In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to generate a question about temporal relations based on that passage. A temporal relation describes the relation between two things with respect to time e.g., something happens/starts/terminates/... immediately/shortly/usually/... before/after/during/... something else.
Your question should include an event, or ask about an event, and should not be a yes/no question.
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Question: Passage: If the allies succeed, Saddam Hussein will have plunged his country first into a fruitless eight-year war against Iran and then into a humiliating war against the U.S. and the allies to defend his conquest of Kuwait, leaving much of his country's military establishment and modern infrastructure in ruins. Meanwhile, the U.S. hopes, economic sanctions and an international arms embargo will remain in effect until Iraq pays war reparations to Kuwait to cover war damages.

Answer: What event has already finished?

Question: Passage: Farmer peasants make up about 70 percent of China's population of 1.3 billion but agriculture contributes only 15 percent to the country's gross domestic product. Experts also point to the widening income gap between rural and urban residents, as an average farmer makes only a third as much as his urban counterpart.

Answer: What event has already finished?

Question: Passage: The less money the government needs to borrow, the more is freed for private investment. President Clinton welcomed the job figures at a news conference Friday.

Answer:
What event has already finished?