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.

[Q]: Passage: This would leave South Africa and Japan to battle for the privilege of staging the sport's seventh world championship. Local newspaper The Star said on Thursday that Japan was seen as "the national likeliest to take the event from us."
[A]: leave


[Q]: Passage: France is expected to provide up to 1,000 troops to the UN-approved multinational force in Albania. Their principal task will be to secure the port and the road linking it to Tirana.
[A]: is


[Q]: Passage: Company officials also said that any gain from the sale of Westinghouse's 55% stake in its transmission and distribution venture with the Swiss firm of Asea Brown Boveri will be offset by a restructuring charge in the fourth quarter. The executives didn't disclose the size of the expected gain.
[A]:
said


