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: "I have done my best, the result was 9kg more than the weight I lifted in the National Games in October," Liu Haixia said. Liu's coach Ma Wenhui said that they are going to learn from the Russian weightlifters in this category.

SOLUTION: done

PROBLEM: Passage: Confined to a wheelchair, Taki was greeted at the airport by his two daughters, aged 27 and 24, along with officials from Matsushita and the Japanese foreign ministry. Taki said he sprained his right ankle after jumping from the roof of the residence Tuesday when Peruvian troops stormed the compound, rescuing all but one of the 72 hostages and killing all 14 rebels.

SOLUTION: Confined

PROBLEM: Passage: BellSouth's revised proposal surprised many industry analysts, especially because of the company's willingness to accept some dilution of future earnings. William O. McCoy, president of the company's BellSouth Enterprises Inc. unit, said the revised agreement with LIN would dilute BellSouth earnings by about 9% in both 1990 and 1991 and by significantly less thereafter.

SOLUTION:
proposal