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**Okay, so I wrote this for a story competition run by my school's annual publication, and while I don't sit down and write stories much this is my favourite that I've written.**

The body in the trunk should be alright, because it’s minus twenty-five. It’s morbid, but you can always rely on a Canadian winter for these kinds of things. The client’s only an hour away.

I get to thinking that this should probably be my last job. I’m tired of hiding and tired of working, maybe even tired of killing, and the gritty details that come with it. I’ve never had a ‘home’, nor an office. Where the hell do you put a bureau of contract killers? It’s time to move on.
I can’t pretend it has nothing to do with Eve – but believe me, I’ve tried. She’s being trying to get hold of me for as long as she could talk, and I’ve ignored her until now. But now – she’s in Canada, I’m in Canada – hell, I like Canada. Even now, when it’s snowing so hard that the light freezes as it comes out of my headlights. It suits me. I’m beginning to feel uncomfortable having left her without a father all this time, so I guess the least I could do is help her out with some of the money I’ve made.

I not thinking about that. There’s a diner ahead. I’ll stop and eat.
I park in the bay by the door, where they’ve cleared the path. I take off my boots, and select a pair at random from the five I have in a bag in the back seat. It’s the little forensic details, like the soles of your sneakers, that kill you, but I like to keep the lab coat cops guessing. I’ve been in this job for thirty years, and I’ve sussed it down to three rules: plan ahead; no collateral damage; keep it clean. That means one dead guy, one bullet, zero witnesses, and a thousand alibis. Anyone in this business will tell you the same. I’ve heard a few mentions of a fourth rule – the ‘Dead Man’s Rule’ - but it’s a myth. There’s nothing confusing about contract killing – it’s the most meticulous, clear headed, straight forward job in the world. It’s like being an accountant; pushing bullets instead of pushing pennies.

I carry on driving. My Range Rover slices through the blizzard like hollow points through a brain. I hit a bump, and I hear a clanging coming from the trunk. It’s probably nothing, but I’ll check it out anyway. I open the trunk, and am suddenly reminded of why I want to retire. My tire iron got itself stuck inside Darth Vader’s helmet. These jobs are the worst.
I was given an address, but how was I supposed to know that the job was at a goddamn Star Wars convention. I didn’t have a costume, which meant that, in a reversal of roles, I stood out like a sore thumb in a room full of Jedi’s and Stormtroopers. I had enough information to distinguish my target from the rest of the Dark Lords, and followed him until I could get a moment alone. It was impossible: there were people everywhere. I finally got him alone when he went to the restroom. I locked the door of the men’s room when everyone else was gone except him: I had him alone.

My vantage point wasn’t exactly a sniper’s nest, but perched on the john in the neighbouring cubicle, I could shoot the Dark Lord as he was having a leak. It’s not the noblest way to die, but I don’t deal in honourable deaths. As I pulled the trigger, he looked up, and the bullet hit him in the neck. He grasped at his throat, in some vain attempt to dislodge it from his windpipe. The blood painted the wall of the cubicle. It didn’t splatter, it was a crimson fountain. I was mesmerised by it: for the first time in thirty years, I hadn’t got a clean shot. I eradicated those thoughts by leaving my second shot in the right place this time. He slumped over, unravelled the toilet paper on his way down with an outstretched hand which he had pointed at me. His bloody hand left a print on the paper, a graffitied insignia of a dying man. I tore it off and flushed it. The fire exit in the toilet led to the secluded bay I parked my Rover in, so no one saw me dump the body in the trunk. Keep it clean.
By the time I was alone on the highway, the two bullets had been removed with a pair of tweezers and thrown down a drain in Toronto, my gun was buried in Lake Superior, and Darth Vader had been disrobed and his bloody clothes were now ashes on the highway. I kept the helmet next to him in the trunk, and set off on the twenty hour journey to Winnipeg. I don’t deal in contaminated corpses. I deal in 9mm holes and untraceable kills. That’s how I get by on three rules.
The road unwinds in front of me, and Winnipeg glows around the bend. Somewhere among those bare, snowy trees and tower blocks is Eve, and she’s been waiting for me for thirty years. I’ve already planned my route. I’ll meet my client in Tuxedo, we’ll conclude our business, and I’ll turn left from his home so I can carry straight on to Woodhaven. That’s where she told me she’s been living for the past five years. One left turn.

The client’s home looks expensive. Tuxedo is fittingly the ‘black tie’ district of Winnipeg, where all the suits live. It’s where Eve tells me she’s going to live once she makes enough money. I could help her here. I’ve got enough cash. I can settle down with her in Tuxedo, learn all about what I’ve missed over thirty years.

I don’t know what the guy wants with the nerd, and I don’t care. His Rolex glistens in my headlights, and he gives me a signal to back into his garage. I do, but only so the trunk goes under. I’m not trapping myself in a client’s house. I step out, and embrace the cold again. We crowd round the trunk like children crowd round a fire. When I open it, his look is not one that says ‘ten thousand dollars’. It says something which my ears block out, but that my eyes read for me. It can’t be. I’ve never broken a rule. The wrong body. The wrong goddamn Darth Vader.
His eyes look to me for an explanation, while his hand looks to his jacket for a gun. My brain can’t get one to him in time, and his fingers react with a flash of gunpowder. My jaw is the victim.

I punch the gun from his hand, and scrape it from the ground. It has my splattered blood on it. Now it has his blood on it too. He falls to the ground with a clack as his watch cracks against the concrete. I hit him where he road map. I hit him where he meant to hit me. Blood carries the broken glass with it along the edges of the tiles in a sanguine road map. I hit him where he meant to hit me.

There is a scream from behind, one that slices through me. The Client’s wife stares straight through me at her dead husband. I raise my gun, but don’t have the energy to fire. The girl runs off, and cries for help. One left turn, and it’ll all be over.

I think about my options. I can’t carry on working, because I have no energy, no passion for the job anymore. I can’t settle down because I’m a wanted man, that woman saw me.

I think about Eve. How can I go to her and say I haven’t been her father for thirty years because I’ve been killing people. I can’t give my blood stained earnings and tell her to buy a house. I pray to God she’ll forgive me, but I don’t have a God to pray to. I don’t know what the right thing to do is, because my moral compass is broke. Just one left turn.

I realise the flaw with my rules. There is a fourth rule. There is a Dead Man’s Rule. It’s not a rule that can be broken, it’s a law of physics, an unbreakable rule: in this job, no matter how many rules you have, and no matter how long you last, you’re going to end up dead. If not dead in the most literal sense, then dead inside. That’s when you learn the Dead Man’s Rule. I’m stuck in a loop, dead on the inside. I’ve nowhere to go, and if I were to die now, it wouldn’t make any difference to how I live my life. I’ve reached my expiry date.

The car starts up first time.

I turn right.

title: Dead Man's Rule

question: What does the story say about the narrator?

text: "He goes by three rules" - this needs to be expanded to include what the rules are.

text: "The narrator plans to settle down in Canada." - this part of the response needs to add the reason why he plans to settle in Canada.

text: "as he could" - "he" should be "she"

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He doesn't have a home or an office but drives a Range Rover and has done well for himself. He has been in the killing business for thirty years and is contemplating retirement because he's tired of hiding, working, and maybe even killing - including the gritty details that come with it. Another factor for him wanting to quit is his daughter, Eve, who has been trying to get a hold of him for as long as he could talk. The narrator plans to settle down in Canada. He goes by three rules.

text: Gather the related information together so that the answer makes more contextual sense. All assassin related points should be grouped together (how he kills, his rules, his work ethic, his recent target, etc) and all non-assassin related points (his daughter, wanting to quit, personality) follow after.

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He has been at it for thirty years. He has three rules for the job: plan ahead, no collateral damage, and keep it clean. He says that there is no fourth rule. The narrator is on his way to Winnipeg to kill a target for a client. He is also going to see his daughter, Eve, for the first time in thirty years.

text:
The answer should state that the narrator carried out an assignment to kill a Darth Vader at a convention. However, after carrying out the operation, he arrives at the client's house and discovers he killed the wrong Darth Vader. The client attempts to kill the narrator but only wounds him, while the narrator succeeds in killing the client. The client's wife sees the narrator kill her husband and runs away before the narrator can shoot and kill her. He is now a wanted man because she has seen his face and witnessed him kill.

The answers should mention that the narrator always heard about a fourth rule: the dead man's rule, which he believed was a myth. He, however, realized the flaw with his rules. The Dead Man’s Rule is not a rule that can be broken; it’s a law of physics, an unbreakable rule that no matter how many rules a person has, and no matter how long they last, they will end up dead.

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He doesn't have a home or an office but drives a Range Rover and has done well for himself. He has been in the killing business for thirty years and is contemplating retirement because he's tired of hiding, working, and maybe even killing - including the gritty details that come with it. Another factor for him wanting to quit is his daughter, Eve, who has been trying to get a hold of him for as long as he could talk. The narrator plans to settle down in Canada. He goes by three rules.

text: The answer omits that the narrator is on his way to deliver a body to a client when he is shot in the jaw by the client.

text: The response is missing the part about the narrator killing the wrong target.

text: The answer should mention the Dead Man's Rule.

text: The narrator is also contemplating retirement because he's feeling guilty about leaving Eve without a father.

text: The response is missing the part about the narrator's emotional connection to Eve.

text: The narrator is never identified as a man.

text: The response should elaborate on the narrator's three rules.

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He doesn't have a home or an office but drives a Range Rover and has done well for himself. He has been in the killing business for thirty years and is contemplating retirement because he's tired of hiding, working, and maybe even killing - including the gritty details that come with it. Another factor for him wanting to quit is his daughter, Eve, who has been trying to get a hold of him for as long as she could talk. The narrator plans to settle down in Canada because Eve lives there. He wants to spend time with her to make up for all those years he wasn't around, maybe even help her financially with all the money he's made. The narrator goes by three rules: plan ahead, no collateral damage, and keep it clean. This means one dead guy, one bullet, zero witnesses, and a thousand alibis.

text: The answer omits that the narrator is on his way to deliver a body to a client when he realizes he has the wrong body.

text: The answer omits that the narrator is on a job to kill a target at a Star Wars convention. He is dressed up as Darth Vader, but he accidentally kills the wrong Darth Vader. The client shoots him in the jaw, and the narrator shoots him back.

text: The answer omits that the narrator is on his way to make a kill when he decides to retire.

text: The answer omits the fact that the narrator is on his way to complete his last contract killing job.

text: The answer omits that the narrator kills the client after realizing he killed the wrong person.

text: Instead of pointing out that his only source of income is killing people, the answer should state that the narrator is growing weary from being a contract killer under the pressures of the stress that comes with it. He is tired of not being able to interact with his family or live a normal life.

text: The sentence about helping Eve financially could be omitted for space purposes.

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He has been at it for thirty years. He has three rules for the job: plan ahead, no collateral damage, and keep it clean. He says that there is no fourth rule. The narrator is on his way to Winnipeg to kill a target for a client. He is also going to see his daughter, Eve, for the first time in thirty years.

text: The response misses to mention that the narrator is tired of hiding and tired of working, maybe even tired of killing, and the gritty details that come with it.

text: The answer omits the narrator's inner conflict.

text: The response should include the fact that the narrator is on his way to kill a target for a client.

text: The response is missing the part where the narrator accidentally kills the client.

text: The narrator is male, so the pronoun "he" should be used.

text: Grammar - it is omitted that he also is not sure about wanting to continue with his current lifestyle.

answer: The narrator is a contract killer. He doesn't have a home or an office but drives a Range Rover and has done well for himself. He has been in the killing business for thirty years and is contemplating retirement because he's tired of hiding, working, and maybe even killing - including the gritty details that come with it. Another factor for him wanting to quit is his daughter, Eve, who has been trying to get a hold of him for as long as she could talk. The narrator plans to settle down in Canada because Eve lives there. He wants to spend time with her to make up for all those years he wasn't around, maybe even help her financially with all the money he's made. The narrator goes by three rules: plan ahead, no collateral damage, and keep it clean. This means one dead guy, one bullet, zero witnesses, and a thousand alibis.

text: The response doesn't talk about how the narrator messes up his final kill and ends up falling victim to the Dead Man's rule.


text:
For nearly half a century after his stint as Nigeria’s military leader, Murtala Muhammed remained widely regarded as a dogged corruption fighter who took fearless steps against official graft.

As head of state, the army general dismissed more than 10, 000 public officials, charged many to court for malpractices, and moved against fraudulent firms.

Mr. Muhammed’s administration lasted six months before his assassination, but was long enough to convince many the 37-year-old was one leader who could have aggressively treated – if not cured – Nigeria of its chronic corruption, had he lived longer.

But to American diplomats, Mr. Muhammed was a strikingly different figure from the no-nonsense general many Nigerians respected.

They believed he was not only an arrogant mass murderer, but just as corrupt as those he went after.

And, although brilliant and daring, Mr. Muhammed was an erratic and impetuous ethnic chauvinist who lacked the unifying talent of his predecessor, Yakubu Gowon, American diplomats said at the time.

[John E. Reinhardt, former US ambassador to Nigeria.]
John E. Reinhardt, former US ambassador to Nigeria.
“The leader of the coup against General Yakubu Gowon is an erratic, vainglorious, impetuous, corrupt, vindictive, intelligent, articulate, daring Hausa,” a memorandum sent by then American Ambassador to Nigeria, John Reinhardt, to then United States Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, on August 18, 1975, said.

The memo, amongst several recently declassified U.S. diplomatic cables, painted a sordid picture of a man regarded by many Nigerians as a folk hero of sort, for his seeming relentless war against corruption.

Mr. Reinhardt delivered the damning appraisal on the request of Mr. Kissinger shortly after Mr. Muhammed deposed Mr. Gowon in a coup d’état.

The change of guard apparently triggered a feverish effort by the American government to obtain the character portraits of the new coup leaders of Africa’s most populous nation.

“Brigadier Murtala Muhammed was a prime force in the Nigerian coup of July 1966, which brought Gowon to power, and is one of the two principal plotters against Gowon for the past two years,” Mr. Reinhardt wrote.

“He commanded a division during the Nigerian civil war, was involved in the only documented case of genocide, won one important battle, and thereafter coasted for upwards of two years until Gowon finally removed him from command and placed him in charge of Army signals, a position which he held until last month…coup.”

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While Mr. Muhammed led Nigeria for less than a year before being overthrown, he featured for about a decade in the realms of military and political power.

He was also controversial. During the war against the secessionist Biafra Republic, Mr. Muhammed commanded the army’s second division which was accused of executing thousands of civilians in Asaba, Delta State, in what is now known as the Asaba Massacre.

The division was also accused of ordering the killing of several Biafran prisoners of war.

After he took office in 1975, Mr. Muhammed moved fiercely against corruption, earning praise.

But the U.S. cable depicted him differently.

One letter to Washington says Mr. Muhammed inherited from Mr. Gowon – and also contributed to – a “tradition of corrupt civilian and military officials, urban problems second only to those of Calcutta, drift and ineptitude in development, insoluble but containable ethnic problems, and a national temperament which combines pride, aggressiveness, arrogance and patriotism into a brand of xenophobia best labeled Nigerianism”.

“Almost six years after the civil war, Muhammed is probably ushering in a period of coups,” the cable said. “As a corrupt Hausa, he automatically attracts Ibo and Yoruba enmity, which he knows and has attempted to reduce by early appointments. As a Northerner and a Muslim, he will be expected to consolidate once and for all the leadership role which his fifty million brothers are certain is theirs. Muhammed will agree, of course, but will seem to the Hausas to vacillate as he sings ‘One Nigeria’.”

The Murtala Mohammed Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. Mr. Muhammed’s daughter, Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, who heads the foundation, could not be reached. Calls and a text message to her phone were not answered.

Balaraba Ramat Yakubu, author and younger sister of the former head of state, said she was not in a position to respond. She advised we contact the foundation’s head office in Lagos. Calls to available numbers to the office did not go through.

Michael Ogbeidi, professor and head of department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, who has researched and written extensively on political leadership and corruption in Nigeria since 1960, said he rejected the American assessment.

“America should put its house in order first and stop acting as the most honest nation in the world,” Mr. Ogbeidi said.

He said Mr. Reinhardt spoke “un-ambassadorially”, and suggested the Americans may have been unhappy with Mr. Murtala because of his tough stance against “corrupt” American companies that violated Nigerian laws.

“I completely disagree with that assessment because no country houses corrupt business entities like the USA; and this is evidenced in the collapse of the country’s housing, mortgage and auto sectors,” he said.

Eric Teniola, a veteran journalist, who was the Oyo State Bureau Chief for the Nigerian Herald at the time, also disagreed with the Americans.

“I am unable to agree with the Americans that he was corrupt because although there were lots of allegations at the time, they were never proven,” Mr. Teniola said. As far as I am concerned, he was a brave and committed administrator, never afraid of taking tough decisions and then standing firmly by them. He was a straightforward man. He was never sly.

“But it is true that he has high temper and was not much of a team player. He also displayed indiscipline in the way he related with Gowon during the war.”

Mr. Reinhardt, who was the U.S. top diplomat to Nigeria from 1971 to 1975, said while there was no reason to believe that Mr. Murtala could approach Mr. Gowon’s success in accommodating ethnic rivalries, there was also no reason to think that he would be any more successful in rapidly developing the country.

“…And rapidity is the great need if he is to avoid Gowon’s political problems stemming from stymied development,” he said. “Money is obviously plentiful, but absorptive capacity is low (corruption, unrealistic planning, confused priorities, and a demonstrated reluctance to turn to the outside).”

The cable had fewer words about Mr. Obasanjo, who later succeeded Mr. Muhammed after his death, and would later become Nigeria’s civilian president.

[12 Oct 1977, Manhattan, New York, USA: Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria addressing the United Nations. [Photo Credit: CORBIS]]
12 Oct 1977, Manhattan, New York, USA: Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria addressing the United Nations. [Photo Credit: CORBIS]
It pointed to the duo’s activism against apartheid in Southern Africa, and suspected they were anti-American.

“Finally, Muhammed and his co-plotter and now deputy, Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo, are the most militant of Nigerian military leaders on the Southern African question. Gowon and his principal lieutenants burned with the rage of all Africans when considering this issue, but they were realistic,” he said.

“Muhammed and Obasanjo are advocates of a NATO-type military command within the OAU having the avowed objective of strengthening liberation movements. More responsibility may bring more realism. On the other hand, formidable ethnic and developmental problems could convince the new leadership that they should deal repressively with the domestic scene while joining militant Arabs and Africans in organizing a Pan African jihad for liberation. (A large Libyan delegation visited Lagos last week.)

[Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo on 31 July,1975, a day after taking office. [Photo credit: Nigerian Bulletin]]
Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo on 31 July,1975, a day after taking office. [Photo credit: Nigerian Bulletin]
“Muhammed and Obasanjo are unlikely to bring any more inspiration to this enterprise than Nkrumah and Amin. At any rate they do not enhance their prospects for survival by any launchings on this uncharted course. Yorubas and Ibos, at least, will be disinclined to travel with them.”

Mr. Reinhardt said an early but “undocumented and probably inaccurate assessment” was that certainly Mr. Muhammed and perhaps Mr. Obasanjo were anti-American. He said that reaction was based on “an unfortunate U.S. visa restriction entered in Muhammed’s passport and Obasanjo’s impulsive move to evict our Embassy from prime Lagos property.”

“We are simply too far apart on the political issues which they exalt, mainly Southern Africa and the whole range of UN controversies,” he said.

He said the U.S. stood greater chance in the economic-commercial area, and noted that Mr. Muhammed had demonstrated some responsiveness in that regard.

“When the corrupt Muhammed succeeded the more corrupt J. S. Tarka as Commissioner of Communications, he immediately perceived that at least the telephones must operate properly if his fate were to be any different from Tarka’s.

“American businessmen, in extended conversations with me, described Muhammed as being un-Nigerian in his acceptance of their proposals. Specifically GTE and ITT were close to multi-million dollar contracts when Muhammed turned from communications to plotting.”

He assessed that Mr. Muhammed was intelligent enough to realise that he could not survive unless he converted oil revenues into tangible development.

“Among his considerable faults is not Idi Arminian stupidity,” he wrote. “His questionable maneuverings as Commissioner reveal a respect for American technology and a realization that capital markets do not begin and end in London. (British and Canadian communications interests have absorbed Nigerian revenues for years without producing a workable system. Other fields point up similar examples, as USG (Unites States Government) policy has deferred to a British sphere of influence.)

Amongst the recommendations Mr. Reinhardt sent to Washington, was an advice that the U.S. avoid even semblance of close political ties to the new regime, “until and unless it proves more durable than now seems likely”.

[Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon]
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon
On the contrary, he advised the American government to maintain discreet and friendly state ties with Mr. Gowon, though avoiding commitments.

“After another coup or two, probably bloody, Gowon may seem more and more to be the indispensable military leader, or at least the only acceptable one,” he concluded.

Mr. Reinhardt was the first black U.S. ambassador to Nigeria. In 1977, he became the first career diplomat to lead the U.S. Information Agency.

He died on February 18, 2016 at 95.

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question: What are the opinions of the US officials about Murtala Muhammed?

text: The answer should mention Reinhardt's description of Muhammed's character.

category: coverage

answer: The US ambassador to Nigeria at the time of Muhammed's coup thinks that he's in charge of a corrupt group of officials in a country teeming with ethnic problems, xenophobia, and incompetent governance. He's also thought to attract enmity from the parts of Nigerians that aren't Hausa. Even though Muhammed is seen as a champion against corruption in Nigeria, the US officials and media portray him just as corrupt as those he deposed of. Among the contributing factors are his military leadership for his predecessor Gowon, whom he deposed of. His division is thought to be involved with the only documented genocide during the Nigerian civil war. His division was also accused of being responsible for the Asaba Massacre.

answer_source: Human misleading

text: "Among the contributing factors..." this sentence doesn't really make sense and should be omitted.

category: coherence

text: This should mention how Reinhardt saw him as erratic, vainglorious, impetuous, corrupt, vindictive, intelligent, articulate, and daring.

answer: The US ambassador to Nigeria at the time of Muhammed's coup thinks that he's in charge of a corrupt group of officials in a country teeming with ethnic problems, xenophobia, and incompetent governance. He's also thought to attract enmity from the parts of Nigerians that aren't Hausa. Even though Muhammed is seen as a champion against corruption in Nigeria, the US officials and media portray him just as corrupt as those he deposed of. Among the contributing factors are his military leadership for his predecessor Gowon, whom he deposed of. His division is thought to be involved with the only documented genocide during the Nigerian civil war. His division was also accused of being responsible for the Asaba Massacre.

text: The last two sentences are not relevant to the question.

text: The last two sentences are unnecessary.

text: The response is missing the part about Muhammed's successor, Obasanjo.

text: "Even though Muhammed is seen as a champion against corruption in Nigeria, the US officials and media portray him just as corrupt as those he deposed of." - this is inaccurate. The US officials think he's just as corrupt as those he went after. The media never mentioned anything about him being corrupt. This should be revised.

text: The concluding sentence is irrelevant.

text: Only a small amount of the passage has to do with John Reinhardt's opinion.

text: The concluding sentence is irrelevant.

answer: They believe he was an arrogant mass murderer and just as corrupt as those he went after.

answer_source: Model

text: The answer should also include that the officials accepted that he was brilliant and daring, they thought him erratic and an ethnic chauvinist who lacked the unifying talent of his predecessor

answer: The US ambassador to Nigeria at the time of Muhammed's coup thinks that he's in charge of a corrupt group of officials in a country teeming with ethnic problems, xenophobia, and incompetent governance. He describes Muhammed as erratic, vainglorious, impetuous, corrupt, vindictive, intelligent, articulate, and daring. He's also thought to attract enmity from the parts of Nigerians that aren't Hausa. Even though Muhammed is seen as a champion against corruption in Nigeria, the US officials and media portray him just as corrupt as those he deposed of. Among the contributing factors are his military leadership for his predecessor Gowon, whom he deposed of. His division is thought to be involved with the only documented genocide during the Nigerian civil war. His division was also accused of being responsible for the Asaba Massacre.

answer_source: Human

answer: They believe he was an arrogant mass murderer and just as corrupt as those he went after.

text: The answer should mention that the US officials also believed Muhammed was an erratic and impetuous ethnic chauvinist.

text: The answer should mention that the US officials also believed Muhammed to be an erratic and impetuous ethnic chauvinist.

text: The answer should mention that the US officials also believed Muhammed was an ethnic chauvinist.

text: The answer should mention that the US officials also believe Muhammed is an erratic and impetuous ethnic chauvinist who lacks the unifying talent of his predecessor.

text: It is omitted that they also believed he was an erratic and impetuous ethnic chauvinist who lacked the unifying talent of his predecessor.

text: The answer should mention the other negative opinions about Muhammed.

text: The answer could mention the other criticisms levied against Muhammed.

text: The answer should mention his activities against corruption.


text:
  "In 1999 a woman in the UK, Sally Clark, was convicted of murdering her two children. They had both seemingly died from SIDS (more commonly known as cot death), an unexpected but natural cause of death.

  One of the main pieces of evidence against her was the testimony of a Professor and expert on child-abuse. He used the probability of one child (in a family with no known factors that might increase the chance of SIDS) dying of SIDS (1 in 8543). He then squared this fraction to get the probability of BOTH children dying from SIDS being about 1 in 73 million.

  The jury saw this number as the probability of an innocent explanation and, since it was so low, found her guilty of the murders. Unfortunately the professor who testified was not an expert on probability and miscalculated. The jury also did not understand the meaning of the statistic being calculated and drew the wrong conclusions from it.

  In this series of lessons we will look at why this probability of 1 in 73 million is both wrong and irrelevant to the case. We will also look at how probability could have been properly used in this case."

This is the introduction to a series of lessons on probability.This case will frame the students' work on probability throughout the unit and not one student will ask "when am I ever going to use this?"

There are many options on how open or closed a project this is. Because I was short on time (being interviewed) I first asked them if they could spot any problems in the probability (useful for showing progression) before working in quite a closed manner, as a class, through section 1**.

Section 1 - Improbable events never happen

Introduce expected frequency of events. After students understand the general concept and are able to calculate the expected frequency of different events. Get them to work on the questions below:

  The probability that both babies in a family of two will die of cot-death is 1/73'000'000.
  There are about 340 million families with two children in the world.
  1) How many families would you expect both babies to die of cot-death?

  The probability of winning the lottery is 1/14'000'000.
  About 7.5 million people play the lottery each week
  2) How many winners would you expect to get:
  i) Each week
  ii) Each month
  iii) Each year
  iv) In 10 years

  The probability of being born with 11 fingers or toes is 1/500.
  3) What other information do you need to estimate the number of people in Bristol who were born with 11 fingers or toes?

  4) Look at your answer to question 1. How is it related to the court case mentioned earlier? Does the answer to question 3 help you decide whether the woman was innocent or guilty?

  5) Since the probability that both babies in a family of two will die naturally is 1/73'000'000, does that mean that the probability that both were murdered is 72'999'999/73'000'000? Explain why/why not?

I then got students to discuss question 4 in pairs before sharing with the group.
Concepts to get across:

-   Probability is an estimate of frequency and whether something will happen or not depends a lot on the number of trials.
-   Probability can not say for certain whether she is guilty or not as unlikely events do happen (though we can't be sure that's what happened here).
-   The 73 million outcomes will include mostly families where neither child has died or a single child has died.

You could also go in to relative frequency here. This may help students understand where the 1 in 8543 statistic might have come from.

Section 2 - Dependent and Independent Events

Here you need to go in depth about the difference between dependent and independent events. Pupils need to be able to distinguish between the two, have some understanding about how the outcome of one event can change the probability of other events (e.g. if it rains today I am less likely to hang my washing out) and how to draw a probability tree from conditional probability problems.

What does this have to do with the case? Well, the probability of 1 in 8543 can only be squared if the death of the two children are independent events (otherwise the probability of the second death would be a different fraction). The causes of SIDS is not entirely known, but it is highly plausible that there could be genetic or environmental factors that would be common to the two children. This would mean that if there were a SIDS death in a family, then further SIDS deaths would be more likely than otherwise.

Students can work on these questions to see this in action*:

  1a. The probability that a family's first baby will die of cot-death is 1/8543.
  If the first baby dies of cot-death, the probability that the second will also die of cot-death is 1/442.
  If the first baby DOES NOT die of cot-death, the probability that the second will die of cot-death is 1/11002.
  Draw a probability tree to show this information.

  b. What is the probability that:
   i. Neither child dies of cot-death?
   ii. One of the children die of cot-death?
   iii. Both children die of cot-death?

  c. Using the number of families in the world with two children from the previous lesson (340 million), calculate how many families would you expect both babies to die of cot-death?

  d. Why might the probability that the second child will die of cot-death be affected by whether the first child has also died of cot-death?

Section 3 - Further Conditional Probability

Now we get in to Bayes' theorem and the real reason why the 1 in 37 million statistic is simply irrelevant to the case:

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As seen in question 5 from section one, the probability of 1 in 73'000'000, even if it were correct, is not the probability of innocence. It would instead be the probability that if you picked any random family of two children, both children would have died AND the cause of death was cot-death. This is not appropriate to use in this case because we already know that both children died.

Again, pupils could first work on standard conditional probability questions until they are comfortable with the function and usage of the above formula. Then pupils are going to calculate the probability that both children have died of cot-death GIVEN that both children have died. They can also compare this to the probability that both children were murdered GIVEN that both children have died:

  The probability that both children in a family of two will be murdered is 1 in 10 million.
  1. What is the probability that both children will die of cot-death OR murder (use the probability calculated in the previous session).

  2. What is the probability that both children have died of cot-death given that both children have died of EITHER cot-death OR murder?

  2. What is the probability that both children have been murdered given that both children have died of EITHER cot-death OR murder?

  3. How do these two probabilities compare?

  4. How does this change your view of the case?

  5. Does this help you decide whether the woman was innocent or guilty? How?

Wrapping it up

A great way to recap all of this would be to get the students to prepare a letter to send to the judge of the case explaining the ways in which probability has been misused in this case and in what ways the calculations could be improved upon.
What is particularly great about this is that when they are done you can compare their letters to the letter written by the The Royal Statistical Society voicing their concerns (here) or the more specific letter written by Professor A.P. Dawid (of the R.S.S.) for her (successful) appeal (here)

Comments and Thoughts

*Although many of the figures used above are directly from the court case, and some are estimates based on other data I was able to find online, some of the data is currently unavailable and therefore is made up and should be used purely for illustration purposes.

**How I would prefer to run it:

-   Start each class recapping previous work and ideas on the case
-   Introduce the topic of the lesson and work on standard questions of that topic
-   Ask students: "how this topic might be related to the case? What data would we need to apply today's skills to this case?"
-   Give them the data they ask for and let them do the calculations.
-   Ask students: "How does this new information change your view of the case? Does this help you decide whether the woman is innocent or guilty? Why?"

There are many other problems with the probability used in the case including (but definitely not limited to):

-   Some environmental factors were included in the calculation, which make the probability of cot-death less likely, but many other factors in this individual case (which could increase the risk of cot-death) were not included.
-   Cot-death is not the only alternative cause of death to the theorised double-murder, but the probability of these other causes of death were not included.
-   The study where the 1 in 8543 figure came from was not intended for use in a criminal trial and instead is looking at possible causes of cot-death. It does not, therefore, directly apply to this case.

I thought for some time about the ethics of using a real, living person's tragedy as the basis for a Maths lesson. However, since this particular miscarriage of justice is due solely to the misunderstanding of basic probability by many of the involved parties, its use to encourage a better understanding of this topic seems appropriate. I wouldn't want to involve this in a quick and easy pseudo-context question. Instead it should be handled with the importance and gravitas it deserves.

Here are some other links about this case:

-   Wikipedia
-   UnderstandingUncertainty.org
-   Berkeley University - This one is my favourite. Though it is more complex than some of the others, it has a lot more information about the lack of data in some areas and the assumptions that need to be made in order to make the calculations work. Interestingly, this paper argues that the probability of double-murder is much higher (over 99%) than stated in any of the letters endorsed by the R.S.S. (the point still stands, however, that statistics, if used in court at all, should be verified and reviewed by professionals).
-   Bad Science

question: Summarize the problems with the concept of probability as used in the Sally Clark case.

text: According to the passage, the 73 million does not exclude those families whose child is alive or those who have lost a single child.

category: accuracy

answer: The miscalculated statistic of 1 in 73 million probability is wrong and irrelevant to the case, as it was not calculated properly by an expert. The statistic for the probability that both babies in a family of two will die of cot-death is 1 in 73 million. The probability that both children in a family of two will die of cot-death would be more likely than the probability that both children in a family of two will be murdered. Also, if both babies in a family of two died of cot-death, the second baby's death wasn't independent of the first baby's death as the cause of death wasn't entirely known. Some environmental factors were included in the calculation which made the probability of cot-death less likely.

text: The probability that both children in a family of two will die of cot-death would be more likely than the probability that both children in a family of two will be murdered is not a problem with the concept of probability.

text: The answer is a bit disjointed and could be more coherent.

text: The probability of 1 in 73 million is not the probability of cot-death.

text: The answer should mention the miscalculated probability of 1 in 73 million is the probability of both children dying from SIDS, not the probability of innocence.

text: The last sentence is unnecessary.

text: The first sentence is redundant.

text: The probability of murder is 1 in 10 million.

text: Clumsy and confusing

text: Everything except the first sentence is relevant to the answer and should be scrapped.

text: It should be mentioned that the jury also did not understand the meaning of the statistic being calculated and drew the wrong conclusions from it.

text:
These points should also be mentioned:
-   Some environmental factors were included in the calculation, which makes the probability of cot-death less likely, but many other factors in this individual case (which could increase the risk of cot-death) were not included.
-   Cot-death is not the only alternative cause of death to the theorized double-murder, but the probability of these other causes of death were not included.
-   The study where the 1 in 8543 figure came from was not intended for use in a criminal trial and instead is looking at possible causes of cot-death. It does not, therefore, directly apply to this case.

answer: The miscalculated statistic of 1 in 73 million probability is wrong and irrelevant to the case, as it was not calculated properly by an expert. The statistic for the probability that both babies in a family of two will die of cot-death is 1 in 73 million. The probability that both children in a family of two will die of cot-death would be more likely than the probability that both children in a family of two will be murdered. Also, if both babies in a family of two died of cot-death, the second baby's death wasn't independent of the first baby's death as the cause of death wasn't entirely known. Some environmental factors were included in the calculation which made the probability of cot-death less likely.

text: The second and third sentences are unnecessary.

answer:
The Professor and expert of child abuse who was called to testify against Sally Clark for murdering her two children used the probability of one child dying of SIDS (cot death), which is 1 in 8543 to suggest that the probability of both Sally Clark's children dying of SIDS is about 1 in 73 million. This conclusion is incorrect according to the writer of the passage.
The writer gave a few reasons why this is wrong. Firstly, he believes improbably evens do happen. Also, there are about 340 million families with two children in the world, hence the ratio of 1/73,000,000 is inaccurate. He also believed that the 73 million as stated by the expert would assume that this number excludes families where neither child has died or a single child has died. There is also the fact that the causes of SIDS are not wholly known which might give rise to the possibility that genetic or environmental factors might be at play.

answer:
The Professor and expert of child abuse who was called to testify against Sally Clark for murdering her two children used the probability of one child dying of SIDS (cot death), which is 1 in 8543 to suggest that the probability of both Sally Clark's children dying of SIDS is about 1 in 73 million. This conclusion is incorrect according to the writer of the passage.
The writer gave a few reasons why this is wrong. Firstly, he believes improbably evens do happen. Also, there are about 340 million families with two children in the world, hence the ratio of 1/73,000,000 is inaccurate. He also believed that the 73 million as stated by the expert would assume that this number includes families where neither child has died or a single child has died. There is also the fact that the causes of SIDS are not wholly known which might give rise to the possibility that genetic or environmental factors might be at play.

text: The answer should mention that the probability of 1 in 73 million is irrelevant to the case.

text: The answer should mention that the probability of the second child dying of SIDS is affected by whether the first child has died of SIDS.

text: The second sentence is unnecessary.

text: The ratio of 1/73,000,000 is inaccurate for the reasons stated in the answer, but the answer is incorrect. The ratio is correct, but the number of families with two children is not relevant.

text: The answer fails to mention that the probability of 1 in 8543 can only be squared if the death of the two children are independent events.

text: The ratio of 1/73,000,000 is accurate, but it is irrelevant to the case.

text: The response includes extraneous information not useful for the task.

answer:
The Professor and expert of child abuse who was called to testify against Sally Clark for murdering her two children used the probability of one child dying of SIDS (cot death), which is 1 in 8543 to suggest that the probability of both Sally Clark's children dying of SIDS is about 1 in 73 million. This conclusion is incorrect according to the writer of the passage.
The writer gave a few reasons why this is wrong. Firstly, he believes improbably evens do happen. Also, there are about 340 million families with two children in the world, hence the ratio of 1/73,000,000 is inaccurate. He also believed that the 73 million as stated by the expert would assume that this number excludes families where neither child has died or a single child has died. There is also the fact that the causes of SIDS are not wholly known which might give rise to the possibility that genetic or environmental factors might be at play.

text: The last sentence is irrelevant.

text: The first sentence is confusing and should be rephrased.

text: The answer should mention the difference between independent and dependent events.

text: The answer is not related.

text: The part about improbably events happening is irrelevant and confusing for this question.

text: He believes improbably events never happen. "he believes improbably evens do happen" is incorrect.

text: Omit the sentence about 340 million families. It's unnecessary.

text: It's omitted that the author finds the 1 in 37 million statistic to be irrelevant.

text: It's omitted he believes probability can't say for certain whether the woman is guilty or not as unlikely events do happen.

answer:
The Professor and expert of child abuse who was called to testify against Sally Clark for murdering her two children used the probability of one child dying of SIDS (cot death), which is 1 in 8543 to suggest that the probability of both Sally Clark's children dying of SIDS is about 1 in 73 million. This conclusion is incorrect according to the writer of the passage.
The writer gave a few reasons why this is wrong. Firstly, he believes improbably evens do happen. Also, there are about 340 million families with two children in the world, hence the ratio of 1/73,000,000 is inaccurate. He also believed that the 73 million as stated by the expert would assume that this number includes families where neither child has died or a single child has died. There is also the fact that the causes of SIDS are not wholly known which might give rise to the possibility that genetic or environmental factors might be at play.

text: "improbably evens" - this should be "improbable events"


text:
EDDIE “AMONG ED” TONGOL PANLILIO (born December 6, 1953) is a Kapampangan Filipino Roman Catholic priest and Governor of Pampanga. He was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor. He was elected governor in May 2007 in a three-way race against incumbent governor Mark Lapid and provincial board member Lilia Pineda. In February 2010, following a recount of votes due to an election protest, the Comelec ruled that Lilia Pineda had won the 2007 election over Panlilio.[1]

Panlilio was named “Filipino of the Year” for 2007 by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.[2]

Personal life

[Minalin, Pampanga (Poblacion) ancestral house and lot (where Eddie Panlilio was born)] Eddie Panlilio was born in Minalin, Pampanga on December 6, 1953. He is the sixth of seven children of Gervacio Cunanan Panlilio and Catalina Tongol. He is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease.

After finishing elementary school at the Minalin Central Elementary School, Panlilio enrolled the Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga his sophomore year after spending a year at the Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades (DHVCAT). Panlilio was in and out of several seminaries as he went through a long discernment process, and after finishing his theology at the St. Augustine Major Seminary was ordained priest on December 13, 1981.

Priesthood

[Eddie T. Panlilio and 15 other priests from Minalin, Pampanga (Santa Monica Parish Church museum)] For fifteen years, Panlilio was the director of the Social Action Center of Pampanga (SACOP), which worked with communities displaced by lahar following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. He established the micro-lending program Talete Panyulung ning Kapampangan Inc. (TPKI), based on the Grameen Bank-approach. Now on its 20th year, TPKI released P2 billion in loans to small entrepreneurs in Central Luzon.[3]

Panlilio was suspended from the priesthood by his superior, San Fernando archbishop Paciano Aniceto, for running for governor of Pampanga in 2007.[4] This means that he is forbidden by the Catholic Church to act like a priest or perform any of the sacraments reserved to priests. The Code of Canon Law, specifically Canon 285.3, forbids priests from occupying political posts.[5][6] Bishop Leonardo Medroso, chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Canon Law cited a conflict between a role in politics and in the church.

Political career

Panlilio ran for the position of governor of Pampanga province in the 2007 Philippine general election. Panlilio defended his controversial decision to enter politics as a logical continuation of his ministry for the poor, whom he sees as having been exploited and neglected for too long by successive administrations of corrupt and uncaring politicians.[7]

Without any political party, he won over his two competitors, provincial board member Lilia Pineda and re-electionist governor Mark Lapid (both allies of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo). He defeated Pineda by a slim margin of 1,147 votes out of over 600,000 votes cast.[8]

Governor of Pampanga

Panlilio was inaugurated as the 26th governor of the province of Pampanga on June 30, 2007. Supreme Court Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago administered the oath of office. During the inauguration, the new governor vowed to stop corruption and to make the province an example of a “new dawn in Philippine politics”.[9] [10] On July 4, 2007 Among Ed began serving his term amid the province's hope to erase its reputation of being the country's Vatican of “jueteng” or illegal gambling. Pampanga has had a long history of patronage politics and corruption.[11]

One of Panlilio's achievements in office was to increase the province's revenue from quarry taxes. It is suspected that under previous governors, notably Mark Lapid and Lito Lapid, the large quarry industry was riddled with corruption and graft.[12][13] The increased tax base has led to fighting among mayors over the new revenue.[14]

On August 27, 2007, Panlilio campaigned to bring his government closer to the Kapangpangans by leading the caravan “_Pamisaupan_ (_Helping One Another_)” in Pampanga. Panlilio and his team delivered bags of cement, toilet bowls, boxes of floor tiles and cans of paint to San Luis Hospital which had only 2 doctors, 8 nurses and 10 midwives to serve 140,000 residents of San Luis, Pampanga, San Simon, Pampanga and Candaba, Pampanga. Panlilio further vowed to improve the facilities and conditions in the province's 9 district hospitals including the Diosdado Macapagal Provincial Hospital from funds (P143-million development fund) and private groups' contributions. Panlilio stated, _What we are doing is bringing the provincial government's services to the people to make health, education and livelihood assistance accessible to them_. The capitol's P37-million special education fund (SEF) would be utilized for the SEFs of towns.[15]

Panlilio, launched the White Ribbon campaign on October 1, 2007 to engage the people of Pampanga to get involved in the crusade for good governance and good citizenship. Some 70 people gathered and white ribbons marked with words “_Good Governance_” and handbills with messages were distributed. Panlilio stated: “_I believe that the spirit of the white ribbon is still very much alive. This campaign is really a call and for a response to people to be involved in good governance and good citizenship_.” [16] [Minalin, Pampanga “Museo Ampon Simpanan Kabiasnan Ning Minalin” (Museum and Library of Minalin Among Ed Corner - books donated by Panlilio after his 2010 election defeat)]

On October 13, 2007, Panlilio admitted that a palace staff personally gave him a brown paper gift bag with 500,000 Philippine pesos (P1,000 bills in 5 bundles, P100,000 each). Panlilio confessed that money changed hands after the meeting “because as a priest and a public officer, I should not lie. I believe that since the money came from Malacanang, I also believe it is public money. So I should be accountable for it and transparent about it.” Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called the meeting with 200 officers of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap), an organization of governors, mayors and other local officials. It was held after Mrs. Arroyo met 190 congressmen, where envelopes of P200,000 and P500,000 were distributed. Cebu Rep. Antonio Cuenco confirmed he was given P200,000 as “_Christmas gift_.”[17]

Panlilio on June 23, 2008 filed a 6-page complaint-affidavit for plunder against Lubao businessman Rodolfo “Bong" Pineda before the Ombudsman in Quezon City. He accused Pineda of conspiracy with Joseph Estrada, based on the verdict rendered by the Sandiganbayan.[18]

Pampanga Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, on July 10 led the 69 bishops-signatories (of 80 bishops who attended the July plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines), to petition the Ombudsman, to “really attend to the merits” of the plunder case. Bishop Broderick Pabillo, director of the CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action, on the request of the Pampanga Anti-Gambling Council (PAGC) appealed to the CBCP. The letter states: “In the whole trial of Estrada, the name of Bong Pineda was mentioned several times. But he was dropped along the way. He has been free and no case was filed against him.”[19]

Panlilio on June 26, 2008, in his 20-page counter-affidavit filed with the Office of the Ombudsman, moved for the dismissal of the April, 2008 (Vice Governor Joseller Guiao / provincial board / Panlilio supporter Lolita Hizon) corruption (R.A. 3019) suit against him failure to implement the September, 2007 Ordinance 176. DOJ Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez did not act on Panlilio's November, 2007 petition to nullify the ordinance, for it was “not a tax ordinance,” further ruling that the P 300 was a “regulatory fee.” Panlilio's however, who obtained a temporary restraining order from the Pampanga RTC (challenging Gonzalez's ruling), also asked for the suspension of the Ombudsmand perjury case, on the ground of “prejudicial question” raised by the Pampanga civil action.[20]

In Diliman, Quezon City, Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo, in tears, joined by 18 Pampanga mayors (except San Fernando and Angeles mayors) waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer. The members of the Pampanga Mayors League (PML) on June 26, 2008, attacked Eddie Panlilio due to his “autocratic style of governance” and alleged poor performance in office. The PML released the statement: “Panlilio is a type of leader who loves to project himself in media as good and working governor when in fact he has not accomplished anything significant for the welfare of the Kapampangan and for the development of the province for almost a year in office except the increase in quarry collection.” [21] [22]

Lawyer Elly Velez Lao Pamatong filed a perjury criminal case with the COMELEC Legal Department on June 24, 2008, against Eddie Panlilio for under-declaration of expenditures and contribution receipts: “Contrary to law, Fr. Eddie T. Panlilio, knowingly and maliciously concealed P6,011,329.51 in political contribution and what he declared was only P4,761,699.90.”[23]

Though all of these accusations were not proven enough.

Recount petition and dismissal

On August 21, 2008, a non-profit organization Kapanalig at Kambilan Ning Memalen Pampanga Inc. (Kambilan), led by its president Rosve Henson, a former election campaigner of losing gubernatorial candidate Lilia Pineda, launched a recall campaign against Panlilio, on the ground of loss of confidence in the governor’s leadership. In the case of Pampanga, the required petitioners must be at least 98,703 which represent 10% of the total number of registered voters in Pampanga as of 20 April 2007, the 2007 Philippine general election. This is based on the records of Commission on Elections, as required by Section 74, RA 7160, and COMELEC Resolution 7505, in relation to ARTICLE X, Sec. 3 and Section 74 of R.A. 7160, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 1, as amended by Section 1, RA 9244.2 Panlilio is the first Pampanga governor which was subject of the recall campaign.[24][25]

On October 15, 2008, a formal recall petition against Panlilio for loss of confidence was filed with the Commission on Elections. 15,000 “Kambilan” petitioners delivered 168 boxes containing the 224,875 voters' signatures from 20 Pampanga towns and San Fernando City.[26] In a 32-page petition, Panlilio moved to dismiss the recall petition.[27][28]

In February 2010, COMELEC announced that they had conducted a recount following an election protest.[29] The Comelec ruled that Lilia Pineda had won in fact won election three years earlier and Pineda replace Panlilio as governor.[30] After that, they ordered him to step down from this position, but he only stepped down after he lost to Pineda in the 2010 elections. He was succeeded by Lilia Pineda on June 30, 2010.

Post-governorship

Panlilio ran once again as governor in the 2013 elections, but he lost once again to incumbent governor Lilia Pineda.

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[3] Gawad Kalinga takes Panlilio as partner in lifting poor

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[14] Inquirer.net, Board votes in favor of mayors vs Panlilio

[15] Inquirer.net, Panlilio brings government closer to people

[16] [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/10/02/san.fernando.capitol.launches.white.ribbon.campaign.(11.10.a.m.).html SunStar, San Fernando: Capitol launches White Ribbon campaign (11:10 a.m.)]

[17] Inquirer.net, Saying he can't lie, Fr. Ed admits taking P500,000

[18] gmanews.tv, Pampanga gov files plunder case vs Bong Pineda

[19] inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines, 69 bishops back Panlilio plunder case vs Bong Pineda

[20] newsinfo.inquirer.net, Panlilio seeks dismissal of graft case over quarry ordinance

[21] gmanews.tv, Pampanga mayors declare 'war' vs Governor Panlilio

[22] abs-cbnnews.com, Pampanga mayors lambast Panlilio for alleged non-implementation of projects

[23] sunstar.com.ph, Pampanga guv faces perjury

[24] newsinfo.inquirer.net, Recall petition vs Among Ed started

[25] gmanews.tv/story, Recall move vs Pampanga gov launched

[26] newsinfo.inquirer, Recall petition filed vs Pampanga gov

[27] ph.news.yahoo.com, Pampanga gov asks Comelec to junk recall petition against him

[28] sunstar.com.ph, Panlilio seeks dismissal of recall petition

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title: Eddie Panlilio

question: What does the article say about misfortunes that befell Panlilio?

text: His suspension from priesthood isn't really a misfortune, as he seems to have chosen to run for governer instead.

answer: Panlilio is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease. He was suspended from priesthood for running for governor in 2007. Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo, along with 18 Palampanga mayors, waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer. Lawyer Elly Velez Lao Pamaton filed a perjury criminal case against him in 2008. Lilia Pineda launched a recall campaign against him that same year. A formal recall petition for loss of confidence was filed that October. He was ordered to step down in 2010.

text: It's omitted that Panlilio lost the 2010 election to Pineda.

text: The answer omits that Panlilio lost the 2010 election to Lilia Pineda.

text: It is omitted that he lost the 2010 elections to Lilia Pineda.

text: The answer omits that Panlilio was also accused of under-declaration of expenditures and contribution receipts.

text: It is omitted that he lost the 2010 election to Lilia Pineda.

text: It's omitted that he was defeated in the 2010 elections.

text: It's omitted that Panlilio also lost to Pineda in the 2010 election.

text: There's no evidence to suggest Jerry Pelayo waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer.

answer: Panlilio is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease. Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo, along with 18 Palampanga mayors, waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer. Lawyer Elly Velez Lao Pamaton filed a perjury criminal case against him in 2008. Lilia Pineda launched a recall campaign against him that same year. A formal recall petition for loss of confidence was filed that October. He was ordered to step down in 2010.

answer: Panlilio is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease. He was suspended from priesthood for running for governor in 2007. Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo, along with 18 Palampanga mayors, waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer. Lawyer Elly Velez Lao Pamaton filed a perjury criminal case against him in 2008. Lilia Pineda launched a recall campaign against him that same year. A formal recall petition for loss of confidence was filed that October. He was ordered to step down in 2010.

answer: No answer

text: The response misses to mention that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor. He was elected governor in May 2007 in a three-way race against incumbent governor Mark Lapid and provincial board member Lilia Pineda. In February 2010, following a recount of votes due to an election protest, the Comelec ruled that Lilia Pineda had won the 2007 election over Panlilio. Panlilio was named “Filipino of the Year” for 2007 by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

text: The response misses to provide an answer to the instruction in the task.

text: The response misses to mention that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor. He was also suspended from the priesthood by his superior, San Fernando archbishop Paciano Aniceto, for running for governor of Pampanga in 2007. Panlilio was also accused of under-declaration of expenditures and contribution receipts.

text: It is omitted that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor. He was elected governor in May 2007 in a three-way race against incumbent governor Mark Lapid and provincial board member Lilia Pineda. In February 2010, following a recount of votes due to an election protest, the Comelec ruled that Lilia Pineda had won the 2007 election over Panlilio. Panlilio was named “Filipino of the Year” for 2007 by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

text: The response misses to mention that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor, and was later suspended from the priesthood by his superior for running for governor of Pampanga in 2007.

text: The answer should mention Panlilio's election loss.

text: The response lacks detail and coverage of the relevant text in the passage on the matter.

text: There is an answer to this question. Panlilio was afflicted with a few misfortunes - he is afflicted with vitiligo, he was suspended from priesthood, and he was told to step down from his governor role after an election recount.

answer: No answer

answer: Panlilio is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease. Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo, along with 18 Palampanga mayors, waged war against Panlilio by means of prayer. Lawyer Elly Velez Lao Pamaton filed a perjury criminal case against him in 2008. Lilia Pineda launched a recall campaign against him that same year. A formal recall petition for loss of confidence was filed that October. He was ordered to step down in 2010.

text: It's omitted that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor.

text: It is omitted that Panlilio was suspended from the priesthood by his superior, San Fernando archbishop Paciano Aniceto, for running for governor of Pampanga in 2007.

text: The answer omits the election protest that led to a recount and the subsequent ruling that Panlilio lost the election.

text: It is omitted that he was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor.

text: The answer omits the fact that Panlilio was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor.

text: The answer omits that Panlilio's political career was marred by controversy.

text: The final sentence of the response should include Panlilio's suspension from the priesthood, as well as his loss of the 2007 election to Lilia Pineda.

text: It is omitted that Panlilio's rivals dug up dirt on him and accused him of running his government poorly and with autocratic function for supposedly dramatic increase in the province's quarry taxes which garnered ire among mayors.


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WEVERTON PEREIRA DA SILVA, simply known as WEVERTON (born 13 December 1987), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.

Club career

Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Weverton joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2006, aged 19, after impressing in a match for Juventus. He was promoted to the former's main squad in 2007, but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. Weverton was subsequently loaned to Remo, Oeste[1] and América (RN).[2] With the latter he appeared regularly in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho.

Weverton was released by _Timão_ in January 2010 and shortly after moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed for Portuguesa on 12 May.[3] Weverton was an undisputed starter at _Lusa_, appearing in all league matches in 2011, as his side were crowned champions.

In May 2012 he joined Atlético Paranaense, after his previous contract expired.[4] On 15 October 2014, after being named captain for the campaign, Wéverton renewed his contract until 2017.[5]

In December 2017, Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal.[6]

International career

On 31 July 2016, he was called by the Brazilian Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics by manager Rogério Micale to replace Fernando Prass who left the team due to injury.[7] In the gold medal match, Weverton made a key save against Germany's Nils Petersen on the fifth penalty shot, which helped Brazil win their first Olympic football gold.[8]

After winning gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia.[9]

Career statistics

Club

  Club                  Season    League    Cup    Continental   State League   Total
  --------------------- --------- --------- ------ ------------- -------------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------- ---- ---
  Division              Apps      Goals     Apps   Goals         Apps           Goals
  América-RN            2009      Série B   16     0             0              0
  Total                 16        0         0      0             0              0
  Portuguesa            2010      Série B   29     0             —              —
  2011                  38        0         —      —             19             0
  2012                  Série A   1         0      4             0              —
  Total                 68        0         4      0             0              0
  Atlético Paranaense   2012      Série B   33     0             0              0
  2013                  Série A   38        0      13            0              —
  2014                  35        0         2      0             8              0
  2015                  36        0         4      0             6              0
  2016                  30        0         8      0             —              20
  2017                  34        0         4      0             12             0
  Total                 206       0         31     0             26             0
  Palmeiras             2018      Série A   23     0             4              0
  2019                  28        0         3      0             10             0
  Total                 51        0         7      0             16             0
  Career total          319       0         38     0             36             0

International

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  National team   Year   Apps   Goals
  --------------- ------ ------ -------
  Brazil          2017   2      0
  2020            2      0
  Total           4      0

  : Appearances and goals by national team and year

Honours

Club

Portuguesa

-   Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2011

Atlético Paranaense

-   Campeonato Paranaense: 2016

Palmeiras

-   Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2018

International

Brazil

-   Olympic Gold Medal: 2016

[1] Corinthians promove goleiro da base para emprestar Weverton (Corinthians promotes goalkeeper from the youth setup to loan Weverton); UOL Esporte, 27 December 2012

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[3] Portuguesa tira o goleiro Weverton do Botafogo (Portuguesa takes off Weverton from Botafogo); Estadão, 12 May 2010

[4] Goleiro Weverton, ex-Lusa, é apresentado no Atlético-PR (Goalkeeper Weverton, former _Lusa_ player, is presented at Atlético-PR); Diário Lance!, 30 May 2012

[5] Líder no atual elenco atleticano, Weverton renova até 2017 (Leader in the current _atleticano_ roster, Weverton renews until 2017); Redação Em Campo, 15 October 2014

[6] Palmeiras anuncia a contratação do goleiro Weverton, ex-Atlético-PR (Palmeiras announces the signing of goalkeeper Weverton, former Atlético-PR side); Globoesporte.com, 15 December 2017

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[9] Tite convoca seleção pela 1ª vez com 7 campeões olímpicos e 3 novidades

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title: Weverton Pereira da Silva

question: What does the text say about Weverton's club career?

text: "After winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia." - this is irrelevant and should be removed.

text: The response should add Wverton's promotion as team captain in 2014 and joining Palmeiras on a five-year deal in December 2017.

answer: Weverton joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2006, aged 19, after impressing in a match for Juventus. He was promoted to the former's main squad in 2007, but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. Weverton was subsequently loaned to Remo, Oeste, and América (RN). Weverton was released by Timão in January 2010 and shortly after moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed for Portuguesa on 12 May. Weverton was an undisputed starter at Lusa, appearing in all league matches in 2011, as his side were crowned champions. In May 2012, he joined Atlético Paranaense, after his previous contract expired. On 15 October 2014, after being named captain for the campaign, Weverton renewed his contract until 2017. In December 2017, Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal.

text: "the former's" - replace with "Corinthians"

text: "former's" - replace with "Corinthians'"

text: "the former" - replace with "Corinthians"

text: "the former's" - change to "Corinthians'"

text: The answer doesn't state that Weverton is a goalkeeper.

answer: Weverton joined the Corinthians youth team in 2006 aged 19 after impressing in a match against Juventus. He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. He was then loaned to Remo, Oeste and América (RN), where he regularly appeared in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho. After Timão released him in January 2010, Weverton moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed with Portuguesa on May 12th. He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011. Weverton moved to Atlético Paranaense in May 2012 after his contract expired. After winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia.

text: The last sentence is irrelevant.

answer: Weverton joined Corinthians' youth setup in 2006, aged 19, after impressing in a match for Juventus. He was promoted to the former's main squad in 2007, but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. Weverton was subsequently loaned to Remo, Oeste, and América (RN). Weverton was released by Timão in January 2010 and shortly after moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed for Portuguesa on 12 May. Weverton was an undisputed starter at Lusa, appearing in all league matches in 2011, as his side were crowned champions. In May 2012, he joined Atlético Paranaense, after his previous contract expired. On 15 October 2014, after being named captain for the campaign, Weverton renewed his contract until 2017. In December 2017, Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal.

text: The response is a copy and paste from the text.

answer: Weverton joined the Corinthians youth team in 2006 aged 19 after impressing in a match against Juventus. He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. He was then loaned to Remo, Oeste and América (RN), where he regularly appeared in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho. After Timão released him in January 2010, Weverton moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed with Portuguesa on May 12th. He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011. Weverton moved to Atlético Paranaense in May 2012 after his contract expired. He was named captain in October 2014. Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal in December 2017.

answer: Weverton joined the Corinthians youth team in 2006 aged 19 after impressing in a match against Juventus. He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. He was then loaned to Remo, Oeste and América (RN), where he regularly appeared in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho. After Timão released him in January 2010, Weverton moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed with Portuguesa on May 12th. He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011. Weverton moved to Atlético Paranaense in May 2012 after his contract expired. After winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia.

text: "After winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia." - this is irrelevant and should be deleted.

text: The answer omits that Weverton joined Palmeiras in December 2017.

text: The answer should mention that Weverton joined Palmeiras in December 2017.

text: It is omitted that he signed a five-year deal with Palmeiras in December 2017.

text: "After winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Weverton was called up by coach Tite to qualification matches against Ecuador and Colombia." - extraneous information that does not pertain to Weverton's club career.

text: This answer is jumbled up chronologically

text: It should be made more clear that America is where he played regularly in Serie B.

text: The answer should mention how he was named captain for the campaign in 2014 and renewed his contract until 2017

answer: Weverton joined the Corinthians youth team in 2006 aged 19 after impressing in a match against Juventus. He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion. He was then loaned to Remo, Oeste and América (RN), where he regularly appeared in Série B, sharing minutes with the veteran Rodolpho. After Timão released him in January 2010, Weverton moved to Botafogo (SP). After impressing with the side, he signed with Portuguesa on May 12th. He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011. Weverton moved to Atlético Paranaense in May 2012 after his contract expired. He was named captain in October 2014. Weverton joined Palmeiras on a five-year deal in December 2017.

text: "He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011." - Lusa is not a team. Replace with "Portuguesa"

text: "He was an undisputed starter at Lusa and they became champions in 2011." - Lusa is not a team. The answer should mention that Weverton was an undisputed starter at Portuguesa and they became champions in 2011.

text: "He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion." - the second part of the sentence is inaccurate. Weverton was demoted to fourth-choice before Santos' promotion.

text: "He was promoted to the main squad in 2007 but was demoted to fourth-choice after Rafael Santos' promotion." - the answer should mention that Weverton was promoted to the Corinthians' main squad in 2007.

text: "After impressing with the side," - "the side" is vague and needs to be replaced with Botafogo.

text: The answer omits Palmeiras Honours.


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The boy sat on the roof of his Dad's car. He looked toward the mountains, the desert, the West, the Moon, the Stars, and the Sentinel. Eyes shining. He was the world's most avid watcher of old Westerns and modern science fiction. But nothing could compare to this. Nothing. Not to *him*. Well, except his dad.

"Dad, was he here when you were a kid?"

The older man couldn't quite understand the question for a second. Maybe the Van Allen Belts *had* fucked up his brain. Maybe the Jack habit he'd started in on in earnest in 1973. Maybe grief over the death of his wife. The boy's mother. The campfire had gone out in the center of the clearing, essentially, and occasionally cold winds blew in. Then they faded away.

"No he wasn't."

"When did he get here?"

Another damned-fool question. That boy...such genius...wasting it on philosophical questions. He'd always been...*NO*...

"1973."

"Why? Who brought him here?"

The old man took a swig from his hip flask. So many goddamn useless questions. Maybe the folks at the University were right. Maybe the Sentinel did watch over their thoughts. Did that matter? His wife's last great work was still wasting his damn talent and childlike inquiry asking why the sky was blue. Fractally wrong. The sky was magnificent, desolate, malevolent, divine...and the corn was deader every year. The peanuts had been gone for years. Cows were rarer than...well.

He indicated the gigantic robot, pointing with his lower lip in the Indian fashion. "I did. With some friends. Before your Mom died."

"COOL!" The boy climbed down from the roof of the Trans Am and hugged his dad. "What...what does he do?"

There was a good sign. Like that first ray of light in a desert sunrise. He was thinking. "He doesn't speak Russian, for one. He knows...things about where I found him. He draws a military paycheck, but not one made of money."

The man drank from the flask again, the reddish-gold liquid warming his bones. Apollo and Dionysus were closer in spirit and approach than people thought. Prometheus ought to know. If he had really known anything, though, he would have been looking in front of him. Would have told Kranz he wasn't going to get his hands dirty. Wouldn't be watching the watchers while the actors and directors played on stages millions of miles away. Fuckin' Washington. She had died consoling him. Still his fault. Watching the watchers was a penance of sorts.

"So he's a soldier." The boy grinned, pulling out his penknife and whittling a stick randomly.

"Yup. Just like your guys Davy Crockett and Custer. And like Neil, Buzz, Mike, Jim, Jack and Fred."

The boy looked thoughtful. "But only Davy and Custer are real. The King of the Wild Frontier and a soldier who helped settle the West. My Apache friends from school say Custer's an asshole, though. An imp-er-i-alist." He sounded out the word. A tragedy of history that he knew words like Sentinel the way a baby learns "dada" and yet he had to struggle to pronounce that at his age. Shouldn't even know it. A kid should be allowed to dream. He'll learn he's a monster soon enough. A brave one, hopefully. A good one. And the toughest one on the llano.

The man shook his head. "Your friends are wrong. Well, they're right. But it happens to everyone. You can't stop the sun from setting. You can only watch the colors change as she goes down. Hope there's a halo around the moon. That's a sign of rain. Good crops. Strong boys."

The child's face lit up. "I'm strong." Then he became thoughtful. "Are there frontiers left, Dad? Like in the movies, where Apollo 13 went to space in...1970. That was before the Sentinel came. Why didn't something like that happen? Why didn't we go to the Moon? That's a good frontier."

"Once, son, I found myself asking the same questions. They were just as good then, when I was in the Air Force after Korea. I looked at the Jornada Del Muerto, you know...over in the Western part of the state...and I said...eighteen wagon trains went to Santa Fe, and came back with gold and treasure, dreams and hope. Why did the eighteenth have to be the last? And I might could have been the wagonmaster on it, if I had lived in those days. Why?"

"Why, dad? It'd be cool as hell to live on the Moon."

"You've got a mouth on you. Can't say you learned it from anyone but me." He chuckled. "It would be. It would be. Nobody lives there anymore."

"There were people there? Like Indians?"

The man stood, looking into the afternoon sky. Rotating his head willfully and deliberately, but with effort, he looked the Sentinel in the eyes. Anger burned that his son was rarely allowed to see.

"More like us. They had dreams of their own. Frontiers. They liked being Moon-Americans so much they decided to teach us Americans how to be Indians. I'm too old to learn. I don't like it."

The boy looked up from his whittling project. "Hm." It appeared as if he was grappling with a problem he couldn't solve...and the problem was caused by his dad speaking gibberish. The older man had become used to that look. More from older folks, who remembered Apollo 18. They'd never admit to it...that's why he'd stopped bothering. "So the Indians...they teach us how to survive, right? Teach us to plant, tell us stories...they always act like we're crazy. I always feel like I've forgotten something around them."

"The Indians have always felt that way. The older I get the more I understand. We've forgotten we were Indians once."

The boy looked confused. "Not cowboys?"

"You know more Indian cowboys than you do white ones. Next time you watch your Apollo 13 video, you remember what they're like. You compare them to the way Tom Hanks plays Jim Lovell. You do some thinkin'. Real heroes are more like the cowboys and farmers you know than some science fiction character."

"Oh. But the movie heroes...they're what the robot's like! He's a badass! He saves us from the Russians and the Chinese! And helps us learn better!" The boy thought. "That's what the TV says, anyway. His cartoon show is *real*. Not like Apollo 13."

The old man spat. Then he pulled out his own knife and absentmindedly began studying the blade. "That's just...campfire stories. Tall tales. You know I raised you to love a good tall tale. But they all have a grain of truth."

"I know." The boy's voice took on serious, somber tones. The way a child is when they're about to give their greatest secret to an adult.

"Oh?" The old man looked down at the boy proudly.

"He's scared. He's not proud of what he did, who his friends were, what he thought was right a long time ago. But we're safe because of him. And that makes his life worth living so far away from his home on the Moon."

The old man hadn't had a tear wet his eyes since he almost lost the left one. "Damn, boy. Here I thought you were gonna say he was like your dear old dad. That seems so...simple and fairy-tale by comparison. You have wisdom beyond your years."

The boy rolled his eyes. "I'm not *just* a kid, dad. I'm smart as a whip, too. Teacher says so." He paused, an impish gleam in his eye, then added...

"But you're right. Old man."

The man looked toward the Sentinel's eyes again. "I understand. As a fellow man and a brother, I understand."

"I'm a man and a kid at the same time? How does that work?" The boy's voice ended on a rising note. Question. Call. Both. Its own answer.

"Well, I wasn't talking to you, but it seems to apply."

"You were! You couldn't have been talking to anyone else!"

"The robot, actually. If I can be this honest with my son..." -- the man paused, letting a weight fall from his shoulders -- "my blood son...I can talk to him at least a little bit, can't I?"

"He's nice. Scary, sad, but nice. I wish I could talk to him."

Three hundred fifty feet tall. Just about as big as a Saturn V. From outer space. And he resonated with a little boy as much as a six-foot man with an armload of bad habits and a back forty full of regrets did. The next generation was in good hands. The man cleared his throat, then spoke. "You will. Someday you'll understand what he's been saying all this time. And then you can go to his home on the Moon."

"But no one's ever done that before!"

"Oh, how do you know? The important thing is, you *dream* of doing it. And you're not the first one to do that. Your mom and I, the friends I brought the Sentinel back with...we dreamed of it too. But most of all we dreamed of kids like you."

"You didn't dream very big." The boy's tone was teasing. Witty banter came to him like a knife through soft butter that had been left outside too long.

"No. I didn't. Turns out I didn't have to." The sun was setting. There was going to be a halo around the Moon tonight.

title: [SF] The Sentinel (image prompt, working title)

question: Summarize the boy's dad's feelings.

text: "Van Allen's belt" - This isn't a belt but it's a reference to Van Allen Belts.

answer: The boy's dad isn't able to understand the son's questions at first. He thinks it might be because of the Van Allen's belt that could have fucked up his brain. He later starts getting irritated as the boy is continuously asking him questions. He thinks about how the boy is wasting his intellect on asking philosophical questions. Nonetheless, he does answer the questions.

text: The Van Allen's belt is not mentioned in the story.

text: The Van Allen Belts are not mentioned in the story.

text: The Van Allen's belt doesn't affect the father's brain.

text: The Van Allen Belts aren't mentioned again after the first sentence.

text: The answer should include the fact that the boy's dad is proud of his son.

text: The first sentence is unnecessary and should be removed.

text: The answer should mention the question he is answering, which is about the Sentinel.

answer: The dad is51002

text: The dad is feeling regretful and sad.

text: The answer is nonsensical.

text: The dad is51002 is not a response.

text: The response is nonsensical.

text: The answer is completely irrelevant.

text: The response doesn't make any sense and is not related to the question.

text: The response is nonsensical and incoherent.

text: The answer is nonsensical.

text: The dad is feeling regretful and sad.

text: The answer should mention that at one point the dad tears up with pride.

answer: The boy's dad isn't able to understand the son's questions at first. He thinks it might be because of the Van Allen's belt that could have fucked up his brain. He later starts getting irritated as the boy is continuously asking him questions. He thinks about how the boy is wasting his intellect on asking philosophical questions. Nonetheless, he does answer the questions.

answer: The dad is51002

text: The answer makes no sense. The answer should mention that the father thinks that his brain has been messed up by grief after his wife passed. He battles to understand and to respond to his son's questions.

answer: The boy's dad isn't able to understand the son's questions at first. He later starts getting irritated as the boy is continuously asking him questions. He thinks about how the boy is wasting his intellect on asking philosophical questions. Nonetheless, he does answer the questions.

text: The answer omits the father's pride in his son.

text: The answer omits that the boy's dad is proud of his son.

text: The response is missing the part where the dad is proud of his son.

text: The answer omits the father's regret over his wife's death, and his pride in his son.

text: The answer does not mention the dad's regret over his wife's death.

text:
-The answer could include more details about the dad's feelings.
-It is inaccurate to state that the boy's dad isn't able to understand his son's questions at first. He understands the questions but can't answer them.
-The phrase, "the boy is continuously asking him questions" is a bit confusing.
-The word, "nonetheless", is inaccurate.