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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.
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Passage: The two confirmed cases involve a nine-year-old boy in Xiangtan County of Hunan and a 24-year-old woman farmer in Zongyang County of Anhui Province. The boy's sister died of pneumonia-like symptoms last month and was suspected to have contracted bird flu.
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confirmed

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Passage: Local media attributed the week-long rising trend of oil prices to the effect of Kuwait's output slash which began on Nov.1. Global crude oil prices hovered below 59 dollars recently amid warm winter concern, which negatively affected the Kuwaiti prices, said local analysts.
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attributed

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Passage: At least 83 were put to death in 2005 and 35 the year before. Executions are generally carried out in public in the oil-rich kingdom, which applies a strict form of Islamic law.
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put