Q: 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.
Passage: The Supreme Court will hear the government petition against the compensation order in six weeks. Three of the leaders - Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Mannan and Mirza Abbas - were freed hours after the court order on Monday but the fourth, Goeswar Roy, was still being detained as he is also wanted on other matters.
A:
hear