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"Jane gave Joan candy because she wasn't hungry." is a true sentence.
Does this mean that "Jane wasn't hungry."?
Options are: 1. no. 2. yes. | 2. | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
You will be given a text below. Complete the text.
`` there is a reason for that my dear elf . furthermore , we ask that if you know of the whereabouts of the white steel , please tell us . the steel is essential to rebuild our original home in western lands . '' eckxio mused about what kuah said . `` i am sorry , '' he said , `` i do not know where to find this | steel | 3 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Complete the following sentence.
Samuel was always given terrible service compared to Justin, by reason of
*Samuel being a rude person.. *Justin being a rude person.. | Samuel being a rude person. | 8 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
I think a nap will be in order later . Of course HB was awake at the crack of dawn and wandering around . And he woke me up so I could share in his boredom .
Based on the preceding passage, choose your answer for question How did I feel when I was woken up ?
Select from: [i] I was bored and did n't care . [ii] I was annoyed and frustrated . [iii] I was happy and glad . [iv] I was so glad that I was awoken .
The answer is: | [ii] | 3 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Revisiting The 1930s
We think we know the 1930s. It's easy to visualize the bleak bread lines, the black storms of the Dust Bowl, the jaunty angle of FDR's cigarette. Too easy. Though the Depression and the New Deal were the defining characteristics of the decade, they weren't the only characteristics. It was also a time of staggering technological innovation. Air-conditioning, commercial television, airline travel and color film all date from the 1930s. New types of businesses-- supermarkets, miniature golf courses, photo magazines--were founded and flourished. Nor did all investments founder: Savvy speculators who poured money into steel, oil and sugar companies at the bottom of the market in 1933 made out like bandits. Many people suffered, but others, like Howard Hughes, Gene Autry and Aristotle Onassis, laid the cornerstones during these years for vast fortunes. Revisit the 1930s--this time with your eyes open.
New research is rewriting the story of the 1930s.
The 1939 World's Fair in New York capped a decade of furious invention and innovation.
A Storehouse of Facts for Men Who Seek to Utilize Nation's Latent and Enormous Buying Power -- The Example of Miniature Golf
The man whose wealth awed the world still displays the qualities that make a man win.
These companies fared better in the '30s than they did in the Roaring '20s.
Hollywood-inspired styles define the decade.
J.B. Priestley found three different Englands on his ''English Journey'' of 1933, but imagined just one.
In 1930, Michael Cullen invented the supermarket and led the American public into the low prices of the promised land.
Of the 1930s, that is.
New research suggests the main culprit was government policies that interfered with the labor markets.
Nicholas Dreystadt kept the brand from going the way of the Duesenberg and the Marmon.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
* Calculated based on data from CRSP US Stock Database © 2009 Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
What entrepreneurs can learn from recession-era campaigns.
History suggests that even the deepest downturns can create huge opportunities for companies with money and ideas.
By Melanie Lindner and Anne Mintz
Recessions can inspire great entrepreneurial achievement. Here are some examples from the last 200 years.
Deficits were too small, not too large.
Our wallets were thin but our dreams were big and we worked our way up and out of the economic stew.
Designed by Blair M. Ellis
What are the most important parts of this text? | Look beyond the bread lines and the decade shines with technological innovation, business breakthroughs and social experimentation. | 5 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In a grassland ecosystem, organisms of the same species eat the same food. When there is a lack of rain, which is most likely increased?
Choose from:
A). carrying capacity;
B). population density;
C). competition for space;
D). competition for resources; | D). | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: Clyde F.C. 's football ground is called Broadwood Stadium.
What data can be extracted from this sentence? | Clyde F.C., ground, Broadwood Stadium | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Complete: we 're looking for the baker . '' `` well , you 've just found him , '' the big man said with a grin as he came out from behind the counter . `` i 'm frosty , '' he said , sticking out his hand . seamus took the offered hand and shook it firmly . `` hi , frosty , i 'm | seamus | 6 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
am i the only one who saw the connection between the discussion of camus 'the myth of sisyphus' and mary's life? in camus version a man is condemned to spend his eternity with a giant boulder that he must roll up a hill. unfortunately every time he reaches the top the boulder slips and ends up back at the bottom for him to start. there may have been a buzzard pecking at his eyes, i'm not sure right now. in the movie mary spends her life struggling to get her life together, unfortunately every time she gains any footing she falls and loses everything. case in point would be the party she throws where she gets intoxicated, offends her falafel lover, and is practically attacked by liev schrieber. in case you question this theory, note how this scene ends with her attempting to climb a flight of stars while books fall from nowhere impeding her progress until ultimately she passes out. the next morning when she awakens she is still on the stairs, never having reached the top.
Did this review think positively or negatively of the movie (see options below)?
Options: a. negative b. positive...I think the answer is | b. | 4 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
She swallowed hard, unsure if she had the nerve to go ahead. The memory of the pain in Tara's eyes last night decided her. Did he really expect her to believe that Tara was only the housekeeper?
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Tara was only the housekeeper
Possible answers:
-- Yes.
-- No.
-- It's impossible to say. | No | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Q: who came to the throne of england as a result of the glorious revolution? A: | Mary II | 9 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How is "I did not wish to interrupt."" said in Czech? | Nechtěl jsem vás vyrušovat." | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "Fibrous tissue contracts to" | muscles pull bones to move the bones | 7 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Jsem tu kurva abych tě rozveselil?
Translate to English
English: | I'm here to fucking amuse you? | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a summary based on this article:
Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil a new iPhone lineup on Wednesday, and it's virtually guaranteed to be a success. But that may not be his most important announcement.
Much bigger news for Apple's business this week could be the long-rumored giant iPad.
IPad sales have fallen for six straight quarters (and in seven of the past nine quarters). The general downward trend for the iPad -- and tablets in general -- has occurred largely as smartphone screen sizes continue to get bigger.
Publicly, at least, Apple doesn't appear too worried about the iPad.
Cook has noted that the number of people who say they want to buy an iPad and still haven't purchased one is large.
And the big iPhone 6 Plus is selling well. So while the iPad is slumping, that's at least partially because of Apple's own gadget.
Yet that also makes Apple even more reliant on its smartphone. The iPhone now makes up nearly two-thirds of Apple's sales, up from just over half a year ago.
That's where the "iPad Pro" (or iPad Air Plus, or whatever it'll be called) comes in. A device that fits between the iPad and a Mac could be a compelling gadget that the iPhone couldn't cannibalize -- and particularly interesting to a segment of customers that Apple has been targeting lately.
Related: What will Apple announce on Wednesday?
Apple has struggled to get its computers into the workforce. Only 29% of corporations have at least one Mac in their offices, according to Spiceworks, an online network of millions of IT professionals.
IPads and particularly iPhones have a much larger presence in the corporate world, but they haven't been deployed in full force like Windows-based laptops and desktops have been.
In an effort to jumpstart its business presence, Apple has struck recent partnerships with IBM (IBM, Tech30) and Cisco (CSCO, Tech30), hoping to piggyback on their strong relationships with corporate IT departments.
Apple has also added some much-needed productivity capabilities to its new iOS 9 software, including cursor control and the ability to run two apps side-by-side.
The rumor is a big iPad will have a 13-inch screen. If used with a stylus, such a device could be a powerful tool for business professionals.
It would go head-to-head with Microsoft's (MSFT, Tech30) suddenly popular Surface, which offers customers a full Windows 10 PC in a tablet form, along with a cover that doubles as a keyboard and a digital pen.
For people who don't need the power of a full PC but still want a big screen for getting work done, the iPad Pro could be a good choice.
Apple is expected to unveil other product news on Wednesday, including updates to its Mac and Apple TV lineups. And the recent upgrade of the Apple Watch operating system could help boost sales for the holidays.
But the iPad -- Apple's second-best selling product -- could have a chance at a turn around. The iPad Pro could help. ||||| Alongside the new iPhones, new Apple TV, new Apple Watch bands, and a gold anodized version of the Apple Watch Sport, Apple plans to debut a pair of new iPads on Wednesday: the larger iPad Pro and a new iPad mini. Since our report last week that the iPad Pro would be unveiled at this event, we’ve gathered a few more details about the device from several sources who have either used the iPad Pro or are familiar with the product.
Unlike earlier iPads, which have started at 16GB of capacity and been designed to appeal in both pricing and size to the masses, even the base model iPad Pro will have features fitting its name. We’re also hearing that it’s coming a little later than originally expected, but will still make it out by year’s end…
First, we understand that production of the new tablet is running slightly behind schedule. While Apple still plans to announce the device this week, open up pre-orders in October, and begin shipping in November, we understand that the first shipments may fall towards the end of November. Even then, it seems likely that the device will experience initial supply constraints, despite a higher set of price tags than existing iPad models.
We’ve also learned that the base model of iPad Pro will likely ship with 64GB of storage, which is substantially more space than the 16GB base models of the iPad Air and iPad mini lines. Apple will also sell a pricier 128GB model. The device will run iOS 9.1, the first full point release to iOS 9. While the new iPhones will come in an additional Rose Gold color, we’re told that the iPad Pro is likely to ship in the prior Gold, Silver, and Space Grey variations to start.
As with the iPad Air and Mini lines, the Pro will be available with built-in LTE capabilities. We’re told that the pricing of the highest-end iPad Pro versions with LTE chips will compare closely to Apple’s latest MacBooks. As the iPad Pro will support a new Apple-designed Bluetooth keyboard, customers may have a tough choice in the $1,000+ price range when looking for either a large-sized iPad or small-sized MacBook.
Speaking of the larger screen, we have been told that the 12.9-inch display is a “monster.” To give it truly “Pro” capabilities, the iPad Pro’s landscape split-screen mode will be bolstered to allow two full-sized portrait iPad apps to be displayed. This is unlike the split-screen mode on the iPad Air 2 and upcoming iPad mini 4 that condenses portrait iPad apps to fit side-by-side in landscape mode. The iPad Pro will include an A9X chip, which we’ve heard will be a “large” leap over the Air 2’s A8X. It will also have four stereo speakers, but a single Lightning port on the bottom.
Lastly, we’re told that Apple has decided not to bundle the iPad Pro with either the new Force Touch-integrated iPad stylus or keyboard. These accessories will be sold separately. We’re told Apple has developed two versions of an iPad Pro keyboard attachment: one that doubles as a case and another that is more similar to the Apple Wireless Keyboard it has previously sold for Macs and iPads. It remains to be seen whether Apple announces one or both on Wednesday. Apple will also sell its usual portfolio of Smart Covers and Smart Cases that are tweaked for the larger iPad.
You can read our extensive roundup to learn about Apple’s other announcements in store for September 9th. ||||| Apple's long-awaited iPad Pro, rumored to be unveiled Wednesday, will scrap the widely hated 16GB storage size on the base model, according to a new report. Sources speaking to 9to5Mac said that Apple is preparing to offer a base model storage capacity of 64GB on its 12.9-inch tablet, with a 128GB model also in the cards.
Apple has come under fire for refusing to raise the storage sizes on its cheapest iOS devices, with critics complaining that in an age of high-res video and demanding apps, 16GB is no longer enough. Phil Schiller, Apple's marketing senior vice president, explained in June that the company believes that as consumers use iCloud services more and more, the need for on-device storage is shrinking.
The device will not be an entry-level tablet, however, with prices expected to compare with Apple's latest MacBooks on the more expensive LTE variants. A new Apple-designed iPad stylus and keyboard will be sold separately. At this stage, it is unclear whether the keyboard will double as a case or whether it will be similar to the current wireless keyboard Apple sells. It is possible Apple will announce keyboards in both styles.
The 12.9-inch screen is also said to boost the split-screen capabilities introduced for the iPad Air 2 with the forthcoming iOS 9. On the iPad Pro, apps will run at full iPad size in split screen, working as if two regular iPads were placed side-by-side. The larger size also means the iPad Pro will have four speakers -- two more than usual -- but current speculation suggests there will not be a USB-C port as previously rumored.
The iPad Pro is speculated to ship in November, with preorders beginning in October. Apple's Wednesday event is also set to reveal an upgraded Apple TV, a new iPhone 6S and potentially new Apple Watch bands. |||||
Summary: | – Is Apple preparing to announce an all-new giant-sized iPad during its iPhone rollout event tomorrow? Probably. At least that's the consensus among tech reporters. The new larger iPad—likely to be called the iPad Pro—will have a 12.9-inch screen, storage between 64 gigabytes and 128 gigabytes, four speakers, and the ability to run two apps simultaneously next to each other, International Business Times reports. According to 9 to 5 Mac, there will also be a stylus and keyboard sold separately. The giant iPad is likely to be closer in cost to a MacBook than other iPads, the Times reports. CNN reports iPad sales have been dropping for 18 months—possibly due to smartphone screens getting larger—and the rumored iPad Pro could be an attempt to compete with the Microsoft Surface and get Apple products into more corporate offices. Less than one-third of corporations use Macs in their offices, and Apple has already made moves to change that, such as partnering with IBM and Cisco and adding new capabilities to its operating system. A larger iPad could be part of that effort. "If used with a stylus, such a device could be a powerful tool for business," CNN reports. In addition to the iPad Pro, other possible announcements at tomorrow's Apple event include a new Apple TV, a new iPhone 6S, new Apple Watch bands, and a new iPad mini. | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below. Choose from options.
France still maintains Ecu is the best denomination for the Maastricht single-currency..
The Scots pioneered the idea of a single currency, when they shared the Ecu with France during the Auld Alliance, and therefore they are certain to join in the monetary union process again when the EU states amalgamate their currencies under Maastricht.
Possible answers:
1). yes
2). no | 2). | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Note that this question lists possible answers. Which person is they referring to in the following sentence?
The separatists launched a surprise attack against the empire so they could turn the tide of battle.
Available choices:
(I) The separatists
(II) the empire | (I) | 8 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
A: I think so, I think, B: I really do. Oh, yeah, it's going to take, uh, you know, the police, I don't think can do it alone, you know.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
the police can do it alone
Options:
I. Yes.
II. No.
III. It's impossible to say. | II. | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question:
who has the most rushing tds in a season? | LaDainian Tomlinson | 2 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Mr Koizumi rebuked Mr Konoike , saying his remarks were " inappropriate " .
Koizumi told reporters at his office that Konoike 's remarks were " inappropriate . "
Select from the options at the end. Are these sentences conveying the same meaning?
Pick your answer from:
[-] no;
[-] yes; | yes | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: As part of an experiment, an astronaut takes a scale to the Moon and weighs himself. The scale reads 31 pounds. If the astronaut has a mass of about 84 kilograms, which are the approximate weight and mass of the astronaut when standing on the Earth?
What is the correct answer to the question from the following choices?
Possible answers: - 31 pounds and 14 kilograms - 31 pounds and 84 kilograms - 186 pounds and 14 kilograms - 186 pounds and 84 kilograms | 186 pounds and 84 kilograms | 2 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: MALABO Feb 5 The African Nations Cup semi-final was halted eight minutes from time on Thursday amid violent scenes as Ghana supporters sought refuge on the pitch while missiles rained down from angry Equatorial Guinea fans. Ghana were leading 3-0 in a tempestuous semi-final against the tournament hosts. (Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Ken Ferris)
Hypothesis: The African Nations Cup semi-final faced no obstacles | 9 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
A shoot-out is usually considered for statistical purposes to be separate from the match which preceded it. In the case of a two-legged fixture, the two matches are still considered either as two draws or as one win and one loss; in the case of a single match, it is still considered as a draw. This contrasts with a fixture won in extra time, where the score at the end of normal time is superseded. Converted shoot-out penalties are not considered as goals scored by a player for the purposes of their individual records, or for ``golden boot'' competitions.
Choose your answer: Is the following statement correct based on the text
does penalty shoot out count towards golden boot
Choose from:
(1). no
(2). yes | (1). | 7 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
(CNN) -- Shain Gandee, one of the stars of the MTV reality show "Buckwild," has been found dead along with two other people in Kanawha County, West Virginia, authorities said Monday. "This is a very sad and tragic event," Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper said. "We live in a very small community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Gandee family." Gandee, 21, was found dead in a vehicle along with his uncle, David Dwight Gandee, 48, and Donald Robert Myers, 27, authorities said. 'Buckwild' producer talks about the show "Earlier this day after releasing information Shain Gandee was missing, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office received word of a disabled vehicle in a wooded area near Thaxton Hollow, Sissonville, Kanawha County WV," said a statement from the Sheriff's Office. "Deputies and members of the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department used all terrain vehicles to access that vehicle, a 1984 Ford Bronco belonging to the Gandee family. The vehicle was in a muddy area along a worn path. Inside were the bodies of three people." In a subsequent release, the Sheriff's Office said the vehicle was partially submerged in mud. It was uneven but upright; its muffler was below the surface. Mud covered the lower part of the Bronco's passenger side door, but the driver's side, where the younger Gandee sat, was free, the Sheriff's Office said. Gandee was happy with life before death He was one of the nine cast members of "Buckwild." The show follows a group of young adults trying to have fun in Sissonville, West Virginia, pulling stunts such as turning a dump truck into a swimming pool or just riding around the woods on their all-terrain vehicles. Gandee was billed as a former high school prom king who had done "every job from coal mining to being a garbage man."
Choose from options: Based on the paragraph, does the response "Shain Gandee was found dead along with two other people: his uncle David Dwight Gandee and Donald Robert Myers" correctly answer the question "Was Shain Gandee alone when he was found dead?"?
Available options: I. no II. yes | II. | 4 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Сильное Унитарное Централизованное Украинское Государство с широкой автономией местных общин.
Translate to English
English: | Strong authoritarian personified government, against weakness, irresponsibility and impersonality of liberalism. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a goal: Prevent pain from rocks when camping.
Which way makes more sense to accomplish this goal?
Available choices:
(I) Use old newspapers as a sleeping bag liner.
(II) Use old bed sheet as a sleeping bag liner. | (II) | 1 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What type of thing is the question "Why are haunted houses popular ?" asking about?
Select from the following.
1). description;
2). entity;
3). abbreviation;
4). human;
5). numeric;
6). location;
Answer: | 1). | 0 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Any one who has seen Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and was bothered by the gory violence would want to see this film instead. Though it wasn't a success in th box office or TV ratings, The Fox Movie Channel still finds a real good motive to show this anually. I liked the way that they trained Chris Sarandon and the men who portrayed his disciples to sing in Hebrew.Though Sarandon didn't have long hair like any other Jesus would in other films, his looks are pretty close to what a Jewish man would appear. What surprised me or startled me was the scene where Caiaphas told Jesus about Pilate "And don't ever forget, that you are a Jew!" Though that may have not been a racist remark,Colin Blakely was trying to make Chris Sarandon look like garbage in the eyes of the prominent men of those days.Keith Michell's portrayal of Pilate was hulking, comparing with his previous performances in "The Story of Jacob and Joseph" and "The Story of David". But if you compare his portrayal of Pilate with Telly Savala's or Hurd Hatfield, you can say that he really painted well the impression of a Roman procurator.
Is the sentiment of this review positive or negative?
a). negative b). positive | b). | 3 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The 2019 Genesis Open aims to get back on track Saturday with the completion of the second round, a cut, and the start of the third round for all players. One group of players continued their second round starting at 10 a.m. Eastern, while a second group who completed their first rounds began their Round 2 play at 10:40 a.m. Follow our live blog here all day. For the latest on Tiger Woods, hop on our Tiger Tracker and follow him shot-by-shot.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The second round will not extend beyond Saturday.
Choose from:
a). Yes.
b). It's impossible to say.
c). No. | a). | 3 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Question with options: can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
Mr Lopez Obrador, who lost July's presidential election by less than one percentage point, declared himself Mexico's "legitimate" president.
Hypothesis: Mr Lopez Obrador didn't loose the presidential election in July.
OPT:
[a]. yes
[b]. no
A: | [b]. | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write an article that answers the following question: What event occured first, the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment was deployed to Jordan or deployed to Iraq? | However, due to the U.S. Army's recent reorganization, only 4th Squadron remains in active service. 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry takes its history and lineage from D Troop, 10th Cavalry. In 2000, D Troop, 10th U.S. Cavalry, was reactivated and assigned as the brigade reconnaissance troop for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. D Troop, 10th Cavalry was deployed with 3/3 ID to Iraq in 2003, and was deactivated upon redeployment in 2004. It was reactivated in October 2007 at Fort Carson, Colorado, replacing the 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry regiment, as the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment with A, B, C, and HQ Troops as the reconnaissance squadron for 3rd Combat Brigade Team of the 4th Infantry Division. The 4th Squadron deployed to Iraq with the BCT from December 2007 to February 2009, and again in March 2010. The Squadron deployed to Jordan in 2015 in support of Operation Spartan Shield. In February 2016, Delta Tank Company from 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment moved to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment to be assigned as Dakota Troop. As of February 2016, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment is the only current active unit of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. | 7 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: Girl playing tennis while spectator watches from behind.
Hypothesis: A female is using a tennis racket.
.Multi-select problem: Can we conclude that the hypothesis is true if the premise is true?
Options:
[i] yes;
[ii] it is not possible to tell;
[iii] no; | [i] | 4 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read the following article and answer the question by choosing from the options.
All materials such as German square - weave carpets , rubber mats , door panels and upholstery are perfect and the best quality . All mechanical , electrical , buttons , lights , switches , levers , and windows work flawlessly . The car drives perfectly as it should . Everything mechanical and electrical is completely new or rebuilt and functions as it should .
Who is most likely making this statement ?
Available choices:
(a). Car salesman.
(b). Retail manager.
(c). Car buyer.
(d). None of the above choices .....A: | (a). | 6 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Do these two sentences from wikipedia have the same meaning?
It currently runs from Yonge Street south of Davisville Avenue northwest to the Allen Road and Eglinton Avenue West .
It currently runs from Yonge Street to the south of Davisville Avenue northwest to Allen Road and Eglinton Avenue West .
Choices:
[A]. no.
[B]. yes.
The answer is: | [B]. | 5 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence about the following things:
care, patient, take | nurses in the hospital taking care of a male patient . | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Please add spaces between words: RidersParadeatBillund(Pic.Motorbladet)The1200meterlongtrackwasusedfirsttimeforalongtrackmeetingwithmanyridersinmanyclasses.
| Riders Parade at Billund (Pic. Motorbladet) The 1200 meter long track was used first time for a long track meeting with many riders in many classes. | 4 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Liu Kang threw the bags of Johnny Cage into the water because he was annoyed that he thought he was a baggage boy.
Based on this sentence, who is he?
Choices: 1. Liu Kang. 2. Johnny Cage. | 1. | 4 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
QNX Software Systems Ltd., a leading provider of real-time software and services to the embedded computing market, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Sachin Lawande to the position of vice president, engineering services.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
Sachin Lawande Named VP of Engineering Services at QNX
Options:
- yes.
- no. | yes | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Based on the premise "The horse had likely already felt the large man's fear.", can we conclude the hypothesis "The horse began to tremble as the man's trepidation grew. " is true (see options)?
Available choices:
[A]. yes
[B]. it is not possible to tell
[C]. no | [B]. | 5 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
SENTENCE: `` well i 'm no art expert -- particularly when it comes to modern art , '' ym replied , somewhat evasively . `` i defer to your taste , my dear sister . '' he changed the subject . `` lisa , how 's life ? any other interesting things happening ? '' `` how can there be anything more interesting than this ? you ca n't imagine how difficult it is to open a | gallery | 5 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (Russian: Elena Viacheslavovna Mukhina; first name sometimes rendered "Yelena", last name sometimes rendered "Muchina"; June 1, 1960 - December 22, 2006) was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until in 1979 a broken leg left her out of several competitions, and the recovery from that injury combined with pressure to master a dangerous and difficult tumbling move (the Thomas salto) caused her to break her neck just two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics, leaving her permanently quadriplegic just one month past the age of 20.
Mukhina took an interest in gymnastics and figure skating at an early age. When an athletic scout visited her school, she eagerly volunteered to try out for gymnastics. She later joined the CSKA Moscow ("Central Red Army") sports club. In recognition of her accomplishments, Mukhina was inducted into the CSKA Hall of Fame. Up until 1975, Mukhina was an unremarkable gymnast, and Soviet coaches largely ignored her. Then, two separate incidents brought her skills to the forefront for the Soviet team: Romanian domination of the Soviet gymnastics machine at the 1976 Olympics (for which the director for Soviet women's gymnastics, Larisa Latynina, was blamed; Latynina's response was, "it's not my fault that Nadia Comaneci was born in Romania"); and Mukhina's transition to working with men's coach Mikhail Klimenko, who transformed her into one of the most show-stopping gymnasts of her time. She burst onto the scene at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. In one of the most stunning all-around performances in history, she won the gold medal, beating out Olympic Champions Nadia Comaneci and top-ranked Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim, among others. She also tied for the gold medal in the floor exercise event final, as well as winning the silver in balance beam and uneven bars. She made history in this competition by unveiling her signature moves: a full-twisting layout Korbut Flip on bars; a tucked double back salto dismount on beam (a move that is still being used over three decades later); and a full-twisting double back somersault on floor (still an E-rated move in the Code of Points) dubbed the "Muchina". Yet, in spite of these innovations, Mukhina maintained the classic Soviet style, inspired by ballet movements and expressive lines. She quickly established herself as an athlete to watch for at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. A documentary film of the Soviet national team (1978) features Mukhina talking with her coach, Mikhail Klimenko, and footage of her rigorous training regimen. Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
Larisa was blamed for what? | Romanian domination of the Soviet gymnastics machine at the 1976 Olympics ( | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
"Chic Mystique" is a song by American disco and R&B act Chic. Written and produced by guitarist Nile Rodgers, it was the second single from the album "Chic-Ism" and was a number-one hit on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play in the U.S. and achieved a moderate success in many European countries where it was only a top 25 hit.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Chic was an a capella disco and R&B act
Choices:
+Yes.
+It's impossible to say.
+No. | It's impossible to say | 1 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: The man talked on the telephone.
Sentence 2: Girls are walking on the stage.
From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?
Choices: * 0 * 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 | 0 | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the following question:
when does mary and the witch's flower come out? | January 19, 2018 | 2 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
If "Joan made sure to thank Susan for all the help she had given.", does it follow that "Joan made sure to thank Susan for all the help Joan had given."
pick from the following.
* no;
* yes; | no | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
But at age 15, she had reached 260 pounds and a difficult decision: It was time to try surgery.
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a (E). in textual similarity to the above sentence. | But at the age of 15, she weighed a whopping 117kg and came to a difficult decision: it was time to try surgery. | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Are these paraphrases?
Moulthrop began experimenting with hypertext theory in the 1980s , and has since authored several articles as well as written many hypertext fiction works .
Moulthrop began experimenting with the hypertext theory in the 1980s and has since written several articles as well as numerous hypertext - fiction - works .
Select from:
+no;
+yes; | yes | 7 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
"and that they spoke dutch ? '' `` telegrams , '' ian said . `` add to that the fact that uncle ian knows everyone in great britain and half of france , '' daniel said . `` the one thing he stated in all that was the most interesting bit : names are not important . ian looked for the people , not the _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is | names | 2 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
CHAPTER XXII
Not altogether unwillingly, in the darkness of night, despite that he disliked the man, did Michael go with Harry Del Mar. Like a burglar the man came, with infinite caution of silence, to the outhouse in Doctor Emory's back yard where Michael was a prisoner. Del Mar knew the theatre too well to venture any hackneyed melodramatic effect such as an electric torch. He felt his way in the darkness to the door of the outhouse, unlatched it, and entered softly, feeling with his hands for the wire- haired coat.
And Michael, a man-dog and a lion-dog in all the stuff of him, bristled at the instant of intrusion, but made no outcry. Instead, he smelled out the intruder and recognised him. Disliking the man, nevertheless he permitted the tying of the rope around his neck and silently followed him out to the sidewalk, down to the corner, and into the waiting taxi.
His reasoning--unless reason be denied him--was simple. This man he had met, more than once, in the company of Steward. Amity had existed between him and Steward, for they had sat at table, and drunk together. Steward was lost. Michael knew not where to find him, and was himself a prisoner in the back yard of a strange place. What had once happened, could again happen. It had happened that Steward, Del Mar, and Michael had sat at table together on divers occasions. It was probable that such a combination would happen again, was going to happen now, and, once more, in the bright-lighted cabaret, he would sit on a chair, Del Mar on one side, and on the other side beloved Steward with a glass of beer before him--all of which might be called "leaping to a conclusion"; for conclusion there was, and upon the conclusion Michael acted.
1. Who did Michael go with?
2. Did he like him?
3. Did he willingly go with him?
4. What the author compared Michael with?
5. Did he make any complain about all these?
6. Who did he recognized?
7. How?
8. Was he about to be hanged?
9. Where did he follow him?
10. Where they ended up?
11. Did he meet him earlier?
12. How many times?
13. Who else was there?
14. Was he a friend or foe to him?
15. Did they have drink together?
16. Who was lost?
17. Did he know about his whereabouts?
18. What other reason prevented him from finding him?
19. Who else shared table with them?
20. Did he think they would meet again?
Numbered answers: | 1. Harry Del Mar.
2. no
3. yes
4. a man-dog and a lion-dog
5. no
6. the intruder
7. smell
8. no
9. out to the sidewalk
10. into the waiting taxi
11. yes
12. more than once
13. Steward
14. friend
15. yes
16. Steward
17. no
18. he was himself a prisoner
19. Michael
20. yes | 6 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-select: Knowing that "the circulatory system carries oxygen from the digestive and respiratory systems to the rest of the body", how would one answer "The circulatory system brings oxygen to the body from where?"
OPT:
a). The brain;
b). The feet;
c). The stomach area;
d). The chest;...A: | d). | 3 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Premise: A woman with a red sleeveless top and a long black skirt holding one young child in her arm and holding another young child by the hand as she walks along.
Hypothesis: A woman and her children walk along.
.Multi-select problem: Can we conclude that the hypothesis is true if the premise is true?
OPT:
1). yes;
2). it is not possible to tell;
3). no; | 1). | 4 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Which object is the best conductor of electricity?
Select from the following.
A). a wax crayon.
B). a plastic spoon.
C). a rubber eraser.
D). an iron nail. | D). | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: "Cum On Feel the Noize" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1973 as a non-album single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 1 in the UK, giving the band their fourth number one single, and remained in the charts for twelve weeks. The song would be included on the band's 1973 compilation album "Sladest".
Hypothesis: "Cum On Feel the Noize" reached a top position of #3 on the UK chart. | 9 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this question.
What is the monetary unit of Laos? | kip | 4 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Do the following sentences say the same thing?
5 aid workers freed in operation in Afghanistan
Suicide bomber kills 37 at mosque in Afghanistan
Return your answer on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar".
Possible answers:
[1]. 0;
[2]. 1;
[3]. 2;
[4]. 3;
[5]. 4;
[6]. 5; | [2]. | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Two men are fighting.
The man is exercising.
On a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing", how closely does the first sentence resemble the second one?
Pick from: -0. -1. -2. -3. -4. -5. | 1 | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?
1. We have been broadcasting our radio and television shows , mobile phone conversations etc. for decades , how would we just shut it all off and make sure nothing leaks further out to space ?
2. It is therefore better for governments who are at least the representatives of their people to be controlling the message by themselves attempting to contact extraterrestrial life . ''
3. > Drezner , Daniel , ` How do you say `` realpolitik '' in Klingon ? '
4. ForeignPolicy.com , 25th April 2010
5. There is no way for us to attempt to prevent everyone in the planet from trying to contact aliens so the attempts might as well be done officially .
6. There are more than 6 billion people on Earth , we can not control their actions or keep an eye on them all .
7. If we had no official messages going out then we would be allowing private individuals to monopolize the message which could have consequences if there ever is contact as a result of these attempts .
8. At the same time we ca n't just turn off all our communication signals . | There is no way to prevent attempts at contact so they should be official. | 4 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Married to Gianluca Guidi , had the couple a son , actor Johnny Dorelli .
Lauretta was married to Johnny Dorelli , the married couple had a son , the actor Gianluca Guidi .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Available choices:
+ no.
+ yes. | no | 1 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
How is "Ivanov agreed that the status of the province must be resolved on the basis of the Security Council resolution." said in Turkish? | İvanov, Kosova'nın statüsünün Güvenlik Konseyi kararı doğrultusunda çözülmesi gerektiği düşüncesine katıldığını belirtti. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Paragraph: As his car slid downtown on Tuesday morning the mind of Arnold Thorndike was occupied with such details of daily routine as the purchase of a railroad, the Japanese loan, the new wing to his art gallery, and an attack that morning, in his own newspaper, upon his pet trust. But his busy mind was not too occupied to return the salutes of the traffic policemen who cleared the way for him. Or, by some genius of memory, to recall the fact that it was on this morning young Spear was to be sentenced for theft. It was a charming morning. The spring was at full tide, and the air was sweet and clean. Mr. Thorndike considered whimsically that to send a man to jail with the memory of such a morning clinging to him was adding a year to his sentence. He regretted he had not given the probation officer a stronger letter. He remembered the young man now, and favorably. A shy, silent youth, deft in work, and at other times conscious and embarrassed. But that, on the part of a stenographer, in the presence of the Wisest Man in Wall Street, was not unnatural. On occasions, Mr. Thorndike had put even royalty— frayed, impecunious royalty, on the lookout for a loan—at its ease. The hood of the car was down, and the taste of the air, warmed by the sun, was grateful. It was at this time, a year before, that young Spear picked the spring flowers to take to his mother. A year from now where would young Spear be? It was characteristic of the great man to act quickly, so quickly that his friends declared he was a slave to impulse. It was these same impulses, leading so invariably to success, that made his enemies call him the Wisest Man. He leaned forward and touched the chauffeur's shoulder. "Stop at the Court of General Sessions," he commanded. What he proposed to do would take but a few minutes. A word, a personal word from him to the district attorney, or the judge, would be enough.
Question: "What is the name of the shy, silent stenographer about to be put in jail for theft?"
Answer: "Spear"
Based on the paragraph, choose if the answer is correct:
Select from the following.
a). no
b). yes | b). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What is the effect of the following sentence?
The toddler started crying.
i. Her parents took away her toy.. ii. Her parents gave her a toy..
The answer is: | ii. | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Make use of the article to answer the questions.
(CNN) -- Gary Sinise has played many characters on television and the big screen, but one of his most important roles in real life is fighting for veterans.
"I have a passionate love for our country. I know that our freedom is provided by men and women, ordinary men and women who take up the call and serve our country," he says. "We can never forget our defenders, and we should do everything we can for them before the battle, during the battle and after the battle when things get rough for them. We should take care of them."
And that's just what the actor is doing through programs at The Gary Sinise Foundation.
The nonprofit helps veterans translate their military skills to civilian careers, sponsors military scholarships and even helps build customized homes for the severely wounded.
"If you're a quadruple amputee, you've lost both arms and both legs, you're going to have some physical challenges for the rest of your life. We want your home to be the most secure, safe, manageable place in your life," explains Sinise. In partnership with Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, homes are built with smart technology such as automated doors and iPad-controlled electronics.
Cpl. Christian Brown, who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan, is looking forward to gaining more independence after he moves into his specialized house.
"Sometimes I get so focused on the small things that are easy for you but hard for me," the Marine says. "And now I actually have to think my way through them. So it's actually very tiring mentally and just to be able to scoot through your house and do the things you need to do, whether that be laundry, you know, use the bathroom, get to a certain area of the house without actually having to put so much thought into it. I think it'll be relief."
1. What does he love?
2. What does he do?
3. What else?
4. What is his program called?
5. What does it help do?
6. What else?
7. And?
8. Who does he partner with?
9. What does the partner help with?
10. Who appreciate the help?
11. What happened to him?
12. What is he excited about?
13. What should we never forget?
Numbered answers: | 1. Our Country
2. actor
3. help veterans
4. The Gary Sinise Foundation
5. Get civilian jobs
6. Get scholarships
7. Help build homes for the wounded
8. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
9. Making homes smart
10. Cpl. Christian Brown,
11. Lost both legs in war
12. More independence in his special house
13. Our defenders | 8 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-select question: Does the sentence "The Living Legends perform Latin, Native American, and Polynesian dancing." provide a valid answer to the question "What types of dancing are performed by BYU's The Living Legends?"
Select from the following.
*yes;
*no; | yes | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
In Riverdale, More âFor Saleâ Signs Than Sales
Librado Romero/The New York Times
Listings for available homes at a Halstead Property office in Riverdale.
The home required no gentle embellishment, no agent-speak tucked into the description beside the property listing. The five bedrooms and marble center hall were supposed to speak for themselves. The sprawling patio and yard space would look quite at home in one of the wealthy suburban hamlets a few miles to the north.
But after shopping his client’s home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx for nine months — during which the initial asking price of $1.65 million had already fallen by more than $250,000 — Sean Trebach said those two dreaded words about the owner last week: “He’s negotiable.”
Over the past few years, a curious thing has happened in some of New York City’s most desired acreage: Listings have skyrocketed, while sales have dropped.
According to Streeteasy.com, a Web site that specializes in real estate in the city, it would take two years for buyers to absorb all the current listings in Riverdale, more than twice the time the process would have taken two years ago. In Manhattan, by contrast, the current market could be cleared in a little more than nine months, a quicker pace than one year earlier — and one year before that.
Available properties have increased by 80 percent in Riverdale over the last two years, as Manhattan listings have remained stable.
“There were some very optimistic developers who were trying to bring Manhattan-style buildings to Riverdale,” said Sofia Song, vice president for research at Streeteasy. “The new developments weren’t cheap. When the bubble burst, the product started lingering.”
The construction of new condominium complexes at least partly explains the increase in Riverdale availability, real estate agents said.
Anthony DeVivio, director of sales for Halstead Property in Upper Manhattan and Riverdale, blamed a glut of one-bedroom apartments; according to Streeteasy, the median price of Riverdale listings has fallen by about 13 percent over the last two years, to $299,000.
But it does not fully capture the distress in Riverdale. “For sale” signs dot the lawns and mailboxes of sumptuous minimansions. Advertisements for open houses are pasted onto the streetlight posts that lead to leafy cul-de-sacs. In the window of a Halstead Property office on Johnson Avenue, photographs of available homes were sprinkled with euphemistic captions: “price reduction,” “great bargain,” “priced to sell.”
Despite a reputation as Manhattan’s sleepy neighbor to the north, replete with trees and private schools, luxury sedans and well-groomed hedges, Riverdale had long sustained its value even as trendier options, like SoHo or TriBeCa, came into vogue. (Longtime Riverdalians might note that the neighborhood was once a celebrity haven in its own right, claiming Ed Sullivan, Lou Gehrig and many members of the Kennedy family as residents.)
Charles Moerdler, chairman of the land use committee for Community Board 8 in the Bronx, said Riverdale was in the grips of a “massive reconfiguration” touching all segments of the market. He pointed to the luxury homes at Villanova Heights — offered initially for $6.5 million to $9 million, according to the developer, John E. Fitzgerald, beginning more than two years ago. “The market collapsed, and we couldn’t sell anything,” Mr. Fitzgerald said.
The homes have been introduced as rentals — there are currently no vacancies, he added — but Mr. Fitzgerald said he hoped to sell the houses, designed by Robert A. M. Stern, if and when the market dictates.
“There’ll be another real estate bubble somewhere down the line,” he said. “There always is.”
Mr. Moerdler said he was unsure when conditions might significantly improve, especially in what he called the “middle of the market” — single-family homes like the one on Arlington Avenue that Mr. Trebach has struggled to move since February.
“There is a market,” Mr. Trebach said hopefully, leaning against the banister as he recalled those who had looked seriously at the house. “A few people came close.”
Louis Grumet, 67, put his house in the Fieldston area of Riverdale on the market in May 2010, reasoning that an apartment in Manhattan would better serve his needs as a new wheelchair user. He and his wife finally completed a sale in June of this year — well below their initial listing of around $1 million. “We dropped it right away,” said Mr. Grumet, who sold it for $815,000.
For real estate agents, the push to recast Riverdale’s market as an opportunity has already begun. Mr. DeVivio, who said Halstead’s Riverdale listings had remained relatively flat in recent years, encouraged buyers to “pick off” a 750-square-foot one bedroom for around $150,000 while they still could.
“If they’re priced right, they’re selling,” he said. “Great deals, by the way.”
What are the most important parts of this text? | Over the past few years, a curious thing has happened in Riverdale, in the Bronx: Listings have skyrocketed, while sales have dropped. | 5 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is a test of commonsense with single/multi-choices. Complete the next sentence:
How to help prevent ovarian cancer
Reduce your risk with your reproductive choices.
Although scientists aren't sure why, you can reduce your risk for ovarian cancer by making certain choices about having children and controlling your fertility.
You can reduce your risk for ovarian cancer by having at least one baby.
Choose from:
(i). By having at least one child, you can help control your fertility-even if it means limiting your income and relationships with your family. There is no point in putting off the pregnancy, however, when you could have an unwanted baby.
(ii). This is the healthiest form of women to have in your family, though there are still some kids to consider. This may mean eliminating your biological mother's pregnancy or having a family marriage.
(iii). Studies show that the more pregnancies you have, the more you can reduce your risk. You can also reduce your risk by using birth control pills (containing both estrogen and progesterone) for at least five years.
(iv). You also have a more health-related reason for wanting to have children. Some ways to help control your fertility include smoking, drinking more water, exercising more, maintaining a diet rich in tryptophan, and increasing your physical fitness.
The answer is: | (iii). | 3 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
3 Ways to Hide Your Online Shopping From the Boss on Cyber Monday
Black Friday is a thing of the past – today is all about finding your holiday deals and savings online with Cyber Monday! Over half of Americans will be secretly shopping online at work today and throughout the holiday season, which puts you at risk for being reprimanded for browsing the virtual racks, or in some cases (7% according to a new study), even fired for holiday shopping at work. If you must hit the Cyber Monday sales on the boss’ dime today, do so with caution. Here, a few tips to keep your online shopping habit a secret from the higher ups in your office.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, BrianAJackson
What is a short summary of the above article? | Admit it -- even as you read this, you have Amazon open in another tab. It's okay, it's Cyber Monday, but take heed of our tips so you don't get caught shopping at work. | 4 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Czech:
That's us!
Czech: | Don! Ano! | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
Who's the old bag?
Czech: | Kdo je ta stará krabice? | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What happens next in this paragraph?
How to amuse cats
Create a " cat tree.
" cats love to observe and hunt for small animals. Build a " cat tree " near a window so that your cat can observe birds, squirrels and other small creatures.
OPTIONS: [I] Many cat trees also feature a kitchen, an entrance to a den and can be used in a variety of ways. Before building a cat tree, prop the tree upright. [II] Use cinder blocks, cardboard, or boxes to build your tree in relation to or opposite of a window so that your cat associates its perch on the tree. Choose cardboard boxes so that your cat can fold the box when she eats. [III] Decide on a base for the tree. The base should be large enough for the cat to reach all the way to the top. [IV] This may be an especially great way to amuse indoor cats, or outdoor cats that may be inside. Construct your " cat tree " from items around the house or build an actual structure with different level platforms and perches. | [IV] | 0 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Solve 0 = -263*p - 4*p - 389 - 657 - 22 for p.
Solve this problem. | -4 | 7 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context?
Context:
``That's good.'' Ruth stood looking at her. Rachaela could imagine Emma would have been all congratulations and the joys of womanhood.
Hypothesis: Emma would have been all congratulations and the joys of womanhood
Pick from:
[i] Yes.
[ii] No.
[iii] It's impossible to say. | [i] | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
The wife of a substantive peer is legally entitled to the privileges of peerage: she is said to have a ``life estate'' in her husband's dignity. Thus a duke's wife is titled a ``duchess'', a marquess's wife a ``marchioness'', an earl's wife a ``countess'', a viscount's wife a ``viscountess'' and a baron's wife a ``baroness''. Despite being referred to as a ``peeress'', she is not a peer in her own right: this is a 'style' and not a substantive title. However, this is considered a legal title, unlike the social titles of a peer's children.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: is the wife of an earl a countess?
Choices: [I] no. [II] yes. | [II] | 6 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: "John bought any picture of Queen Elizabeth that was on sale."
Pick from options: would a linguist rate this sentence to be acceptable linguistically?
OPTIONS:
+unacceptable.
+acceptable....I think the answer is | acceptable | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Caroline Wozniacki fired coach Ricardo Sanchez just two months after hiring him. The former world No. 1 will now once again be coached by her father Piotr. Danish journalist Troels Christensen believes Sanchez struggled to add tactical input. Christensen also believes there were problems within the camp prior to the Australian Open.
Write an article based on these highlights. | Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki has fired Spanish coach Ricardo Sanchez after just two months and decided to return to working with her father Piotr. The Dane slipped to fourth in the WTA rankings after a quarterfinal exit at the recent Australian Open, where she once again failed to secure a first grand slam title. Troels Christensen, a journalist with the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, told CNN how Sanchez had struggled to penetrate the close bond Wozniacki enjoys with her Poland-born father. "Caroline and Piotr are mentally very tight," Christensen said. "It's very hard to break into the circle. He is not the first one has experienced that. "It was more Piotr's idea than Caroline's and I don't think she ever got used to him. They had agreed that they should sit down after the Australian Open and discuss the situation." Christensen said the tactical advice Sanchez gave Wozniacki during last month's Melbourne grand slam appeared to be ignored by the 21-year-old. "He must have seen that his input did not come out on the court. When the Danish press confronted Caroline with his analysis, she would not comment," Christensen said. "I sensed when I got to Melbourne that something was wrong because the Wozniacki team are usually in good spirits, but they were not this time." Despite the split with Sanchez, Christensen stressed that there was still a high level of respect between the three. "They like him very much and they're good friends. In my opinion they should have been more clear about who should do what and who is entitled to do what before they started working together." Wozniacki's failure to capture a grand slam title during her spell at the top of the world rankings meant she faced constant questioning on the subject. Christensen said Wozniacki is also now facing criticism from a vocal minority of Danish tennis fans who find it hard to identify with her lifestyle. "There is a part of the Danish population who are irritated by her and think that she is not very Danish, she's very Polish in her ways because of her father," he said. "They say, 'She is living in Monaco, not paying her taxes blah blah blah...' But I think it's a minority, but they are very loud. If you see the forums and newspapers' websites, people are a little bit skeptical about her chances of winning a grand slam." Wozniacki will look to return to winning ways at this month's WTA tournament in Qatar, where last year she lost in the final. This year's entry list includes new No. 1 and Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka. | 9 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
In a major split in the ranks of Al Qaeda's organization, the Iraqi franchise, known as Al Qaeda in Iraq covertly invaded Syria and the Levant and began participating in the ongoing Syrian Civil War, gaining enough support and strength to re-invade Iraq's western provinces under the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL), taking over much of the country in a blitzkrieg-like action and combining the Iraq insurgency and Syrian Civil War into a single conflict. Due to their extreme brutality and a complete change in their overall ideology, Al Qaeda's core organization in Central Asia eventually denounced ISIS and directed their affiliates to cut off all ties with this organization. Many analysts[who?] believe that because of this schism, Al Qaeda and ISIL are now in a competition to retain the title of the world's most powerful terrorist organization.
Try to answer this question if possible (otherwise reply "unanswerable"): What group publicly denounced al-Qaeda? | unanswerable | 4 | Flan2021 | squad/v2.0:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
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Lay down a towel or soft cloth on your table or counter to protect your guitar's body from scratches. If you have a headstand, you can use that to hold the neck for added stability. Set up your work station by laying out your tools. You'll need Allen wrenches for the nut plates and saddle, wire cutters, and a string winder. You may also want to gather cleaning supplies so you can clean your guitar after removing the old string. The locking nut plates hold the strings in place. Turn your Allen wrench slowly to loosen the plates before removing them. Put the plates in a safe place so you don't lose them. Your guitar likely came with a set of Allen wrenches designed specifically for this use. If not, you can find a set at most music or guitar shops, or you can order one online. Turn the tuning peg slowly to release tension in the string before taking it out. If you need to remove multiple strings, only remove and replace one string at a time. If you take all of them off, your bridge may not have the same tension when you replace them, and you'll have a hard time tuning your guitar. A string winder will make this process faster and smoother. If you don't have a string winder, you can turn the tuning peg with your fingers. If the string is broken, hold the broken end as you turn the tuning peg. This will unwind the top of the string and keep the broken end from getting tangled in the other strings. When you've unwound the string completely, carefully pull the string to remove it completely from the tuning peg. Take care not to poke yourself with the sharp end of the string. If the string isn't broken, you may want to stick the sharp end in an eraser or wrap some tape around it. That way you won't have to worry about it poking or scratching you as you work. Don't loosen all the saddles, only the one that corresponds to the string you want to remove. There is a small metal block in the bridge that keeps the string tight. Keep an eye out for it as you loosen the saddle. If the block does come out, put it somewhere safe so you don't lose it. You'll have to put it back in when you replace the string. It can help to count the number of turns you made with the Allen wrench to loosen the bridge. You can use that number when you tighten it back up to avoid over-tightening it. Wrap the string into a neat coil. If the string was broken, you'll have 2 coils of string. Twist the sharp ends around and dispose of the string safely. You may want to wrap tape around the sharp ends to hold the coil together and keep the sharp points from coming loose. While a string is off, take the opportunity to clean the fretboard beneath it. Use a soft, lint-free cloth to gently rub the cleaner into the wood. Avoid getting the cleaner on any of the other strings. You can also polish the frets using the same oil soap. Once you're done cleaning, wipe away any excess with a dry paper towel.
Summary: | Place your guitar on a flat, clean surface. Take off the locking nut plates using an Allen wrench. Unwind the string at the tuning peg. Pull the string out of the peg. Loosen the saddle with an Allen wrench. Pull the other end of the string out of the bridge. Clean your fretboard with an oil soap or fretboard cleaner. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Text: There is no reverse ``removal''. That is, if a case originates in a federal court, there is no ability for a defendant to remove a case from federal court into state court. If the federal court lacks jurisdiction, the case is dismissed. Only cases that originate in a state court and are improperly removed to a federal court may be sent back to the state court where they started.
Question: can you remove a case from federal court to state court?
Select from:
- no;
- yes; | no | 3 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In these two sentences (1) Increased expenses put a squeeze on profits. (2) Getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze., does the word squeeze mean the same thing?
Choose your answer from:
(1). different meanings;
(2). the same meaning;.... A: | (1). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
This is some data: 300 North LaSalle LOCATION Illinois; 300 North LaSalle FLOOR_COUNT 60; 300 North LaSalle COMPLETION_DATE 2009.
Generate a detailed description of this data. | There are 60 floors at 300 North LaSalle that was completed in 2009 which is located in Illinois. | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
But art is not the same as politics. Say this using Spanish. | Pero el arte y la política no son lo mismo. | 2 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
1. If your idea of fun is gargling vinegar, don't miss the fourth full-length Pokemon feature film.
2. What kids will discover is a new collectible. What parents will suspect is that they're watching a 76-minute commercial.
3. Well, it does go on forever.
4. At best this is a film for the under-7 crowd. But it would be better to wait for the video. And a very rainy day.
5. Yes, 4Ever is harmless in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes, but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to Spirited Away?
6. Without a fresh infusion of creativity, 4Ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking.
7. Parents beware; this is downright movie penance.
8. Your children will be occupied for 72 minutes.
9. 77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever, it just seems like it does. My only wish is that Celebi could take me back to a time before I saw this movie and I could just skip it.
10. The threat implied in the title Pokémon 4ever is terrifying - like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming.
What is a brief summary of the following reviews? | Only for diehard Pokemon fans. | 1 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Make use of the article to answer the questions.
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Ramesh Makwana knew the risks to his health by working in an agate factory, but at $4 a day the rewards were too great.
Now, after 14 years of breathing in the fine dust created by grinding and polishing the gemstone, Makwana has silicosis, a respiratory disease that swells the lungs.
"He's thankful to the stone because it helped him survive for so long. But now that he has lost so much, it is also a feeling of anger," Makwana told CNN through an interpreter, Mohit Gupta, the co-ordinator for the Occupational, Environmental Health Network of India.
"He has lost his parents to it, and he himself knows he's going to die some day," he said.
It's not known how many other workers in Asia are suffering from occupational diseases, but the Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) has warned that the region is facing an epidemic.
The last estimate on work-related diseases in Asia was released by the International Labor Organization in 2008. It estimated that more than 1.1 million people in Asia were dying each year.
"One-point-one million is a really high number, but even then we're not sure, we think it may be a really conservative number," said Sanjiv Pandita, Executive Director of the AMRC.
Frustrated by the lack of official records, Pandita and his team set out to find the true extent of the problem in six Asian countries: China, India, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
A report released ahead of this year's International Workers' Memorial Day on April 28, found similar problems in all countries; a lack of official data on the number of cases, partly due to a reluctance to diagnose work-related illness for fear of the financial cost.
1. Where does Ramesh work?
2. Where?
3. What city is he in?
4. Is he sick?
5. What doe he have?
6. Are there many in Asia that are suffering?
7. Do they know how many?
8. Did anyone else in his family die from it?
9. Who?
10. How long has he been working there?
Numbered answers: | 1. an agate factory
2. "He's thankful to the stone because it helped him survive for so long. But now that he has lost so much, it is also a feeling of anger," Makwana told CNN through an interpreter, Mohit Gupta, the co-ordinator for the Occupational, Environmental Health Network of India
3. Hong Kong
4. Yes
5. silicosis
6. Yes
7. more than 1.1 million people
8. Yes
9. his parents
10. 14 years | 8 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your story that continues the following story.
The man was wiser after attending class than going to the meeting because there was less information shared in the
Possible answers: [-] class .; [-] meeting .; | meeting . | 2 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to obtain a copy of your birth certificate in ohio
Have the proper documentation.
In order to get a copy of your ohio birth certificate in person, you need to make sure you have the proper documentation ready before you visit one of the offices of vital statistics. Having this information ready will ensure that there aren't any delays in getting you the birth certificate.
Possible answers: i. Visit the office of vital statistics and ask to speak to the receptionist there. If the office is open during the lunch hours, then the receptionist should let you know, because it typically is already open all day.; ii. You can type " birth certificate copy: ohio vital statistics, birth certificate obtained " into a search engine and browse for " vital statistics " in the results. You may have to wait for your copy to arrive in a certain location.; iii. You need to have a completed application form for a certified copy of an ohio birth certificate. If you are applying for a copy of your own birth certificate, you need to provide a copy of your official photo id.; iv. The website for vital statistics maintains numerous copies available, in a variety of styles and sizes, available for download. If you already own a copy of your birth certificate, you may have no need to bring a passenger to the office.; | iii. | 1 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the question...where does the yellow brick road lead to?? | Emerald City | 5 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ifyouarenotcurrentlybackingupyourdata,youneedtodosoimmediately(downloadahighly-recommendedbackupsolution)toprotectyourselffrompermanentdataloss.ThisstepisyourfinaloptionintryingtoresolveyourERROR_WRITE_FAULTissue.
Please segment the words: | If you are not currently backing up your data, you need to do so immediately (download a highly-recommended backup solution) to protect yourself from permanent data loss. This step is your final option in trying to resolve your ERROR_WRITE_FAULT issue. | 2 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
What type of thing is the question "What President hit the jogging paths to enhance his athletic image and , sporting No. 39 , almost collapsed during the road race ?" asking about?
Select from:
[i] description;
[ii] entity;
[iii] abbreviation;
[iv] human;
[v] numeric;
[vi] location;
Answer: | [iv] | 0 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on growing calls for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
Another woman who says Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill inappropriately touched her has come forward, citing the courage of a state lawmaker who earlier went public with her story, as well as the Hill's refusal to resign.
Gabrielle McLemore, a spokeswoman for the Indiana Senate Democrats, told The Associated Press on Friday that the Republican approached, asked "Do you know who I am?" and cornered her at a bar after the state legislative session came to a close in March.
She said he proceeded to massage her back, while she worried what people who witnessed it would think. Eventually she mouthed the words "help me" to her intern, who interjected by asking McLemore if she wanted to go to the bathroom.
McLemore said she never wanted to come forward. But she said Hill's repeated denials were frustrating.
She also wants to set an example for other women so "they don't feel they have to hide, so they don't feel they did something wrong."
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3:05 p.m.
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill says he will not step down amid groping allegations made against him, despite a surge of public officials from both parties calling for the Republican to resign.
Hill, a former Elkhart County prosecutor, said in a defiant statement posted to Twitter Friday afternoon that he has been "falsely accused of some of the same crimes I spent 28 years prosecuting."
He called for an investigation by the Marion County prosecutor's office into groping allegations against him by a lawmaker and three legislative aides.
Hill also said an investigation of his conduct by the Indiana Inspector General's office would not be a "fair and independent" investigation.
The claims made against Hill were included in a confidential legislative memo that was leaked to the media.
___
12:30 p.m.
An Indiana lawmaker at the center of groping allegations lodged against Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill has come forward.
Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her own account of the March 15 incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar, in The (Northwest Indiana) Times newspaper .
She says Hill leaned toward her, put his hand on her back, slid it down and grabbed her buttocks.
The Munster lawmaker says she told Hill to "back off," but he approached her again later in the night, put his hand on her back and said: "That skin. That back."
Candelaria Reardon called on all Indiana residents of "good will" to demand Hill's resignation.
She said she is speaking out now to support other women who have accused Hill of groping them that night.
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11:30 a.m.
A group of African American lawmakers in Indiana are joining the call for Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign.
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus said Friday that credible allegations that Hill drunkenly groped a lawmaker and three legislative aides have eroded the public's trust in him. Hill is African-American.
State Rep. Cherrish Pryor, an Indianapolis Democrat who leads the group, said the women should not be subjected to that kind of "unacceptable" behavior
The group praised the women for having the courage to come forward and report Hill's behavior.
Hill has denied the allegations.
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11:10 a.m.
Indiana's government watchdog says her office is investigating claims that Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill drunkenly groped several women at an Indianapolis bar.
Inspector General Lori Torres said Friday that Republican and Democratic leaders asked her to launch an investigation, which she said would be a "full and fair review."
Hill has denied the allegations. But any findings by Torres could lead to criminal charges against him, if the allegations are substantiated.
Democratic and Republican leaders both say they believe the allegations are credible.
The claims made against Hill were included in a confidential legislative memo that was leaked.
It says four women accused Hill of inappropriate touching, including a lawmaker who said he groped her after she had told him to back off for touching her moments earlier.
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9:15 a.m.
Two more Republicans are calling on Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign amid claims he drunkenly groped four women, including a lawmaker.
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch said in a statement late Thursday that she supports Gov. Eric Holcomb's call for Hill to step down. She says "sexual harassment should never be tolerated."
Secretary of State Connie Lawson also urged Hill to resign, saying in a statement that "Indiana has no tolerance for harassment of any kind."
Holcomb and Republican legislative leaders called on Hill to step down earlier Thursday , just days after an internal legislative investigation memo was leaked. The memo says four women accused Hill of inappropriate touching at an Indianapolis bar in March, shortly after this year's legislative session ended.
Hill also is a Republican. He has denied the accusations.
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12 a.m.
Top Republican leaders in the Indiana Statehouse are calling for Attorney General Curtis Hill to resign after a week of negative stories drawing into question their handling of groping allegations against him.
Gov. Eric Holcomb, House Speaker Brian Bosma and Senate leader David Long all issued statements Thursday evening calling on Hill to step down.
An internal legislative memo detailing the allegations was leaked to media outlets earlier this week. The memo says four women accused Hill of inappropriate touching, including a lawmaker who said he groped her after she had told him to back off for touching her moments earlier.
Hill has denied the accusations and called the inquiry into his conduct a "prejudicial investigation that is deeply troubling."
His office did not respond to a request for comment Thursday evening. |||||
What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article? | – Another woman who says Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill inappropriately touched her has come forward, citing the courage of a state lawmaker who earlier went public with her story, as well as Hill's refusal to resign. Gabrielle McLemore, a spokeswoman for the Indiana Senate Democrats, told the AP on Friday that the Republican asked, "Do you know who I am?" and cornered her at a bar after the state legislative session came to a close in March. She said he proceeded to massage her back, while she worried what people who witnessed it would think. Eventually she mouthed the words "help me" to her intern, who interjected by asking McLemore if she wanted to go to the bathroom. McLemore said she never wanted to come forward. But she said Hill's repeated denials were frustrating. She said she also wants to set an example for other women. Meanwhile, Hill said Friday he will not step down despite a surge of public officials from both parties calling for him to resign. Hill, a former Elkhart County prosecutor, said in a defiant statement posted to Twitter Friday afternoon that he has been "falsely accused" and demanded the right to "face my accusers" and review any evidence. The first accuser, Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, published her own account of the incident, which occurred at an Indianapolis bar on March 15, in the Northwest Indiana Times. She says Hill leaned toward her, put his hand on her back, slid it down and grabbed her buttocks. The lawmaker says she told Hill to "back off," but he approached her again later, put his hand on her back and said: "That skin. That back." Candelaria Reardon called on all Indiana residents of "good will" to demand Hill's resignation. | 3 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Romanian:
I hope there are no objections.
Romanian: | Sper că nu există obiecții. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the sentiment of the following review?
Before coming to this salon I had driven to two nail salons on litchfield and indian school.. they were packed so I left and drove to dysart and found this one.. Of course there would be no wait.. I got my toes done.. The lady who did them cut my cuticles so bad and rough to the point where it stung my toes.. this is the first time this has ever happened to me when considering all my pedis ive gotten at other places. When they tried to put on my shoes.. my big toe smeared. I didn't realize till I left. Not only did my pedi suck and look ugly. I am honestly afraid I would get some sort of fungus after reading the reviews below. They did not use liners nor did the spa I sat on look clean. The ambiance of this place was blehh compared to many other nail salons. Never coming back.
pick from the following. (A). negative. (B). positive. | (A). | 5 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Well, that's one way to crowdsource. "Parks and Recreation" star Aziz Ansari tweeted Sunday that he was bored on a flight, and what followed had all of the makings of a Hollywood movie. The comic questioned why there has never been a film about a haunted plane: "Wouldn't that be dope?" He then started tweeting ideas and a script for a project he dubbed "Ghost Plane." Quicker than you could say "I'll make you a star," #GhostPlane took off. "Dude. For real. Is any studios into GHOST PLANE? I can make it cheap. It's all one location. Just the plane," Ansari tweeted. The idea goes like this, according to Ansari's tweets: "Open on Indian guy RAJ (Aziz Ansari) saying bye to his parents. He gets on the plane. But this plane is actually a GHOST PLANE. #GhostPlane." "Raj uses the plane washroom pre-takeoff. He sees a face in the mirror. 'This might be a ghost' he thinks.... #GhostPlane," the actor added. Don't even worry about casting. There's a role for Jennifer Lawrence as "Flight attendant Anne" and fellow Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as "The Captain." But our favorite character might be embodied in this tweet: "A mysterious man in a hoodie: 'If you want to stop the dolls. You need my help.' He lifts the hood: ITS LIAM NEESON AS HIMSELF! #GhostPlane." Because of course it's Liam freaking Neeson. Fans were really into it. On person tweeted, "Now I can't sleep because @azizansari is telling the most magnificent story #GhostPlane" while another said, "A studio needs to pick up @azizansari's #GhostPlane IMMEDIATELY. If not we'll just make a kickstarter. It'll be cheap." We will have to wait to see how it all pans out. Ansari said, "Sorry everyone. #GhostPlane is on pause. I just got home and have to be up early to shoot Parks. I'll try to finish this sometime." What a cliffhanger.
Write highlights for this article. | Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari got bored on a flight Sunday. He started tweeting ideas for a film about a haunted plane. Unfortunately, the tale ended on a cliffhanger. | 2 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
The discovery of an ancient giant panda skull has confirmed its bamboo diet dates back more than 2 million years and may have played a key part in its survival.[:
A Chinese-US research team reports its results today following studies on a fossil skull found in south China's Cuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2001.
The six fossils unearthed in Jinyin Cave are dated between 2.4 and 2 million years ago, according to the report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an influential US journal.
Jin Changzhu, of the chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and lead author of the paper, said the smaller fossil skull indicates the giant pandas were about a third smaller than today's pandas.
Researchers knew the panda reached its maximum size about 500,000 years ago, when it peaked ,and then gradually became smaller.
Jin, a paleontologist at the Institute of Vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology attached to the CAS, said the size _ was a basic rule of evolution.
"A species tends to grow bigger when it reaches the peak of its population , but becomes smaller when numbers decline," he said.
The dental remains of the skull, which is the oldest giant panda skull ever found, are similar to today's pandas, indicating the type of teeth that could munch mountains of bamboo. A panda can eat up to 40kg of bamboo per day.
Paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon, the US co-author at the University of lowa, said the panda's focus on bamboo could have helped it survive all these years.
"Once an animal begins to rely on a common and stable food source, such as bamboo, it tends to evolve a larger body size," he said. "As individuals of the evolving species grow bigger, they have a better chance not to be eaten by predators due to their larger body size."
1. was something found?
2. what?
3. more than one?
4. how many?
5. where were they discovered?
6. how old are they?
7. who reported this?
8. is an anthropologist mentioned?
9. named?
10. does he have another profession?
11. what?
12. where does he work?
13. did he say something?
14. what?
15. how many years?
16. when was the specimen discovered?
17. in what country?
18. in the Northern section of the the country?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. yes
2. fossils
3. Yes
4. six
5. in Jinyin Cave
6. they are between 2.4 and 2 million years old
7. the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
8. Yes
9. Russell Ciochon
10. Yes
11. co-author
12. the University of lowa
13. Yes
14. that the panda's focus on bamboo could have helped it survive all these years.
15. more than 2 million
16. 2001.
17. China
18. No | 7 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Concepts: campus, gather, student
Write a sentence that includes all these words. | students gather on the campus | 0 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
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Having dined here three times, once before they changed their menu and twice after their "downsizing" and "de-southern-afying", I have to say that every experience was wonderful. This restaurant is adjacent to the Cinemark Theatres at Settler's Ridge and is a prime location for pre and post movie goers. I wish this place would change their sign and their exterior to be brighter. The restaurant never looks open. The first time we went there my girlfriend had to drag me in, just based on looks, I did not get a good vibe from the place. Adages and cliches aside, I should have never judged this book by its cover. The food was exceptional and the service was outstanding. We did not know this place was BYOB and quickly learned that we could bring a bottle of wine and enjoy it with dinner without a corkage fee. The waiter gave us a low down of the menu and told us they were re-working their menu to focus more on fresh, healthy fare and were truncated the items that had a southern flare. That was ok, I really didn't need to be eating friend chicken at a restaurant called pure and simple, it just seemed to go against the flow. That first night we sampled their soups, salads and sandwiches. All were exceptionally crafted. The pear salad was fresh and the dressing was top notch. The chicken sandwich (which was later taken off the menu) tasted homemade. They truly exemplified the name pure and simple. The ambiance is interesting (kind of a mix between your grandmother's house, a restaurant in New Orleans and an IKEA) and they always have The Bridge channel on XM playing. Truly a sight to be seen. We have since returned only to find that this place keeps getting better. They have kept most of their salads (try the pear or the beet) and have cut their menu in half. The last time we dined there I had the baked chicken with risotto. The chicken was perfectly cooked, juicy and perfectly seasoned. The risotti that accompanied it had more of a vegetable stock flavor and was cooked well. I have yet to try the shrimp and grits as I hear it is absolutely amazing. They have sold out each time! I need to stop going to late movies and trying to eat after. I hope this place stays in business and more people find this hidden gem in a parking of big box chains. If you go see a movie at Robinson give yourself some extra time either before or after the movie. Pure and Simple will satisfy your palate and whatever mood you are in. If you feel like this place looks closed, give it a closer look, you may be surprised....Available options: A). negative; B). positive; I think the answer is | B). | 6 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
– You've likely heard of "black sites" operated by the CIA at which prisoners are interrogated off the grid and without due process. Well, an investigation released yesterday by the Guardian asserts that the Chicago Police Department has something similar—a former Sears warehouse on the west side of the city called Homan Square that police have used since the late '90s. The report by Spencer Ackerman alleges that suspects brought there enter the equivalent of a legal black hole: Their names don't show up in booking databases, making it all but impossible for families and attorneys to find them, and those interviewed describe beatings, shackling for prolonged periods, and the detention of people as young as 15. The Guardian today reports that two former top DOJ officials say the report's claims merit a preliminary inquiry; the newspaper describes that as "a first step toward a full civil rights investigation." "This Homan Square revelation seems to me to be an institutionalization of the practice that dates back more than 40 years of violating a suspect or witness's rights to a lawyer and not to be physically or otherwise coerced into giving a statement," Chicago civil rights attorney Flint Taylor tells the Guardian. The story cites the case of Brian Jacob Church, arrested during a protest of a NATO summit in 2012, who was detained, shackled, and questioned for nearly a full day before being released to a police station to be booked. "It's a domestic black site," Church says. "When you go in, no one knows what's happened to you." The department called the facility a "sensitive" location vital for undercover operations and insisted that it "abides by all laws, rules, and guidelines." Click for the full story, and an accompanying one describing the site itself in more detail.
Expand this summary. | This building looks innocent enough. But those familiar with the secretive interrogation and holding facility describe a shocking display of police abuses
From the outside, you have to concentrate to realize Homan Square is a police facility. At first glance, it’s an unremarkable red brick warehouse, one of a handful on Chicago’s west side that used to belong to Sears Roebuck, complete with roll-up aluminum doors. No prominent signage tells outsiders it belongs to the police. The complex sits amidst fixtures in a struggling neighborhood: a medical clinic, takeout places, a movie theater, a charter school.
But a look at what surrounds the warehouse gives clearer indications of Homan Square’s police business. The yellow barrier for cars at the street checkpoint. The vans in the motor pool marked Chicago Police Forensic Services parked next to the unmarked cars. The black-and-white checkered door to match the signature pattern on Chicago police hats. The floodlights on the roof. The guy with a gun walking outside and smoking a cigarette in a black windbreaker with POLICE written on the back.
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“It’s not really a secret location, but it’s kind of a cloistered location,” said Richard Brzeczek, a former Chicago police superintendent.
Police on site, at the intersection of West Fillmore Street and South Homan Avenue, refused the Guardian access to Homan Square on a frigid recent morning.
Lawyers who seek access to Homan Square are typically turned away. But interviews with ex-cops, the few attorneys granted a measure of access, and one person who was detained inside for nearly an entire day describe an unusual, secretive police compound, complete with armored vehicles, surveillance gear and places to hold people for interrogation.
Brian Jacob Church was taken to Homan Square after police picked him up in 2012 on terrorism charges he beat at trial. He said police first photographed him for a biometrics database, took him down a long cinderblock hallway on a second floor, and handcuffed him to a bench bolted to the floor. He spent the next 17 hours there – approximately, as it was a windowless room and the lights were kept on overhead – while police attempted an interrogation he described as a fishing expedition.
Homan Square struck Church as the police equivalent of a CIA black site. Inside, he saw “big, big vehicles” that looked to him like the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected used by US soldiers and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. When his lawyers were finally permitted access, Church spoke with them through a 12ft x 12ft metal cage.
Church isn’t the only one who saw cages at Homan Square. Brzeczek, Chicago’s top cop from 1980 to 1983, said they’re chain-link metal cages stretching from floor to ceiling, “much like going into, say, a factory where there are certain areas that are secure”.
Brzeczek said that he visited Homan Square around early 2010 to visit the property room. While he said he didn’t see anyone detained, Brzeczek said that if police were to “put people in a subcomponent of that building, it would most probably be a cage.”
Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘What sticks out the most in my mind is the amount of armored vehicles they had in their garage just sitting there,’ Brian Jacob Church told the Guardian. ‘Big vehicles – like the very large MRAPs that they use in the Middle East.’ Photograph: Chandler West/Guardian
Matthew Dodge, the attorney who came to see Church, said the latticework through which he spoke to his client was smaller than a typical backyard fence. Inside the cage was nothing: “Just a floor and a cage.” Before entering Homan Square he had to leave his cellphone behind. The police he saw inside were all plainclothed.
Interrogations aren’t the only thing that happen in Homan Square. It’s a headquarters for a number of special police units, including the anti-gang, anti-vice and bomb and arson squad. Published reports describe a surveillance “wire room” inside. It also features evidence and recovered-property storage, something begun at the secure facility in 2003 after a Chicago police officer stole 49 kilos of cocaine from an evidence locker at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building.
Over the years Homan Square has formed a backdrop for high-profile drug seizures, where Chicago officials or cops display cocaine, marijuana and guns taken off the street. The rock group Portugal.The Man reportedly sent Homan Square detectives three dozen doughnuts – plus croissants and danishes – in gratitude for helping the band recover stolen music equipment.
But its interrogations function is less well known, even to close observers of Chicago police. A statement provided to the Guardian by police after this story was published claimed “there are always records of anyone who is arrested by CPD, and this is not any different at Homan Square,” and that lawyers “are allowed to speak to and visit” clients there.
However, Anthony Hill, an attorney, said he once made it into Homan Square – to the surprise of police. He said he saw “four, five cells,” describing it as a “bare-bones police station”.
“When I got in, they were so shocked I was there they didn’t know what to do with me,” he said.
||||| The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
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The facility, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side known as Homan Square, has long been the scene of secretive work by special police units. Interviews with local attorneys and one protester who spent the better part of a day shackled in Homan Square describe operations that deny access to basic constitutional rights.
Alleged police practices at Homan Square, according to those familiar with the facility who spoke out to the Guardian after its investigation into Chicago police abuse, include:
Keeping arrestees out of official booking databases.
Beating by police, resulting in head wounds.
Shackling for prolonged periods.
Denying attorneys access to the “secure” facility.
Holding people without legal counsel for between 12 and 24 hours, including people as young as 15.
At least one man was found unresponsive in a Homan Square “interview room” and later pronounced dead.
Brian Jacob Church, a protester known as one of the “Nato Three”, was held and questioned at Homan Square in 2012 following a police raid. Officers restrained Church for the better part of a day, denying him access to an attorney, before sending him to a nearby police station to be booked and charged.
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“Homan Square is definitely an unusual place,” Church told the Guardian on Friday. “It brings to mind the interrogation facilities they use in the Middle East. The CIA calls them black sites. It’s a domestic black site. When you go in, no one knows what’s happened to you.”
The secretive warehouse is the latest example of Chicago police practices that echo the much-criticized detention abuses of the US war on terrorism. While those abuses impacted people overseas, Homan Square – said to house military-style vehicles, interrogation cells and even a cage – trains its focus on Americans, most often poor, black and brown.
Unlike a precinct, no one taken to Homan Square is said to be booked. Witnesses, suspects or other Chicagoans who end up inside do not appear to have a public, searchable record entered into a database indicating where they are, as happens when someone is booked at a precinct. Lawyers and relatives insist there is no way of finding their whereabouts. Those lawyers who have attempted to gain access to Homan Square are most often turned away, even as their clients remain in custody inside.
“It’s sort of an open secret among attorneys that regularly make police station visits, this place – if you can’t find a client in the system, odds are they’re there,” said Chicago lawyer Julia Bartmes.
Chicago civil-rights attorney Flint Taylor said Homan Square represented a routinization of a notorious practice in local police work that violates the fifth and sixth amendments of the constitution.
“This Homan Square revelation seems to me to be an institutionalization of the practice that dates back more than 40 years,” Taylor said, “of violating a suspect or witness’ rights to a lawyer and not to be physically or otherwise coerced into giving a statement.”
Much remains hidden about Homan Square. The Chicago police department did not respond to the Guardian’s questions about the facility. But after the Guardian published this story, the department provided a statement insisting, without specifics, that there is nothing untoward taking place at what it called the “sensitive” location, home to undercover units.
“CPD [Chicago police department] abides by all laws, rules and guidelines pertaining to any interviews of suspects or witnesses, at Homan Square or any other CPD facility. If lawyers have a client detained at Homan Square, just like any other facility, they are allowed to speak to and visit them. It also houses CPD’s Evidence Recovered Property Section, where the public is able to claim inventoried property,” the statement said, something numerous attorneys and one Homan Square arrestee have denied.
“There are always records of anyone who is arrested by CPD, and this is not any different at Homan Square,” it continued.
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The Chicago police statement did not address how long into an arrest or detention those records are generated or their availability to the public. A department spokesperson did not respond to a detailed request for clarification.
When a Guardian reporter arrived at the warehouse on Friday, a man at the gatehouse outside refused any entrance and would not answer questions. “This is a secure facility. You’re not even supposed to be standing here,” said the man, who refused to give his name.
A former Chicago police superintendent and a more recently retired detective, both of whom have been inside Homan Square in the last few years in a post-police capacity, said the police department did not operate out of the warehouse until the late 1990s.
But in detailing episodes involving their clients over the past several years, lawyers described mad scrambles that led to the closed doors of Homan Square, a place most had never heard of previously. The facility was even unknown to Rob Warden, the founder of Northwestern University Law School’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, until the Guardian informed him of the allegations of clients who vanish into inherently coercive police custody.
“They just disappear,” said Anthony Hill, a criminal defense attorney, “until they show up at a district for charging or are just released back out on the street.”
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘They were held incommunicado for much longer than I think should be permitted in this country – anywhere – but particularly given the strong constitutional rights afforded to people who are being charged with crimes,” said Sarah Gelsomino, the lawyer for Brian Jacob Church. Photograph: Phil Batta/Guardian
Jacob Church learned about Homan Square the hard way. On May 16 2012, he and 11 others were taken there after police infiltrated their protest against the Nato summit. Church says officers cuffed him to a bench for an estimated 17 hours, intermittently interrogating him without reading his Miranda rights to remain silent. It would take another three hours – and an unusual lawyer visit through a wire cage – before he was finally charged with terrorism-related offenses at the nearby 11th district station, where he was made to sign papers, fingerprinted and photographed.
In preparation for the Nato protest, Church, who is from Florida, had written a phone number for the National Lawyers Guild on his arm as a precautionary measure. Once taken to Homan Square, Church asked explicitly to call his lawyers, and said he was denied.
“Essentially, I wasn’t allowed to make any contact with anybody,” Church told the Guardian, in contradiction of a police guidance on permitting phone calls and legal counsel to arrestees.
Church’s left wrist was cuffed to a bar behind a bench in windowless cinderblock cell, with his ankles cuffed together. He remained in those restraints for about 17 hours.
“I had essentially figured, ‘All right, well, they disappeared us and so we’re probably never going to see the light of day again,’” Church said.
Brian Jacob Church, Jared Chase and Brent Vincent Betterly, known as the ‘Nato Three’. Photograph: AP/Cook County sheriff's office
Though the raid attracted major media attention, a team of attorneys could not find Church through 12 hours of “active searching”, Sarah Gelsomino, Church’s lawyer, recalled. No booking record existed. Only after she and others made a “major stink” with contacts in the offices of the corporation counsel and Mayor Rahm Emanuel did they even learn about Homan Square.
They sent another attorney to the facility, where he ultimately gained entry, and talked to Church through a floor-to-ceiling chain-link metal cage. Finally, hours later, police took Church and his two co-defendants to a nearby police station for booking.
After serving two and a half years in prison, Church is currently on parole after he and his co-defendants were found not guilty in 2014 of terrorism-related offenses but guilty of lesser charges of possessing an incendiary device and the misdemeanor of “mob action”.
It’s almost like they throw a black bag over your head and make you disappear for a day or two Brian Jacob Church
The access that Nato Three attorneys received to Homan Square was an exception to the rule, even if Jacob Church’s experience there was not.
Three attorneys interviewed by the Guardian report being personally turned away from Homan Square between 2009 and 2013 without being allowed access to their clients. Two more lawyers who hadn’t been physically denied described it as a place where police withheld information about their clients’ whereabouts. Church was the only person who had been detained at the facility who agreed to talk with the Guardian: their lawyers say others fear police retaliation.
One man in January 2013 had his name changed in the Chicago central bookings database and then taken to Homan Square without a record of his transfer being kept, according to Eliza Solowiej of Chicago’s First Defense Legal Aid. (The man, the Guardian understands, wishes to be anonymous; his current attorney declined to confirm Solowiej’s account.) She found out where he was after he was taken to the hospital with a head injury.
“He said that the officers caused his head injuries in an interrogation room at Homan Square. I had been looking for him for six to eight hours, and every department member I talked to said they had never heard of him,” Solowiej said. “He sent me a phone pic of his head injuries because I had seen him in a police station right before he was transferred to Homan Square without any.”
Bartmes, another Chicago attorney, said that in September 2013 she got a call from a mother worried that her 15-year-old son had been picked up by police before dawn. A sympathetic sergeant followed up with the mother to say her son was being questioned at Homan Square in connection to a shooting and would be released soon. When hours passed, Bartmes traveled to Homan Square, only to be refused entry for nearly an hour.
An officer told her, “Well, you can’t just stand here taking notes, this is a secure facility, there are undercover officers, and you’re making people very nervous,” Bartmes recalled. Told to leave, she said she would return in an hour if the boy was not released. He was home, and not charged, after “12, maybe 13” hours in custody.
On February 2, 2013, John Hubbard was taken to Homan Square. Hubbard never walked out. The Chicago Tribune reported that the 44-year old was found “unresponsive inside an interview room”, and pronounced dead. After publication, the Cook County medical examiner told the Guardian that the cause of death was determined to be heroin intoxication.
Homan Square is hardly concerned exclusively with terrorism. Several special units operate outside of it, including the anti-gang and anti-drug forces. If police “want money, guns, drugs”, or information on the flow of any of them onto Chicago’s streets, “they bring them there and use it as a place of interrogation off the books,” Hill said.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘The real danger in allowing practices like Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib is the fact that they always creep into other aspects,’ criminologist Tracy Siska told the Guardian. Photograph: Chandler West/Guardian
A former Chicago detective and current private investigator, Bill Dorsch, said he had not heard of the police abuses described by Church and lawyers for other suspects who had been taken to Homan Square. He has been permitted access to the facility to visit one of its main features, an evidence locker for the police department. (“I just showed my retirement star and passed through,” Dorsch said.)
Transferring detainees through police custody to deny them access to legal counsel, would be “a career-ender,” Dorsch said. “To move just for the purpose of hiding them, I can’t see that happening,” he told the Guardian.
Richard Brzeczek, Chicago’s police superintendent from 1980 to 1983, who also said he had no first-hand knowledge of abuses at Homan Square, said it was “never justified” to deny access to attorneys.
“Homan Square should be on the same list as every other facility where you can call central booking and say: ‘Can you tell me if this person is in custody and where,’” Brzeczek said.
“If you’re going to be doing this, then you have to include Homan Square on the list of facilities that prisoners are taken into and a record made. It can’t be an exempt facility.”
Indeed, Chicago police guidelines appear to ban the sorts of practices Church and the lawyers said occur at Homan Square.
A directive titled “Processing Persons Under Department Control” instructs that “investigation or interrogation of an arrestee will not delay the booking process,” and arrestees must be allowed “a reasonable number of telephone calls” to attorneys swiftly “after their arrival at the first place of custody.” Another directive, “Arrestee and In-Custody Communications,” says police supervisors must “allow visitation by attorneys.”
Attorney Scott Finger said that the Chicago police tightened the latter directive in 2012 after quiet complaints from lawyers about their lack of access to Homan Square. Without those changes, Church’s attorneys might not have gained entry at all. But that tightening – about a week before Church’s arrest – did not prevent Church’s prolonged detention without a lawyer, nor the later cases where lawyers were unable to enter.
The combination of holding clients for long periods, while concealing their whereabouts and denying access to a lawyer, struck legal experts as a throwback to the worst excesses of Chicago police abuse, with a post-9/11 feel to it.
On a smaller scale, Homan Square is “analogous to the CIA’s black sites,” said Andrea Lyon, a former Chicago public defender and current dean of Valparaiso University Law School. When she practiced law in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s, she said, “police used the term ‘shadow site’” to refer to the quasi-disappearances now in place at Homan Square.
I’ve never known any kind of organized, secret place where they go and hold somebody before booking for hours and hours James Trainum, former detective, Washington DC
“Back when I first started working on torture cases and started representing criminal defendants in the early 1970s, my clients often told me they’d been taken from one police station to another before ending up at Area 2 where they were tortured,” said Taylor, the civil-rights lawyer most associated with pursuing the notoriously abusive Area 2 police commander Jon Burge. “And in that way the police prevent their family and lawyers from seeing them until they could coerce, through torture or other means, confessions from them.”
Police often have off-site facilities to have private conversations with their informants. But a retired Washington DC homicide detective, James Trainum, could not think of another circumstance nationwide where police held people incommunicado for extended periods.
“I’ve never known any kind of organized, secret place where they go and just hold somebody before booking for hours and hours and hours. That scares the hell out of me that that even exists or might exist,” said Trainum, who now studies national policing issues, to include interrogations, for the Innocence Project and the Constitution Project.
Regardless of departmental regulations, police frequently deny or elide access to lawyers even at regular police precincts, said Solowiej of First Defense Legal Aid. But she said the outright denial was exacerbated at Chicago’s secretive interrogation and holding facility: “It’s very, very rare for anyone to experience their constitutional rights in Chicago police custody, and even more so at Homan Square,” Solowiej said.
Church said that one of his more striking memories of Homan Square was the “big, big vehicles” police had inside the complex that “look like very large MRAPs that they use in the Middle East.”
Cook County, home of Chicago, has received some 1,700 pieces of military equipment from a much-criticized Pentagon program transferring military gear to local police. It includes a Humvee, according to a local ABC News report.
Tracy Siska, a criminologist and civil-rights activist with the Chicago Justice Project, said that Homan Square, as well as the unrelated case of ex-Guantánamo interrogator and retired Chicago detective Richard Zuley, showed the lines blurring between domestic law enforcement and overseas military operations.
“The real danger in allowing practices like Guantánamo or Abu Ghraib is the fact that they always creep into other aspects,” Siska said.
“They creep into domestic law enforcement, either with weaponry like with the militarization of police, or interrogation practices. That’s how we ended up with a black site in Chicago.” ||||| Two ex-senior Justice Department officials say allegations about police operation are ‘very disturbing’ and raise serious questions about constitutional violations
Two former senior Justice Department officials are calling on their colleagues to investigate a secretive warehouse used for interrogations by Chicago police and likened to a CIA “black site” facility.
Sam Bagenstos, who during Barack Obama’s first term was the Justice Department’s No 2 civil rights official, said that the Guardian’s exposé of the Homan Square police warehouse raised concerns about “a possible pattern or practice of violations of the fourth and fifth amendments” that warranted an inquiry.
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William Yeomans, who worked in the civil rights division from 1981 to 2005, and served as its acting attorney, said the allegations about off-the-books interrogations and barred access to legal counsel reported by the Guardian merited a preliminary investigation to confirm them, a first step toward a full civil rights investigation.
“I would certainly call on them to take a look at it, yes,” Yeomans said.
A Guardian investigation details a secret facility where Americans were unable to be contacted by their legal counsel while locked inside and repeatedly denied access to basic constitutional rights.
At Homan Square, a nondescript warehouse on the city’s west side, police arrest or detain people for hours without booking or otherwise posting public notifications of their whereabouts, preventing their relatives knowing where they are.
Numerous lawyers reported difficulties getting basic information about their clients from Homan Square, with three saying they had personally been turned away by police from entering the building even as their clients were inside. Police denied access to a Guardian reporter who showed up at the facility to seek answers.
“It certainly raises the very serious question about whether there is a pattern of practice of constitutional violations, of excessive force, denial of right to counsel, coercive interrogations,” said Bagenstos, now a law professor at the University of Michigan.
“This is definitely the kind of practice that you would expect the Justice Department to look into.”
The Justice Department did not return a request for comment by press time.
In operation since the late 1990s, Homan Square is used by special police units, including those investigating gangs and narcotics, that do not operate out of specific police districts. It also is home to an evidence and recovered-property locker. While marked and unmarked police cars line the parking lots and a barrier blocks traffic out front, prominent signage does not indicate that it is an official police facility.
Were he still at the Justice Department, Bagenstos said, “this would be the kind of matter that I would want at least a preliminary investigation of, to see whether it warranted a full-scale investigation.”
“The allegations are certainly disturbing. People are going in there and disappearing? Their attorneys are not allowed to have contact with them? That’s very disturbing,” said Yeomans, now a fellow at American University’s Washington College of Law.
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After the Guardian published its story on Tuesday, the Chicago police emailed a statement that did not respond to any of the Guardian’s specific questions. The police department cited the presence of undercover units as necessitating secrecy around Homan Square.
“CPD [the Chicago police department] abides by all laws, rules and guidelines pertaining to any interviews of suspects or witnesses, at Homan Square or any other CPD facility. If lawyers have a client detained at Homan Square, just like any other facility, they are allowed to speak to and visit them,” the statement read.
Several lawyers interviewed by the Guardian said they were prevented from seeing their clients at Homan Square.
“There are always records of anyone who is arrested by CPD, and this is not any different at Homan Square,” the statement continued.
Several lawyers interviewed by the Guardian, however, said that once their clients entered Homan Square, no public records were generated that provided indications of someone’s whereabouts.
Bagenstos said it was difficult to disentangle the “dark history” of interrogation by Chicago and other law enforcement agencies from a post-9/11 militarization of domestic policework to trace the origins of the disquieting Homan Square allegations.
“It’s certainly not the kind of story that you expect to read as a present-day piece of journalism as opposed to a piece of history,” Bagenstos said. ||||| | 9 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Produce a brief English sentence that would be considered grammatically as category: (b).
All categories: Available choices:
(a). unacceptable;
(b). acceptable; | Joe is taller than Mary is. | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/cola:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a text based on this summary: nato supreme commander says borders in eastern europe are
Text: | in an effort to quell regional fears , nato 's supreme commander , u.s. gen. wesley clark , said thursday there are no western plans to redraw the map of the balkans . | 8 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Egypt: Protesters storm Muslim Brotherhood's HQ
What is a sentence that would be (on a scale from 0 to 5) a (c). out of 5 in terms of textual similarity to the above sentence? | Protesters swamp streets to reclaim revolution | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: A cell that is unable to import substances required to process chemical energy is most likely a result of a malfunctioning
What is the correct answer to this question?
Choices: -cell membrane.. -endoplasmic reticulum.. -Golgi body.. -nuclear envelope.....A: | cell membrane. | 3 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize:
The court in the city of Jodhpur said the prosecution had been unable to prove that Khan used firearms to kill endangered black bucks two decades ago.
The actor, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, has already been acquitted in two cases of poaching. A fourth case is still being heard.
Khan, 51, is one of Bollywood's biggest stars, appearing in more than 80 films.
Bollywood superstar who lives dangerously
Bollywood star freed in poaching case
Court overturns Salman Khan sentence
The actor was charged with killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, and keeping firearms illegally during a trip to a forest in 1998.
The original case against him was filed by the local Bishnoi community, who revere and worship the black bucks.
In 2006, a trial court convicted the actor in two cases of poaching and sentenced him to five years in prison.
The Rajasthan high court suspended the sentence the following year, and eventually acquitted him last year.
The state government has appealed against that order in the Supreme Court.
In 2015, Khan was also acquitted after being charged with running over and killing a homeless man in a driving accident in Mumbai. The Maharashtra state government has challenged the order in the Supreme Court.
Summary: | A court in India has cleared Bollywood star Salman Khan of keeping firearms illegally. | 0 | Flan2021 | huggingface:xsum | zs_opt |