Definition: 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.
Input: Passage: Market heavyweights China Mobile fell 2.47 percent to 67.05 HK dollars, while HSBC went up 0.53 percent to 151.20 HK dollars. Hong Kong property companies performed well on the news of bank interests cut this morning, with Cheung Kong up 2.07 percent to 88.75 HK dollars, Henderson Land up 3.81 percent to 46.3 HK dollars and SHK PPT up 3.34 percent to 91.3 HK dollars.
Output:
fell