Task: Pos Tagging
Input (English): Sentence: There are rumours about preparations by slum dwellers for another looting spree against banks , governmental and public property similar to the one that took place last April , and I have already overheard youngsters in my neighbourhood {{ joking }} about it and saying things like " This time we will be the first to loot , we did n't get anything the last time " . 
Word: joking
Output (English): VBG