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Dialogue:
Barbara: Have you seen the new catalogue?
Fran: Ikea, you mean?
Barbara: Yeah
Fran: I got it in post last week. Why are you asking?
Barbara: I've fallen for the new bedspread. The one with snowflakes on top.
Fran: The silver-white one?
Barbara: The very one.
Fran: It's nice.
Barbara: Gorgeous!
Fran: And probably you'd like me to give you a lift there?
Barbara: Well... Could you possibly....?
Fran: Will we go for lunch afterwards?
Barbara: It's on me!
Fran: :-)
Barbara: Is it 'OK'?
Fran: It is :-)
Barbara: Thank you! You're my best friend!
Fran: :-)
What was going on in that conversation? | Fran will drive to Ikea with Barbara as Barbara wants to buy the breadspread she saw in the catalogue. They will get lunch afterwards. | 6 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ninhydrin (2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione) is a chemical used to detect ammonia or primary and secondary amines. When reacting with these free amines, a deep blue or purple color known as Ruhemann's purple is produced. Ninhydrin is most commonly used to detect fingerprints, as the terminal amines of lysine residues in peptides and proteins sloughed off in fingerprints react with ninhydrin. It is a white solid which is soluble in ethanol and acetone at room temperature. Ninhydrin can be considered as the hydrate of indane-1,2,3-trione.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: can ninhydrin be a useful indicator of proteins?
Options are: (i) no. (ii) yes. | (ii) | 6 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Jako náhradu škody, blbče.
Which language is this? | Czech | 9 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In my opinion, the powers of this Parliament to monitor the fisheries agreements are powers of the whole Parliament, and not just of one parliamentary committee or another, but in any case I would like to emphasize here that I am going to give an opinion on fisheries agreements and more particularly on the fisheries agreements with Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau.
Translate to Finnish
Finnish: | Mielestäni parlamentin kalastussopimuksia koskevat toimivaltuudet kuuluvat koko parlamentille eivätkä ainoastaan yksittäiselle valiokunnalle, mutta tähdennän joka tapauksessa tässä yhteydessä, että aion ottaa kantaa itse kalastussopimuksiin ja erityisesti Kap Verden ja Guinea-Bissaun kanssa solmittavien kalastussopimusten sisältöön. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose how you want this story to end.
By Sportsmail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:25 EST, 26 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:30 EST, 26 June 2012 Team GB coach Hope Powell has defended her decision to name a squad dominated by England players for London 2012. Two Scots - Kim Little and Ifeoma Dieke - are the only non-English among the 18 selected for the Games, with Wales and Northern Ireland not represented. Powell, England's manager since 1998, insists selection for the team's Olympics debut was based purely on picking the strongest possible squad. London calling: Team GB women's manager Hope Powell with Alex Scott outside Wembley following her squad announcement
'Since we knew there'd be a
OPTIONS:
- Alex Scott we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- England we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Games we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Hope Powell we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Ifeoma Dieke we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Kim Little we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- London 2012 we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- N Ireland we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Northern Ireland we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Olympics we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Powell we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Scots we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Scottish we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Sportsmail Reporter we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Team GB we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Wales we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
- Wembley we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.'
| Team GB we spoke to other associations and managers and we had all teams looked at.' | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
How do you say "4 that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!" in Spanish? | 4pronunciarás esta burla contra el rey de Babilonia, y dirás: “¡Cómo se ha acabado el opresor, Y cómo ha cesado el furor! | 0 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
"it was stupid to be afraid of a hotel full of other vampires . `` i have n't got anywhere else to go . '' raphael 's eyes glittered . `` aha , '' he said , with a soft triumph simon did not particularly like . `` now you want something from me . '' `` i suppose so . although it 's creepy that you 're so excited about that , _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is | raphael | 2 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Kejsi Tola, the winner of Albania's 47th Song Festival, will represent his country at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
Translate to Romanian
Romanian: | Kejsi Tola, câştigătorul celui de-al 47-lea Festival de Cântece din Albania, îşi va reprezenta ţara la concursul muzical Eurovision 2009 de la Moscova. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an experimental multi-genre music producer, electronic musician, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper from Los Angeles, California. Flying Lotus has released five studio albums--1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), Until the Quiet Comes (2012) and You're Dead! (2014)--to critical acclaim.
His third studio album, Cosmogramma, was released in the UK on May 3, 2010, and in the US on May 4, 2010. In January 2011, Cosmogramma won in the Dance/Electronica Album category in the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. The multi-award-winning Cosmogramma was a hard-hitting afrofuturistic shrine to soul, hip-hop, jazz and IDM but, with more emphasis on a lyrical message than ever before, it was also a cathartic grieving experience. The album was accompanied by live instrumentation (Thundercat on bass, Miguel Atwood Ferguson on strings, Rebekah Raff on harp) and live vocalists (Thom Yorke, Laura Darlington) - all picked to help communicate the spiritual musical lineage of Ellison's family (Ravi Coltrane, himself, played tenor sax). Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, who is featured extensively on Cosmogramma, would later become a large part of future albums by Flying Lotus. In 2010, Flying Lotus collaborated with the Ann Arbor Film Festival in the performance of a live scoring of the 1962 avant-garde film Heaven and Earth Magic. In a post-viewing interview with the audience, Flying Lotus said that he was unsure whether or not a recording of the performance (or a recreation of it) would be publicly released, but he would be enthusiastic toward similar projects in the future. He was chosen by Battles to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that it co-curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England, UK. In September 2010, Flying Lotus released "Pattern+Grid World", an 8 track EP featuring Thundercat on bass & art by Theo Ellsworth. The Track Camera Day was used in the Killer Mike song Swimming, which was released as part of the Adult Swim Singles Series. In January 2011, Flying Lotus won the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards for his video "MmmHmm" in the Short-Form Video category. It was reported in 2011 that Flying Lotus would be collaborating with R&B singer Erykah Badu on new material for her next album, and planned to remix one of Radiohead's songs from The King of Limbs.
Answer the following question by taking a quote from the article: What happen in 2010 | In September 2010, Flying Lotus released "Pattern+Grid World", | 0 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
``I wanted to tell you. But the Bookman asked me to keep our meeting a secret.'' How did you know I 'd met him?
Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "he had met the Bookman"?
Pick from:
+ Yes
+ No
+ It's impossible to say | Yes | 0 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Here is some data: Arròs negre REGION Valencian Community; Valencian Community LEADER_NAME Ximo Puig; Arròs negre COUNTRY Spain; Spain LEADER_NAME Felipe VI of Spain.
Write a sentence that describes this data: | Arros negre comes from the region of the Valencian Community, which leader is Ximo Puig, and is a traditional dish from Spain, where Felipe VI rules. | 3 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Select from options: How similar are the following two sentences?
Suicide bomber kills 13 in Russia's south
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Russia’s Volgograd
Give the answer on a scale from 0 - 5, where 0 is "not similar at all" and 5 is "means the same thing".
Available choices:
-- 0;
-- 1;
-- 2;
-- 3;
-- 4;
-- 5; | 2 | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and answer the questions.
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank"). In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines. Primates arose from ancestors that lived in the trees of tropical forests; many primate characteristics represent adaptations to life in this challenging three-dimensional environment. Most primate species remain at least partly arboreal.
With the exception of humans, who inhabit every continent, most primates live in tropical or subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia. They range in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs only , to the eastern gorilla, weighing over ; that is, without taking into account the weight of particular human individuals, reaching up to . Based on fossil evidence, the earliest known true primates, represented by the genus "Teilhardina", date to 55.8 million years old. An early close primate relative known from abundant remains is the Late Paleocene "Plesiadapis", c. 55–58 million years old. Molecular clock studies suggest that the primate branch may be even older, originating near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary or around 63–74 mya.
The order Primates was traditionally divided into two main groupings: prosimians and anthropoids (simians). Prosimians have characteristics more like those of the earliest primates, and include the lemurs of Madagascar, lorisoids, and tarsiers. Simians include monkeys, apes and hominins. More recently, taxonomists have preferred to split primates into the suborder Strepsirrhini, or wet-nosed primates, consisting of non-tarsier prosimians, and the suborder Haplorhini, or dry-nosed primates, consisting of tarsiers and the simians.
1. What type of animal is this about?
2. What does it mean?
3. In what language?
4. What are its two main components?
5. Do most live in trees?
6. What's the smallest primate?
7. Who was that primate named for?
8. Other than humans, what's the largest?
9. How long have there been primates?
10. What's the oldest fossil?
11. Where do lemurs live?
12. What grouping are they in?
13. What else is in that group?
14. Andthing else?
15. What's the other grouping?
16. Are humans prosimians or simians?
17. Which other animals are in that group?
18. What does Strepsirrhini mean?
19. And Haplorhini?
20. Where did the primates' forebears live?
Numbered answers: | 1. primate
2. prime, first rank
3. Latin
4. strepsirrhines and haplorhines
5. at least partly
6. mouse lemur
7. Madame Berthe
8. the eastern gorilla
9. since around 63–74 mya
10. Teilhardina
11. Madagascar
12. Prosimians
13. lorisoids
14. tarsiers
15. anthropoids
16. Simians
17. monkeys
18. wet-nosed primates
19. dry-nosed primates
20. the trees of tropical forests | 1 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Vyberte typ instalace.
Translate to English
English: | Please select a setup type. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Complete the following sentence.
The car luckily missed the house, but hit the cart, so the
Select from:
[1]. cart ended up being fine.
[2]. house ended up being fine. | [2]. | 8 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
A closeup of a hummingbird flying.
What is a sentence that would be (on a scale from 0 to 5) a 4 out of 5 in terms of textual similarity to the above sentence? | Close-up of a hummingbird. | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
I realized a lot of things as we traveled.
Does it follow that "I didn't realize anything during our travels "?
Choose from:
+ yes.
+ it is not possible to tell.
+ no. | no | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Jerry Springer News
In the mid-90s, talk shows were all the rage. From Sally Jessy Raphael to Jenny Jones, there seemed to be a show for everyone. One of the most popular hosts, however, was former "Hairspray" star Ricki Lake. Lake's eponymous show debuted in 1993, and ended in 2004. During that time, she also got
What are the most important parts of this text? | Browse Jerry Springer latest news and updates, watch videos and view all photos and more. Join the discussion and find more about Jerry Springer at abcnews.com | 5 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question: A signal from the brain to a muscle in the arm is transmitted by which structures?
Available options: a). sensory neurons; b). interneurons; c). motor neurons; d). mechanoreceptor neurons;
Answer: | c). | 1 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
You will be given options, read the text and determine if the sentence is true:
A: Well, how do you feel about the immigration laws? B: At, currently, I think they are a little restrictive. Uh, particularly for, uh, certain ethnic groups or from certain countries. Um, I think we should permit, uh, more immigration from eastern Europe, for example, uh, particularly uh, the Jewish, uh, uh, people from Russia. I think we could permit more of them in than we have permitted in the last, uh, several years. And, I think we have, uh, uh, too much restriction uh, on the Orientals also, but, of course, that's just my opinion. A: Yeah, well, I'm not real sure why I got this topic, because I don't think I checked it off on the list because I know very little about the current immigration laws.
Sentence: he checked the topic off on the list
OPT:
a). Yes;
b). No;
c). It's impossible to say; | b). | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write an article with the title: "Anthem: Hacked Database Included 78.8 Million People"
Article: |
Health insurer Anthem Inc. said the database that was penetrated in a previously-disclosed hacker attack included personal information for 78.8 million people, including 60 million to 70 million of its own current and former customers and employees.
The figures, provided by an Anthem spokeswoman, provide extra detail beyond what Anthem disclosed earlier this month, which was that the compromised database included records for around 80... | 7 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Portuguese technical terms and specialized jargons from a variety of subjects and fields of study. Say this using Spanish. | Términos técnicos en Portugués en una gran variedad de áreas y tópicos | 2 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
(HU) Dnă președintă, doamnelor și domnilor, primul și cel mai important lucru pe care trebuie să îl clarificăm este dacă noi considerăm că este important ca forțele civile și cele militare să lucreze împreună în mod oportun.
Translate to English
English: | (HU) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the first and most important point we must clarify is whether we consider it important for civilian and military forces to work together appropriately. | 1 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ro-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
I was expecting the movie based on Grendel, the book written by John Gardner in the late 1970's. It was based on the Beowulf epic, but told from the perspective of the monster.
Whatever you may think of Gardner's book, a movie based on the Beowulf epic should not be entitled Grendel, when it doesn't say anything more about the monster beyond the few pathetic scenes in which the CG monster is shown as nothing more than a modified Predator.
On top of this, the writers should also be punished for screwing up the original story so badly and contributing to the continued growing ignorance of mass TV audiences throughout the US.
Typical Hollywood to get this so wrong.
Very disappointing and a complete waste of time.
Is the sentiment of this review positive or negative?
Possible answers:
[1]. negative.
[2]. positive. | [1]. | 3 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the cause of the following sentence?
The man was bitten by mosquitoes.
Choices:
(1). He went camping in the woods.;
(2). He fell asleep on his couch.;
The answer is: | (1). | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
How to download, install and use ccleaner 2012 free edition
Go to ccleaner website.
Go to www.piriform. Net/ccleaner, and click " download " to be brought to the downloads page.
Choose your version.
Options are:
A). This article assumes the " free " option. You can download the free version from either filehippo or from piriform themselves..
B). Under the custom file in the sidebar, go to the screen containing the " download " list, and click " want to download. " after you are to select it, wait while clicking " get approved..
C). You can use ccleaner 2012 free edition, but you can also download a free desktop version online (bonuses vary depending on the motherboard version you're using). Download the windows 2000 updates installer..
D). From here, you can choose which version you want to run to access files on your computer. Using a different version will stop your options, so choose whichever version works best for you..
Answer: | A). | 2 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
second class i went off course in the jump off cause apparently i need my eye sight check but it was a really freakin awesome course . third course was awesome . we were just like half a second slower than the other dude . so we got two seconds .
OPTIONS:
-- They love the classes involving eye sight .
-- They love the food they are given .
-- They love their classes .
-- None of the above choices .
Q: Why is the narrator so excited about school ? | They love their classes . | 1 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "Extensive chronological biography on the Zundelsite." to Spanish. | Existe una extensa biografía cronológica en la Zundelsite. | 6 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
This question has options. Is the word "patch" used in the same way in the following two sentences?
A cabbage patch.
A briar patch.
OPT: i. different meanings. ii. the same meaning. | ii. | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What are the most important words in the following sentence:
A man is relaxing in a sauna wrapped in a towel. | relax, towel, wrap | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-choice problem: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
To add some color and texture to jell-o mix Popsicle.
Choose your answer from: (i) Put sprinkles on the bottom of the Popsicle mold or ice cube tray.. (ii) Put food coloring on the bottom of the Popsicle mold or ice cube tray.. | (i) | 6 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Question 1: What is the average/median CPM, CPC rate for K12 students?
Question 2: What has the best CPM rate?
(I). no. (II). yes.
Are questions 1 and 2 asking the same thing? | (I). | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. Its script posses some of the sharpest dialogue ever written, and even if it's not exactly naturalistic, it's stylized in the best sense.
2. A fizzingly clever big-city satire and deeply strange late noir classic.
3. An ambitious and self serving group bent on their own self survival make for a crisp script. Lancaster at his larger than life best... A classic.
4. Lancaster-Curtis saga of Manhattan's amoral media has spark and a wicked bite.
5. Brilliant performances by Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, and James Wong Howe's glowing black and white photography, are the perfect compliments to the rapid-fire screenplay.
6. Loose, sleazy, brilliant and hyper-cool.
7. A lean, mean amorality tale that still goes down like a cookie laced with arsenic.
8. The main incentive to see this movie is its witty, pungent and idiomatic dialogue, such as you never hear on the screen anymore in this age of special-effects illiteracy.
9. Uses every aspect of filmmaking to perfection.
10. Its pleasures are almost obscenely abundant.
What is a brief summary of the following reviews? | Sweet Smell of Success boasts a top-notch cast, sharp direction, atmospheric cinematography, and an appropriately jazzy score, making it one of the best noir crime thrillers ever made. | 1 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Review: It's one of those dramas that's so bad that it almost hits the point of being very funny, the script is absolutely dire, direction appalling, lighting purely armature, the only thing letting it down from a true so bad it's good feel is that the sound design is only quite bad; it adds no suspense to the story although trying hard, but doesn't at least destroy any speeches. There's continuity problems of seasons of out door shots throughout. And finally last but not least the acting is appalling. For a professional production it very much has the feel of a university media project you have to feel sorry for the sorry for anyone who had to put their names to this.
What is the sentiment of this review?
Choose your answer from:
A). negative
B). positive | A). | 7 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Objective: To prevent a potato from drying out while baking it,
Which of the following solutions is more sound in terms of naive physics reasoning?
Select from the following.
(1). wrap the potato in foil and poke holes into it before wrapping it..
(2). place the potato on the rack and let the potato steam itself on a low heat.. | (1). | 3 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
Photo purportedly shows pilot and navigator on a dock in the Marshall Islands in 1937 – under Japanese rule at the time – but some experts remain unconvinced
A newly unearthed picture from the US national archives has given new credence to a popular theory about the disappearance of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart.
Some experts say the image shows the pilot, her navigator Fred Noonan and her airplane in the Marshall Islands in 1937, when the archipelago was occupied by Japan – proving that she died in Japanese custody, rather than during a crash landing in the Pacific.
“When you pull out, and when you see the analysis that’s been done, I think it leaves no doubt to the viewers that that’s Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan,” Shawn Henry told NBC News. Henry is the former executive assistant director for the FBI and an NBC News analyst.
Rare footage surfaces of Amelia Earhart shortly before she vanished Read more
Kent Gibson, a forensic analyst who specializes in facial recognition, told the History Channel that it was “very likely” the individuals pictured are Earhart and Noonan, in a programme on the Earhart mystery scheduled to air this Sunday.
Not everyone is so convinced, however. “There is such an appetite for anything related to Amelia Earhart that even something this ridiculous will get everybody talking about it,” said Ric Gillespie, author of Finding Amelia and the executive director of the The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (Tighar).
“This is just a picture of a wharf at Jaluit [in the Marshall Islands], with a bunch of people,” Gillespie said. “It’s just silly. And this is coming from a guy who has spent the last 28 years doing genuine research into the Earhart disappearance and led 11 expeditions into the South Pacific.”
The picture was discovered by retired federal agent Les Kinney, who scoured the national archives for records that may have been overlooked in the now 80-year-old mystery of Earhart’s last flight.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Earhart and Noonan, with a map of the Pacific that shows the planned route of their last flight. Photograph: Bettmann archive
It was 2 July 1937, toward the end of her history-making flight around the world, when the nearly 40-year-old Earhart vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. The crash has long been blamed on poor weather conditions and a technical failure with the plane’s radio system. Most historians believe that Earhart ran out of fuel, crashed into the Pacific Ocean and sunk to the ocean’s darkest depths.
But since no trace of Earhart, Noonan or her Lockheed Electra airplane have ever been confirmed, alternate theories have abounded for decades. This past November, another forensic breakthrough supported an alternate theory that Earhart may have died a castaway on an island in modern-day Kiribati.
Gillespie is an exponent of this account and believes there is copious evidence to support it, including the timing of radio transmissions received after the plane was no longer airborne, the location of human remains on the then uninhabited island, and items he and his team have recovered – including a popular US women’s moisturizer, a zipper from a jacket and a makeup case.
“We found the site, we’ve done three excavations there and we’re finding artifacts that speak of an American woman of the 1930s,” Gillespie said.
Solving the mystery of how aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared Read more
The Marshall Island theory, which the photograph is alleged to support, has been around since at least the 1960s and fueled by accounts from Marshall Islanders who claimed they saw the aircraft land and saw Earhart and Noonan in Japanese custody.
Kinney found the most recent photograph stamped with official Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) markings reading “Marshall Islands, Jaluit Atoll, Jaluit Island, Jaluit Harbor”. The photograph has been credited to a US spy.
In the photo, a ship can be seen towing a barge with an airplane on the back, and on a nearby dock what appears to be a woman with a short haircut can be seen sitting, facing away from the camera. Gillespie notes, for what it’s worth, that the woman’s hair is far too long to be that of Earhart, of whom pictures exist from just a few days earlier.
“It wasn’t that long [a period of time] and hair doesn’t grow that fast,” Gillespie said.
Also visible is the face of a man who several experts told the History Channel is Noonan. The picture “clearly indicates that Earhart was captured by the Japanese”, Kinney said in History’s investigation.
Japanese officials have stated on more than one occasion that they have no records of Earhart or Noonan ever having been in their custody, but many of the nation’s records did not survive the second world war.
• This article was amended on 13 July 2017. An earlier version said Amelia Earhart was 40 years old when she vanished. This has been corrected to say nearly 40.
||||| CLOSE A recently-discovered photograph is turning the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance on its head, leading a handful of experts to believe the celebrated aviator and women’s rights role model actually survived her final flight. Time
Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, in front of their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in Los Angeles at the end of May 1937. (Photo: AP)
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — As the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance was marked Sunday, a new theory surfaced as to what happened to her as she attempted to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. Many believed she ran out of gas and crashed into the water.
A new documentary on the History Channel claims that a photograph found deep within the National Archives shows the famed lost pilot and Noonan captured by the Japanese on the Marshall Islands.
More: New photo may prove Amelia Earhart was captured by the Japanese
More: This is why the mystery of Amelia Earhart endures 80 years later
One of the many theories over the years about what happened to Earhart was that she returned to the United States and was a housewife in New Jersey.
In the 1970s, a book called Amelia Earhart Lives by Joe Klass was published, claiming that Irene Bolam, a woman living in Monroe Township, N.J., in Middlesex County, was the lost pilot.
Someone saw Bolam at a garden party in New York's Long Island and thought her to be Earhart, said Richard Gillespie, founder and executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. Bolam denied she was the female aviator, but Klass' book claimed that Earhart returned to the United States after World War II to live a different life as a New Jersey housewife. Bolam, who bore a slight resemblance to Earhart, also was a pilot.
“If that's Amelia Earhart, where are the soldiers? No one is carrying a gun, no one is restricting their activity.” Richard Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery
Bolam sued Klass and McGraw-Hill after the book was published and received a settlement of an unknown amount. The publisher pulled the books from the shelves.
"People will believe anything," said Gillespie.
The new History Channel documentary premiering Sunday claims the unearthed photograph depicts Earhart and Noonan on a dock while their Lockheed Electra 10E is towed by a boat and that the two were captured by the Japanese military and held until their deaths.
Gillespie called the theory an "absolute myth" and "ridiculous."
"It's a person who might be a white woman in the distance sitting on the edge of a dock and a guy that looks like a white guy so it has to be them," Gillespie said. "It's ridiculous."
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Gillespie pointed out that the hair of the person sitting on the dock is too long to be Earhart's and that there are no Japanese soldiers surrounding her and her navigator.
"If that's Amelia Earhart, where are the soldiers? No one is carrying a gun, no one is restricting their activity," Gillespie said, adding it is hard to believe that Earhart was captured by the Japanese and the United States knew about it. "Think about how many people would have to keep that secret for years."
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery has made several expeditions to Nikumaroro, which was formerly known as Gardner Island, in the Pacific where Gillespie believes he has found evidence that Earhart and Noonan crashed there and became castaways. The group is currently wrapping up an expedition on Nikumaroro to find human remains with National Geographic and forensic cadaver dogs.
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Gillespie said the theory that the two perished on the island is the original theory. It makes perfect sense to him that Earhart perished on the island, noting that Nikumaroro was along the same navigation line as their original destination and that distress calls from Earhart's plane were transmitting from that area for six days after her disappearance.
More: New evidence could prove that Amelia Earhart died as a castaway
Gillespie said it took the Navy a week to reach the island to search for Earhart and by that time, the plane had been washed off the reef, slipping into the waves below. They thought the distress calls were a hoax and surmised that the plane crashed into the ocean, he said.
Three years after Earhart disappeared, the British established a colony on the island and discovered the partial skeleton of a castaway. Part of a woman's shoe was found as well as a sextant, used for navigation, Gillespie said.
"We've examined it archaeologically and we are finding artifacts that speak to an American woman in the 1930s," Gillespie said. "We are trying to find any surviving human remains to get DNA."
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery also is searching for the remains of Earhart's plane, which Gillespie maintains are located in an area of steep coral reef that makes searching difficult.
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Summary: | – Any clue about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart should thrill Ric Gillespie, who's spent nearly three decades trying to solve the 80-year-old case. But a lost photograph included in a History documentary, which purportedly shows that Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan survived a 1937 plane crash in the Marshall Islands, is actually rather dull, Gillespie says. The head of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) tells TMZ he's known about the photo for a year but doesn't believe it shows Earhart or Noonan. Of course, a photo proving the pair reached the Marshall Islands would put a damper on TIGHAR's search for Earhart's bones on Nikumaroro. But Gillespie says the overall evidence disputes the documentary's theory. For one thing, Earhart's plane didn't have enough fuel to reach the Marshall Islands after taking off from New Guinea, Gillespie says. He adds that the photo simply shows two indistinguishable white people in an area known to host missionaries at the time. It's "absolute myth," he tells USA Today. Dorothy Cochrane of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum isn't 100% against the idea that Earhart and Noonan crashed in the Marshall Islands, were taken captive by the Japanese military, and later died in Saipan—a theory that's percolated since the 1960s, per the Guardian. But she says she "can't really comment definitively" on a "blurry photograph," per Smithsonian, and suggests investigators instead stick to the facts known so far. (One theory claims Earhart lived to be 86.) | 0 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: Take steps.
Sentence 2: Take the gun from your pocket.
Multi-choice problem: Does take mean the same thing in these two sentences?
Choose your answer from:
(I) different meanings
(II) the same meaning | (I) | 1 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
"to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world "
How would the sentiment of this sentence be perceived --
Choose your answer from:
1). negative
2). positive
Answer: | 2). | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
"Vlasy jsou tvá chlouba."
Could you please translate this to English? | "Your hair is your crowning glory. " | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) was the Executive Director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. Her appointment was announced on January 18, 2005 by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Previously, Veneman was the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the first, and as of 2018 the only, woman to hold that position. Veneman served as USDA Secretary from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005, leaving to become the fifth executive director of UNICEF.
Veneman has received several awards and distinctions throughout her career. In 2009 Veneman was named to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list, ranking 46th. In 2009 she received the Award of Distinction from the University of California Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Veneman is an Honorary Member of Rotary International (2008), received Sesame Workshop's Leadership Award for Children (2006), and a Humanitarian Award from the United Nations Association of New York (2006). In 2004 Veneman was honored with an Honorary Membership with the U.S. State Department's U.S.-Afghan Women's Council and an Honorary Membership with Sigma Alpha Sorority, the national professional agriculture sorority. She was also awarded the Main Street Partnership John Chaffee Award for Distinguished Public Service, the American PVO Partners Award for Service to People in Need, and the Grape & Wine Public Policy Leadership Award. Additional awards include the Richard E. Lyng Award for Public Service (2005), the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Alumni of the Year Award (2003), the California State Fair's Agriculturalist of the Year Award (2003), and the National 4-H Alumni Recognition Award. In 2002, Veneman received the California Council for International Trade Golden State Award, the Dutch American Heritage Award, Junior Statesman Foundation Statesman of the Year Award and the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distinguished Service Award. In 2001 Veneman received the Outstanding Woman in International Trade Award, the UC Davis Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award and the Food Research and Action Center Award. In 1995 she received a Cal Aggie Alumni Citation for Excellence and the Kiwanis Club of Greater Modesto National Farm-City Week Award. Veneman is currently a board member of Malaria No More, a New York-based nonprofit that was launched at the 2006 White House Summit with the goal of ending all deaths caused by malaria. Veneman is also co-chair of Mothers Day Every Day, along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton's Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. The "campaign was launched by CARE and the White Ribbon Alliance supporting access of basic health care and maternal services for women around the world." Veneman also serves as a board member of the Close Up Foundation, a civic education organization, and has served previously on a number of advisory councils and committees, particularly those involving higher education. In 2002, Veneman was diagnosed with breast cancer and received successful treatment. Veneman is also a second cousin of Star Wars creator George Lucas. Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | Veneman has received several awards and distinctions throughout her career. | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Continue writing the following text.
The test could not determine the strength of the battery, but worked fine for the plug , since the measurement for the
OPTIONS: (i) battery was vague .; (ii) plug was vague .; | (i) | 9 | Flan2021 | winogrande:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Produce a detailed sentence about a restaurant using the following words: name = Fitzbillies, priceRange = cheap, customer rating = average, familyFriendly = yes, near = Express by Holiday Inn
Sentence: | Fitzbillies, near Express by Holiday Inn has a cheap price range, is family friendly and has an average customer rating. | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
If "John ordered Bill to leave, so an hour later he left.", is "John left." correct?
A). no;
B). yes;
Answer: | A). | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this:
Use the information to answer the question. Over the last 150 years, the use of fossil fuels has increased, resulting in more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Some scientists think that these atmospheric gases will result in global warming. Scientists have recorded data on global temperature changes and have predicted possible changes in sea level that may affect Maryland residents. Which result of global warming will most negatively affect coastal residents in Maryland?
Options:
+loss of shore land.
+erosion of mountains.
+decrease in average temperature.
+increase in the size of the polar ice caps. | loss of shore land | 7 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Overalllength3,500mm
Generate a sentence using the above characters: | Overall length 3,500 mm | 0 | Flan2021 | word_segment | zs_opt |
Read the text and answer the questions.
Poor Alice was very unhappy. "What a wonderful garden!" she said to herself. "I'd like to be out there - not in this dark room. Why can't I get smaller?" It was already a very strange day. and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible. After a while she locked the door again, got up and went back to the glass table. She put the key down and she saw a little bottle on the table. Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters. But Alice was a careful girl. "It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles," she said. "What will it do to me?" She drank a little bit very slowly. The taste was very nice. like chocolate and oranges and hot sweet coffee. and very soon Alice finished the bottle. "What a strange feeling!" said Alice. "I think I' m getting smaller and smaller every second." And she was. A few minutes later she was only 25 centimeters high. "And now," she said happily, "I can get through the little door into that beautiful garden." She ran at once to the door. When she got there. she remembered that the little gold key was back on the glass table. She ran back to the table for it, but of course, she was now much too small! There was the key, high above her, on top of the table. She tried very hard to climb up the table leg, but she could not do it. At last, tired and unhappy, Alice sat down on the floor and cried. But after a while she spoke to herself angrily. "Come now," she said, "Stop crying at once. What's the use of crying?" She was a strange child, and often talked to herself like this. Soon she saw a little glass box near her on the floor. She opened it and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it.[:. . ] Nothing could surprise Alice now. "Well, I'II eat it," she said. "If I get taller, I can take the key off the table. And if I get smaller, I can get under the door. _ I'll get into the garden. So it doesn't matter what happens!" She went on eating, but nothing happened.
1. Who was unhappy?
2. Did it say EAT ME on the bottle she found?
3. What did it say that on?
4. What must she do to make her way outside?
5. Where did she find the thing to sip from?
6. How many things did the liquid remind her of?
7. Did it make her taller and taller?
8. What did it make her?
9. Small enough to make it through to outside?
10. When she was outside, did she remember that she had she forgotten her hat?
11. What had she forgotten?
12. Was this easily retrieved?
13. Why not?
14. What did she have to do to become bigger?
15. Did it work?
16. Did she shock her?
17. What did she tell herself to cease?
18. Did she wind up 30 cms tall?
19. How tall was she?
20. Was the outdoors area she wanted to go to ugly?
Numbered answers: | 1. Alice
2. no
3. a cake
4. get smaller
5. on the table
6. Three
7. no
8. smaller
9. yes
10. no
11. the little gold key
12. no
13. She was too small.
14. eat the cake
15. no
16. no
17. crying
18. no
19. 25 centimeters
20. no | 1 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
My flight got delayed.
What is a plausible cause?
Select from the following. +Tornadoes were sighted in the area. +I was held up at airport security. | Tornadoes were sighted in the area. | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/copa:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 is a compilation album by David Bowie released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). It follows "The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974" (1997) and includes material released between 1974–1979. This album was also included as the second disc of the compilation "The Platinum Collection" (2005/2006).
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 is a single album by David Bowie released in 1999."?
Options are: a). Yes; b). It's impossible to say; c). No;
I think the answer is | c). | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
This is my 4th night here. I'm missing my kitty, Kitty
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
Select from:
[a]. negative
[b]. positive
I think the answer is | [a]. | 2 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Answer this:
Scientists conduct investigations to answer questions. Before making a valid conclusion, scientists must
Possible answers: a). collect relevant evidence b). tell people about the data c). publish results from the investigation d). discuss the investigation with other scientists | a). | 7 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Dialogue:
Cindy: A-yo bitch, what's up?
Linda: A-yo, wanna see a movie?
Cindy: Aight
What is a summary of this dialogue? | Cindy and Linda are going to see a movie. | 2 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write an article based on this "Acknowledge how you feel. Give yourself permission to be sad. Find creative outlets for your feelings. Keep a journal to help you identify causes and move forward."
Article: | Don't hold in the sadness or pretend you're fine. Own up to how you're feeling, as doing so makes it easier to release the emotion and move forward. Label what emotion you're feeling. If someone asks, how you're feeling, be honest and say, “I'm sad.” It's the first step towards healing and getting needed support. If telling someone else about your sadness seems too hard, tell yourself first. Look in the mirror and admit how you're feeling by simply stating, "I'm sad." You might also write down how you're feeling in a journal. You also don’t want to punish or chastise yourself for being sad. Sadness is a common human emotion that everyone feels, so there's no need to beat yourself up for feeling sad. Allow yourself the space and time to be present in that emotion without judging or criticizing yourself for feeling that way. Do whatever you need to do to let the sadness out. Cry, go lie in your bed, or snuggle up with your pet. To prevent yourself from wallowing for too long in sadness, set a deadline. You might give yourself 1 or 2 days (or more, depending on the situation) to be sad. Then, commit to changing your mood with more upbeat activities, such as listening to energetic music, exercising, or hanging out with friends. Channel your sadness into creative expression. By writing poetry, stories or songs or by drawing or painting, you can express and release your sadness in a positive, meaningful way. Draw a picture that depicts how you feel or listen to music that moves you. Despite what you may believe, sad music won't necessarily make you sadder. In fact, many people find they get an emotional boost after hearing sad music that helps them feel better afterwards. It may be helpful and enlightening to write down your thoughts and feelings in order to determine what’s causing your sadness. From this point you can take a step towards feeling happy again. If you think that your sadness may be situational, write down the specific events and/or situations that are making you sad, such as a stressful job or a difficult financial situation. This may help you come up with possible solutions to help your situation. If you think that your sadness is mental, work on becoming aware of the types of thoughts you are having, as this will be helpful to know when you seek professional support. Write down as many thoughts as you can, as they will usually uncover deeper beliefs. | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Solve -47*u + 8 - 290 = 0 for u.. What is the answer?? | -6 | 9 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
"Sympathy for the Devil" is a samba rock song by the Rolling Stones, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Sung by Jagger, the song refers to the Devil, written in the first-person narrative, recounting atrocities committed throughout the history of humanity as if they were somehow "inspired" (or at least witnessed) by him. Although it has been deemed by some as "a homage", in reality, no admiration (or even sympathy, for that matter) is declared for the Devil in the song -other than his "own" request. It is performed in a rock arrangement with a samba rhythm, first appearing as the opening track on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet.
The recording of "Sympathy for the Devil" began at London's Olympic Sound Studios on 4 June 1968 and continued into the next day; overdubs were done on 8, 9 and 10 June. Personnel included on the recording include Nicky Hopkins on piano, Rocky Dijon on congas and Bill Wyman on maracas. Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman and Richards performed backup vocals, singing the "woo woos". Richards plays bass on the original recording, and also electric guitar. Brian Jones plays a mostly mixed out acoustic guitar, although in isolated tracks of the studio cut, it is audible playing along with the piano. In the 2003 book According to the Rolling Stones, Watts commented: "Sympathy" was one of those sort of songs where we tried everything. The first time I ever heard the song was when Mick was playing it at the front door of a house I lived at in Sussex ... He played it entirely on his own ... and it was fantastic. We had a go at loads of different ways of playing it; in the end I just played a jazz Latin feel in the style of Kenny Clarke would have played on "A Night in Tunisia" - not the actual rhythm he played, but the same styling. On the overall power of the song, Jagger continued in Rolling Stone: It has a very hypnotic groove, a samba, which has a tremendous hypnotic power, rather like good dance music. It doesn't speed up or slow down. It keeps this constant groove. Plus, the actual samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it is also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being primitive--because it is a primitive African, South American, Afro-whatever-you-call-that rhythm (candomble). So to white people, it has a very sinister thing about it. But forgetting the cultural colors, it is a very good vehicle for producing a powerful piece. It becomes less pretentious because it is a very unpretentious groove. If it had been done as a ballad, it wouldn't have been as good. Answer this question using a quote from the following article:
Who wrote the song? | The first time I ever heard the song was when Mick was playing it at the front door of a house I lived at in Sussex | 7 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Fraser Wishart (born Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 1 March 1965) is a Scottish former professional footballer, former Secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association, and current chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland. He is also an occasional radio and television commentator.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
Fraser Wishart has a brother.
Select from: - Yes - It's impossible to say - No | It's impossible to say | 3 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a short summary for this text: democrats , divided over president george w. bush 's handling of iraq , are coming down hard on his administration 's response to hurricane katrina .
Summary: | democrats declare open season on criticizing bush republicans on hurricane response | 0 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Chinese Influences: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism. Just as Christianity introduced Mediterranean culture into northern Europe, so Buddhism brought Chinese culture into Japanese society. Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan. An outstanding figure of this time was Prince Shotoku, who in 604 developed the "Seventeen-Article Constitution," outlining a code of human conduct and the ideals of state as a basic law for the nation. He also established relations with the Sui dynasty in China. Through him, the Japanese imperial court developed Chinese patterns of centralized government, with its formal bureaucracy of eight court ranks. The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle. Thus, 660 b.c. is still the official date celebrated nationwide. At this early stage in its history Japan was already (for the most part) only nominally ruled by the emperor. De facto power was exercised by the militarily and economically strongest family. The Sogas had promoted Buddhism as an imperially sanctioned counterweight to the native Shinto religion, along with the new Chinese customs, to weaken the influence of their more conservative rivals. But they in turn were ousted in a.d. 645 by Nakatomi Kamatari, founder of the great Fujiwara clan, which was to rule Japanese affairs for hundreds of years and provide prominent advisers to the emperor even up to the 19th century.
Question: "What year was Japan founded"
Answer: "660 BC"
Is this answer correct?
Choose your answer from:
*no
*yes...I think the answer is | yes | 2 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Write an article based on this summary:
Make a small forward movement. Start your swing. Make contact with the ball. Follow through.
Article: | Now you are in position and are awaiting the pitch. Once you see the pitcher moving towards the release, you need to make a small movement forward with your front foot. This is known as the stride, or the toe tap, and helps you get forward momentum into your swing. Step your front foot (left if you are a right hander) forward a few inches, and place it at an approximate 45 degree angle to the pitcher. The amount you step forward will generally depend on how tall you are. The taller you are, the longer your stride is likely to be. For most people your stride will be between 2 – 8 inches. Make sure it is a small and fast movement. As you make this movement your front hip and shoulder may turn in a little. Try to keep your hips parallel and your front shoulder slightly lower than your back shoulder. You should start your swing with a movement in your hips and legs, before moving your hands and shoulders. As the ball approaches, push off the ball of your back foot and begin to rotate the hips forward, while keeping them parallel to the ground. Drive your front shoulder towards the ball, but try to keep a good bend in both your elbows. As you get closer to contact your top hand will begin to rotate. When you make contact, your top palm will be close to facing upwards. Your hips should continue to rotate forwards as you swing and transfer the weight from your back foot to your front foot. As you swing you should try to keep the knob at the end of the bat’s handle inside of the path of the ball. Doing this will help you to keep a slight bend in your elbows as you move through the swing. Make sure you keep your head and eyes level and still as you move through the swing. Lead with your elbow, not your hands, as you swing your bat towards the pitch. For a pitch down the middle you should be aiming to make contact with the ball directly in front of your front hip. At the point of contact, both arms should be bent at angles close to 90 degrees, but by the time you have driven the bat through the ball, both arms should be fully extended. If you make contact when your arms are already fully extended, you will not get the kind of power you would if you make contact when you have a slight bend in your elbow and wrist. When you make contact, your top palm should be facing directly up to the sky. The palm on your bottom hand should be facing down to the ground. Make sure you keep your eye on the ball, watch it onto your bat, and hit through it on a level plane. The swing isn’t finished when you have made contact with the ball. The follow through is an essential element in a great softball swing. Straight after you make contact, your top hand will take over from your bottom hand as you roll your wrists through the swing. Keep your swing going through your arms so that your hands finish high above and behind your head, and your chest is angled slightly upwards towards the sky. When you finish your swing, your front foot should be open at a 45 degree angle to the pitcher. Your front leg should be locked, and your back leg bent as the weight is shifted back. Keep your eyes focussed on where you made contact with the ball. | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
french foreign minister michel barnier is to travel to israel `` in a few weeks ' time , '' he told a french radio station on thursday , a day after he courted disapproval from israel by making a visit to palestinian leader yasser arafat in his west bank headquarters .
Summarize the aforementioned text in a single phrase. | following palestinian trip french minister announces trip to israel | 6 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
The critic consesnsus is: At times hilarious, but other times offensive, Director Jared Hess is unable to recapture the collective charisma of his Napoleon characters, instead relying on a one-joke concept that runs out of steam. Sure to entertain the adolescents, however.. What reviews supported this critic consensus? | 1. The movie is a bauble, but it's an enjoyably weird and original one, and it is anchored by Black's constantly amusing performance.
2. Silliness takes a Mexican holiday in Nacho Libre.
3. ...by hanging its oddball characters on the most obvious of plots, it dilutes the weirdness that would have made it unique.
4. ... you can always count on a bad fart joke (of which "Nacho Libre" boasts several) to get a laugh, whether it deserves one or not.
5. Oddly reverent, faintly patronizing (they shot it in Mexico, with an exceptionally homely cast of extras), and always warm and funny.
6. However you feel about the story or the characters, the way in which Hess renders it is the most striking thing about Nacho Libre. If he hasn't yet achieved true mastery of sight gags, he's getting there.
7. The combination of body slams and bathroom jokes makes it a heck of a lot livelier than Cars.
8. Nacho Libre, the often hilarious follow-up to Napoleon Dynamite by director Jared Hess, settles it: This is the world's funniest Mormon.
9. The movie is semi-infantile camp but often riotous.
10. Nacho Libre scores points only on occasion. | 8 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
A: or you know, it doesn't seem that it's going to make much of a difference. B: Uh-huh. It, I mean, I don't know, I don't think George Bush will make the American people happy with ninety-seven cents a week.
Hypothesis: George Bush will make American people happy with ninety-seven cents a week
Available choices:
(1). Yes.
(2). No.
(3). It's impossible to say. | (2). | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Can we conclude that "The table is too wide." if the statement "The table won't fit through the doorway because it is too wide." is true?
Select from:
[-] no.
[-] yes. | yes | 6 | Flan2021 | glue/wnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
See the multi-choice question below:
Sentence 1: yeah it does and and then uh you know my husband enjoys spending time with the kids you know he'll he'll take them out just to be with them so he they can have time with him and
Sentence 2: My husband takes the kids out to Burger King on Tuesday.
If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Select from the following.
[I] yes.
[II] it is not possible to tell.
[III] no. | [II] | 4 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
1. Rees has crafted a moving and powerful first effort that is a welcome edition to the lesbian film canon.
2. Rees tells Alike's story in vignettes that are sometimes slapstick, sometimes heartbreaking, always tender.
3. If the destination is trite, the journey isn't - it comes with an ample supply of raw honesty.
4. It's a tiny story, told on an intimate scale, and it is rich in emotion, specificity and care.
5. Rees' film is personal and closely observed, almost as if she's letting us read a chapter of a diary (she has said "Pariah" is autobiographical).
6. It is a striking debut: visually rich, emotionally complex and graced by strong performances from top to bottom.
7. "Pariah" is a small film about a big subject: the struggle to be who you are, not who others would like you to be.
8. First-time writer-director Dee Rees has created a touching and commanding story about one young woman's hazardous journey through the trials and tribulations of adolescence, blooming sexuality and familial strife.
9. One of the most remarkable facts about Pariah is how it manages almost completely to avoid stereotypes: Every important character is complex and humanized...
10. You don't have to be black or lesbian or even know someone who's gay to appreciate "Pariah"; you just have to have gone through or be going through the process of growing up.
Write a one sentence summary of the reviews above. | Pulsing with authenticity and led by a stirring lead performance from Adepero Oduye, Pariah is a powerful coming out/coming-of-age film that signals the arrival of a fresh new talent in writer/director Dee Rees. | 0 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_rotten_tomatoes | zs_opt |
Text: Individuals who score low in neuroticism tend to be more emotionally stable and less reactive to stress. They tend to be calm, even-tempered, and less likely to feel tense or rattled. Although they are low in negative emotion, they are not necessarily high on positive emotion. Being high in scores of positive emotion is generally an element of the independent trait of extraversion. Neurotic extraverts, for example, would experience high levels of both positive and negative emotional states, a kind of ``emotional roller coaster''.
Question: can a person score high in both neuroticism and extraversion?
OPTIONS: (1). no. (2). yes. | (2). | 3 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
I would propose to them that they remove this part of the sentence.
Translate to Finnish
Finnish: | Ehdotan, että he poistavat tämän osan lauseesta. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a news article: Passengers wave to journalists from a traditional Fiaker horse-carriage as they pass Palais Coburg hotel, the venue of nuclear talks in Vienna April 22, 2015.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) makes a statement as European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini watches, following nuclear talks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale...
VIENNA The timing of sanctions relief is the main sticking point in nuclear talks that resumed on Wednesday with a meeting between delegates from Iran and the European Union.
Arriving in Vienna, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reiterated Iran's position: "All the economic sanctions should be lifted on the day that the deal is implemented," Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.
The United States says the sanctions, imposed on Iran by countries concerned that its nuclear programme could be aimed at weapons development, would have to be phased out gradually.
Referring to concerns that the U.S. Congress might try to delay lifting sanctions, Araqchi told state television that President Barack Obama's administration was "responsible to ensure that its commitments, particularly sanctions-related ones, are fulfilled".
Iran and the other countries in the talks -- China, France, Russia, Britain, the United States and Germany -- reached a tentative deal on April 2 and now aim to finalise the details by self-imposed end-June deadline.
"We think it is possible to reach a fair and just agreement ... by the end of June or even before that," Araqchi said. Iran says its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and accuses the West of using the issue as an excuse to hurt the Islamic Republic.
Tehran's commitments on technical nuclear issues under any final deal would be monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a body that Iran's envoy to the Vienna-based agency said Tehran trusted to do the job, Iran's Press TV reported.
Talks between Araqchi and EU political director Helga Schmid are due to continue into Wednesday evening and through Thursday. Delegates from the six powers, including U.S. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman, are expected to join the talks on Friday, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, told Iranian television on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif "discussed Iran's nuclear issue by phone last night".
Zarif was quoted by Iranian media as saying he would meet Kerry on Monday in New York on the sidelines of a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the United Nations.
(Additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Ankara and Adrian Croft in Brussels; Editing by Louise Ireland and Robin Pomeroy) ||||| Ernest J. Moniz, the nuclear scientist and secretary of energy, who oversees the atomic labs, said in an interview that as the Obama administration sought technical solutions at the talks, diplomats would have been stumbling in the dark “if we didn’t have this capability nurtured over many decades.” Although Mr. Moniz would not discuss the secret plant at Oak Ridge, parts of which date to the American and Israeli program to launch cyberattacks on Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant, he said more generally that the atomic labs give the United States “the capacity to carry through” in one of the most complex arms-control efforts in history.
It has also changed the labs. In the bomb-making days, the scientists largely kept to their well-guarded posts. But anyone traveling to the Iran talks over the past year and a half in Vienna and Lausanne, Switzerland, saw the Energy Department experts working hard as the negotiations proceeded, and heading out to dinner after long days of talks.
It was over one of those dinners in Vienna last summer that several of the experts began wondering how they might find a face-saving way for Iran to convert its deep-underground enrichment plant at Fordo, a covert site exposed by the United States five years ago, into a research center. That would enable Iran to say the site was still open, and the United States could declare it was no longer a threat.
“The question was what kind of experiment you can do deep underground,” recalled a participant in the dinner. By the time coffee came around, the kernel of an idea had developed, and it subsequently became a central part of the understanding with Iran that Secretary of State John Kerry and Mr. Moniz announced this month. Under the preliminary accord, Fordo would become a research center, but not for any element that could potentially be used in nuclear weapons.
Sometimes, during negotiations in Switzerland, a member of the scientific team would dump a bowl of chocolates on the table and rearrange them to show the Iranians how a proposed site rearrangement might work. “It was a visual way,” an official said, “to get past the language barrier.” |||||
A summary of this is? | – When US diplomats in Switzerland were haggling with Iran over its nuclear program, they had a unique source of knowledge: a "secret replica" of Iran's own facilities sitting in Tennessee, reports the New York Times. It seems the US has built one inside the sprawling Oak Ridge nuclear complex, complete with centrifuges, and American scientists use it to evaluate what is and isn't possible on the Iranian side. “We know a lot more about Iranian centrifuges than we would otherwise,” one anonymous expert tells the newspaper. The larger story describes how Oak Ridge and the nation's eight other atomic labs have been working together to provide crucial information to negotiators, often under tight deadlines. The Times describes the effort as a "Manhattan Project in reverse"—that is, scientists aren't trying to build a bomb, they're trying to prevent one from being built. As talks resume in Vienna, Reuters reports that the biggest issue revolves around sanctions. Iran wants them lifted as soon as a deal is in place—the goal is the end of June—while the US wants to phase them out. | 4 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
So I suggested we get coffee and just bullshit . It was fun . It 's kinda nice not being in a relationship because I am able to see certain friends , especially ones that are girls , without dealing with jealousy or someone getting mad . It has just been my experience that going out to coffee with another girl is n't a great thing and usually will get you in trouble .
Q with options: Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: What might be the reason why I 'm happy I 'm not in a relationship ?
Choices: 1. So I do n't have to deal with people feeling envious .. 2. None of the above choices .. 3. So I do n't have to deal with people asking questions .. 4. So I do n't have to deal with people staring while on dates .. | 1. | 4 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a sentence about this data: The Olive Grove eatType pub; The Olive Grove priceRange less than £20; The Olive Grove area city centre; The Olive Grove familyFriendly yes
Sentence: | The Olive Grove is a family-friendly pub in the city centre. Prices are usually less than £20. | 5 | Flan2021 | gem/dart:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The city's Campaign Finance Board has refused to pay Mr. Dinkins $95,142 in matching funds because his campaign records are incomplete. The campaign has blamed these reporting problems on computer errors. And, says Mr. Dinkins, he didn't know the man his campaign paid for a get-out-the-vote effort had been convicted of kidnapping.
Multi-choice question: Can we infer the following?
the man Mr. Dinkins' campaign paid for a get-out-the-vote effort had been convicted of kidnapping
Pick your answer from: [-] Yes [-] No [-] It's impossible to say | Yes | 4 | Flan2021 | super_glue/cb:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Are these paraphrases?
It is located on the hills between the Mullum Creek and the Koonung Creek .
It is located in the hills between the Mullum Creek and the Koonung Creek .
Pick from:
[i] no
[ii] yes | [ii] | 7 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
CHAPTER XXVIII
VIRTUE TRIUMPHS
Mart maintained his deceptive cheer at the breakfast-table, and the haggard look of the earlier hour passed away as he resolutely attacked his chop. He spoke of his exile in a tone of resignation--mixed with humor. "Sure, the old dad will have the laugh on us. He told us this was the jumpin'-off place."
"What will we do about the house?" asked Bertha. "Will we sell or rent?"
"Nayther. Lave it as it is," replied he quickly. "So long as I live I want to feel 'tis here ready for ye whinever ye wish to use it. 'Tis not mine. Without you I never would have had it, and I want no other mistress in it. Sure, every chair, every picture on the walls is there because of ye. 'Tis all you, and no one else shall mar it while I live."
This was the note which was most piercing in her ears, and she hastened to stop it by remarking the expense of maintaining the place--its possible decay and the like; but to all this he doggedly replied: "I care not. I'd rather burn it and all there is in it than turn it over to some other woman. Go you to Ben and tell him my will concerning it."
This gave a new turn to her thought. "I don't want to do that. Why don't you go and tell him yourself?"
"Didn't the doctor say I must save meself worry? I hate to ask ye to shoulder the heavy end of this proposition." His face lost its forced smile. "I'm a sick man, darlin'; I know it now, and I must save meself all I can. Ye may send Lucius down and bring him up, or we'll drive down and see him; maybe the ride would do me good, but I can't climb them stairs ag'in."
Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.
1. Haggard
2. Because of his exile
3. In a tone of resignation mixed with humor
4. No
Numbered questions: | 1. How did Mart feel before breakfast?
2. Why?
3. How did he speak of it?
4. Does the house belong to him? | 9 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he was one of the most popular entertainers in the world, and was the best-selling music artist during the year of his death. Jackson's contributions to music, dance, and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5.
Beginning in May 2002, Jackson allowed a documentary film crew, led by British TV personality Martin Bashir, to follow him around nearly everywhere he went. On November 20 of that year, Jackson brought his infant son Prince onto the balcony of his room at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin as fans stood below, holding him in his right arm with a cloth loosely draped over Prince's face. Prince was briefly extended over a railing, four stories above ground level, prompting widespread criticism in the media. Jackson later apologized for the incident, calling it "a terrible mistake". Bashir's crew was with Jackson during this incident; the program was broadcast in March 2003 as Living with Michael Jackson. In a particularly controversial scene, Jackson was seen holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with a young boy. As soon as the documentary aired, the Santa Barbara county attorney's office began a criminal investigation. After an initial probe from the LAPD and DCFS was conducted in February 2003, they had initially concluded that molestation allegations were "unfounded" at the time. After the young boy involved in the documentary and his mother had told investigators that Jackson had behaved improperly, Jackson was arrested in November 2003 and charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent in relation to the 13-year-old boy shown in the film. Jackson denied the allegations, saying the sleepovers were not sexual in nature. The People v. Jackson trial began on January 31, 2005, in Santa Maria, California, and lasted until the end of May. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all counts. After the trial, in a highly publicized relocation, he moved to the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain as a guest of Sheikh Abdullah. Unknown to Jackson, Bahrain was also where the family had intended to send Jackson if he had been convicted, according to a statement by Jermaine Jackson printed in The Times of London in September 2011. On November 17, 2003, three days before Jackson's arrest, Sony released Number Ones, a compilation of Jackson's hits on CD and DVD. In the U.S., the album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA; in the UK it was certified six times platinum for shipments of at least 1.2 million units.
Answer the following question by taking a quote from the article: what happened with jackson in 2002? | Beginning in May 2002, Jackson allowed a documentary film crew, led by British TV personality Martin Bashir, to follow him around nearly everywhere he went. | 0 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Produce a long descriptive sentence that uses all these words: Alberto Teisaire, deathPlace, Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires, leader, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta; Alberto Teisaire, party, Justicialist Party; Alberto Teisaire, inOfficeWhilePresident, Juan Perón.
Sentence: | Alberto Teisaire belongs to the Justicialist Party and was in office while Juan Peron was President. Teisaire died in Buenos Aires, where the leader is Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
A soldier was killed Monday and another wounded when their convoy was ambushed in northern Iraq.
Generate a new sentence that is, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 3). in textual similarity to the above sentence. | On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured when a munitions dump they were guarding exploded in southern Iraq. | 8 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Peter Franco (November 27, 1973) is an audio engineer and music producer. Franco was first recognized for his work in 2007 on Daft Punk's "Alive 2007" album. He recorded, and assisted in mixing "Random Access Memories" by Daft Punk in 2013, winning the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. He has been one of four engineers for Daft Punk studio recordings since 2008.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
He has been one of three engineers for Daft Punk studio recordings since 2008.
Options are: +Yes +It's impossible to say +No | No | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Finnish:
Viktor Yevsyukov
Finnish: | Viktor Jevsjukov | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Elon Musk projects a Mars spaceship will be ready for short trips by first half of 2019 11:08 AM ET Mon, 12 March 2018 | 00:56
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk told an audience at South by Southwest that his timeline for sending a space vehicle to Mars could mark its first milestone early next year.
The privately-funded venture, announced in September 2017, aims to send a cargo mission to the Red Planet by 2022. SpaceX's ultimate objective is to plant the seeds to put a human colony on Mars.
Musk held a surprise question and answer session at the annual technology and culture festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday. The billionaire told attendees that "we are building the first Mars, or interplanetary ship, and I think we'll be able to do short trips, flights by first half of next year."
Mindful of elevating expectations too high, Musk hedged a bit. "Although sometimes, my timelines are a little, you know..." he said to laughter. ||||| Founder of SpaceX, which is working on getting humans to the planet, speaks at SXSW amid rising nuclear tension
Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species in a third world war
Humans must prioritise the colonisation of Mars so the species can be conserved in the event of a third world war, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said on Sunday.
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“It’s important to get a self-sustaining base on Mars because it’s far enough away from earth that [in the event of a war] it’s more likely to survive than a moon base,” Musk said on stage at SXSW – just days after Donald Trump announced plans to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in an attempt to defuse rising nuclear tension.
“If there’s a third world war we want to make sure there’s enough of a seed of human civilisation somewhere else to bring it back and shorten the length of the dark ages,” Musk said, responding to questions from his friend Jonah Nolan, the co-creator of the TV show Westworld.
SpaceX is working on a vehicle that will take humans to Mars, a 100-metre ship codenamed the BFR (Big Fucking Rocket). But building a colony would require “tremendous entrepreneurial resources”, Musk said.
He also countered the suggestion that Mars might be “some escape hatch for rich people” by highlighting the risks of the mission: “It will be like Shackleton’s ad for Antarctic explorers: ‘Difficult, dangerous, a good chance you’ll die, excitement for those who survive.’ That kind of thing.
“There’s not many people who will want to go in the beginning,” he said, adding that over time the Red Planet colony would be hospitable and have “great bars. The Mars bar! I love dad jokes, I’m a dad!”
The BFR will fly for the first time in the first half of 2019, Musk said, acknowledging that his “timelines historically have been optimistic”. The production of the Tesla Model 3 electric car, for example, has been plagued by delays.
Musk said he initially gave SpaceX and Tesla a likelihood of success of just 10%.
“I wouldn’t let my friends invest because I didn’t want them to lose their money,” he said of SpaceX. Instead he funnelled his own money, from the sale of PayPal, into the businesses.
“SpaceX is alive by the skin of its teeth. So is Tesla. If things had gone a little bit the other way, both companies would be dead.”
Musk said he was now kept awake at night by the threat posed by unregulated artificial intelligence, which he has previously warned could lead humanity into a third world war – another the reason to go to Mars.
“Mark my words,” he said, “AI is much more dangerous than nukes. So why do we have no regulatory oversight?”
He suggested a public regulatory body would need “insight and oversight” to confirm that everyone was developing AI safely and in a way that is “symbiotic with humanity”.
However, even coming up with the safety parameters would present all sorts of insidious and unexpected risks, Musk said. If the utility function of artificial intelligence is to maximise happiness of humans, a super-intelligent AI might decide that the best way to do that is to capture all humans and inject their brains with dopamine and serotonin.
Musk proposed that digital intelligence should instead be directed to maximise “the freedom of action of humanity”.
The Q&A session ended on a surreal note as Musk, his younger brother Kimbal and Nolan all donned stetsons and sang a snippet of My Little Buttercup, a song from the 1986 movie The Three Amigos.
“This is going to be real bad,” warned Musk. He was right. ||||| Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Elon Musk said he initially didn't think his companies were likely to succeed
Elon Musk says his companies SpaceX and Tesla are both still alive only "by the skin of their teeth".
The entrepreneur told an audience at the South by South West (SXSW) conference that both companies almost went bankrupt in 2008.
"I gave both SpaceX and Tesla a probability of less than 10% likely to succeed," he said during a Q&A session.
"At the beginning in 2002, I wouldn't even let my own friends invest as I didn't want to lose their money."
Mr Musk said he made $180m (£130m) when PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002, and he initially put $90m into SpaceX and Tesla, but the costs kept mounting.
He said 2008 was an incredibly difficult year - SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time, and Tesla almost went bankrupt two days before Christmas.
By this point, he only had about $40m left.
"I could put it all into one company, and the other company would definitely die, or if I split it into both SpaceX and Tesla, then they both might die," he said.
"And when you put your energy into building something, it's your baby, so I couldn't choose. I put the money into both, and thank goodness they both came through."
Mr Musk also got divorced, and he said he had to borrow money from his friends to pay his rent.
"SpaceX is alive by the skin of its teeth, and so is Tesla - if things had just gone a little differently, both companies would be dead," he said.
Mr Musk said he had to be the chief engineer for the Falcon 1 because he couldn't get any other suitable candidates to join the company, and he didn't want to risk his venture on engineers he felt weren't of the right standard.
And although he can now afford to hire as many talented engineers as he would like, he still continues to spend 80-90% of his time working on engineering and design at both SpaceX and Tesla, leaving other executives to manage the business side of the companies.
However, he said that over time, he felt Tesla had caused him far "more drama" than SpaceX.
He also said his tunnelling firm, the Boring Company, was started as a joke because he thought the name was funny, and although he tweets about it a lot, it actually only takes up about 2% of his time.
Opportunities on Mars
When asked why he decided to go into the space industry and electric cars, he explained that he had been interested in both subjects when he was in university.
He also said he didn't feel enough progress had been made in recent years on space travel.
"I wondered why we weren't making progress with getting people on the moon, and where are all the space hotels we were promised in 2001: A Space Odyssey?" he said.
"The genesis of SpaceX was not to create a company, but how do we get Nasa's budget to be bigger?"
Mr Musk remains convinced that life on Mars is both possible and necessary.
He fears another "dark age" should a third world war occur, and feels that Mars will be integral to helping the human race survive and regenerate.
He also feels there are plentiful business opportunities there.
"They will start off building a rudimentary base... then this will open up a world of new opportunities, because Mars will need pizza joints, great bars - Mars Bars," he said. |||||
What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article? | – Elon Musk says that while sticking to timelines has never been his strong point, he hopes that he'll have started the next chapter in his space odyssey in the first half 2019. That's when the SpaceX founder hopes the BFR—aka the Big F------ Rocket—will make its first short trips in preparation for a mission to Mars, the Guardian reports. Musk told the SXSW conference that the world needs to make a Mars colony a priority so that our species can be preserved in the event of a catastrophic war. "If there's a Third World War we want to make sure there’s enough of a seed of human civilization somewhere else to bring it back and shorten the length of the dark ages." He told the conference he thought unregulated AI was as scary, and as likely to lead to war, as nuclear weapons. Musk rejected suggestions that the Mars colony would be a bolthole for the rich, saying it would be as difficult and dangerous as early expeditions to Antarctica. But he added that there will be plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs after a rudimentary base was set up, the BBC reports. "Mars will need pizza joints, great bars—Mars Bars," he quipped. Musk, who cited Fred Astaire and Kanye West as his inspirations, hopes to make a cargo flight to Mars by 2022, CNBC reports. Musk also spoke about the early financial struggles of his companies, saying "SpaceX is alive by the skin of its teeth, and so is Tesla—if things had just gone a little differently, both companies would be dead," he said. | 3 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a short movie review that has "(b)." sentiment (Choices:
(a). negative.
(b). positive.). | to laugh , groan and hiss | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What's an example of a grad-school level question? | Which of the following would most likely happen if grasses and shrubs were removed from a rural Massachusetts ecosystem? | 8 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The Seven Years' War was fought between 1755 and 1764, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763. It involved every great power of the time except the Ottoman Empire, and affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. Considered a prelude to the two world wars and the greatest European war since the Thirty Years War of the 17th century, it once again split Europe into two coalitions, led by Great Britain on one side and France on the other. For the first time, aiming to curtail Britain and Prussia's ever-growing might, France formed a grand coalition of its own, which ended with failure as Britain rose as the world's predominant power, altering the European balance of power.
Realizing that war was imminent, Prussia preemptively struck Saxony and quickly overran it. The result caused uproar across Europe. Because of Prussia's alliance with Britain, Austria formed an alliance with France, seeing an opportunity to recapture Silesia, which had been lost in a previous war. Reluctantly, by following the imperial diet, most of the states of the empire joined Austria's cause. The Anglo-Prussian alliance was joined by smaller German states (especially Hanover). Sweden, fearing Prussia's expansionist tendencies, went to war in 1757 to protect its Baltic dominions, seeing its chance when virtually all of Europe opposed Prussia. Spain, bound by the Pacte de Famille, intervened on behalf of France and together they launched an utterly unsuccessful invasion of Portugal in 1762. The Russian Empire was originally aligned with Austria, fearing Prussia's ambition on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but switched sides upon the succession of Tsar Peter III in 1762.
1. How long did the Seven Years' War last?
2. When did it start?
3. When did it end?
4. Why was it called the Seven Years' War?
5. Who were the leaders of the two alliances?
6. Who came out ahead?
7. Who fired the first shot?
8. Who did most of the Holy Roman Empire join?
9. Who did Russia join?
10. Who attacked Portugal?
11. Who won?
12. Which major European power stayed neutral?
13. What was this war a prequel of?
14. Why did Austria join?
15. Which state was the first to be defeated?
16. What was India's role?
17. What ruler's rise changed the balance of power significantly?
18. Whom did Prussia have its eye on?
Provide a numbered list of answers. | 1. Nine years
2. 1755
3. 1764
4. Because the main part of the conflict happened from 1756-1763.
5. Great Britain and France
6. Great Britain
7. Prussia
8. France
9. Both
10. Spain and France
11. Portugal
12. Ottoman Empire
13. The World Wars
14. To recapture Silesia.
15. Saxony
16. unknown
17. Tsar Peter III
18. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | 7 | Flan2021 | coqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Going to the Beach<br>Channel woke up in the morning, and decided to go the beach. She put on her bathing suit, packed a cooler, and grabbed a towel. She got in her car and drove a distance. Parking, and then walking to the beach. She placed her towel on the beach and enjoyed the wonderful day.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
Channel put on a two-piece bathing suit.
pick from the following.
(1). Yes.
(2). It's impossible to say.
(3). No. | (2). | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r3:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
The sixth season of the American ABC fantasy-drama Once Upon a Time was ordered on March 3, 2016. It debuted on September 25, 2016, and concluded on May 14, 2017. In January 2017, it was stated that the sixth season would end the main storyline, and for a seventh season, the series would be softly rebooted with a new storyline.
Multi-choice problem: Is it true that will there be a season 6 of once upon a time?
Choose from:
1). no.
2). yes.
The answer is: | 2). | 1 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer this question: who is the winner of 2015 royal rumble? | Roman Reigns | 4 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Šla jsem za Vivianiným cvokařem, ten mi řekl, že jsem rozzlobený člověk, což mě vážně dožralo.
Could you please translate this to English? | I went to go see Vivian's shrink, and he told me that I was an angry person which really pissed me off... | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the answer to this question? when was charlie and the chocolate factory movie made?
| July 10, 2005 | 6 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Select from options: Continue writing the next sentence.
Two groups of girls run out to the middle of a court to grab volleyballs. They throw the balls at each other. the coach
Pick your answer from:
(A). is seen giving instructions.;
(B). finally comes out to speak with the girls and they begin to play.;
(C). runs over to look out the window.;
(D). yells over the crowd in the stands.;
Answer: | (A). | 2 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Review: Yet another British romantic comedy which audiences all over the world seem to have a ravenous appetite for. This feeble effort is an unintentional parody of the genre - all the classic clichéd scenes are here from ridiculously elaborate misunderstandings to running after departing trains to declare one's love. The characters are one-dimensional caricatures save for Love-Hewitt who manages to bring some cohesion to the film. Things threaten to spiral out of control in the plausibility department as the film progresses; our good-natured suspension of belief finally comes crashing down during the preposterous ending. If you're looking for a Bridget Jones, Notting Hill kind of experience you won't find it here.
What is the sentiment of this review?
Possible answers: (A). negative; (B). positive; | (A). | 7 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
German scientists were captured by operation Epsilon in Italy
Operation Epsilon was the codename of a program in which Allied forces near the end of World War II detained ten German scientists who were thought to have worked on Nazi Germany's nuclear program. The scientists were captured between May 1 and June 30, 1945, as part of the Allied Alsos Mission, mainly as part of its Operation Big sweep through southwestern Germany.
Pick your answer from:
(a). Yes
(b). It's impossible to say
(c). No | (b). | 8 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
The game sold over 3 million copies in three days after its release, making it the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive. The game was the fastest selling game of the month of its release and contributed to the PS4 being the best selling console of that month. In total, the game sold over five million copies in its first month, with 2.1 million in digital sales.
Choose your answer: Is the following statement correct based on the text
is the new god of war ps4 exclusive
Available options:
(1). no;
(2). yes; | (2). | 7 | Flan2021 | bool_q:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer: Jack pushed Tim down the stairs because he was mad.
Tell me who he is.
(a). Jack. (b). Tim. | (a). | 3 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Q: Which illness is always caused by an infection?
What is the correct answer to this question?
Options: (a). a heart attack. (b). a broken bone. (c). influenza. (d). cancer....A: | (c). | 3 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Easy:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Continue writing the next sentence in this paragraph:
How to cope with the stigma of crohn's disease
Don't take it personally.
Although people may occasionally make rude or insensitive comments, they may not intend to hurt your feelings. Sometimes people stigmatize others because of lack of understanding about a situation or condition.
Options:
+ While they may not treat others as such, they may warn people about what you can and can't accept. Common examples of social stigma include: " nobody ever takes the time to offer me a hug when i'm sick.
+ Sometimes they may do it just to make themselves feel better. Instead of letting their comments or actions bother you, remember that you're a good person and don't let them get to you.
+ The more you explain the diagnosis to others, the more understanding you will have about the situation. Knowing that the diagnosis wasn't intended to be treated unfairly will save you of the burden of dealing with it more.
+ Fighting off or alienating this sort of stigma will only make the situation worse. Remind yourself that you can never fully understand crohn's disease. | Sometimes they may do it just to make themselves feel better. Instead of letting their comments or actions bother you, remember that you're a good person and don't let them get to you. | 1 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do the following two sentences have the same meaning?
" Qualcomm has enjoyed many years of selling ... against little or no competition , " Hubach said in the statement .
" Qualcomm has enjoyed many years of selling CDMA chips against little or no competition , " said TI General Counsel Joseph Hubach .
Available choices:
[1]. no
[2]. yes
The answer is: | [2]. | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a short summary for this text: lighting a torch under one of malaysia 's most volatile issues , the spiritual leader of the fundamentalist islamic opposition said people who vote for it in upcoming elections will go to heaven and implied government supporters are destined for hell .
Summary: | malaysia 's islamic opposition leader comes under fire for saying those who vote for his party will go to heaven | 0 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
Which inland sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is fast disappearing because the rivers that feed it have been diverted and dammed???? | aral sea | 7 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write an email with the subject line "presentation". | Guys, Attached below is a presentation that I put together for M Frevert for the latest analyst presentation. We kept it to only a few businesses - they didn't end up using any of it. I do however want to have an EGM presentation that everyone can use. Please prepare a section on each of your businesses and return via email or hard copy. Don't worry about power point, simply the dot points that you want on the page. Thanks, | 9 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is a question with answer options. Goal: Learn how to garnish and serve a quiche.
Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?
Select from: (1). After the quiche is baked it should be cooled for fifteen minutes, then garnished with a sprinkle of paprika and a few cut up green onions.. (2). After the quiche is baked it should be cooled for fifteen minutes, then garnished with cake frosting and sprinkles.....I think the answer is | (1). | 2 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence about a restaurant with all the following attributes: name = The Dumpling Tree, eatType = restaurant, food = Fast food
Sentence: | A reasonably priced fast food restaurant called The Dumpling Tree | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: Could Kennewick Man have come by a route similar to Ericson's, say via skin boats or over an ice mass connecting North America, Greenland, and Norway?
Sentence 2: Kennewick Man certainly did not come by a route similiar to Ericson's.
Select from:
* yes.
* it is not possible to tell.
* no.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first sentence?
| no | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
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