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.

Q: Passage: An hour before her colleagues gathered for their first vote of a new Congress, Senator Kelly Ayotte slipped into an empty Senate chamber to savor the grandeur of her legislative home. As Ms. Ayotte, a freshman Republican from New Hampshire, sat down at the wooden desk where generations of lawmakers from her state had cast their votes, a doorman marched toward her with purpose.

A: gathered
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Q: Passage: The import option is being pushed in addition to the captive coal mining to ensure that shortage does not lead to unutilized power generation capacity, which was witnessed last year. "This year with 14 million tons of coal imports, as of now we will not be losing generation due to coal shortage," the official said.

A: pushed
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Q: Passage: On Oct. 29, a senior Egyptian official told Xinhua that Meshaal would visit Egypt soon, but failed to give an exact date. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at that time that Meshaal, now in exile in Syria, would visit Cairo in four or five days.

A:
told
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