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wikipedia	The Vatican Apostolic Library (), more commonly called the Vatican Library or simply the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally established in 1475, although it is much older, it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historica...	[ "When was the Vat formally opened?", "what is the library for?", "for what subjects?", "and?", "what was started in 2014?", "how do scholars divide the library?", "how many?", "what is the official name of the Vat?", "where is it?", "how many printed books does it contain?", "when were the Secre...	{ "input_text": [ "It was formally established in 1475", "research", "history, and law", "philosophy, science and theology", "a project", "into periods", "five", "The Vatican Apostolic Library", "in Vatican City", "1.1 million", "at the beginning of the 17th century;", ...
cnn	New York (CNN) -- More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles -- including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance -- were auctioned off Saturday, reaping a total $2 million. Profits from the auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square crushed pre-sale expectations of on...	[ "Where was the Auction held?", "How much did they make?", "How much did they expected?", "WHo buy the Jackson Glove", "Where was the buyer of the glove from?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Hard Rock Cafe", "$2 million.", "$120,000", "Hoffman Ma", "Macau" ], "answer_start": [ 243, 180, 292, 1295, 1331 ], "answer_end": [ 284, 210, 342, 1365, 1366 ] }
gutenberg	CHAPTER VII. THE DAUGHTER OF WITHERSTEEN "Lassiter, will you be my rider?" Jane had asked him. "I reckon so," he had replied. Few as the words were, Jane knew how infinitely much they implied. She wanted him to take charge of her cattle and horse and ranges, and save them if that were possible. Yet, though she co...	[ "What did Venters call Lassiter?", "Who asked Lassiter to be their rider?", "Did he agree?", "Why did she ask him?", "Did she tell him as much?", "What was she willing to give up?", "Where was Milly led to?", "Who took her there?", "Whose name would Jane not speak?", "Did she allow herself to even...	{ "input_text": [ "gun-man", "Jane", "Yes", "to take charge of her cattle and horse and ranges, and save them", "No", "Whatever the price to be paid", "Cottonwoods", "A man", "this Mormon's name", "No", "a helper, of a friend, of a champion", "her churchmen", "shedd...
cnn	(CNN) -- The longest-running holiday special still has a very shiny nose. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" premiered on television December 6, 1964, and is now one of the holiday season's perennial favorites. The story of the reindeer who saves Christmas is beloved among children and adults alike. The Rankin-Bass a...	[ "Who is Rudolph's father?", "Why does Rudolph run away?", "What makes him different from the other reindeer?", "Who does he save during a snow storm?", "Does he save Christmas?", "What Island does he travel to?", "Which company produced the movie?", "When did it premiere?", "What methods were used i...	{ "input_text": [ "Donner", "he felt like an outcast", "his nose glows", "his loved ones", "yes", "the Island of Misfit Toys", "Rankin-Bass", "December 6, 1964", "Japanese puppets and stop motion", "no", "two", "Rudolph and Santa Claus", "in a family attic", "In...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXIV. THE INTERRUPTED MASS The morning of that Wednesday of Corpus Christi, fateful to all concerned in this chronicle, dawned misty and grey, and the air was chilled by the wind that blew from the sea. The chapel bell tinkled out its summons, and the garrison trooped faithfully to Mass. Presently came Monn...	[ "Who arrived at the church?", "Who was followed by a clerk dressed in black?", "Who was crying?", "Who noticed it?", "Did any others arrive with her?", "What other group of people were in her group?", "And who in the group was anxious?", "Was she well-rested?", "Who should be reinforced?", "Who th...	{ "input_text": [ "the garrison first", "Fra. Domenico", "Valentina", "her ladies", "yes", "her pages", ", Peppe", "no", "the single man-at-arms patrolling the walls.", "Gian Maria" ], "answer_start": [ 254, 687, 459, 592, 301, 311, 378, 490,...
race	Have you ever been to some big cities in the world? The information below will be helpful to you. Budapest For many centuries, Budapest was two cities, with Buda on the west side of the river Danube and Pest on the east side. Budapest became one city in 1872, and it has been the capital city of Hungary for about eighty...	[ "Was Budapest always one city?", "How many was it?", "What was one called?", "Where was it located?", "What was the other?", "Where was it located?", "When did they combine?", "Is it an important city in it's country?", "How many people live there?", "Do other people visit?", "What do they do?",...	{ "input_text": [ "no", "two", "Buda", "the west side of the river", "Danube and Pest", "the east side", "in 1872", "yes", "The population of Budapest is about three million", "yes", "take boat rides", "along the Danube", "summer", "because it's very cold in win...
cnn	(CNN) -- A lawsuit filed by the family of Robert Champion, the Florida A&M University band member allegedly beaten to death in a hazing ritual, accuses the bus company involved in the deadly assault and the bus driver of negligence, their attorney said Monday. The suit alleges that Fabulous Coach Lines and its driver...	[ "WHO IS FILING THE LAWSUIT?", "AGAINST WHOM?", "WHAT DOES THE FAMILY ACCUSE THE COMPANY OF?", "WHAT HAPPENED TO ROBERT?", "WHERE WAS HE KILLED?", "HOW DO THEY IDENTIFY THAT BUS?", "WHERE WAS IT LOCATED WHEN THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE?", "WHAT ABOUT THE DRIVER?", "WAS ROBERT IN A UNIVERSITY?", "WHICH ...	{ "input_text": [ "The family of Robert Champion", "Fabulous Coach Lines", "The company consented to the illegal acts of hazing by students", "Beaten to death", "In a bus.", "Bus C", "In a dark corner, separate from the other buses", "Was standing guard at the door to prevent anyone fr...
race	Officials of the Chicago Transit Authority said they were investigating. The child, Nicole Hobson, was being taken by her mother to Children's Memorial Hospital about 11 P. M., Wednesday to check her recently inserted pacemaker. The child was stricken about a mile from the hospital. Her mother, May Hobson, 40, said, ...	[ "who recently had heart surgery?", "what should the driver have done?", "where did he leave them off?", "did the driver help?", "who tried to bring Nicole back to life?", "how old is Ted?", "did the driver try to pick more people up?", "who is looking into the situation?", "where was May heading wit...	{ "input_text": [ "Nicole Hobson", "made radio call to the control center", "a block from the hospital", "no", "Ted Garretson", "28", "yes", "Officials of the Chicago Transit Authority", "Children's Memorial Hospital", "Wednesday", "a pacemaker.", "about 11 P. M.", ...
race	Local businessmen are increasingly facing competition from online retailers. Larry Pollock, owner of Camera Co/Op on South Congress, said he has been dealing with this kind of problem for years, even before the Internet. The struggle began with mail-order catalogues , which are similar to online retailers in that they ...	[ "What is a valuable service?", "What is the issue?", "When did it begin?", "Is is happening quickly?", "What is a safety issue?", "What is easier about online?", "Overhead higher or lower?", "What is a reason online is cheaper?", "why?", "who does it affect most?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "brick and mortar stores", "competition from online retailers", "with mail-order catalogues", "yes", "online security", "variety and accessibility", "lower", "overhead is lower", "few employees to pay, no sales tax fees and no business venue to lease and manage", ...
wikipedia	The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or U of C) is a private research university in Chicago. The university, established in 1890, consists of The College, various graduate programs, interdisciplinary committees organized into four academic research divisions and seven professional schools. Beyond the arts and ...	[ "When was teh University established?", "How many professionals schools is it organized into?", "How many students are enrolled?", "and in the college?", "What is the University home to?", "Is that a small press?", "What will be completed in 2020?", "where will that be?", "What will be there?", "D...	{ "input_text": [ "1890", "seven", "15,000", "5,000", "University of Chicago Press,", "No, it is the largest university press in the United States.", "the Barack Obama Presidential Center", "It will be housed at the university", "both the Obama presidential library and offices of t...
wikipedia	An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light (incandescence). The hot filament is protected from oxidation with a glass or quartz bulb that is...	[ "What is the energy source for an incandescent bulb?", "Is it hot?", "How does it get hot?", "How is is protected?", "How about in a halogen bulb?", "How does the bulb get its energy supply?", "Are incandescent lights efficient?", "How much energy do they convert to light?", "What happens to the res...	{ "input_text": [ "a wire filament", "yes", "by passing an electric current through it", "with a glass or quartz bulb that is filled with inert gas or evacuated.", "a chemical process", "by feed-through terminals or wires embedded in the glass.", "no", "less than 5%", "it is conver...
race	Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and did not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his rnenta1ability. Beethoven's music teacher said about him,"As a composer he is hopeless." What if this young boy believed it? When Thomas Edison was a young b...	[ "What age did Einstein start talking?", "When did he start reading?", "Who was worried about him?", "Did Beethoven's music teacher support him?", "Did Thomas Edison's teachers think he was smart?", "Did Thomas have any family members that thought he was stupid?", "Which one in particular?", "What did ...	{ "input_text": [ "Four", "Seven", "His parents", "No", "No", "Yes", "His father", "Sculpting", "learning to read", "learning to write", "a learning disability", "No", "Yes", "Yes", "His uncle", "No", "No", "Any good ideas", "great potential"...
wikipedia	Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming, which produced the "Neolithic Revolution". It ended when metal tools became widespread (in the Copper Age or Bronze Age; or, in some geographical regio...	[ "What did Neolithic follow?", "What was the Neolithic considered?", "What culture did it come from?", "What is that called today?", "What did the this period begin?", "And it ended when?", "What produced the Neolithic Revolution?", "What was produced during that time?", "What did this evolve into?",...	{ "input_text": [ "Holocene Epipaleolithic period", "the last part of the Stone Age", "the Levant", "modern-day West Bank", "10,200", "8,800 BC", "the Epipaleolithic Natufian culture", "the use of wild cereals", "farming", "climatic changes", "Younger Dryas", "between 1...
wikipedia	Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, their feathers, or sometimes as pets. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae, i...	[ "When was poultry first domesticated?", "Why might people have kept quail in captivity before using them for nourishment?", "What about chickens?", "Are today's chickens virtually the same as their ancestors?", "What did breeders look for when breeding?", "How can one avoid food poisoning when eating poul...	{ "input_text": [ "several thousand years ago.", "for their songs", "for cockfighting", "no", "fast growth, egg-laying ability, conformation, plumage and docility", "by properly handling and sufficiently cooking", "domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, th...
race	Mr. Laurence was not allowed to see Beth, and Meg felt unhappy writing letters to her mother saying nothing about Beth's illness. Jo nursed Beth night and day, but the time came when Beth did not know her and called for her mother. Jo was frightened, and Meg begged to be allowed to write the truth, but Hannah said ther...	[ "Was Meg telling her Mom about Beth being sick?", "Who was not allowed to see Beth?", "Who was taking care of Beth?", "How did Jo feel emotionally?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Meg felt unhappy writing letters to her mother saying nothing about Beth's illness", "Mr. Laurence was not allowed to see Beth", "Jo nursed Beth night and day - Jo was taking care of Beth", "Jo was frightened" ], "answer_start": [ 46, 0, 130, 232 ], "answer_e...
race	Once an Englishman named Jack Brown went to Russia for a holiday. He stayed there for several months and then came home again. Some of his friends visited him a few days after he got back. "I had a very dangerous trip while I was in Russia," Jack said to them. "I wanted to see a friend of mine in the country and the ba...	[ "What did Jack shoot?", "was it killed?", "What did the other wolves do then?", "How long did the sleigh get away from the other wolves?", "What was shining?", "On what?", "Was the moon bright?", "After two hours, how many wolves were alive?", "Was it still following the sleigh?", "What nationalit...	{ "input_text": [ "A wolf", "Yes", "Stopped and ate it", "A few minutes", "The moon", "On the snow", "Yes", "Only one wolf", "Yes", "Englishman", "For a holiday", "Several months", "Home", "Some of his friends", "A very dangerous one", "Bad weather", ...
race	A Chinese actor's divorce from his wife, over her alleged extramarital affair, has social media buzzing, with posts about the subject gaining over five billion views. Wang Baoqiang announced online on Sunday that he was divorcing his wife, Ma Rong, and sacking his agent, Song Zhe. He alleged that his marriage broke d...	[ "What is the name of the Chinese actor in the story?", "and his wife?", "Why is Wang getting a divorce?", "What percent of the Chinese population are mad at Ma?", "What trope does this divorce fit?", "What did Ma do with their assetts?", "How many flats did they have?", "What kind of car did they have...	{ "input_text": [ "Wang Baoqiang", "Ma Rong", "his wife had an affair", "The divorce quickly became a top trending topic in China. According to micro blog Sina Weibo, posts with the hashtag \"Wang BaoQiang Divorce\" have been viewed over five billion times. Chinese netizens seem to have rallied around...
race	Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village on the sea and was famous in the land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up on the streets to stare at the beautiful child . When he grew up , people always said "How handsome Narcissus is!" Villagers thou...	[ "Did somebody did?", "How?", "Was he able to swim?", "What nation is this?", "Was somebody conceited?", "Who?", "Was he old?", "Where did he live?", "Was he well-known?", "Was he prideful?", "Why?", "Did anybody look better than him?", "Did he try to kiss someone?", "Who?", "What did he ...	{ "input_text": [ "Yes", "he drowned.", "No", "Greece,", "Yes", "Narcissus", "No", "a small village on the sea", "yes", "Yes", "Because of his good-looking face", "No", "Yes", "Himself", "to the water", "No", "Yes", "into the pool .", "No", ...
mctest	Laura and Graham were having a party for their good friend Judy. Judy had graduated high school and they wanted to show her how proud they were of her, and Judy would be moving far away at the end of the year. Judy was going to college to become a doctor. She thought about becoming a lawyer or an engineer. She even tho...	[ "Who was throwing a party?", "For who?", "What for?", "Is she planning on staying near her friends?", "Was the party huge and loud?", "Where is she going?", "To become an engineer?", "What is she going for?", "Who did she bring to the party?", "Who sat out the drinks and snacks?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Laura and Graham", "Judy", "Judy's graduation.", "No", "No", "to college", "No", "To be a doctor", "Mike", "Laura" ], "answer_start": [ 0, 21, 65, 156, 389, 210, 211, 208, 350, 483 ], "answer_end": [ 36, ...
race	The Oscars ceremony at the 87th Academy Awards took place in Hollywood's 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre in California on Sunday evening(Feb.23, 2015). The night concluded with the biggest award of the evening, Best Picture. After already securing the Best Screenplay and Best Director Award for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Bi...	[ "Who does Birdman star?", "What type of show does he need the confidence to perform in?", "Is it a light and fluffy comedy?", "Is it about a current Hollywood star?", "Who won the Best Leading Actor award?", "For what film?", "Was he ever nominated for anything before?", "Who pretends to be a college ...	{ "input_text": [ "Michael Keaton", "A Broadway show.", "No.", "No.", "Eddie Redmayne.", "The Theory of Everything", "No", "Julianne Moore", "Yes.", "Best Leading Actress", "Early-onset Alzheimer's disease.", "They took place in Hollywood's 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre in C...
wikipedia	Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (; Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko") was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993. From 1939 to 1945, foll...	[ "Was Czechoslovakia ever apart of the Soviet bloc?", "when were they a part of it?", "What happened in 1993?", "What were the two states?", "When did it gain independence?", "Who it did gain independence from?", "Do they have an alternate name?", "Were they a sovereign state?", "Where in Europe is i...	{ "input_text": [ "yes", "1948 to 1990", "Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states", "Czech Republic and Slovakia.", "1 January 1993.", "Austro-Hungarian Empire", "Czech and , \"Česko-Slovensko", "yes", "Central Europe", "October 1918", "True", "a command econ...
race	A culture's values can be mirrored by its humor. Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes, who, in "On Nature", disliked humor, "Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others." He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-m...	[ "Is humor important in the opinion of the author?", "Where was the study done showing we look for humor when dating?", "What is mirrored by a culture?", "Who didn't like humor?", "What did he think it was?", "Who said it helps us see things less seriously?", "When do we elected politicians in America?",...	{ "input_text": [ "yes", "Loyola University", "its humor.", "Thomas Hobbes", "a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness", "Mordechai Gordon", "every four years", "Yes", "\"The Daily Show\"", "Hari Kondabolu", "\"Don't Cha\"", "\"The Pussycat Dolls\",", "No", ...
cnn	(CNN) -- The 54-year-old Michigan tree trimmer severely beaten after he accidentally struck a child who had stepped into the street earlier this month is breathing on his own, according to his daughter. "He is off the ventilator and is able to breathe on his own," Mandi Marie Utash posted Friday to a GoFundMe.com pag...	[ "Who was beaten?", "Why?", "Did the kid live?", "How old was the kid?", "Why did he hit the kid?", "Where?", "When?", "What was he driving?", "Who beat him up?", "Why?", "Were they the relatives of the kid?", "What did they beat him up with?", "How bad was he hurt?", "Where did he go after...	{ "input_text": [ "tree trimmer", "he accidentally struck a child", "yes, able to breathe on his own", "10", "accidental", "Michigan", "earlier this month", "his vehicle", "dozen people", "his truck struck a 10-year-old boy", "unknown", "\"fists and feet,\"", "\"Thi...
cnn	(CNN) -- A federal jury convicted a California man Monday in a case in which prosecutors say he convinced a woman to bomb a federal courthouse so he could turn her and others involved the scheme in to authorities, and collect reward money. Donny Love was found guilty on 10 charges, including the use of a weapon of ma...	[ "Who was found guilty of 10 charges?", "What was the name of the person who was found guilty of 10 charges?", "Was anyone injured in the attack?", "Where was the bombing?", "When?", "Who did Love convince to bomb the courthouse?", "Why?", "How long could Love get in prison?", "Who was that according...	{ "input_text": [ "Yes", "Donny Love", "No", "San Diego's Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse", "May 4, 2008", "Rachelle Lynette Carlock", "obtain reward money and a break on his state charges", "between 30 years and life", "Fred Sheppard", "Assistant U.S. Attorney", "Ell...
mctest	My dad runs the Blue Street Zoo. Everyone calls him the Zoo King. That means Mom is the Zoo Queen. And that means that I'm the Zoo Prince! Being a prince is very special. I spend every morning walking around to see the zoo. It's better than any animal book. I say hello to the lions. I say woof at all of the wolves. I...	[ "Who runs the zoo?", "And what is he called?", "Who has been kissed?", "Who gets woofed at?", "Who is the favorite animal?", "Is it male or female?", "What is his name?", "What does he like to eat?", "Where did they eat lunch?", "What did they eat?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Dad", "The Zoo King.", "a bear", "the wolves.", "the piggy.", "Male", "Samson.", "mustard,", "the Zoo restaurant", "pork chops." ], "answer_start": [ 0, 33, 354, 291, 392, 445, 424, 445, 774, 821 ], "answer_end"...
race	Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He's happy that he's sitting the senior high school entrance exam in 2014 instead of 2016. On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced ...	[ "who believe he has good fortune?", "where is he educated?", "is he testing?", "what is the test called?", "when is he testing?", "is really good in one class?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Wang Jiaming", "Beijing Chenjinglun High School", "Yes", "the senior high school entrance exam", "2014", "Yes" ], "answer_start": [ 0, 18, 90, 90, 95, 523 ], "answer_end": [ 72, 49, 139, 139, 147, 555 ] }
mctest	So, there was this kid named Jack that came up to my beanstalk one day. I couldn't believe my eyes, so I put down my ham sandwich I was eating and looked at him. I'm not sure what he thought he was doing there, but he sure did talk a lot. He kept asking me questions about this and then he asked me some questions about ...	[ "Who looks after the bean roots?", "How does he care for them?", "Why are they important?", "Who was talking to the giant?", "Was he quiet?", "What did they talk about?", "About what?", "What else?", "Did he ask about a guitar?", "How did it make the giant feel?", "Why did that worry him?", "W...	{ "input_text": [ "A giants", "making sure they are protected and guarded.", "they help us get down to the little person world when we need to", "Jack", "no", "He kept asking me questions", "about this and that", "about my beans and their roots.", "No", "a little bit worried", ...
wikipedia	Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountaino...	[ "When did a specific identy emerge?", "Is it a country?", "what invading nation left before the 5th cenury", "Whatl country is Wales part of?", "When did LLewelyn die?", "Which geographical entity is wales on?", "Who ruled Wales after 1282?", "What's the population", "did England keep control of the...	{ "input_text": [ "5th century", "yes", "Roman", "United Kingdom", "1282", "island of Great Britain", "Edward I", "3,063,456", "no", "Owain Glyndŵr", "One", "no", "1535–1542", "no", "Liberalism", "no, Welsh", "north", "No, Snowdon", "unknown"...
wikipedia	A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. The matched pair may be described as opening and closing, or left and right symbols. Forms include round (also called "parentheses"), square, curly (also called "braces"), and angle brackets (also c...	[ "What was the first form of brackets in written English?", "Who came up with the name \"lunula?\"", "What symbol did it refer to?", "Which he thought resembled what?", "How many types of brackets are there?", "What is an example of a type of bracket?", "What does bracket normally refer to in the modern ...	{ "input_text": [ "Chevrons", "Desiderius Erasmus", "rounded parentheses", "the shape of the crescent moon", "unknown", "parentheses", "the square bracket", "round bracket", "angular quote brackets", "set brackets in italics" ], "answer_start": [ 659, 732, 767, ...
cnn	(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after finishing second behind Red Bull's Mark Webber at the British Grand Prix. World champion Jenson Button, who narrowly missed out on his first podium finish at Silverstone after coming fourth, still trails McLaren teammate Hamilton in sec...	[ "What sport does Lewis Hamilton compete in?", "Did he compete in the British Grand Prix?", "What did he place?", "Behind whom?", "How many races has he won this season?", "For what brand does he drive?", "Who is another driver for that brand?", "Which team is ahead of Red Bull?", "By how much?", "...	{ "input_text": [ "Formula One", "yes", "second", "Mark Webber", "One", "unknown", "Mark Webber", "McLaren", "29 points", "14th", "Fernando Alonso", "yes", "illegally overtaking", "Robert Kubica", "Renault", "Nico Rosberg", "Michael Schumacher", ...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXIV. PEGGY HAS REVENGE. Joe Wegg made a rapid recovery, his strength returning under the influence of pleasant surroundings and frequent visits from Ethel and Uncle John's three nieces. Not a word was hinted to either the invalid or the school teacher regarding the inquiries Mr. Merrick was making about th...	[ "Who felt better quickly?", "What helped?", "What did he want to do?", "Why?", "Who thought he could do it?", "Where did he go?", "What did he do?", "What else?", "What did he do when he was stronger?", "What did that give him?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Joe Wegg", "pleasant surroundings and frequent visits", "exploit a new patent", "make the young couple independent", "Ethel", "Millville", "kept to his room", "walked out when accompanied", "rode", "a distinction" ], "answer_start": [ 37, 115, ...
mctest	Angie went to the library with her mother. First she had to turn in the books she was returning at the return desk. They said hello to the man there. He took their books. Then they went into the adult reading room. Angie sat in a brown chair at the table. She made a drawing of her mother. Her mother found a large red b...	[ "what color chair did Angie sit in?", "was she drawing?", "what did she draw?", "what did her mother find?", "what color was it?", "what section did they go to?", "did Angie sit in a different chair?", "what color was it?", "who did she draw this time?", "did Angie sit in a blue chair?", "did sh...	{ "input_text": [ "brown", "Yes", "her mother", "the book.\\", "green", "the Mystery section", "yes", "red", "her best friend", "no", "no", "on the wall" ], "answer_start": [ 215, 256, 254, 425, 452, 324, 628, 644, 728, 644, ...
wikipedia	Rochester ( or ) is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York State. Rochester is the third most populous city in New York, with over 210,000 residents, and its metropolitan area has a population of nearly 1.1 million people. Rochester was one of America's first boomtowns, rising to prominence ...	[ "What city has a population of 210,000?", "What were there many of back then?", "And it became a large hub for what?", "Name an institution there with a well regarding program for research?", "Name another.", "Which contact lense related company started there?", "Were there any others?", "What the nam...	{ "input_text": [ "Rochester", "flour mills", "manufacturing.", "University of Rochester", "Rochester Institute of Technology", "Bausch & Lomb", "no", "Kodak", "Buffalo", "per-capita income", "most livable city", "Places Rated Almanac" ], "answer_start": [ 92, ...
cnn	Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- As violence continues to wrack Iraq, another ethnic slaughter may be in the making by Sunni extremists from ISIS. ISIS fighters have besieged the ethnic Turkmen Shiite town of Amerli in the north for two months, and its fewer than 20,000 residents are without power and running out of food, wate...	[ "How long has Amerli been under siege?", "Who is responsible to them being under siege?", "How many people reside there?", "Where are residents going for their water?", "Who is reporting this information?", "Anyone specific?", "What does he do?", "How is food getting to the people?", "Who is doing t...	{ "input_text": [ "70 days", "ISIS", "fewer than 20,000", "wells", "CNN", "Dr. Ali Albayati", "head of the Turkmen Saving Foundation", "food drops", "the Iraqi government", "only one", "yes", "yes", "local police", "yes", "they're surrounded on four sides", ...
mctest	It was finally summer vacation, and Josh was excited to go to his favorite place. He was heading to Florida, to visit his Grandma and Grandpa. Josh spends every summer there, and this summer would be no different! In the mornings, Josh and Grandma would plant cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots in the ground. After they w...	[ "Who took josh on the sailboat?", "Who was named The Seaboat?", "What was the boats name?", "Does josh live with his grandpa?", "Does he visit them in the winter?", "When does he visit them?", "What do they do every day?", "What about the afternoon?", "What part did Josh like the best?", "What did...	{ "input_text": [ "Grandpa", "no one", "\"Sea girl.\"", "no", "no", "The summertime", "they would water and weed the garden every day", "In the afternoons, Grandpa would take Josh out on the ocean in his sailboat", "his favorite part was smelling the salty ocean air.", "buried ...
race	Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a prototype for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder. He created h...	[ "Who designed something?", "Is he an inventor by trade?", "What was his job?", "Does he still work at a firm?", "What did he design?", "What is that used on?", "What for?", "Did he invent this at home?", "Where at?", "What is the name of it?", "How many locations does this shop have in the count...	{ "input_text": [ "Maurice Mountain", "no", "lawyer", "no", "Presto Emergency Boat Ladder prototype", "a boat", "to help people who fall into the water", "no", "a workshop", "TechShop", "Eight", "more than 6,000", "Jim Newton", "yes", "$ 100 per month", ...
cnn	(CNN) -- In the middle of the Idaho wilderness, a man on horseback had a brief conversation with two campers. The rider's realization later that he may have been talking to California Amber Alert suspect James DiMaggio and his alleged teenage captive has now focused a nationwide manhunt for the pair on the rugged mount...	[ "What is the name of the teenage captive?", "How old is she?", "Who is the captor?", "When did they talk to a man on a horse?", "Who is Andrea Dearden?", "Of what county?", "What tip line did the man call?", "Did he watch the news that night?", "Did the man think it seemed odd?", "Was he alarmed?"...	{ "input_text": [ "Hannah Anderson", "16", "James DiMaggio", "yes", "spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office", "Ada", "Amber Alert", "yes", "yes", "no", "no", "no", "the River of No Return Wilderness area", "Cascade", "about 15 miles", "Idaho", "yes" ...
mctest	Anna's parents told her they were going to have a new baby brother. She had never had a brother before. She was not sure what to think about it. "What if he cries?" asked Anna. "If he cries we hold him until he is quiet," said Anna's dad. "What if he makes a mess in his diaper?" asked Anna. "Diapers smell but w...	[ "Who told Anna something?", "And what was that?", "Had she ever had one before?", "How'd that make her feel?", "What was she wondering?", "How did her father respond?", "What else worried her?", "And how did her parents answer that?", "Who would take care of the baby?", "What'd the get him?", "F...	{ "input_text": [ "Anna's parents", "they were going to have a new baby brother.", "No", "She was not sure what to think about it.", "What if he cries?", "If he cries we hold him until he is quiet", "What if he makes a mess in his diaper?", "\"Diapers smell but we clean them up,\"", ...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXVII A fortnight afterwards Trent rode into Attra, pale, gaunt, and hollow-eyed. The whole history of those days would never be known by another man! Upon Trent they had left their mark for ever. Every hour of his time in this country he reckoned of great value--yet he had devoted fourteen days to saving the...	[ "Where Trent went?", "Was he in good shape?", "Would other people know about all these?", "Who did he try to save?", "For how long?", "Did he think highly of his time there?", "Which town Francis was carried into?", "Who made fortune in Garba?", "How long ago?", "Did he build something useful ther...	{ "input_text": [ "into Attra", "no", "no", "John Francis", "A fortnight", "yes", "Attra", "a Congo trader", "years ago", "yes", "yes", "yes", "yes", "yes", "yes", "yes", "For fourteen days", "no", "yes", "the Agent" ], "answer_start"...
cnn	Beijing (CNN) -- Entrepreneurs of all stripes are cashing in on the Lin-sanity phenomenon as swiftly as the NBA sensation can pull off his furious fast breaks. It has been only three weeks since Jeremy Lin, the 23-year-old American-born point guard of Taiwanese descent, came out of obscurity to lead the listless New ...	[ "Who lead a basketball team on a winning streak?", "What team?", "What are popular consumer products right now?", "What other country is he popular in?", "Are there books about him?", "How many?", "Who is an author of one?", "How long did it take him to write the book?", "How much does the book cost...	{ "input_text": [ "Jeremy Lin,", "New York Knicks", "Lin's No. 17 jerseys.", "China", "Yes", "Seven", "Alan Goldsher,", "72 hours.", "$1.99.", "filed to trademark \"Linsanity.", "give him exclusive rights to put the signature term on more than 50 consumer products", "23...
cnn	(CNN) -- A 42-year-old immigrant from Rwanda, who is accused of lying her way into the United States after allegedly participating in the 1994 genocide that left up to 800,000 people dead, is going on trial in a New Hampshire federal court. Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in the case of Beatrice Munyenyezi, ...	[ "Who is on trial?", "What country is she from?", "Which ethnic group there?", "Is she a Rwandan citizen?", "What citizenship does she have?", "How old is she?", "What is she accused of doing?", "Why did she need to do that?", "How many people were killed?", "Where is her trial?", "Is it a state ...	{ "input_text": [ "Beatrice Munyenyezi", "Rwanda", "Hutu", "no", "U.S.", "42", "lying her way into the United States", "she allegedly participated in a genocide", "up to 800,000", "New Hampshire", "federal", "Tutsi", "3 months", "Arsene Shalom Ntahobali,", "...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXIII: Paddy The Beaver Does A Kind Deed Paddy the Beaver listened to all that his small cousin, Jerry Muskrat, had to tell him about the trouble which Paddy's dam had caused in the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool. "You see, we who live in the Smiling Pool love it dearly, and we don't want to have to le...	[ "Who had caused the beaver some trouble?", "What had he done?", "What was the beaver's name?", "What was his relationship to the other animal?", "Where was the problem caused?", "Where else?", "Were the residents of the pond fond of it?", "Did they want to depart?", "Where did the water for the pond...	{ "input_text": [ "Jerry Muskrat.", "tried to spoil his dam", "Paddy.", "cousin", "the Laughing Brook", "the Smiling Pool.", "Yes.", "No.", "the Laughing Brook", "No.", "the Big River", "a twinkle", "No.", "Stop it.", "No.", "No.", "come down and liv...
wikipedia	Jefferson's metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Reynolds v. United States (1879) the Court wrote that Jefferson's comments "may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment." In Everson v. Board of Education (194...	[ "after what did a a lot of migrants travel?", "where did they go?", "who were they?", "why did they leave home?", "who persecuted them?", "did they all share the same viewpoint on theology?", "did some protect different ideas?", "who was one?", "from where?", "and another?", "from?", "who bann...	{ "input_text": [ "English Civil War", "traveled to America", "nonconformists like the Puritans", "fleeing religious persecution", "Anglican King of England.", "No", "yes", "Roger Williams", "Rhode Island", "William Penn", "Pennsylvania", "The Dutch colony of New Nether...
gutenberg	CHAPTER SEVEN. A LEARNED SQUABBLE. Bartolommeo Scala, secretary of the Florentine Republic, on whom Tito Melema had been thus led to anchor his hopes, lived in a handsome palace close to the Porta Pinti, now known as the Casa Gherardesca. His arms-- an azure ladder transverse on a golden field, with the motto _Grad...	[ "Was the secretary a humble man?", "What kind of man was he?", "Was his palace ugly?", "What was the name of it?", "What did his parent do for a living?", "How did he make it to where is is now?", "Was he proud of this achievement?", "What type of medical problem did he have?", "What part of him did...	{ "input_text": [ "no", "a vain and pompous man", "no", "the Casa Gherardesca", "a miller", "his own merit", "yes", "gout", "his heel", "azure", "Gradatim", "no", "twenty years" ], "answer_start": [ 476, 477, 1423, 165, 352, 550, 931,...
cnn	Beijing (CNN) -- The wife of Ai Weiwei was taken from the Chinese artist's studio by police Tuesday and was questioned for three hours, the high-profile dissident said. Four policemen took Lu Qing from the Beijing studio to a nearby police station, he said. She was released by police after questioning and is now a ...	[ "What is Ai WeiWei's company called?", "Where is the report from?", "what happened to his wife?", "where?", "where was she taken from?", "how long for?", "how many policemen?", "was she kept there overnight?", "what is she now?", "what is she charged with?", "Why does her husband think she was a...	{ "input_text": [ "Fake Cultural Development Ltd.", "Beijing", "she was questioned by police", "a nearby police station", "from the Chinese artist's studio", "for three hours", "Four policemen", "no", "a \"criminal suspect,\"", "They have not told her what crimes she is accused...
gutenberg	CHAPTER IV. Signor Andrea D'Arbino, searching vainly through the various rooms in the palace for Count Fabio d'Ascoli, and trying as a last resource, the corridor leading to the ballroom and grand staircase, discovered his friend lying on the floor in a swoon, without any living creature near him. Determining to avoi...	[ "Who was searching in vain?", "Who was he searching for?", "Where was he searching?", "Where did he try last?", "Did he find him there?", "What was he doing?", "Who did D'Arbino go to seek help?", "Did he find anyone there?", "What was he doing?", "Where did they carry Fabio to?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "Signor Andrea D'Arbino", "Count Fabio d'Ascoli", "in the palace", "the corridor leading to the ballroom", "yes", "lying on the floor", "in the antechamber", "the marquis's valet", "assisting the Cavaliere Finello", "to an open window" ], "answer_start": [...
gutenberg	CHAPTER VIII And these two, as I have told you, Were the friends of Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind. --Hiawatha Torpenhow was paging the last sheets of some manuscript, while the Nilghai, who had come for chess and remained to talk tactics, was reading through the first part, com...	[ "Who was paging?", "What was she paging", "Who came for chess", "Did he stay", "why?", "Was he reading?", "How was he commenting", "How does he describe what he reads?", "Is it worth much?", "How many slips were there", "How many pages does that make", "Who entered?", "Was he self-conscious"...	{ "input_text": [ "Torpenhow", "the last sheets of some manuscript", "the Nilghai", "yes", "to talk tactics", "yes", "Yes.", "\"It's picturesque enough and it's sketchy,\"", "No", "thirty-nine", "between eleven and twelve", "Dick", "yes", "as though the Bank of ...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXX FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go...	[ "Which lake did they go to?", "Who rushed into the house?", "Why did he want to go on a final spree?", "Who ended up going a long and acted like a clown?", "Did he wear something that belonged to someone else?", "And who did he throw an insect on?", "What plant did they wish to not run in to ?", "Did ...	{ "input_text": [ "Lake Minniemashie", "FERN Mullins", "To get in a spree before school starts and they're arrested", "Dave Dyer", "Carol's hat", "Fern's", "poison ivy", "Yes, Cy" ], "answer_start": [ 898, 14, 114, 917, 979, 917, 1158, 1459 ], "a...
cnn	(CNN)A 17-year-old male fatally shot an Iraqi man watching his first snowfall in his new American hometown, targeting him and then continuing to fire as the immigrant rushed to get inside, Dallas police said Friday. Authorities don't believe the suspected shooter knew the victim, Ahmed Al-Jumaili, Dallas Police Maj. ...	[ "When did the fatal shots take place?", "Was it a good day prior to the crime?", "What city did this happen in?", "What was the weather like?", "Who was murdered?", "Was the killer a child?", "How old?", "Was he identified by name?", "Why not?", "Do authorities think this was a hate crime?", "Wa...	{ "input_text": [ "March 4", "yes", "Dallas", "unknown", "Ahmed Al-Jumaili", "yes", "17", "no", "he's a minor", "unknown", "yes", "no", "a rifle", "no" ], "answer_start": [ 1389, 1436, 189, -1, 270, 5, 5, 1246, 1246, -...
cnn	(CNN) -- The megayacht that Steve Jobs commissioned in the final years of his life has been impounded in Amsterdam after a payment dispute involving the designer, Philippe Starck. The Venus, a 100-million-euro ($137.5 million), 260-foot-long yacht, made its unofficial debut in late October. It's currently stuck in th...	[ "Who's boat had been confiscated?", "Who requested it to be collected?", "Why", "What was the dispute about?", "What is the name of the Yacht?", "And how much is it worth in US dollars?", "How much has Starck been paid?", "How much was he supposed to receive in total?", "What is Ubik?", "Who is Ro...	{ "input_text": [ "Steve Jobs", "Starck", "As its stuck in the Port of Amsterdam", "Money being not payed to Starck's", "The Venus", "$137.5 million", "6 million", "9-million-euro", "A Starck's design company", "a lawyer for Ubik" ], "answer_start": [ 27, 346, 2...
cnn	(PEOPLE.com) -- Theodore "Teddy" Forstmann, a veteran business leader and philanthropist who was romantically linked to Padma Lakshmi, died Sunday. He was 71. Forstmann suffered from brain cancer, his spokesman tells The New York Times. Although the famed billionaire never married, he dated "Top Chef" host Lakshmi,...	[ "Who died?", "Who was he?", "Was he married?", "Who was he dating?", "How old is she?", "What did she do?", "Did he have any children?", "Who were they?", "How did he die?", "Did he have any daughters?", "Who else was he linked to?", "Anyone else?", "According to whom?", "What was a compan...	{ "input_text": [ "Theodore Forstmann", "veteran business leader", "No", "Lakshmi", "41", "\"Top Chef\" host", "Yes", "Siya and Everest", "brain cancer", "No", "Padma Lakshmi", "Princess Diana", "\"The Diana Chronicles\"", "Dr. Pepper" ], "answer_start": [ ...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XVIII. _A BRICK TURNS UP_. The snow had been all night falling silently over the long elm avenues of Springdale. It was one of those soft, moist, dreamy snow-falls, which come down in great loose feathers, resting in magical frost-work on every tree, shrub, and plant, and seeming to bring down with it the...	[ "How long had the snow been falling?", "Who's cottage was it?", "Who use to her chamber door in the mornings?", "What was it she said to herself?", "what about after that?", "What is the town she lived it?", "and on what street?", "What kinds of plants decorated the outside of her cottage?", "Any ot...	{ "input_text": [ "all night", "Grace", "John", "\"Positively,\"", "I must invite some one to visit me. One wants a friend to help one enjoy solitude", "Springdale", "elm avenues", "shrubbery", "yes", "evergreens, syringas, and lilacs", "no", ". The Lennoxes and Wilcox...
gutenberg	CHAPTER III _Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek_ Life is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could....	[ "What kind of animal is Danny?", "Is he small or large?", "What is life for him?", "How many friends of his are listed?", "Who can't he trust at night?", "Who else does he have to be careful around?", "Is Whitetail young or old?", "How is the breeze personified?", "Where did Brother North Wind go?",...	{ "input_text": [ "a Meadow Mouse", "small, but fat", "a game of hide and seek", "four that he can trust", "Hooty the Owl", "Reddy Fox and others", "old", "Brother North Wind", "Green Meadows", "tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes", "no", "d...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XXIII. "He saw with his own eyes the moon was round, Was also certain that the earth was square, Because he'd journeyed fifty miles, and found No sign that it was circular anywhere." _Don Juan_. Raoul Yvard was indebted to a piece of forethought in Clinch for his life. But for the three guns fired so oppo...	[ "Where did Clinch find himself?" ]	{ "input_text": [ "the palace" ], "answer_start": [ 981 ], "answer_end": [ 1031 ] }
cnn	A Texas teen who's been jailed more than four months for a Facebook comment he made during a video-game argument is finally getting a day in court that could let him go home. Justin Carter, who was 18 when he was arrested, will appear in Comal County (Texas) District Court on Tuesday, July 16, for a bond hearing, acc...	[ "who was in jail?", "for how long?", "for what?", "what did it say?", "how old was he?", "does he have court coming up?", "when?", "for what?", "does he have a lawyer?", "What's his name?", "how much is his current bail amount?", "how is he doing behind bars?", "is he suicidal?", "what vid...	{ "input_text": [ "A Texas teen", "more than four months", "a Facebook comment", "\"I'm f***ed in the head alright. I think I'ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them.\"", "18", "yes", "on Tuesday, July 16,", ...
race	Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book: they want you to fund their dreams. A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise money from a few hundred to tens of thousands of do...	[ "Chris Waddell wants to climb what?", "Using what assistant?", "What does George Del Barrio want to do?", "What did Jeff Edwards want?", "What website allows people to raise money?", "How much did Emily Richmond raise?", "For what purpose?", "How much was Jason Bitner attempting to raise?", "How muc...	{ "input_text": [ "Kilimanjaro", "a wheelchair", "to make a film", "to write a book:", "Kickstarter", "$ 8,142", "to sail solo around the world", "$ 7,500", "$ 12,153.", "to make a film" ], "answer_start": [ 0, 40, 58, 110, 184, 542, 491, 818...
race	Every day Yang Hongwei takes the bus home from work, staring silently at the European-style villas , luxury cars and twinkling lights from the shopping center that he sees through the window. Yang works for a software company in Zhongguancun. He dreams of such a life, away from poverty, and that hope has kept him in ...	[ "Who is the article about?", "How does he travel to and from work?", "What have migrants come to be called?", "Who created this term?", "How many of them graduated from famous universities?", "What percentage had incomes that didn't meet expectations?", "Who predicted an increasingly challenging job mar...	{ "input_text": [ "Yang Hongwei", "the bus", "the \"ant tribe\"", "Chinese sociologists", "nearly 30 percent", "66 percent", "Lian Si", "about 100,000", "550 yuan (81 US dollars)", "about one-fifth" ], "answer_start": [ 10, 28, 983, 1018, 1551, 1953,...
gutenberg	CHAPTER VIII A MYSTERIOUS LETTER In the morning mail Gus Plum received a letter postmarked London which he read with much interest. Then he called on Dave. "I've just received a letter I want you to read," he said. "It is from Nick Jasniff, and he mentions you." And he handed over the communication. It was a lo...	[ "Who sent the letter?", "Who did he write to?", "Who else was mentioned in it?", "Did he read the letter?", "Did he find it interesting?", "Did it interest him even more than the intended recipient?", "Why?", "Where is the sender of the letter?", "Is he having good time there?", "Is he hiding from...	{ "input_text": [ "Nick Jasniff", "Gus Plum", "Dave", "yes", "yes", "Yes", "He could tell him something he wants to hear", "London", "Kinda", "Yes", "unknown", "dave's sister", "no" ], "answer_start": [ 220, 37, 135, 268, 1188, 1188, ...
cnn	(CNN) -- Jason Priestley played Brandon Walsh on "Beverly Hills 90210" from 1990 to 1998. Having long since hung up his Peach Pit uniform and Beverly Hills Beach Club cabana boy polo shirt, his character became a journalist and departed to take a job at the Washington Bureau of the New York Chronicle, and Priestley lef...	[ "What actor portrayed Brandon Walsh?", "For how many years?", "Had he explored everything he wanted to with Brandon?", "Who portrayed Kelly Taylor?", "How many boys wanted her?", "Which wanted her to marry him?", "What did the other one want her to do with him?", "What was Brandon's profession?", "W...	{ "input_text": [ "Jason Priestley", "Eight", "Yes", "Jennie Garth", "Two", "Brandon", "he wanted to take her on a trip around the world.", "journalist", "his new book,", "HarperOne", "Jason Priestley: A Memoir", "Yes", "Brandon and Kelly", "The Executive Produc...
gutenberg	CHAPTER 62 This recognition of Rome by Lothair evinced not only a consciousness of locality, but an interest in it not before exhibited; and the monsignore soon after seized the opportunity of drawing the mind of his companion to the past, and feeling how far he now realized the occurrences that immediately preceded ...	[ "Who was being told where he was at?", "In whose home was he?", "And where was the Lord from?", "What was his place called?", "Who took care of him?", "Specifically who?", "And who also lent a hand?", "How was the man's condition while being looked after?", "What would the injured man not put though...	{ "input_text": [ "Lothair", "Lord St. Jerome.\"", "England", "the Agostini palace", "English friends", "the ladies of his house", "Lothair", "seemed hopeless", "how far he now realized the occurrences that immediately preceded his arrival in the city", "There is nothing hopele...
gutenberg	CHAPTER XII. Madame Colonna, with that vivacious energy which characterises the south, had no sooner seen Coningsby, and heard his praises celebrated by his grandfather, than she resolved that an alliance should sooner or later take place between him and her step-daughter. She imparted her projects without delay to L...	[ "How old is Lucretia?", "Who is she younger than?", "Was she convinced that he wanted to wed her?", "Who might not approve of the marriage?", "Who was the grandson?", "Was Madame energetic", "How is her energy characterized?", "Did Lucretia look like her step-mom?", "She felt a decade older than whi...	{ "input_text": [ "eighteen", "Coningsby", "Yes", "his grandfather", "Coningsby", "Yes", "the south", "No", "Lucretia", "No" ], "answer_start": [ 1313, 1273, 1465, 934, 878, 15, 78, 420, 412, 1421 ], "answer_end": [ 1322, ...
race	Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts into charity work in China? Here let's know some of them. Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation for harelipped children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose...	[ "what organization did Faye Wong start with her husband?", "what was it named after?", "does it help children over 14?", "what does it help children under 14 with?", "what is the name of Jackie Chan's charitable organization?", "does he support other charities?", "when did he go on the Dragon's Hearth C...	{ "input_text": [ "Yan Ran Angel Foundation", "their daughter", "no", "harelips", "Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation", "yes", "In 2007", "10", "Project Hope", "poor students", "Thirty", "Not untill later in life", "a singer", "37", "six", "his cornea", ...
race	Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues mu...	[ "What muscial instrument is being talked about here?", "What kind of music you usually hear a guitar?", "Where was it first played?", "What about the modern guitar?", "Did any famous muscians play the guitar in those times?", "Who?", "When was the electric guitar famous?", "who was les paul", "Did h...	{ "input_text": [ "the guitar", "all kinds of music", "Egypt", "Spain", "yes", "Niccole Paganism", "1952", "A guitar player", "Yes", "Like a traditional guitar?", "Yes" ], "answer_start": [ 97, 117, 621, 1110, 953, 953, 1388, 1204, 14...
race	It's not just gloves that can help people keep warm in winter. Love can, too. A pair of 16-year-old American twins, Jack and Jake Moran, stared a program called "Warm Hearts, Warm Hands" last month. Their aim was to collect new and used gloves with fellow students at Richards High School. "We started this program a few...	[ "what are the teens collecting?", "Who are the teens?", "and how old are they?", "What program did they start?", "where did they start the program?", "Why?", "Was there a contest for which class brought in the most gloves?", "YES", "What was the prize?", "How many gloves did they collect?", "Wha...	{ "input_text": [ "new and used gloves", "Jack and Jake Moran", "16", "Warm Hearts, Warm Hands", "at Richards High School", "a student who got frostbite riding his bike to school because he didnt have gloves", "Yes", "collection competition", "pizza party", "500 pairs of gloves...
cnn	(CNN) -- "L.A. Law" had buzz right from the moment it premiered in 1986. Co-created by Steven Bochco, hot off his success with "Hill Street Blues," the series was set at the high-priced Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak. The cast was glossy and diverse, including Jimmy Smits, Blair Underw...	[ "what are some of the topics of cases argued on L.A. Law?", "what was the show a balance of?", "is it available on DVD?", "when did it premiere?", "who is one of the creators?", "what other show did he create?", "who were a couple of the cast members?", "what was the name of the law firm on the show?"...	{ "input_text": [ "rape, capital punishment, big business", "drama and comedy", "the first season is", "1986", "Steven Bochco", "\"Hill Street Blues\"", "Jimmy Smits, Blair Underwood, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker", "McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak", "yes", "she fell dow...
race	Kiss of Death is a romantic detective story whose basic theme focuses totally on dogs. Whitney Marshall had just gone through a divorce, appearing practically penniless while her husband, a promising plastic surgeon, was left with the property and the debts, and his new wife. Whitney seeks help from her cousin, Miran...	[ "Who lilves next door to Whitney Marshall?", "Who is his uncle?", "What happened right after he died?", "/what did Calvin die of?", "What happened in his home after he died?", "What was taken?", "What was Whitney doing in Calvin's house?", "Who is her former husband?", "What had fascinated Calvin be...	{ "input_text": [ "Adam Hunter", "Calvin", "Adam has come to Calvin California", "heart attack", "his home had been broken into", "computer and related things", "dealing with Calvin's dog", "Ryan", "a pet dog", "dog show fever", "No" ], "answer_start": [ 654, 75...
race	Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing. Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known ch...	[ "Who invited Jamie?", "For what?", "Does Jamie have a book?", "What is it called?", "What is in it?", "What President is the banquet for?", "What group are the leaders a part of?", "Is Jamie well known?", "What is his profession title?", "How many courses were severed at the Japan Summit?", "Was...	{ "input_text": [ "Gordon Brown", "to prepare a banquet", "Yes", "Jamie's Ministry of Food", "budget recipes", "President Barack Obama", "G20", "Yes", "chef,", "18", "Bad", "Because they were there to discuss world food shortages.", "Angela Merkel", "Nicolas Sar...
wikipedia	Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organization of the International Federati...	[ "Ultratop makes charts based on album sales of how many retail outlets and downloads?", "How many weekly listeners does the company have?", "What did they celebrate in 2005?", "What dud they publish as part of that celebration?", "How many singles did it over?", "By how many singers?", "Where is Ultrato...	{ "input_text": [ "around 500", "over two million", "the 10th anniversary of the charts", "a jubilee book", "15,282", "5,882", "Belgium", "no", "Wallonia", "Flanders", "regional-language boundaries", "no", "yes", "the cultural differences", "TMF", "Wallo...
race	Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World (NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River. Tuesday's Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday. He lifted the ...	[ "who reported this story?", "what did they report?", "where?", "was the man a local?", "where was he from?", "what is his name?", "why was he in NYC?", "what is his profession?", "was he on holiday alone?", "who was with him?", "who did he save?", "from what danger?", "what one?", "who was...	{ "input_text": [ "The Daily News", "A man saved a girl", "Manhattan", "No", "France", "Duret", "vacation", "engineer", "No", "his girlfriend", "a two-year-old girl", "she fell into a river", "the East River", "her dad", "Anderson", "the South Street Sca...
mctest	Once there was a group of adventurers who went on an adventure in a place named Hyperion where there was a lot of snow. Their names were Thor, Bravos, and Pierre. Thor and Bravos were from Norway, but Pierre was from Paris, France. Because of where he was from, he wasn't used to the cold. To stay warm, Pierre wore thre...	[ "What kind of people were in the group?", "Did they go on an adventure?", "Where?", "Was it hot there?", "How many were there?", "What were their names?", "Who was from Norway?", "Where was Pierre from?", "Was he used to the cold?", "How many jackets did he wear?", "What strange thing did they s...	{ "input_text": [ "adventurers", "yes", "Hyperion", "no", "three", "Thor, Bravos, and Pierre", "Thor and Bravos", "Paris", "no", "three", "a cave.", "Pierre", "He had heard that a horrible bug monster named Vlastos lived in the caves of Hyperion", "a fairy tale"...
wikipedia	James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, wit...	[ "Is James the VI and the I the same person?", "What is his name?", "Where was he known as James VI?", "When did that start?", "Where was he the first?", "Did something combine to cause this?", "What happened to the crowns of Scotland and England?", "Was James the ruler of both Scotland and England?", ...	{ "input_text": [ "Yes", "James Charles Stuart", "Scotland", "24 July 1567", "Scotland", "He was the son of the Queen of scots and the great-great-grandson of King of England, and the lord of ireland.", "his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate", "Yes", "No", "individual sover...
wikipedia	Intel Corporation (also known as Intel, stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California (colloquially referred to as "Silicon Valley") that was founded by Gordon Moore (of Moore's law fame) and Robert Noyce. It is the world's second largest and...	[ "What is the subject of the article?", "Where is the company's headquarters?", "ALso known as?", "What did Intel invent?", "When was Intel founded?", "Name one founder.", "And the other?", "What two words were used to make the company's name?", "What did Intel make the world's first of?", "When?" ...	{ "input_text": [ "Details about Intel Corporation", "Santa Clara, California", "Silicon Valley", "x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers (PCs).", "July 18, 1968", "Robert Noyce", "Gordon Moore", "\"int\"egrated and \"el\"ectronics", "commerc...
cnn	(CNN) -- ISIS has released a new video of British hostage John Cantlie, this time showing him in the Syrian border city of Kobani. In a segment that lasts for more than five minutes, Cantlie argues that -- unlike Western media accounts of recent days -- Kobani is mostly under control of the terror group, which calls ...	[ "Who has been holding John Cantlie?", "Is he there against his will?", "How long has he been there?", "Where is he from?", "What was his job?", "When was he taken?", "What month?", "How has he recently been seen?", "Who sent out the video?", "How long is the video?", "Does anyone speak in it?", ...	{ "input_text": [ "ISIS", "Yes", "nearly two years", "He's British", "a photojournalist", "2012", "November", "a video", "ISIS", "more than five minutes", "He does", "Kobani" ], "answer_start": [ 9, 50, 899, 923, 931, 1036, 1027, 26, ...
wikipedia	The Crimean War was a military conflict fought between October 1853 – March 1856 in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. The immediate cause involved the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The French p...	[ "Did the churches finally work out their differences?", "What two people didn't?", "What did Nicholas do?", "What was Britain's response?", "What did they propose?", "What did Nicolas do in response to the Ottomans?", "Who agreed to help the Ottomans?", "who declared war?", "on which country?", "W...	{ "input_text": [ "yes", "Nicholas I of Russia and Napoleon III", "issued an ultimatum", "Britain attempted to mediate", "a compromise", "Nicholas prepared for war", "France and Britain", "the Ottomans", "Russia", "October 1853", "March 1856" ], "answer_start": [ 83...
cnn	(CNN)Prison life won't be pretty for Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player and convicted murderer sentenced to life without parole. After correction officers evaluate him, he will be shipped to Massachusetts' flagship maximum-security prison, one of the most high-tech jails in the United States with no history of br...	[ "Who is going to jail?", "What jail is he going to?", "What is special about this center?", "What kind of issue is this place facing right now?", "What is the man headed to this place headed there for?", "How old is he?", "What does he do for a living?", "How much was he being paid?", "What woman ha...	{ "input_text": [ "Aaron Hernandez", "Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center", "it has no history of breakouts", "opiates are smuggled to inmates", "murder", "25", "former NFL player", "$40 million", "Leslie Walker", "\"It's very shiny and clean looking and very sterile\"", "...
gutenberg	CHAPTER TWELVE. SAGE CONVERSE BETWEEN HAKE AND BERTHA--BIARNE IS OUTWITTED--A MONSTER IS SLAIN, AND SAVAGES APPEAR ON THE SCENE. Not long after this an event occurred which produced great excitement in the new settlement; namely, the appearance of natives in the woods. It occurred under the following circumstances....	[ "Who gave orders?", "What were they?", "Who many groups was he forming?", "Did the first group stay in the house to play?", "What did they do?", "What of the other?", "Did they stay out overnight?", "Did the order-giver always attend the searching?", "How many helpers did he have?", "Who were they...	{ "input_text": [ "Karlsefin", "exploring parties to be got ready to go out", "two", "no", "work", "searched the land", "no", "no", "two", "Biarne and Thorward", "Hake", "no", "a copse", "no", "exciting", "Willow Glen", "no" ], "answer_start": [ ...

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Dataset Card for "coqa"

Dataset Summary

CoQA is a large-scale dataset for building Conversational Question Answering systems.

Our dataset contains 127k questions with answers, obtained from 8k conversations about text passages from seven diverse domains. The questions are conversational, and the answers are free-form text with their corresponding evidence highlighted in the passage.

Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

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Languages

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Dataset Structure

Data Instances

default

Size of downloaded dataset files: 58.09 MB
Size of the generated dataset: 19.24 MB
Total amount of disk used: 77.33 MB

An example of 'train' looks as follows.

This example was too long and was cropped:

{
    "answers": "{\"answer_end\": [179, 494, 511, 545, 879, 1127, 1128, 94, 150, 412, 1009, 1046, 643, -1, 764, 724, 125, 1384, 881, 910], \"answer_...",
    "questions": "[\"When was the Vat formally opened?\", \"what is the library for?\", \"for what subjects?\", \"and?\", \"what was started in 2014?\", \"ho...",
    "source": "wikipedia",
    "story": "\"The Vatican Apostolic Library (), more commonly called the Vatican Library or simply the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, l..."
}

Data Fields

The data fields are the same among all splits.

default

source: a string feature.
story: a string feature.
questions: a list of string features.
answers: a dictionary feature containing:
- input_text: a string feature.
- answer_start: a int32 feature.
- answer_end: a int32 feature.

Data Splits

name	train	validation
default	7199	500

Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

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Source Data

Initial Data Collection and Normalization

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Who are the source language producers?

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Annotations

Considerations for Using the Data

Social Impact of Dataset

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Discussion of Biases

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Other Known Limitations

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Additional Information

Dataset Curators

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Licensing Information

CoQA contains passages from seven domains. We make five of these public under the following licenses:

Literature and Wikipedia passages are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Children's stories are collected from MCTest which comes with MSR-LA license.
Middle/High school exam passages are collected from RACE which comes with its own license.
News passages are collected from the DeepMind CNN dataset which comes with Apache license.

Citation Information

@article{reddy-etal-2019-coqa,
    title = "{C}o{QA}: A Conversational Question Answering Challenge",
    author = "Reddy, Siva  and
      Chen, Danqi  and
      Manning, Christopher D.",
    journal = "Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics",
    volume = "7",
    year = "2019",
    address = "Cambridge, MA",
    publisher = "MIT Press",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/Q19-1016",
    doi = "10.1162/tacl_a_00266",
    pages = "249--266",
}