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: Consider Input: Passage: Speaking a separate news conference, Fukuda said heavy selling of high-yielding pension funds caused an "abnormal situation" in the company's financial condition. "This product has no problem but it is a problem with the way it was sold by the company," he said.

Output: Speaking

Input: Consider Input: Passage: "The US and North Korean delegations are meeting this afternoon," a spokesman at the Chinese press center for the six-nation talks told AFP. A South Korean official confirmed that chief US envoy Christopher Hill had met directly with his counterpart from North Korea, Kim Kye-Gwan.

Output: are

Input: Consider Input: Passage: Olmert's spokeswoman Miri Eisin told AFP that Rome too was expected to rally behind moves by Israel and the United States to try to bring Iran into line. Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, says his country's nuclear programme is aimed at purely civilian use.
Output: told