query: Cambridge Animation Systems was used by the British studio that was headquartered in what part of Manchester?

pos: Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge Animation Systems was a British software company that developed a traditional animation software package called Animo, and is now part of Canadian company Toon Boom Animation. It was based in Cambridge, England, hence the name. Established in 1990, it created the Animo software in 1992 after acquiring Compose in Color, which was developed by Oliver Unter-ecker. Animo was used for several animated feature films, shorts, and television series, and it powered the UK animation industry until the 2000s as it was used by studios like King Rollo Films, Telemagination, and Cosgrove Hall Films, but it was also used by studios in other countries, most notably Warner Bros. Feature Animation, DreamWorks, and Nelvana. In total, Animo was used by over 300 studios worldwide.

pos: Cosgrove Hall Films Cosgrove Hall Films (also known as Cosgrove Hall Productions) was a British animation studio founded by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall; its headquarters was in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Cosgrove Hall was once a major producer of children's television and animated programmes; Cosgrove Hall's programmes are still seen in over eighty countries. The company was wound down by its then owner, ITV plc, on 26 October 2009.

neg: Granada Studios Tour Granada Studios Tour was an entertainment theme park at the Granada Studios complex in Castlefield, Manchester, England which operated from 1988 to 1999. The park was located in the heart of Manchester city centre adjacent to the Granada House building.

neg: Cambridge SoundWorks Cambridge SoundWorks is a Massachusetts-based consumer audio manufacturer and retailer.

neg: John David Wilson John David Wilson (8 August 1919 – 20 June 2013) was an English artist, animator and producer. He owned his own production studio, Fine Arts Films.

neg: Triffic Films Triffic Films was a British animation company, based in Stony Stratford, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

neg: Walthamstow Studios Walthamstow Studios was a British film studio located in Walthamstow, London which operated between 1914 and 1930. Two earlier studios had existed in Walthamstow. It was the base of Broadwest films for a number of years, which also used Catford Studios at an overflow facility. Later it was owned by British Filmcraft. After the bankrupt the studio's were sold off for non-film use.

neg: Lime Grove Studios Lime Grove Studios was originally a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915, but it was later purchased by the BBC who used it for television broadcasts from 1949 to 1991. It was situated in Lime Grove, a residential street in Shepherd's Bush, west London, and when it first opened was described by Gaumont as "the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for the production of films". Many Gainsborough Pictures films were made here from the early 1930s. Its sister studio was Islington Studios, also used by Gainsborough. Films were often shot partly at Islington and partly at Lime Grove. The complex was demolished in 1993.

neg: STV Productions STV Productions (previously SMG Productions or Scottish Media Group Productions and originally known as Scottish Television Productions) is the television production arm of the STV Group plc, and incorporates Ginger Productions. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and with an office in London, England, the company's output includes drama, factual, entertainment and children's programming for broadcast on television stations worldwide. A key programming supplier to the television industry in the United Kingdom, STV Productions' output is aired on all UK terrestrial networks as well as major satellite and cable stations.

neg: 107 Piccadilly 107 Piccadilly is a Grade-II listed building on Lena Street in Manchester, England. Situated near Piccadilly Gardens, it was originally built as a packing warehouse and showroom with offices for cotton manufacturer Sparrow Hardwick & Company.

neg: Ocean Productions Ocean Productions, Inc. (also known as Ocean Group, Ocean Media or Ocean Studios) is a production company based in Vancouver, British Columbia produces localizations for distribution in Canada and US. Ocean has produced thousands of animation properties distributed partners and clients. Ocean also does domestic animation.

neg: Shuka (studio) Shuka (株式会社朱夏 , Kabushiki gaisha Shuka ) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2013 by former staff from Brain's Base.

neg: 20th Century Fox Animation Twentieth Century Fox Animation (stylized as 20th Century Fox Animation) is the animation division of the film studio 20th Century Fox, tasked for production feature-length animated film.

neg: Granada plc Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the former parent of the Manchester-based Granada Television.

neg: Pixar Canada Pixar Canada was a wholly owned subsidiary of Pixar Animation Studios. It was located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The studio was tasked to produce short films based on Pixar's feature film characters.

neg: Huhu Studios Huhu Studios is an animation studio based in Warkworth, New Zealand and with studios in Beijing and Taipei. The studio is known for producing Christian-themed animated productions.

neg: Manchester Enterprise Centre Manchester Enterprise Centre, previously Manchester Science Enterprise Centre, (MSEC) is an organisation at the University of Manchester that focuses on stimulating enterprise and entrepreneurship.

neg: Lockheed Martin UK Lockheed Martin UK Limited (LMUK) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, headquartered in London. The company was created on 1 July 1999, combining all of Lockheed Martin's UK operations into one company.

neg: ITV Granada ITV Granada (formerly Granada Television; informally Granada) is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England. The licence for the region has been held by ITV Broadcasting Limited since November 2008. It is the largest independent television-franchise producing company in the UK, accounting for 25% of the total broadcasting output of the ITV network. It had been held by Granada Television, which was founded by Sidney Bernstein and based at Granada Studios on Quay Street in Manchester since its inception. This was the only surviving company of the original four Independent Television Authority franchisees from 1954; Granada Media Group (parent company of Granada Television) merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc in 2004. It covers Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, northwestern Derbyshire, part of Cumbria and North Yorkshire. On 15 July 2009, the Isle of Man was transferred to ITV Granada from ITV Border (even though the Isle of Man is a British Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom).

neg: Apadmi Ltd Apadmi is a mobile application development company based in Manchester. They develop applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices as well as web design, and strategy. Apadmi have produced apps for UK companies and organisations such as the British Museum, BBC iPlayer and The Guardian. As of 2014, the company had 71 employees.

neg: Artic Computing Artic Computing was a software development company based in Brandesburton, England from 1980 to 1986. The company's first games were for the Sinclair ZX81 home computer, but they expanded and were also responsible for various ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Amstrad CPC computer games. The company was set up by Richard Turner and Chris Thornton. Charles Cecil, who later founded Revolution Software, joined the company shortly after it was founded, writing Adventures B through D. Developer Jon Ritman produced a number of ZX81 and Spectrum games for Artic before moving to Ocean Software.

neg: Stoo Cambridge Stuart "Stoo" Cambridge (born 6 September 1969 in Barking, Greater London, UK) is a British computer game designer and artist, and former member of British software developer Sensible Software.


query: In 1970 Lynn Anderson signed with a record label founded in what year?

pos: I've Never Loved Anyone More I've Never Loved Anyone More is a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson released in 1975. The album spawned two singles, the title song (written by Linda Hargrove and Michael Nesmith) and "He Turns It Into Love Again." The title track reached No. 14 while, "He Turns It Into Love Again" reached No. 13, becoming the first time Anderson had consecutive non-top ten singles since signing with Columbia Records in 1970. She would not return to the top ten again until 1979's "Isn't it Always Love." The album was the only Columbia studio album of Anderson's not to be released on the cassette tape format.

pos: Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American major record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment through Sony Entertainment, both are subsidiaries of Sony Corporation of America, the United States division of Sony Corporation. It was founded in 1887 from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company.

neg: Curb Records Curb Records (also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb) is an independent record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963. From 1969 to 1973, Curb merged with MGM Records where Curb served as President of MGM and Verve Records.

neg: Maranatha! Music Maranatha! Music is a Christian music record label which was founded as a nonprofit ministry of Calvary Chapel in 1971. The label is distributed by Capitol Christian Music Distribution, a division of Universal Music.

neg: Ariston Records Ariston Records was a record label established in Milan, Italy, by Alfredo Rossi (1925–2008). It was active from 1964 to 1989. It was part of the larger Ariston Group, which was founded in 1949 by Alfredo and his brother, the composer Carlo Alberto Rossi (1921–2010), and which included several publishing firms, recording studios, and a record pressing plant. Musicians who recorded for the label included I Corvi, Bruno Lauzi, Ornella Vanoni, Mino Reitano, Franco Califano, Claudio Rocchi, and Donatella Rettore.

neg: New Orleans Records New Orleans Records was a United States–based record label from circa 1949 – 1978 that specialized in New Orleans jazz. It was owned and operated by New Orleans, Louisiana record store owner/music writer Orin Blackstone.

neg: Sussex Records Sussex Records, Inc. was a Los Angeles-based record label, founded by music executive and businessman, Clarence Avant, that existed from 1969 through 1975.

neg: Apollo Records (1944) Apollo Records was a record company and label founded in New York City by Hy Siegel and Ted Gottlieb in 1944. A years later it was sold to Ike and Bess Berman. Apollo was known for blues (Doc Pomus), doo-wop (The Larks), gospel (Mahalia Jackson), jazz, and rock and roll.

neg: Archer Records Archer Records is an independent record label with notoriety in the classical guitar and Americana genres. The label was founded in 2001 in downtown Memphis by Ward Archer, who founded Cotton Row Recording Studios in 1978 and is a former trustee of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. It is housed at Music+Arts Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, formerly Sounds Unreel Studio. Located at 1902 Nelson Avenue, the building was converted to a recording studio in 1981 and was purchased by Archer Records owner Ward Archer in 2007. The layout of Music+Arts Studio was designed by George Augsperger and Nashville studio builder David Cherry.

neg: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album) Emerson, Lake & Palmer is the debut album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in the UK in November 1970 on Island Records (catalog no. ILPS 9132). The album's initial North American release was several weeks later, in January 1971, on Atlantic Records' Cotillion Records subsidiary (catalog no. SD 9040). Recording took place at Advision Studios in July 1970 when the group had yet to perform live, and lasted for three months. The album was supported by the group's show at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

neg: Fly Records Fly Records is a British independent record label, established in 1970 by the independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London.

neg: Connie Eaton Connie Eaton (March 1, 1950 – September 30, 1999) was a country music singer. Eaton was a native of Nashville, Tennessee and began her recording career as a teenager in the late 1960s, recording for Chart Records. Chart was the label that established Lynn Anderson as a major country singer and Eaton was considered by the country music press as the label's "next" Anderson. Prior to beginning her recording career, Eaton had been a runnerup in a "Miss Nashville" beauty contest. Her first record, "Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense", a Liz Anderson song, was released in 1968.

neg: Command Records Command Records (originally Command Performance Records) was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and later associated with ABC-Paramount Records.

neg: Ovation Records Ovation Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music, based in Glenview, Illinois. The label was founded in 1971 by Dick Schory, who had been on RCA Records with his Percussion Pops Orchestra and had helped create the Dynagroove process used by RCA. The label was created to feature many different genres; the mid-1970s success of The Kendalls gave Ovation an image as a country music label, although it continued to record rock and pop.

neg: Oldie Blues Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen.

neg: Trojan Records Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name "Trojan" comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica. The truck had "Duke Reid - The Trojan King of Sounds" painted on the sides, and the music played by Reid became known as the "Trojan Sound".

neg: Spivey Records Spivey Records was a specialist blues record label, founded by blues singer Victoria Spivey and jazz historian Len Kunstadt in 1961. Spivey Records released a series of blues and jazz albums between 1961 and 1985.

neg: Amaret Records Amaret Records was a record label that operated between 1968 and 1973. Among the artists that had their recordings released on the label were hard rock group Crow, Country singer Judy Lynn and singer Mrs Miller.

neg: Strata-East Records Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz which was founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording "Music Inc." The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s. Many of the label's releases are now hailed as prime examples of 1970s Post-Bop, Spiritual Jazz, and Afro-Jazz.

neg: Spotlite Records Spotlite Records is a British jazz record company and label. It was founded in 1968 by producer Tony Williams, originally as an outlet for Charlie Parker's Dial recordings. It has reissued other Dial masters, and undertaken new recordings.

neg: East West Records East West Records (stylized as east"west" from 1990 to 2001) is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

neg: Cobblestone Records Cobblestone Records was an American jazz record label founded by Joe Fields in New York City in 1972.


query: Mickey Rooney and Lino Brocka, are American?

pos: Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era.

pos: Lino Brocka Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country.

neg: Mickey's Northwest Mounted Mickey's Northwest Mounted is a 1929 silent short film in Larry Darmour's "Mickey McGuire" series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters on June 9, 1929 by FBO.

neg: Larry Hama Larry Hama (born June 7, 1949) is an American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.

neg: Nick Lassa Nicholas Anthony Lassa, (July 11, 1898 – September 4, 1964) more popularly referred to as Long Time Sleep, was a professional American football player from the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.

neg: Cyrus Mehri Cyrus Mehri (born July 14, 1961) is an American attorney and partner at Mehri & Skalet. He is best known for helping to establish the National Football League’s (NFL) Rooney Rule.

neg: Harpo Marx Arthur Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964), known professionally as Harpo Marx, was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho Marx and Chico Marx, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of both clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blonde wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a horn or whistled to communicate). He frequently used props such as a horn cane, made up of a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn, and he played the harp in most of his films.

neg: Mickey Curtis Mickey Curtis (ミッキー・カーチス , Mikkī Kāchisu , born 23 July 1938) is a Japanese actor, singer, and TV celebrity. His birth name was Michael Brian Curtis born to English-Japanese parents.

neg: Tere Tereba Tere Tereba (born in Warren, Ohio) is an American fashion designer, writer, and actress. She is well known as one of the pioneers of women's "contemporary" clothing design and for playing "Ingrid Joyner" in "Andy Warhol's Bad" (1977). She is also the author of "Mickey Cohen: The Life and Crimes of L.A.'s Notorious Mobster," published in 2012, which has been released in hardcover, trade paperback, e-book and audio editions. The book has also been translated into French, Italian and Chinese.

neg: Stablemates Stablemates is a 1938 film starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney. The movie was directed by Sam Wood.

neg: Mickey McGuire (film series) Mickey McGuire is an American comedy series of short subjects from 1927 to 1934. Produced by Larry Darmour, the series was notable for essentially launching the careers of Mickey Rooney and Billy Barty.

neg: Dick Dodd Joseph Richard "Dick" Dodd, Jr. (October 27, 1945 – November 29, 2013) was an American actor and musician who was a cast member of "The Mickey Mouse Club" starting in its first season, and later a member of several musical groups including The Standells. He was the lead singer on that band's 1966 "Billboard" hit, "Dirty Water", which includes the refrain "...Boston, you're my home".

neg: Mickey Thompson Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson (December 7, 1928March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter.

neg: Mickey Mickey is a given name and nickname, almost always masculine and often a short form (hypocorism) of Michael, and occasionally a surname. It may refer to:

neg: Charley Brock Charles Jacob "Charley" Brock (March 15, 1916 – May 25, 1987) was an American football center and linebacker. Brock was a 3 time Pro Bowl selection.

neg: Gus Rooney Augustine Joseph "Gus" Rooney was an American sportswriter, baseball umpire, football referee, and sports announcer.

neg: Brock Pierce Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980) is an American entrepreneur and former child actor. As a child actor, he was in Disney films "The Mighty Ducks" (1992), "" (1994) and "First Kid" (1996).

neg: Art Rooney Pace The Art Rooney Pace is an American harness racing event for three-year-old standardbred pacers run each year at Yonkers Raceway with the exception of 2006 when it was hosted by Monticello Raceway. First run in 1989, it is named in honor of Art Rooney (1901-1988), owner of several racetracks, including Yonkers, plus the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.

neg: Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Andy Hardy's Private Secretary is a 1941 American family film comedy directed by George B. Seitz. The film stars Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Rutherford and Fay Holden. This was the tenth of the 16-film Andy Hardy series.

neg: Merida brocket The Mérida Brocket ("Mazama bricenii"), also known as the Merioa Brocket or Rufous Brocket, is a small species of deer. It is found in forest and páramo at altitudes of 1000 - in the Andes of northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It was once treated as a subspecies of the similar Little Red Brocket, but has been considered a distinct species since 1987, though as recent as 1999 some maintained it as a subspecies.

neg: Lou Brock (producer) Lou Brock (August 21, 1892 – April 19, 1971) was an American film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 79 films between 1930 and 1953. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1934 in the category Best Short Subject. He won with his film "So This Is Harris!"

neg: Andy Hardy Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film series from 1937 to 1946, with a film released in 1958 in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the series. Hardy and others were based on characters in the play "Skidding" by Aurania Rouverol. Early films in the series focused on the entire Hardy family, but later films in the series focused on the character of Andy Hardy. All of the films were sentimental comedies celebrating ordinary American life.


query: Arjun Kapoor worked on a 2003 film directed by whom?

pos: Arjun Kapoor Arjun Kapoor (] ; born 26 June 1985) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is the son of film producers Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor. After working as an assistant director and associate producer on several films, including "Kal Ho Naa Ho" (2003) and "Wanted" (2009), he made his acting debut with Habib Faisal's romantic drama "Ishaqzaade" (2012), for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

pos: Kal Ho Naa Ho Kal Ho Naa Ho (English: "Tomorrow May Never Come"), abbreviated as KHNH, is a 2003 Indian romantic drama, directed by debutant director Nikkhil Advani. The film was written by Niranjan Iyengar and Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar and Karan Johar under their Dharma Productions banner. The soundtrack for the film was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar.

neg: Clean Out Clean Out (Sinhalese: "ක්ලීන් අවුට්" ) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy film directed by Roy de Silva and produced by Sunil Aruna Weerasiri for Aruna Kanthi Films. It stars Rodney Warnakula, Priyantha Seneviratne and Ananda Wickramage in lead roles along with Anusha Damayanthi and Vasanthi Gunaratne. Music composed by Sangeeth Wickramasinghe. It is the 1026th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

neg: Dhoop Dhoop (Hindi: धूप ] , English: Sunshine ) is a 2003 Bollywood war drama film directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, based on Battle of Tiger Hill.

neg: Abhishek Bachchan filmography Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer known for his work in Bollywood films. He made his debut in 2000, opposite Kareena Kapoor, in the J. P. Dutta-directed war drama "Refugee". His portrayal of the titular unnamed refugee garnered him a nomination for Best Male Debut at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. However, the film was a box office failure, as were a series of his subsequent films, including "Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai" (2001), and "Shararat" (2002). His career prospects improved in 2004, when he played a gangster in the Mani Ratnam-directed political drama "Yuva", and a police officer in Sanjay Gadhvi's action thriller "Dhoom". For the former, he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the latter became one of the highest-grossing films of the year and his first commercial success.

neg: Yeh Hai Jalwa Yeh Hai Jalwa (Hindi: ये है जलवा , Urdu:  , "This Is Magic") is a 2002 Bollywood comedy film Directed by David Dhawan. It stars Salman Khan and Amisha Patel in lead roles and Kader Khan, Rati Agnihotri, Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rinke Khanna and Sanjay Dutt in supporting roles.

neg: Vikadan Vikadan is a 2003 Indian Tamil thriller film written and directed by Arun Pandian. Playback singer Harish Raghavendra played the lead role, alongside Arun Pandian, gayathri raghuram, Radhika Chaudhari and Uma.

neg: Five by Four Five by Four is a 2003 Indian film written and directed by Roopa Swaninathan. It stars VJs Cary Edwards, Sapna and Usha Seetharam, television artistes Venkat, Preetha Raaghav and Divyadarshini and popular Kannada model Hardeep Minhas. The music was by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Ravi Varman. The film in English was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC). It did not get a theatrical release, but was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Writers market at Santa Monica, and other venues.

neg: Janasheen Janasheen("Heir") is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romance film co-written, edited, produced and directed by Feroz Khan who stars along with his son, Fardeen Khan, and Celina Jaitley. It was shot in Afghanistan. When story writer Suparn Verma decided to direct a movie. He decided to cast father-son duo Fardeen Khan and Feroz Khan. He made directorial debut with movie Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (film) in the year 2005.

neg: Pallavan Pallavan is a 2003 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Padmamagan. The film features Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi and Munna in the leading roles, while Shara and Ilavarasu also appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 28 February 2003.

neg: Jism (2003 film) Jism (English: Body ) is a 2003 Indian erotic thriller film edited and directed by Amit Saxena, written by Mahesh Bhatt, produced by Pooja Bhatt and Sujit Kumar Singh under the banner Fish Eye Network [P] Ltd and Shreya Creations, which starred Bipasha Basu and John Abraham, the latter making his début in Bollywood films. The music for the film was scored by M. M. Keeravani. "Jism" ranked 92 in the top 100 sexiest movie scenes poll conducted by Channel 4. The film is essentially a remake of "Body Heat", which was, in turn, loosely based on Billy Wilder's 1944 film "Double Indemnity", which was a version of James Cain's novel "Double Indemnity".

neg: Raghu Romeo Raghu Romeo is a 2003 Bollywood film directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Vijay Raaz, Sadiya Siddiqui, Maria Goretti, Manu Rishi and Saurabh Shukla. The film released on 15 August 2003 to critical acclaim but was a big commercial failure. Set in modern-day Mumbai, the film focuses on the life of a waiter working in a dance bar. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.

neg: List of Bengali films of 2003 This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 2003.

neg: Hari Villu Harivillu or Hari Villu (Telugu: హరివిల్లు ;English title: Rainbow) is a 2003 Telugu drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao. The film is produced by D. Rama Naidu of Suresh Productions. This 2003 film is based on the story of a child suffering from Cancer and his desires of love and friendship. The film was premiered International Critics' Week-Spotlight on India section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

neg: Vellithira (2003 film) Vellithira is a 2003 Malayalam film by Bhadran (director) starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Navya Nair.

neg: Kuch Naa Kaho Kuch Naa Kaho (Hindi: कुछ ना कहो, translation: "Don't Say Anything") is a 2003 Bollywood romantic drama film, directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Arbaaz Khan. It was released on 5 September 2003.

neg: Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (2002 film) Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (Hindi: हम किसीसे कम नहीं , English: We Are Not Less Than Anyone ) is a 2002 Indian Hindi comedy film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Afzal Khan. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Ashish Vidyarthi, Satish Kaushik and Paresh Rawal.

neg: Aditya Raj Kapoor Aditya Raj Kapoor is an Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family. He is the son of late actor Shammi Kapoor and actress Geeta Bali. Kapoor is best known for his work as an assistant director in several Hindi films and his English language directorial films like "Shamaal", "Don't Stop Dreaming" (2007) and "Sambar Salsa" (2007). His company has developed amusement parks in Mumbai and Delhi.

neg: Om (2003 film) Om is a 2003 Indian action film conceived and directed by noted action-film maker Ashok Honda. It stars then-newcomer Attin Bhalla as Om, Pankaj Dheer as Mr. Dhariwal, Sandali Sinha as Dhariwal's daughter Sandali and Sharat Saxena as the nefarious Inspector Katkar. The plot is somewhat convoluted and difficult to follow because the timeline frequently skips from past to present.

neg: Janakeeyam Janakeeyam is a 2003 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Raj Ganesh, starring Saikumar and Anju in the lead roles.

neg: Pyaas Pyaas is a Bollywood film directed by Ram Daryani and released in 1983.

neg: Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (My Heart Became a Stranger) is a 2003 romantic drama Bollywood movie directed by Saawan Kumar Tak.


query: What industry does Walt Aldridge and Adam Levine work in?

pos: Walt Aldridge James Walton "Walt" Aldridge, Jr. (born November 12, 1955 in Florence, Alabama) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.

pos: Adam Levine Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and record producer. He is the lead singer for the pop rock band Maroon 5.

neg: Locked Away "Locked Away" is a song by Virgin Islands production duo Rock City featuring American singer Adam Levine, the lead singer of pop rock band Maroon 5. The song was released on June 29, 2015, by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records. The song peaked at number six on the "Billboard" Hot 100, making it the duo's first top ten hit and Levine's first single that he did not co-write.

neg: Adam Adamowicz Adam Adamowicz (March 9, 1968 – February 9, 2012) was an American video game concept artist, best known for his work on "", "Fallout 3", and "" at Bethesda Softworks. He grew up on Long Island, New York and was of Polish descent.

neg: I Am the World Trade Center I Am the World Trade Center is an American synthpop duo consisting of musician Daniel Geller (co-founder of Kindercore Records) and vocalist Amy Dykes. Geller creates almost all of the music using his laptop, occasionally using drum machines, keyboards, or other instruments.

neg: Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (abbreviated as WMG, commonly referred to as Warner Music or WEA International) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third largest in the global music industry, next to Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME), being the only American music conglomerate worldwide. Formerly owned by Time Warner, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until May 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries, which was completed in July 2011. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs in excess of 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

neg: Adam Lee Miller Adam Lee Miller is one half of the band ADULT. and an owner of Ersatz Audio with his wife Nicola Kuperus. He was formerly in Le Car, which disbanded in 1997. He lives in Detroit.

neg: A.D. Vision A.D. Vision (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment studio that served as the largest American and British anime distributor in the late 20th to early 21st centuries. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ADV Films was formed in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Greenfield and David Williams. The company spent the next 17 years in the fields of home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing. In 2002, most of ADV Films' back catalog were used to program its new channel, the Anime Network.

neg: Levine School of Music Levine Music is a non-profit community music center serving the Greater Washington DC metropolitan area. Levine currently operates four campuses, in Northwest DC, Southeast DC, Strathmore MD, and Arlington VA. Levine welcomes students of all ages and abilities, from all economic backgrounds.

neg: Warlock Records Warlock Records is a record label based in New York City that was founded in 1985 by Adam Levy (born 1962), whose father was record producer Morris Levy. Artists that recorded for Warlock Records include Jungle Brothers, Royal House, Skinny Boys, C-Bo, Esham, Tuff Crew, Blac Haze, Juvenile, Half a Mill, Poison Clan, The Last Mr. Bigg and Kim Waters.

neg: Walt Disney Imagineering Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide. Founded by Walt Disney to oversee the production of Disneyland, it was originally known as Walt Disney, Inc. then WED Enterprises, from the initials meaning "Walter Elias Disney", the company co-founder's full name.

neg: Lisa Eldridge Lisa Eldridge is a make-up artist, creative director, and author.

neg: Irwin Levine Irwin Jesse Levine (March 23, 1938 – January 21, 1997) was an American songwriter, who co-wrote the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" with L. Russell Brown. The song was a worldwide hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn as it reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973 and number one on the Australian charts for seven weeks from May to July 1973. It was the top-selling single in 1973 in both the US and UK. In 2008, "Billboard" ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time in its issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100.

neg: Alison Levine Alison Levine (born April 5, 1966) is an American mountain climber, sportswoman, explorer and leadership consultant. She is the author of "On the Edge" and the executive producer of a documentary, "The Glass Ceiling". She has ascended the highest peaks on every continent and also skied to both the North and South Poles. In 2010, she completed the Adventure Grand Slam by reaching the summit of Mt. Everest. She serves as an adjunct instructor at the U.S. Military Academy.

neg: Adam Fields Adam Fields is an American executive, entrepreneur, and film and television producer. During his career, he has produced movies for Sony Pictures, Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros., Relativity Media, and Broad Green Pictures. He founded his own production company in 1984, producing movies including "Great Balls of Fire!", "Brokedown Palace", "Johnny Be Good", "Donnie Darko", "Vision Quest", "Limitless", "The Wedding Ringer", and "Money Train". Fields’ most notable contributions as an executive include "An American Werewolf in London", "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club". He also produced "Bad Santa 2", and "". Fields also executive produced the multi-platinum soundtracks for "Flashdance" and "Endless Love". In 1990, Fields founded Preview Tech, a firm that partnered with national consumer electronic stores to air studio and network trailers on their in-store television monitors. Fields sold Preview Tech 18 months later in a multimillion-dollar deal.

neg: Adam Streisand Adam F. Streisand is an American trial attorney notable for his involvement in litigation with regard to trusts and estates, including representation of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in disputes with Donald Sterling's trust, Jeanie Buss in litigation over control of the Los Angeles Lakers and celebrity estates, such as Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Marlon Brando, Barry White, Dennis Hopper, Michael Crichton, Anna Nicole Smith, Rodney Dangerfield, Joey Bishop, Bing Crosby, Carroll Shelby, Alan Thicke and others.

neg: Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies (UTC). Pratt & Whitney's aircraft engines are widely used in both civil aviation (especially airlines) and military aviation. Its headquarters are in East Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers, it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce, although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures gas turbines for industrial and power generation, and marine turbines. As of 2014, the company reported having 31,500 employees supporting more than 11,000 customers in 180 countries around the world. In 2013, Pratt & Whitney's revenue totaled $14.5 billion.

neg: Air Lease Corporation Air Lease Corporation (ALC) is an American aircraft leasing company founded in 2010 and headed by Steven Udvar-Házy. Air Lease purchases new commercial aircraft through direct orders from Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and ATR, and leases them to its airline customers worldwide through specialized aircraft leasing and financing.

neg: Adam Equipment Adam Equipment is a UK company that was started in 1972. It opened in Bletchley which is now part of Milton Keynes. The company started as a sales and service organization and in 1985 they moved into making industrial scales. Today the company is still privately held and operated by one of the founding partners: Alan Storey.

neg: Alon Cohen Alon Cohen (born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. (1989) and the co-inventor of the Audio Transceiver (U.S. Patent  ) that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication industry. Cohen holds 4 US patents on different communications technologies. He is currently Executive VP and CTO at Phone.com.

neg: Allied Motion Technologies Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AMOT) is a U.S. public corporation headquartered in New York, United States that produces precision and specialty motion control components and systems for commercial, industrial, aerospace and defense markets.

neg: Eric Goldberg (animator) Eric Goldberg (born May 1, 1955) is an American animator, film director and voice actor. He is known for his work at both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Animation.


query: Who is the author of the novel which inspired Susan McFadden's leading role in Legally Blonde the Musical?

pos: Susan McFadden Susan McFadden (born 8 February 1983) is an actress and singer born in Dublin, Ireland. She is best known for playing the roles of Sandy in "Grease" at the Piccadilly Theatre and Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde the Musical" at the Savoy theatre in London's West End. She has also been a member of the all female Celtic music group, Celtic Woman, since 2012.

pos: Legally Blonde (musical) Legally Blonde is a musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach. The story is based on the novel "Legally Blonde" by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name. It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show, no one has faith in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself.

neg: The Concrete Blonde The Concrete Blonde is the third novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.

neg: Shine! Shine! is a musical based on characters and situations found in the works of Horatio Alger, particularly "Ragged Dick" and "Silas Snobden's Office Boy", respectively Alger's first best-seller and the one first printed in book form eighty years after it was first serialized in Argosy. Its plot and characters focus on Alger's pervasive theme: that in America one could begin with nothing, and with the right attitude, hard work, application, and a little bit of luck, dream a dream and chart a course on which to achieve it. Richard Seff wrote the book, Lee Goldsmith the lyrics and Roger Anderson the music. Anderson and Goldsmith had previously collaborated on the musical "Chaplin".

neg: A Doll's Life A Doll's Life is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Larry Grossman. It is among the most notorious flops in Broadway theatre history.

neg: The Good Thief (novel) The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti, is a debut novel published in 2008 by Dial Press. It is the story of Ren, an orphan adopted by a pair of gentleman rogues in early American New England and led willingly into a life of crime. Ren, who is missing his left hand, is taught to lie, steal and run confidence games by his new mentor, Benjamin Nab, and they travel to the city of North Umbridge, where a mousetrap factory owner reigns supreme using his army of hired thugs ("hat boys") and the unmarried, dowdy girls who work in the factory ("mousetrap girls").

neg: Contact (musical) Contact is a musical "dance play" that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman, with its "book" by Weidman and both choreography and direction by Stroman. It ran both off-Broadway and on Broadway in 1999–2002. It consists of three separate one-act dance plays.

neg: Dogeaters Dogeaters is a novel written by Jessica Hagedorn and published in 1990. Hagedorn also adapted her novel into a play by the same name. "Dogeaters", set in the late 1950s in Manila (the capital of the Philippines), addresses several social, political and cultural issues present in the Philippines during the 1950s.

neg: Gone with the Wind (novel) Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea". This historical novel features a "Bildungsroman" or coming-of-age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson.

neg: The Woman in White (musical) The Woman in White is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel with a book by Charlotte Jones, based on the novel "The Woman in White" written by Wilkie Collins. It ran for nineteen months in the West End and three months on Broadway, making it one of Lloyd Webber's shortest-running shows.

neg: Donna Ball Donna Ball (born 1951 in North Georgia, US) is an American writer of over 90 novels, mainly romance novels since 1982, she also signed her novels as Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd. She also signed novels with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady.

neg: Marlowe (musical) Marlowe is a 1981 musical with a book by Leo Rost, lyrics by Rost and Jimmy Horowitz, and music by Horowitz. Despite a claim in the "Playbill" that "the story of this drama is essentially true and accurate," much of it is a fictionalized account of the life of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.

neg: Daniel Wallace (author) Daniel Wallace (born 1959) is an American author, best known for his 1998 novel "", the basis for the Tim Burton film "Big Fish" and the Broadway musical of the same name. His other books include "Ray in Reverse" and "The Watermelon King". His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror."

neg: Dietland Dietland is the debut novel by Sarai Walker that was first published on May 26, 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The novel explores the beauty industry and society's obsession with weight loss. A television adaptation of the novel is being developed by Marti Noxon for AMC.

neg: Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English-American novelist. His best-known works include "The Berlin Stories" (1935-39), two semi-autobiographical novellas inspired by Isherwood's time in Weimar Republic Germany. These enhanced his postwar reputation when they were adapted first into the play "I Am a Camera" (1951), then the 1955 film of the same name, "I Am a Camera (film)"; much later (1966) into the bravura stage musical "Cabaret (musical)" which was acclaimed on Broadway, its unsparing stance being substantially sweetened for the film "Cabaret" (1972). His novel "A Single Man" was published in 1964.

neg: Show Boat Show Boat is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on Edna Ferber's best-selling novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the "Cotton Blossom", a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".

neg: Blonde (film) Blonde is a 2001 American made-for-television film on the life of Marilyn Monroe, with Australian actress Poppy Montgomery in the lead role. The film was adapted from Joyce Carol Oates´s 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist novel of the same name.

neg: George M! George M! is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were, of course, by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan.

neg: The Grass Dancer The Grass Dancer is a novel by Susan Power.

neg: Anyone Can Whistle Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The story concerns a corrupt mayoress, an idealistic nurse, a man who may be a doctor, and various officials, patients and townspeople, all fighting to save a bankrupt town. This musical was Angela Lansbury's first stage musical role.

neg: Merrily We Roll Along (musical) Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

neg: Fancy Nancy the Musical Fancy Nancy The Musical is a musical with book and lyrics by Susan DiLallo, and music and lyrics by Danny Abosch. It is based on Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, part of the popular Fancy Nancy book series by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.


query: Which English Coast Line is served by both Corkickle railway station and Whitehaven railway station?

pos: Corkickle railway station Corkickle railway station serves the Whitehaven suburb of Corkickle in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 68 km south west of Carlisle. The station opened in 1855 and is at the southern end of the 1219 m tunnel from Whitehaven railway station. At times it was known as 'Whitehaven Corkickle' station.

pos: Whitehaven railway station Whitehaven railway station serves the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 63 km south west of Carlisle.

neg: Carrick-on-Suir railway station Carrick-on-Suir railway station serves the town of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary in Ireland.

neg: Moor Row railway station Moor Row railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Moor Row, Cumbria, England.

neg: Kilcrea railway station Kilcrea railway station was on the Cork and Macroom Direct Railway in County Cork, Ireland.

neg: Stonehaven railway station Stonehaven railway station serves the town of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Despite its small size, it is a calling point for a large number of services going both North to Aberdeen and South to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Additionally, a service operating only between Aberdeen, Portlethen and Stonehaven has operated since the winter of 2008.

neg: Dingle Road railway station Dingle Road railway station is a railway station in the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is on the Penarth branch of the Vale of Glamorgan Line 4 mi south of on the way to .

neg: Queenborough railway station Queenborough railway station is on the Sheerness Line, on the Isle of Sheppey in North Kent, and serves the town of Queenborough. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

neg: Great Yarmouth railway station Great Yarmouth railway station (originally Yarmouth Vauxhall) is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The other terminus at the eastern end of the lines is , and the western terminus to which all trains run is .

neg: Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway was an English railway company which built and operated a standard gauge railway in Cumberland, England intended to open up the hematite orefield to the south-east of Whitehaven. It opened for goods traffic in 1855 and for passenger traffic in 1857.

neg: Hook railway station Hook station serves the town of Hook and surrounding villages in Hampshire, southern England. There are two platforms serving the outer pair of tracks while the centre pair of tracks have no platforms and are used by fast services between the South Coast and the West Country. There is a small coffee shop on Platform 1 and a private hire car office on Platform 2.

neg: Joan Croft Halt railway station Joan Croft Halt railway station was a small halt on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) situated by a level crossing at Joan Croft Junction in South Yorkshire, England. The junction gives access from the ECML to the Skellow line of the West Riding and Grimsby Railway and eventually to Hull, Immingham and Grimsby Docks.

neg: Pevensey Bay railway station Pevensey Bay railway station serves Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

neg: Castlewellan railway station Castlewellan railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

neg: Carrickmore (Donegal) railway station Carrickmore railway station served Carrickmore, County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.

neg: Wymondham to Wells Branch The Wymondham to Wells Branch was a railway built in stages by the "Norfolk Railway", Eastern Counties Railway and Wells and Fakenham Company between 1847 and 1857. The railway ran from Wymondham in the south, through Dereham and Fakenham to the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea; more specifically, the line ran from "Wymondham South Junction", where it met the present-day Breckland Line. Passenger services along the line lasted until 1969; the railway continued to be used for freight until 1989. The southern section of the railway now forms the Mid-Norfolk Railway, with part of the northern section serving as the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway.

neg: Bantry Pier railway station Bantry Pier railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.

neg: Peake railway station Peake railway station was on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway in County Cork, Ireland.

neg: Llanfairpwll railway station Llanfairpwll railway station is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from London Euston to on Anglesey, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales.

neg: Inverclyde Line The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley (Gilmour Street) and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services. The line has been in operation since the 1840s between Glasgow and Greenock and was the first passenger service to follow the River Clyde to the coast. The line was electrified in 1967.

neg: Eastbourne railway station Eastbourne railway station serves the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line. The station is managed by Southern, who operate all trains serving it. It is one of two railway stations in the town, the other being Hampden Park Station. There are also two other stations in the Eastbourne area, one being Pevensey & Westham, in nearby Westham (near Pevensey), the other being Polegate.

neg: Newhaven railway station Newhaven railway station may refer to either of the following stations in East Sussex, England:


query: Are Ralph Ellison and Hilaire Belloc both writers?

pos: Ralph Ellison Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, and scholar. Ellison is best known for his novel "Invisible Man", which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote "Shadow and Act" (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and "Going to the Territory" (1986). For "The New York Times", the best of these essays in addition to the novel put him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus." A posthumous novel, "Juneteenth", was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left after his death.

pos: Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc ( ; ] ; 27 July 187016 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902, while retaining his French citizenship.

neg: John Ellison John Ellison (born 11 August 1941) is an American/Canadian musician, best known for writing the song "Some Kind of Wonderful." He was born in Montgomery, West Virginia, and was raised in Landgraff, West Virginia, a small, poverty-stricken coal mining village near Welch, West Virginia, and is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, receiving his Canadian citizenship in 2006.

neg: Pierrot (poem) "Pierrot" is a short poem written by the African-American author Langston Hughes. It was first published in the anthology "The Weary Blues" in 1926. In 30 lines, it describes contrasts the characters of Simple John, who adheres to an ethic of hard work and traditional virtues, and Pierrot, who leads a Dionysian and carefree life. In the end, Pierrot runs away with John's wife.

neg: Gene H. Bell-Villada Gene H. Bell-Villada (born 1941 in Haiti) is an American literary critic, novelist, translator and memoirist, with strong interests in Latin American Writing, Modernism, and Magic Realism. His works include "The Carlos Chadwick Mystery: A Novel of College Life and Political Terror", the short story collection "The Pianist Who Liked Ayn Rand", and the critical studies "Art for Art's Sake and the Literary Life", "Borges And His Fiction: A Guide To His Mind And Art" and "Garcia Marquez: The Man And His Work". He holds a doctorate from Harvard University and has been a professor at Williams College since 1975.

neg: Merrill Gilfillan Merrill Daniel Gilfillan (born 14 May 1945) is an American writer of poetry, short fiction, and essays.

neg: Mont Blanc Restaurant Mont Blanc Restaurant is a former restaurant in London where leading writers including Hilaire Belloc, GK Chesterton, Joseph Conrad and Galsworthy met regularly in the early years of the 20th century.

neg: Dreams with Sharp Teeth Dreams with Sharp Teeth is a 2008 biographical documentary film about writer Harlan Ellison.

neg: John Byrne Cooke John Byrne Cooke (October 5, 1940 – September 3, 2017) was an American author, musician, and photographer. He was the son of Alistair Cooke, and the great-grandnephew of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

neg: Jerry Bellune Jerry Odom Bellune (born April 30, 1936) is an editor and publisher.

neg: Herman Raucher Herman Raucher (born April 13, 1928) is an American author and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the autobiographical screenplay and novel "Summer of '42", which became one of the highest grossing films and one of the best selling novels of the 1970s, respectively. He began his writing career during the Golden Age of Television, when he moonlighted as a scriptwriter while working for a Madison Avenue advertising agency. He effectively retired from writing in the 1980s after a number of projects failed to come to fruition, though his books remain in print and a remake of one of his films, "Sweet November", was produced in 2001.

neg: Julien Gracq Julien Gracq (] ; 27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007; born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French "département" of Maine-et-Loire) was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary. He was close to the surrealist movement, in particular its leader André Breton.

neg: Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author who began his career during the Golden Age of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.

neg: John Bellows John Thomas Bellows (18 January 1831 – 5 May 1902) was a polymath, printer and lexicographer, originally from Cornwall in southwest England. He wrote prolifically.

neg: Uriel (poem) "Uriel" is a poem by American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.

neg: Richard Seaver Richard Woodward Seaver (December 31, 1926 – January 6, 2009) was an American translator, editor and publisher. Seaver was instrumental in defying censorship, to bring to light works by authors such as Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Hubert Selby, Eugène Ionesco, E.M. Cioran, D.H. Lawrence, Jack Kerouac, Robert Coover, Harold Pinter and the Marquis de Sade.

neg: Ralph Connor Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon was also at one time a master at Upper Canada College. He sold more than five million copies of his works in his lifetime, and some of his works are still in print.

neg: Ralph Steadman Ralph Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a Welsh artist best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.

neg: Camille Mauclair Séverin Faust (December 29, 1872, Paris – April 23, 1945), better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair, was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art critic.

neg: Ralph Fletcher Seymour Ralph Fletcher Seymour (March 18, 1876 – January 1, 1966) was an American artist, author, and publisher of the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. Though long based in Chicago, he was also noted for his work in the American Southwest; he studied, wrote about, and portrayed the Native American cultures of the region.

neg: The Harlan Ellison Hornbook The Harlan Ellison Hornbook (ISBN  ) is a 1990 compilation of columns written by Harlan Ellison for several counterculture newspapers in Los Angeles, mostly for the "Los Angeles Free Press" and the "L.A. Weekly News" in 1972 and 1973.

neg: James Baldwin James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and social critic. His essays, as collected in "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. Some of Baldwin's essays are book-length, for instance "The Fire Next Time" (1963), "No Name in the Street" (1972), and "The Devil Finds Work" (1976). An unfinished manuscript, "Remember This House", was expanded upon and adapted for cinema as the Academy Award-nominated documentary film "I Am Not Your Negro".


query: Who practice Japanese martial arts?

pos: Shurikenjutsu Shurikenjutsu (手裏剣術 ) is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing "shuriken", which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes "bō shuriken", circular plates of metal known as "hira shuriken", and knives ("tantō").

pos: Samurai Samurai (侍 ) were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

neg: Tadashi Abe Tadashi Abe (阿部 正 , Abe Tadashi ) (1926 – November 23, 1984) was the first aikido master to live and teach in the west. He began training in Aikido in Osaka in 1942 and went on to train directly under the founder of the art Morihei Ueshiba at Iwama as an uchideshi during World War II. In 1952, after graduating in law from Waseda University, he moved to France where he studied law at the Sorbonne and taught aikido as a 6th Dan representative of Aikikai Honbu. After seven years he returned to Japan. By 1964 he was a 7th dan black belt in aikido.

neg: Aikido Aikido (Japanese: 合気道 , Hepburn: aikidō ) ] is a modern Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the way of harmonious spirit".

neg: Ogasawara-ryū The Ogasawara-ryū (小笠原流 , "Ogasawara school" ) is a traditional Japanese system of martial arts and etiquette, formalised and handed down by the Ogasawara clan.

neg: Karate gi Karategi (空手着 or 空手衣) is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Karate practice and competition.

neg: Shinpo Matayoshi Matayoshi Shinpo (or Shimpo) 又吉眞豊 (1921–1997) was a martial artist who lived in Naha, Okinawa during the 20th Century.

neg: Koichiro Okuma Koichiro Okuma (Okuma Koichiro , 29 December 1970) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.

neg: Hard and soft (martial arts) In martial arts, the terms hard and soft technique denote how forcefully a defender martial artist counters the force of an attack in armed and unarmed combat. In the East Asian martial arts, the corresponding hard technique and soft technique terms are 硬 (pinyin yìng, Japanese gō) and 柔 (pinyin róu, Japanese jū), hence Goju-ryu (hard-soft school), Shorinji Kempo principles of "go-ho" ("hard method") and "ju-ho" ("soft method"), Jujutsu (“art of softness”) and Judo (“gentle way”).

neg: Judo in the United Kingdom The Japanese martial art Judo was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1899, when entrepreneur Edward William Barton-Wright sponsored a visit from a team of Japanese judoka with the intention of establishing a jujutsu school in England. The introduction was not immediately successful, but some members of the team, including Yukio Tani, remained in England and gradually cultivated public interest in Judo and other types of jujutsu through demonstrations, instruction, and prize fighting. The United Kingdom's first Judo dojo, the Budokwai, is the oldest in Europe and was founded by Gunji Koizumi in 1918 with Tani as its chief instructor.

neg: Jukenpo Jūkenpo (柔拳法 , jūkenpo or sometimes jūkempo ) is a Japanese martial art. Its name can be translated as ""the Way of the soft fist"" or ""the soft boxing"".

neg: Ansatsuken Ansatsuken (暗殺拳 , literally "assassination fist") is a Japanese neologism used frequently in fictional works to describe any martial art style or fighting technique that has been developed with the purpose of killing an opponent. The term satsujinken (殺人剣 , literally "murderer sword") is used interchangeably as well.

neg: Tessenjutsu Tessenjutsu (鉄扇術 , lit. "iron fan technique") is the martial art of the Japanese war fan (tessen). It is based on the use of the solid iron fan or the folding iron fan, which usually had eight or ten wood or iron ribs.

neg: Geo Omori Geo Omori (died 1938) was a Japanese-born Brazilian martial artist, and one of the creators of judo-based martial arts in Brazil.

neg: Ittatsu-ryū Ittatsu-ryū (一達流 ) is a traditional school ("koryū") of the Japanese martial art of "hojōjutsu". Today, Ittatsu-ryū has been assimilated into the traditional school of Shintō Musō-ryū. This particular school of "hojōjutsu" was created in the late 17th century by Matsuzaki Kinueimon Shigekatsu, the third Shintō Musō-ryū headmaster. The modern Ittatsu-ryū system comprises 24 training-forms ("kata"), grouped into 3 different series.

neg: Japanese painting Japanese painting (絵画 , kaiga, also gadō 画道) is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese visual arts, encompassing a wide variety of genres and styles. As with the history of Japanese arts in general, the long history of Japanese painting exhibits synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and the adaptation of imported ideas, mainly from Chinese painting which was especially influential at a number of points; significant Western influence only comes from the later 16th century onwards, beginning at the same time as Japanese art was influencing that of the West.

neg: Yasuo Hanzaki Yasuo Hanzaki (Hanzaki Yasuo , 12 December 1962) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate.

neg: Shōgō Kuniba Shōgō Kuniba (国場 将豪 , Kuniba Shōgō , February 5, 1935 - July 14, 1992) was a Japanese teacher of karate and iaido

neg: Jō A jō (杖:じょう ) is an approximately 1.27 m wooden staff, used in some Japanese martial arts. The martial art of wielding the jō is called "jōjutsu" or "jōdō". Also, "aiki-jō" is a set of techniques in aikido which uses the jō to illustrate aikido's principles with a weapon. The jō staff is shorter than the "bō". Today, the jō is still used by some Japanese police forces.

neg: Kashima Shrine Kashima Shrine (鹿島神宮 "Kashima Jingū") is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto Kami Takemikazuchi-no-Ōkami (武甕槌大神), one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dojo (道場　"Dōjō") of kenjutsu (剣術) and kendo (剣道 "Kendō") sometimes display a Kakejiku (掛軸) hanging scroll emblazoned with Takemikazuchi-no-Ōkami. The shrine is located in Kashima, Ibaraki and is the home of Kashima Shintō-ryū (鹿島新当流). During the New Year period, from the first to the third of January, Kashima Shrine is visited by over 600,000 people from all over Japan. It is the second most visited shrine in Ibaraki prefecture (茨城県 "Ibaraki-ken") for new year pilgrims.

neg: Matsumoto Masanobu Matsumoto Bizen-no-kami Masanobu (松本備前守正元 ) was a semi-legendary Japanese warrior and founder of the Kashima Shin-ryū school of swordsmanship and a member of the noble lineage of the ancient Ki clan (Ki no Miyatsuko 紀伊国造).

neg: Mataemon Tanabe Mataemon Tanabe (田辺又右衛門 , Tanabe Mataemon , 1869-1942) was a Japanese jiu-jitsu practitioner and master of the Fusen-ryū school. He was famous for defeating multiple members of the Kodokan in challenge matches.


query: When was the writer of the film Baby's Day Out born?

pos: Baby's Day Out Baby's Day Out is a 1994 American family comedy adventure film, written by John Hughes, produced by Richard Vane and John Hughes, and directed by Patrick Read Johnson. The film stars twins Adam and Jacob Worton as Baby Bink with co-stars Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano and Brian Haley as the film's three incompetent antagonists. The plot centers on a wealthy baby's kidnapping by three incompetent villains, his escape and adventure through a big city while being pursued by the three kidnappers.

pos: John Hughes (filmmaker) John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed and/or scripted some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and early 1990s including the comedy "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), the coming-of-age comedy "Sixteen Candles" (1984), the teen sci-fi comedy "Weird Science" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy-drama "The Breakfast Club" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), the romantic comedy-drama "Pretty in Pink" (1986), the romance "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), the comedies "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987) and "Uncle Buck" (1989), the Christmas family comedy "Home Alone" (1990) and its sequel, "" (1992).

neg: Steven Conrad Steven Conrad (born 1968) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director.

neg: Sally Potter Charlotte Sally Potter, OBE (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter.

neg: Bob Griffiths (writer) Bob Griffiths (Henry Robert Griffiths) (born April 16, 1938) is an author, playwright, and professional speaker.

neg: Tim Herlihy Tim Herlihy (born October 9, 1966) is an American screen actor, film producer, screenwriter, and Broadway show author.

neg: Snoo Wilson Andrew James Wilson (2 August 1948 – 3 July 2013), better known as Snoo Wilson, was an English playwright, screenwriter and director. His early plays such as "Blow-Job" (1971) were overtly political, often combining harsh social comment with comedy. In his later works he moved away from purely political themes, embracing a range of surrealist, magical, philosophical and madcap, darkly comic subjects.

neg: Kim Wood Kim Wood (born June 23, 1969 in Hollywood, California) is an American writer and filmmaker.

neg: Lionel Chetwynd Lionel Chetwynd (born January 29, 1940) is an English-born Canadian–American screenwriter, motion picture and television film director and producer.

neg: Paul Rugg Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer.

neg: Bill Odenkirk Bill Odenkirk (born October 13, 1965) is an American comedy writer.

neg: Joe Connelly (writer) Joe Connelly is an American writer. Connelly is best known for his first novel, "Bringing Out the Dead", which was made into an eponymous film.

neg: Herbert Baker (screenwriter) Herbert Baker (born Herbert Joseph Abrahams; December 25, 1920, New York City – June 30, 1983, Encino, Los Angeles, California) was a songwriter and screenwriter for television and films.

neg: Don Roos Donald Paul "Don" Roos (born April 14, 1955) is an American screenwriter and film director.

neg: Ernest Thompson Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.

neg: Bruce A. Young Bruce Arnold Young (born April 22, 1956) is an American television, film, and stage actor, television writer and screenwriter.

neg: Scott Frank A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and author.

neg: Dollar Baby The Dollar Baby (also sometimes referred to as the Dollar Deal) is a term coined by best-selling author Stephen King in reference to a select group of students and aspiring filmmakers or theatre producers whom he has granted permission to adapt one of his short stories for $1. The term is used interchangeably to refer to the film or play itself, or the maker (for example, "The Sun Dog" was made as a Dollar Baby, or writer/director Frank Darabont was a Dollar Baby). The production budgets range from a few hundred dollars to over $60,000 ("Umney's Last Case") and the film formats range from home video to professional 35 mm film. A book about the Dollar Baby films was released in July 2015 by Dollar Baby filmmaker Shawn S. Lealos. It tells the story of 19 of the Dollar Baby filmmakers as they talk about making their movies and their careers following their Dollar Babies.

neg: Finn Taylor Finn Taylor (born July 4, 1958) is an American film writer and director.

neg: Ian Gill Ian Gill (born 1955) is an Australian-Canadian writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur. He now writes for The Tyee.

neg: Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer and LGBT rights activist. He has won a Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for the 2008 film "Milk".

neg: Sean Gullette Sean Leland Sebastian Gullette (born June 4, 1968) is an American writer, filmmaker, actor, and producer.


query: In what year was the American folksinger who recorded the song "Wee Cooper O'Fife" born?

pos: Wee Cooper O'Fife "Wee Cooper O'Fife" is a Scottish folk song about a cooper who beats his wife because she will not cook, clean, and sew. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 11 February 1941 for his debut album "Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger". It has also been recorded by Hedy West, Ed McCurdy, and Ian Campbell.

pos: Hedy West Hedy West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter.

neg: Jim Ed Brown James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the "Country Music Greats Radio Show", a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.

neg: Bobby Borchers Robert Jerome "Bobby" Borchers (born June 19, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American country music singer.

neg: Al Stewart Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945), known professionally as Al Stewart, is a Scottish-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history.

neg: Moses "Whispering" Smith Moses "Whispering" Smith (January 25, 1932 – April 28, 1984) was an American blues harmonicist and singer. He recorded tracks including "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" and "Texas Flood" and worked with Lightnin' Slim and with Silas Hogan. He was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame.

neg: Lou and Peter Berryman Lou and Peter Berryman (born in 1947) are American folk singers-songwriters and longtime residents of Madison, Wisconsin.

neg: Buster Cooper George "Buster" Cooper (April 4, 1929 – May 13, 2016) was an American jazz trombonist.

neg: Robert Claiborne Robert Watson Claiborne, Jr. (1919–1990) was an American folk singer, labor organizer and writer.

neg: Johnny Rebel (singer) Clifford Joseph "Pee Wee " Trahan (September 25, 1938 – September 3, 2016), best known as Johnny Rebel and Pee Wee Trahan, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Though he wrote and performed mainstream country and Cajun music under a variety of names, Trahan is notorious for a series of explicitly racist singles in the 1960s using the Johnny Rebel name and recorded for J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label in the 1960s, which feature expressive lyrics.

neg: Lefty Frizzell William Orville Frizzell, known as Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975), was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer. A vocalist who set the style of singing "the country way" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career. He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer. He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer. Because of this, his music become much more mainstream without losing its honky-tonk attitude and persona.

neg: And He'd Say, "Oo-La-La! Wee-Wee!" "And He'd Say, 'Oo-La-La! Wee-Wee!'" is a World War I era song released in 1919. Lyrics and music were written by George Jessel and Harry Ruby. William Baker arranged the song. It was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. of New York, New York. The song was written for voice and piano.

neg: Gary Mule Deer Gary Mule Deer (born Gary C. Miller; November 21, 1939) is an American comedian and country musician.

neg: David Miller (musician) David Miller (March 17, 1883, Ohio River, OhioNovember 1, 1953) was an American country musician. He is one of the earliest musicians to be associated with country music recording.

neg: Larry Dale Larry Dale (born Ennis L. Lowery, January 7, 1923 – May 19, 2010) was an American blues singer, guitarist and session musician.

neg: Declan Affley Declan James Affley (8 September 1939 – 27 June 1985) was an Australian folk singer and musician.

neg: Sanger D. Shafer Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer (born October 24, 1934) is an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait.

neg: Bob Roberts (singer) Robert A. "Bob" Roberts (April 27, 1879 – January 21, 1930), sometimes referred to as "Ragtime" Bob Roberts, was an American novelty singer in the early years of the 20th century.

neg: Guy Kelly Guy Kelly (22 November 1906 - 24 February 1940) was an American jazz trumpeter born in Louisiana, perhaps best known for his work in Chicago the 1920s and 1930s with jazz musicians such as Albert Ammons and Jimmie Noone. Kelly worked in New Orleans during the 1920s with bandleaders such as Papa Celestin, among others. Kelly appears on the Noone classic ""The Blues Jumped a Rabbit"", recorded Chicago 15 January 1936. Kelly died February 24, 1940.

neg: Razzy Bailey Rasie Michael Bailey (born February 14, 1939 in Huguley, Alabama) is an American country music artist, known professionally as Razzy Bailey.

neg: Old Joe Clark Old Joe Clark is a US folk song, a mountain ballad that was "sung during World War I and later by soldiers from eastern Kentucky." Its lyrics refer to a real person named Joseph Clark, a Kentucky mountaineer who was born in 1839 and murdered in 1885. The "playful and sometimes outlandish verses" have led to the conjecture that it first spread as a children's song and via play parties. There are about 90 stanzas in various versions of the song. The tune is in the Mixolydian mode.

neg: Al Rogers Al Rogers (born July 24, 1926) is an American Country and Western singer.


query: What occupation do Aleksandr Lyapunov and Yuri Matiyasevich have in common?

pos: Aleksandr Lyapunov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ляпуно́в , ] ; June 6 [O.S. May 25] 1857 – November 3, 1918) was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. His surname is sometimes romanized as Ljapunov, Liapunov, Liapounoff or Ljapunow. He was the son of astronomer Mikhail Lyapunov and the brother of pianist and composer Sergei Lyapunov.

pos: Yuri Matiyasevich Yuri Vladimirovich Matiyasevich, (Russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Матиясе́вич ; born March 2, 1947, in Leningrad) is a Russian mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for his negative solution of Hilbert's tenth problem (Matiyasevich's theorem), which was presented in his doctoral thesis at LOMI (the Leningrad Department of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics).

neg: Julius Martov Julius Martov or L. Martov (Ма́ртов; real name Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum (Russian: Ю́лий О́сипович Цедерба́ум ; ] ) (24 November 1873 – 4 April 1923) was a Russian politician who became the leader of the Mensheviks in early 20th-century Russia.

neg: Nikolay Urvantsev Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Russian: Николай Николаевич Урванцев ; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1893 – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer. He was born in the town of Lukoyanov of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire to the family of a merchant. He graduated from the Tomsk Engineering Institute in 1918.

neg: Alexander Ivashkevich Aleksandr Ivaškevitš in Estonia, and as Aleksander Ivashkevich; Russian: Александр Ивашкевич ) (born April 27, 1960) is a professional theater and movie actor and a tap dancer.

neg: Viktor Lysenko Viktor Andriyovych (or Andreyevich) Lysenko (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Лысенко ; Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Лисенко ) (born 1947 in Mykolaiv; died 27 July 2003 in Mykolaiv) was a Soviet football player.

neg: Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko Oleksandr Dmytrovych or Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko (Russian: Засядко, Александр Дмитриевич ; ) (1779 – 8 June [O.S. 27 May] 1837 ), was a Russian/Ukrainian gunner and specialist in rocketry, Lieutenant General (1829).

neg: Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Рыжо́в ; October 28, 1930, Moscow – July 29, 2017, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of fluid dynamics, political and social activist, diplomat, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1970), member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academician since 1987; Corresponding Member since 1981), former Russian Ambassador to France (1992-1998).

neg: Yuri Lisyansky Yuri Fyodorovich Lisyansky (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky and Lisianski and Lysyansky) (; Russian: Ю́рий Фёдорович Лися́нский "Jurij Fëdorovič Lisjanskij" , 13 August 1773 – 6 March 1837) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer of Ukrainian origin.

neg: Alexander Nikolayevich Mikhaylov Aleksandr Nikolayevich Mikhailov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Михайлов ) (born September 15, 1951) is the governor of Kursk Oblast in Russia. He left the Communist Party in 2005 but later affiliated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. From 1993 to 2000 he was member of the Duma. He graduated from S.M. Kirov Kharkov Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in 1974. He was elected governor of Kursk Oblast in 2000.

neg: Yuri Senkevich Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich (Russian: Юрий Александрович Сенкевич ) (March 4, 1937 in Choibalsan, Mongolia – September 25, 2003 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet doctor, and scientist. He is a Candidate of Sciences (equivalent to Ph D). He became famous in the USSR and worldwide for his participation in the Ra Expedition, in which he sailed together with Thor Heyerdahl.

neg: Grigori Aleksandrov Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov or Alexandrov (Russian: Григо́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров ; original family name was Мормоненко or Mormonenko; 23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983) was a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1973. He was awarded the Stalin Prizes for 1941 and 1950.

neg: Yuri Nuller Yuri Lvovich Nuller (Russian: Ю́рий Льво́вич Ну́ллер ) (28 August 1929 – 10 November 2003 in Saint-Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian psychiatrist and professor. He spent many years investigating the problem of anxiety.

neg: Aleksandr Demyanenko Aleksandr Sergeievich Demyanenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Демья́ненко ; May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Russian film and theater actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He began his acting career with the film "Veter" in 1958, and is well known for playing the character Shurik in a number of films, beginning with the 1965 comedy "Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures", and ending with the 1997 film "Old Songs of the Main Things 2".

neg: Aleksey Khomyakov Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (Russian: Алексе́й Степа́нович Хомяко́в ) (May 13 (O.S. May 1) 1804, Moscow – October 5 (O.S. September 23), 1860, Moscow) was a Russian theologian, philosopher, poet and amateur artist. He cofounded the Slavophile movement along with Ivan Kireyevsky, and he became one of its most distinguished theoreticians.

neg: Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (Russian: Александр Павлович Александров ; born February 20, 1943) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (November 23, 1983 and December 29, 1987).

neg: Ivan Lychov Ivan Lychov (Russian: Иван Лычев ) (30 May 1881 – 16 November 1972) was a Soviet politician. He was a member of the Central Committee elected by the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). He was Chief Administrator (1935–1938). He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin.

neg: Mikhail Kupriyanov Mikhail Vladimirovich Kupriyanov (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Куприянов ; born 7 July 1973) is a retired Russian professional footballer and current coach who manages FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Dynamo Makhachkala.

neg: Vyacheslav Lunev Vyacheslav Petrovich Lunev (Russian: Вячеслав Петрович Лунёв ; born May 9, 1940) is a Soviet football goalkeeper. Master of Sports of the USSR.

neg: Vasily Barabanov Vasiliy Arsentevich Barabanov (Russian: "Василий Арсентьевич Барабанов") (April 21, 1900 in village Altufyevo, Moscow guberniya, now part of Moscow – 1964 in Moscow) was a Soviet OGPU, NKVD and MVD officer. He served as a commander of several large prisoner camps set up to build railways and canals in northern parts of Russia. Unlike many of his peers, he avoided harsh treatment of the inmates.

neg: Alexander Politkovsky Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Политко́вский ; born September 15, 1953) is a Russian journalist, political commentator, and a professor at the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting.

neg: Mikhail Lyapunov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lyapunov (12 October [O.S. 30 September] 1820 2 December [O.S. 20 November] 1868 ) was a Russian astronomer and a head of the Demidov Lyceum in Yaroslavl.


query: Did Richard Ashcroft's band The Verve and the band Helium both play alternative rock?

pos: Richard Ashcroft Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their original split in 1999. He became a successful solo artist in his own right, releasing three UK top three solo albums. The Verve reformed in 2007 but again broke up by summer 2009. Ashcroft then founded a new band, RPA & The United Nations of Sound, and released a new album on 19 July 2010. On 22 February 2016 Ashcroft announced his fourth solo album, "These People", set for release 20 May 2016. Chris Martin of Coldplay has described Ashcroft as "the best singer in the world".

pos: Helium (band) Helium was an American alternative rock band fronted by Mary Timony. The band formed during the summer of 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, they released two full-length albums, three EPs and several singles.

neg: Pretty Visitors "Pretty Visitors" is a song by British band Arctic Monkeys, featured as the ninth song off of their 2009 album "Humbug". It is noted for its organ intro and rapid-fire drums, as well as its enigmatic and quick-spoken lyrics. It was debuted on the Australia and New Zealand legs of the Humbug tour, where lead singer Alex Turner would play a Vox Super Continental Organ; these keyboard duties were then handed down to touring musician John Ashton for the remainder of the tour. The song has become a fan favorite and is frequently played during live performances.

neg: Jonny Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, Greenwood also plays instruments including the bass guitar, piano, viola, and drums, and is a prominent player of the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument. He works with electronic techniques such as programming, sampling and looping, and writes music software used by Radiohead. He described his role in the band as an arranger, helping to transform singer Thom Yorke's demos into full songs. He has been named one of the greatest guitarists of all time by publications including the "NME," "Rolling Stone" and "Spin".

neg: Twin Wild Twin Wild is a British four-piece alternative rock band. Formed in 2012, the band is made up of the collective creative energies of Richard Hutchison (vocals, guitars), Imran Mair (drums), David Cuzner (guitars) and Edward Thomas (bass). In 2014, the band self-released their track "Fears", which garnered over half a million plays on Soundcloud and charted in Spotify’s Top 20 viral chart. Their style of music has been compared to the likes of Foals, The Neighbourhood, and Bastille. The band have been hailed by Edith Bowman as "The love child of Bastille and Biffy Clyro".

neg: Wolf Gang Wolf Gang was a British alternative and symphonic rock band with Max McElligott as lead vocalist. Having played with different musicians, McElligott settled on the current live set up in late 2009 which includes Lasse Petersen (drums) previously of The Rakes, Gavin Slater (guitar) and James Wood (bass). When playing live the band also toured with a keyboard player, at one time Beau Holland.

neg: Airship (band) Airship is a British indie rock band, which in 2004 in Manchester was founded with the name of Astroboy. The band consists of singer-guitarist Elliott Williams, guitarist Steven Griffiths, bassist Tom Dyball and guitarist Mark Wheeldon. After they had encountered a period called Rowley, they decided to change their name again to make a fresh start. The music of Airship is often compared to that of Snow Patrol, Editors and White Lies .

neg: Jacques (band) Jacques were a British alternative rock band, formed as a side project by Anthony Reynolds and Matthew Scott, singer and guitarist with Jack. They released two albums and several EPs between 1997 and 2001.

neg: Jawbox Jawbox was an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., United States. Its original members were J. Robbins (vocals, guitar), Kim Coletta (bass guitar) and Adam Wade (drums). Bill Barbot (vocals, guitar) and Zach Barocas (drums) later joined the group, with Barocas replacing Wade.

neg: Earthtone9 earthtone9 is a metal band hailing from Nottingham, UK. Their line-up on most of their major releases was Karl Middleton on vocals, Owen "Oz" Packard, Joe Roberts on guitar, Graeme Watts on bass and Simon Hutchby on drums (the latter replaced for their EP "Omega" by Alex Baker).

neg: Girl from Mars "Girl from Mars" is a single by Northern Irish band Ash, the second to be released from the album "1977". It was released on 31 July 1995 on CD, a 7" vinyl, and as a cassette. "Girl from Mars" was Ash's first Top 40 single, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 16 on the Irish Singles Chart, and the first single to bring the band to mainstream prominence.

neg: The Late B.P. Helium The Late B.P. Helium is the solo recording project and, at times, stage name of Elephant Six musician Bryan Poole, who also goes by Bryan Helium.

neg: Ashbury (band) Ashbury was an Alternative rock band from Las Vegas. The members were vocalist Brian Lee, bassist and back-up vocalist Jeremy Lee, guitarist Joey Resly, guitarist Lenny Lujan, and drummer Patrick Martens. They released four studio albums. The band broke up in 2009.

neg: Ashtray Navigations Ashtray Navigations is an English experimental music group centred upon Phil Todd and active since 1991. Colloquially referred to as "Ash Nav", the group operates out of Todd's home in Stoke-on-Trent, from which he also ran the record labels Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers and, subsequently, Memoirs of an Aesthete. The project has also released music through labels such as Siltbreeze, Jewelled Antler, American Tapes, Fargone Records, Menlo Park, E.F. Tapes and Freedom From.

neg: Paul Reynolds (musician) Paul Reynolds (born 4 August 1962, Liverpool, England) is the former lead guitarist and backup singer for the Liverpool band A Flock of Seagulls.

neg: The Electric Soft Parade The Electric Soft Parade are an English psych pop band from Brighton, comprising brothers Alex and Thomas White, the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, most recently including Andrew Mitchell (of Dundee-based group The Hazey Janes) and Damo Waters, as well as long-standing bass/keyboard player, Matthew Twaites.

neg: Aleka's Attic Aleka's Attic were an alternative folk/rock band from Gainesville, Florida, formed by River Phoenix and his sister Rain.

neg: A Storm in Heaven A Storm in Heaven is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Verve, at the time known just as Verve, released on June 21, 1993 on the Hut label. It charted at number twenty-seven in the UK.

neg: Gravity Grave "Gravity Grave" is a song by English rock band The Verve and was released as the band's third single in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1992 (see 1992 in British music) by Hut Recordings. It reached number 196 on the UK Singles Chart.

neg: Jellyfishbabies Jellyfishbabies were an alternative rock band in Canada, active from 1986 to 1993. Although the band never attained mainstream success, they were one of the major influences on the "Halifax Pop Explosion" scene of the early 1990s.

neg: Brigadier Ambrose Brigadier Ambrose are an alternative pop band from Chatham, England. After releasing a series of digital only singles, the band released their debut and only album to date "Fuzzo" in early 2010 through their own Brigadier Records (distributed by Nova/Universal). "Fuzzo" was entered into the Mercury Music Prize for 2010. The band were then inactive for several years, until regrouping in early 2015, with the single "Jambon Dandy" released in June 2015. The band also performed at the Homespun festival in July 2015 - their first live show since 2008.

neg: On Your Own (The Verve song) "On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, "A Northern Soul". It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).