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.

[EX Q]: Passage: In national over-the-counter trading, LIN shares soared $4.625 to closed at $112.625, while McCaw fell $2.50 a share to $37.75. The proposed BellSouth-LIN cellular company, including the newly acquired Metromedia stake, would give the new entity 55 million potential customers, including about 35 million in the nation's top 10 markets.
[EX A]: What event has already happened?

[EX Q]: Passage: A Hong Kong pro-democracy group on Saturday turned its wrath on Britain, saying it would stage protests at an upcoming visit by ex- premier Margaret Thatcher in anger at British "lip service" on the territory's future. The announcement was made by the United Front Against the Provisional Legislature, a loose alliance of politicians and grass-roots activists opposing the assembly set up by China to legislate in Hong Kong after the July 1 handover.
[EX A]: What event has already finished?

[EX Q]: Passage: And the group plans to dish out a total 1.5 billion euros to shareholders by 2007. The French daily Le Figaro had reported in its Friday edition that the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange had made an overture to Euronext last weekend with a view to a possible tie-up.
[EX A]:
What event has already finished?