Definition: You will be given three sentences. Read them, then identify a noun phrase (person, place, or thing) or event that is shared between all three sentences. As the output, write the span of the text corresponding to that phrase in each sentence. Keep the order of the sentences, that is, your answer should look like: 1: *a phras from sentence 1e* 2: *a phras from sentence 2* 3: *a phrase from sentence 3*
Input: 1: I saw the light and I squeezed the trigger ,  Bates told  Today .  2:  I rate this as No . 1 on my list of things in my life that I regret ,  said Bates , who is free on $ 25,000 bail . 3:  I rate this as No. 1 on my list of things in my life that I regret ,  Robert Bates tells  Today 

1: told 2: said 3: tells