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.

[EX Q]: Passage: Issuance of those warrants will be at the rate of one-third warrant for each warrant exercised.
[EX A]: Issuance

[EX Q]: Passage: The report said water quality in seven of Beijing lakes, such as the Winter Palace Lake and Taoranting Lake, is below level five. Only four lakes could be used to supply drinking water, while water from the other lakes is only fit for industrial use.
[EX A]: said

[EX Q]: Passage: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan last week appointed Diego Cordovez, an Ecuadoran diplomat who helped negotiate the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, as his special adviser on Cyprus. The island has been divided since 1974 when Turkish mainland troops invaded and occupied the northern third of Cyprus in response to a coup in Nicosia aimed at uniting the country with Greece.
[EX A]:
week