Q: Question: "Where do vowels occur?"  Context: "In Eastern Catalan (except Majorcan), unstressed vowels reduce to three: /a e ɛ/ > [ə]; /o ɔ u/ > [u]; /i/ remains distinct. There are a few instances of unreduced [e], [o] in some words. Alguerese has lowered [ə] to [a]."  Answer:
A: words

Q: Question: "What were the Western Romans?"  Context: "Even as the Western Roman empire collapsed, literate men acknowledged that Virgil was a master poet. Gregory of Tours read Virgil, whom he quotes in several places, along with some other Latin poets, though he cautions that "we ought not to relate their lying fables, lest we fall under sentence of eternal death.""  Answer:
A: empire

Q: Question: "WHat is the opposite of replica?"  Context: "The original Charter of 1837 set out the purpose of the Royal Institute to be: '… the general advancement of Civil Architecture, and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith…'"  Answer:
A: original

Q: Question: "What entities were not countries but still had governing bodies and are plainly listed on a political map?"  Context: "The States General of the United Provinces were in control of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Dutch West India Company (WIC), but some shipping expeditions were initiated by some of the provinces, mostly Holland and/or Zeeland."  Answer:
A:
Holland and/or Zeeland