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sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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In short:
Two children and three adults have been found alive after drifting at sea for months.
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children → find → months
The group set off on the routine journey between the islands of Murilo and Ruo in the Federated States of Miconesia on July 30, before being caught in a storm.
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group → set → storm
Villagers on Fanning Island in Kiribati spotted the group on Sunday.
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Villagers → spot → Sunday
Five people, including two children, have been found alive after drifting an estimated 5,400 kilometres to a remote island in Kiribati, about three months after their boat went missing in Micronesia.
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boat → include → Micronesia
They were part of a group of nine who set off on July 30 on what was meant to be a routine one-hour crossing between the islands of Murilo and Ruo, in the Federated States of Micronesia, when they were caught in a storm.
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they → set → storm
The US Coast Guard in Micronesia suspended its search on August 9 after 10 days, covering 25,000 nautical miles with the help of US Navy and Air Force aircraft.
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Guard → suspend → aircraft
On Sunday, villagers on Fanning Island in Kiribati spotted the drifting boat and rescued the five people on board.
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villagers → spot → board
The member of parliament for the area, Kaotitaake Rakoroa, said they were taken in and cared for by the pastor of the local Uniting Church.
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they → say → Church
He said police on Kiritimati Island, the closest urban centre to Fanning Island, relayed news of the rescue to him in the capital, Tarawa.
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police → say → capital
"The group has already been treated by our medical officials on the island," he said.
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he → treat → island
He recommended they take the earliest flight to Kiritimati Island for further medical treatment.
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they → recommend → treatment
Photos and videos of the five were posted online on Sunday, shortly after they were brought ashore.
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they → post → Sunday
The members of the group are yet to speak publicly about their ordeal and have asked for their privacy to be respected.
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privacy → speak → ordeal
Family members in the Federated States of Micronesia told the ABC they have been in contact with some of the group.
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they → tell → group
Chuuk State Governor Alexander Narruhn issued a statement on Sunday evening thanking God for their survival.
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Narruhn → issue → survival
There were nine people aboard the boat that went missing.
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that → be → boat
Thanks be to God for his love and mercy that five of the nine people have been found.
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five → be → people
We continue to pray for their four companions."
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We → continue → companions
Details of what happened to the other four people have not been revealed.
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what → happen → people
The governor said he had asked the Federated States of Micronesia's president to begin diplomatic talks with the Kiribati government to bring the survivors home.
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he → say → survivors
Last week, 18-year-old Luka Rahan from Bougainville in Papua New Guinea was rescued between the islands of Tarawa and Maiana after drifting for 41 days.
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Rahan → rescue → days
His cousin died during the ordeal.
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cousin → die → ordeal
The pair had set out on a fishing trip in northern Bougainville in September, but had engine trouble and drifted more than 2,000km to Kiribati.
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pair → set → Kiribati
Last month, three other Bougainvilleans returned home after drifting at sea for about 70 days.
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Bougainvilleans → return → days
They were found near Kiritimati Island.
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They → find → Island
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