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: He was past his breeding years and very close to death ,  she said . 2:  They asked me if I would preserve this giraffe by providing all the locals with food and other means of survival . 3: Francis , a hunter , said the giraffe was  close to death  and became food for locals .

1: He 2: this giraffe 3: the giraffe