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: A University of Washington climate scientist and his associates have been studying the blob -- a huge area of unusually warm water in the Pacific -- for months . 2: Waters in the blob have been warmer by about 5.5 degrees , a significant rise . 3: Waters in a huge area of the Pacific are running 5.5 degrees warmer than normal .

1: the blob -- a huge area of unusually warm water in the Pacific 2: Waters in the blob 3: Waters in a huge area of the Pacific