TASK DEFINITION: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to generate a question about temporal relations based on that passage. A temporal relation describes the relation between two things with respect to time e.g., something happens/starts/terminates/... immediately/shortly/usually/... before/after/during/... something else.
Your question should include an event, or ask about an event, and should not be a yes/no question.
PROBLEM: Passage: He went through a routine blood, x-ray and echocardiography tests Friday morning, the NHI said in a statement. The former prime minister and his family members also expressed their gratitude to all Malaysians and foreign friends who had sent their best wishes and prayers for Mahathir's speedy recovery, said the statement.

SOLUTION: What event has already finished?

PROBLEM: Passage: In a first step, Dresdner Bank will buy 32.99% of BIP for 1,015 French francs ($162) a share, or 528 million francs ($84.7 million). Dresdner Bank said it will also buy all shares tendered by shareholders on the Paris Stock Exchange at the same price from today through Nov. 17.

SOLUTION: What event has already happened?

PROBLEM: Passage: China's primary energy consumption in 2004 was 1.97 billion tons of standard coal equivalent and its domestic energy supply capacity reached as high as 94 percent, which is among the highest in the world. In order to enhance China's security of oil supply it should try to reduce its dependency on oil imports to about 30 percent and not exceed more than 50 percent, said Xu Shoubo, an academic of Chinese Academy of Engineering.

SOLUTION:
What event has already finished?