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Pentru întreprinderile care întâmpină dificultăţi provocate de criza financiară internaţională, documentele suplimentare impuse de această cerinţă s-ar putea dovedi devastatoare.
Could you please translate this to English? | For businesses facing difficulties caused by the international financial crisis, the additional paperwork that this requirement entails could well prove devastating. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Babar wonders how he can get new clothing. Luckily, a very rich old man who has always been fond of little elephants understands right away that he is longing for a fine suit. As he likes to make people happy, *he* gives him his wallet.
Which option(s) below is/are correct for question: are "old man" and "he" the same entity?
pick from the following. (I) no. (II) yes. | (II) | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write some highlights for the following article:
By. Damien Gayle. PUBLISHED:. 07:23 EST, 2 November 2012. |. UPDATED:. 07:23 EST, 2 November 2012. Old habits: MIT researchers have found an area of the brain that controls which habits are switched on at a particular time. Old habits die hard, so the saying goes - but they may be overridden, suggests a new study which raises hopes for the treatment of obsessive behaviours. Scientists have identified a brain region which can switch us between new and old habits, raising questions about how automatic habitual behaviours really are. Habits are wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically, such as getting to work each day. This frees up the brain to think of other things - like what to have for dinner. But MIT scientists say that the brain does not completely relinquish control of habitual behaviour. A small region of the prefrontal cortex, where most thought and planning occurs, is responsible for moment-by-moment control of which habits are switched on at a given time. 'We’ve always thought - and I still do - that the value of a habit is you don’t have to think about it. It frees up your brain to do other things,' said Professor Ann Graybiel of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research. 'However, it doesn’t free up all of it. There’s some piece of your cortex that’s still devoted to that control.' The research suggests that bad habits, however deeply ingrained, could be overidden by the brain’s planning centres. This could lead to possible intervention in those suffering from conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr Kyle Smith carried out on tests on rats in which the rodents were placed in a T-shaped maze. As the rats approached the decision point, they heard a tone indicating whether they should turn left or right. When they chose correctly, they received a reward — chocolate milk for turning left or sugar water for turning right. Even when researchers removed the rewards the rats eventually responded to the tones in the same way, showing the behaviours had become fully ingrained. And when the reward for turning left correctly was spiked with a substance that made the rats sick, they would still turn left when cued to do so - but simply not consume the fluid. Obsessive: The discovery could lead to new treatments for those who are held in thrall to obsessive habits like gambling. The team then altered part of the prefrontal cortex known as the infralimbic (IL) cortex, which is needed for habitual behaviour to develop. If you think giving rats a drink to make them sick to investigate habits is a little cruel, spare a thought for these unfortunate rodents. Scientists investigating the spread of cancer cells surgically implanted windows into the bellies of live mice. The glass portholes stitched directly into the rodents' abdominal walls are intended to help researchers track how cancer cells spread to form secondary tumours. Dutch researchers surgically removed a section of a mouse's abdominal wall altogether and replaced it with a tiny glass pane about half an inch wide surrounded by a biocompatible titanium ring. 'It's just like a window in a ship or a plane,' Dr Jacco van Rheenen of the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research in the Netherlands told New Scientist. Tightly stitched to the skin and abdominal wall, the windows reportedly did not impair the rodents' movements and they caused no signs of infection and inflammation. However, in just over one in 50 cases the glass panes did break, with presumably grisly consequences. Where this did not occur, the windows remained in place for an average of five weeks before the stitches loosened, giving the Hubrecht Institute team plenty of time to record their findings. Using optogenetics, a technique that. allows researchers to inhibit specific cells with light, they turned off. IL cortex activity for several seconds as the rats approached the point. in the maze where they had to decide which way to turn. Almost instantly, the rats dropped the habit of running to the left, the side with the now nauseating reward. This. suggests that turning off the IL cortex switches the rats’ brains from. an 'automatic, reflexive mode to a mode that’s more cognitive or engaged. in the goal - processing what exactly it is that they’re running for,' Dr Smith said. Once broken of the habit of running left, the rats soon formed a new habit, running to the right side every time, even when cued to run left. The researchers showed that they could break this new habit by once again inhibiting the IL cortex with light. To their surprise, they found that these rats immediately regained their original habit of running left when cued to do so. 'This habit was never really forgotten,' Dr Smith said. 'It’s lurking there somewhere, and we’ve unmasked it by turning off the new one that had been overwritten.' Professor Graybiel said that the findings showed the IL cortex is responsible for determining, moment-by-moment, which habitual behaviours will be expressed. She said: 'To us, what’s really stunning is that habit representation still must be totally intact and retrievable in an instant, and there’s an online monitoring system controlling that.' Jane Taylor, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, who was not part of the research team, said the study also raises interesting ideas concerning how automatic habitual behaviours really are. 'We’ve always thought of habits as being inflexible, but this suggests you can have flexible habits, in some sense,' she added. Professor Graybiel said it would be too invasive to use the same techniques to break habits in humans but the technology could one day evolve to a point where it could be used to treat compulsive or addictive behaviour. The teams findings were reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Highlights: | MIT researchers identify brain region that controls habitual behaviours. They find old habits never go away, but can be replaced with new ones. However, the potential to switch back to the old behaviour remains. | 1 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
Sentences: 1. Underperforming teachers will be selected out because they are less in demand , unless they adapt and learn from what their competitors apparently do better .
2. Measuring teachers ' performances will create a transparent market for teaching talent .
3. So , the overall quality of the teacher pool will rise and this will increase the quality of education for all students .
What claim can be made from these sentences? | Competition improves the overall quality of education. | 1 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Haviland is a city in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 701. It is home of Barclay College and known for meteorite finds connected to the Haviland Crater and for an annual meteorite festival held in July.
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that this sentence is true?
Haviland is located in a county in the state of Kansas.
Pick your answer from: A). Yes B). It's impossible to say C). No | A). | 1 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Context: We are thoroughly enjoying our summer 's fruits . These grapes are even sweeter than they look . Really crisp and really sweet . So much funner than the market!Oooh , and the blackberries ... the very lonely strawberry ... the bunnies can reach these , so they hardly stand a chance .
Question What is the narrator 's diet like ?
Possible answers:
OPTIONS:
a). The narrator eats healthy .;
b). The narrator eats much protein .;
c). The narrator eats unhealthy .;
d). None of the above choices .;
The answer: | a). | 5 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
During a game of tag, Ethan ran from Luke because *he* was "it".
Are "he" and "Ethan" the same thing in the aforementioned sentence (choose from options)?
pick from the following. (I) no; (II) yes; | (I) | 4 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Well, I don't know what the question is. It may relate to your standing objection, but we'll note that. We'll hold that thought, and you can proceed with the question, because all we have is the exhibit that is a newspaper article. So let's proceed with the question. There's no need to restate your objection, unless you want to put a finer point on the objection. But at this point, proceed with your question.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The speaker may know what the question is but doesn't want to answer.
Select from: -- Yes; -- It's impossible to say; -- No; | It's impossible to say | 3 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article based on this "Realize that your dog may be a picky eater by choice. Consider whether a medical reason might be at work. Understand the impact of picky eating."
Article: | Picky eaters by choice know there is something better out there than dog food, especially dry food, and will hold out for that better alternative, whether that means wet dog food or pieces of bacon from their owner's plate. The type of picky eater is usually created by owners that spoil the dog with tasty table tidbits or reward the dog's picky eating by hand-feeding or offering an even more tasty alternative. These dogs are typically smaller breed dogs who have been pampered with human food by their owners. Their weight is may remain within normal weight range for their size or they may become obese due to overindulgence in delicacies and high-fat foods. This would be a dog that was previously eating dog food without a problem who now suddenly nibbles at the food or leaves it in its dish. You may notice your dog losing weight or exhibiting signs of illness, such as lethargy or slowness. If your previously normal eater doesn't return to his normal eating pattern within two days, bring this issue to your vet's attention as it could be related to a more serious underlying medical condition. Dental disease, gastrointestinal upset, tumors, or liver, kidney, and heart disease are all medical conditions which may cause a formerly good eater to become a picky eater. Your dog will eventually become nutritionally deficient if he is not eating a well-balanced diet. Dog food is formulated to meet all the nutritional needs of dogs. They are not humans and thus cannot thrive on a human diet. Dogs have different requirements than humans for fat, protein, minerals and vitamins. Here are some of the potential implications of a poor diet: Poor teeth: The dog's teeth will suffer, especially small breed dogs, if he doesn't eat properly. Dry dog food (kibble) helps to “grind” off some of the plaque that eventually collects on the teeth. In addition, a nutritionally imbalanced diet will eventually make the dog deficient in minerals like calcium which helps build strong teeth and bones. Obesity: Generally, picky eaters will only eat the tastiest human foods which typically contain a lot of fat. Fat is what gives the most flavor to food. Too much fat in the diet equals an expanding waistline, even in dogs. At present, obesity is the biggest nutritional problem facing our pet dogs. Future health concerns and lower quality of life: Many of the common illnesses facing aging dogs are treated with special foods which help prolong life and increase quality of life. Unfortunately, some of these foods aren't as flavorful as regular dog food and may be rejected by a picky eater. Failure to eat these foods could limit the treatments available for aging illnesses and hasten a dog's physical decline. | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read this article and answer this question The 1996 campaign was the Suns first losing year in the SAL. First basemen Mike Whitlock led the team in home runs (20) and RBI (91) with a .252 batting average while drawing a franchise record 108 walks. He did this in 131 games at the age of 19, yet never played a game in the major leagues. Another player who displayed power was Craig Wilson (first baseman). Wilson hit 11 home runs with 70 RBI while maintaining a .261 batting average. Craig Stone returned from the 1995 squad, batting .310 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI in 56 games. Mike Johnson (1990s pitcher) won a staff-leading 11 games and also had a team-leading total of 162.2 innings pitched. He made his major league debut a season later with the Baltimore Orioles. Tom Davey won 10 games and had a 3.87 ERA in 26 starts.
Who had the second most number of RBIs? | Craig Wilson | 4 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. Grease seems kickier now than it did 20 years ago.
2. Lively, fresh and bright, Grease still stands tall and is destined to become a classic with its memorable, toe-tapping songs, imaginative choreography, plus the dazzle of John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.
3. ...comes to life when Travolta and company are singing and dancing.
4. Problematic but ultimately irresistible adaptation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's hit Broadway musical. [Blu-ray]
5. The screenplay is a prepubescent shambles, the direction is by acne out of disposable douches, the dubbing and looping of the songs is painfully obvious, the characterizations are generally repulsive and the whole thing is utterly without style.
6. Anonymous and semi-competent filmmaking with no real personality, pepped up by the fake energy.
7. What makes it work is its youthful vitality, the tremendous energy and imagination expended on its virtually wall-to-wall song and dance number.
8. A grave disappointment to anyone in search of style or substance.
9. One of the most commercially successful transfers of a Broadway musical to the big screen, Grease is not a great movie but it's a lot of fun to watch and listen due to superlative cast.
10. A film that's immortal for its unbridled enthusiasm and top notch production that makes it arguably the best musical ever made...
What is the consensus? | Grease is a pleasing, energetic musical with infectiously catchy songs and an ode to young love that never gets old. | 3 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Thursday, and Mr. Strong arrived with the inevitableness of dreaded events. Bambi felt convinced that his coming meant the premature death of her new-born career, so, naturally, she was prepared for grief. An element of amusement was added, however, by Jarvis's astonishing behaviour. Ever since the first mention of Mr. Strong's name he had shown unmistakable signs of dislike for that gentleman. 'It was the most remarkable revelation of his strange character. Having totally ignored Bambi himself, it distressed him to think of any other man being attracted by her. His references to Mr. Strong's coming were many and satirical. This display of manly inconsistency was nuts and ale to Bambi. She wondered how much Mr. Strong would play up, and she decided to give Jarvis Jocelyn an uncomfortable hour. She herself was an adept in amatory science, but she was a trifle unsure of Mr. Strong. However, she remembered a certain twinkle in his eye that augured well. Because it was necessary to enlighten him as to the situation in advance, she arrayed herself most carefully to go and meet him. She encountered Jarvis on the stairs. He inspected her charming self, in a frock the colour of spring green leaves, topped by a crocus-coloured hat, like a flower. She deliberately pranced before him.
What question would one ask from this paragraph? | Who ignored Bambi and how did they feel about another man noticing her? | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write the last sentence in this story.
What a difference two years makes. When Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar in 2012, there was much fanfare about the country's political reforms and apparent road to democracy after decades of oppressive military rule. But as Obama and other world leaders gather in Myanmar this week for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, the situation is not as rosy as many had hoped. "Parts of the reform effort have stalled, parts have moved forward, and parts we've even seen things move backward," Deputy U.S. National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said Thursday. "So I think it's a mixed picture."
But a senior
OPTIONS:
- ASEAN official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Aung San Suu Kyi official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Barack Obama official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Ben Rhodes official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Myanmar official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Obama official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- Rohingya Muslim official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
- U.S. official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon.
| U.S. official cautioned not to expect any major leaps forward any time soon. | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Sentence: name = Fitzbillies, food = Italian, priceRange = high, near = The Six Bells
Can you represent the content in this sentence in data form? | The Fitzbillies near The Six Bells has a high price range for Italian food. | 5 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Trying to avoid their first 0-3 start since 1999, the Falcons played their Week 3 home opener against their divisional rival, the Carolina Panthers. After a scoreless first quarter, Atlanta trailed early as Panthers kicker John Kasay got a 45-yard field goal. Afterwards, the Falcons took the lead with QB Joey Harrington completing a 69-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White. However, Carolina retook the lead with QB Jake Delhomme completing a 13-yard TD pass to RB DeShaun Foster. Atlanta tied the game prior to halftime with kicker Morten Andersen getting a 24-yard field goal. In the third quarter, the Falcons regained the lead with Harrington completing a 13-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler, yet the Panthers regained the lead with Delhomme completing a 5-yard TD pass to TE Jeff King, along with Foster's 10-yard TD run. In the fourth quarter, Carolina ended its scoring with Kasay kicking a 49-yard field goal. Atlanta tried to mount a comeback, yet the only score was Andersen's 25-yard field goal.
Answer this question based on the article: How many of the touchdowns were passing touchdowns? | 4 | 1 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
two gunmen opened fire inside a bakery in pakistan 's southern port city of karachi early monday , killing a sunni muslim cleric before fleeing on a motorcycle , police said .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase. | assailants fatally shoot sunni muslim cleric in pakistani port city of karachi | 6 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Tens of thousands of Colombians and Venezuelans attended a free concert Sunday, held on a bridge linking the two countries. It was organized by Grammy-winning rock artist Juanes to celebrate the end of the diplomatic crisis between Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and to further improve peaceful relations within the region. The "Peace Without Borders" concert was staged atop the Simón Bolívar bridge, which connects the Colombian town of Cúcuta with the Venezuelan town of San Antonio del Táchira. "It would have been much more practical and simple to do it in a city," Juanes told the Miami Herald, "but the border is a symbol of peace between all countries. And this message is for everyone, all the countries in Latin America and the U.S. as well."
Q with options: Can we draw the following conclusion?
Ecuador is now allies with Colombia and Venezuela.
Select from the following.
1). yes.
2). no. | 2). | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Rocks that contain fragments of bones, shells, and plant remains are most likely OPT:
(a). crystals.;
(b). igneous.;
(c). sedimentary.;
(d). metamorphic.;
| (c). | 6 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
How might one describe the sentiment of this review?
UGH! Typical diner and not in a good way. The problem with this place is that it's never the same. If Costco has bacon on sale she's buying it from Costco. If Restaurant Depot has it on sale she's driving all the way down there. Biscuits Cafe is so good because it's ALWAYS the same. This lady just buys the cheapest and it shows!!! I won't be back!...Pick your answer from:
- negative.
- positive. I think the answer is | negative | 6 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the question
When ice cream is left out of a freezer, the ice cream changes from a ___.
Choose your answer from:
1). solid to a gas
2). gas to a liquid
3). solid to a liquid
4). liquid to a gas | 3). | 5 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Possible review types:
Possible answers: (i). negative; (ii). positive;.
Generate a (i). review for a place | OK so what did I think of this place. Well first off after reading these reviews I thought, doesn't sound so bad, so what the hell. So tonight my partner and I went there for dinner! OK this place says its a Seafood Buffet, someone says its like the Rio SeaFood Buffeet in Vegas, HARDLY! The Rio is in a completely different and A LOT better. This place is hugh, and if you do not get there by 6pm forget finding a placeto sit its packed. The food was just OK, when you walk in you see this very large boat serving center, that is where the Sushi is at, nice selection for a buffet, but then again not the best, They have a section that is like a BBQ area where you pick what you want, and the cooks will cook it for you, a nice selection. They have a meat section its OK, the beek is over cooked, as well as the chicken. They have the same selection of the chinese buffet as any other Chinese Buffet in PHX, in fact there are better places. There is a lady who brings the food as well as broadcast to the cooks in the back what is needed, the speakers are so loud in the kitchen that it sounded like a train station anouncements in a chinese train station, This same lady "bumped" into my many times while she was bring out the new food, I understand that she is in a rush, but when there are people in front of me who is overwhelemed by the selection of food I have no place to go, The atmosphere is nice, very airy but very loud, when you have a large gruop of people trying to talk to each other, it gets very loud. The wait staff need help, they take forever to clean away dirty plate and to get refils of your drinks. So, lets talk about price.... Total for 2 adults with drinks (non alcholoic) was $39. WOW, I couldn't beleive that price. Yes, they serve alcholoic drinks, that is a nice part I saw. Over all, we wont go back to it, for that pice, I would rather eat some place else. Save youself from this pace and go some place else. | 8 | Flan2021 | yelp_polarity_reviews:0.2.0 | zs_opt |
On a scale from 0-5, where 0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar", how similar is the sentence "Mexican singer Jenni Rivera believed killed in plane crash" to the sentence "Jenni Rivera, Mexican music star, dies in plane crash"?
OPT:
A). 0
B). 1
C). 2
D). 3
E). 4
F). 5 | D). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Is come used to mean the same thing in the next two sentences (see options)?
Your wish will come true.
Their anger came to a boil.
Possible answers: (I) different meanings. (II) the same meaning. | (II) | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence not in English. | Nu s-a întreprins nimic pentru că zona este controlată de mafia betoanelor, de mafia forestieră, cu incendiile lor din păduri. | 8 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Possible tweet sentiments: Pick your answer from: A. negative; B. positive;
Write a tweet that is B.. | @llyfrgell ooh, i like the rug! also, i see kitties! | 6 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How to reduce your utility bills<br>Make sure that you turn the lights off whenever you leave the room. If there is no one in the room, there is no point in lighting it up and all you are really doing is wasting both electricity and money. You can buy timers if you are worried about burglars and other things but make sure that you do not leave unnecessary lights on.
Can we infer the following?
Burglars do not like light.
Choices: (A). Yes (B). It's impossible to say (C). No
The answer is: | (B). | 4 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence: Alessio Romagnoli belongs to A.C. Milan, which is managed by Siniša Mihajlović and includes chairman Silvio Berlusconi. Romagnoli played for Italy's national under-19 football team and has connections to UC Sampdoria.
What data can be extracted from this sentence? | Alessio Romagnoli, currentclub, A.C. Milan; A.C. Milan, manager, Siniša Mihajlović; A.C. Milan, chairman, Silvio Berlusconi; Alessio Romagnoli, club, Italy national under-19 football team; Alessio Romagnoli, club, U.C. Sampdoria | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Add punctuation: In chapter 6 the section about Moses the Mystic one should have Semite philology on the brain in order to get straight and stick to the many different kinds of ways to spell and comprehend Jahweh the Jewish God and this makes me boil over with enthusiasm in particular because I never met anyone who was interested in the biblical philology in this way until now
| In chapter 6, the section about "Moses - the Mystic", one should have Semite philology on the brain in order to get straight and stick to the many different kinds of ways to spell and comprehend Jahweh, the Jewish God, and this makes me boil over with enthusiasm, in particular because I never met anyone who was interested in the biblical philology in this way - until now! | 6 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
Data: name = Strada, food = Fast food, priceRange = less than £20, customer rating = low, familyFriendly = no, near = Rainbow Vegetarian Café. What is a sentence that describe this data? | Strada serves fast food and is located near Rainbow Vegetarian Café. It is not family-friendly, has a low customer rating but costs less than £20. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a question you would see in a school textbook. | A hydrologist is studying the acidity level of a city lake. She collects samples twice a week and takes them to her lab to test them. After testing the samples, she places the data on a graph. She tells the city engineers that her tests indicate that the pH level has been steadily dropping over the past few months. Which of the following steps is the best way to check the accuracy of her data? | 7 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Romanian:
There are two very important elements as far as I am concerned.
Romanian: | În ceea ce mă priveşte, există două elemente foarte importante. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer a question about this article:
Matrix groups consist of matrices together with matrix multiplication. The general linear group GL(n, R) consists of all invertible n-by-n matrices with real entries. Its subgroups are referred to as matrix groups or linear groups. The dihedral group example mentioned above can be viewed as a (very small) matrix group. Another important matrix group is the special orthogonal group SO(n). It describes all possible rotations in n dimensions. Via Euler angles, rotation matrices are used in computer graphics.
What term describes subgroups of the general linear group? | matrix groups | 3 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
58 BCE: Caesar stopped the Celtic tribe of the Helvetii from leaving their homeland in what is now Switzerland and migrating west. His forces also defeated a band of Germans led by Ariovistus.
Please remove spaces between words. | 58BCE:CaesarstoppedtheCeltictribeoftheHelvetiifromleavingtheirhomelandinwhatisnowSwitzerlandandmigratingwest.HisforcesalsodefeatedabandofGermansledbyAriovistus. | 8 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Published Date: 06 April 2009 Carrie Underwood was named Entertainer Of The Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in the US. The former American Idol winner was the first female act to win the honour since the Dixie Chicks in 2000. "I've had a lot of good moments in the past four years. This one takes the cake," the tearful 26-year-old said. "Thank you God, thank you fans, thank you to ACM for nominating me in the first place. I never thought I'd be nominated and never thought I'd win. I'm shaking. I don't know what to say."
Based on that paragraph can we conclude that the sentence below is true?
Carrie Underwood won the second prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Select from:
(a). yes.
(b). no. | (b). | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer from options. Premise: "Yes, m'm. The old servant hesitated, then added diffidently: "Don't you think, m'm, you'd better get to bed? " If this premise is true, what does that tell us about whether it entails the hypothesis "The old servant card about the woman"?
OPT:
(1). yes;
(2). it is not possible to tell;
(3). no; | (2). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
TEXT: `` why , sophie bensinger and i were talking just the other day about how many crass little interlopers we 've been seeing at our functions lately . like tonight , for instance , '' she added pointedly . `` all of them dressed in clothes they could n't possibly afford , so they had to be rented from your pretentious little shop . '' she scanned ava up and down . `` i had no idea you were one of your own | customers | 4 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How do I begin? This movie is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen .It has no redeemable qualities .I just sat through this movie and it was a struggle.It failed to get even a single smile on my face.I find it hard to believe that anyone would distribute this horrible film. I felt that this movie was a failed attempt at distasteful humor. The only thing that was worth anything about this movie was the soundtrack, I'm pretty sure thats the reason I wanted to see this movie in the first place.I will wrap this up as I am going to try and forget the time I just wasted with this piece of crap. I will leave you with this warning. DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM ,IT SUCKS.
Choose your answer. How would you describe the sentiment of this review?
[I] negative. [II] positive. | [I] | 2 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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.
Choose from options: Based on the paragraph, does the response "His mother" correctly answer the question "What was Arthur Thorndike thinking of on his morning drive?"?
Options are: (a). no (b). yes | (a). | 4 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a grad-school level question? | Puddles on a sidewalk are evaporating quickly. What most likely causes the puddles to evaporate? | 8 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-select problem: How does the next paragraph end?
How to paint concrete
Clean the concrete surface with soap and warm water, removing any old paint.
First, sweep away any surface leaves, debris, and dirt. Then remove any existing paint or gunk using a power washer or scraper and wire brush.
Choose from:
1). Scrub away any dirt, grime, or gunk that is stuck to the concrete. You do not have to worry about stains, however, if they are set in and not some sort of object stuck onto the surface.;
2). Find an area that won't get wet for a long time. Concrete is prone to clearing easily, but a wet area makes cleanup much easier.;
3). Spray the concrete with wd-40. Hold the spray bottle about 4 inches (10.2 cm) away from the concrete surface.;
4). You can also use protective eyeglass so if paint becomes stuck on the surface you can wash it off with a wet rag or sponge. Remove any old paint or gunk.; | 1). | 5 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Does the following review have a positive or negative opinion of the movie?
animation back 30 years
Select from:
- negative.
- positive. | negative | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
How does the sentence end? See options at the end
Unlike the shy Amy, Monica was an extrovert, so
Select from the following. (a). Amy dreaded attending the big party.. (b). Monica dreaded attending the big party.. | (a). | 0 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "These are targets which we mean to achieve, and yet the UK Government refused a reasonable request for a Scottish minister to be part of the official proceedings in Copenhagen." to Romanian? | Acestea sunt obiective pe care intenţionăm să le atingem, şi totuşi, guvernul Regatului Unit a refuzat solicitarea rezonabilă ca un ministru scoţian să ia parte la dezbaterile oficiale de la Copenhaga. | 7 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a dialog about anything you want. | Lena: that new professor is the worst!
Lena: i mean, how can you give 5 pages of homework at the FIRST CLASS?
Brian: this sucks 😟
Brian: didn't even listen to him.
Brian: wait. what homework AHAHA
Lena: jeez
Lena: excercises on pages 12-16
Brian: he's psycho
Lena: agreed.
Brian: maybe he just tryna be tough
Brian: lets NOT do the homework and see what happens
Lena: do what you want I won't risk it
Brian: no pain no gain, no game - you're lame
Lena: this is a really nice poem, thanks! 😆😆
Brian: you're welcome 😚
Brian: anywaysss
Brian: see tou tomorrow at philosophy class
Lena: they want to kill us
Brian: be brave! we'll survive! I'll protect you!
Lena: my hero 😆😍
Brian: ekhm..
Brian: see you tomorrow 😉 | 7 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville (French: [aleksi SaRl aRi kleRel d@ tokvil]; 29 July 1805 - 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these, he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States, and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830-1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849-1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup, and thereafter began work on The Old Regime and the Revolution. He argued that the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government, but was skeptical of the extremes of democracy.
What question would one ask from this paragraph? | Were any of Tocqueville's books written while he was active in french politics? | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Article:
South Australia is set to have back-up power in place this summer through the world's largest lithium ion battery, which is set to be energised for the first time in the coming days as it enters a phase of regulatory testing.
Tesla Powerpacks, connected to Neoen's Hornsdale windfarm, have now been fully installed on site, with the testing phase ensuring the battery is optimised and meets AEMO and South Australian Government requirements.
Throughout this testing period, the battery will be providing system security services to South Australia.
Premier Jay Weatherill will join representatives from Neoen, Tesla and Consolidated Power Projects next week to officially launch the battery, which has put South Australia and Jamestown on the map as a world leader in renewable energy with battery storage.
Background
In March 2017, the State Government announced its Energy Plan, with the objective of delivering cleaner, more affordable and more reliable energy to South Australians.
This plan included building the nation’s largest battery, to store renewable energy and have back up power for when we need it.
In July, following a competitive process, French renewable energy company Neoen and US sustainable energy company Tesla, were awarded the contract to deliver the project, which would be the world’s largest lithium ion battery and installed near Jamestown.
Quotes attributable to Premier Jay Weatherill
While others are just talking, we are delivering our energy plan, making South Australia more self-sufficient, and providing back up power and more affordable energy for South Australians this summer.
The world’s largest lithium ion battery will be an important part of our energy mix, and it sends the clearest message that South Australia will be a leader renewable energy with battery storage.
An enormous amount of work has gone in to delivering this project in such a short time, and I look forward to visiting Jamestown next week to personally thank those who have worked on this project. ||||| Tesla Powerpacks are seen in Hornsdale, Australia September 29, 2017. Picture taken September 29, 2017. Tesla/Handout via REUTERS
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has completed construction of the world’s largest lithium ion battery in Australia, putting it on track to meet a 100-day deadline for switching the battery packs on, the South Australian government said on Thursday.
Tesla won a bid in July to build the 129 megawatt hour battery for South Australia, the country’s most wind power-dependent state, with a vow from Chief Executive Elon Musk to install it within 100 days of signing a grid connection agreement or give it to the state for free.
When the grid connection deal was signed on Sept 29, Tesla was already half way through installing the battery packs.
The Tesla Powerpacks have now been fully installed at a wind farm run by France’s Neoen, and testing is set to begin to provide grid security services in South Australia.
“While others are just talking, we are delivering our energy plan, making South Australia more self-sufficient, and providing back up power and more affordable energy for South Australians this summer,” state Premier Jay Weatherill said in a statement.
The state has yet to say how much it would pay for the battery, which is part of a A$510 million ($390 million) plan that includes diesel-fired generators to help keep the lights on following a string of blackouts over the past 18 months.
Australia’s energy market operator has warned that power supply will be tight this summer, particularly in South Australia and neighboring Victoria, where one of the market’s biggest coal-fired power plants was shut in March. ||||| Jay Weatherill says Tesla has finished installing powerpacks and 100-megawatt battery will now be energised and tested
The world’s largest lithium-ion battery, which is being built in South Australia by Tesla to store renewable energy, is about to enter final testing.
The premier, Jay Weatherill, said Elon Musk’s Tesla company had finished installing the battery powerpacks at Jamestown, in the state’s mid-north, where they are linked to an adjacent windfarm.
He said the 100-megawatt battery will now be energised and tested to ensure it meets all energy market and state government regulatory requirements.
Elon Musk's big battery for South Australia already half complete Read more
The premier said the battery would be up and running in time for summer to provide backup power and to help bring stability to the state’s electricity network.
“While others are just talking, we are delivering our energy plan, making South Australia more self-sufficient and providing backup power and more affordable energy for South Australians this summer,” he said.
“The world’s largest lithium-ion battery will be an important part of our energy mix and it sends the clearest message that South Australia will be a leader in renewable energy with battery storage.”
Other elements of SA’s $530m energy plan include the installation of government-owned emergency generation and support for a solar thermal power plant at Port Augusta.
The plan was launched after last year’s statewide blackout during severe storms and after a significant load-shedding event across Adelaide earlier this year.
The Tesla battery will be officially launched next week. |||||
What is a summary? | – Elon Musk promised to have the job done in 100 days or it's free. Well, it looks like Australia will be paying up. Tesla has completed installation of the world's biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia and will be turning it on next week, ahead of a Dec. 1 deadline, reports the Guardian. The 100-megawatt battery is connected to a wind farm run by French company Neoen and will store renewable energy in an effort to prevent blackouts like those that have affected the country's "most wind power-dependent state" over the last year, per Reuters. South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill says it still needs to undergo testing but will be ready for Australia's summer, which officially begins on Dec. 1. South Australia is now "a leader in renewable energy with battery storage," Weatherill says in a statement. "An enormous amount of work has gone in to delivering this project in such a short time." Musk agrees. "Congratulations to the Tesla crew and South Australian authorities who worked so hard to get this manufactured and installed in record time!" he wrote in a Wednesday tweet. The battery in Jamestown—which will "store enough energy to power 30,000 homes for an hour," reports the BBC—is estimated to have cost $50 million, per Engadget. It's part of South Australia's $390 million energy plan that also includes diesel-fired generators and support for a solar thermal power plant at Port Augusta. | 2 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Tweet: We drove to DisneyLand for nothing.........It was a block out day
Predict the sentiment of this tweet.
Available options:
*negative
*positive | negative | 3 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Find the right ending to this passage.
Andy Carroll scored twice on Sunday afternoon to send West Ham into the Premier League’s top three before declaring: ‘I’m back.’ The striker moved on from his latest injury nightmare with a brilliant performance and two leaping headers as West Ham crushed Swansea 3-1 at Upton Park. And after ending a 797-minute wait for a goal, the 25-year-old, who was playing only his fifth game following ankle surgery in the summer, said: ‘It means a lot to me to get back on the score sheet. VIDEOS Scroll down to watch Andy Carroll rose majestically above the Swansea defence to head home and put his team in front
We could have done better with the first goal - a good header - but he (
OPTIONS:
- Andy Carroll) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
- Premier League) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
- Sam Allardyce) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
- Swansea) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
- Upton Park) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
- West Ham) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable.
| Andy Carroll) lost his man marker for the second which is unacceptable. | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Data: name = Zizzi, eatType = pub, food = Fast food, customer rating = average, familyFriendly = yes. Can you generate a sentence about this data? | A fast food pub that is children friendly and has an average customer rating is Zizzi. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = Blue Spice, eatType = restaurant, food = Indian, priceRange = high, area = city centre
Sentence: | The Blue Spice is an Indian restaurant in the city centre with a high price range. | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Are "Jane" and "she" the same in this sentence?
Jane knocked on Susan 's door but *she* did not get an answer.
+ no. + yes.
The answer is: | yes | 7 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. Members of the Legislative Council are often referred to as MLCs.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the third chamber of the Parliament.
Pick your answer from:
1). Yes.
2). It's impossible to say.
3). No. | 3). | 3 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to French:
Similarly the communication form is an integral part of that plan.
| De même, le mode de communication fait partie intégrante du plan.
| 4 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Portland, Oregon (CNN) -- Two F-15 fighter jets escorted a passenger jet that had been headed for Hawaii back to Portland International Airport in Oregon after a passenger in coach became "uncooperative," an airline official said Wednesday. Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39 took off from Portland at 10:10 a.m. with 231 passengers and a crew of 10 when -- 90 minutes into the flight -- its captain decided to turn around the Boeing 767, said Keoni Wagner, the airline's vice president of public affairs. The fighter jets intercepted the plane at 1 p.m., North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a written statement.
He declined to elaborate on those indicators but noted that
OPTIONS:
- Boeing often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- CNN often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- FBI often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Hawaii often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Hawaiian Airlines Flight often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Keoni Wagner often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- NORAD often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- North American Aerospace Defense Command often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Oregon often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Portland often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
- Portland International Airport often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems.
| NORAD often must make decisions with limited amounts of time and information about whether fighter jets should accompany commercial flights that may be experiencing problems. | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Here is a goal: magnet
Which way makes more sense to accomplish this goal?
Possible answers:
(A). can be used to scrub hard drive
(B). can be used to scrub clothing | (A). | 1 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ramuş Haradinay'ın Kosova başbakanlığına aday olma olasılığı Batılı yetkililer arasında endişelere yol açtı.
Translate this to English? | The prospect of Ramush Haradinaj's possible appointment as Kosovo prime minister has sparked concern among Western officials. | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Today I was feeling better . But my stomach is still a bit twitchy . Breakfast : Oatmeal and coffee . Snack : Handful of trail mix . More coffee at work . Lunch : Various lunch meats , 2 cheese sticks , several Triscuits . My yogurt and some Weight Watcher granola . Snack : I had fruit left over from lunch that I was too full for at the time .
Options:
(1). They had fallen ill lately .;
(2). Their stomach is n't used to the new diet yet .;
(3). None of the above choices .;
(4). They had gotten a sudden illness .;
Q: What may be the reason for their upset stomach ? | (2). | 1 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
MNOHOSTRANNÁ FÓRA — Skupina G8 EU se aktivně zapojila do zasedání ředitelů pro nešíření a odzbrojení v rámci skupiny G8 a předložila zejména výsledky semináře EU (konaného v Bruselu ve dnech 6. a 7. července) o zóně beze zbraní hromadného ničení na Blízkém východě.
Could you please translate this to English? | MULTILATERAL FORA — G8 The EU played an active role in the meetings of the Non-proliferation and Disarmament Directors of G8 and presented in particular the results of the EU Seminar on the WMD free zone in the Middle East (Brussels, 6-7 July). | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ask a question about Kanye West. | Kanye has stated that members from which rap group influenced his early style? | 8 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a summary based on this article:
Amber Tamblyn is speaking out after her husband David Cross was accused of making racist comments to actress Charlyne Yi.
On Thursday, a Twitter user retweeted a story about Cross — whom Yi has alleged made a series of racist jokes upon meeting her 10 years ago — calling him “gross.”
Another responded: “Ugh what is he doing?? Meanwhile his wife, the lovely @ambertamblyn, is such an advocate and force of nature.”
Tamblyn, 34, then wrote back: “He said he was sorry, publicly, several times. Please don’t @ me in conversations dragging my husband. Thanks.”
He said he was sorry, publicly, several times. Please don’t @ me in conversations dragging my husband. Thanks. — Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) October 19, 2017
David Cross and Amber Tamblyn Phillip Faraone/Getty
The issue arose Monday, when Yi, 31, tweeted about the first time she met Cross, 53, when she was just starting her career as a comedian.
“I think about the first time I met David Cross 10 years ago and he made fun of my pants (that were tattered because I was poor),” the House actress said. “Dumbfounded, I stared at him speechless and he said to me, ‘What’s a matter? You don’t speak English?? Ching-chong-ching-chong.’ ” “Then after he saw I was offended he asked me if I was going to fight with him karate in a southern accent,” she continued. “Then a few years later he was re-introduced to me after my comedy show with his girlfriend at the time & he said ‘Hi nice to meet you.’ ” Charlyne Yi Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Yi added that she “can tell the difference between this man making a joke vs condescending me,” and that she “sure as hell” hopes Cross has changed — “or at the very least, he’s scared enough to not be his racist self.” “However, it is very uncool that a 40+ man was being racist towards me, being a young 20 year old woman who was clearly on the verge of tears from his first racist comment,” she concluded.
Cross issued his own lengthy response via Twitter on Tuesday, saying Yi’s accusation took him by surprise and was “deeply upsetting.”
Adressing the Charlyne Yi tweet below. pic.twitter.com/WMHxH6lZco — )))David Cross((( (@davidcrosss) October 18, 2017
“I would never intentionally hurt someone like that,” he said. “I do not remember doing this when I met her. I do remember meeting her though. She was the then girlfriend of a good friend of mine and we were about to start working on a movie together. I am NOT accusing Charlene [sic] of lying and I’m truly sorry if I hurt her, it was never my intention to do that.”
“I do not remember it like she remembers its (and clearly we’re quite a bit far apart on this) but I reached to her privately and expressed that and more, including the possibility that perhaps we are both misremembering *exactly* what happened that night?” he continued.
“I can’t believe I have to write this but I am not a racist nor a bully and loathe them in real life,” he added.
Cross followed up in two additional tweets Wednesday, putting forth his own theory for what happened that night, which is that he was likely doing a bit as his Southern “redneck character.”
“I have NEVER said ‘ching chong, ching chong’ unless I was doing some a—hole redneck racist character,” he said.
“This took place at a hotel bar in Shreveport Louisiana where we were about to go into rehearsals for a movie,” he said. “When introduced [to] her I must have done my version of a southern redneck character, one which I am well acquainted with from growing up in Georgia, which I have made fun of forever.”
“Charlyne did not understand I was doing my ‘welcome to Shreveport’ greeting,” he continued. “As well, I had NO IDEA she was upset or I would’ve apologized to both her and Michael. I believe that had to be it because I would never knowingly treat someone like that.” ||||| Story highlights Tamblyn initially defended Cross
She said women shouldn't be held accountable for their men's actions
(CNN) Amber Tamblyn reached out to the woman who accused her husband, David Cross, of making racist comments and said she believes her.
It all began Sunday when comedian Charlyne Yi tweeted about what she said happened when she met Cross 10 years ago.
According to Yi, Cross made fun of her "tattered pants" and asked her if she spoke English by saying, "Ching-chong-ching-chong."
I think about the first time I met David Cross ten years ago & he made fun of my pants (that were tattered because I was poor). Dumbfounded I stared at him speechless and he said to me "what's a matter? You don't speak English?? Ching-chong-ching-chong". — Charlyne Yi (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
Then after he saw I was offended he asked me if I was going to fight with him karate in a southern accent. Then a few years later he was re-introduced to me after my comedy show with his girlfriend at the time & he said "Hi nice to meet you". — Charlyne Yi (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
I will say this:
-I can tell the difference between this man making a joke vs condescending me.
-This happened 10 years ago and I sure as hell hope he's changed (or at the very least, he's scared enough to not be his racist self). — Charlyne Yi (@charlyne_yi) October 16, 2017
"Then after he saw I was offended he asked me if I was going to fight with him karate in a southern accent," Yi wrote. "Then a few years later he was re-introduced to me after my comedy show with his girlfriend at the time & he said 'Hi nice to meet you.'"
Cross tweeted back, saying he didn't remember the encounter in the same way.
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Summary: | – Actress Amber Tamblyn says she believes the accusations of racism made against her husband, David Cross, by fellow actress Charlyne Yi. Last week Yi tweeted that Cross mocked her when they met 10 year ago by saying, "You don't speak English?? Ching-chong-ching-chong." He then asked her in a fake southern accent if she was going to "fight with him karate." Cross eventually apologized to Yi on social media, saying "I would never intentionally hurt someone like that" and that he was "truly sorry." At first, Tambyln defended her husband, People reports, telling one critic who had called him "gross" on Twitter, "He said he was sorry, publicly, several times. Please don't @ me in conversations dragging my husband. Thanks." Later that day, however, Tamblyn tweeted that she had spoken with Yi and that she believed the accusations, CNN reports. "I spoke to @charlyne_yi and her feelings/safety are all that matter to me," she wrote. We're good." Two hours later she clarified even further: "I'll say it again. I spoke to Charlyne. I believe her. I'm about HER feelings/emotional health right now, not Twitter's." Tamblyn went on to say that women should not be held "accountable for the actions, decisions or words of their partners." | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Does the sentence "It grossed £6.3 million ($9.2 million) on its opening day and then £5.7 million ($8.8 million) on Wednesday, setting UK records for both days." answer the question "How much money did Spectre gross on it's opening day in the UK?"
Available choices:
i. yes.
ii. no. | i. | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Карнавальная ночь
Which language is this? | Russian | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In The Wet is a novel by Nevil Shute that was first published in the United Kingdom in 1953. It contains many of the typical elements of a hearty and adventurous Shute yarn such as flying, the future, mystic states, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Can we infer the following?
Nevil Shupe published The Wet in 1956.
OPTIONS:
1). Yes
2). It's impossible to say
3). No
The answer is: | 3). | 4 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do these questions have the same meaning?
What is Higrit.com?
What is lissn.com?
Select from: A). no; B). yes; | A). | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
An unprecedented wealth of spectacular floral displays planted in endless varieties, alternated with beautiful works of art.
Translate to German
German: | Ein ungeahnter Reichtum an Blütenpracht in endlosen Variationen, in Abwechslung mit schönen Kunstobjekten. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
When you commit a sin, sit down and take time to think about what happened. Use the time to pray in whatever manner you prefer, and be honest about what happened and why it happened. For instance, you might say something like “Dear Father, I’ve been having a hard time controlling my temper lately, and I lashed out and yelled at a friend today. Truly, I’m worried about disappointing my friends, and I don’t want to hurt them anymore.” It’s important to be honest about the situation and your intentions. As long as you’re honest, you can ask for forgiveness. Once you’ve prayed about your sin, you can ask for forgiveness. Recite a “sinner’s prayer” of your choice, or make up your own to be specific to your situation. Emphasize that you are truly sorry for your actions, and think of ways that you will try harder to act in Jesus’ image. If your friends and family haven’t accepted Jesus as the Son of God, you can pray for their salvation too. Communicate with God about how much you love them, and think about all of the ways they have helped you grow closer to God. Ask for God’s help in showing them the beauty of salvation through the Lord. It’s okay to pray for the salvation of people who have a different religion from you. They don’t have to change their beliefs, but you can still pray for them. If you continue to commit the same sins over and over, try coming up with a way to remove yourself from the situation or avoid it altogether. Talk to your pastor, spiritual guide, or an adult who you trust about the situation. Finally, pray to Jesus to ask for guidance about how to resist temptation in your life. For example, if you tend to take the Lord’s name in vain when you’re mad, try to come up with other ways to verbally express your frustration. If you frequently say “Jesus Christ” or “Oh my God” you could say something like “Goodness Gracious” or “Sheesh!”
Summary: | Confess your sins through prayer to communicate with God. Recite a prayer asking for forgiveness when you sin. Pray for the salvation of non-believers. Make a plan to avoid temptation and sin. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-select: Knowing that "studying a soil sample means studying the microorganisms in that soil", how would one answer "Soil could be Earth's what?"
Options:
-- dermis.
-- Buddy.
-- Magic.
-- Tears....A: | dermis | 3 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer a question about the following article about War on Terror:
On 7 August 1998, al-Qaeda struck the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people, including 12 Americans. In retaliation, U.S. President Bill Clinton launched Operation Infinite Reach, a bombing campaign in Sudan and Afghanistan against targets the U.S. asserted were associated with WIFJAJC, although others have questioned whether a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan was used as a chemical warfare plant. The plant produced much of the region's antimalarial drugs and around 50% of Sudan's pharmaceutical needs. The strikes failed to kill any leaders of WIFJAJC or the Taliban.
How many Americans were killed when al-Qaeda attacked US embassies in 1998? | 12 | 0 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to German:
Our Errigal Hostel features all the usual characteristics of a top rated hostel including a restaurant, self catering kitchen, internet room, large common room with free tea and coffee all day and a cozy room for those who wish to relax and enjoy the tranquility. Energy saving devices such as wood burning stoves are also incorporated into the building.
German: | Die Lage dieser neuen Herberge am Fuß des Errigal ist ideal für Wanderer und Angler – ein schönes Stück Irland! | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Does "carry" mean the same thing in these two sentences? See options at the end.
These bonds carry warrants.
We carry a very large mortgage.
OPTIONS:
(A). different meanings
(B). the same meaning..Answer: | (A). | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal recovered from a rusty start to power into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday.
The two-time champion bounced back in style after losing the first four games of the match against the 80th-ranked Bellucci.
Nadal won the next four, before smashing his South American opponent 7-0 in the first-set tie break and then wrapping up the remaining sets 6-2 6-3.
"It's always tough to make the change from clay to grass, especially when over the last couple of months I played almost every match on tour," said Nadal, who won the French Open earlier this month.
"I had more mistakes than usual and I was very lucky to come back from 4-0."
Champion Kvitova battles through in women's first round
Great Britain's Andy Murray made an impressive start to the tournament as he bids to become the first home winner of the men's singles since Fred Perry in 1936.
The world number four made short work of beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 6-1 6-4, and the British number one also looked in peak physical form following recent fitness concerns.
But it was a day to forget for Australia's men's players, with none making the second round at the All England Club for the first time since 1938.
No. 20 seed Bernard Tomic, who made the quarterfinals last year, slumped to a surprise 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 defeat against Belgian wildcard David Goffin.
"I have slacked off a little bit and look what it's costing me. It's a lack of concentration, not working hard," admitted the 19-year-old after the defeat.
1. What sport is this article about?
2. Which tournament?
3. Did Nadal beat his opponent?
4. Who was that?
5. From what country?
6. Did Nadal lose any of the sets?
7. What other tournament did he win recently?
8. When was that?
9. How many times has he won Wimbledon?
10. Did he make any mistakes?
11. What is Bellucci's rank?
12. Where is Andy Murray from?
13. Is Wimbledon played there?
14. Who last won from Great Britain?
15. When?
16. What is Murray's rank?
17. And Bernard Tomic?
18. At what club is Wimbledon played?
19. Did anyone from Australia win their match?
20. What country is David Goffin from?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. tennis
2. Wimbledon
3. yes
4. Thomaz Bellucci
5. Brazil
6. no
7. the French Open
8. earlier this month
9. two
10. yes
11. 80th
12. Great Britain
13. yes
14. Fred Perry
15. 1936
16. world number four
17. No. 20
18. All England Club
19. no
20. Belgium | 7 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: Which behavior is an example of an animal adapting to a change in the environment?
What is the correct answer to this question?
Options are: (I) a squirrel climbing a tree. (II) a rabbit feeding its young. (III) a frog eating an insect. (IV) a bird migrating south....A: | (IV) | 3 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize the following movie reviews:
1. This new Lassie is no match for the original MGM production (Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.), but there are many compensations that make it fine family entertainment.
2. The combination of everyone's favourite canine and eye-catching Irish and Isle of Man locations ensure this nostalgic shaggy-dog story sends you home with your tail wagging.
3. Lassie achieves greatness through its rich supply of goodness.
4. Call me hard to please, but Charles Sturridge's film leaves me unmoved and unengaged by the lovely story...Lassie should rip our hearts out, or at least make us rip our hankies out.
5. This is an earnest, likable -- and very, very pretty -- addition to its star's remarkable history.
6. You know people keep saying 'they don't make movies like that anymore'? Well, in the case of Lassie, they have. And they've made it well.
7. It's the loveliest and most moving children's film of the year so far.
8. Writer-director Charles Sturridge makes all the right moves in adapting the story, and treats it not just with the respect of a classic but the kind of intelligence, good taste and emotional sensitivity that kid movies rarely get.
9. This remake of the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home is quite an accomplishment, bringing together a top-notch British director, a very nice cast , gorgeous Scottish scenery and all the renowned virtues of the world's most famous collie.
10. Lassie has a fine cast, lots of calendar-pretty shots of Lassie in different seasons and a dog-owned-by-many-different-people plot borrowed from David Copperfield.
Summary: | A beautifully-made retelling of the classic collie tale, one need not be a dog-lover to fall for Lassie. | 5 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
How is "A recorded vote was taken." said in French? | Il est procédé au vote enregistré. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt14_translate/fr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ideal for any profile Indoor swimming pool Set in the heart of nature Activities in the camping
Please fix the punctuation. | Ideal for any profile, Indoor swimming pool, Set in the heart of nature, Activities in the camping | 3 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
What debate topic are the following sentences about?
1. This could be enforced by teachers , not police .
2. BBC News , French scarf ban comes into force , 2 September 2004 , Rainsford , Sarah , Turkey divided over headscarf ban , , 11 February 2008 ,
3. As a face covering is very obvious , it would be a school to check to see if someone is wearing one .
4. France and Turkey already have attempted such bans on headscarves , which do not cover the face . | Ban the niqab and other face coverings in schools (Junior) | 6 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Jim Millnder is a retired American soccer player and coach who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and United Soccer League. He coached collegiate soccer for twenty-nine years.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
jim millinder wanted to play soccer professionally longer than he did
Available options: i. Yes. ii. It's impossible to say. iii. No. | ii. | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence in English. | Outside width: 400 mm. | 8 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
Here is a premise:
Ca'daan felt uncomfortable in the gambling parlor but the crowds left them alone.
Here is a hypothesis:
Ca'daan loved going to the gambling parlor.
Here are the options: Possible answers:
* yes;
* it is not possible to tell;
* no;
Is it possible to conclude that if the premise is true, then so is the hypothesis?
| no | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Produce a detailed sentence about a restaurant using the following words: name = The Rice Boat, food = French, customer rating = 3 out of 5, familyFriendly = no, near = Express by Holiday Inn
Sentence: | The Rice Boat, near Express by Holiday Inn, offers French food in the £20-£25 range, 3 out of 5 customer rating, not family-friendly. | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
71availableaccommodationsinBarcelona
What's a sentence that uses these characters? | 71 available accommodations in Barcelona | 1 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Please briefly summarize this news article:
Let's get real about abortions
Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment about rape sparked a firestorm of discussion.
Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of seven books, including a new novel, "Patriots," and was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002.
(CNN) -- When Richard Mourdock delivered his notorious answer about rape and abortion, I was sorry that the debate moderator failed to follow up with the next question:
"OK, Mr. Mourdock, you say your principles require a raped woman to carry the rapist's child to term. That's a heavy burden to impose on someone. What would you do for her in return? Would you pay her medical expenses? Compensate her for time lost to work? Would you pay for the child's upbringing? College education?
"If a woman has her credit card stolen, her maximum liability under federal law is $50. Yet on your theory, if she is raped, she must endure not only the trauma of assault, but also accept economic costs of potentially many thousands of dollars. Must that burden also fall on her alone? When we used to draft men into the Army, we gave them veterans' benefits afterward. If the state now intends to conscript women into involuntary childbearing, surely those women deserve at least an equally generous deal?"
That question sounds argumentative, and I suppose it is.
Opinion: Mourdock's rape remark and extremism
But there's a serious point here, and it extends well beyond the anguishing question of sexual assault.
If you're serious about reducing abortion, the most important issue is not which abortions to ban. The most important issue is how will you support women to have the babies they want.
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As a general rule, societies that do the most to support mothers and child-bearing have the fewest abortions. Societies that do the least to support mothers and child-bearing have more abortions.
Germany, for example, operates perhaps the world's plushest welfare state. Working women receive 14 weeks of maternity leave, during which time they receive pay from the state. The state pays a child allowance to the parents of every German child for potentially as many as 25 years, depending on how long as the child remains in school. Women who leave the work force after giving birth receive a replacement wage from the state for up to 14 months.
Maybe not coincidentally, Germany has one of the lowest abortion rates, about one-third that of the United States. Yet German abortion laws are not especially restrictive. Abortion is legal during the first trimester of pregnancy and available if medically or psychologically necessary in the later trimesters.
Even here in the United States, where parental benefits are much less generous, abortion responds to economic conditions. In the prosperous 1990s, abortion rates declined rapidly. In the less prosperous '00s, abortion rates declined more slowly. When the economy plunged into crisis in 2008, abortion rates abruptly rose again.
These trends should not surprise anyone. Women choose abortion for one overwhelming reason: economic insecurity. The large majority of women who chose abortion in 2008, 57%, reported a disruptive event in their lives in the previous 12 months: most often, the loss of a job or home.
Obama on Mourdock: Male politicians shouldn't make abortion decisions
Of the women who choose abortion, 58% are in their 20s. Some 61% of them already have a child. Almost 70% of them are poor or near poor.
Three-quarters say they cannot afford another child.
Pro-life and pro-choice debaters delight in presenting each other with exquisitely extreme moral dilemmas: "Would you ban abortion even in case of rape?" "Would you permit abortion even when done only to select the sex of the child?"
These dorm-room hypotheticals do not have very much to do with the realities of abortion in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Here's an interesting example of those realities: The Netherlands has one of the the most liberal abortion laws in the world. Yet for a long time, the Netherlands also reported one of the world's lowest abortion rates. That low incidence abruptly began to rise in the mid-1990s. Between 1996 and 2003, the abortion rate in the Netherlands jumped by 31% over seven years.
What changed? The Guttmacher Institute, the leading source of data on reproductive health worldwide, cites "a growing demand for terminations from women in ethnic minority groups residing in the country." Well over half of all abortions performed on teenagers in the Netherlands are performed on girls of non-Dutch origins.
These girls and women weren't being raped. They weren't selecting for the sex of their child. They chose abortion because they had become sexually active within male-dominated immigrant subcultures in which access to birth control was restricted, in which female sexuality was tightly policed, in which girls who become pregnant outside marriage are disgraced and in which the costs and obligations of childbearing loaded almost entirely on women alone.
Abortion is a product of poverty and maternal distress.
A woman who enjoys the most emotional and financial security and who has chosen the timing of her pregnancy will not choose abortion, even when abortion laws are liberal. A woman who is dominated, who is poor and who fears bearing the child is likely to find an abortion, even where abortion is restricted, as it was across the United States before 1965.
Santorum: Mourdock criticism 'gotcha politics'
So maybe at the next candidates' debate, a journalist will deflect the discussion away from "what if" and instead ask this:
"Rather than tell us what you'd like to ban, tell us please what you think government should do to support more happy and healthy childbearing, to reduce unwanted pregnancies and to alleviate the economic anxieties of mothers-to-be?"
Those are the questions that make the difference. It's amazing how little we talk about them.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Frum.
Summary: | David Frum says the controversy over abortion typically fails to examine the full picture | 2 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please briefly summarize this news article:
Styles of Judging: The Rhetoric and the Reality
The upcoming judiciary committee hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court will likely unfold under the shadow of Chief Justice John G. Roberts’ declaration (at his own hearing) that “judges are like umpires; umpires don’t make the rules, they apply them.” Kagan will probably be asked to pledge allegiance to this account of judging and repudiate its disreputable alternative — judges who make law, legislate from the bench and import their politics into precincts where they don’t belong.
In a new book, “Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging,” Brian Z. Tamanaha first describes the opposition that has such a hold on the public’s imagination — on the one hand “self-applying legal rules,” on the other “judges pursuing their personal preferences beneath a veneer of legal rules” — and then debunks it. His argument is that although historians, legal theorists, political scientists and sometimes judges themselves have over time constructed a “standard chronicle” in which these two views of judging vie for supremacy, no one has ever been a genuine adherent of either: “No one thinks that law is autonomous and judging is mechanical deduction, and rare is the jurist who thinks that judges are engaged in the single minded pursuit of their personal preferences.” Why then has what Tamanaha calls “this myth” managed to flourish? One answer is that it serves the ends of those who wish to accuse one another of bad judicial behavior. “Formalist” and “realist,” Tamanaha explains, are “insults” hurled at opponents who have reached a decision one strongly disagrees with. In addition, jurists sometimes identify themselves with one of the positions in order to avoid being associated with the imputed excesses of the other. What is often presented, rhetorically, as a hard and fast contrast is really, says Tamanaha, a matter of emphasis: those labeled “formalist” tend “to emphasize the reasons why and ways in which legal rules, texts, and precedents can and should control,” while their opponents “tend to emphasize the limitations of legal rules,” that is, the extent to which they “run out” when novel fact situations emerge, leaving a “gap” that must be filled by extra-legal considerations.
But these differences in emphasis, Tamanaha contends, “are neither deep enough nor sharp enough to maintain the formalist-realist antithesis.” The two sides in the theoretical debates “share a common ground that applies to the bulk of law and judging” and that common ground — which Tamanaha calls “balanced realism” — has as its content both “an awareness of the flaws, limitations and openness of law” (the realist side of things) and an “understanding that legal rules nonetheless work, that judges abide by and apply the law, that there are practice-related, social and institutional factors that constrain judges” (the formalist side of things).
“Balanced realism” is not a method; Tamanaha is not recommending it; he offers it as a description of what is always going on, notwithstanding what jurists and commentators say in their more polemical moods. And not only is it always going on; it goes on necessarily because the “pure” positions of which balanced realism is an amalgam could not be realized by any human agent. “It is not possible,” says Tamanaha, “to be a formalist,” someone who “just” follows the rules. And, I would add, it is equally impossible to be a realist, someone one who “just” follows his or her (usually political) inclinations.
The reason for this twin impossibility is given in a word that enters Tamanaha’s argument in its later stages: purpose. Strong formalism regards (or claims to regard) “legal rules as if they can be read as words on paper” without reference to any extra-linguistic considerations; you just read the rule as its words give it and then apply it.
In fact, as Tamanaha points out, a rule does not read itself but acquires meaning in the context of the purpose presiding over its production. If the rule is “no vehicles in the park” (the favorite example of every legal theorist since H.L.A. Hart introduced it in the 50’s) and you want to know what is covered by the word vehicle — does your nephew’s little red wagon count? — you won’t find out by consulting dictionaries, but by asking what the rule’s drafters had in mind. What were they trying to accomplish by promulgating the rule? What was their purpose? Once a purpose is in place, it will direct you to the items over which it has scope; without a purpose in place, there is no way to pick out from the large class of vehicles those that are prohibited. “Assumptions about underlying purposes,” Tamanaha declares (correctly), “restrict, constrain, shape and rank the possible meanings that occur to interpreters of a rule.”
Given that purposes are “underlying” — they are not available on the surface of the prose — they must be supplied by an act of inference or assumption. Not everyone, however, will infer or assume the same purpose, and therefore the meanings that emerge in the light of a supplied purpose will vary with individual interpreters. If you believe that the rule “no vehicles in the park” was instituted because of a concern for pedestrian safety, a motorized wheelchair would probably not fall within it; but if you believe that the purpose of the rule was to eliminate noise, the wheelchair might well be proscribed. In short, the literal meaning a rule may seem immediately and perspicuously to have will be a function of something the words themselves do not contain. No one can be a formalist.
But neither can anyone be a realist. A resolution to follow your own inclinations or political preferences can only be formulated in relation to a point of reference you have decided to depart from, and that point of reference will be the legal purpose you refuse to honor. Just as formalism can never be formal enough to earn the strongest version of its name, so can realism never be free enough to earn its radical outlaw image.
And here’s the payoff: If no one can be either a formalist or a realist, then every judge — despite what label he or she might wear — is doing the judicial job in roughly in the same way, viewing a fact situation through the “legal lens” of the law’s machinery, but at the same time importing or unconsciously relying upon extra-legal concerns and disputable specifications of purpose. It is inevitable and not a matter of criticism, says Tamanaha, that “social factors and considerations seep into . . . judicial interpretation,” but “one must not forget,” he admonishes, “that this process always operates through thick legal screens.”
The extent to which social and political factors are part of the interpretive mix will be different in different areas of the law. In the bulk of cases, Tamanaha observes, “there is substantial agreement about what judges are doing, as well as agreement about what they should be doing.” But there is also a “region of legal uncertainty,” a region where precedent, statute and rule offer the “least legal guidance” and constraint, and in that region a judge’s extra-legal views about life, society and the purposes of law will necessarily be in play.
The cases that arise in the region of uncertainty are the ones most likely to reach the Supreme Court, and that is why, Tamanaha observes, “the political views of Supreme Court justices, who hear the highest proportion of legally uncertain cases, manifest a much stronger relationship with their legal decisions . . . in comparison to lower court judges.”
This does not mean that the justices inject their political views directly (although that was the damaging suspicion surrounding Bush v. Gore); rather, their political views enter through the purposes that are now given sway in the absence of settled structures. If a justice operating in the zone of uncertainty believes that the purpose of law is to protect private property he or she will go in one interpretive direction. If the belief is that the purpose of law is to look out for society’s least advantaged members, the direction will be different. It might appear to a lay observer that naked politics is driving the respective interpretations, but the politics are filtered through the law’s apparatus, which tames and constrains them. “As long as individual justices are genuinely oriented in their decision making to produce the correct legal action, as long as their decisions must be justified in terms of conventionally acceptable legal reasoning and authority, this is legal decision making with political influences more so than political decision making with legal influences.”
In general, I find Tamanaha’s account of these matters convincing, if only because it dovetails with arguments I have myself been making. He does, however, make one mistake — the mistake of thinking that his analysis might make a difference and produce “a change for the better.” He reasons that if the “two false extremes” of formalism and realism are “set aside,” then “the grounds of real normative and empirical disagreement will be more apparent and the discussion more focused and productive.”
Maybe in the law reviews, but not in the mind of the public or in the spectacle we are about to view when the nomination hearings begin. Even if the members of the judiciary committee were to read and be persuaded by every word of this column, or even better, were to read and be persuaded by every word of Tamanaha’s book, the “misdirected efforts, and misleading statements about judging” that follow from the formalist/realist opposition will not be absent from the proceedings. After all, exposing the realist-formalist divide as a rhetorical, polemical construct in no way descriptive of what actually goes on will hardly deter those who regard rhetorical constructs and the slogans they produce as the coin of their realm.
Summary: | A new book examines the "myth" of the realist-formalist divide in judicial rulings. | 2 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Nvidia is giving away two top of the line laptops to its users, so they have a chance to get them for free.
Based on this sentence, who is they?
Select from:
[A]. Nvidia.
[B]. its users. | [B]. | 4 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
What is the answer: In which year did Italy join the Six Nations (then Five Nations) Rugby Union Championship? | 2000 | 3 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer from:
[-] yes;
[-] no;
Does "Alexander faced pressure from his brother, Duke Constantine, to make peace with Napoleon." correctly answer the question of What is the name of the Duke who pressured Alexander to make peace with Napoleon?
| yes | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
10.00-13.00: the danish presidency programme
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized? | 10.00-13.00: The Danish Presidency Programme | 2 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
This is an email
Your comments are needed for Norma Gundersen who sat in for Keegan Farrell. Please return as soon as possible. Thank you!-Becky Excellent = 5 Above Average = 4 Average = 3 Below Average = 2 Poor = 1 Initiative Cooperation Punctuality Attendance Quality of Work Would you request this person again Y/N?
What is the subject of this email? | Comments needed: Norma Gundersen (112601) Farrell | 6 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Which of the following best explains why many species of birds in New England fly south for the winter months?
Pick the answer from these options
pick from the following. A. to find a place to hibernate; B. to move away from strong sunlight; C. to find an environment with more food; D. to move away from crowded environments; | C. | 6 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer the question...when's the last time the chiefs went to the superbowl?? | January 11, 1970 | 5 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How similar are these two sentences, on a scale from 0-5 (0 is "not similar" and 5 is "very similar")?
The baby crawled through the doorway.
A baby is crawling across the floor.
Choose from:
[1]. 0.
[2]. 1.
[3]. 2.
[4]. 3.
[5]. 4.
[6]. 5. | [3]. | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Choose from the options at the end, and answer how do you do this: Save space with medicine.
Select from the following.
- Empty out bottles, place pills in ziploc with labels from bottles.
- Empty out bottles, place pills in paper bag with labels from bottles. | Empty out bottles, place pills in ziploc with labels from bottles. | 4 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write the next sentence in this story.
Gina's dad and mom were sitting in the garage. They had the door open and could see their cars in the driveway. Her niece was sitting in her dad's car in the driver seat. Gina was surprised her parents let the kids play in the car.
Options:
[1]. Gina decided to let her niece drive the car off.;
[2]. Gina told her dad how unsafe it was for her niece.; | [2]. | 6 | Flan2021 | story_cloze/2016:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
"they had to eliminate too many others before they could turn on each other again . `` what cam means '' -- roland stood between them , speaking to daniel in a low voice -- `` is that this might take some team e ort . i 've seen the way these kids op through the announcers . she does n't know what she 's doing , _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is | daniel | 2 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.
The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.
Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".
Pick from:
(1). 0;
(2). 1;
(3). 2;
(4). 3;
(5). 4;
(6). 5; | (5). | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Täällä on puhuttu paljon kuluttajien luottamuksesta.
Could you please translate this to English? | There has already been a great deal of talk here about consumer confidence. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the solution?
Solve -18*x - 80 = -0*x + 46 for x. | -7 | 2 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Rampage is an upcoming American action adventure monster film directed by Brad Peyton and written by Ryan Engle. It is based on the 1980s arcade video game of the same name. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, Marley Shelton, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. New Line Cinema will release the film on April 20, 2018 in 3D and IMAX.
Can we infer the following?
The writer had video game knowledge of Rampage.
OPT: A. Yes. B. It's impossible to say. C. No.
The answer is: | A. | 4 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Given the fact "An example of an inherited behavior is a bird building a nest", what is the answer to the question or completion "A gull will build a nest because"
Options: [i] it saw other gulls doing the same; [ii] of something in its genes; [iii] it wants to tidy up the area; [iv] it's mother taught it to do that; | [ii] | 2 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
A day earlier , a committee appointed by reformist President Mohammad Khatami called for an independent judicial inquiry into Kazemi 's death .
A day earlier , a committee appointed by President Mohammad Khatami had called for an independent inquiry into the 54-year-old photojournalist 's death .
Options:
(i) no;
(ii) yes; | (ii) | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
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