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What happens when you can no longer look at yourself in the mirror? When you blind yourself to your self fabricated reality?
 The world is different from how you knew it, the colors are dulled, the sky clouded. Government is no longer exalted, communities are destroyed. The towns aren’t destroyed, the buildings stand, overtaken by nature. The concrete jungles, slowly crumbling, making way for new wildlife, populating their reclaimed property. The cities, once tall and lit up so brightly you could see them from space, rivaling the stars.
Humans are rare. few tribes were able to live after the fall. The older generation mostly gone, they couldn’t forget the luxuries that had past and gone. The young easily learned in adapting to new surroundings. They are a steadfast race, some more animal than man, but that’s probably the old ways still stuck in my mind.
 I don’t know what year it is, doesn’t matter, days don’t matter. The calendar is long past. The only time you need to know in this new world is dark, and then where to hide so you can sleep through the nightmares and make it to the light.
No one knows what is in the dark, if you are out when the light disappears, you disappear with it. Some of the last generation are close to adulthood. They know stories of vampires and werewolves, the dead returning to life. I’m not sure about any of that. I’ve never seen anything of the sort, and ive been around a long time to today’s standards, Well for all I know any standard I reckon.
My names’ ghost, that’s what I’m called in the new world. I do not know where I came from, I do not recall the old world. Though I know basic grammar and reading. I can write when the tools are available. I try to teach the few tribes around, so that they may be a little better off with such knowledge.
My face is slightly bearded, my hair is black though I have a grey streak the shape of a lightning bolt down the right side. A light scar under my rite eye and a slightly deeper one under my lip. I wear a leather jacket and dark jeans. I have a motorcycle. Its black and I call her Harley, since that’s what’s stamped on the tank. I carry a sword I made from various car parts and a cross bow I was lucky enough to find in a building I came across. I travel alone, village to village carrying a burden. I’m not sure why, I’m just compelled to do so. The burden is in a coffin. Matte black with silver struts across each side. I have never opened the coffin, so I do not know what’s inside. A voice from above that speaks to me when I’m alone, tells me to find the burden a place to rest, so I go.
I have one mission to put my burden to rest, and fear what lies in my future after it is done.

I ride and ride, deserted town to deserted town. I scavenge for what I cannot make myself. I teach the younger ones I come across the ways of my speech and writing. Most villages are kind enough but always weary of unknown people.
 The younger ones hide behind the older ones even though, they can be more brutal, the young have a lack of compassion, for the harshness of the world has taken it, it is harder to learn in the new days. Some wear rags as loin cloths some have animal skins for pants.
The older ones still speak my language but slightly altered to accommodate this life. I stop at a village in the middle of an old city to trade with them. They know and trust me here. They call this village farmers, due to the fact its written pn the walls here. A huge dome building concrete glass and steel make this a protected gaited village. I trade, I move on. Hunt, Hide.
 I dream of mirrors. I dream the mirrors are doorways to darkness. To make the true untrue. Looking in mirrors makes the light go away early and only shows darkness. I wake and I ride carrying the burden. Villages are disappearing. What was here is no more. The young ones are disappearing, the darkness is taking the survivors. What else could it be.
The voice speaks, it says don’t delay for the light is growing shorter find the sycamores. The grove to the east, to rest your burden. Fear grips me, knowing once my burden is lifted, I have no purpose. I am a remnant. An old piece of a new world. But I am obedient, I ride east to find the grove.
Three darks have past. The voice leads me to the place of resting burdens, the sycamore grove.
The grove shines brightly even in the day, the sea throws water to the beach, only to recede back to the depths of blue. Repeating for all time.
 The grove is glowing. I get off of Harley and wrap a chain around my burden. I carry her to the grove slowly dragging her to the glowing forest. The silence is deafening. The anxiety is cramping my chest. I am gripping the chains of my burden so tightly my fingers crack, pain shoots up my arms. The coffin digging a trail behind me . Rutting the old earth, that has been untouched for voice knows how long. Walking for a while, my hands bleed, the burden grows heavier. Sliding across the ancient earth rutting a trail. In front of me is a giant Sycamore. It is alive and green, sturdy to the touch, but hollowed. The voice speaks “REST THE BURDEN IN THE SYCAMORE’’. I did as the voice commanded. I pulled the burden up vertically. I pushed her into the tree. There was a loud shaking in the grove. The trees seemed to stay sturdy even though the ground was softening, pulling me in. “Help me” I scream. I am sorry I exclaim putting my weeping eyes into my hands. The voice thunders through the trees. Your burden is my burden, your coffin has receded out of the place, your burden is no more a bother to you, but your journey has only just begun. Glow with this knowledge. For everyone that trust in me can have the same weightlessness. Free of your burden, let it burn and forget it. Now ride and teach, to the young that the darkness is nothing to fear, for you learn more in the dark than you will in life. Ghost your name is now ChadRay Shish. Now glow amongst the young and teach them to burn burdens.

title: [sf]"The Burden and the Coffin"

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

What does the story say about the narrator, Ghost?

answer: Ghost doesn't know where he came from and recalls nothing about the old world but knows basic grammar and reading. He has a scar under his right eye and under his lip, has black hair with a grey streak, and wears a beard. He wears a leather jacket and dark jeans and rides a black motorcycle he calls Harley. Ghost travels alone, so he carries a sword made from different car parts and a crossbow he was lucky enough to find. He also carries around a matte black coffin, a "burden" that he has never opened, while traveling from village to village, following a voice from above that told him to find it a resting place.

answer: It is implied that Ghost used to live in cities, but when the apocalypse occurred, he must have traveled to villages, where people were in a desperate need of elder wisdom and knowledge. He is viewed as wise, reincarnating a new being, ChadRay Shish, someone who can teach life.

text: The response contains inaccurate information.

refinement: The narrator, Ghost, does not know where they came from. They traveled between villages, where people were in a desperate need of elder wisdom and knowledge. He is viewed as wise, reincarnating a new being, ChadRay Shish, someone who can teach life.

answer: Ghost is virtually unchanged from the world before the collapse. Despite the darkness, he can still see a bit of light and teaching the young is his duty. He is obedient and follows the advice of the voice above even though he is scared, carrying a burden into a grove and letting it go. Ghost is wise and resilient, carrying the burden of knowledge in a brutal new world.

text: The response contains inaccurate information.

refinement: Ghost does not remember the old world. Despite the darkness, he can still see a bit of light and teaching the young is his duty. He is obedient and follows the advice of the voice above even though he is scared, carrying a burden into a grove and letting it go. Ghost is wise and resilient, carrying the burden of knowledge in a brutal new world.

answer: Ghost is a man who has lost bear of himself in the harsh new world. Caught between a fragile sadness and obedient action, Ghost's mission is to put his burden to rest. Unknowingly, that burden becomes a tool for helping others find their way in the darkness. Though he originally does not know the reason for his mission, Ghost ultimately accepts it for the sake of others. Ghost seeks healing for those he cares about and wishes to help others find relief and peace.

answer: Ghost is a man who needs to carry a coffin because he was not born. At first, he did not know what was in the coffin but over time he became aware of what it was and this caused him anxiety and nightmares that a being inside the coffin held his power and was waiting to swallow him whole. The only time he stopped carrying the coffin was when he had to rest because it was too heavy and he needed to heal. Ghost was able to survive and thrive on his own because he was one of a few people left behind after the apocalypse.

text: The response contains inaccurate information.

refinement: Ghost doesn't know where he came from and recalls nothing about the old world but knows basic grammar and reading. He has a scar under his right eye and under his lip, has black hair with a grey streak, and wears a beard. He wears a leather jacket and dark jeans and rides a black motorcycle he calls Harley. Ghost travels alone, so he carries a sword made from different car parts and a crossbow he was lucky enough to find. He also carries around a matte black coffin, a "burden" that he has never opened, while traveling from village to village, following a voice from above that told him to find it a resting place.

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

What does the text say about the world Ghost lives in?

answer: The world Ghost lives in is a post-apocalyptic state. Cities are in ruin and youth are becoming increasingly violent. The only way to survive is to let go of the old ways and learn to adapt. Ghosts mission is to carry its burden to its final resting place, which is a grove of sycamores. When Ghost does eventually place its burden in the grove, the voice tells him its burden is now meaningless. Ghosts ultimate goal is to help guide the younger generation to learn to let go of their burdens. The world is a dangerous one, but it is possible to overcome.

text: The response contains irrelevant information.

refinement: The world Ghost lives in is a post-apocalyptic state. Cities are in ruin and youth are becoming increasingly violent. The only way to survive is to let go of the old ways and learn to adapt. The world is a dangerous one, but it is possible to overcome.

answer: The text reveals that in the world Ghost lives in, society has crumbled, everything has changed. The older generation is mostly gone, the young easily adapted to new surroundings. The innocence and beauty of the old world is lost, replaced by muted colors and danger. Villages are disappearing, and people must always be careful and careful of the dark. Most people in this new world are more animal than human and armed with only scant skills. The world is in a state of perpetual darkness, with deep scars and wounds, carried by those who remain. Eventually, Ghost finds a way to abandon his burden, and the voice in his head provides guidance and hope. The world is chaotic and uncertain, but there is potential for good, if people can change and accept the darkness.

answer: It describes the land to be the same except that it's filled with trash and tons of debris like old mannequins, dead bodies, and antiques that have been ravaged by years of fighting, cold and sickness. The world appears to be radioactive, (the darkness can steal you) and there has been a flood, greatly altering the landscape. Cold, disease, and lack of sustenance are some of the reasons for why everyone was reduced to the scruff of their current selves. Trees were swept away by the flood, and animals like werewolves and vampires were running rampant, tormenting the few remaining humans. The land has reclaimed much of the commercial districts and has overrun coastal cities, but forests still stand and the sky still rains acidic black water, obliterating whatever came in contact with it. The sea contains deadly black water that carries the infected from cities to citizens and crops. No one believes in God in the new world. They believe aliens caused the flood, but Ghost believes these aliens were angels. When comparing the old world versus the new, people judge the old ways superior. The older generation favors the old ways too much, to the point they seem to have completely forgotten how to survive on the new ways and adapt to survive by themselves. The young are less mature, and seem to have had the longer impact of relying on the old ways.

text: The response contains lots of inaccurate information.

refinement: The text reveals that in the world Ghost lives in, society has crumbled, everything has changed. The older generation is mostly gone, the young easily adapted to new surroundings. The innocence and beauty of the old world is lost, replaced by muted colors and danger. Villages are disappearing, and people must always be careful and careful of the dark. Most people in this new world are more animal than human and armed with only scant skills. The world is in a state of perpetual darkness, with deep scars and wounds, carried by those who remain. The world is chaotic and uncertain, but there is potential for good, if people can change and accept the darkness.

answer: It appears Ghost lives in a post-apocalyptic world vastly different from what everyone remembers. The colors are dulled, the sky is clouded, governments are no longer exalted, and entire communities are destroyed. The towns aren't destroyed, the buildings stand but are overtaken by nature. Crumbling concrete jungles make way for new wildlife reclaiming their property. Humans have become rare as most didn't make it after the fall of civilization. With the older generation gone, the new generation of humans has become more animal than man. Humans have an irrational fear of the dark, as most who venture out do not return.

answer: Ghost encounters people in their twilight years or in tribes, for monsters abound after the modern civilization collapsed. Ghosts are superhuman creatures and don't kill other human beings but would protect mortals from themselves if need be.

text: The response contains inaccurate information.

refinement: Ghost encounters people in their twilight years or in tribes, for monsters abound after the modern civilization collapsed.

text: The response could include more information on the world Ghost lives in.

refinement: Ghost encounters people in their twilight years or in tribes, for monsters abound after the modern civilization collapsed. The text reveals that in the world Ghost lives in, society has crumbled, everything has changed. The older generation is mostly gone, the young easily adapted to new surroundings. The innocence and beauty of the old world is lost, replaced by muted colors and danger. Villages are disappearing, and people must always be careful and careful of the dark. Most people in this new world are more animal than human and armed with only scant skills. The world is in a state of perpetual darkness, with deep scars and wounds, carried by those who remain. The world is chaotic and uncertain, but there is potential for good, if people can change and accept the darkness.

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

Summarize the climactic event of the story?

answer: The voice from above that speaks to Ghost leads him to the sycamore grove. The grove is glowing and shines brightly even in the day. Ghost ties a chain around the coffin and slowly drags it to the glowing forest. The voice tells Ghost to rest the burden in the giant but hollow sycamore tree. Once the deed is done, the earth begins to shake, the voice tells Ghost that he is free of his burden, and he must ride and teach the young that the darkness is nothing to fear, and anyone that trusts in the voice can have the same weightlessness Ghost now feels. The voice tells Ghost that his name is now ChadRay Shish.

answer: ChadRay Shish transports his burden into a living sycamore tree. The tree shakes and the burden is no longer a burden to him. His mission is to teach the young to have no fear of the darkness, for it teaches more than life.

answer: ChadRay Shish (formerly ghost) finishes burying his burden deep into a living tree that he must wail to cut based on instructions from the voice.

text: The response contains come inaccurate information.

refinement: ChadRay Shish (formerly ghost) finishes burying his burden deep into a living tree.

text: The response could include more details on the story's climatic event.

refinement: Ghost finishes burying his burden deep into a living tree. Once the deed is done, the earth begins to shake, the voice tells Ghost that he is free of his burden, and he must ride and teach the young that the darkness is nothing to fear, and anyone that trusts in the voice can have the same weightlessness Ghost now feels. The voice tells Ghost that his name is now ChadRay Shish.

answer: The main character finds the sacred grove of sycamores and places his burden into a hollowed tree. The voice from above tells him his burden is now the burden of the sycamore, and his journey is only just beginning. From here, the main character decides to teach the young about the darkness in order to help them overcome their burdens.

answer: ChadRay came to a place called the Sycamore grove, which had grown on a beach, and was told by his higher power to rest his burden there. ChadRay discovered that the burden was a corpse, who had died of old age. The only words that comforted ChadRay was that his burden had been lifted from him and the highest power would lift the burden from others.

text: The response contains come inaccurate information.

refinement: ChadRay came to a place called the Sycamore grove, which had grown on a beach, and was told by his higher power to rest his burden there. The only words that comforted ChadRay was that his burden had been lifted from him and the highest power would lift the burden from others.


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Former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law Forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers and his belief in Harvard Law School’s obligation to support public interest careers among its graduates.

Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall.

Introduced by Harvard Law Forum President Martin T. Drake, the speakers split the two-hour event to both critique the state of the legal profession in America and call current law students to serve the public.

Public service and its connection to the Law School has been an ongoing discussion over the past year. In February, Davis and four Law professors held a forum titled “Harvard Law and the Public Interest” to debate the school’s perceived disconnect with public service. Nader has been an active participant in the discussion as well — criticizing the Law School for its “corporate” focus at an event last year as well as in an open letter with six other alumni to Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82 published in April.

At Thursday’s event, Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and described his vision of a majority of Law graduates working in public interest careers. The proportion of graduates entering public service law positions stood at 16.87 percent among 2017 graduates.

“Does the mother getting evicted from their house care that we created a bunch of Supreme Court clerks?” Davis said. “Seen through the eyes of America, we risk irrelevance… When our grandkids ask what we did, we want to tell them we advanced the legal interest of the many rather than entrenched the power of the few.”

Davis pointed to the discrepancy between the proportion of students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with a job doing so.

“Something is changing you while you’re here,” Davis said.

Following Davis, Nader first spoke about lawyers’ need to promote of the rule of law to defend justice. Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests.

“We definitely need you, for without the law, what is there? Without the law, there’s no justice. Without justice, there’s no liberty, there’s no freedom, there’s no suppression of violence, which is everywhere–– domestically, locally, nationally, internationally,” he said. “Harvard Law School has led the suppressing [of] the styles of violence that come from the rich of powerful and making you think that most of it comes from street crime and domestic crime.”

Law School spokespeople were not immediately available to respond to request for comment late Thursday evening.

Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves, encourage others to do so, and advocate for change at the Law School to emphasize public interest.

“I ask you to liberate your minds and your imagination and have a high expectation of yourself,” he said. “If we don’t redistribute the deployment of lawyers in this country from favoring the few to the control of the many, our profession deserves its ranking in the polls year after year.”

Katherine J. Thoreson, a third-year law student and editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Record, said she has worked with Nader before. In addition to being a former editor-in-chief of the publication, he still publishes contributing opinion articles.

“He’s just been a very supportive voice in the work that The Record does,” Thoreson said. “I think that he made a lot of salient points about the failures of this institution as well as the power that this institution has to change some of the problems in the legal landscape.”

Laurel A. Petrulionis said she was "inspired" by the end.

“I came to law school to make a difference in the world, and through orientation the student government really pushed this notion of challenging the corporate pull,” Laurel A. Petrulionis said. “I’m actually lucky that I’m getting a lot of these paradigms challenged in my 1L curriculum but it’s something that’s going to take a critical mass, and I’m inspired to see that there’s a movement happening right now.”

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

Who is the subject of the article?

answer: The subject of the article is public interest lawyers and Harvard Law School's obligation to promote them among its graduates.

text: The subject of the article is a person, not a topic.

text: There's no answer.

answer: Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis” and former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader.

text: "Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall."

answer: Ralph Nader and Pete Davis.

text: "Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall."

answer: The article is about Ralph Nader, a former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney.

text: "Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall."

answer: The subject of the article is Harvard Law School in general and its perceived disconnect with public service among its students in particular.

text: The subject of the article is a person, not a topic.

text: There's no answer.

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

What did Davis and Nader do?

answer: Davis and Nader both criticized the state of the legal profession in America and called law students to serve the public.

text: "Introduced by Harvard Law Forum President Martin T. Drake, the speakers split the two-hour event to both critique the state of the legal profession in America and call current law students to serve the public."

answer: They held a forum to discuss the state of the legal profession and also to call on current law students to feel obligated to serve the public.

text: "Introduced by Harvard Law Forum President Martin T. Drake, the speakers split the two-hour event to both critique the state of the legal profession in America and call current law students to serve the public."

answer: They spoke at the Harvard Law Forum.

text: The answer is so vague as to be completely useless.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: They held a forum to discuss the state of the legal profession and also to call on current law students to feel obligated to serve the public.

answer: They spoke at the Harvard Law Forum.

text: The answer is so vague as to be completely useless.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: They held a forum to discuss the state of the legal profession and also to call on current law students to feel obligated to serve the public.

answer: Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and called current law students to serve the public. Nader criticized the Law School for its "corporate" focus and urged law students to enter public service themselves.

text: Davis: "At Thursday’s event, Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and described his vision of a majority of Law graduates working in public interest careers."

text: Corporate interests: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

text: Nader's call to enter public service: "Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves"

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

What was discussed at the forum?

answer: At the forum, Ralph Nader and Pete Davis discussed the state of public interest law in America and defended the importance of encouraging public interest careers among law students. Davis voiced concern at the discrepancy between students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with public interest jobs, and Nader called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves.

text: Public interest: "Former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law Forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers and his belief in Harvard Law School’s obligation to support public interest careers among its graduates."

text: The declining desire for public work: "Davis pointed to the discrepancy between the proportion of students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with a job doing so."

text: Nader's call: "Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves"

answer: The school’s perceived disconnect with public service.

text: While correct, the answer is too short. It should detail the discussion a bit more.

refinement: The school’s perceived disconnect with public service. Davis voiced concern at the discrepancy between students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with public interest jobs, and Nader called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves.

answer: The debates over law school students' perceived detachment from public service.

text: While correct, the answer is too short. It should detail the discussion a bit more.

refinement: The debates over law school students' perceived detachment from public service. Davis voiced concern at the discrepancy between students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with public interest jobs, and Nader called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves.

answer: Ralph Nader and Pete D. Davis critiqued the state of the legal profession in the United States and called current law school students to serve the public interest. Nader also stressed that public service is essential to promoting justice.

text: Critique the state of the legal profession: "Introduced by Harvard Law Forum President Martin T. Drake, the speakers split the two-hour event to both critique the state of the legal profession in America and call current law students to serve the public."

text: Promote justice: "Following Davis, Nader first spoke about lawyers’ need to promote of the rule of law to defend justice. Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

answer: Public service and its connection to the Law School.

text: The answer reads as if criminal public service and law school connection is being talked about.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: At the forum, Ralph Nader and Pete Davis discussed the state of public interest law in America and defended the importance of encouraging public interest careers among law students. Davis voiced concern at the discrepancy between students who enter the Law School wanting to work in the public interest and those who graduate with public interest jobs, and Nader called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves.

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

What did Nader accuse the Law School of?

answer: Failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests.

text: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

answer: Nader accused the Law School of not promoting justice in its practices. He also called on current law students to enter into public service careers and advocate for change at the Law School so that more graduates enter the public interest.

text: Nader's call to the students is irrelevant to the question.

refinement: Nader accused the Law School of not promoting justice in its practices.

text: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

answer: Nader accuses the Law School of producing graduates who bend to corporate interests rather than prioritizing public service.

text: Nader's core critique is the lack of promotion for justice at Harvard Law.

refinement: Nader accuses the Law School of producing graduates who bend to corporate interests rather than promoting justice.

text: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

answer: He accused the Law School of not actively pursuing the rule of law

text: Nader's point about pursuing the rule of law is to defend justice.

refinement: He accused the Law School of not actively pursuing the rule of law to defend justice.

text: "Following Davis, Nader first spoke about lawyers’ need to promote of the rule of law to defend justice. Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

answer: Failing to promote justice in its practices and instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests.

text: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
Ralph Nader, a Harvard Law School alumni who studied there from 1957 to 1959, returned to the school to speak about how graduates should go into public interest rather than corporate law — which is still Harvard's draws when it comes to law school rankings. He believes public interest lawyers are crucial to the American legal system -which continues to ramp up students' debt
quotas -and believes that there's a lot of corruption inside the legal system, specifically in corporate law.

Pete Davis, another Harvard Law alum and the author of the Bicentennial Crisis, added his perspective during the forum and worked with Nader before as an editor of the Harvard Law Record from 2001 -2003. He summarized how Harvard Law School trained Juris Doctors and helped them build their portfolio while pointing out that this did not translate to how powerful corporations got away with things in America.

This issue was able to be discussed since February when professors and students held a forum titled "Harvard Law and the Public Interest" to clarify the school's stance on the public as well as the recent improvements they are attempting to implement to replenish this loss.

text: The answer makes things up and confuses things.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis” and former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader both spoke at the Harvard Law Forum. They discussed the school's perceived disconnect from public service. Nader went further, accusing the school of failing to promote justice, and instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests. Nader concluded by calling on students to advocate for change within the school. Many students were left feeling inspired.

answer: Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis” and former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader both spoke at the Harvard Law Forum. They discussed the school's perceived disconnect from public service. Nader went further, accusing the school of failing to promote justice, and instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests. Nader concluded by calling on students to advocate for change within the school. Many students were left feeling inspired.

text: Speakers: "Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall."

text: Public disconnect: "At Thursday’s event, Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and described his vision of a majority of Law graduates working in public interest careers. The proportion of graduates entering public service law positions stood at 16.87 percent among 2017 graduates."

text: Nader's accusation: "Nader accused the Law School of failing to promote justice in its practices, instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests."

text: Nader's call: "Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves, encourage others to do so, and advocate for change at the Law School to emphasize public interest."

answer: During a Harvard Law School Forum, attorney Ralph Tab focuses on the need for more public law jobs for Harvard graduates. He is joined by Pete D. Davis, a student at Harvard writing a report that criticizes the law school. Currently, law students who don't pursue public service jobs are too focused on doing so as attorneys and the Harvard law school is not very supportive of public service law. Thoreson says that Nader is supportive of The Record, an organization he helped write for. Petrulionis says law school would be made better if they would advocate for strengthening public service law jobs for graduates, not strengthening corporate jobs.

text: The summary is almost completely made up.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis” and former U.S. presidential candidate and attorney Ralph Nader both spoke at the Harvard Law Forum. They discussed the school's perceived disconnect from public service. Nader went further, accusing the school of failing to promote justice, and instead producing graduates who bend to corporate interests. Nader concluded by calling on students to advocate for change within the school. Many students were left feeling inspired.

answer: Ralph Nader talked at the Harvard Law Forum, criticizing the legal profession in the United States and calling current law students to enter public service. Pete D. Davis pointed to a discrepancy between the number of students aiming to enter public service law and those who actually do. Nader advocated for law students to change the direction of their profession to serve the greater public interest.

text: The answer can use another sentence. The most important topic left to cover is Nader's accusation of the law school.

refinement: Ralph Nader talked at the Harvard Law Forum, criticizing the legal profession in the United States and calling current law students to enter public service. Pete D. Davis pointed to a discrepancy between the number of students aiming to enter public service law and those who actually do. Nader accused the law school of bending to corporate interests and failing to promote justice. Nader advocated for law students to change the direction of their profession to serve the greater public interest.

text: The answer can use another sentence. One of the most important topics left to cover is the reception to the talk.

refinement: Ralph Nader talked at the Harvard Law Forum, criticizing the legal profession in the United States and calling current law students to enter public service. Pete D. Davis pointed to a discrepancy between the number of students aiming to enter public service law and those who actually do. Nader accused the law school of bending to corporate interests and failing to promote justice. Nader advocated for law students to change the direction of their profession to serve the greater public interest. The audience was inspired.

text: Speakers: "Pete D. Davis ’12, the author of “The Bicentennial Crisis,” a book-length report that criticizes the Law School, joined Nader to speak in front of about a hundred people in the Law School’s Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall."

text: Public disconnect: "At Thursday’s event, Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and described his vision of a majority of Law graduates working in public interest careers. The proportion of graduates entering public service law positions stood at 16.87 percent among 2017 graduates."

text: Nader's call: "Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves, encourage others to do so, and advocate for change at the Law School to emphasize public interest."

answer: Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers in the legal profession and his belief that Harvard Law School owes it to its graduates to promote the public interest. Nader also called on current law students to enter the public interest themselves and advocated for change at the Law School to emphasize public service careers.

text: The answer omits Davis's part of the talk.

refinement: Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers in the legal profession and his belief that Harvard Law School owes it to its graduates to promote the public interest. Nader also called on current law students to enter the public interest themselves and advocated for change at the Law School to emphasize public service careers. Pete D. Davis, the author of "The Bicentennial Crisis", spoke about the relationship between public interest and law, enumerating the lackluster participation of Harvard Law graduates in public service versus the wishes of the new students.

text: The answer can split these long sentences into shorter ones for better readability.

refinement: Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers in the legal profession and his belief that Harvard Law School owes it to its graduates to promote the public interest. Nader also called on current law students to enter the public interest themselves. He advocated for change at the Law School to emphasize public service careers. Pete D. Davis, the author of "The Bicentennial Crisis", spoke about the relationship between public interest and law, enumerating the lackluster participation of Harvard Law graduates in public service versus the wishes of the new students.

text: The answer can use another sentence to cover the reception to the talk.

refinement: Ralph Nader spoke at the Harvard Law forum Thursday to discuss the need for more public interest lawyers in the legal profession and his belief that Harvard Law School owes it to its graduates to promote the public interest. Nader also called on current law students to enter the public interest themselves. He advocated for change at the Law School to emphasize public service careers. Pete D. Davis, the author of "The Bicentennial Crisis", spoke about the relationship between public interest and law, enumerating the lackluster participation of Harvard Law graduates in public service versus the wishes of the new students. The audience was inspired.

text: Public disconnect: "At Thursday’s event, Davis enumerated the history of public interest law participation at the Law School and described his vision of a majority of Law graduates working in public interest careers. The proportion of graduates entering public service law positions stood at 16.87 percent among 2017 graduates."

text: Nader's call: "Nader finally called on the listening law students to enter public service themselves, encourage others to do so, and advocate for change at the Law School to emphasize public interest."


text:
The 2016–17 TEXAS STATE BOBCATS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM represented Texas State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth year head coach Zenarae Antoine, played their home games at Strahan Coliseum and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana–Lafayette. They were invited to the WBI where they lost to Eastern Washington in the first round.

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[1] http://www.txstatebobcats.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

title: 2016–17 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team

question: What sport is the article about?

answer: The article is most likely about basketball.

text: More description/specifics about what is discussed in the passage can be given.

refinement: The article is about the Texas State Bobcats Women's basketball team.

answer: Basketball

text: Much more detail can be provided to increase the strength of the response.

refinement: This article is about the Texas State Bobcats Women's Basketball Team.

answer: The article is about the 2016-2017 Texas State Women's Basketball Team

question: Who led the 2016-17 Bobcats?

answer: The 2016-17 Texas State Bobcats were led by head coach Zenarae Antoine.

answer: The head coach for the 2016-17 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team was Zenarae Antoine.

answer: The head coach was Zenarae Antoine.

text: To properly answer this question, adding on to the statement "led the 2016-17 Bobcats" would be helpful.

refinement: The head coach, Zenarae Antoine, led the 2016-17 Bobcats.

question: What is the Sun Belt Conference?

answer: The Sun Belt Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference comprising teams from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Its ten member schools compete in football, basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, and cross country.

text: This response is not found in the passage and is found from an outside source.

refinement: According to Google, the Sun Belt Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference comprising teams from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Its ten member schools compete in football, basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, and cross country.

answer: From the passage, it is clear that the Sun Belt Conference is the conference that the Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team competes in during the 2016-2017 season.

answer: The description indicates that it's a basketball tournament.

question: Which teams did the Bobs win against?

answer: According to the passage, the Bobcats only won against teams from the Sun Belt Conference.

text: The passage does not state the teams the Bobcats won against, so the response should say the same.

refinement: According to the passage, the teams that the Bobcats won against are not stated.

answer: The Texas State Bobcats won against the following opponents: Louisiana-Lafayette, Appalachian State, UALR and Louisiana-Monroe.

text: The passage does not state any teams that the Bobcats won against, so the information listed in the response is incorrect.

refinement: The Texas State Bobcats lost against the following opponents: Louisiana-Lafayette, Appalachian State, UALR and Louisiana-Monroe.

answer: No teams are named that they won against.

question: Which teams did the Bobcats lose against?

answer: The Bobcats lost against UL in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament and they lost against Eastern Washington in the first round of the WBI.

text: A detail, the team name of UL, needs to be switched to Louisiana-Lafayette.

refinement: The Bobcats lost against Lousisiana-Lafayette in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament and they lost against Eastern Washington in the first round of the WBI.

answer: Eastern Washington

text: More detail needs to be added to this response to make it a more accurate statement.

refinement: Eastern Washington and Louisiana-Lafayette are the teams that the Bobcats lost against.

answer: They lost to Louisiana-Lafayette in the quarterfinals and to Eastern Washing in the WBI.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The 2016-17 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team had a successful season, finishing in fourth place in their division of the Sun Belt conference. They eventually lost in the playoffs.

answer: The 2016-17 Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team had a successful season, finishing 11-7 in the Sun Belt Conference and making it to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. However, they were unable to make it to the NCAA Tournament, losing in their first round match-up in the WBI.

answer: The Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team looks to make some noise in the Sun Belt Conference for the 2016-17 season. Their record of 16-15 was respectable, but they fell short in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. They hope to reverse that result in the upcoming WBI.

text: Some of the detail provided in this response is inaccurate and should be omitted from the response.

refinement: The Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team looks to make some noise in the Sun Belt Conference for the 2016-17 season. Their record of 16-15 was respectable, but they fell short in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament and lost in the first round of WBI.

answer: The Texas State Bobcats women's basketball team had a successful 2016-17 season. They finished 4th in the Sun Belt Conference and reached the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. Nevertheless, they lost in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational.

answer: The Texas State University Bobcats women's basketball team of the 2016-17 season were led by Zenarae Antoine and notably played the Sun Belt Conference and WBI.

text: Some additional detail could be added to strengthen this response.

refinement: The Texas State University Bobcats women's basketball team of the 2016-17 season was led by Zenarae Antoine. The Bobcats played in the Sun Belt Conference, placing fourth, and were invited to WBI, where they lost in the first round.

answer: The 2016-17 Texas State Women's Basketball Team was led by Head Coach Zenarae Antoine and played in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season with a 16-15 record and lost in the quarterfinals of the Conference tournament.

text: Adding the detail of playing in WBI is important to summarize this passage.

refinement: The 2016-17 Texas State Women's Basketball Team was led by Head Coach Zenarae Antoine and played in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season with a 16-15 record and lost in the quarterfinals of the Conference tournament. The Bobcats were invited to play in WBI, and lost in the first round.


text: The drums sound, *Thump Thump Thump* three steps, *Thump Thump Thump* another three. You snap back to reality from your day dream and re-adjust your helm. Suddenly a loud roar is heard,*"COMPANY, AT THE FAST TIME, MARCH!"* Reacting instantly you start stepping more quickly, lifting your shield a bit higher so the few weeds not trampled by the march of thousands do not drag on it. You grip your spear a bit harder as you feel you handle on the weapon to be a bit wet, from the heat perhaps. Then again, just a suddenly *"COMPANY, DOUBLE TIME, MARCH!"* You start a light jog now with a ridge about 20 meters in front of you, flowing with weeds, flowers, bushes and other assorted under-brush. You feel a slight anticipation as you start to ascend the ridge, fearing and wanting what lies beyond. Finally after what seems like an eternity to crest the ridge, and gasp as you jog forward at the sight before you, thousands of thousands of men. Then you notice something that seemed like a buzz in the back of your mind for all of this, the sound. You hear screaming, war-cry, and steel to your left, where your line has already charged forward. Then to your right is the steady beat of a multitude of men, all marching in union. Behind you you hear your brothers jog with you, with the rattle of equipment and the scrape of leather. Now the enemy seems so much closer, so much more dangerous, so much more **real**, but you go on, tis your duty. Then as suddenly as the first two you hear, *"COMPANY, PREPARE TO CHARGE!"* You shift your spear forward, your body and all those around you now in the prefect position to sprint forward the last few meters to the enemy, the perfect image of man at his finest and at his worst. Breaking this dam of tension blast a loud long horn. Then screaming with your brother behind your back you charge, running with all your might towards that hated foe in front of you, you spear parallel to the ground ready to impale that piece of flesh that dare get in your way. The enemy is a 10 meters.......5...4...3..2.1, then *SMASH*...............................

title: Advance

question: Who is the soldier?

answer: The story is written as if we, ourselves, are the soldier.

answer: He/she is in command of a company of unspecified size.

text: The story is first-person flash fiction, and we are put in the place of a soldier.

refinement: We are a soldier in command of a company of unspecified size.

answer: The soldier could be any warrior in an organized battle.

text: The story is a first person flash fiction where you are put in the place of a soldier.

refinement: You are in the spot of a soldier in an organized battle.

question: How does the soldier feel about going to battle?

answer: The soldier is afraid before and looking forward to going into battle.

answer: The soldier is set to his purpose and does not appear to feel fear, though the style of the narrative may lead to a more subjective outlook in this regard.

text: It is wrongly stated that the soldier does not feel fearful. "You feel a slight anticipation as you start to ascend the ridge, fearing and wanting what lies beyond" - This is evidence that he was fearful in the beginning.

refinement: The soldier is set to his purpose and appears to feel fearful in the beginning, though the style of the narrative may lead to a more subjective outlook in this regard.

answer: The soldier seems increasingly confident as they prepare to fight in the war.

question: Does the story glorify war?

answer: The subjective nature of the narrative would indicate this is a hard question to answer. The men in the story are described as at their best and their worst all at once, which would indicate an acknowledgement by the author that war is awful.

answer: No, it does not glorify war because the passage is quite violent, describing dangers and bloody violence that often occur in war.

text: There is no clear evidence of whether the passage glorifies war.

refinement: The passage does not clearly state the answer to this question. Although, it does seem to not glorify war because the passage shows how war is awful.

text: Answer missing.

refinement: The passage does not clearly state the answer to this question. Although, it does seem to not glorify war because the passage shows how war is awful.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author is describing a charge towards the enemy with intense excitement and anticipation, knowing that it could lead to victory or death.

answer: The protagonist charges ahead in battle, eager to smash into the enemy.

text: It is omitted that he is a soldier.

refinement: The protagonist is a soldier who charges ahead in battle, eager to smash into the enemy.

answer: The protagonist is preparing to charge towards an enemy, ready to fight.

text: It is omitted that he is a soldier.

refinement: The protagonist, a soldier, is preparing to charge towards an enemy, ready to fight.

text: " The enemy is a 10 meters.......5...4...3..2.1, then *SMASH*" is evidence that they charged towards the enemy.

answer: This is a scene of all-out war, where the protagonist's company charges towards their enemies in order to fight and win a battle.

answer: The protagonist of the story is charging ahead with the rest of their army, ready to meet the enemy head on.

answer: A piece of first person flash-fiction in which we are placed in the body of a soldier on his way to battle.


text:
It is said that a person is something the whole universe is doing, much like a wave is something the entire ocean is doing. His grip tightened, his eyes narrowed.

A young boy stood still in a forest. Pools of sunlight slowly grew and retracted with a light breeze. Timelessness and faint understanding of place and existence crept in. Echoes of birds birthed a sting of emotion, tightly winding primal joy to this beautiful understanding of everything. How I never wanted to leave, for this place was not a part of the world that I was. My thoughts and convictions simply evaporated here. For the briefest of moments, I was truly free.

A young man sat in a field. No roads were near, nothing to break his purpose. Tall grass, dotted with golden buttercups, purple wildflowers, and patches of goldenrod gently swayed. Warm sunlight eased his strain. Vividly green trees enclosed this paradise. Scents melded together, creating a delicate aroma. Everything was so alive, so detached. His world struggled to understand this concept. The young man embraced it as something more. Wisps of high cirrus clouds raced across the depth of the blue sky. Here, he felt himself become a child again. He shed his worldly concerns, closed his eyes, and indulged himself. I never wanted anything else but for this.

A middle aged man sat on a small strip of sand, cradled from view by thick bushes. The skies changed hues, progressively darkening with each shift. All was still. His boat drifted forward gradually, leaving no ripples behind it. Stars and planets rose into view, reflected so perfectly that one might genuinely not be able to determine the difference between horizons. Auroras painted themselves across the sky. Fierce reds clashed with persistent greens, sending bickering splashes off in all directions. I knew all I would ever need to know.

He snapped back into his world, almost as if forcefully ejected here randomly. His emotions and senses dulled, aware they were no longer in a perfect place. Here, purpose was sent helter skelter by pressure to succeed at trivial and pointless things. How burdened they are, he thought to himself. How strange I must seem to them now. How silly they will feel once they are me. His grip loosened, and his vision blurred.

A photograph drifted slowly to the floor.

title: Ripples of nostalgia

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The narrator, the young boy, the young man, the middle-aged man

answer: The narrator, a young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man.

answer: The main characters of the story are a young boy, a young man, and a middle aged man.

text: The answer misses to mention the narrator who also seems to be part of the story

refinement: The main characters of the story are the narrator, a young boy, a young man, and a middle aged man.

answer: The main characters of the story are a young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man.

text: The answer misses to mention the narrator who also seems to be part of the story

refinement: The main characters of the story are the narrator, a young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man.

question: What is the relationship between the boy, young man, and middle-aged man?

answer: They are all the same person, at different stages of life.

answer: The boy and young man seem to be experiencing the same sense of awe and wonderment in nature, while the middle-aged man seems to be reflecting on his own childhood memories.

text: The answer misses to mention that they are all the same person in different stages of life.

refinement: The boy and young man seem to be experiencing the same sense of awe and wonderment in nature, while the middle-aged man seems to be reflecting on his own childhood memories. They are all the same person in different stages of life.

text: empty response.

refinement: They are all the same person in different stages of life.

answer: They are the same person.

question: Who snapped back into his world?

answer: The middle-aged man.

answer: The middle-aged man did. He was no longer able to enjoy the beauty of nature as he once did as a child and young man.

text: There's no direct evidence that mentions the middle-aged man could no longer enjoy the beauty of nature.

answer: The narrator did, after looking at an old photograph of himself when he was younger.

text: empty response.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is a middle-aged man.

text: It misses to mention that the narrator is also an older version of the young boy and young man.

refinement: The narrator is the young boy, young man, and middle-aged man.

answer: The narrator of this piece is someone who has experienced moments of pure joy and contentment in nature, and who longs to return to those moments. The narrator is likely someone who is older, reflecting on his life and the changes he has seen.

answer: He is an older version of the boy, young man, and middle-aged man.

text: empty response.

refinement: The narrator is an older version of the young boy, young man, and the middle aged man.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A man sees an old photograph of himself when he was younger and nostalgia takes hold. He starts to reminisce about being a young boy in a forest where he felt truly free, a young man in a field with no concern in the world, and a middle-aged man looking at auroras, stars, and planets, knowing all he ever needs to know. The man snaps back into his world and thinks the younger versions of himself will think he's strange and silly for being burdened by pointless things and pressure to succeed.

answer: The passage is about a man who is reflecting on his life and how he has changed over the years.

text: The summary misses to mention important details such as which stages the narrator reflects on his life

refinement: The passage is about a man who is reflecting on his life as a young boy, young man and middle-aged man. He reminisces about times of being truly free and not having a care in the world, and how he has changed over the years.

text: The summary misses to mention important details such as when he snaps back.

refinement: The passage is about a man who is reflecting on his life as a young boy, young man and middle-aged man. He reminisces about times of being truly free and not having a care in the world, and how he has changed over the years. The man snaps back and thinks how strange he must seem now to his younger versions.

answer: A young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man are all in different places, but they all feel the same way. They all feel like they are in a perfect place, and they all feel like they are a child again. They all feel like they know all they need to know.

text: There is not evidence to suggest that they all feel like they know all they need to know. It is the middle-aged man who feels this way.

refinement: A young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man are all in different places, but they all feel the same way. They all feel like they are in a perfect place, and they all feel like they are a child again. The middle-aged man feels like he knows all he would ever need to know.

text: It misses to mention that they are all the same person reflecting back on a younger self.

refinement: A young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man are the same person, reflecting back at different stages of life, but they all feel the same way. They all feel like they are in a perfect place, and they all feel like they are a child again. The middle-aged man feels like he knows all he would ever need to know.

text: It misses to mention that the man snaps back and thinks how strange he must seem now to his younger versions.

refinement: A young boy, a young man, and a middle-aged man are the same person, reflecting back at different stages of life, but they all feel the same way. They all feel like they are in a perfect place, and they all feel like they are a child again. The middle-aged man feels like he knows all he would ever need to know. The man snaps back and thinks how strange he must seem now to his younger versions.

answer: This piece explores the nostalgia that comes from being in a place that feels like home, and the emotions that come with it. The author reminisces about being in a forest, a field, and on a beach, and how each place made them feel like a child again. They also reflect on how the world can seem so much more burdensome when they return to it.

text: It misses to mention that the author reflects back at different stages of his life.

refinement: This piece explores the nostalgia that comes from being in a place that feels like home, and the emotions that come with it. The author reminisces about being in different stages of life: a young boy in a forest, a young man in a field, and a middle-aged man on a beach, and how each place made them feel like a child again. They also reflect on how the world can seem so much more burdensome when they return to it.


text:
The Combined Action Platoon to which I was assigned consisted of 12 Marines and one Navy Corpsman. We later described  ourselves as Peace Corps workers with rifles operating as units in the countryside of I Corps outside of Da Nang Vietnam in 1970.

Winning the hearts and minds was the official mantra we were told when being given an area of operation to conduct patrols, ambushes and operations to attempt to ensure that the Viet Cong and NVA not control the locals by kidnapping village chiefs and murdering them or using their  terrorist tactics to convince some villages that wished to have allegiance to South Vietnam be left unmolested from their influence.

As a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman, I have to admit that my knowledge of politics was minimal and our involvement in Vietnam by the late sixties was obviously a “let’s get the hell out of here,” mentality. We flashed peace signs to each other everywhere we went while hitching rides on military vehicles on Highway One, the main asphalt artery running north to south.

Mainly, our platoon of Marines worked with a larger group of local militia types who were called Popular Forces.These were locals who were their National Guard (young, old and in-between) that we tried to train while living in their hometown villages in our area of operation. I was more idealistic in the beginning trying to work the civic action principles of this very different type of infantry unit.

In the villages I would hold Medcaps which were basically mobile clinics. Where I set up  a wooden table and chair in front of a Vietnamese home on a dusty main street while the villagers all lined up to be examined and diagnosed by me, a nineteen year old navy medic.

The Vietnamese word for doctor is bacsi but they usually just called me Bacsi-Doc. A heady title for a teenage corpsman.

The tedious drudgery and sometimes freakish minutes of terror in the CAPs seemed to blend into the day to day existence of never knowing when you might die or be horribly wounded as we witnessed this around us. Our Vietnamese counterparts seemed to appear to bear the brunt of this since Command had dictated a year previously that the Vietnamese had to take the lead on patrols and operations.

There was always the fear of a sniper round or stepping on a booby trap while on patrol or the knowledge that the same CAP a year previously had been wiped out in an ambush while on patrol.

 I told a Vietnam vet friend of mine recently that my recollection of Vietnam was comprised of two words: Chaos and bullshit. Chaos being the insanity of war and bullshit being the reasons we were there in the first place.

There are so many memories, many of which are blocked and repressed but will still creep up in a sweaty nightmare some forty years later. Basically I was just trying to do my job as a medical corpsman of which I had gone through much training to become.

Before leaving my last duty station at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington, D.C.I had worked in the ER learning skills that might only be approved to be performed by medical doctors in the civilian world. After receiving orders for Vietnam the next month, I was officially designated as a Navy 8404 FMF (Fleet Marine Force) Combat Corpsman since we were now Navy personnel officially attached to Marine Corps units which I learned had one of the highest mortality rate of any military occupational specialty.

When arriving in-country we attended Vietnamese Language School which was a two week course to also help us understand Vietnamese customs. We were then assigned to one of the four Combined Action Groups operating in I Corps.

The Lt. Col at the completion of the course seemed to take some kind of sadistic pleasure in telling us forty corpsmen lined up that day that only fifty percent of us would be making it home.

After being there a few months in the CAPs I became resigned  to doing the best I could under the circumstances. One afternoon, I was told that a local farmer had sliced his hand open while in the rice paddies. He was in a nearby hamlet to where we moved that night since being a mobile CAP was now our modus operandi. This was so that the enemy would not know where we might be set up on any given night. We’d learned that the older stationary units could bring on an attack more likely from the Viet Cong.

We became aware that we never knew who to really trust living among the people and  could actually be living with Viet Cong sympathizers. What I learned most interestingly early on was that these poor peasant farmers and their families just wished to be left alone by both us and the Viet Cong it seemed.

As the Marines I was with set up our nightly perimeter and sent out their ambush team, I entered this farmer’s humble straw made home to set up my medical bag on a rough wooden table with a kerosene lamp.

 I tended his wound, cleaning it with antiseptic while laying out my suture kit. I injected lidocaine to help numb the area. Using forceps and needle, I then carefully applied individual stitches along the length of the meaty part of his thumb that he had sliced open.

It occurred to me that this farmer had likely never been treated by anyone in his life for anything medically related and I thought he could also very well be either Viet Cong or a sympathizer.

I learned years later that the Viet Cong actually highly respected us for the humanitarian works we performed while in these CAP units and sometimes didn’t harass us because we were actually helping them in some unforetold way in this strange war nobody wanted.

As I squinted in the poor light to mend this Vietnamese man’s hand, I heard  a Marine who was sitting quietly nearby by say: “ Geez, Doc, where did you learn to do shit like that.?”

title: Bacsi-Doc Short story about the Vietnam war.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: He is a nineteen-year-old medic in the Navy, operating in a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam.

text: The Combined Action Platoon that the narrator was assigned to describe themselves as Peace Corp workers.

answer: The narrator is a Navy Corpsman who served in a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam.

text: The narrator is a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman in a Combined Action Platoon consisting of 12 Marines and one Navy Corpsman.

answer: A nineteen-year-old Navy Corpsman.

text: The narrator is a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman, but he is more than that in the context of the passage.

refinement: The narrator is a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman in a Combined Action Platoon consisting of 12 Marines and one Navy Corpsman.

text: The Combined Action Platoon that the narrator was assigned to describe themselves as Peace Corp workers.

answer: The narrator is a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman.

text: The narrator is indeed a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman. However, this answer is basic as there are more information on him in the passage.

refinement: The narrator is a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman in a Combined Action Platoon consisting of 12 Marines and one Navy Corpsman.

text: The Combined Action Platoon that the narrator was assigned to describe themselves as Peace Corp workers.

question: Who is the war between?

answer: The war is between the Viet Cong and the NVA.

text: It is unclear from the passage that the war was just between Viet Cong and NVA.

refinement: The war in Vietnam has many sides. There is the Viet Cong, the NVA, and the United States military.

answer: It's between the Viet Cong and the U.S. Army.

text: The Vietnam war has many facets to it. It is not just about the Viet Cong and the U.S. army.

refinement: The war in Vietnam has many sides. There is the Viet Cong, the NVA, and the United States military.

answer: The war is between the Viet Cong and the United States military.

text: The Vietnam war has many facets to it. It is not just about the Viet Cong and the U.S. army.

refinement: The war in Vietnam has many sides. There is the Viet Cong, the NVA, and the United States military.

answer: The war is between the Viet Cong and the United States.

text: The Vietnam war has many facets to it. It is not just about the Viet Cong and the U.S. army.

refinement: The war in Vietnam has many sides. There is the Viet Cong, the NVA, and the United States military.

question: Why does the narrator's squad operate in a mobile fashion instead of establishing a base of operations?

answer: The narrator's squad operates in a mobile fashion because they are trying to avoid being attacked by the Viet Cong.

text: A mobile squad is necessary so that the Viet Cong will not know where the enemy is set up on any given night. Older stationary squads doo attract attacks from the Viet Cong.

answer: The squad operates in a mobile fashion in order to avoid being attacked by the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong are aware of stationary units and know that they are more likely to be attacked if they know where the squad is located. Operating in a mobile fashion makes it more difficult for the Viet Cong to track the squad's movements.

answer: They learned that the Viet Cong ambushes stationary camps and this way they don't have to worry about the Viet Cong knowing their location at night.

answer: The narrator's squad is operating in an area where the Viet Cong are active. The Viet Cong are known to attack stationary units.

text: It is not important that the narrator's squad is operating where the Viet Cong are active.

refinement: The narrator's squad is being mobile because the Viet Cong are known to attack stationary units.

text: A mobile squad is necessary so that the Viet Cong will not know where the enemy is set up on any given night. Older stationary squads doo attract attacks from the Viet Cong.

question: Why don't the Viet Cong bother the American soldiers at times?

answer: The Viet Cong respect the humanitarian works the American soldiers do.

text: The Viet Cong sometimes did not attack the American soldiers when they are doing humanitarian work.

text: No answer provided.

refinement: Because of the humanitarian services American soldiers sometimes provide to the locals.

answer: The Viet Cong respect the American soldiers for their humanitarian works, and do not want to provoke them. The Viet Cong know that the American soldiers are more likely to be able to defend themselves if attacked, and so they do not want to risk a confrontation.

answer: Because the Viet Cong respects the humanitarian works they are doing.

text: The Viet Cong do not attack at the moment when these humanitarian services are being provided

refinement: Because the Viet Cong respects the humanitarian services American soldiers sometimes provide to the locals.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator talks about his life in Vietnam as a medic. He explains how he learned later on that the locals didn't want either them or the Viet Cong. He talks about his resignation to do the best he can while being aware that his life could end at any second. He learns many years after the war that the Viet Cong sometimes didn't bother them because of the humanitarian works they were doing.

answer: The narrator is a nineteen-year-old Navy Corpsman who is assigned to a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam. He is tasked with winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. He is also tasked with providing medical care to the Vietnamese people. He learns that the Vietnamese people just want to be left alone by both the Viet Cong and the Americans.

answer: The author is a Navy Corpsman who served in Vietnam in the 1970s. He tells the story of a Vietnamese farmer who has a cut on his hand and how he treated it.

text: The summary is too lean on details.

refinement: The author is a Navy Corpsman who served in Vietnam in the 1970s. He explains how his group relates to the Vietnamese locals and how they did not want either the US army or the Viet Cong to disrupt their lives. The narrator explains his groups' strategy of not being always mobile and the realization that his life could end at any time. He reveals that the Viet Cong sometimes refuse to attack them when they are on humanitarian missions.

answer: This short story tells of the experiences of a young Navy Corpsman serving in a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The author describes the chaotic nature of war and the often confusing and frustrating reasons behind the US involvement in the conflict. The Corpsman is often tasked with providing medical care to the local Vietnamese people, and despite the danger, often finds himself respecting and even liking the people he is working with.

text: There was no mention of the narrator liking or respecting the people he works with.

refinement: This short story tells of the experiences of a young Navy Corpsman serving in a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The author describes the chaotic nature of war and the often confusing and frustrating reasons behind the US involvement in the conflict. The Corpsman is often tasked with providing medical care to the local Vietnamese people. He reveals that the Viet Cong sometimes do not attack when he is delivering medical help to the locals.


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media captionAt least two men stormed the hotel, which is popular with tourists

MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area. A car bomb also exploded nearby.

Unconfirmed reports say some of the assailants have blown themselves up. The officials say the dead include one US and one French citizen.

The security forces say the stand-off has now been brought to an end.

The US state department has confirmed the death of a US citizen, without giving any further details. The dead American is believed to have been a security contractor.

The French national is reported to have been working for Libya's Buraq Air.

There are conflicting reports as to the total number of attackers.

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image captionThe security forces say that the operation against gunmen who attacked the hotel is now over

A Twitter account linked to Islamic State said the militant group had carried out the attack.

There has been strong evidence to suggest an IS presence in the eastern Libyan city of Derna since October, with a group there publicly declaring allegiance to its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

However, the command structure is still a mystery to most foreign observers.

The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says that in the past month there has been a string of incidents in western Libya, including abductions and bombings, that have been claimed by IS social media accounts.

But she says it has not been clearly established whether these groups are IS foot soldiers or people inspired by them.

Attack threat

A civilian who witnessed the attack told the BBC: "I suddenly heard shots and saw people running towards me, and we all escaped from the back [of the hotel] through the underground garage. The hotel did a lockdown after that."

ANALYSIS: BBC'S RANA JAWAD IN TRIPOLI

The militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Corinthia Hotel, which was housing Omar al-Hassi, prime minister of Tripoli's self-proclaimed government, and the makeshift offices of an unknown number of foreign companies. Although this cannot be verified with absolute certainty, the brutality and style of the siege suggests it was the work of extremists targeting foreigners.

Libya is in a state of political chaos with a security vacuum and there are few reliable sources with whom to check facts. On a day when Tripoli witnessed this brazen and deadly attack, reporters were faced with statements from competing political blocs who seemingly tried to capitalise on the incident.

Mr al-Hassi claimed he was the target. The elected government in the east will use it to make the case for broadening their crackdown on Islamist groups - which some blame for further radicalising some of them.

What it has shown is that this lawless land is making it easy for extremist groups to mushroom.

Different sources at the scene said there were between three and five attackers - footage released later on Tuesday showed the body of a man reported to be one of the militants.

A security source told the BBC that one gunman had been arrested. Four security guards are among the dead and several people are reported to be injured.

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image captionSecurity forces and emergency services surrounded the hotel at the height of the stand-off on Tuesday

One hotel employee told the Associated Press news agency that the hotel was mostly empty at the time of the attack.

Meanwhile, a hotel security source told the BBC that the hotel had received a threat "a few days ago" warning managers "to empty the building".

'Revenge attack'

Housing the few foreigners who remain in the Libyan capital has long been known to be risky, our correspondent says.

The Corinthia Hotel is used by foreign diplomats, government officials and foreign companies. The UN Support Mission in Libya (Unsmil) has hosted several workshops at the hotel.

Libyan internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign affairs chief, also condemned the attack which took place as a second round of peace talks between Libya's warring factions ended in Geneva in what the UN described as a "positive atmosphere".

image copyrightAFP

image captionThe hotel is popular with foreign diplomats and government officials

The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

Liby died in a US hospital on 2 January, days before he was due to stand trial.

Libya has been hit by instability since the overthrow of long-time ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011.

Numerous militias govern their own patches of territory, with competing governments in Tripoli and the east struggling to exercise control.

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

Who were the victims of the attack?

answer: The victims of the attack were nine people, including five foreign nationals.

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

answer: The victims of the attack were five foreign visitors to the Corinthia Hotel and one US citizen.

text: Incorrect count of fatalities

answer: A US citizen and a French national with links to an air Taxi company

text: Insufficient answer. 9 people died, including 5 foreigners -among which are 1 French and 1 American.

refinement: 9 people died, including 5 foreigners -among which are 1 French national and 1 American.

answer: Nine people were killed, including one US citizen and one French citizen.

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

answer: Two Americans and one French citizen.

text: Insufficient answer. Requires a total count of all victims indicated in the article

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

Explain the motivation behind the attack.

answer: The IS claimed responsibility for the attack on the Corinthia Hotel, saying it was the result of revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

answer: The motivation behind the attack is likely to be revenge for the death of a suspected Al-Qaeda member. Militants likely launched the attack in order to target foreigners in Libya in an attempt to destabilize the country.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

answer: The motivation for the attack is unclear, but it appears that it was carried out by extremists targeting foreign nationals and associated businesses in retaliation for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

answer: Bellaraben, the country's secular prime minister, expressed his desire to broaden the crackdown on Islamist groups after the attack. IS claimed the attack at the attack to be a revenge attack. They also claimed that Omar al-Hasi, the prime minister of Tripoli, was the target.

text: Article does not mention Bellaraben. Omit this line.

refinement: The Islamic State claimed the attack at the attack to be a revenge attack. They also claimed that Omar al-Hasi, the prime minister of Tripoli, was the target.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

text: Mr al-Hassi claimed he was the target.

text: The elected government in the east will use it to make the case for broadening their crackdown on Islamist groups - which some blame for further radicalising some of them.

answer: Omar al-Hassi, prime minister of Tripoli, believes he was the target of the attack. An IS Twitter account claims the attack is revenge for the death of a jihadist named Abu Anas al-Liby.

text: Mr al-Hassi claimed he was the target.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan jihadist who was suspected of involvement in the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.

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

What actions are being taken in response to the attack?

answer: The UN has condemned the attack and plans on bringing those responsible to justice. Abdullah Al-Thinni, the internationally recognised Libyan Prime Minister, has also sharply condemned the attacks as well.

text: UN did not condemn the attack: Abdullah did. The statement about bringing those responsible to justice should be attributed to Al-Thinni.

refinement: Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign affairs chief condemned the attack. Abdullah Al-Thinni, the internationally recognised Libyan Prime Minister, has also sharply condemned the attacks and plans on bringing those responsible to justice.

text: Libyan internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

answer: There are conflicting reports as to the total number of attackers and who may have carried out the attack, leading to confusion as to what steps are being taken in response. There has been a condemnation of the attack by Libyan and EU officials, but little else is known.

text: Omit the line about the "confusion as to what steps are being taken" as this is not in the article.

refinement: There has been a condemnation of the attack by Libyan and EU officials, but little else is known.

text:
Libyan internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign affairs chief, also condemned the attack

text: There are conflicting reports as to the total number of attackers.

answer: The Libyan Prime Minister has strongly condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible would be brought to justice. The EU's foreign affairs chief also condemned the attack.

text:
Libyan internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

Federica Mogherini, the EU's foreign affairs chief, also condemned the attack

answer: Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

text: Libyan internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible for it would be brought to justice.

answer: The elected government will use the attack to make the case for cracking down on Ilamist groups.

text: The attack is condemned by the UN and the UE foreign affairs chief.

refinement: The Libyan Prime Minister has strongly condemned the attack and pledged that those responsible would be brought to justice. The EU's foreign affairs chief also condemned the attack.

text: The elected government in the east will use it to make the case for broadening their crackdown on Islamist groups - which some blame for further radicalising some of them.

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

Where did the attack take place?

answer: The attack took place at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli.

text:
MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area.

answer: The Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli.

text:
MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area.

answer: The attack took place at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli.

text:
MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area.

answer: At the Corinthia Hotel in Libya's capital Tripoli.

text:
MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area.

answer: The reception area of the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya.

text:
MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area.

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

Who perpetrated the attack?

answer: Militants.

text:
article identifies the Islamic State as responsible.

The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

answer: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

answer: Militants.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

answer: According to the passage, IS militants attacked the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, killing at least nine people, including five foreign nationals.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

answer: According to the passage, the militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Corinthia Hotel.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Nine people, including one US citizen and one French citizen, were killed in an attack in the reception area of the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli. Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi believes he was the target of the attack. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which they say is revenge for the death of a jihadist named Abu Ana al-Liby.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

text: Mr al-Hassi claimed he was the target.

answer: A group of men attacked the hotel. A car bomb also exploded near the hotel. The security forces were able to end the situation.

text: Lacks further details.

refinement: Nine people, including one US citizen and one French citizen, were killed in an attack in the reception area of the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli. Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi believes he was the target of the attack. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which they say is revenge for the death of a jihadist named Abu Ana al-Liby.

text: Several gunmen stormed the Corinthia Hotel and opened fire in the reception area. A car bomb also exploded nearby.

text: The security forces say the stand-off has now been brought to an end.

answer: Militants attacked the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli on February 18, killing nine people including five foreigners. There are conflicting reports as to the number of attackers and the number killed, with some reports suggesting that one attacker has been arrested. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack amid intensifying insecurity in Libya.

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

text: There are conflicting reports as to the total number of attackers.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby

answer: At least nine people have been killed including five foreign nationals in an armed attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli. The attackers opened fire in the hotel's reception area as a car bomb exploded nearby. The cause of the attack has not been confirmed but it is suspected to have been carried out by an extremist group affiliated with ISIS in retaliation for the death of a Libyan jihadist.

text: The Twitter account linked to IS said the group had carried out the attack in revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Liby

text: A car bomb also exploded nearby.

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

answer: The Corinthia Hotel was subject to an attack. It is unclear according to sources whether the hotel received a prior warning. The army claims to have ended the confronting but it is not known if they were all terrorists.

text: lacks details

refinement: Nine people, including one US citizen and one French citizen, were killed in an attack in the reception area of the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli. Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi believes he was the target of the attack. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which they say is revenge for the death of a jihadist named Abu Ana al-Liby.

text: MILITANTS HAVE ATTACKED A HOTEL IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL TRIPOLI, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS, OFFICIALS SAY.

text: Meanwhile, a hotel security source told the BBC that the hotel had received a threat "a few days ago" warning managers "to empty the building".

text: The security forces say the stand-off has now been brought to an end.