TASK DEFINITION: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
PROBLEM: Passage: Options under consideration reportedly include boosting the number of US soldiers in Iraq by between 20,000 and 50,000 to secure its chaotic capital, forge an alliance between moderate Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis at the expense of radicals on both sides, or even throwing the US lot with majority Shiites. But advocates of the "victory-still-possible" approach received a bucketful of cold water Sunday from one of the chief architects of the allied victory in the 1991 Gulf War, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell.

SOLUTION: include

PROBLEM: Passage: DiRita said the US Special Operations Command has been granted authority to wage the campaign but was still planning how to carry it out, he said. "We're in an environment where public information is being thrown out there in countries all around the world that say untruthful, inaccurate, harmful things about the United States, about the global war on terror," DiRita said.

SOLUTION: said

PROBLEM: Passage: On anti-terrorism cooperation, the ASEAN air force chiefs agreed to conduct exchange of information and joint patrols and to increase cooperation in training and education. Indonesia has held joint exercises with other ASEAN member countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, he said.

SOLUTION:
cooperation