text:
   My soul has been cold for some time now.  My parents, fiancee,and I were in a fatal two car accident 15 years ago.  I was the only survivor; six other people died.  I lost it after that.  Nothing else mattered at all.  I spent a few years trying to drink and drug myself to death.  It didn't work.  I had a cold empty chill in my body that would not leave.  I began stealing, grafting, and hustling people just for something evil to do.  I had no conscience left.  No matter what I did, there was no feeling of remorse.  While hanging out in an Irish pub on the south side of Boston one afternoon, I was approached by a fellow drinking about doing a hit.  At first, I thought he was kidding or the booze was talking.  However, he told me he had heard about my con rackets around the neighborhood and that the Irish mobsters weren't too happy about it.  I needed to do this hit to make peace.  I thought, "What the fuck."  That's how I became a hit-man.

   I'll fast forward ten years.  I had become the primary hit-man for the Irish mob in the greater Boston area.  My severe lack of any soul or conscience made me a perfectly built killing machine.  In fact, I even got off on it in a way.  It seemed to help fill the empty hole in my life.  I know that may seem contradictory, but the loss of my loved ones changed me deeply.  It made me a monster.  Before I started killing for a living, I would stay awake for days dwelling on the reason why I survived the crash.  I could not come to terms with it.  Being a hit-man allowed me to sleep.  It removed me from my depression.  I had no remorse for the people I killed and I could care less if I got caught.  My life, nor anyone else's, had any meaning to me.  I was perfect.

   Yesterday, I met "One Thumb" McShane at Paddy's Pub.  He gave me the address and the last name of a guy I was to take care of.  The guy ran a deli in a mob controlled neighborhood.  He had stopped paying protection money and was rallying other shop owners to follow suit.  This could not continue.  "One Thumb" gave me $1500 up front and told me take care of it right away.  I nodded and ordered a double Bushmills.  I waited for darkness to set in and set out for the mark's house.

  The mark lived near the neighborhood I grew up in.  I rolled up in front of the old brownstone and I saw him through the dining room window.  He was a single guy.  I didn't have to worry about family members.  I cased the spot for an hour.  The scene looked ripe.  I grabbed my gun, stuck in my shoulder holster, and walked across the street.  He opened the door for me and had a look of surprise.  I asked, "Are you Mr. Brennan?"  He swallowed hard and said, "Yeah, what do you want."  I stared coldly at him for a moment.  I finally said, "Some folks are telling me you're not paying them some owed money.  They aren't too happy.  They want something done."  He wobbled a bit and braced himself against the kitchen table.  His nervousness gave me a rush.  He knew why I was there.  I asked, "What are we going to do about this Mr. Brennan?"  He cried, "Look man, my parents opened this deli 40 years ago.  If I pay the protection money, I can't afford to stay open.  FUCK!  I don't want to lose my family deli."  A memory came over me.  I softly said, "Brennan's Deli?  You're the Charlie Brennan from Perkin's Elementary?"  You grew up in this neighborhood?"  He looked up, stared at me for a minute, and asked, "Holy shit! Roman?"  I nodded and a wave of something I hadn't felt in a long time rushed over me.  I had some feelings come back.  They were raw and piercing.  I had buried them for so long.  Charlie had been a friend.

   When were in 5th grade, Charlie and I were walking home one evening.  Charlie was walking backwards so he could face me.  A car came screeching down the road and Charlie saw it swerving at us.  He yelled for me to get out of the way.  I slipped in some gravel and fell.  The car was speeding closer.  Charlie grabbed the hood of my jacket and pulled me between two parked cars; just as the car nicked my shoe.  I would have been killed that night if it weren't for Charlie.  I hadn't thought about that for a long time.  That was the first time I realized my own mortality.  When I was in the accident with my parents and fiancee, my mortality left me.  Seeing Charlie made me get a little of that back.  Had Charlie saved my life again?  I couldn't do what I had intended; not to Charlie.  I told him some of what had happened to me.  I told what he had given me back.  We talked for awhile.  The memories filled my head and dizzied me.

   After another hour of talking, I got up to leave.  Charlie was walking in front of me to get the door.  I took out my garrote and wrapped it tightly around Charlie's neck.  I drew him close to me.  I whispered in his ear, "You should have let me die that night Charlie.  I would never have had to live with the obscene emotional pain of that car accident.  I was supposed to die that night you bastard."  The life escaped his body and his legs fell limp.  The emptiness returned to my body.

title: [TH] The Accident

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

Why did the narrator feel that he couldn't kill Charlie?

answer: Neglecting the cash dealings, a case could be made for feeling some stronger connection to Charlie. He risked his life to save the narrator's before, so the latter is indebted to him (though at the time of the accident he was only 6 years old).

answer: The narrator felt unable to kill Charlie because he remembered some kindness that Charlie had done for him in the past. Even though the accident had made the narrator cold and emotionless, he remembered being friends with Charlie and experiencing feelings of joy and gratitude towards him. Killing Charlie would contradict all of the positive memories the narrator had of him, so he could not bring himself to do it.

answer: The narrator could not kill Charlie because he remembered what Charlie had done for him in a previous life-threatening circumstance. The narrator had closed off all his emotion following the fatal accident 15 years ago, but seeing his childhood friend had brought back some feeling and he could not end Charlie's life. Despite his most base desires and the emptiness he felt in his life as a hit-man, he could not take this final step.

answer: Because he knew Charlie. They had been friends. Charlie had saved him from being hit by a car in the fifth grade.

answer: The crash caused their detachment. Possibly he realized the debt he owed Charlie. Or it could be a combination.

text: I think this should include the type or magnitude of the debt.

refinement: The crash caused their detachment. Possibly he realized the debt he owed Charlie-Charlie had been kind and had saved his life. It could also be a combination.

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

Why did the narrator kill Charlie in the end?

answer: Charlie had been a friend but he saved his life in a car accident. Charlie had to die because the narrator had suffered too much in his childhood.

answer: The narrator told Charlie that it was because Charlie had saved his life and this was why he had had to live through the accident that killed his family and fiancee. But it may have been because Charlie was a professional killer and could not fail on a hit. Charlie has no conscience and hasn't had for years.

answer: The narrator killed Charlie because he had had such a deep emotional pain from the car accident 15 years ago. Even though Charlie had saved him once, he had no remorse for killing Charlie because he felt Charlie's life was not as valuable as his had been. The anger and emptiness returned to the narrator's body, filling up the hole he had been living with.

answer: He felt Charlie should have died in that accident to save him from all the pain and emotion he has been through since.

text: It's the opposite: he thinks Charlie should have let him die.

refinement: He felt Charlie should have let him die in that accident to save him from all the pain and emotion he has been through since.

answer: The narrator killed Charlie because he felt that it was Charlie's fault for him surviving the car accident that took his loved ones. The narrator had long felt empty and lost after the accident, but by killing Charlie, the emptiness returned.

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

Why was the narrator the perfect hitman?

answer: The narrator lacks any form of conscience or emotion, which makes him perfect for killing. Killing relieves him of his depression and allows him to sleep. The emptiness that remains in his life after losing his loved ones drives him to kill, even though it causes great emotional pain.

answer: He said his severe lack of any feeling about anything made him the perfect killing machine.

answer: The narrator had no conscience left, which allowed him to kill without remorse. His tragic past also left him without any emotion, which made him the perfect killer. The empty hole in his life was filled with killing and this allowed him peace of mind.

answer: The narrator has no conscience. He actually relishes the hits It helped him overcome depression and the questions as to why he survived the accident.

answer: They have no conscience or soul.

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

Why did the Irish mobsters want Charlie dead?

answer: He was refusing to pay protection money and was rallying the other shop owners to do the same.

answer: The Irish mobsters wanted Charlie dead because he had stopped paying protection money and was rallying other shop owners to follow suit.

answer: He stopped paying the protection money.

answer: The Irish mobsters wanted Charlie dead because he was rallying other shop owners to stop paying protection money. This would hurt their profits.

answer: It is not stated, but it might be because he refused to pay protection money to them.

question: Write a ~17 sentence summary.

answer:
Fifteen years ago, the narrator’s parents and fiancée died in an accident. He was the sole survivor. Six other people died. On that night so did his soul. He had no conscience. One day he was approached by a man who told him that the Irish mobsters weren’t happy with his con jobs. He could make amends by doing a hit.

Over ten years he became the main hitman for the Irish mob in the Boston area. He got off on the job. One day, the narrator was called to kill the owner of a deli in the area where he grew up. When he approached the man, he realized that they had been friends at school. In the fifth grade, Charlie Brennan, the hit, had saved the narrator’s life.

The narrator couldn’t kill Charlie. He told Charlie a bit about his life, told him what he had given back to him. The memories flooded his brain. After an hour of talking, he got up to leave. He wrapped a garotte around Charlie’s neck and told him that he should have let him die then he would have been saved the pain of the accident.

text: It should specify that the two men chatted amicably and then when Charlie got up to leave, the narrator killed him.

refinement:
Fifteen years ago, the narrator’s parents and fiancée died in an accident. He was the sole survivor. Six other people died. On that night so did his soul. He had no conscience. One day he was approached by a man who told him that the Irish mobsters weren’t happy with his con jobs. He could make amends by doing a hit.

Over ten years he became the main hitman for the Irish mob in the Boston area. He got off on the job. One day, the narrator was called to kill the owner of a deli in the area where he grew up. When he approached the man, he realized that they had been friends at school. In the fifth grade, Charlie Brennan, the hit, had saved the narrator’s life.

The narrator couldn’t kill Charlie. He told Charlie a bit about his life, told him what he had given back to him. The memories flooded his brain. After an hour of the two of them catching up, the narrator gets up to leave. He wrapped a garotte around Charlie’s neck and told him that he should have let him then he would have been saved the pain of the accident.

text: Charlie Brennan was not the hit in the fifth grade They were merely friends back then.

refinement:
Fifteen years ago, the narrator’s parents and fiancée died in an accident. He was the sole survivor. Six other people died. On that night so did his soul. He had no conscience. One day he was approached by a man who told him that the Irish mobsters weren’t happy with his con jobs. He could make amends by doing a hit.

Over ten years he became the main hitman for the Irish mob in the Boston area. He got off on the job. One day, the narrator was called to kill the owner of a deli in the area where he grew up. When he approached the man, he realized that they had been friends at school. In the fifth grade, Charlie Brennan,  who is not the deli owner and, potentially, the hit, had saved the narrator’s life.

The narrator couldn’t kill Charlie. He told Charlie a bit about his life, told him what he had given back to him. The memories flooded his brain. After an hour of talking, he got up to leave. He wrapped a garotte around Charlie’s neck and told him that he should have let him die then he would have been saved the pain of the accident.

answer:
My soul is icy cold. My soul is what the narrator feels when they hear their loss of their loved ones. Shortly after, the narrator tries to drug and drink themselves to death, but it doesn’t work. While being approached by someone to perform a hit, he gets involved with the Irish Mob. Day by day, he does more.

The narrator talks of feelings, and partying with Charlie Brennan. With Charlie was a Mr. Brennan. The story quickly moves to the killing of Mr. Brennan.

Mr. Brennan and the narrator are obviously in a similar situation, as they are both named Brennan. Mr. Brennan says he has no option but to pay the protection money as he has a family deli to run.

text: The first two sentences stick out as being oddly first-person.

refinement:
 His soul is what the narrator feels when they hear their loss of their loved ones. Shortly after, the narrator tries to drug and drink themselves to death, but it doesn’t work. While being approached by someone to perform a hit, he gets involved with the Irish Mob. Day by day, he does more.

The narrator talks of feelings, and partying with Charlie Brennan. With Charlie was a Mr. Brennan. The story quickly moves to the killing of Mr. Brennan.

Mr. Brennan and the narrator are obviously in a similar situation, as they are both named Brennan. Mr. Brennan says he has no option but to pay the protection money as he has a family deli to run.

text:
This summary neglects to bring into the fray the plotline in favor of a lot of extraneous information conveyed through unnecessarily flowery wording. A summary does not require that much detail but it does require an outline of the plot.
It needs to state the occupation of the narrator, how they ended up that way, why they wandered into the deli that day, whom they were surprised to meet, and why they killed the guy despite their rapport.

refinement: His soul is what the narrator feels when they hear their loss of their loved ones. Shortly after, the narrator tries to drug and drink themselves to death, but it doesn’t work. While being approached by someone to perform a hit, he gets involved with the Irish Mob. One day he's stopping by a deli to collect protection money for the mob and as the man at the counter explains he doesn't have it, the narrator suddenly recognizes him as Charlie Brennan, a former classmate and friend who saved him from being hit by a speeding car. Years later, his parents and fiance would die in a car wreck, which, says the narrator, killed his soul. The narrator and Charlie chat for an hour and then the narrator kills Charlie, saying Charlie should have let him die that day-presumably to spare him the pain he'd face later in life.

answer:
The narrator was a survivor of a car accident in which he lost his people. He sought to take his life in various ways, but he couldn't. 15 years into being a survivor, he would hear about a hit and be engaged in it. He became very good at it and used it to fill the void.

He met One Thumb McShane who gave him a job. He was tasked to kill a girl's dad. Charlie turned out to be the girl's father. They forge a connection again. The narrator silence Charlie with his garrote.

text: This needs to outline the steps of his life and the story. This is so vague. The story is not. It needs to state the occupation of the narrator, how they ended up that way, why they wandered into the deli that day, whom they were surprised to meet, and why they killed the guy despite their rapport.

refinement:
The narrator was a survivor of a car accident in which he lost his people. He sought to take his life in various ways, but he couldn't. 15 years into being a survivor, he inadvertently, then intentionally, became a hitman.

One day,he was tasked to collect protection money from a deli owner, but found the guy was an old friend who, when they were kids, had saved the narrator from a car. This was before the narrator had his fiance and parents ripped from him in another car accident. The old friend-Charlie-thinks he's gotten out of the protection payment because he and the narrator have been catching up for an hour, but as he leaves, Charlie comes behind him with a garrote, and kills him, saying he should have let him die back then. That way, the narrator would have never gone through the pain and suffering that led to his becoming a hitman without a soul.

answer: After being in a fatal car accident 15 years ago, the main character became completely numb and started killing people. A former friend recognized him and they had a talk. The main character decided killing his old friend was wrong, however, he ultimately ended up garroting Charlie anyway. He re experiences the pain of the car accident, realizing what Charlie had given him and now finds himself once again without emotion and emptiness in his life.

text: It needs to state the occupation of the narrator, how they ended up that way, why they wandered into the deli that day, whom they were surprised to meet, and why they killed the guy despite their rapport.

refinement: After being in a car accident that took his parents and his fiance 15 years ago, the main character became completely numb and ended up becoming a hitman with the Irish mob. One day he's ordered to visit a deli and collect protection money the owner's been withholding, but is surprised to find that the owner is an old schoolyard friend who once saved his life. They chat amicably, but then, when Charlie, the old friend, likely feels safe, the narrator kills him with a garrote, saying Charlie should have let him die when he had the chance. The narrator would have rather died way back then than to end up with the trauma of loss that led him to his current occupation.

answer: After a fatal car accident fifteen years ago, the protagonist lost all feeling or emotion. He turns to being a hit-man in order to feel something again. He was paid to kill a deli owner who had stopped paying protection money to the mob and he ended up killing his childhood friend Charlie in a moment of nostalgia. The assassination reinstates the cold emptiness within him.

text: I added what happened in the car accident and then referenced it when the narrator kills Charlie. I also replaced the word "protagonist" with "narrator".

refinement: After a fatal car accident that took his fiance and parents fifteen years ago, the narrator lost all feeling or emotion. He becomes a hit-man in order to feel something again. He is ordered to kill a deli owner who had stopped paying protection money to the mob but when he realizes Charlie is an old friend who once saved his life, they chat amicably for a while. However, the narrator still kills Charlie, saying Charlie should have let him die years ago to at least spare the narrator from the pain he would endure. The assassination reinstates the cold emptiness within him.


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text:
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image captionSwitzerland is famous for its frequent referendums

THE RESULT OF A NATIONWIDE REFERENDUM HAS BEEN OVERTURNED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN SWITZERLAND'S HISTORY.

The poll, held in February 2016, asked the country's voters whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax.

Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8% against and 49.2% in favour.

But the supreme court has now voided the result on the grounds that voters were not given full information, and the vote must be re-run.

The information provided to the electorate was "incomplete" and therefore "violated the freedom of the vote", the court ruled.

Switzerland's direct democracy system frequently allows citizens to take part in decision-making.

During the referendum campaign, the Swiss government told voters just 80,000 of married couples were paying more tax than couples living together.

The true figure was almost half a million, the government later said.

media captionHow a Swiss referendum denied women the right to vote in 1959

"Keeping in mind the close result and the severe nature of the irregularities, it is possible that the outcome of the ballot could have been different," the court's statement says.

The Christian Democratic Party lodged an appeal against the result in June 2018, disputing the accuracy of the government's statistics.

Welcoming the court's decision, the party said the ruling was a "boost for the political rights of Swiss voters".

In contrast, those who oppose the ruling argue it could undermine Switzerland's political system, paving the way for frivolous appeals against referendums.

Under the Swiss system of direct democracy, a proposal needs 100,000 signatures before going to a referendum.

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question: Why did voters reject the proposal?

answer: The proposal was rejected because the government provided incomplete information to the electorate.

text: This response is not related.

text: Answer missing.

refinement: They argue that the ruling could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: The voters rejected the proposal because they were not given full information.

text: This response is not related.

text: Answer missing

refinement: They believe that the ruling could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: The proposal was rejected because the information provided to the electorate was incomplete, and therefore did not give voters a full picture of the proposal.

text: This response is not related.

text: Missing answer.

refinement: Those who rejected the proposal believe that the ruling could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: They believe equal taxes could undermine Switzerland's political system.

question: What is the voting process in Switzerland?

answer: In Switzerland, citizens are able to vote on proposals put forward in referendums. In order for a proposal to be put to a referendum, it must have 100,000 signatures.

answer: Information can't be found.

text: This information can be found in the article.

refinement: Switzerland's direct democracy system allows the citizens to take part in decision-making. With this system, for a proposal to become a referendum, it needs 100,000 signatures.

answer: The Swiss system of direct democracy allows citizens to take part in decision-making.

text: It is omitted that a proposal can be put to a referendum.

refinement: The Swiss system of direct democracy allows citizens to take part in decision-making. For a proposal to be put to the referendum it needs 100,000 signatures.

answer: The voting process in Switzerland is a direct democracy system.

text: It is omitted that a proposal can be put to a referendum.

refinement: The voting process in Switzerland is a direct democracy system. A proposal can be put to a referendum if it gets 100,000 signatures.

question: Why were married couples paying more tax than couples just living together?

answer: The Swiss government told voters just 80,000 of married couples were paying more tax than couples living together.

text: This response is not related.

text: Missing answer.

answer: The government told voters that only 80,000 married couples were paying more tax than couples living together. The true figure was almost half a million.

text: This response is not related.

text: Missing answer.

answer: The proposal was rejected because married couples were paying more tax than couples who were just living together. This was due to the fact that the government had provided incomplete information to voters, which was later overturned by the supreme court.

text: This response is not related.

text: Missing answer.

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Why do most people oppose the ruling?

answer: Most people oppose the ruling because they believe it could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: Most people oppose the ruling because they believe it could undermine Switzerland's political system, making it too easy for frivolous appeals against referendums.

answer: Those who oppose the ruling argue it could undermine Switzerland's political system, paving the way for frivolous appeals against referendums.

answer: They believe it could undermine Switzerland's political system, paving the way for frivolous appeals against referendums.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Swiss government has been ordered to re-run a referendum on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax.

text: It is omitted that why the votes needed to be re-run.

refinement: The Swiss government has been ordered to re-run a referendum on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. The first result was voided on the basis that the voters were not given full information.

text: What the opposers of the rule believe has been omitted.

refinement: The Swiss government has been ordered to re-run a referendum on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. The first result was voided on the basis that the voters were not given full information. The opponents of the ruling believe that it could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: The result of a nationwide referendum on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax has been overturned by the Swiss supreme court. The court ruled that the information provided to voters was "incomplete" and the vote must be re-run. Opponents of the ruling argue that it could undermine Switzerland's political system.

answer: The Swiss government has overturned a referendum result for the first time in modern history. The referendum asked voters whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. The government told voters that only 80,000 married couples were paying more tax than couples living together. The true figure was almost half a million.

answer: In 2016, there was a poll held on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8% against and 49.2% in favor. Those who opposed the ruling believe it could undermine Switzerland's political system.

text: It is omitted that the voting was declared void.

refinement: In 2016, there was a poll held on whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8% against and 49.2% in favor. The voting was declared void on the grounds that the voters were not provided complete information. Those who opposed the ruling believe it could undermine Switzerland's political system.


text:
--Wrote this half asleep last night. Please ignore the atrocious grammar e.e"--

Ashley sat her desk and stared at her high school  history book.

“Ugh. Two more years of this crap.” She groaned as she laid her head in her hands. The wooden chair squeaked when she got up to refill her empty glass with more sweat tea. It had been 6 months since her mother was found dead in the bedroom down the hall. They ruled it an accidental over dose, a mix of old and new medications. It really didn’t make sense considering she was only taking two medicines, one for her heart and the other for strange delusions she started having a few months before. She claimed the house was haunted and there was a man that talked to her every night and wanted her to be with him.

The beautiful two story farm house was built in the mid 1700’s by a farmer for his family that had 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. A giant screened in semi wrap around porch with an added outdoor barbecue area her dad built a couple years ago, is where Ashley and her parents spent most of their time.   After her mom died, Ashley’s dad picked up an extra job and was rarely home anymore leaving her alone a lot. Random friends and family would come to check on her here and there but mostly it was a couple hours of awkward silence then a made up excuse for why they had to leave. Instead of just saying it creeps them out to be in a house a person died in.

The teen poured her tea then sat cross legged  on the counter by the stove with the pitcher beside her. With only the dim glow of the clock on the stove, she sat in the dark as she listened to the crickets and whipper wills through the closed kitchen window. She imagined the summer nights her and her mother spent in the hammock outback together under the Oak trees. They used to count the stars and make their own constellations or count the craters on the moon. Her phone broke her flashback by singing her ringtone and she hopped of the counter, put the pitcher up, grabbed her glass then headed up the wooden spiral stair case.  Her boyfriend of 5 years usually called her about this time on his way home from work to check on her and  if she didn’t answer he would come over and use the key she gave him on the side door.

When she reached the top of the steps something caught her eye making her stop in the middle of the hallway and stare at the bedroom down the hall. The door was cracked which was odd because her dad forbid anyone go in there and installed a bolt on it. No even he has been in there since her mom died. Her heart raced a little and her phone stopped ringing then started again. She sprinted towards her door spilling some tea on the way and slammed her  door shut while also locking it. Her cell phone was on her desk across the room but she could read the name on it clearly, Mom.

At this point she dropped her tea glass and covered her mouth with her hands. Her phone stopped ringing but she just stared at it. She didn’t know what to think or even what to do. After a few seconds she launched herself to her desk, snatched her phone up and dialed her boyfriends number. It rang and rang and then a voice answered.

“Ashley?” It was a woman’s voice; her mothers voice. She sounded tired and weak as she spoke but Ashley couldn’t reply. Her body was gripped in fear, confusion, and anger was eating at her. She couldn’t believe Tim would play such a prank on her.
“Who is this?! This isn’t funny!” She screamed and cried into the phone.
“Ashley, the door is open for you. Come see me.” Her voice was heard through the phone as well as through Ashley’s door. She stared at her bedroom door unable to move or even breathe. The handle on her door started to turn and then it flew open, but, there was no one there. She looked at her phone but there was only her lock screen, as if there was never a call. Slowly, with her whole body shaking, she walked to her open door and peered out of it to the room down the hall. The bedroom door was open wider now and she could see an outline of something in the doorway with the faint light of the moon through the window in there. Ashley gripped her phone to her chest as she ventured down the hallway, scared completely out of her mind, yet un able to control her body. The outline got clearer the closer she got and she could tell it was the man her mother always talked about. He smiled a smile of pointed teeth  and glowing eyes before he lunged towards her, passing through her body. She felt her breath leaving her body and heard her mothers voice whispering to her.
“Now we will always be together.”
As everything faded into darkness she could here Tim yelling her name from the kitchen; but she would never see him again.

title: [MS] The man down the hall

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

What made Ashley's house especially lonely?

answer: Her mother died there, leaving her alone. Her father was rarely home and when he was, he forbade anyone to enter the bedroom where her mother died. She was also left alone because her friends and family were creeped out by the house.

text: The response doesn't mention why everyone was creeped out by the house.

refinement: Her mother died there, leaving her alone. Her father was rarely home and when he was, he forbade anyone to enter the bedroom where her mother died. She was also left alone because her friends and family were creeped out by the house as a person died there.

answer: Her mother died there, leaving her alone. Her father was rarely home and when he was, he forbade anyone to enter the bedroom where her mother died.

text: The response doesn't answer why the house remained lonely. It doesn't talk about people being creeped out by the house as a person died there.

refinement: Her mother died there, leaving her alone. Her father was rarely home and when he was, he forbade anyone to enter the bedroom where her mother died. Everyone who came to visit left early because they felt creeped out by the place, making the place lonely.

answer: Her father was busy working extra hours.

text: The response doesn't talk about how people don't stay for long at Ashley's house after her mom's death there as they get creeped out by the place.

refinement: Her father was busy working extra hours. Her mom died in the house. As a result, all friends and relatives who visited her never stayed for long as they got creeped out by the house where a person died.

answer: Her father was busy working extra hours, and her mother had died in the house.

text: The response doesn't talk about how everyone else who visited Ashley left quickly as they got creeped out by the house as a person died there.

refinement: Her father was busy working extra hours, and her mother had died in the house. All those who came to visit her house also left early as they got creeped out by the fact that a person died there.

answer: Her mother died and her father was often away from home.


text:
They’re Coming

My name is David Johnson, Sargent Johnson, and I’ll never forget the day it all went down, the day it collided with Earth. We had a century to plan for this one asteroid, barely 100 km wide, but only the rich saved themselves, went off to their ships and left us all here to die. They promised the military refuge, but when the asteroid came sooner than expected, they just turned tails and ran. For the last 2 years, I’ve been searching for survivors along with my squadron and what we found isn’t what we expected nor is it pleasing. The outside world is a wasteland devoid of life… until now.
While patrolling the perimeter we heard a small cry. When we found the source we were surprised by a small girl around 12 who looked confused and scared. We helped her up and took her to our base. Along the ride she started mumbling incomprehensible sounds and when we tried calming her she just blurted “They’re coming” and fell unconscious.
Subsequently, we stabilized her and let sleep overcome her. Then my squad and I started talking, thinking who this girl was, how had she survived, and most importantly what she meant by “They’re coming”. Of course the latter gave us all the creeps, although nobody openly admitted it. That was, after all, what the military was all about; showing strength and hiding weakness no matter what the situation presented.
When she finally woke up, we stared at her with expectant eyes and after an unbearable minute she got the cue and started explaining, to be honest, it’s not what any of us expected.
“They’re coming, we have to run.” She said in a normal fashion.
“Who the hell’s coming!” At that point, I’d lost my temper and started screaming at her.
“The ones who did this to us and the only ones who escaped it,” she exclaimed as she pointed towards the wasteland that lay behind us. Her words stinging and leaving a bitter taste in the back of our mind.
The same people who had promised to save us were the same people who set doom upon us. I was startled and couldn’t believe her words, didn’t want to believe her words. I mean, the scientist said an asteroid was coming, but a little push to it would explain why it came sooner, and according to this girl that little push was made by the rich folks. After a while of trying to explain to myself how it was possible since I couldn’t find any other explanation, she continued to talk:
“There’s a way to stop them,”
“Why would we?” I questioned, “We barely know you and now you’re asking us to stop an imaginary enemy who might or might not come here to destroy what’s left of us.”
“If you don’t believe me look outside,”
Just to prove her wrong, I walked through the door and took a peek outside. In the middle of the wasteland, I saw a single human figure just staring at us as if waiting for something. Then... all hell broke lose. As it came charging towards the encampment at an unnatural speed sirens started blaring to announce the base was on high alert. We grabbed our weapons and prepared for battle. Since we couldn't trust anyone, we started firing when it got within firing range. The bullets clashed against his skin, but it didn’t even flinch.
“I told you so,” I heard from behind me. It was the girl again.
“Would you shut the f-,” I retorted but, before I could finish she proceeded to use her arm as blades that went right through my upper torso, and with a vicious smile she pushed even farther until I could see the blood dripping off her fists.
“They’re coming.”
 Those were the last words I heard before darkness embraced me.

title: [SF] They're Coming

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

Summarize the story's twist ending.

answer: The small girl that the narrator and his squad found at the beginning of the story says that the ones who had promised to save them were the ones who set the doom upon them. Then, she kills the narrator. The girl is actually an alien.

text: It's not totally clear if the girl is an alien. It would be better to use speculative terms or note she has special powers.

refinement: The small girl that the narrator and his squad found at the beginning of the story says that the ones who had promised to save them were the ones who set the doom upon them. Then, she kills the narrator. The girl may be an alien, as she uses her arms as blades.

answer: The small girl that the narrator and his squad found at the beginning of the story says that the ones who had promised to save them were the ones who set the doom upon them. Then, she kills the narrator.

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

Summarize everything related to the girl.

answer: The girl is found by the narrator and his squad when they are patrolling the perimeter. She is around 12 years old and looks confused and scared. The narrator and his squad help her up and take her to their base. The girl starts mumbling incomprehensible sounds and when they try calming her she just blurts "They're coming" and falls unconscious. The girl wakes up and explains that the ones who did this to them and the only ones who escaped it are coming. She tells them that there is a way to stop them. The girl uses her arm as blades and kills the narrator.

answer: The girl is found by the narrator and his squad when they are patrolling the perimeter. She is around 12 years old and looks confused and scared. The narrator and his squad help her up and take her to their base. The girl starts mumbling incomprehensible sounds and when they try calming her she just blurts "They're coming" and falls unconscious. The girl wakes up and explains that the ones who did this to them and the only ones who escaped it are coming. She tells them that there is a way to stop them. The girl uses her arm as blades and kills the narrator.

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

What does the story say about the narrator's family?

answer: No answer

answer: The story does not mention anything about the narrator's family.

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

What does the story say about the state of the earth?

answer: The asteroid that collided with the earth was only 100 km wide. The rich people left the rest of the population to die. The world outside the base is a wasteland devoid of life.

answer: The asteroid that collided with the earth was only 100 km wide. The rich people left the rest of the population to die. The world outside the base is a wasteland devoid of life. The girl claimed that the rich people who left are the ones who destroyed the world.

answer: The asteroid collided with Earth two years prior to the story. The military had a century to plan for this event, but they left the people to die. The asteroid came sooner than expected, and the rich people who were supposed to save the military ran away. The world is now a wasteland devoid of life.


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SVEN ERIC GAMSKY, also known under the stage name STILL WOOZY, is an American singer/songwriter from Oakland, California.[1][2] His music is released through the record label Still Woozy Productions Inc., under exclusive license to Interscope Records.[3] Gamsky grew up in Moraga, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began recording his own music at the age of 13.[4]

NME has described his style as “psychedelic bedroom-pop”,[5] while _IQ_ sees it as “genre-bending”.[6]

Early life

Sven Gamsky was born on June 23, 1992, in Oakland, California, and grew up in Moraga, California. He is the youngest of three sons born to Dr. Tom and Berit (Fuglsang) Gamsky, and has two older brothers, Nate and Sam.[7] Sven started playing the guitar when he was in middle school.

All three of the Gamsky brothers became Eagle Scouts. Sven was a part of Moraga Boy Scout Troop 212, in which his service project toward becoming an Eagle Scout involved remodeling a garden area at Donald L. Rheem Elementary School in Moraga. The East Bay Times reported in 2010 upon his achievement of Eagle Scout that “Sven plans to travel and volunteer after high school, and eventually study psychology in college.”[8]

Sven Gamsky attended Campolindo High School in Moraga, graduating in 2010. While in high school, he played guitar and bass in the band “Shoot for Roots”, a band he created with fellow bandmates and classmates Cole Leksan and Jack Morris. At the beginning of their senior year, “Shoot for Roots” won a Battle of the Bands competition hosted by the Lamorinda Teen Center. They had initially come to a tie with a band called IceBox Business from rival high school, Miramonte High School, but fans from Campolindo High broke the tie by cheering louder for Gamsky's band with a recording of 116 decibels.[9]

Career

After high school, Gamsky earned money by teaching guitar in the Oakland area and playing with the band Feed Me Jack at jazz clubs, festivals, and orchestra halls. He graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2015, majoring in music with a classical guitar emphasis, and minoring in electronic music.[10]

From 2011 to 2016, Gamsky was in the alternative rock/math rock band Feed Me Jack, [11][12] which released four albums before disbanding, on good terms, in 2016 for members to individually pursue their careers in music. [13][14] The following year Gamsky released a single, “Cooks”, under the stage name Still Woozy,[15][16] stating that he chose the name because of his spaced-out nature.[17] As Still Woozy, Gamsky has released an EP and several singles,[18] for which Ami Cooks created the album covers, and four music videos, the first of which was released in 2017.[19][20] Gamsky prefers to release music as soon as possible and will sometimes release a song on the same day he has finished making it.[21]

A 2020 tour, which would have had 31 performances starting in May and ending in September, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

Discography

With Feed Me Jack

-   _Chumpfrey_ (2012)
-   _Anatolia_ (2013)
-   _Covers_ (2015)
-   _Ultra Ego_ (2016)

As Still Woozy

-   _Lately_ EP (2019)

Singles

-   “Vacation” (2017)
-   “Cooks” (2017)
-   “Wolfcat” (2017)
-   “Goodie Bag” (2017)
-   “Lucy” (2018)
-   “Habit” (2019)[23]
-   “Window” (2020)[24][25]
-   “BS” (2020)[26]

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title: Still Woozy

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

Why does Still Woozy (Gamsky) release his music as soon as possible?

answer: He prefers to release music as soon as possible and will sometimes release a song on the same day he has finished making it.

text: The answer conveys the same information in the question, without clarifying that the article doesn't offer reasons.

refinement: He prefers to release music as soon as possible and will sometimes release a song on the same day he has finished making it. However, the article doesn't elucidate why.

answer: Because he likes to release songs as soon as possible and will sometimes release a song on the same day he has finished making it.

answer: He releases music as soon as possible because he prefers to release music as soon as possible.


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_THE SECRET POLICEMAN_[1] is a documentary about an undercover reporter that reveals racism among police recruits in Manchester, England. It was screened by the BBC in October 2003. It was filmed by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist, who joined the Greater Manchester Police Service and spent several months undercover at the Bruche National Training Centre in Warrington, Cheshire. He filmed episodes of racist behaviour among some recruits and their trainers.

Bruche National Training Centre

Bruche National Training Centre, Warrington, Cheshire, was operational between 1946 and May 2006. The facility provided initial training to new police officers.

Police training

In 2002, a “Training Matters Report” by Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary (HMI) indicated that police training was not fit for purpose.[2] The principal concern of the report was that police officers were not given enough training regarding the policing of diverse communities.[3] The report was influenced by the findings of the “Macpherson Report”.[4] The training of police officers had already begun a restructuring process prior to the broadcast of _The Secret Policeman._ The documentary sparked further restructuring which led to the Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP), which was implemented by the Home Office in April 2005.[5]

Macpherson Report

The initial scope of the Macpherson inquiry was the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. However, it later expanded into a broader examination of racism within the police service, defining the term “institutional racism” as “the collective failure of an organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people”.[6]

The documentary

On 27 January 2003, Mark Daly, an undercover journalist, joined the Greater Manchester Police Service (GMP) to investigate racism within the police service.[7] In the previous year, the Chief Constable had said that his police force was “institutionally racist”.[8] Most of the filming was completed during fifteen weeks of training at Bruche and it exposed racism among some of the police officers.[9] PC Rob Pulling from North Wales Police was captured on film stating that Stephen Lawrence “deserved it”, his parents were “spongers” and that the murders granted “diplomatic immunity”. He further stated that he would, “bury an Asian under the train track”.[10] Additionally, he wore a pillowcase over his head and pretended to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan.[11] Furthermore, he admitted to engaging in an unprovoked attack on an Asian man.[12] In addition to PC Pulling, the other police officers exposed during the filming were PC Keith Cheshire, North Wales Police,[13] PC Andy Hall, PC Carl Jones, PC Tony Lewin, PC Adrian Harrison, PC Andy Turley, GMP, and PC Steve Salkeld, Cheshire Police.[14] On 21 October 2003, the documentary was broadcast and made national headlines.[15] David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, and various senior police officers condemned the racist behaviour of the police officers exposed as a result of the documentary.[16] However, there were criticisms about the use of undercover journalism to study the topic.[17]

Resignations

After the broadcast, ten police officers resigned, twelve police officers were disciplined and three police trainers were removed from their positions.[18]

Arrest of Mark Daly

Mark Daly continued as a police officer after his training at Bruche, and worked at the Hazel Grove Police Station in Stockport.[19] In August 2003, GMP received an anonymous tip-off about the documentary[20] and he was arrested on his way to work.[21] The GMP accused him of “obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception” because he had claimed a police-constable salary whilst working undercover.[22] The Crown Prosecution Service found that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the prosecution.[23]

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title: The Secret Policeman

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

What does the story say about making the documentary The Secret Policeman?

answer: The documentary was made by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist. He spent several months undercover at the Bruche National Training Centre in Warrington, Cheshire and filmed episodes of racist behavior among some recruits and their trainers.

text: It is omitted that the movie is screened in 2003 and that Dalyhe joined the Greater Manchester Police Service.

refinement: The documentary was made by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist who joined the Greater Manchester Police Service. He spent several months undercover at the Bruche National Training Centre in Warrington, Cheshire, and filmed episodes of racist behavior among some recruits and their trainers. The documentary is screened in 2003.

answer: The Secret Policeman is a documentary about an undercover reporter who reveals racism among police recruits in Manchester, England. It was screened by the BBC in October 2003. It was filmed by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist, who joined the Greater Manchester Police Service and spent several months undercover at the Bruche National Training Centre in Warrington, Cheshire. He filmed episodes of racist behavior among some recruits and their trainers.

answer: The documentary was made by Mark Daly, an investigative journalist. He spent several months undercover at the Bruche National Training Centre in Warrington, Cheshire and filmed episodes of racist behavior among some recruits and their trainers. The documentary was screened by the BBC in October 2003.

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

What does the story say about crime statistics in the UK?

answer: No answer

answer: No answer


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Washington (CNN)Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at campaign manager Brad Parscale over his predictions of a much larger crowd than the one that turned out at the Tulsa rally Saturday night, according to a Trump campaign source.

"Jared and Ivanka are pissed at Brad over promising on crowd size," the source said.

A spokesperson for Kushner later Sunday said it's "false" that they are upset with Parscale. And Parscale declined to comment for this story.

President Donald Trump and his allies had ginned up expectations for a massive crowd in the days leading up to the rally, with campaign officials telling CNN that more than 1 million people had registered to attend and one local official stating they expected 100,000 to show up near the arena. Parscale had touted the numbers himself on Twitter last Monday.

Those crowds didn't appear Saturday, leading the campaign to abruptly abandon plans for the President to speak to an "overflow" area outside the arena. Just fewer than 6,200 people attended, the Tulsa Fire Department said Sunday. And six campaign staffers in Tulsa tested positive for coronavirus -- a revelation that reportedly caused Trump to erupt when the reports overtook coverage of the rally itself.

[Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse]

A separate campaign source said Trump also "has every right to be pissed" over the turnout in Tulsa.

"They gave adversaries and media a gift. It was overconfidence," the source said of Parscale and other campaign staffers close to the planning of the event.

Campaign officials should rethink the idea of holding rallies inside arenas and begin contemplating more open-air venues like aircraft hangars, the source continued.

Donors and friends of the President also have been fuming Sunday in the wake of Trump's poorly-attended rally, a person involved with the reelection effort told CNN.

The person said blame from this camp has focused squarely on Parscale, of whom some had already been skeptical. But some donors and allies feel the rally debacle — in which the campaign made a decision to inflate expectations about enthusiasm for the rally rather than manage them at a reasonable level — threw into sharp relief the existing management problems on the campaign, the person said.

"What happened last night is representative of a much bigger problem," the person noted.

As CNN has reported, some Republicans working with the campaign had grown concerned that the reelection team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape ahead of November — with the global pandemic and national movement for racial justice continuing to tilt the race away from the one campaign aides were initially planning to run.

In the hours following the rally, Parscale took to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors -- such as the media, protests and blocked security gates. He also pushed back on the suggestion that a coordinated effort encouraging people to register online and not show up in the days leading up to the rally could have played a role in turnout.

Another campaign adviser summed up the evening by saying "it went poorly."

Parscale was already under pressure inside the Trump campaign, the adviser said, as the President has occasionally expressed disappointment in his performance over the last several weeks.

Parscale is facing a "decline of confidence," from Trump's inner circle, the adviser added.

"Kellyanne (Conway), (Paul) Manafort and Corey (Lewandowski) never had rally size issues," the adviser said of Trump's former campaign managers.

_This story has been updated with additional developments._

CNN's Jamie Ehrlich contributed to this report.

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

Summarize both sides of the argument concerning Brad Parscale.

answer: According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. According to a separate campaign source, Trump is "pissed" about the turnout. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors. Parscale has been under pressure inside the Trump campaign, the adviser added.

text: The first two sentences express the same sentiment.

refinement: According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors. Parscale has been under pressure inside the Trump campaign, the adviser added.

text: The pressure on Parscale is mentioned twice in the answer.

refinement: According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors.

text: The answer should mention the basic details of the argument.

refinement: Trump's re-election rally at Tulsa received just under 6200 attendees. According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors.

text: The answer only mentions one side of the argument, neglecting the views that there isn't a real issue between Parscale and Trump.

refinement: Trump's re-election rally at Tulsa received just under 6200 attendees. According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors. A spokesperson for Kushner said that they aren't upset with Parscale, who himself declined to comment.

answer: According to a source, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are "pissed" at Parscale for promising a much larger crowd. According to a separate campaign source, Trump is "pissed" about the turnout. A person involved with the reelection effort says that Parscale has been under pressure because Trump has expressed disappointment. Some insiders feel that the re-election team has not adapted quickly enough to the shifting political landscape. Parscale has taken to Twitter to blame the poor turnout on a myriad of factors.

answer: The Trump campaign feels like Parscale and other campaign staffers overstated the crowd sizes at the rally. Parscale, on the other hand, blames the media, protests and blocked security gates for the lower turnout.

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

What does the article say about possible factors that contributed to the rally's low turnout?

answer: The article mentions that the media, protests, and blocked security gates were blamed for the low turnout.

text: The answer omits the pandemic and the race-related national movement as causes.

refinement: The article mentions that the media, protests, and blocked security gates were blamed for the low turnout. The coronavirus pandemic and the national racial justice movement are thought to have affected Trump's campaign plans heavily.

text: The answer presents Parscale's reasons as if they are the consensus view about the low turnout.

refinement: The article mentions that Parscale blamed the media, protests, and blocked security gates for the low turnout. The coronavirus pandemic and the national racial justice movement are thought to have affected Trump's campaign plans heavily.

answer: The article mentions that the Tulsa Fire Department reported that fewer than 6,200 people attended the event. After six campaign staffers in Tulsa tested positive for the coronavirus, the President erupted. The coronavirus outbreak might have played a role in the poor turnout, as some of the campaign officials mentioned that the President was more upset by the fact that the rally was overtaken by reports on the coronavirus. However, the article doesn't provide a more specific answer to the question of what factors were responsible for the poor turnout.

answer: The article mentions that the media, protests, and blocked security gates were blamed for the low turnout. Parscale also blamed the poor turnout on the fact that the media, protests, and blocked security gates.

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

What does the article say about why Kellyanne Conway, Paul Manafort, and Corey Lewandowski are no longer Trump's campaign managers?

answer: The article doesn't mention why they aren't campaign managers anymore.

answer: No answer


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His ears rang with such force he thought certainly his head must have split open. His vision was blurred and the light seared his eyes. Questions began running through his mind. How had he gotten here? Why was he on the ground? What was that horrible smell? Why couldn't he get up?

Something tugged at his consciousness. Like an alarm going off when all you want to do is sleep. Incessant. Constant. Panicked.

Panicked?

Though it was only a few inches, lifting his head was the hardest thing he had ever done. before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation. Stone buildings were crumbled and collapsed.

A small child, maybe not quite into his teens, lay beneath what looked to be the now shattered roof of a building. A dark pool spread slowly beneath his torso. His sharp blue eyes, which, even full of panic, were the most vibrant eyes the man had ever seen. They would haunt him.

The child had been screaming for who-knows-how-long. Once he realized the man saw him he began speaking french in a cotton-soft, but thready voice.
The man didn't understand a word.

He tried to talk but couldn't. Fine leather boots filled the man's vision. The owner of those boots bellowed something, the ringing in his ears and a wave of nausea made the man miss most of what was being said. The owner of those boots bellowed again and spoke in a soothing tone low enough the man couldn't understand him, but felt calmed by his words nonetheless. The man tried to look up but couldn't manage to move enough to see higher than the boots. The pain and nausea was too severe.

All the while the child spoke. Pleaded? Begged?

More boots, not as nice. Enough movement that the man's head felt like it split right open and he vomited all over those fine leather boots.

He lay on some sort of makeshift cot now. They were raising him from the ground, the quick motion threatening to stain those fine leather boots even more.
Through it all, through the pain, the nausea, the ringing, the man heard the child.
""Ne me quitte pas." His voice was soft, like fresh cotton. If he could sing he would melt the hearts of everyone in the room.

The boy's pleading grew to screams. No hearts melted here. Though, one broke.

"Ne me quitte pas!" His soft voice grew even more panicked. He must realize they were leaving.

"Ne me quitte pas!!" The man tried to say something, tried to motion to the booted men. All he could do was look the child in his piercing blue eyes.

"Ne me quitte pas!!!" Sobs and pain and the growing distance between them made the last almost unhearable. Almost.

The boy's screams echoed through the destroyed alley. They echoed through the small town. And they echoed in the man's dreams for the rest of his days.

"Ne me quitte pas."

title: [RF] "Ne me quitte pas."

question: Where does the narrator wake up?

answer: The narrator wakes up in a destroyed alley after an unknown traumatic event.

text: It's not confirmed if the narrator woke up in an alley. It's better to keep terms less definitive when that is the case.

refinement: The narrator wakes up in a destroyed area after an unknown traumatic event.

text: "before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation. Stone buildings were crumbled and collapsed."

answer: It seems the narrator wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing.

text: " before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation. Stone buildings were crumbled and collapsed"

answer: The narrator wakes up in the midst of a destroyed town, presumably after a battle or attack.

text: "before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation. Stone buildings were crumbled and collapsed."

question: Who is the child in the story?

answer: The child is a teenage boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me".

text: The child isn't yet a teenager, so calling him a teenager is false.

refinement: The child, who isn't quite yet a teen, is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me".

text: " A dark pool spread slowly beneath his torso" supports "bleeding significantly".

answer: The child in the story is a young boy.

text: It's omitted that the child was being crushed under a roof and screaming at the man to not leave him.

refinement: The child in the story is a young boy who is crushed under a roof and screams for the man not to leave him.

answer: The child in the story is an adolescent.

text: The answer is false because the narrator says the boy wasn't quite into his teens. He could be described as a child in early adolescence however.

refinement: The child in the story is an adolescent.

text: It's omitted that the child was being crushed under a roof and screaming at the man to not leave him.

refinement: The child in the story is an adolescent who was being crushed under a roof and screaming at the man to not leave him..

question: Does the boy get left behind?

answer: Yes.

answer: No

text: This answer is wrong because the boy is left behind by the man.

answer: No.

text: This answer is wrong because the boy is left behind by the man.

question: Are there other characters in the story?

answer: Only the small child

text: This answer is false. There is the man, the man with the fine boots, and the child.

refinement: The man, the man with the fine boots, and the small child.

answer: The boy and the men with apparently fine boots.

text: There is no mention of the man, the main character.

refinement: The man, the boy and the men with apparently fine boots.

text: "men" should be "man".

refinement: The man, the boy and the man with apparently fine boots.

answer: Soldiers come to take the narrator away.

text: This doesn't answer the question. The narrator isn't a character, and there is no mention of the child or man with boots.

refinement: The man, the man with fine boots, and the small child.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator witnesses a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating natural disaster. The child begs for the narrator not to leave him, but he is ultimately unable to save him and the boy dies in his arms. With the death of the boy, the tragedy is forever seared into the narrator's memory.

text: "devastating natural disaster" it's not clear if it was a natural or manmade disaster.

refinement: The narrator witnesses a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The child begs for the narrator not to leave him, but he is ultimately unable to save him and the boy dies in his arms. With the death of the boy, the tragedy is forever seared into the narrator's memory.

text: The narrator is not a character. The male pronoun can be referred to as the man or the protagonist.

refinement: A man witnesses a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but he is ultimately unable to save him and the boy dies in his arms. With the death of the boy, the tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

text: The boy does not die in the man's arms. It's unknown what happens to him.

refinement: A man witnesses a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but he is ultimately unable to save him. The tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

text: It's omitted that the man is saved from the disaster, and that due to his inability to move or speak, he can't save the boy.

refinement: A man witnesses a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but the man is rescued by soldiers and can't save the boy due to his inability to move or speak. The tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

text: It's omitted that the man is in poor condition as well upon waking.

refinement: A man wakes up and sees destruction around him. He is unable to move, and notices a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but the man is rescued by soldiers and can't save the boy due to his inability to move or speak. The tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

text: The summary isn't five sentences. Add that the boy's eyes haunt the man.

refinement: A man wakes up and sees destruction around him. He is unable to move, and notices a young boy caught in the midst of a devastating disaster. The boy's piercing blue eyes haunt the man. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but the man is rescued by soldiers and can't save the boy due to his inability to move or speak. The tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

text: Specify that the boy is stuck under a collapsed roof.

refinement: A man wakes up and sees destruction around him. He is unable to move, and notices a young boy stuck under a collapsed roof. The boy's piercing blue eyes haunt the man. The child begs for the man not to leave him, but the man is rescued by soldiers and can't save the boy due to his inability to move or speak. The tragedy is forever seared into the man's memory.

answer: The narrator witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him. The experience haunts him forever, never forgetting what it feels like to see someone so young and innocent lose everything.

text: "never forgetting what it feels like to see someone so young and innocent lose everything" isn't necessarily implied in the story. It seems that the man is more haunted by the fact that he couldn't save the boy.

refinement: The narrator witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him. The experience haunts him forever.

text: There are only two sentences instead of the requested 5.

refinement: The narrator witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him. The experience haunts him forever.

text: The narrator isn't a character in the story. The male pronoun should be referred to as "the man" or "the protagonist".

refinement: A man witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him. The experience haunts him forever.

text: The man isn't just witnessing a boy being crushed. He is injured himself. The setting is omitted. "Though it was only a few inches, lifting his head was the hardest thing he had ever done. before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation."

refinement: A man wakes up unable to move or speak after a disaster leaves a town in ruins. He witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him. The experience haunts him forever.

text: Add that the boy speaks in French.

refinement: A man wakes up unable to move or speak after a disaster leaves a town in ruins. He witnesses a young boy dying in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him in French. The experience haunts him forever.

text: It's omitted that the boy is stuck under a collapsed roof.

refinement: A man wakes up unable to move or speak after a disaster leaves a town in ruins. He witnesses a young boy stuck under a collapsed roof in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him in French. The experience haunts him forever.

text: It's omitted that the man is rescued.

refinement: A man wakes up unable to move or speak after a disaster leaves a town in ruins. He witnesses a young boy stuck under a collapsed roof in a bombed-out street and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him in French. The man is rescued by soldiers, but he can't alert them to the boy. The experience haunts him forever.

text: It's omitted that the man hears the screams as he's taken farther away from the boy. " Sobs and pain and the growing distance between them made the last almost unhearable."

refinement: A man wakes up unable to move or speak after a disaster leaves a town in ruins. He witnesses a young boy stuck under a collapsed roof in a bombed-out street, and can only listen as the boy begs him not to leave him in French. The man is rescued by soldiers, but he can't alert them to the boy. The boy's screams fade into the distance as he's rescued. The experience haunts him forever.

answer: The narrator wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing. There is a teenage boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me". Soldiers come to get the narrator; they leave the boy.

text: It's inaccurate to call the boy a teenager because he is referred to as "a small child, maybe not quite into his teens".

refinement: The narrator wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing. There is a small boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me". Soldiers come to get the narrator; they leave the boy.

text: Add that the man can't speak or move.

refinement: The narrator wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing. There is a small boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me". Soldiers come to get the narrator who cannot move or speak; they leave the boy.

text: The narrator is not a character. The main male pronoun can be referred to as the man or protagonist.

refinement: A man wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing. There is a small boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. He has been screaming and is bleeding significantly. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me". Soldiers come to get the man who cannot move or speak; they leave the boy.

text: Replace the mention of the boy screaming and bleeding for the more important information of the boy haunting the man.

refinement: A man wakes up in a crumbled building or destroyed alley, presumably after a bombing. There is a small boy who is crushed under part of a collapsed roof. The boy continually repeats, "Ne me quitte pas" meaning, "don't leave me". Soldiers come to get the man, who cannot move or speak; they leave the boy. The boy's words haunted the man for the rest of his days.

answer: In the midst of a war-torn city stands a small boy desperately pleading for the newly arrived man not to leave him. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: It's not said in the story that the city is war-torn. What happened is ambiguous, so it would be better not to definitively describe it.

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster stands a small boy desperately pleading for the newly arrived man not to leave him. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: The boy does not stand, he's stuck under a collapsed roof.

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a small boy desperately pleads for the newly arrived man not to leave him. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: The man isn't "newly arrived". He just wakes up in the middle of a disaster injured and unable to move. "Why was he on the ground? What was that horrible smell? Why couldn't he get up?"

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a man wakes up unable to move or speak. He hears a small boy desperately pleading for him not to leave him. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: The answer does not describe why the boy's voice is fading. Include that the man is rescued by soldiers. "He lay on some sort of makeshift cot now. They were raising him from the ground."

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a man wakes up unable to move or speak. He hears a small boy desperately pleading for him not to leave him. The man is rescued by soldiers, but can't alert them to the boy. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: Include that the boy is speaking French.

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a man wakes up unable to move or speak. He hears a small boy desperately pleading for him not to leave him in French. The man is rescued by soldiers, but can't alert them to the boy. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that despite his efforts, the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: The man didn't really put out effort to rescue the boy because he is unable to speak or move.

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a man wakes up unable to move or speak. He hears a small boy desperately pleading for him not to leave him in French. The man is rescued by soldiers, but can't alert them to the boy. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

text: Remove the sentence "The man can do nothing..." so the summary can reach the five sentence requirement.

refinement: In the midst of a town affected by disaster, a man wakes up unable to move or speak. He hears a small boy desperately pleading for him not to leave him in French. The man is rescued by soldiers, but can't alert them to the boy. But with his fading voice and slowly closing distance, he learns that the boy's pleas fall on deaf ears. The man can do nothing but watch in pained sorrow as the child's screams go silent. Nightmarish memories of the event haunt him for the rest of his days.

answer: The unnamed protagonist watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. Despite the boy's pleading for help, he's left behind, only to be haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

text: "only to be haunted by his cries" sounds like the boy is haunted by cries. Specify that it's the man.

refinement: The unnamed protagonist watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. Despite the boy's pleading for help, he's left behind, and the man is haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

text: There are only two sentences instead of the requested five.

refinement: The unnamed protagonist watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. Despite the boy's pleading for help, he's left behind, and the man is haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

text: The man isn't just witnessing a boy being crushed. He is injured himself. The setting is omitted. "Though it was only a few inches, lifting his head was the hardest thing he had ever done. before him lay wreckage. Complete annihilation."

refinement: The unnamed protagonist wakes up in a destroyed town, unable to move or speak. He watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. Despite the boy's pleading for help, he's left behind, and the man is haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

text: Mention that the protagonist is rescued by soldiers but can't alert them to the boy.

refinement: The unnamed protagonist wakes up in a destroyed town, unable to move or speak. He watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. The man is rescued by soldiers, but is unable to alert them to the boy. Despite the boy's pleading for help, he's left behind, and the man is haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

text: Change the boy's "pleas for help", to "he screams 'don't leave me' in French".

refinement: The unnamed protagonist wakes up in a destroyed town, unable to move or speak. He watches as a young boy is trapped beneath debris from a collapsed building. The man is rescued by soldiers, but is unable to alert them to the boy. The boy screams "don't leave me" in French, but it falls on deaf ears. He's left behind, and the man is haunted by his cries for the rest of his life.

answer: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a young boy begs desperately, in French, not to be deserted by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him; the boy's screams continue to haunt him.

text: Start the summary off with the man's perspective of being unable to move or speak.

refinement: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a man wakes up in the rubble unable to move or speak. He notices a young boy begging desperately, in French, not to be deserted by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him; the boy's screams continue to haunt him.

text: It's omitted that the boy is crushed under a collapsed roof. This should come before the pleas.

refinement: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a man wakes up in the rubble unable to move or speak. He notices a young boy stuck and bleeding under a collapsed roof. begging desperately, in French, not to be deserted by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him; the boy's screams continue to haunt him.

text: It's omitted that the man is rescued and unable to alert the soldiers of the boy. This should come before the pleas

refinement: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a man wakes up in the rubble unable to move or speak. He notices a young boy stuck and bleeding under a collapsed roof. The man is rescued by soldiers, but is unable to alert them to the boy. The boy begs desperately, in French, not to be deserted by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him; the boy's screams continue to haunt him.

text: Change "deserted" to "left" for more accuracy. "Ne me quitte pas!"

refinement: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a man wakes up in the rubble unable to move or speak. He notices a young boy stuck and bleeding under a collapsed roof. The man is rescued by soldiers, but is unable to alert them to the boy. The boy begs desperately, in French, not to be left by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him; the boy's screams continue to haunt him.

text: Make "The boy's screams..." a separate sentence to fit the five sentence requirement.

refinement: In the midst of a terrible disaster, a man wakes up in the rubble unable to move or speak. He notices a young boy stuck and bleeding under a collapsed roof. The man is rescued by soldiers, but is unable to alert them to the boy. The boy begs desperately, in French, not to be left by whoever is nearby. The man is in too much pain to do or say anything to help the boy, and only catches a glimpse of his pleading eyes before being separated from him. The boy's screams continue to haunt him.


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[in n out employee pay]

Employees at In-N-Out Burger start at a higher-than-average salary of at least $13 an hour.
 Adam Lau/AP
-   IN-N-OUT BURGER PAYS ITS EMPLOYEES REALLY WELL.
-   STORE MANAGERS EARN AN AVERAGE YEARLY SALARY OF MORE THAN $160,000, MORE THAN WHAT THE TYPICAL TECH WORKER IN SILICON VALLEY MAKES FOR THE YEAR.
-   HIGH WAGES FOR FAST-FOOD WORKERS CAN LEAD TO INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, LESS EMPLOYEE TURNOVER, AND BIGGER PROFITS IN THE LONG RUN.

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There's a secret sauce to In-N-Out Burger's success. It pays employees really well.

The West Coast burger sensation pays store managers an average yearly salary of more than $160,000, which is about triple the industry average, according to the latest California Sun newsletter. There is no college degree or previous management experience required.

To put this into perspective, tech workers in Silicon Valley earn on average $114,654 for the year, according to a survey from hiring platform Dice.

"In-N-Out is just eons above everybody else," Saru Jayaraman, an advocate for restaurant workers in the Bay Area and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, told California Sun's Mike McPhate. "On wages and benefits, they really are the best large chain."

Employees start at a higher-than-average salary of at least $13 an hour and have the opportunity to advance to six figures as a store manager. A typical architect in California makes about $112,000 a year, while a lawyer rakes in $117,000, according to jobs site Indeed.

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Employees at In-N-Out Burger say they're more satisfied than others at tech giants like Google and Microsoft.
 Melia Robinson/Business Insider
The burger chain offers benefits including 401(k) plans, paid vacation, and dental and vision coverage for part- and full-time employees — a rarefied package in the fast-food industry. In a Glassdoor ranking of the best places to work in 2018, In-N-Out earned the No. 4 spot and beat out tech giants like Google and Microsoft. It was the only restaurant chain in the top 50.

Denny Warnick, vice president of operations at In-N-Out, told California Sun that paying employees well has always been part of the company culture.

 In 1948, Harry and Esther Snyder opened the first In-N-Out in a Los Angeles suburb with quality service as a central focus. "Paying their associates well was just one way to help maintain that focus, and those beliefs remain firmly in place with us today," Warnick told California Sun.

It's not an act of charity, according to Jayaraman. Her research shows that paying employees well leads to better productivity, less employee turnover, and bigger profits.

In-N-Out is growing. The burger chain recently announced it's opening a distribution center in Colorado, which could allow it to expand beyond the West Coast. All stores must be located close to these hubs because of the company's strict policy of serving food fresh, not frozen.

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

What is remarkable about the pay packages of In-N-out burgers?

answer: The pay package is far more than the industry average and is triple the industry average. It's also higher than the average salary of tech workers in Silicon Valley.

text: The response leaves out the fact that these statistics are for store managers.

refinement: The average pay package is far more than the industry average. Store managers make more than the average salary of tech workers in Silicon Valley, which is triple the industry average.

answer: The pay package is far more than the industry average and is triple the industry average.

text: The response leaves out the fact that these statistics are for store managers.

refinement: The average pay package is far more than the industry average and store managers make triple the industry average.

answer: The pay packages are higher than average, and the company offers a 401(k) plan and dental and vision coverage.

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

Why does in-N-out burger pay such high wages?

answer: It's not an act of charity. The company believes that paying employees well leads to better productivity, less employee turnover, and bigger profits.

answer: The article states that it is because the owners, Harry and Esther Snyder, started the business with quality service as a central focus. As a result, good wages matter to In-N-Out. The company is purposefully trying to attract better employees.

answer: The article states that it is because the owners, Harry and Esther Snyder, started the business with quality service as a central focus. As a result, good wages matter to In-N-Out. The company is purposefully trying to attract better employees.

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

How do profits at In-N-Out Burger compare with other similar fast food outfits?

answer: [rewrite]

text: No answer.

refinement: While the article does not mention In-N-Out Burger's profits in comparison to other fast food chains, it does mention that paying employees better leads to bigger profits.

answer: In-N-Out Burger is growing. The burger chain recently announced it's opening a distribution center in Colorado, which could allow it to expand beyond the West Coast. All stores must be located close to these hubs because of the company's strict policy of serving food fresh, not frozen.

text: The details the response gives are only marginally related to the answer.

refinement: In-N-Out Burger is growing. The burger chain recently announced it's opening a distribution center in Colorado, which could allow it to expand beyond the West Coast. All stores must be located close to these hubs because of the company's strict policy of serving food fresh, not frozen. While the article does not mention In-N-Out Burger's profits in comparison to other fast food chains, it does mention that paying employees better leads to bigger profits.

answer: According to the article, In-N-Out Burger's profits are higher than other fast food restaurants.

text: The article does not compare In-N-Out Burger's profits with other fast food chains.

refinement: While the article does not mention In-N-Out Burger's profits in comparison to other fast food chains, it does mention that paying employees better leads to bigger profits.