TASK DEFINITION: From the given sentence, extract the phrase (often noun or verb) that carries the given relationship. The generated phrase should be present in the sentence.
PROBLEM: Given Relationship: 'recognize independence of', Sentence: 'Russia recognized August 26 independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and then inked the Friendship and Cooperation Treaties providing for deployment of military bases on their soil .'

SOLUTION: independence

PROBLEM: Given Relationship: 'be region in', Sentence: 'China has banned a branch of Islam in its Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region and arrested 179 followers , saying it oisonspeople minds , a rights group and state media said Friday .'

SOLUTION: region

PROBLEM: Given Relationship: 'be occupy by', Sentence: 'Since the US leadership considers it right of the Jews to occupy Palestine as they lived here over 2000 years ago , then the Native Americans can also argue back only 500 years and have their lands returned to them .'

SOLUTION:
occupy