Hello!  Can you provide me with a list of all of the settlement IDs and the corresponding settlement amounts?
select settlement_id, settlement_amount from settlements
Great! Can you calculate for me the sum total of all Settlement Amounts and also the average Settlement Amount for all settlements?
select sum ( settlement_amount ), avg ( settlement_amount ) from settlements
Wonderful!  Can you show me what the oldest settlement effective date is?
select effective_date from settlements order by effective_date limit 1