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: Consider Input: Passage: "The BoJ may need to confirm first that consumer spending has accelerated before hiking rates," said NLI Research Institute senior economist Taro Saito, who is looking at a rate increase either in January or February. The market had widely expected the decision after the mixed economic data, including just 0.1 percent year-on-year growth in core consumer prices.

Output: need

Input: Consider Input: Passage: "The number of our theses and journals cited by the SCI is an important indicator of the success of our research progress in basic science fields," said Zhang Xianen, the director of MOST's scientific research department. "The greater number of Chinese scientists winning international prizes and occupying senior positions in major international research organizations also proves that China is catching up with leading countries in the field of science and technology," Zhang said.

Output: indicator

Input: Consider Input: Passage: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP)_ The World Court Friday rejected U.S. and British objections to a Libyan World Court case that has blocked the trial of two Libyans suspected of blowing up a Pan Am jumbo jet over Scotland in 1988. Libya, which brought the case to the United Nations' highest judicial body in its dispute with the United States and Britain, hailed the ruling and said it would press anew for a trial in a third neutral country.
Output: rejected