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GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALUCCI (born 1 July 1769 in Florence; died 18 July 1845 in Florence) was an Italian architect.

Life and work

In 1783 Giovanni Salucci began studying architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He received his first commissions during study trips to Rome and the Veneto.

In 1797, during a stay in Bologna, he moved in political circles close to the ideas of the French Revolution. Salucci thereby aroused the mistrust of the government of the Habsburg Grand Duchy of Tuscany and was sentenced to death in absentia in 1798. Thereupon he joined the French Italian Army.

In 1801 he was employed as topographer for the Cisalpine Republic, a daughter republic under Napoleon in northern Italy, and in 1802 he worked on the fortifications of Alessandria, Mantua, and Verona.

Afterwards he took part in the French invasion of Russia. He survived and managed to escape to Danzig. After the Battle of Waterloo he fell into English captivity, from which he was released in 1816.

After his release, he initially worked for the Geneva banker Jean Gabriel Eynard, from whom he received a recommendation for King Wilhelm I of Württemberg. The latter appointed him court architect in 1818.

In Württemberg, the Royal Pavilion in Weil near Esslingen was initially built in collaboration with the Queen Catherine of Württemberg, who was a passionate lover of architecture. In 1819, after her death, he built her Württemberg Mausoleum. From 1823 to 1829 the Schloss Rosenstein was built according to the plans of Salucci. Other buildings designed by him are the Wilhelmspalais and the Alte Reithalle (royal riding hall), both in Stuttgart.

Since the planned costs for the Royal Pavilion in Weil were exceeded, he soon had to have everything approved by the Building and Garden Directorate. In 1828, after a dispute with a superior, he applied for his dismissal. Four days later, however, he asked to be reinstated. In 1839 dry rot was discovered in Rosenstein Castle, for which Salucci was made responsible; this led to his final dismissal.

In 1840 Salucci returned to Florence almost penniless. He died there in 1845 and was buried in the cloister of the St Mark’s, Florence.

Gallery

File:Esslingen am Neckar Weil Koeniglicher Pavillon.jpg|Royal pavilion in Esslingen-Weil File:S-wilhelmspalais.jpg|Wilhelmspalais at Charlottenplatz in Stuttgart File:Schloss Rosenstein südwestliche Hauptfassade.jpg|Castle Rosenstein in Stuttgart File:Grabkapelle Württemberg Eingang (2009).jpg|Württemberg Mausoleum in Stuttgart

Works in Public Collections

-   Salucci's estate, consisting of 142 drafts of buildings, is located in the Stuttgart University Library (Inv. No. Salu001-Salu142) and in the Digital Collections of the Stuttgart University Library.
-   Photographic collection “Giovanni Salucci's classicist buildings in Württemberg” by Rotraud Harling in the Map and Plan Collection of the Stuttgart University Library: Map and Plan Collection.

Literature

-   Georg Leisten: _Das zeitlos Schöne überlebt. Ausstellung: Die Stuttgarter Fotografin Rotraud Harling huldigt dem Werk des Architekten Giovanni Salucci._ In: _Stuttgarter Zeitung_ Nr. 289, 13. December 2013, page 29.
-   Giuseppe Ponsi: _Memorie della vita e delle opere di Giovanni Salucci Fiorentino / Erinnerungen, Leben und Werk des Giovanni Salucci Fiorentino._ Florence 1850.
-   Giuseppe Ponsi; Bruno Zoratto (editor): _Giovanni Salucci in den Beschreibungen eines Freundes / Giovanni Salucci nelle descrizioni di un amico._ Stuttgart 1998. Reprint of Ponsi 1850.

title: Giovanni Salucci

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why was Salucci often persecuted in his life?

answer: Though it was never directly mentioned, Salucci was probably an outspoken person who associated  ideals which made him a target for opposed governments and authorities.

text: The response misses to specify that Salucci closely associated with ideas of the French Revolution.

refinement: Though it was never directly mentioned, Salucci was probably an outspoken person who associated  ideals of the French Revolution which made him a target for opposed governments and authorities.

answer: Though it was never directly mentioned, Salucci was probably an outspoken spokesperson for the French Revolution and associated  ideals which made him a target for opposed governments and authorities.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What were Salucci's twenty years as court architect of Wurttemberg like?

answer: Salucci was appointed court architect of Wurttemberg in 1818. His years as court architect were rocky. He had to have his work approved by the Building and Garden Directorate, and he had a dispute with a superior. Then, in 1839, dry rot was discovered in Rosenstein Castle. Salucci was made responsible for this, which led to his final dismissal.

answer: Salucci was appointed court architect in 1818. He was initially in charge of the Royal Pavilion in Weil near Esslingen, which was built in collaboration with Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg. After her death, he built her Wurttemberg Mausoleum. He also designed the Schloss Rosenstein, which was built from 1823 to 1829. He was dismissed in 1839 after a dispute with a superior. He was reinstated four days later, but was dismissed again in 1839 after a dry rot was discovered in Rosenstein Castle.

answer: Salucci was appointed court architect in 1818. He was initially in charge of the Royal Pavilion in Weil near Esslingen, which was built in collaboration with Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg. After her death, he built her Wurttemberg Mausoleum. He also designed the Schloss Rosenstein, which was built from 1823 to 1829. He was dismissed in 1839 after a dispute with a superior. He was reinstated four days later, but was dismissed again in 1839 after a dry rot was discovered in Rosenstein Castle. He died penniless in Florence in 1845.


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Gary left the house at six am on Wednesday; headed out to endure another long workday. After he walked through the yard to the driveway, he made sure to latch the gate securely, because that’s what Sarah liked. He smiled as he did so, and thought of how earlier, he had closed the shower curtain all the way (another Sarah preference), and gently lowered the toilet seat. Twenty four hours earlier, they had been feuding; and he deliberately did none of these things; just to piss her off!  As he climbed into his car for his daily sucky commute up Route 128 to Route 93; into Boston, he was filled with regret and chuckled at the pettiness of his previous day’s actions. After all; how hard was it to accommodate several very minor quirks of his wife of fifteen years?

That morning, he had been awakened by Sarah gently kissing around his ear, nuzzling against his back, softly stroking his shoulders. This was in stark contrast to the previous three nights; when she had seemed to build an invisible wall between them. Sarah was an expert at staying on her “side”. No inadvertent touching during the night; not even a slight brush of the leg or a stray rollover. Her version of a cold shoulder was more like a frozen cadaver.

Her affections this morning, were surely a signal that an olive branch had been extended; and a peace treaty had been declared. The latest “war of the Floyds”; a seventy two hour skirmish; had ended.

The latest battle had been initiated on Saturday night; a dinner outing with their best friends. After several before and after cocktails;  Sarah, in response to what Gary felt was a very innocuous comment about Sarah’s weight gain over the past ten years, had flipped Gary “the bird”.  While Gary waited in traffic to access the on ramp to 128, he conjured up the incident in his brain. He mused about the fury that could be unleashed by a simple injudicious observation; but he also felt ashamed of his immature pouting and anger in response to such a mundane gesture as a raised middle finger.

Sarah and Gary were complete opposites. Sarah loved to go to the mall and shop for hours. Gary detested the thought of entering even one store. Sarah hated watching sports, Gary loved all sports. Sarah was fastidious, she cleaned and scrubbed meticulously. Gary was a slob; who would often ask Sarah to “give it a break, the house is clean enough”; (especially when she vacuumed the living room while he was watching a football game).

Gary inched onto Route 93 South, and switched from sports talk to a Sirius 70s radio station. The subscription to Sirius had been a birthday gift from Sarah. Gary had told her that it was an unnecessary expense; there were plenty of free radio stations, but Sarah insisted. Gary had come to love the non-stop oldies from the 60s and 70s. Steppenwolf blasted from the speakers, and he howled in unison when they belted out the refrain; “Born to be Willlllllllllllllllld”, and for a moment. envisioned himself a single dude; no wife, no twelve year old son (Steven), no boring nine-to-five job, no responsibilities, no hassles!

He clicked the stereo radio control on the steering wheel and jumped back to the 60s station, ironically, to The Monkees’ sweet ballad, “I Want to be Free”.  This only reinforced his thirst for liberation and his distaste for married life. He was sick of the petty arguments and all the compromises that he made for family. Hell, his weekly night out with the guys had been reduced lately to monthly night out!

All day long, while Gary answered EMails, juggled spreadsheets, and performed his daily office tasks, a yearning stirred within him to be rid of all the shackles that he had placed upon himself. He daydreamed about quitting his well paying but stressful job and become a full-time bartender; hang out all day drinking beer and watching sporting events.  As this lovely picture played out in his mind, the phone on his desk beeped; and the caller ID readout revealed that Sarah was on the line.

Gary picked up the receiver, and told Sarah, “We need to talk”.

“Yes”, Sarah replied softly.

Before he could say anything else, Sarah apologized for the three day freezeout. She also informed Gary that she had arranged a sleepover that night at the neighbor’s for Steven; and that she would be making Gary’s favorite dinner: fresh sliced fries and baked filet mignon with butter, mushrooms, and onion ring.  Dessert was to be decided upon later, by Gary!

For the balance of the day; Gary’s fantasies swerved in a different direction. His aspiration to live the single life dissipated. and the longing that he previously experienced was replaced by a sense of appreciation for Sarah’s humility, caring and tenderness. His thoughts about separation reverted to anticipation of their approaching union. He regretted the joking remark he made that had kicked off their most recent tiff. He knew his wife was super-sensitive about her body image, and would not be pleased with his attempt at humor.

The drive home featured unusually clear sailing on the highways. As Gary rounded the corner and turned onto his street, one of his favorite Bob Seger songs came on the radio: “Beautiful Loser”. He chortled at the lyrics:

“He wants his home and security ………… He wants to live like a sailor at sea”.

As he mulled the sentiment, a rueful smile came upon his face. He reached for the kitchen doorknob, but Sarah swung it open before he had a chance to push. She jumped into his arms.

“How was your day, baby?”

“I love you, Sarah.”

title: [HM] - Gary & Sarah

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize how Gary feels about his life.

answer: Gary is bored with his life. He feels like he is stuck in a rut and wants to be free. He wants to quit his job and become a bartender. He daydreams about being free of his wife and responsibilities. He regrets the joking remark he made that had kicked off their most recent tiff. He knows his wife is super-sensitive about her body image, and would not be pleased with his attempt at humor.

text: It is omitted that he changes his mind on his way home when his wife calls him and says she prepares his favorite dinner for him.

refinement: Gary is bored with his life. He feels like he is stuck in a rut and wants to be free. He wants to quit his job and become a bartender. He daydreams about being free of his wife and responsibilities. However, his thoughts about separation reverted to the anticipation of their approaching union when his wife calls him and says she prepares his favorite dinner for him. He regrets the joking remark he made that had kicked off their most recent tiff. He knows his wife is super-sensitive about her body image, and would not be pleased with his attempt at humor.

answer: Gary is bored with his life. He feels like he is stuck in a rut and wants to be free. He wants to quit his job and become a bartender. He daydreams about being free of his wife and responsibilities.

answer: Gary feels that his life is boring and he is sick of the petty arguments with his wife. He also feels that he is held back by his marriage and his job. He dreams about quitting his job and becoming a full-time bartender.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about Gary's job?

answer: Gary works in an office. He is stressed out by his job and daydreams about quitting it. He wants to be a bartender.

text: It is omitted that his job is well-paid.

refinement: Gary works in an office. He is stressed out by his well-paid job and daydreams about quitting it. He wants to be a bartender.

answer: Gary works in an office. He is stressed out by his job and daydreams about quitting it. He wants to be a bartender. Gary's job is well-paying and stressful.

answer: Gary works in an office and has to answer emails, juggle spreadsheets, and perform daily office tasks. He is well-paid but stressed. He daydreams about quitting his job and becoming a full-time bartender.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize why Gary and Sarah fought.

answer: Sarah flipped Gary "the bird" or raised her middle finger when Gary implied that she has gained weight.

answer: Sarah "flipped Gary 'the bird'". They had a 72 hour feud.

answer: Sarah "flipped Gary 'the bird'". They had a 72 hour feud. Sarah was upset when she heard her body type was being mentioned. She wanted to endear herself back to her husband.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize why Gary and Sarah got married.

answer: They got married because they love each other.

text: It is not stated they married because they love each other but it is implied.

refinement: It is implied they got married because they love each other.

answer: No answer


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EILEEN DE VILLA is a Canadian physician and public servant currently serving as the medical officer of health for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and formerly as the medical officer of health for the region of Peel. She is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In 2020, de Villa oversaw Toronto's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.

Early life and education

De Villa is the daughter of cardiologist Dr. Maria Antonina “Nenette” de Villa and obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Guillermo “Jun” de Villa. She was born in Boston and briefly lived in the Philippines between 1972 and 1975 before her family fled to Canada.[1] Her parents were both influential in the Filipino community in Toronto, laying the groundwork for what is now the Filipino Centre Toronto.[2]

She attended Havergal College then McGill University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and women's studies in 1991.[3] When she graduated, she became an intern at the United Nations, moving to Vienna to work with the UN Industrial Development Organization supporting developing countries.[4] Through that experience, she became interested in international health.[5]

She then received her Master of Health Science degree in health promotion at the University of Toronto and continued securing internships through the United Nations, including one with the International Conference on Population and Development.[6]

De Villa then decided to go to medical school, receiving her medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1998. She completed her residency in public health and preventive medicine. She later received a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Career

In 2004, de Villa began her almost thirteen year tenure at the Regional Municipality of Peel Office of Health, where she ultimately became the medical officer of health, serving from October 2015 to March 2017. There, she worked on a number of public health issues, including vaccination and prevention of communicable diseases, such as sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis.[7] She also oversaw the region's air quality and food and water safety.[8]

On March 27, 2017, de Vila began her term as the medical officer of health at Toronto Public Health after the retirement of David McKeown_._[9] She was appointed for her evidence-based approach to public health.[10] In this role, she has worked to combat the opioid epidemic in Toronto, advocating for a series of policies to expand public health services. Her recommended policies include the creation of a safer drug supply to reduce the need to buy drugs off the street, better support for under-served populations, and decriminalizing drugs.[11] In 2019, she has pushed back against budget cuts proposed by the Progressive Conservative provincial government under Premier Doug Ford, which would limit Toronto's resources for fighting the opioid crisis and other public health programs.[12] She has also criticized the administration for defunding supervised injection sites, which have reversed a significant number of overdoses since opening.

Under her leadership, Toronto Public Health has worked to combat misinformation around vaccine safety and has advocated for advertisers and social media platforms to clamp down on misleading anti-vaccination information.[13] She was also behind the call to ban vaccine exemptions because of religious or philosophical beliefs, though the government would still allow medical exemptions.[14][15] Toronto has seen a steady rise of such exemptions and are working to proactively prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Since Toronto saw its first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, on January 25, 2020, de Villa has been leading the city's response to the emerging pandemic.[16] Her office issued a number of recommendations to the mayor of Toronto, John Tory, to lock the city down as much as possible, advocating that measures stay in place for 12 weeks from April 1, 2020.[17] Tory has also set a fine of $1,000 for those convicted of violating social distancing guidelines of maintaining a distance of 2 meters or more.[18] De Villa has also used her authority under the _Health Protection and Promotion Act_ to order all individuals with COVID-19—as well as those who have been in contact with confirmed cases—to remain home for 14 days.[19]

De Villa sits on the McGill Women, Leadership & Philanthropy Board, working to increase the representation of women in positions of leadership, governance, and philanthropy.[20]

Awards and Honours

-   Distinguished Leader Award, McGill Toronto Excellence Awards, 2019[21]
-   Naimark Award, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, 2013

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title: Eileen de Villa

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about de Villa's opinion on public health?

answer: She believes in an evidence-based approach to public health. She has been outspoken on the fight against the opioid epidemic, states she wants to created a safer drug supply to reduce the need to street drugs, and advocate for stronger support for under-served populations.

text: It is omitted that she has criticized the administration for defunding supervised injection sites, which have reversed a significant number of overdoses since opening.

refinement: She believes in an evidence-based approach to public health. She has been outspoken on the fight against the opioid epidemic, states she wants to create a safer drug supply to reduce the need for street drugs and advocate for stronger support for under-served populations. She has criticized the administration for defunding supervised injection sites, which have reversed a significant number of overdoses since opening.

text: It is omitted that she has worked to combat misinformation around vaccine safety and has advocated for advertisers and social media platforms to clamp down on misleading anti-vaccination information. She was also behind the call to ban vaccine exemptions because of religious or philosophical beliefs.

refinement: She believes in an evidence-based approach to public health. She has been outspoken on the fight against the opioid epidemic, states she wants to create a safer drug supply to reduce the need for street drugs and advocate for stronger support for under-served populations. She has criticized the administration for defunding supervised injection sites, which have reversed a significant number of overdoses since opening. She has worked to combat misinformation around vaccine safety and has advocated for advertisers and social media platforms to clamp down on misleading anti-vaccination information. She was also behind the call to ban vaccine exemptions because of religious or philosophical beliefs.

answer: She believes in an evidence-based approach to public health. She has been outspoken on the fight against the opioid epidemic, states she wants to created a safer drug supply to reduce the need to street drugs, and advocate for stronger support for under-served populations. She is also against religious or philosophical exemptions for vaccines, and wants to ban them.

answer: She has advocated for a series of policies to expand public health services. She believes that the government should create a safer drug supply to reduce the need to buy drugs off the street and better support for under-served populations. She has also proposed the decriminalization of drugs. She has criticized the government for defunding supervised injection sites, which have reversed a significant number of overdoses since opening. She has also advocated for the ban of vaccine exemptions because of religious or philosophical beliefs.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about de Villa's qualifications?

answer: She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto in 1998. She also has a Master of Health Science degree in Health Promotion at the University of Toronto. She has a Master of Business Administration from Schulich School of Business at York University. She is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.

text: It is omitted that she attended Havergal College then McGill University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and women's studies in 1991.

refinement: She attended Havergal College then McGill University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and women's studies in 1991. She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto in 1998. She also has a Master of Health Science degree in Health Promotion at the University of Toronto. She has a Master of Business Administration from Schulich School of Business at York University. She is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.

answer: She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto in 1998. She has a Master of Business Administration from Schulich School of Business at York University. She is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.

answer: She received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and women's studies from McGill University. She received her Master of Health Science degree in health promotion from the University of Toronto. She received her medical degree from the University of Toronto. She also received a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about life expectancy in Toronto after de Villa became the medical officer at Toronto Public Health?

answer: No answer

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“Dear friends and colleagues, I know, that you know, that we all know, that the main attraction of this symposium is to brag about our greatest and weirdest nutjobs. We’ve all heard Dr. Johnson talk about this woman, who believed she was a glass of jam, over a coffee, or Prof. Miller explain how a suicidal man couldn’t hang himself because his extreme fear of height.”

Some people in the room started laughing, while most just nodded in agreement. Some murmuring came up around Johnson and Miller, and as soon as everything went silent again, the man at the stand continued.

“This place here in front of all of you is usually reserved for someone talking about new developments in diagnostics and therapies. But in my case, the patient himself was so intertwined with the disease, that I can’t get around him.”
Dramatic pause
“Please meet mister Theo Bog!”

As soon as these words were said, a picture was projected on the giant screen behind the presenter. it was a portrait shot of a man in his mid-forties. A long beard, fuzzy hair, thick eyebrows and an awkward smile looked aimlessly into the audience. Even though his eyes were dampened, maybe because of a cataract, it felt as if they had seen a lot and had a shine of knowledge.

“This man came to me by himself. He didn’t have any money, nor an insurance. He claimed, that he needed help, because he would soon fall back into his old god complex. When I asked him, why he couldn’t go back to his old therapist, he told me that it was because Ernest Jones was dead.”

Unruly whispers arose among the doctors and professors.

“As most of you certainly know, Mr. Jones was a good friend of Sigmund Freud and one of the first practitioners of psychoanalysis. As such he was active until a few months before his death in 1958.
Theo Bog, a man who is 35 years old in the year 2017, claims to have been cured of a god complex by it’s inventor, who has long since been dead.

Of course it isn’t that unusual for somebody to believe to be a historically important figure or to just believe to have met with someone who has been dead for a long time. And during our sessions he told me about his therapy.
He explained me, how he had thought to have been god, and how mister Jones helped him by argumentatively disproving such a higher, all-knowing being. The problem was, that he started to forget these arguments and as such started to fall back into believing to be god.

The first thing I tried, was to make clear that he couldn’t have met with Mr. Jones. But this turned out to be impossible, as Bog obviously had done thorough research. He knew a lot of odds and quirks about his first therapist. I even let him meet with an old Student of Jones, but this was only counterproductive, as they ended up agreeing that they both had known the same man.”

What followed could best be described as a giant collective facepalm. The reasons behind it were different though. Some thought, that this unexpected outcome was a worst case, rendering poor Theo unstoppable in his belief, while others were shocked that somebody would let a psychologically critical case meet up with a former student who must be in his 90ies by now.

One man in the audience stood up. It was Dr. Johnson. He made eye contact with the man at the microphone and, as soon as the room was calm enough for him to speak, he asked a question: “Dr. Parthrow, you yourself implied before, that you’re here to tell us about a new development. Would you please come to the point?”

A aly grin hushed over the presenters face, then he continued: “Of course, of course. Now that I’ve presented you with my case, I’ll show you the solution I’ve found. I’m particularly proud of it because of its simplicity.
I went online. I searched for a polite, atheistic community, and signed him up there. It’s absolutely amazing, how easily people can be swayed. It took Theo two days to go back to a normal life, and one month later he already had a job.

What do we learn from this? Sometimes absurd and weird ways solutions are really easy. While I don’t know if the same therapy would have worked with any other patient, I’m confident, that this story will help you find new ways to cure illnesses. With this I’m finished. Are there any questions?”

-

Several years later a young and dynamic Theo left the office building. He looked like thirty now, though he knew that he was about ten years older. Thanks to the internet actually, he knew everything.

title: [MF] The Patient

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who is Theo Bog?

answer: He is the patient who believes he is a god with a "god complex".

text: Add that he is Dr. Parthrow's patient.

refinement: He is Dr. Parthrow's patient who believes he is a god with a "god complex".

text: Remove either "who believes he is a god" or "with a "god complex"" as this is needlessly repetitive.

refinement: He is Dr. Parthrow's patient with a "god complex".

answer: A patient of Dr. Parthrow.

answer: A patient of Dr. Parthrow. Theo Bog is a man who believes he is a god.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the practice of psychology?

answer: Dr. Parthrow's solution to Theo's case is to sign him up to an atheist community online.

text: The response describes an event in the story that is not an incorrect answer, but also doesn't directly answer the question. "No answer" is simpler and arguably more accurate.

answer: No answer

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Does Theo's God complex actually exist?

answer: It is implied that Theo's God complex is not real.

text: This implication is not reliably supported by the story, which concludes with an open ending.

refinement: The story's open ending makes this question a matter for the reader to interpret as they wish.

answer: It's not clear if his God complex is real or if he's just suffering from a delusion.

answer: It is explicitly stated that Theo's God complex is not real.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What is the main conflict in this story?

answer: Theo becomes convinced that he is the god. His therapist tries to cure him.

text: Change the article to indefinite in "the god".

refinement: Theo becomes convinced that he is a god. His therapist tries to cure him.

answer: Theo Bog, the patient, has a god complex. He is convinced he is god, and his therapist, Dr. Parthrow, is trying to cure him. Dr. Parthrow tries everything, but eventually, he resorts to signing Theo up for an online forum that is atheistic. It works.

answer: Theo becomes convinced that he is the god.


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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, people can sometimes be labelled, stereotyped, discriminated against, treated separately, or experience loss of status because of real or perceived links with the disease.[1] As a result of such treatment, those who have or are perceived to have the disease, as well as their caregivers, family, friends, and communities, may be subjected to social stigma.[2]

Due to the social stigma, individuals and groups can be subjected to racism and xenophobia and hate crimes. The groups shown to be most vulnerable to social stigma are people of East Asian descent or appearance, people who have traveled abroad, people who have recently completed quarantine, healthcare professionals and emergency service workers. It has also been shown that wearing or refusing to wear a mask has become subject to a stigma[3] as well. The existence of such social stigma[4] and their negative impacts have been documented by many organizations, including UNICEF, the WHO, and the CDC.[5][6][7][8]

Reasons for and impact of social stigma

The level of stigma towards those affected with COVID-19 is due to multiple factors. The virus is new, and there are many unknowns surrounding transmission and a possible cure. Many people cannot access tests and[9] drug development for treatment is still in progress. Meanwhile, there is widespread misinformation regarding the disease, under which various online groups and activists have spread conspiracy theories and unproven claims, including: that the virus was created in a laboratory; the virus was “planned”; and that the virus was caused by 5G networks, among other theories.[10][11][12]

In this cultural context, the disease itself is an unknown—and, according to many international health experts, people feel fearful when confronted with the unknown. In such circumstances, they may deal with this fear by assigning blame to the “other,” [13] which may include groups of people, governments, or institutions. This environment can fuel harmful stereotypes. As a result, social cohesion is undermined, and there may be increased social isolation of impacted groups. With this social isolation, people may be less likely to seek out medical help or services, take necessary precautions, or seek out social services, due to fear of discrimination. This can contribute to a situation in which the virus is more likely to spread, leading to severe health problems and difficulties in controlling disease outbreak.[14] Furthermore, people could also subjected to physical violence[15] and hate crimes.

Addressing social stigma

In order to address social stigma, it is important to build trust in reliable health services and advice, show empathy to the affected individuals and adopting effective practical measures to keep people safe.[16] The following measures are recommended to address social stigma by the UNICEF:[17]

-   Use of people-first language, that respects the individual and talking about the disease with a positive tone in all communication channels, including media, such as:
    -   Not attaching ethnicity or locations to the disease, such as 'Wuhan virus' or 'Asian virus' and using only the official name COVID-19
    -   Using 'people who have COVID-19' instead of 'COVID-19 cases' or 'COVID-19 victims' or 'COVID-19 suspects'
    -   Using terminology like, people 'acquiring' or 'contracting' COVID-19 instead of people 'transmitting COVID-19', 'infecting others' or 'spreading the virus' as it implies intentional transmission and assigns blame
    -   Refrain from using criminalising or dehumanising terminology in a way that might create impression that those with the disease have done something wrong, thereby feeding stigma
    -   Speaking the facts about COVID-19 accurately, based on scientific data and latest official health advice
    -   Not repeating or sharing unconfirmed rumors, and avoiding using of exaggerative terms like 'plague' and 'apocalypse' to denote the pandemic
    -   Emphasizing the effectiveness of prevention and treatment measures, rather than dwelling on the negatives or messages of threat.
-   Spreading accurate and updated facts, such as by:
    -   Using simple language and avoiding clinical terminology
    -   Engaging social influencers, such as religious or political leaders and celebrities to amplify the message in a geographically and culturally appropriate way
    -   Amplifying the stories and images of local people who have recovered or supported a loved one through the recovery from COVID-19
    -   Portraying of different ethnic groups, and use of symbols and formats that are neutral and not suggestive of any ethnic group
    -   Practicing ethical journalism: Reports that overly focus on patient responsibility can increase stigma for people who may have the disease. News that speculates the source of COVID-19 in each country, for example, can increase stigma towards such individuals.
    -   Linking up to the other initiatives that address social stigma and stereotyping
-   Observe communication tips:[18]
    -   Correct misconceptions, while acknowledging that people's feelings and subsequent behaviour are real, even if their underlying assumptions are false.
    -   Share sympathetic narratives and stories that humanise the struggles of affected individuals and groups
    -   Communicate support for those working in the frontline

According to United Nations Population Fund, midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma and battling the spreading belief that health facilities are to be avoided.[19]

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title: Social stigma associated with COVID-19

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about the pandemic and social stigma?

answer: The COVID-19 pandemic is new so many people lack the knowledge and feeling of trust in the health services surrounding the virus. There are conspiracy theories spreading online while the virus progressed and it still affects people who are suffering and helps spread the disease. The hospitalization or caregiving role alone increases exposure to the social stigma and can lead to physical harm in some cases. There is also no cure for COVID-19 currently and mostly due to the myths surround the virus, many people do not seek medical help early enough.

answer: The COVID-19 pandemic engenders not only death, but also influential social stigma and discrimination against those infected and those who support them. Often there is negative treatment, hate crimes and discrimination against the ethnic group we feel most unsafe around. Stigma can occur one of other vectors: the route of transmission, if you go to the clinics or not and if you are abroad. However, therapy and treatment have been extended to help out those affected by COVID-19.

text: There is no evidence in the text that suggest therapy as being extended to those affected.

refinement: The COVID-19 pandemic engenders not only death, but also influential social stigma and discrimination against those infected and those who support them. Often there is negative treatment, hate crimes and discrimination against the ethnic group we feel most unsafe around. Stigma can occur one of other vectors: the route of transmission, if you go to the clinics or not and if you are abroad.

answer: The text discusses COVID-19 and the resulting social stigma that results from the disease. Due to the unknown nature of this pandemic and all the speculation surrounding it, people may experience prejudice, discrimination, or isolation. Some groups, including those of East Asian descent or appearance, those who have recently completed quarantine, and healthcare professionals and emergency service workers, suffer from the most stigma. Although certain communication strategies can help to reduce social stigma, this pandemic is still a challenge to address in terms of overcoming prejudice and addressing misconceptions.

answer: The text discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and how the disease has created social stigma for those impacted. The stigma occurs in part due to misinformation and general fear of the unknown surrounding COVID-19. Social stigma can result in various negative consequences, such as racism, xenophobia, and physical violence. Measures to address social stigma include using people-first language, correcting misconceptions and sharing sympathetic narratives. Midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma.

answer: According to the text, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused certain races to be discriminated against. Some have been victims of hate crimes. The group most shown to be vulnerable are people of East Asian descent.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about the reasons for the social stigma?

answer: The level of stigma is most likely because the virus is new and there are many unknowns when it comes to its transmission. There is not access to a lot of tests. Because of this, people online have resorted to spreading misinformation through conspiracy theories, and unproven claims.

answer: The primary reason for the social stigma is due to people being unsure about the new COVID-19 virus and what causes it. The high level of misinformation about the disease and conspiracy theories is another reason for the high level of stigma. Lastly, people are fearful of what the virus might bring, which results in blaming people who have or are perceived to have the virus. These factors result in individuals and groups being vulnerable to social isolation, violence, and hate crimes.

answer: The primary reason for the social stigma surrounding COVID-19 is related to the unknown nature of the disease. Specifically, many people feel fearful when confronted with the unknown, and as a result assign blame to the 'other'. This could lead to increased violence and discrimination, which can contribute to the spread of the virus. Additionally, certain communication strategies such as effective, truthful information and avoiding stereotyping can help counteract the stigma and its negative impact.

answer: The level of stigma towards those affected with COVID-19 is due to multiple factors. Fear is one of the reasons given by an expert with the WHO and CDC, that people are unfamiliar with the unknown of a new illness (despite warnings, they still disregard the rules). They assign blame to an "other" which may include groups of people, governments or institutions, triggering negative stereotypes. This can lead to social isolation and the disease is carried and spread more.

answer: A lot of the public perceives COVID-19 to be a new disease since the pandemic began in 2020 and the lack of information about transmission, a cure, and so on fuels the stigma. Certain groups are more likely to be scapegoated for the spread of the disease, and these include groups of people of East Asian descent or appearance, or people who have traveled abroad recently.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about addressing social stigma?

answer: The level of stigma towards COVID-19 is due to multiple factors. Fear is known to accompany the unknown. People in this context assign blame to "the other". It is important for trust to be built in reliable health services and advice; care giving should be done in an empathetic manner. Emphasizing the effectiveness of prevention and treatment measures can aid in minimizing stigma. Medical practitioners should adopt different communication phrases.

text: The response misses to mention that all individuals along with medical practitioners should adopt positive tones in their communications.

refinement: The level of stigma towards COVID-19 is due to multiple factors. Fear is known to accompany the unknown. People in this context assign blame to "the other". It is important for trust to be built in reliable health services and advice; care giving should be done in an empathetic manner. Emphasizing the effectiveness of prevention and treatment measures can aid in minimizing stigma. Medical practitioners and all individuals should adopt positive communication phrases.

answer: Given the impacts of social stigma such as discrimination and violence, it is important to address this problem by fostering trust in reliable health services, being empathetic to those impacted, and communicating accurate and updated facts. Other important measures include avoiding criminalizing and dehumanizing language, and adopting ethical journalistic practices.

answer: According to the text, it is important to build trust in reliable health services and show empathy to the affected individuals. The UNICEF recommends that the social stigma be addressed in a respectful and non-violent manner. A few examples would be using people-first language, or not attaching ethnicity to the disease.

answer: The text says that in order to address the social stigma around COVID-19, it is important to use people-first language, correct misconceptions, and share sympathetic narratives. Additionally, it is important to amplify the message with social influencers and through ethical journalism. Furthermore, it is important to communicate support for those working in the frontline and to communicate accurate and updated facts about COVID-19.

answer: To address social stigma, it is important to keep people safe and address misconceptions, while breaking harmful stereotypes. US population fund spreads accurate facts while communicating support as well. Identify a demonstrator who can be reported and dismissed.

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

refinement: To address social stigma, it is important to keep people safe and address misconceptions, while breaking harmful stereotypes.

text: The response misses to mention the importance of building trust and showing empathy in addressing social stigma.

refinement: To address social stigma, it is important to keep people safe and address misconceptions, while breaking harmful stereotypes. It is also important to build trust in reliable health services and to show empathy to the affected individuals.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about midwives?

answer: The text says that midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma and battling the spreading belief that health facilities are to be avoided.

answer: The text mentions that midwives play an important role in reducing social stigma and battling the idea that health facilities are to be avoided.

answer: According to the text, midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma against health facilities.

answer: No answer

text: The task fails to give a response, however the text mentions that midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma and battling the spreading belief that health facilities are to be avoided.

refinement: Midwives play an essential role in reducing stigma and battling the spreading belief that health facilities are to be avoided

answer: The role of the midwives is to help people battling the disease overcome their fear. According to the United Nations Population Fund, this can help reduce the stigma in communities as individuals would not withhold their kids from going to a clinic. The reason being is that they may associate the clinic with the disease.

text: The response includes information that is not mentioned in the text.

refinement: According to the United Nations Population Fund, midwives can help reduce the stigma in communities as individuals would not withhold their kids from going to a clinic. The reason being is that they may associate the clinic with the disease.


text:
First try at a short story, I would love to hear what you think!

The story of James Butler

This is the story of James Butler. Now James Butler is a very ordinary man, living in an ordinary house with an ordinary wife and two of the most ordinary children in the world. James Butler works an ordinary job in an ordinary office, and an ordinary plant sits on the edge of his ordinary desk. When he gets home at exactly 6 in the evening, James Butler enjoys reading ordinary books or watching ordinary shows on his ordinary television. Now nothing would give us the impression that something is out of the ordinary in this man’s ordinary life. Nothing but a giant glass wall that separates James Butler from another world. Now in that other world, there lives a James Butler. Now James Butler lives a very extraordinary life. James Butler lives in the most extraordinary house with an extraordinary wife and two of the most extraordinary children in the world. James Butler works an extraordinary job in an extraordinary workplace. When he gets home, at whichever time suits him most, James Butler enjoys doing extraordinary things, like rock climbing or playing extraordinary chess championships at his extraordinary local chess club.

Now, apart from the fact that James Butler is a very extraordinary man, and the other James Butler is a very ordinary man, there’s one more thing that separates these two James Butlers. When James Butler wakes up on an ordinary Monday morning, and looks in his ordinary mirror before an ordinary Monday morning shave, there is no smile on his face. There’s sadness in his eyes, and bags under his eyes from a lack of sleep. When James Butler goes to work on this very ordinary Monday morning, there is no smile on his face. When James Butler works his ordinary 8-hour shift for his ordinary job, there is no smile on his face. Now the evening, that’s where it gets interesting. In the evening, when James Butler sits in an ordinary bus to make his way home, something not quite ordinary happens. Every evening, when James Butler returns to his ordinary house from his ordinary job, he looks through the window of the bus, trying to catch a glimpse of the James Butler on the other side of glass. Trying to catch just a small glimpse of the smile that sits upon the other James Butler’s face. Now that glimpse, that small of part of joy on the other side of the glass, that is what keeps the ordinary James Butler from going insane. Now going insane would be extremely extraordinary, and an ordinary man like James Butler wouldn’t want to go extraordinary now, would he?

But there’s another reason why James Butler tries to catch a glimpse of that smile every evening. The extraordinary James Butler, who leaves his job with a smile on his face every day, had a very ordinary past. It was a fun past, but an ordinary past. He watched his children grow up in a very ordinary fashion, and he loved his ordinary wife. When his children grew up and left the house to become adults themselves, James Butler started picking up hobbies for himself, and his life became extraordinary, filled with action, suspense and fun. Now our ordinary James Butler misses this kind of ordinary past. When James Butler was still a young, energetic man, and his wife was expecting their second child, something extraordinary happened. When our ordinary James Butler was working his 8-hour shift one day, he got a very extraordinary call from the hospital. His wife and first child had been in a car accident, and both had passed away on site. After hearing this news, James Butler excused himself and made his way home, where he drank an extraordinary amount of whiskey. This excessive amount of whiskey was the last extraordinary thing to happen in James Butler’s life. From that moment onwards, joy was hard to find for James Butler, and he lived from ordinary day to ordinary day, ordinary moment to ordinary moment, trying not to succumb to his grief. Eventually, maybe as a way of dealing with the sadness, but no one could quite tell, James Butler’s wife and children returned to him. They sat at his ordinary dinner table eating an ordinary spaghetti, and they slept in their ordinary beds at night. Now James Butler kept living like this until he was an old man, but he never became the happy man he once was. The presence of this wife and children gave him some comfort, but it was an empty shell, for every evening he would look at the other side of the glass and see what his life could have been.

But when James Butler was old and dying, something extraordinary happened once more, for the last time in his life. He got up and left his ordinary old man’s chair for the first time in a long while. James Butler then made his way outside, but left his coat and his hat hanging on their ordinary hooks in the hallway. He made his way along the glass wall, looking inside the entire way. On the other side sat an old man, wearing his coat and his hat. James Butler’s grand children came to visit him often, and even after the death of his wife joy still had a place in his life. Upon seeing this sight, our ordinary James Butler clenched his fists and started hitting the glass that had separated him from joy his entire life. It hurt, but he kept on hitting and hitting. Until finally, a crack appeared on the wall. As James Butler kept punching, the crack kept getting bigger and bigger, until finally after what seemed to be an eternity, it shattered. Billions of little pieces of glass came crashing down, and for the first time since that terrible accident, James Butler stepped to the other side of the wall.
On that other side of the wall is where James Butler died, with a smile on his face and a sea of glass surrounding him, while the other James Butler was nowhere to be found.

EDIT: Lay-out

title: [MF] The story of James Butler

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about what led to James Butler's very ordinary life?

answer: James Butler was ordinary because he had a very ordinary life. He had a wife, two children, and worked an ordinary job. He also had to deal with the death of his wife and daughter in an accident. The death of his wife and daughter changed James Butler's life.

text: The first two sentences are irrelevant and misleading.

refinement: He had to deal with the death of his wife and daughter in an accident. The death of his wife and daughter changed James Butler's life.

answer: James Butler was ordinary because he had a very ordinary life. He had a wife, two children, and worked an ordinary job. He also had to deal with the death of his wife and daughter in an accident. The death of his wife and daughter changed James Butler's life and made him live an ordinary life.

answer: James Butler's ordinary life was a result of the death of his wife and first child in a car accident. After the accident, he became an ordinary man, living an ordinary life. He never found joy again.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about how James Butler's late wife and children returned to him?

answer: James Butler's wife and children returned to him after he was an old man. They sat at his ordinary dinner table and slept in their ordinary beds at night. This gave him some comfort, but it was an empty shell for every evening he would look at the other side of the glass and see what his life could have been.

text: It is not said when they returned to him.

refinement: James Butler's wife and children returned to him. They sat at his ordinary dinner table and slept in their ordinary beds at night. This gave him some comfort, but it was an empty shell for every evening he would look at the other side of the glass and see what his life could have been.

answer: James Butler's wife and children returned to him after he was an old man. They sat at his ordinary dinner table and slept in their ordinary beds at night. This gave him some comfort, but it was an empty shell for every evening he would look at the other side of the glass and see what his life could have been. James Butler's wife and children are ghosts, and they return to him after his death.

answer: No answer


text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks, smashed down to the bottom by credit cards, coins, and more. This dollar represents something. It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1. Some people like to save dollars at home. Some people trust others to write down how many dollars they have and then lock them away in a big safe somewhere. I could probably find a way to use this dollar to make another dollar.. Two dollars. That would be a great plan except the amount of time/work it would take might not be worth it.. You know, the opportunity cost. I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

title: [NF] dollar bill

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The main characters of this story are the crumpled dollar and the person holding the dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand

answer: The narrator and the vending machine.

text: The vending machine is not a main character in the story

answer: The main character of the story is the person holding the crumpled dollar bill. Another main character is the vending machine which results in the person having no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: The vending machine is not a main character

refinement: The main character of the story is the person holding the crumpled dollar bill.

answer: The man who owns the $1.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand

answer: The narrator has no character.

text: The narrator is the character.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the dollar represent?

answer: Anything in the world he can acquire for the cost of $1.

text: . It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1.

answer: The dollar represents the ability to acquire any item for the cost of $1.

text: . It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1.

answer: Anything in the world that can be acquired for $1.

text: . It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1.

answer: The dollar represents potential purchasing power. It allows the holder to access anything for the cost of $1.

text: . It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1.

answer: Anything the narrator can earn with a dollar, or anything the narrator can earn with the value of the dollar

text: . It represents anything in the world, that I can acquire for the cost of $1.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What happened to the dollar when the protagonist used it on a vending machine?

answer: The vending machine ate it.

text: It seems the machine did not register my dollar.

answer: It didn't work.

text: It seems the machine did not register my dollar.

answer: The protagonist's dollar was not scanned by the vending machine, so the dollar was ultimately lost.

text: It seems the machine did not register my dollar.

answer: The dollar did not scan when the protagonist wanted it to be exchanged for a bag of chips.

text: It seems the machine did not register my dollar.

answer: The dollar was not properly registered at the vending machine, leaving the protagonist with no dollar and no purchase.

text: It seems the machine did not register my dollar.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

From the protagonist's POV, what is the best way to use the dollar?

answer: The best way to use the dollar is to exchange it for something with instant satisfaction such as a bag of chips.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction,

answer: His idea is to make the dollar earn him more money. He buys some food and eats.

text: Use it for immediate satisfaction

refinement: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction,

answer: The best way to use the dollar would be to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction. This typically means items or services that cost less than $1.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction,

answer: Exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction,

answer: Choosing the brand name chips.

text: Missing the main context that it is best for immediate satisfaction, therefore, he buys a bag of chips.

refinement: Choosing the brand name chips for immediate satisfaction.

text: You know, the opportunity cost. I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A man finds a long-forgotten $1 in his wallet and ponders what to do with it. After careful deliberation, he decides immediate satisfaction is the best way to use the $1 and uses it on a vending machine to buy chips. Upon inserting the dollar bill in the vending machine, nothing happens. He loses both his $1 and the chips (immediate satisfaction) he wanted to get.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks,

answer: The narrator looks down at a crumpled dollar bill in their hand. They decide that since it only costs $1, it should be used to buy something with immediate satisfaction. Unfortunately, the vending machine does not accept the dollar and the narrator ends up with nothing.

text: Needs 4 sentences

refinement: The narrator looks down at a crumpled dollar bill in their hand. They decide that since it is only $1, it should be used to buy something with immediate satisfaction. Unfortunately, the vending machine does not accept the dollar. So, the narrator ends up with nothing.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks,

answer: The narrator is ruminating on a dollar bill. He decides the best use for the $1 he has in his wallet is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so he heads to the vending machine across the hall. He scans his bill, but nothing happens when the machine doesn't register it. Now he has no dollar, leaving him with nothing he can get for a dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks,

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

answer: The narrator discerns they have a dollar they want to use at the vending machine, and they want to use it for something with immediate satisfaction. However, when the narrator puts the dollar in the vending machine, the dollars do not register as having been placed. The narrator is left with no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: Needs 4 sentences.

refinement: The narrator discerns they have a dollar. They want to use at the vending machine, and they want to use it for something with immediate satisfaction. However, when the narrator puts the dollar in the vending machine, the dollars do not register as having been placed. The narrator is left with no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks,

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

answer: The author reflects on a crumpled dollar bill in their wallet and realizes it represents anything in the world for the cost of $1. Their conclusion is the best way to use the dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction. However, the vending machine doesn't register the bill, leaving the author with no dollar and nothing worth $1.

text: Needs 4 sentences

refinement: The author reflects on a crumpled dollar bill in their wallet and realizes it represents anything in the world for the cost of $1. Their conclusion is the best way to use the dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction. However, the vending machine doesn't register the bill. The author is left with no dollar and nothing worth $1.

text: I think the best way to use this dollar is to exchange it for something with immediate satisfaction, so I walk to the vending machine across the hall, most of the items on display are more than $1, but I spot a bag of chips at the top left that are $1. I put the dollar in the machine, it scans the dollar. I make my selection, but nothing happens. It seems the machine did not register my dollar. Now I have no dollar and nothing worth a dollar.

text: I look down at the crumpled dollar bill in my hand. It’s been in my wallet for probably a few weeks,


text:
"SQUIRE! Fetch me my horse! I’m going out hunting!"

"Yes sire!"

Lousy, ungrateful, stupid bastard. Squire? Fucking squire? Jesus man you know my name, I’m Perry, like I tell you every fucking day. And don’t even get me started on the hunting. Hunting? Why don’t you just describe it accurately and call it seating your fat ass on the back of that poor sop of a horse and forcing it to canter round your shitty little forest, while you giggle with glee at the delightful experience of bouncing up and down. And all the while you’re accompanied by a large band of trumpeters, making absolutely sure every single animal with a brain has enough time to hear this ludicrous ensemble of idiocy, pack up its family, maybe have a small bite to eat and move the fuck away. Quite frankly, anything stupid enough to be caught by this moronic party had it coming. If the hunting party didn’t get them, an angry 6 year old with a small stick would’ve done the next morning.

But I’ve side-tracked. The more important debate here is how the fuck this man managed to become a knight. I’d call him stupid but that would be an insult to uneducated peons everywhere. He is his own class of stupid, so far down the IQ scale he may have broken into previously unexplored realms of negative IQ. Oh, you think I’m being mean? Maybe a bit overdramatic? Oh no no no. Let me explain. This is the man who, when getting out of a double bed, rolled over the wrong way to the other side of the bed and, rather than realise his mistake and either rolling the other way to escape the bed, or continuing his roll to reach the other side, shouted desperately for help, for he had lost the floor and was surely doomed. This is the man who picked up a sword from the wrong end and failed to understand his mistake. This is the man who put a helmet on his foot and complained when he couldn’t walk properly. Please understand, my master is genuinely something else. I’ve yet to theorise how he became a knight. Oh yes, his father was a knight and that grants him an easy ride to the role, but I am amazed that, after discovering that his son had the intelligence of a melon, his dear father hadn’t pushed him to follow an alternative career path, something more appropriate to his level like, ooh I don’t know, an early grave.

Too far? Perhaps. But you don’t have to serve under this infantile baboon. Every waking moment of my day is spent entertaining his every want and need, and oh boy does he have a lot of needs. Sometimes – and I wish I was joking – he struggles with wiping his own ass. Guess who gets that fantastic job? That’s right, Squire Perry, his faithful fucking assistant. Other highlights include: serving him his food; helping him eat his food; cleaning his food when he spills it on the floor, like the clumsy halfwit he is; cleaning his bed; cleaning his clothes; organising his equipment. Oh, and how could I forget, fetching his fucking horse when he wants to go on a fucking hunting expedition.

I should go, he might cry if he doesn’t get his bloody horse soon. Ooh, that is a tempting prospect... but no. It wouldn’t be obeying my fucking duty. I swear to fucking god. Pray for me, would you?

title: Perry [HF]

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the excerpt say about the stupidity of squire Perry's knight?

answer: Perry's knight is so stupid that he can't even get out of bed and roll to the other side. He is also too stupid to pick up a sword from the right end and put a helmet on his foot. He is also so stupid that he can't do basic tasks like wiping his own ass. He is also a moron who can't hunt.

answer: The knight is stupid. He can't even get out of a double bed without calling for help. He can't pick up a sword from the wrong end. He puts a helmet on his foot and complains when he can't walk properly. He can't wipe his own ass.

answer: Perry's knight is so stupid that he can't even get out of bed and roll to the other side. He is also too stupid to pick up a sword from the right end and put a helmet on his foot. He is also so stupid that he can't do basic tasks like wiping his own ass.


text:
[paris exercise ban]

France’s capital has banned daytime outdoor exercise while the rest of the country can continue (Picture: AFP)
All outdoor exercise between 10am and 7pm is now banned in the French capital after officials lost their patience with people ignoring social distancing rules.

Parisians were seen walking and jogging in groups in the city’s parks over the sunny weekend despite the threat of on-the-spot fines upwards of €135 (£120) for violating lockdown rules.

France has been under one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns for nearly a month, requiring everyone to have a printed form stating their reason for being outside every time they leave the home.

The rest of the country is still allowed out to exercise within half a mile of their address, shop for essentials, or see a doctor.

[French judoka (-66 kg category) Kilian Le Blouch (L) and his girlfriend French judoka Sarah Harachi train in the living room of their apartment on April 3, 2020, in Chatenay-Malabry, near Paris, on the 18th day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)]

A couple, both Olympic judo wrestlers, shared their home workouts in Paris (Picture: AFP)
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said the new rules would make people exercise ‘when the streets are generally at their quietest’.

France’s death toll has passed 10,000, the fourth-highest officially-reported figure after Italy, Spain and the US.

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The government’s health minister, Olivier Véran, said on Tuesday that the country is still in a ‘worsening phase of the epidemic’.

Spain, the second-worst hit country in Europe after Italy, has had an outright ban on outdoor exercise since its lockdown was introduced.

[A woman excercises on a bench on Pont des Arts in central Paris, early on April 8, 2020, as a new regulation is put into place asking people to practice their sports before 10:00 and after 19:00, on the 23thrd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - The city of Paris decided to regulate the hours of outdoors sports following a sunny and warm weekend that saw many citizens flouting the social distancing requirements put into place to curb the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)]

The daytime ban is intended to spread people’s outdoor time more evenly throughout the day (Picture:AFP)
An exception was granted for people walking their dogs, which led to a black market of pet-owners renting their animals out to others so they could go outside.

Parisians might now take inspiration from some of the viral social media clips showing the creative ways Spaniards have tried to maintain their fitness – such as gym classes delivered by an instructor on his roof to rows of people on balconies across the street.

Many countries in Europe are now plotting a course to end their lockdowns, and some have started easing restrictions.

People in the Czech Republic have had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one.

Some sports facilities such as tennis courts are now allowed to reopen as long as no more than two people play in a group, and shops selling certain non-essential goods will open from Thursday.

[Fitness instructor runs class from the middle of housing complex in Spain https://www.instagram.com/ursullinetv/ Picture: ursullinetv]

A fitness instructor in Spain ran classes from a rooftop (Picture: @sanosevillabermejales)
Denmark and Austria, which were two of the first European countries to go into lockdown, will start a slow exit from next week.

Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centres to open from April 14.

The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains, according to Reuters.

However, the plan assumes the pandemic will last through to 2021.

Disease experts in a number of countries have warned that, until a vaccine is developed, there may be no way to end the lockdown without the virus spreading again.

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question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about the motivation behind the exercise ban?

answer: The motivation behind the exercise ban is to make people exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest. The ban is also intended to spread people's outdoor time more evenly throughout the day.

answer: The ban was imposed to keep people from socializing in groups, since the coronavirus is highly contagious. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said this new regulation is intended to spread people's outdoor time evenly throughout the day.

answer: The ban was imposed to keep people from socializing in groups, since the coronavirus is highly contagious. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said this new regulation is intended to spread people's outdoor time evenly throughout the day. She wanted people to exercise when the streets are generally at their quietest.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about the response to the pandemic in nations besides France?

answer: Spain has an outright ban on outdoor exercise. The Czech Republic has had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one. Denmark and Austria will start a slow exit from next week. Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centers to open from April 14. The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains. The plan assumes the pandemic will last until 2021.

answer: Spain has an outright ban on outdoor exercise. The Czech Republic has had to wear facemasks outside at all times by law, but can from today leave home without one. Denmark and Austria will start a slow exit from next week. Denmark will reopen nurseries and primary schools from April 15, while Austria will allow small shops, DIY stores and garden centers to open from April 14. The German government has drawn up an action plan to phase in a step-by-step return to normality, including mandatory mask-wearing in public, limits on gatherings and the rapid tracing of infection chains.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the article say about the response to the pandemic in North American countries?

answer: The article doesn't talk about North American countries.

answer: No answer


text:
Two Houses.

Picture two houses across the street from one another. They looked perfectly normal and sturdy on the outside, but on the inside they were run down and falling apart. Inside of one lived a quiet and peaceful man, and in the other lived a beautiful and cheerful woman. Neither of them, however, liked being outside the confines of their own house.

One day, the peaceful man ventured across the street to the other house and was invited inside. The two strangers visited, shared laughs, told stories, and enjoyed the others company. At the end of the day, the man returned to his house.

The next day he visited again, but instead of talking, he started to slowly repair the inside of the run down house. When one of his repairs would break, he would immediately come over to fix the damage with a smile on his face. The two housekeepers became used to seeing one another each day, and eventually, the woman would come over to the man's house to visit. The woman noticed that his house looked much worse on the inside than hers, and started to sneak inside at night while he was asleep to make repairs. When the man would try to fix something himself, or repair damages to his own house, he would fail, and sometimes even make things worse. But the next morning,  he would notice that things would be fixed. This puzzled the man and he decided to ask the woman about it the next time she came over.

The next evening they spent together, he asked and she informed the man of what she had been doing, and the man asked why. She replied,
"Because people who show a caring and wholesome heart deserve to receive the same treatment they give to others." The man became confused.
          "But I am a shut in. Nobody gives to me, and I don't give to them. Why does somebody like me deserve somebody as wonderful as you?"

The woman put her hand on the man's shoulder and looked into his dark brown eyes. She noticed a hurt that had always seemed to hide beneath his smile, a sorrow that hadn't been revealed in a very long time. She said in a soft and gentle voice: "Somebody that prefers to be alone does not always prefer being lonely. There is always somebody who will care."

The two embraced, and the man sobbed and became limp in the woman's arms. Once he had calmed down, the woman kissed him on the cheek and returned to her house without saying a word.

The following morning, he noticed another man performing landscaping on her lawn, painting the outside of her house, and cleaning her patio. Each day the house would look more and more beautiful. He became sad that the woman had found somebody else to do her work, and started to loathe the landscaper that would beautify her house all the time.

The woman remained indoors all day, trying to make the interior of her house look as pleasant as the exterior. However, most of her attempts at repairs or renovation were disasters. The person she hired was no help, and was only after her money. She began to miss her neighbors company, along with his sturdy repairs and his gentle smile. As days went by, the man and woman thought about each other more and more, but never saw each other.

One afternoon, the woman heard her doorbell ring. Knowing it wasn't the landscaper she hired, she curiously approached the peephole of the door. Seeing that nobody was outside, she opened the door and looked for pranksters. Looking down, she saw a small, dirty looking tin with a bow neatly placed on top of it.

The interior of the unkempt tin was extravagantly decorated with soft velvet from top to bottom, and in the center laid a simple necklace with a key on it, resting on top of a small note. Putting the necklace on, she unfolded the small note and noticed little droplets of water on the page.

"You are the only one that can make it feel less empty. Please take care of it for me while I'm gone. I must go, but I will return one day."

After reading it the woman dropped to her knees, and tears started to form in her tightly shut eyes. For what seemed like years, she spent the next few months wishing the man would come back and going into his house to take care of it while he was gone. She noticed that every little thing she had done to the house remained unchanged, as if he never tried to correct the small mistakes she had made.

Eventually, the man returned. The woman was thrilled and filled with happiness, but also saddened by the fact that the man no longer came across the street to visit her. A few days after his return, she noticed he was packing his belongings into boxes. Fearing that he might move away, the woman mustered up the courage to go talk to the man.

"Why are you putting everything into boxes?" The woman asked.
    "Because," the man replied solemnly, "I am looking to create new memories and find a fresh start." The woman said nothing and returned to her house, slamming the door and fighting back tears.

The next morning, the man was loading his belongings into a moving truck when he saw a pile of boxes bigger than his own sitting in the woman's lawn. He walked across the street to the pile, and saw a note taped to one of the boxes.

"I will always love you, and I promise that I will always be next to you. No matter where we go."

The man's face turned into a broad smile, and he looked up to see the woman on her front patio, looking right back at him, the necklace glistening in the sunlight. She ran into his arms and they kissed for what felt like an eternity. The pair continued to load all of their belongings into the one moving truck, and left that very evening. Holding hands with his true love, the man looked into the rear view mirror to see the sun setting on the old, abandoned houses for the last time, and felt what was truly a pure happiness. An odd and relieving sensation washed over him like a tide, as he realized that he would never have to search for anything in his life, as long as he lived.

title: Some OC for you all to enjoy

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What are the reasons behind the peaceful man's continual visits to the cheerful woman's house?

answer: He enjoys her company so wishes to be there each day. He is also motivated to fix the things she wants fixed. Finally, and most recently, the woman has left him a note that she'll always be there, which means she's gone away, and they can go away together.

answer: He was curious about her. He also wanted to do repairs to her house.

text: Doesn't mention that he enjoys her company, prefers not feeling lonely.

refinement: He was curious about her. He enjoyed her company and she made him feel not lonely. He also wanted to do repairs to her house.

answer: He enjoys her company so wishes to be there each day. He is also motivated to fix the things she wants fixed.


text:
Perched on a steel beast of war, I pondered my own existence. A sergeant in the army, with a caring family and spouse, medals to my name and a desire to live. But how far did it go? How far can I run before I fall, and there is nobody there to pick me up? I wanted my memories to last forever. Lively, energetic, spirited: The men I commanded were my bread and butter. Valiantly serving under my order for 3 years prior to Operation Neptune, we held our lives in our rifles. I sat with them on our steel beast, waiting to be unloaded with the other men. How long did we have?

Huddled into a vehicle reminiscent to the Kraken himself, I became lost in thought. This strange plan, these peculiar men. Curled up amongst each other, ignorance of bliss, we stood shoulder by shoulder like lambs to the slaughter.

Dainty fingers dawdled on the triggers. Who was he? Who was he to take a life? Only the grateful had the heart to pull, and fire.

Eyes plunged backwards, body lurched forward. Crumpled to their knees. Fell to the trenches, writhing in the dirt, men howled in fits of pain.

Let the deceased roam the realms they no longer wanted to exist.

Waves trickled onto our clothes, soaking us from the inside out. The storm rose above our mortal toil; Mother Nature has no patience. Salty sea air tempted our nostrils of home and valour, but it did little to front the horrors on the beach. Gunfire ablaze, our Kraken approached the beachhead. This is true war. Fear, anger, pride, camaraderie, pain: a will to survive. Lead continued to find its way towards my men, but I convinced myself they could never hit me. Hot, piercing metal seared its way through the earth, which may as well have stood still, striking our position with brute inaccuracy. Inside the sudden silence, my superior barked those damn dreaded words.

I was told there was artillery inbound. No reinforcements. 30 seconds was all we had.

Mortar seemingly erupted from the crust, taking my men with it into the air. 3 of my men were taken in the first blast. They had aimed that one for my squad. These weren’t the first men to die with me, and certainly won’t be the last. More explosives inbound, and no clear way to escape. It didn’t look hopeless, just fatal. Another 2 fell down, injured, which is another pair of notches on my watch. The squad was starting to break down into fragments, and no longer sure who made it out, we tried to hide, run and fight.

Us, a ragtag group of soldiers, versus an entire German platoon. It was at this point we had all agreed to never be captured alive. We held our position over the lagoon, keeping our ground with joyful valence in the darkest hour. I took a step backwards, and promptly fell into the water. My men must have assumed I’d been hit, I didn’t see them again.

It seemed like I was floating gracefully for an eternity, and in my frenzy, I reasoned that I was hated by those I loved, and regrets filled my soul. It wasn’t death that did this; it was

war. I also reasoned that these would be my final emotions, my final tribute, to this earth, and I should cherish them. How would I know when I died? It faded to black long before I fell to my watery grave.

In my absence of consciousness, I was rescued by a British company steamrolling through the coastline, picking up survivors and POW’s alike. It appeared I was alive, and the luckiest one in the squad, according to those Brits. They would never be able to comprehend what I saw, and what I lost.

“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who
are willing to endure pain with patience.”

- Julius Caesar

(Any and all constructive criticism greatly recommended)

title: [HF] Epitome of War

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about which World War the narrator was in?

answer: The story does not mention the name of the war.

text: It is implied it is WWII because Operation Neptune is mentioned.

refinement: It is implied it is WWII because Operation Neptune is mentioned.

answer: No answer

answer: The story does not clearly specify which World War it is, but it appears it is the second World War, with the Kraken mentioned.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator is a sergeant in the army who commands a squad who guards the trenches of the beachhead. However, the narrator's men question the quality of their leader after losing several of their cohorts to enemy fire.

text: It is omitted that he is the only survivor. He was rescued by a British company steamrolling through the coastline, picking up survivors and POWs alike.

refinement: The narrator is a sergeant in the army who commands a squad that guards the trenches of the beachhead. However, the narrator's men question the quality of their leader after losing several of their cohorts to enemy fire. He is the only survivor. He was rescued by a British company steamrolling through the coastline, picking up survivors and POWs alike.

answer: The narrator is a sergeant in the army who commands a squad who guards the trenches of the beachhead. However, the narrator's men question the quality of their leader after losing several of their cohorts to enemy fire. The narrator is rescued by a British company steamrolling through the coastline, picking up survivors and POW’s alike.

answer: The narrator is a sergeant in the army with a caring wife, medals to his name, and a desire to live. He unsuccessfully tries to save his men in a desperate situation. As the ammo runs out and he has no way of escaping, he realizes that he might be the one who shall die. He resigns to the water, thinking that this will be his final tribute to this earth and he should cherish his final moments. He is eventually rescued and survives the war.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

How does the story reflect its theme?

answer: The story is about how a sergeant was thrown into a seemingly hopeless situation in which his platoon was outnumbered and no one survived. The story is told from his perspective as he reflects on his circumstances.

answer: The story is about how a sergeant was thrown into a seemingly hopeless situation in which his platoon was outnumbered and no one survived. The story is told from his perspective as he reflects on his circumstances. He is rescued from the ocean by the British company.

answer: The theme of the story is war. The story reflects the theme by describing the narrator's experience on the battlefield.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the sergeant's squad?

answer: The sergeant and his squad were waiting to be unloaded with the other men. They were huddled into a vehicle reminiscent to the Kraken himself. The sergeant became lost in thought. The squad was starting to break down into fragments. The squad was hit by artillery and the sergeant was the only one to survive.

answer: The sergeant's squad was preparing to be unloaded from their boat into the Kraken when the officer barked the dreaded words: he was told there was artillery inbound and no reinforcements. The sergeant's squad was helpless as the Germans rained down mortar shots on them and took out three of the men under his command in the first blast. Two of the men were injured, which was another pair of notches on the sergeant's watch. The squad was starting to break down into fragments and no one was sure who made it out.

answer: The sergeant and his squad were waiting to be unloaded with the other men. They were huddled into a vehicle reminiscent to the Kraken himself. The sergeant became lost in thought. The squad was starting to break down into fragments.