last December resulted from an infection he developed after breaking his toe in a scuffle with Amtrak police officers, and Mr. Greco's family is considering a lawsuit.", "A17 NEW YORK REGION B1-9 4 Found Guilty in Bombing Of United States Embassies in Africa A federal jury convicted four men of conspiring with Osama bin Laden in a terror plot that resulted in the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, claiming 224 lives."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Which company was involved the 1972 start-up agreement with Niagara Mohawk and the energy company known as Con Ed?", "answer": "Central Hudson", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54230", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Consolidated Edison", "sents": ["Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison or Con Ed, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues as of 2016, and over $47 billion in assets.", "The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its subsidiaries:"], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e4744_p3", "sents": ["As evidenced by the historical practice of netting station power, the NRG entities first cited a 1972 start-up agreement between Central Hudson, Consolidated Edison of New York and Niagara Mohawk (joint owners of the Roseton generating facility in Central Hudson's exclusive retail service area) providing that start-up power (a component of station power) obtained from Central Hudson should be netted against output before net generation was allocated among them.", "Second, the New York Power Pool Agreement (approved by FERC in 1991) similarly allowed the netting of station power for members with generation facilities in the exclusive retail service territories of other members.", "Third, transition energy sales agreements between Con Edison and NRG (concerning NRG's recent purchase of two divested generation facilities from Con Edison) explicitly authorized the treatment of station power as net negative generation.", "These assignments were accepted by the Commission as part of the process to obtain approval for the divestiture of jurisdictional assets."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "The world's second-most widely read business newspaper in the English language ran a story on 7/24/01 about Enron featuring a claim by which employee of AT Kearney?", "answer": "Paul Laudicina", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54225", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "The Economic Times", "sents": ["The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a readership of over 800,000.", "\"The Economic Times\" is published simultaneously from 12 cities\u2014Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e6812_p0", "sents": ["'Offbeat majors help CEOs think outside the box USA Today, 07 24 01 Enron not to dampen foreign investors interest The Economic Times, 07 24 01 Payment crisis The Economic Times, 07 24 01 India May Allow Generators to Retail Electricity, Paper Says Bloomberg, 07 24 01 Enron Should Be Fined by California Senate, Committee Says Bloomberg, 07 24 01 Enron contempt citation moves forward in state Senate Associated Press Newswires, 07 24 01 Enron ,s Ken Lay On Energy and Boards Corporate Board Member Magazine, Summer 2001 Offbeat majors help CEOs think outside the box By Del Jones, USA TODAY, July 24, 2001 http: www.usatoday.com money bcovtue.htm Enron not to dampen foreign investors interest Our Bureau 07 24 2001 The Economic Times Copyright (C) 2001 The Economic Times; Source: World Reporter (TM) THE ENRON fiasco would not dampen the interest of foreign investors who see India as a long term investment destination, AT Kearney vice president and managing director of its Global Business Policy Council Paul Laudicina has said."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Who was the president of the US when this politician born on April 8, 1947 who represented Texas's 22nd congressional district was House Majority Whip?", "answer": "Bush", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54221", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Tom DeLay", "sents": ["Thomas Dale DeLay ( ; born April 8, 1947) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006.", "He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003\u201305."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5725_p48", "sents": ["\"This says to the people of the West, 'Your emergency doesn't count to us,' said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).", "But such assertions were countered by House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), who said: \"Members should reject the siren song of price caps an d remember this: Government price controls will mean more blackouts.\"", "The issue erupted during debate on a $6.5-billion midyear appropriatio n bill to cover unanticipated costs and emergency expenditures, including $5. 5 billion for the Defense Department and $116 million to help the Internal Revenue Service pay the cost of sending out rebate checks authorized by the recently enacted tax cut law.", "The measure passed, 341 to 87. In an earlier vote, Bush barely escaped an embarrassing slap when Democrats moved to cut the proposed IRS increase by $29 million--the cost of a letter the agency is sending to tell taxpayer of their impending tax reba te."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 3]}]} {"question": "The president of which company's Mexican division claimed \"Vitro will consume 110 megawatts, IMSA 90 and Apasco the remaining 45 megawatts\" while speaking at a forum for business execs held in the largest city of Nuevo Le\u00f3n?", "answer": "Enron", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54196", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Monterrey", "sents": ["Monterrey (] ), is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo Le\u00f3n, in Mexico.", "The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation.", "Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3722_p37", "sents": ["Enron Mexico President Jaime Alatorre said the unit began building the co-generation plant in May to supply energy to supply Mexican glassmaker Vitro SA industrial conglomerate Grupo IMSA and No.", "2 Mexican cement maker Apasco He said the $200 million project would eventually generate 245 megawatts and supply varying amounts of energy to each of the Mexican industrial giants.", "\"Vitro will consume 110 megawatts, IMSA 90 and Apasco the remaining 45 megawatts,\" Alatorre said at a forum for Mexican business executives in the northern city of Monterrey.", "According to Vitro, the new plant will provide energy to at least 12 of its production units in Mexico and will save it some $10 million in annual energy costs.", "IMSA President Eugenio Clariond Reyes told Reuters the new plant will cut annual energy costs at the industrial conglomerate by about 13 percent.", "Alatorre said Enron is looking at other co-generation projects but would not provide further details."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}]} {"question": "The Washington state energy utility that serves more than 1.1 million customers and has 6,000 square miles of electric and gas service areas wants the United States to restructure what aspect of California's electricity market.", "answer": "price caps", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54194", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Puget Sound Energy", "sents": ["Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is a Washington state energy utility providing electrical power and natural gas primarily in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States.", "The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties; and provides natural gas to 750,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties.", "The company has a 6,000 sqmi electric and natural gas service area."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}, {"title": "e27476_p28", "sents": ["Portland, Oregon, Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Enron Corp., Puget Energy Inc. and Sierra Pacific Resources, owners of four utilities that sell power to California, want United States regulators to restructure price caps placed on the state's electricity market.", "The rules set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in May often require the utilities to sell their excess electricity at a loss, the companies said in statements.", "FERC set prices based on costs of the most expensive generators in California, and in June broadened rules to include 10 other Western states.", "Enron's Portland General Electric, Puget Sound Energy, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power want FERC to change the rules so that the price-setting formula includes costs of all sellers, not just generators in California.", "``Now, Californians can obtain power at the last minute at an artificially low price while states that have had the foresight to purchase more secure, longer-term power are left with higher bills,'' Walt Higgins, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Sierra Pacific Resources, said in a statement."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Chen Shui-bian met which spiritual leader in the capital and special municipality of Taiwan in a session that marked both their common interests as well as mutual differences with China's government?", "answer": "Dalai Lama", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54189", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Taipei", "sents": ["Taipei ( ), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, \"ROC\").", "Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City.", "It is about 25 km southwest of the northern port city Keelung.", "Most of the city is located on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.", "Formerly known as Taipeh-fu during the Qing era and Taihoku under Japanese rule, Taipei became the capital of Taiwan Province as part of the Republic of China in 1945 and has been the capital of the ROC since 1949, when the Kuomintang lost the mainland to the Communists in the Chinese Civil War."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e819_p9", "sents": ["-- Dabhol Power, an Indian unit of United States power company Enron, issued a notice of arbitration to India's government to try to recover, at the Court of Arbitration in London, 1.02 billion rupees ($21.9 million) it says it is owed for supplying power to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.", "-- Indian investigators have concluded that the crash of a jet operated by Alliance Air, a unit of state-run Indian Airlines, that killed 61 people last July was the fault of the pilots of the Boeing 737-200 aircraft in making their approach to Patna airport.", "Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, and the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, met in Taipei, in a session that marked their common interests and mutual differences with China's government.", "EUROPE France Telecom's Access Offer Rejected France's telecommunications regulator said it again rejected France Telecom's offer for the unbundling of the country's so-called local loop, and has ordered the company to submit a new proposal by Thursday."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "The company founded in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Company and what other company were considered the main contenders for core venture three in the Shaybah area?", "answer": "TotalfinaElf ", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54180", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Conoco", "sents": ["Conoco Inc. was an American oil company founded in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Company.", "It is now a brand of gasoline and service station in the United States which belongs to Phillips 66 following the spin-off of ConocoPhillips' downstream assets in May 2012."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e1022_p10", "sents": ["ExxonMobil has been present in Saudi Arabia since the 1960s and is one of the largest foreign direct investors in the kingdom, with three existing refining joint ventures.", "The company is also Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco's largest crude oil customer.", "For core venture two, the Red Sea Development, Enron Corp. (ENE) and Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY) are bidding jointly and ExxonMobil, TotalfinaElf, Marathon Oil Canada Inc. (T.M), Shell and Conoco Inc. (COCA) have also been listed.", "Among these, Total and Shell have been dubbed as strong possibilities, the sources said.", "For core venture three, the Shaybah area, TotalFinaElf, Conoco, Phillips Petroleum (P), Enron & Occidental, ExxonMobil, Shell and Marathon Oil have been listed.", "Conoco and TotalfinaElf are seen as the frontrunners on this.", "Each core project has on average six to ten individual components and the three have a combined investment value of about $25 billion.", "As well as getting operatorship of the projects, consortium leaders are likely to get the largest stake in any project."], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5]}]} {"question": "The person who became the 35th Mayor of San Diego as of December 2012 dramatized the accusation that Bush was sacrificing the environment in favor of energy industry profits by working with what person to use a satellite broadcast to beam in three constituents into a Capitol Hill news conference?", "answer": "Susan Davis", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54175", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Bob Filner", "sents": ["Robert Earl Filner (born September 4, 1942) is a former American politician who was the 35th Mayor of San Diego from December 2012 through August 2013, when he resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.", "He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e2985_p20", "sents": ["An environmental group staged a more low-tech stunt, dumping five tons of coal in front of Vice President Dick Cheney's residence.", "Republicans, meanwhile, embraced the plan.", "But some cautioned that its legislative elements were likely to be tinkered with and that some relief f or consumers may have to come quicker than Bush envisions.", "Much of the Democratic criticism centered on Bush's failure to offer immediate help for the power crisis rocking California and the high gas prices plaguing motorists.", "They also repeated their accusation that, by stressing more use of oil, coal and nuclear power, Bush was sacrificing the environment for the sake of energy industry profits.", "To dramatize those arguments, Reps. Susan Davis and Bob Filner, both San Diego Democrats, used a satellite broadcast to beam three constituents into a packed news conference on Capitol Hill.", "The lawmakers have been pressing fo r price controls on wholesale power sold in California, a strategy Bush has rejected."], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5]}]} {"question": "What percentage does the business started by a cattle farmer in 1898 when he moved to Oklahoma territory to construct railroads with a team of mules own of Dabhol Power Company?", "answer": "10", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54172", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Bechtel", "sents": ["Bechtel's business activities began in 1898 when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his own team of mules.", "Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e20017_p2", "sents": ["INDIA: Panel suggests Indian govt pay in Enron row-paper.", "10 01 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. BOMBAY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - An Indian panel has suggested the federal government be willing to spend almost 57 billion rupees ($1.19 billion) to help resurrect the Enron Corp Dabhol power project, which stopped producing electricity more than three months ago, a business daily said on Monday.", "The panel was constituted in early 2001 to review all aspects of the controversial power project, set up at a cost of $2.9 billion on the west coast of India.", "The Business Standard daily said the panel's report had suggested Dabhol's various stakeholders all be willing to absorb the costs that would have to be incurred to revive the 2,184 MW gas-based project.", "Dabhol Power Company is 65 percent owned by Enron Corp GE and Bechtel own 10 percent each, while the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, a local state-owned power utility, owns the remaining 15 percent."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "Which role did Jerry Timmins serve in the London-based British Broadcasting Corporation?", "answer": "head of the Americas region", "_id": "PAIRIDX:54168", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "BBC", "sents": ["The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster with its headquarters at Broadcasting House in London.", "The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.", "It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting.", "The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3301_p3", "sents": ["-- Bush plans Web site redesign A dozen people are reportedly working to redo the Whitehouse.gov Web site.", "\"We've added a good deal more streaming media with each passing week,\" White House spokesman Tucker Eskew told Wired News, as he responded to criticism that the site is little changed from its debut design nearly 7 years ago.", "\"The site will be dramatically improved within a matter of weeks,\" he added.", "-- BBC moves shortwave broadcasts to Web The BBC World Service will end shortwave broadcasts to North America, Canada and some of the Pacific region at the end of June.", "The news service will try to reach those listeners using the broadcaster's already-extensive Internet site.", "\"What we are not doing is saying shortwave is dead,\" Jerry Timmins, head of the Americas region for the BBC World Service, told the Los Angeles Times.", "\"The vast majority of our listeners still access us on shortwave."], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}]} {"question": "Where did one of the co-founders of Hewlett-Packard build an aquarium? ", "answer": "Monterey Bay", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53807", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "David Packard", "sents": ["David Packard ( ; September 7, 1912\u00a0\u2013 March 26, 1996) was an electrical engineer and co-founder, with William Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947\u201364), CEO (1964\u201368), and Chairman of the Board (1964\u201368, 1972\u201393).", "He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1971 during the Nixon administration.", "Packard served as President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) from 1976 to 1981.", "He was also chairman of the Board of Regents from 1973 to 1982.", "Packard was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988 and is noted for many technological innovations and philanthropic endeavors."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e19385_p0", "sents": ["\"December 20, 2001 TO: CMTA MEMBERS AND FRIENDS FM: JACK M. STEWART, PRESIDENT RE: HAPPY HOLIDAYS In the spirit of this holiday season, California Manufacturers & Technology Association is pleased to congratulate IBM as the recipient of the 2001 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award.", "IBM was honored both for its level of corporate giving and for the number of community service hours performed by IBM employees.", "IBM has been a CMTA member since 1947. In a larger sense, CMTA salutes all manufacturers for their extraordinary level of giving this year and in years past.", "From Andrew Carnegie to Louis Gerstner, manufacturers have been the heart and soul of American philanthropy.", "Think of what California manufacturers have given us: David Packard's generosity created the world renown Monterey Bay Aquarium; J. Paul Getty and his foundation brought one of the world's greatest art collections to Los Angeles; ARCO, now BP, provided the initial funding for the state of the art ARCO Olympic Training Center in San Diego; and earlier this month, Intel co-founder, Gordon Moore announced a $281 million gift to Conservation International, the largest gift ever given to a private conservation group."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "At the time Shawn Lewis was named vice president of sales at Campus Pipeline, the investors in Campus Pipeline were American Express, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Inktomi, Lynx Technology, Meritech Capital Partners, National Discount Brokers, Oak Investment Partners, SCT, the corporation that owns the auto brand Wuling, and which other company?", "answer": "Amerindo", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53748", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "General Motors", "sents": ["General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.", "With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, GM manufactures cars and trucks in 35 countries.", "In 2008, 8.35 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under various brands.", "GM reached the milestone of selling 10 million vehicles in 2016.", "Current auto brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, and Wuling.", "Former GM automotive brands include McLaughlin, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer, Saab, Saturn, as well as Vauxhall, and Opel, which were bought by Groupe PSA in 2017."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 4]}, {"title": "e3078_p4", "sents": ["For the previous 30 years, Mr. Huey was an executive vice president and directo r of the Atlanta chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association.", "Mr. Huey was introduced to CEO Steve Hassett through an iTendant customer.", "In December 2000, iTendant raised $800,000 from UniversityAngels.com, Seraphim Partners, and individuals investors.", "iTendant was founded in May 2000 by Mr Hassett and chairman Nick Owen.", "The board of directors contains three members.", "http: www.itendant.com Campus Pipeline Names Shawn Lewis as VP of Sales mail?", "top SALT LAKE CITY (VENTUREWIRE) -- Campus Pipeline, a developer of Web-integration software and technologies, said it has named Shawn Lewis as vice president of sales.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Lewis served as director of sales and support services at Reliacast, a network infrastructu re provider.", "Campus Pipeline's investors include American Express, Amerindo, Dell, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Inktomi, Lynx Technology, Meritech Capital Partners, National Discount Brokers, Oak Investment Partners, and SCT."], "sp_sent_idx": [6, 8]}]} {"question": "Which of Beenz.com's investors was a London-based firm that had raised roughly $35 billion dating back to the late 60's?", "answer": "Apax Partners", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53735", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Apax Partners", "sents": ["Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity and venture capital firm, headquartered in London, England.", "The company also operates out of eight other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Stockholm, Milan and Munich.", "The firm, including its various predecessors, have raised approximately $35 billion (USD) dating back to 1969.", "Apax Partners is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating on an international basis, ranked the seventh largest private equity firm globally."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3049_p4", "sents": ["Charles L. Cohen (CEO, CTO, and founder) and Donald M. Maguire (president and COO) have both stepped down in an effort to cut costs.", "CFO and director Stephen Limpe will now also assume the roles of president and CEO.", "Over the past several months the company had begun aski ng employees in its U.K. office to volunteer to leave the company.", "In December it laid off 28 people in its San Francisco and New York offices.", "At that ti me the company began marketing its new \"Beenzcodes\", which provide online incentives in traditional product packaging.", "The company spokesperson said the beenzcodes product is cur!", "rently available in the UK, although there a re no customers yet.", "He said the company will not seek another round of fundin g. Beenz has raised $80 million to date.", "Beenz.com's investors include Apax Partners, Artemis Ventures, BayStar Capital, DRW Venture Partners, the Gefinor Group, Hikari Tsushin Capital, ING Barings, Kataweb, New World Cyberbase, Oracle Japan, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Softbank e-Commerce, Sycamore Venture Capital, and Viventures Partners."], "sp_sent_idx": [8]}]} {"question": "What political party did the 35th San Diego Mayor belong to?", "answer": "Democratic", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53721", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Bob Filner", "sents": ["Robert Earl Filner (born September 4, 1942) is a former American politician who was the 35th Mayor of San Diego from December 2012 through August 2013, when he resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.", "He later pleaded guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3793_p29", "sents": ["Republican s contended that Democratic leaders were unwilling to compromise.", "Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the bill's author, said the impasse made it unlikely that the legislation could pass Congress and clear the president's desk in time to help California this summer.", "Barton complained that his GOP colleagues felt like Charlie Brown abou t to kick the football only to have the Democrats, like Lucy, pull it away at the last minute.", "But Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles) asserted, \"We were never clos e to a deal.\"", "\"The Republicans say they cannot move forward on energy legislation because Democrats refuse to support any energy legislation that does not include wholesale price controls, and I say right.\"", "added Rep. Bob Filner (D-San Diego).", "\"What good is a bill that does nothing for consumers?", "House Democrats vowed to continue to press for price controls.", "Some Republican leaders who have resisted price controls appeared to be softenin g their position, as long as it's called something else."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 4, 5]}]} {"question": "A number of storage products makers made sharp improvements after the investment banking firm based in Minneapolis insisted what in the sector would be able to realize earning targets?", "answer": "high-quality names", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53719", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dain Rauscher Wessels", "sents": ["Dain Rauscher Wessels was a brokerage and investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.", "The firm traced its origins to a number of smaller regional securities firms founded in the 1920s and 1930s."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e20092_p8", "sents": ["That was the ninth-sharpest one-day gain this year; the industrial average ended at 9123.78. \"There was a real nice tone to the market today,\" said Pat Davis, head of Nasdaq trading at UBS Warburg, said.", "\"But I don't think you can say we've heard all the bad news we're going to hear.", "Over the past three weeks, Wall Street analysts had been systematically reducing their earnings projections to better reflect the deterioration in economic conditions.", "Only over the past several days had they begun to focus on valuations, saying that, in some instances, stock prices looked attractive, even projecting weaker earnings.", "Lehman Brothers, for example, jumped to the defense of some software names, and a number of those marked improvement.", "Shares of PeopleSoft gained 3.14, or 15%, to 23.68 on the Nasdaq, a 50% improvement over its Sept. 27 52-week low of 15.78. BMC Software added 74 cents, or 5.8%, to 13.60. A number of storage-products makers marked sharp improvements, after Dain Rauscher Wessels insisted high-quality names in the sector would be able to realize earnings targets."], "sp_sent_idx": [5]}]} {"question": "What year was the former chairman of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission named Andell appointed to the 1st Court of Appeals by a Governor who delivered the Democratic National Convention keynote address in 1988?", "answer": "1993", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53714", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ann Richards", "sents": ["Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 \u2013 September 13, 2006) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995.", "A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.", "Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e6026_p53", "sents": ["Paige, former Houston school superintendent, announced Tuesday that Andell will provide recommendations and guidance on various legal matters.", "The appointment in the Bush administration apparently removes the threat that Andell might mount a Democratic bid next year for Harris County judge.", "Andell said he looks forward to working with Paige.", "\"I have worked with Paige before on (Houston Independent School District) matters and I am excited about the opportunity of working with him again,\" Andell said.", "Andell was a juvenile court judge when then-Gov.", "Ann Richards appointed him to the 1st Court of Appeals in 1993. Known for broad community involvement, Andell has been active in various youth and school issues.", "He has served as chairman of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, chairman of the Aspiring Youth of Houston and as a member of HISD committees.", "Earlier this year, Andell was mentioned as a possible HISD superintendent when Paige resigned to accept the cabinet appointment."], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5, 6]}]} {"question": "The person born in the year 1954 who has been with General Atlantic since 2010 turned up his nose when industrial companies joined consortiums that set up what? ", "answer": "public e-marketplaces", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53704", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Gary M. Reiner", "sents": ["Gary M. Reiner (born c. 1954) is an American businessman and Operating Partner at General Atlantic.", "Reiner has been with the global growth equity firm since 2010, where he provides strategic counsel and serves on the board of several portfolio companies.", "Prior to General Atlantic, Reiner served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at General Electric."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e2631_p5", "sents": ["The Internet's early winners focused on boosting sales.", "But during a downturn, that's not nearly enough.", "The Net can be used to supercharge every aspect of a company's operations, from market research and customer service to engineering collaboration and linking up suppliers.", "Consider e.biz 25 member Pradeep Sindhu, co-founder of Juniper Networks", "He used this wall-to-wall approach to make his four-year-old upstart the leader in high-end network routers.", "It was built from the ground up to capitalize on the Net.", "The company takes orders over the Web and automatically passes them to contract manufacturers who make and ship the products.", "This frees Juniper to concentrate on designing products that trounce the competition.", "The payoff: Juniper's operating margin hovers around 30%, nearly double the average in the hardware business.", "The most successful e-businesses don't just chase the latest hot idea.", "They figure out which technologies are really right for them.", "Gary M. Reiner, chief information officer at General Electric Co., one of our e.biz 25, turned up his nose when many industrial companies joined consortiums that set up public e-marketplaces."], "sp_sent_idx": [11]}]} {"question": "What writer was on the staff of \"The Bee\" and wrote the novels \"Hawke\" and \"Assassin?\"", "answer": "Ted Bell", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53699", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Ted Bell", "sents": ["Ted Bell is an American author of suspense novels such as \"Hawke\" and \"Assassin\", \"Pirate\", and \"Spy\" and \"Warlord\" and \"Phantom\".", "He is best known for his New York Times Bestselling series of spy thriller novels featuring the character Lord Alexander Hawke."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e2386_p7", "sents": ["Robin Lake of Elk Grove was take by ambulance to the hospital with head and shoulder injuries.", "Two people in the other vehicle were not injured.", "The Bee's Carrie Peyton can be reached at (916) 321-1086 or cpeyton@sacbee.com.", "Bee Staff Writer Ted Bell contributed to this report.", "$13.4 billion bond bill clears split Assembly By Jim Sanders Bee Capitol Bureau (Published May 8, 2001) With billions in electricity bills clouding California's budget, state lawmakers passed legislation Monday to allow the sale of what is believed to be the largest revenue bond in United States history to help solve the current crisi s. The planned sale of up to $13.4 billion in revenue bonds is designed to rep ay the general fund for power purchases made since January and give the state a multibillion-dollar pot to draw from to keep the lights on until more power plants are built.", "\"We have to do it,\" Assemblyman Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, told legislators who were deeply divided along party lines on the bond proposal."], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "Who told the Press Trust that they were resigning due to derogatory remarks made by an Indian politician that was born in the winter of 1940?", "answer": "Godbole", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53694", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Sharad Pawar", "sents": ["Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress.", "He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India.", "Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra.", "He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where he leads the NCP delegation.", "He holds a position of prominence in national politics as well as the regional politics of Maharashtra."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3230_p23", "sents": ["\"I have resigned due to the derogatory remarks made against me by Nationalist Congress Party Chief, Sharad Pawar, last night,\" Godbole told Press Trust.", "He has sent his resignation to Maharashtra state Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Press Trust reports.", "But Star TV said Deshmukh has asked Godbole to stay on.", "In an apparent criticism of Godbole, Pawar who is a member of the state coalition government, said last night he was apprehensive about the outcome of the renegotiations \"as those leading the talks from the government side are working with a negative approach.\"", "Late Tuesday, Enron said it was prepared to meet government officials for talks scheduled Wednesday on a power supply dispute.", "\"We look forward to hearing the proposed solutions particularly relating to creditworthy purchases for the power,\" said a statement from Dabhol Power Co.", "The statement came two days after the company issued a preliminary notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, a state-run utility, that it would stop supplying electricity if the government company continued to default on payments."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "What firm with an office in Be'er Sheva is an investor in Native Networks?", "answer": "Jerusalem Venture Partners", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53679", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Jerusalem Venture Partners", "sents": ["Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is an international venture capital firm founded in 1993.", "The fund specializes in investments in startup companies, focusing on Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Semiconductors, Storage and Cyber Security, having raised close to a billion US Dollars across nine funds.", "JVP is headquartered in the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem with offices in Be'er Sheva, New York City and Paris."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3676_p28", "sents": ["Prior to joining Native Networks, Mr. Harbour was marketing director for Cisco Photonics, a division of Cisco tha t was formed after the acquisition of Pirelli's WDM systems business in February 2000. In September 2000, Native Networks completed a private placement of $18.2 million from investors including Anschutz Investment, Jerusalem Venture Partners, and Soros Private Equity Partners.", "http: www.nativenetworks.com Media Tech Firm EnterTec Group Names Dror Chevion President mail?", "top HERZELIYA, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- EnterTec Group, a provider of entertainment and media technologies, said it has named Dror Chevion as the company's president.", "Mr. Chevion is the first person to hold this position.", "Prior to his appointment the company was headed by founding chairman and CE O, David Chissick.", "Most recently Mr. Chevion served as vice president of business development at Ness Technologies.", "In addition he has served as director of government information technology and budget director for the Israeli government."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "What college of law had protesters outside a meeting where the harshest criticism at the meeting was by the co-founder of Code Pink and was the 2000 California candidate for the Green Party for the U.S. Senate?", "answer": "Hastings College of Law", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53664", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Medea Benjamin", "sents": ["Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange.", "Benjamin was also the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate.", "She currently contributes to \"OpEdNews\" and \"The Huffington Post\"."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5399_p15", "sents": ["The largest of PG&E's 30,000 creditors -- power generators and banks -- may have to stand in line behind what PG&E bankruptcy lawyer James Lopes referr ed to as \"an administrative convenience class,\" often made up of small businesses whose claims clutter the books.", "\"It's certainly something that will be considered,\" Lopes said in answer to a question from creditor Howard T. Ash, a market consultant, who suggested paying people with claims of less than $10,000 ahead of \"those who put you in the problem.\"", "The executives were unable to say how many creditors fall in that category.", "The exchange was the most productive of the debtor-creditor meeting, one required under the bankruptcy law.", "A scattering of protesters gathered outside the Hastings College of Law auditorium where the meeting was held.", "Inside, the harshest criticism came from consumer activist Medea Benjamin, who scolded the executives for \"doubling your salaries when your company is bankrupt.\""], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5]}]} {"question": "Who was the 21st employee at Sun Microsystems and is also the chief researcher and director of the Science Office at the same company?", "answer": "John Gage", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53662", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "John Gage", "sents": ["John Burdette Gage (born 1942) was the 21st employee of Sun Microsystems, where he is credited with creating the phrase: \"The network is the computer.\"", "He served as Vice President and Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office for Sun, until leaving on June 9, 2008 to join Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner to work on green technologies for global warming; he departed KPCB in 2010 to apply what he had learned \"to broader issues in other parts of the world\"."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e19423_p3", "sents": ["The conference starts off on Friday, September 21, with a special evening recruiting reception for Leading Edge sponsors.", "Various industry players who are a vital part of the technology industry have sponsored the conference.", "They include, Fortune, Business 2.0, JP Morgan, Accenture, New York Stock Exchange, Broadview, Hewlett-Packard, BEA Systems, and the UC Berkeley Management of Technology program.", "On Saturday, September 22, the day begins with the Technology Futurists Forum, a chance to hear what some of the leading thinkers in Silicon Valley see as the next big thing for high tech.", "Forum participants include Bob Bauer, manager of the Advanced Systems Development Laboratory at Xerox PARC; John Gage, chief researcher and director of the Science Office at Sun Microsystems; and Robert Mittman, director of the Institute of the Future.", "Ned Desmond, editor and president of Business 2.0, will moderate.", "Arun Sarin, MBA 78, MS 78, CEO of Accel-KKR Telecom, will give a keynote speech on the world of telecomm."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "What political consultant who was born on June 2nd, 1967 was hired along with another by Governor Davis for $30,000 a month?", "answer": "Chris Lehane", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53621", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Chris Lehane", "sents": ["Christopher Stephen \"Chris\" Lehane (born June 2, 1967) is an American political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations.", "A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he and his current business partner Mark Fabiani were called the \"Masters of Disaster\" by Newsweek magazine for their part in a \"rapid-response\" team employed to respond to the increasing number of investigations of the Clinton Administration.", "In 2012, Lehane co-authored a book on damage control titled \"Masters of Disaster\" published by Palgrave, MacMillan's academic imprint.", "He also wrote and produced the film \"Knife Fight\", a political satire acquired by IFC and released in January 2013.", "As of August 2015, Lehane serves as the Head of Global Policy and Public Affairs for home-sharing startup Airbnb."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3153_p23", "sents": ["Republican legislative leaders sent Davis a letter criticizing the governor for using taxpayer funds to hire two aides to former Vice President Al Gore as communication consultants for $30,000 a month.", "The Republicans said Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane operate ''a partisan, cut-throat political communications firm.''", "The state auditor general said in a report on energy deregulation that the state is not meeting some of its goals for conservation and for building new power plants.", "The auditor also said the PUC does not have a process for quickly approving new transmission lines.", "The state has been importing about 20 percent of its power.", "Staff writer Karen Kucher contributed to this report.", "LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2001 6 of 85 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Copley News Service Copley News Service May 22, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: State and regional LENGTH: 308 words HEADLINE: Business customers criticize proposed 29 percent SDG&E rate hike BYLINE: Craig D. Rose DATELINE: SAN DIEGO BODY: San Dieg Gas and Electric's commercial customers are attacking the prospect of paying an average of 29 percent more to cover the state's soaring cost of buying electricity."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "What is the last name of the man who became deputy chief of staff in 1989 to the 44th Vice President of the U.S.?", "answer": "Abraham", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53616", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dan Quayle", "sents": ["James Danforth \"Dan\" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 44th Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.", "He was also a U.S. Representative (1977\u201381) and U.S.", "Senator (1981\u201389) from the state of Indiana."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3558_p17", "sents": ["The problem with politics, he said, is that \"people always expect instant solutions.", "We have long days here.\"", "His days have been long since January when the Washington rumor mill said he was being considered for transportation secretary.", "Even his critics would not have been surprised if Bush had tapped him for that job.", "In 1983, he chaired the Michigan Republican Party.", "In 1989, he became deputy chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle.", "Elected to the United States Senate in 1994, he was involved in transportation issues and helped Michigan get millions of dollars in highway funding.", "But his nomination to head the Department of Energy surprised many _ and outraged environmentalists.", "As a senator, Abraham was conservative and firmly pro-business.", "Environmental groups graded him lax on pollution and conservation.", "His critics pointed out that during his Senate term, he had pushed to eliminate the very department he was now being tapped to head."], "sp_sent_idx": [5, 8]}]} {"question": "Which Hong-Kong newspaper, founded in 1903, reported on the chair of the Marketing Group's opinion that schools, such as the Haas School, have taken a global view of Asian executives' increasing demand for knowledge?", "answer": "South China Morning Post", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53600", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "South China Morning Post", "sents": ["The South China Morning Post (also known as SCMP or The Post), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong English-language newspaper and Hong Kong's newspaper of record.", "The journal was founded by Australian-born revolutionary Tse Tsan-tai and British journalist Alfred Cunningham (formerly with \"China Mail\", \"Hong Kong Daily Press\" and \"New York Sun\") in 1903.", "The first edition of the paper was published on 6 November 1903.", "The journal's circulation has been relatively stable for years \u2013 the average daily circulation stands at 100,000."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e4302_p10", "sents": ["Her office is located in S300B.", "HAAS IN THE NEWS Jennifer Chatman, associate professor and chair of the Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group and the Harold Furst Professor of Management Philosophy and Values, was quoted in the October issue of Working Mother magazine in an article on the unequal access to benefits in some organizations.", "Russell Winer, the J. Gary Shansby Professor of Marketing Strategy and the chair of the Marketing Group, was quoted in the South China Morning Post on September 24 in \"Schools Take a Global View of Asian Executives' Growing Demand for Knowledge.\"", "Winer commented on the Haas School's research into the feasibility of starting a program in Asia.", "The Daily Cal covered the Cal Performances season-opening celebration on September 22. The celebration was also in honor of Earl F. Cheit, dean emeritus of the Haas School.", "San Francisco Chronicle also covered the Cal Performances season opener, mentioning that the evening was also to honor dean emeritus Cheit."], "sp_sent_idx": [2, 3]}]} {"question": "Which company operates carrier-neutral Internet exchanges connected to major telecom carriers and has its headquarters in the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands?", "answer": "Interxion", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53598", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Amsterdam", "sents": ["Amsterdam ( ; ] ) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.", "Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague.", "Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper, 1,351,587 in the urban area, and 2,410,960 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area.", "The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country.", "The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7\u00a0million."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e10759_p12", "sents": ["The company, with revenues of $101 billion in 200 0, markets electricity and natural gas, delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world, and h as developed an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business.", "Fortune magazine has named Enron \"America's Most Innovative Company\" for fi ve consecutive years, the top company for \"Quality of Management\" and the seco nd best company for \"Employee Talent.\"", "Enron's Internet address is www.enron .com.", "The stock is traded under the ticker symbol \"ENE.\"", "About Interxion Interxion, with headquarters in Amsterdam, operates a growing number of carrier-neutral Internet exchange centers (IECs) across Europe.", "All of Interxion's Internet exchange centers are connected to the networks of majo r national and international telecom carriers as well as to various European Internet exchanges.", "Interxion's IECs are at the heart of all internet activities.", "In the state-of-the-art IECs, Interxion offers integrated solutions for connectivity, equipment housing, storage and maintenance needs of internet related companies including ISPs, ASPs, e-commerce companies, content providers, media companies and web hosting companies."], "sp_sent_idx": [4, 5]}]} {"question": "The French corporation that specializes in energy management, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, is mentioned in an article by Jon Van, published May 21st, 2001, as having a North American division located where?", "answer": "Palatine", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53593", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Schneider Electric", "sents": ["Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specialises in energy management and automation solutions, spanning hardware, software, and services.", "Native of France, the company is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison and is also based at the World Trade Center of Grenoble with offices throughout the world.", "A Fortune Global 500 company, Schneider Electric is publicly traded on the Euronext Exchange and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.", "In FY2016, the company posted revenues of about \u20ac25 billion."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3070_p24", "sents": ["If not, Davis will be painting that Texas landscape all summer long.", "LOAD-DATE: May 21, 2001 12 of 207 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Chicago Tribune Company Chicago Tribune May 21, 2001 Monday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION SECTION: Business; Pg.", "3; ZONE: CN; INSIDE TECHNOLOGY.", "LENGTH: 758 words HEADLINE: Power demands set stage for boom in backup systems BYLINE: BY JON VAN.", "BODY: Electricity deregulation is just one trend that's putting a big smile on the faces of folks at Schneider Electric's North American division in Palatine these days.", "There's also the rapid growth of electronic gear that requires electric current that flows without interruption or variation, and the concern over reliability of the public power grid.", "The new complexity is pushing electrical power from commodity status into a new category as a resource that requires a lot of expertise, and Schneider executives are devising strategies to take advantage of the new situation."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 3, 4]}]} {"question": "Which subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced in 2001 that it plans to build a pipeline for natural gas connecting the San Juan basin to California?", "answer": "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53582", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners", "sents": ["Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE:\u00a0KMI ) (KMEP) is a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc..", "The company owns or operates petroleum product, natural gas, and carbon dioxide pipelines, related storage facilities, terminals, power plants and retail natural gas in the United States and Canada.", "On August 10, 2014, Kinder Morgan announced it was moving to full ownership of along with two other partly owned companies, Kinder Morgan Management, and El Paso Pipeline Partners, in a deal worth $71 billion.", "Kinder Morgan announced its completion of the acquisition on November 26, 2014."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e2204_p74", "sents": ["05 02 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Calpine Corp. and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., said on Wednesday they plan to build a new natural gas pipeline from New Mexico's San Juan basin to California to help meet California's growing energy demand.", "The companies said the Sonoran line would be developed in two phases, with 400 million cubic feet of gas a day (mmcfd) already contracted by Calpine for the first phase of the planned 1,160-mile line.", "The first phase, slated for completion in the summer of 2003 pending regulatory approval, involves building a 36-inch diameter line from San Juan County, N.M., to Southern California with a transport capacity of 750 mmcfd to 1 billion cubic feet a day (bcfd).", "Phase two would extend the line to Northern California and could carry up to 1.5 bcfd.", "Calpine has contracted for 500 mmcfd of gas for the second phase of the pipeline."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Who is the member of the microeconomics consulting company whose network involves many separate companies from Australia, Europe, and Singapore that assisted in the drafting of the comments filed by Dan Douglass on Enron's behalf in a case involving the CPUC?", "answer": "Seabron Adamson", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53571", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Frontier Economics", "sents": ["Frontier Economics (Frontier) is a microeconomics consultancy providing economics advice to public and private sector clients on matters of competition policy, public policy, regulation, business strategy and behavioural economics.", "The Frontier Economics network consists of separate companies based in Europe (Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, London and Madrid) and Australia (Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane) & Singapore."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e1456_p0", "sents": ["\"I have taken a stab at putting a draft response together, indicating areas where we need more flesh.", "I will forward Tim Mary's presentation to FERC, EPSA's California Fact Sheet and the transcript from the hearing held on 8 23 and 8 24. Witness Wolak, Market Surveillance Committee of ISO, had some good points about rational behavior in markets with scarcity of supply.", "His comments were on 8 23. Please feel free to comment.", "Dan Douglass, Arter&Hadden (818-596-2201) will be filing these comments on Enron's behalf, which are due on Friday.", "I would suggest that Dan provide some of the legal view on whether the CPUC has adequate jurisdiction over retail rates, not wholesale rates.", "We should shoot for final comments by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, if possible.", "This will allow an opportunity to discuss any last minute changes, if necessary before filing.", "Seabron Adamson, Frontier Economics (617-354-0060), will be providing additional drafting."], "sp_sent_idx": [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}]} {"question": "Germany's 2nd largest electricity producer is interested in purchasing Enron's unit named what??", "answer": "Azurix", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53506", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "RWE", "sents": ["RWE AG, until 1990: \"Rheinisch-Westf\u00e4lisches Elektrizit\u00e4tswerk AG\" (Rhenish-Westphalian Power Plant), is a German electric utilities company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.", "Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company supplies electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe.", "RWE is the second largest electricity producer in Germany, and has increased renewable energy production in recent years."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}, {"title": "e27021_p47", "sents": ["(lak) Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "RWE interested in Enron's Azurix or E.ON's Gelsenwasser - report 08 24 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd ESSEN, Germany (AFX) - RWE AG is interested in buying Enron Corp's Houston- based water unit Azurix or E.ON AG's Gelsenwasser AG, reported Handelsblat t citing sources close to the company.", "RWE is the world's third largest water company, with 50 mln customers, behi nd French companies Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux and Vivendi SA, the paper said.", "If RWE bought Azurix, which has nearly 1.5 bln dm of sales, it would streng then its market position in the US, in which it is already represented thro ugh its unit Thames Water PLC.", "However, RWE would also have to give up Azurix's UK unit Wessex Water, said Deutsche Bank analyst Lueder Schumacher.", "The British regulatory authoritie s would not welcome any further expansion by RWE into the UK, although as a consequence, Enron would have to lower the price for Azurix significantly, Schumacher said."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "The politician who came in second place in the November 2010 election for Mayor of Oakland had warned about dire political consequences if which governor failed to address an electricity crisis?", "answer": "Gray Davis", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53423", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Don Perata", "sents": ["Don Richard Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who was President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008.", "He came in second place in the November 2010 ballot for Mayor of Oakland.", "Perata now runs a political consultancy company"], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e586_p0", "sents": ["'HEADLINE: Davis faces dire political consequences if power woes linger BYLINE: By Daniel Borenstein BODY: WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ As Democrats prepare for their first statewide convention since the electricity crisis erupted, some elected officials and strategists are warning of dire political consequences if Gov.", "Gray Davis fails to clean up the power mess.", "\"All of us should be thinking about the effect the energy crisis is going to have on our chances of maintaining control of both houses, and the effect the governor will have on the ticket up and down,\" said state Sen. Don Perata, D-Alameda.", "\"If he has not performed well and he has a D after his name, that could be problematic.\"", "Garry South, the governor's top political strategist, said Thursday that the state's electricity woes probably won't be over soon, but the voters understand Davis didn't create the problem.", "\"It won't be solved in six months,\" South said."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}]} {"question": "The Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 and with over $2.4 billion in investment capital joined with Aragon, The Entrepreneurs Fund II, Intel Capital, and what other firm in order to raise money for a company's product development and the expansion of its operational infrastructure?", "answer": "Vencraft", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53419", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Foundation Capital", "sents": ["Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley.", "The firm was founded in 1995, and manages more than $2.4 billion in investment capital."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e9243_p23", "sents": ["Investors in this round include Aragon, The Entrepreneurs Fund II, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, and Vencraft.", "The proceeds will be used for product development and to expand the company's operational infrastructure.", "http: www.gforcesystems.com Free Domain Name Firm Namezero Raises $6.8 Million Series B LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Namezero.com, which provides free domain names and domain name POP e-mail, said it raised $6.8 million in its Series B funding.", "The round was led by previous investor WaldenVC and included investments from previous investors Arcadian Venture Partners and Whitman Capital.", "The company said it will use the funding to manage its membership growth.", "Phil Sanderson, a general partner with WaldenVC, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.namezero.com Music Portal Site Net4Music Raises $16 Million Third Round NEW YORK -- Net4Music, which operates a Web portal allowing musicians to download music, said it raised $16 million in its third round of funding."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}]} {"question": "The Founding Partner at Vision Venture Partners who leads its Executive Operating Committee was the CEO of which company when he invested in ViAir?", "answer": "VeriSign", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53415", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Stratton Sclavos", "sents": ["Stratton Sclavos (born 1961) is an entrepreneur, chief executive, and venture investor in the technology, professional sports and lifestyle industries.", "He is currently a Founding Partner at Vision Venture Partners (VVP), a Beverly Hills-based private equity firm, where he leads the Executive Operating Committee, providing management oversight, strategic planning and operational guidance to each of VVP\u2019s portfolio companies."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e4375_p27", "sents": ["Mr. Hale previously served as president and COO of Beech Street.", "LinkMe2 plans to spin off from Beech Street in the first quarter of 2001 with a venture round of between $5 million and $10 million.", "The company is negotiating with venture capital firms and possible strategic partners.", "LinkMe2 will provide information for the health care industry, specializing on the claims process.", "Telephone 949-465-7221. o Wireless Infrastructure and Service Firm ViAir Names New CEO SEATTLE -- ViAir, a provider of communication services and software infrastructure for the wireless Web, said it named Bruce Chatterley as the new chief executive officer.", "Mr. Chatterley replaces Sung Rhee as CEO, who will continue with the company as chairman.", "Chatterley joins ViAir fro!", "m !", "Concur Technologies, where he was president of eServices and the small and middle markets unit.", "ViAir backers include The Barksdale Group, as well as individual investors Mike Volpi, senior vice president of business development and alliances at Cisco Systems; Stratton Sclavos, CEO of VeriSign; and Rob Guyton, co-founder of Inktomi."], "sp_sent_idx": [9]}]} {"question": "The approximately 165 mi long river in California lends its name to a 900 mile system ending in California and starting in what state?", "answer": "Wyoming", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53398", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Kern River", "sents": ["The Kern River is a river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 mi long.", "It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield.", "Fed by snowmelt near Mount Whitney, the river passes through scenic canyons in the mountains and is a popular destination for whitewater rafting and kayaking.", "It is the only major river in the Sierra Nevada mountain range that drains in a southerly direction."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e882_p1", "sents": ["Although she voted in favor of the certificate in the end, she questioned whether FERC \"should be willing to sacrifice careful review for speedy action.\"", "Breathitt further said she seriously doubted the so-called California Action expansion of the 900-mile,Wyoming-to-California Kern River system merited the \"extraordinary regulatory treatment\" that the Commission gave it.", "Critics claim that the $81 million project will not flow any more gas to the Wheeler Ridge Interconnection in California than is currently available there, she noted, adding that it would simply displace existing gas.", "I]t will not necessarily result in any net increase of natural gas in the California marketplace.", "This makes it difficult to understand just how our approval of Kern River's proposal is going to assist in increasing electric generation in California this summer,\" Breathitt said.", "If anything, she noted the project could make the congestion problem at Wheeler Ridge even worse than it is."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "Which country is responsible for emitting approximately 25% of the pollutants that would be restrained under the plan worked on at the talks in Kyoto hosted by the person who is now visiting professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Ciudad Col\u00f3n, Costa Rica?", "answer": "U.S.", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53395", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Jan Pronk", "sents": ["Johannes Pieter \"Jan\" Pronk (] ; born 16 March 1940) is a Dutch politician, diplomat, and professor.", "He has been visiting professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Ciudad Col\u00f3n, Costa Rica, since 2009."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e804_p19", "sents": ["European Union officials are hoping to jump-start talks to implement the Kyoto plan ahead of a meeting of world environment ministers in July in Bonn.", "Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk, who is mediating the Kyoto talks, plans to issue a proposal on how to restart talks within the next few days.", "He meets with fellow ministers and civil servants in New York on April 21. No Sanctions The EU is holding back from backing any sanctions against the U.S., which spews a quarter of the pollutants that would be restrained under the Kyoto plan.", "It wants to see alternative proposals on fighting global warming.", "``I don't think it's time now to talk about sanctions,'' Margot Wallstroem, the EU environment commissioner, said at a briefing in Brussels.", "``When they come to Bonn and give their view, from then on it's time to decide what to do.''", "Greenpeace is sending a questionnaire to the 100 biggest United States companies, named by Fortune Magazine, about whether they support the Kyoto plan and how they feel about Bush's opposition."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 2]}]} {"question": "Through Spectranet, Bharti would have the ability to offer basic services to two cities, ahead of competitors like Reliance and Essar. One of these cities is the third most populous city in India; what is the other city?", "answer": "Delhi", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53372", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Bangalore", "sents": ["Bangalore ( ), officially known as Bengaluru (] ), is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.", "It has a population of about 8.42 million and a metropolitan population of about 8.52 million , making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India.", "It is located in southern India on the Deccan Plateau.", "Its elevation is over 3000 ft above sea level, the highest of India's major cities."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e619_p48", "sents": ["Similarly, Bharti has also announced its plans to enter the NLD service segment.", "Through Spectranet, Bharti would be able to offer basic services in Delhi and Bangalore, much ahead of the other players like Reliance and Essar.", "Bharti, which has itself laid about 100 km of optic fibre in Delhi, has applied for basic telephony licences in eight states, including Delhi and Karnataka.", "Great Expectations Despite the hype, worldwide broadband penetration is presently very low.", "And India is no exception.", "Take, for example, the United States where only 1.8 per cent of homes have broadband access, while 27 per cent have narrowband access.", "However, most analysts say that in the next five years, at least 50 per cent of online homes in the US will have broadband access via modems.", "However, the Asia-Pacific region is moving faster than the West as far as broadband connectivity is concerned.", "For instance, Singapore is fully broadband-wired."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "At a time when President Bush was asking Congress to lengthen by a year the amount of time China's regular trade status with the U.S. was active for, the intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade that was begun under the Marrakesh Agreement had been doing what to China?", "answer": "delaying its application", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53368", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "World Trade Organization", "sents": ["The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.", "The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.", "It is the largest international economic organization in the world.", "The WTO deals with regulation of trade between participating countries by providing a framework for negotiating trade agreements and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments.", "Most of the issues that the WTO focuses on derive from previous trade negotiations, especially from the Uruguay Round (1986\u20131994)."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3523_p46", "sents": ["He could not even convince them that their countries faced the threat of missile attack.", "A14 Senator Joseph R. Biden, Democrat of Delaware, said he would broaden debate over the Bush plan after he becomes Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman next week.", "A10 China Trade Extension President Bush said he would ask Congress to extend China's normal trade status with the United States for a year, a stopgap measure made necessary because Beijing, having won approval from Congress last year to enter the World Trade Organization, is delaying its application.", "A4 Ukraine Confirms Premier Anatoly Kinakh, a National Democratic Party member, lobbyist and ally of President Leonid Kuchma, was confirmed as prime minister by Parliament, quieting for now a political crisis that has sapped Mr. Kuchma's popularity and power.", "A7 Some Progress in Macedonia Feuding political leaders promised to resume talks, averting a collapse of the unity government, but fighting between the national forces and ethnic Albanian rebels continued."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "The American actor who played Butch in the 1969 film \"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\" visited UC Berkley to teach about what, according to an article published by The Daily Cal on September 8?", "answer": "Generosity", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53367", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Paul Newman", "sents": ["Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 \u2013 September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist.", "He won and was nominated for numerous awards, winning an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film \"The Color of Money\", a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others.", "Newman's other roles include the title characters in \"The Hustler\" (1961) and \"Cool Hand Luke\" (1967), as well as \"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\" (1969), as Butch Cassidy, \"The Sting\" (1973), and \"The Verdict\" (1982).", "He also voiced Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's \"Cars\", and received a posthumous credit for his voice recordings in \"Cars 3\" (2017)."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e4070_p7", "sents": ["Their book, Information Rules, was also mentioned.", "The Haas School was mentioned in an article on nonprofit managers in the Greensboro News and Record on September 10. The Daily Cal published an article, \"Actor Paul Newman Visits UC Berkeley, Teaches About Generosity,\" on September 8. Wired News published an article on \"Newman's own philanthropy plan\" on September 8. The article also mentions Van Loo's philanthropy course, and quotes first-year MBA students Tony Shen and Jill Snyder.", "Read the full text at http: www.wired.com news business 0,1367,38510,00.html.", "The Contra Costa Times covered the Paul Newman event and mentioned Van Loo's course in an article published on September 8. The article can be found at http: www.contracostatimes.com news stories_news newman_20000908.htm.", "Borenstein was quoted in a September 7, San Francisco Chronicle article on electricity rates, saying that it is easy after the fact to argue that San Diego Gas & Electric should have hedged electricity prices, but the hedge price could have just as easily been higher than the price SDG&E ended up paying."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "A toy company that was founded in 1922 and that went out of business in 2009 purchased the intellectual property and inventory of which online toy store?", "answer": "EToys", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53314", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "KB Toys", "sents": ["K\u00b7B Toys (known as Kay Bee Toys until 1997) was a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States.", "Founded in 1922, it operated, at its height, 1300 stores across all 50 states, and went out of business in 2009. International retailer Toys \"R\" Us acquired the remains of K\u00b7B Toys, consisting mainly of its website, trademarks, and intellectual property rights."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e3035_p1", "sents": ["Just as the site does with books and music, it intends to make recommendations of films and alert users to similar films that may be of interest.", "-- KB Toys in new EToys.com pact KB Toys said Friday it has bid approximately $3.35 million to buy intellectual property assets and services of bankrupt online retailer EToys.", "The deal covers trade names, logos, URLs and trademarks.", "EToys also has agreed to contact customers and tell them they can continue to make purchases online via the KBkids.com Web site.", "Last month, KB Toys bought inventory assets of EToys.", "Besides its online presence, KB Toys operates more than 1,300 stores in shopping malls.", "-- Munder's Net fund said to reopen Munder Capital Management, a unit of Comerica, is reported to be planning to reopen its NetNet Fund after closing it a year ago.", "The fund, with $2.4 billion in assets, is down 26% in the year to date, after losing 54% last year, according to Morningstar."], "sp_sent_idx": [1, 4]}]} {"question": "The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1995 to 1999 was involved in what area of government under AP Silvio Berlusconi's tenure as Prime Minister?", "answer": "Foreign affairs", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53310", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Renato Ruggiero", "sents": ["Renato Ruggiero (9 April 1930 \u2013 4 August 2013) was an Italian politician.", "He was Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e5547_p3", "sents": ["Fine by me, said the interior minister, Otto Schily.", "Not by us, said many voters.", "The Christian Democrats faced both ways.", "AP Silvio Berlusconi took office as Italy ,s prime minister.", "His number two: the post-fascist National Alliance ,s Gianfranco Fini.", "A ministry (institutio nal reform and devolution) for the Northern League ,s Umberto Bossi.", "Treasury minister: Giulio Tremonti, a former tax lawyer.", "Foreign affairs: Renato Ruggiero, once at the WTO.", "See article: Italy ,s new government E+ Ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia said they were ready to &demilitarise 8 but only as part of a peace plan implemented by NATO.", "War in Macedonia, and NATO ,s possible role there, was high on the agenda of the Brussels summi t of western leaders.", "See article: Fear of civil war in Macedonia E+ Africa ,s past and present A Belgian court sentenced two Rwandan nuns to 12 and 15 years in prison.", "A university professor got 12 years and a former government minister 20. They were responsible for helping to murder 7,000 people as part of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Heavy fighting between the army and rebels was reported in the country ,s north-west."], "sp_sent_idx": [3, 7]}]} {"question": "What is the name of an oil scandal that occurred during the presidency of the 29th president?", "answer": "the Teapot Dome oil scandal", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53300", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Warren G. Harding", "sents": ["Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 \u2013 August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923.", "At the time of his death, he was one of the most popular presidents, but the subsequent exposure of scandals that took place under his administration, such as Teapot Dome, eroded his popular regard, as did revelations of an affair by Nan Britton, one of his mistresses.", "In historical rankings of the U.S. presidents, Harding is often rated among the worst."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e5533_p63", "sents": ["Still, the authority to investigate has always been one of Congress' most potent tools, particularly when Capitol Hill and the White House are held by different parties.", "Over the last century, congressional hearings have largely divided int o three categories.", "One tradition centers on allegations of ethical wrongdoin g in the executive branch--such as the probes that unearthed the Teapot Dome oil scandal during Warren G. Harding's presidency, vetted the Watergate burglary that led to President Nixon's downfall or examined the Whitewater land deal and campaign fund-raising during Clinton's presidency.", "Hearings also have been used to look for misbehavior in the private sector, usually as an attempt to lay the groundwork for reform legislation, such as the Depression-era hearings on the stock market crash that led to t he creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.", "And, finally, legislators have used the hearing forum as a competitor to the president's bully pulpit--as a means to draw attention to ideas the Whi te House opposes."], "sp_sent_idx": [2]}]} {"question": "Who is the managing director of the sustainability-focused institution founded in 1982 and with an annual budget of approximately $30 million that merged with Carbon War Room?", "answer": "Karl R?bago,", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53286", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Rocky Mountain Institute", "sents": ["Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an organization in the United States dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability, with a special focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency.", "RMI was established in 1982 and has grown into a broad-based institution with 150+ staff and an annual budget of some $30 million.", "RMI's work is independent and non-adversarial, with a strong emphasis on market-based solutions.", "The institute, including recently merged Carbon War Room, operates across 9 different initiative areas: Electricity Platform, Renewables Solutions, Buildings, Reinventing Fire: China, Smart Island Economies, Mobility Transformation, Shipping Efficiency, Sunshine for Mines, Sustainable Aviation, and Trucking Efficiency.", "The work of RMI has benefited more than 80 Fortune 500 companies in a diverse range of sectors.", "RMI is headquartered in Basalt, Colorado, and also maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado, New York City, Washington D.C. and Beijing, China."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e165_p1", "sents": ["Featured Speakers: Karl R?bago, Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute A former Public Utility Commissioner for the State of Texas and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Utility Technologies for the United States DOE, R?bago has played a leadership role in shaping the national agenda in utility regulation and restructuring, energy efficiency and renewable energy.", "An expert on new personal power energy markets, R?bago currently consults wit h large and small businesses, government agencies and other organizations to practically and profitably implement principles of sustainability through Natural Capitalism.", "John Hanger, President and CEO, Citizens for Pennsylvania ,s Future (PennFuture) John Hanger is President and CEO of PennFuture, a statewide public interest membership group that works to protect Pennsylvania ,s environment and improve its economy.", "From 1993 to 1998, Hanger served as a Commissioner wi th the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and has been described by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Harrisburg Patriot-News as the \"architect,\" \"the lynchpin\" and the \"driving force\" of Pennsylvania ,s transition to electric competition."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "What entity raised $6.5 million in Series C funding round led by SAP Ventures and then entity founded in 1920 that is based in Kingsport, Tennessee?", "answer": "Sequencia", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53277", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Eastman Chemical Company", "sents": ["Eastman Chemical Company is an American Fortune 500 company, is a global specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals and fibers for everyday purposes.", "Founded in 1920 and based in Kingsport, Tennessee, the company now has more than 40 manufacturing sites worldwide and employs approximately 15,000 people."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e9431_p14", "sents": ["Phase Forward, which has raised $64 million to date, said it will use the funds to expand its customer support and technology deployment.", "http: www.phaseforward.com Greenhill Capital Partners Takes 13% Stake in Meritage NEW YORK -- Greenhill Capital Partners, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, said it acquired a 13% preferred securities equity stake in Meritage Technologies, a provider of e-commerce consulting and professional services.", "Scott L. Bok of Greenhill Capital Partners will join Meritage's board of directors.", "The company plans to use Greenhill's investment for geographic expansion, internal growth, recruitment, and strategic acquisitions.", "http: www.meritagetech.com Sequencia Secures $6.5 Million in Series C Funding Round PHOENIX -- Sequencia, a developer of software applications for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, said it has secured $6.5 million in its Series C funding round led by Eastman Chemical Company and SAP Ventures.", "Existing investors Brinson Partners, Valley, Norwest Ventures, Applied Technology, Solstice, Wolf Ventures, and Coronado Ventures also participated."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "What politician who ran a failed US presidential primary campaign in 1998 believed the energy crisis facing the California area is a problem that could be solved without hurting the environment?", "answer": "Dick Gephardt", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53275", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dick Gephardt", "sents": ["Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003.", "He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004.", "Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e2868_p37", "sents": ["The Democrats' initiative is an effort to take the steam out of the energy strategy President Bush will unveil Thursday.", "That proposal is expected to emphasize opening new areas to oil and gas exploration and building hundred s of new power plants, but will not include temporary price caps on electricity.", "Many in California and the West regard caps as crucial to curb runaway prices.", "California Democrats also expect that the Bush administration will call for reopening areas off the California coast to oil and gas leasing, and they will announce today a resolution in opposition to any such proposal.", "At a luncheon with reporters, House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt said he thinks the energy crisis can be solved without \"sacrificing\" the environmen t. \"Most people want an energy policy that is consistent with the Clean Air an d Clean Water acts,\" Gephardt said.", "Gephardt criticized the administration for pressing to open the coast of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, saying it would take too long and produce too little oil to help the current crisis."], "sp_sent_idx": [2, 4]}]} {"question": "The Canadian-American actor best known for the Blues Brothers sketch he performed with John Belushi played which US president in a Saturday Night Live skit involving radiation exposure?", "answer": "Jimmy Carter", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53262", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dan Aykroyd", "sents": ["Daniel Edward Aykroyd {'1': \", '2': \", '3': \", '4': \"} (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, musician and businessman.", "He was an original member of the \"Not Ready for Prime Time Players\" on \"Saturday Night Live\" (1975\u20131979).", "A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on \"SNL\", The Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then a highly successful 1980 film, also called \"The Blues Brothers\"."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1, 2]}, {"title": "e3140_p120", "sents": ["Put another way, excluding Chernobyl, nuclear power plants have never harmed the public Irrational fears Contributing to the anti-nuclear atmosphere were such films as 1979's \"The China Syndrome,\" starring Jane Fonda and 1983's \"Silkwood,\" starring Meryl Streep.", "And let's not forget one of the funnier skits on \"Saturday Night Live\" in 1979, in which Dan Aykroyd played President Jimmy Carter, who becomes irradiated touring \"Two Mile Island\" after an accident and grows in to The Amazing Colossal President.", "In California, sentiment was set by then-Gov.", "Jerry Brown, whose chief of staff was Gray Davis, now California's governor.", "\"Well, it's not completely clear to me what a reasonably scientific position is on nuclear power - except to say that where there are other potentially less destructive alternatives, it doesn't make much sense to rush to increase dependency on nuclear power plants.", "In California there are alternatives such as conservation, cogeneration combined cycle, geothermal and solar energy."], "sp_sent_idx": [1]}]} {"question": "The former political reporter who is an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Communication at The American University wrote a story about skepticism of Bush by the American public in what paper in May of 2001?", "answer": "The Washington Times", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53251", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Richard Benedetto", "sents": ["Richard Benedetto is a retired political reporter who is currently an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Communication at The American University in Washington, D.C.", "He also teaches in The Fund For American Studies Program at George Mason University.", "He is founding member of the \"USA Today\" staff, wrote the first cover story for that newspaper, and spent many years as its White House correspondent."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e3153_p1", "sents": ["A18, 374 words, And Now, Today's Blackout Forecast, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 22, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A16;, 167 words, GILROY; Davis licenses 8th emergency power plant San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 22, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A13, 669 words, Power plant 'ramping' to be probed; State senators also expected to file suit, charging federal regulators with failing to ensure fair rates, Christian Berthelsen San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 22, 2001, TUESDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "A1, 1527 words, Half-hour notice of blackouts planned; FAST ALERTS: Power grid operator may send voice, e-mail messages, Lynda Gledhill, Sacramento USA TODAY, May 22, 2001, Tuesday, FIRST EDITION, NEWS;, Pg.", "5A, 492 words, Americans anxious about gas prices and energy woes, skeptical of Bush, Richard Benedetto The Washington Times, May 22, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, PART A; NATION; INSIDE POLITICS; Pg.", "A6, 1242 words, Greg Pierce; THE WASHINGTON TIMES Chicago Tribune, May 22, 2001 Tuesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION, News; Pg."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "The person who became dean of the Texas congressional delegation after the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall is chairman of what subcommittee?", "answer": "Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53217", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Joe Barton", "sents": ["Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth Metroplex.", "Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.", "Barton came to national prominence after telling a citizen at a town hall meeting to \"shut up\", although the citizen later claimed he deserved it."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e6408_p6", "sents": ["(3) Finally, we would ask that if you support such legislation, that you wo rk with our Committee so that we can truly try and resolve this issue in a targeted provision which helps ensure the lights stay on in California this summer.", "Thank you in advance for your consideration of our requests.", "Sincerely, W.J.", "(Billy) Tauzin Chairman Energy and Commerce Committee Joe Barton Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Peter Sheffield 202.225.5735 Carin Nersesian Legislative Coordinator Enron Corp. 1775 Eye St. NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 202-466-9144 (ph.)", "202-828-3372 (fax)"], "sp_sent_idx": [3]}]} {"question": "What leadership position did this American politician born on January 31, 1941 serve in the House at the time he and Western-state lawmakers requested to appear before the commission chaired by Curt Hebert to argue their support for cost-based price controls in the electricity markets?", "answer": "House Minority Leader", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53212", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Dick Gephardt", "sents": ["Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003.", "He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004.", "Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e5447_p1", "sents": ["The commission's meeting notice provides no details, except to list for discussion four cases involving price mitigation in, and the structure of, volatile power markets in California and 10 other Western states.", "The meeting comes as members of Congress are placing enormous political pressure on the commission to take more drastic action to contain runaway electricity prices in the region.", "Last week, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., joined 21 Western-state congressional lawmakers to request an opportunity to appear before the commission to argue their case for cost-based price controls in the region's electricity markets.", "\"At least twice, FERC has determined that the Western electricity market is 'dysfunctional' and that prices are 'unjust and unreasonable' under the Federal Power Act.", "Despite these findings, and contrary to the law, the commission has failed to bring these rates to just and reasonable levels,\" the lawmakers said in a letter to FERC Chairman Curt Hebert."], "sp_sent_idx": [2, 4]}]} {"question": "What percentage of transmission network does National Grid USA control this geographical region made up of six northeastern United States?", "answer": "30%", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53203", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "New England", "sents": ["New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.", "It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively.", "The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south.", "Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city.", "The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}, {"title": "e2868_p216", "sents": ["Transmission congestion in New England has risen sharply since 1999 and is expected to double in and around Boston by 2005. \"If there's a bottleneck, then the cheapest power plant may not be dispatched,\" said Ian Davis, vice president of transmission for National Gr id USA, which controls roughly 30% of New England's transmission network.", "These issues and others will resonate across the United States and Canada as politicians, utility executives, special interest groups and consumers look for a balance among rising electric demand, environmental and lifestyle protection and the need to make a buck.", "Binary world Here's the irony: In its simplest form, today's digital economy relies on binary computer code to either turn a system \"on\" or \"off.\"", "As demand for power grows, the options for electric power appear increasingly binary, too \"You can build a transmission line and a power plant, or sweat in the dark, said Doug Logan, principal with RDI Consulting."], "sp_sent_idx": [0]}]} {"question": "Who was a vice president of engineering at the company that, at its height, accounted for over a third of the total valuation of all companies listed on the TSX, prior to joining Geyser Networks?", "answer": "Steve Heinen", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53182", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Nortel", "sents": ["Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited, Northern Electric and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.", "It was founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1895 as the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company.", "At its height, Nortel accounted for more than a third of the total valuation of all the companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), employing 94,500 people worldwide."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 2]}, {"title": "e3442_p8", "sents": ["http: www.aurigin.com Enterprise Outlook 2001 TECHNOLOGY Nortel Exec Steve Heinen Joins Geyser Networks as Eng.", "VP mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Geyser Networks, a provider of optical communication systems for multi-media service delivery, said it named Steve Heinen as vice president of engineering.", "Mr. Heinen succeeds co-founder Gordon Lee, who assumes the role of chief technology officer.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Heinen was vice president of engineering at Nortel Networks.", "Geyser is backed by Acorn Technology Group, Boston Millennia Partners, Crimson, Motorola, Sequoia Capital, VantagePoint Venture Partners, and Vertex Management.", "http: www.geysernetworks.com Promotional Agency RealTime Media Appoints Two Senior Execs mail?", "top WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (VENTUREWIRE) -- RealTime Media, an online promotional agency, has announced the appointment of Karen Dicks as chief technology officer.", "Ms. Dicks previously served as co-founder and vice president for technology consulting firm Advocate Consulting Services.", "Additionally, the company said that Glenn Goldberg has joined the company as senior vice president of sales and marketing."], "sp_sent_idx": [2, 4]}]} {"question": "What presidential candidate is also the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee? ", "answer": "John McCain", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53174", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "John McCain", "sents": ["John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, in that office since 1987.", "He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e10491_p143", "sents": ["The Federal Trade Commission says it will change several premerger filing requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) antitrust law, including increasing from $15 million to $50 million the transaction value threshold for merging companies to notify the FTC.", "The changes, which go into effect Feb. 1, include a new tiered fee structure, which requires merging companie s to pay $45,000 for transactions valued at less than $100 million, $125,000 for transactions valued between $100 million and $500 million, and $280,000 for transactions valued at $500 million or more.", "Former President Bill Clinton signed off on the changes Dec. 21, 2000. A complete listing of the new rules is available on the FTC 's Web site at http: www.ftc.gov.", "The naming of Michael K. Powell to be FCC chairman drew praise from key U.S lawmakers last week.", "Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committe e Chairman John McCain (R., Ariz.) believes Mr. Powell will make \"an exceptional chairman, his spokeswoman said."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "In which Congressional session, was the effort of this American politician and sociologist born on March 16, 1927 for tax credit extension and deployment of high-speed internet facilities revived?", "answer": "the 107th Congress", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53161", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Daniel Patrick Moynihan", "sents": ["Daniel Patrick \"Pat\" Moynihan (March 16, 1927\u00a0\u2013 March 26, 2003) was an American politician, sociologist, and diplomat.", "A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate and served as an adviser to Republican President Richard Nixon."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e10321_p3", "sents": ["The FCC had granted U S WEST some of the relief it sought on the grounds that its pricing flexibility rules didn't require U S WEST to show a loss of market power.", "The court found that the FCC can't use its pricing flexibility rules as a substitute for its statutory mandate to consider requests for forbearance.", "\"Congress has established section 10 [of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended] as a viable and independent means of seeking forbearance,\" the court said.", "\"The Commission has no authority to sweep it away by mere reference to another, very different, regulatory mechanism.\"", "SENATE FINANCE MEMBERS GET BEHIND BROADBAND ROLLOUT TAX-CREDIT PLAN Former New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D.) may have retired, but his push to extend tax credits to carriers that deploy high-speed Internet facilities has been revived in the 107th Congress by key Democrats and Republicans who control the congressional purse strings."], "sp_sent_idx": [4]}]} {"question": "The investors in U3 Pharma's Series A round of funding were individuals, a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Dr. Jean Deleage, and which other investor?", "answer": "BioM", "_id": "PAIRIDX:53139", "domain": [1, 0], "type": "bridge", "sp": [{"title": "Alta Partners", "sents": ["Alta Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA.", "The company was founded in 1996 by Dr. Jean Deleage, Ph.D., who was also a founder of the venture capital firms Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. (BEDCO) and Sofinnova, together with Garrett Gruener, a former general partner at BEDCO."], "sp_sent_idx": [0, 1]}, {"title": "e28042_p3", "sents": ["Investments will include acquisitions, minority stakes, licensing, and joint ventures.", "