From the given sentence, extract the phrase (often noun or verb) that carries the given relationship. The generated phrase should be present in the sentence.

Given Relationship: 'elect of', Sentence: 'The United States has just elected Barack Obama as our next President .'
elected

Given Relationship: 'be city of', Sentence: 'Lahore is Pakistan 's second largest city and the capital of the northeastern province of Punjab .'
city

Given Relationship: 'take', Sentence: 'Taiwan and China took a small but significant step toward better ties today with China 's acceptance of a Taiwanese plan to open two offshore islands to goods and passengers from the mainland and allow island residents to travel directly to China .'

travel