Definition: In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Input: passage: ``Copper carbonate'' was the first compound to be broken down into several compounds: in 1794 by the French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754--1826) thermally decomposed it to CO and CuO, cupric oxide, a black solid.
 question: copper carbonate on heating gives a black residue of copper oxide?

Yes