question: Why was a subject ordered to appear to Pop-Tanning in old trousers ?
answer: the caning would cut the cloth to shreds
turker_answer: A subject was ordered to appear to Pop-Tanning in old trousers because the caning would cut the cloth to shreds .
rule-based: Was a subject ordered to appear to Pop-Tanning in old trousers because the caning would cut the cloth to shreds .