TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.
PROBLEM: Porter worked to raise the standards of the US Navy in the position of superintendent of the Naval Academy when it was restored to Annapolis. He initiated reforms in the curriculum to increase professionalism. In the early days of President Grant's administration, Porter was de facto Secretary of the Navy. When his adoptive brother David G. Farragut was advanced from rank of vice-admiral to admiral, Porter took his previous position; likewise, when Farragut retired, Porter became the second man to hold the newly created rank of admiral. _He_gathered a corps of like-minded officers devoted to naval reform. <sep>, Pronoun: He <sep>, A: Farragut <sep>, B: Porter

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: The von Trapp family had no control over how they were depicted in the film and stage musical, having given up the rights to their story to a German producer in the 1950s who then sold the rights to American producers. Robert Wise met with Maria von Trapp and made it clear, according to a memo to Richard Zanuck, that _he_was not making a ``documentary or realistic movie'' about her family, and that he would make the film with ``complete dramatic freedom'' in order to produce a ``fine and moving film''--one they could all be proud of. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Robert Wise <sep>, B: Richard Zanuck

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: Corey confesses that he attacked Pierson earlier, and he then kills Donlin and sets out alone, confident that he will survive longer now that he has all of the water supply. Corey climbs a nearby mountain and sees a sign for Reno, and then sees telephone poles, which were what Pierson had attempted to draw before _he_died. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Corey <sep>, B: Pierson

SOLUTION:
B