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.
Input: Passage: ECOMOG Field Commander Major-general Victor Malu quoted by Liberian radio said "this is not the first time that officers have betrayed the confidence" placed in them. The arrested officer, diplomatic sources said, claimed to have been given the baskets by a woman trader in Freetown who told him that the consignment was foofoo - a starchy but edible foodstuff made up of pounded cassava - to deliver to a friend in Monrovia.
Output:
quoted