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.

[EX Q]: Passage: Cilcorp Inc., Peoria, Ill., said it agreed to acquire the environmental consulting and analytical service businesses of Hunter Environmental Services Inc. of Southport, Conn. The utility holding company said Hunter will receive 390,000 shares of a new series of Cilcorp convertible preferred stock with a face value of $39 million for the businesses.
[EX A]: said

[EX Q]: Passage: "The local tourism scene has seen phenomenal growth in the last couple of months and we want to support this route," he said. The increase in the number of international visitors to Kenya has spurred a greater interest in the tourism sector with the airports registering the highest number of traffic in the last five years.
[EX A]: scene

[EX Q]: Passage: A memorial service planned at the University of Rochester for Saturday was canceled after security plans were leaked. Slepian was killed on Oct. 23, 1999 by a sniper hiding in his backyard.
[EX A]:
service