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.
One example is below.
Q: Passage: I submitted the hit. The hit was approved, and then I was paid.
A: approved
Rationale: There are three events in this passage (i) submission event ("submitted") (ii) the approval event ("approved"), and (iii) the payment event ("paid"). You can use any one of them as an output.
Q: Passage: Blair is under particularly fierce pressure to come up with new proposals that would cut down Britain's jealously guarded annual rebate budget contributions. But the British leaders is refusing to give ground without guarantees notably on reforms to the EU's long-disputed farm subsidy system, of which France is the main beneficiary.
A:
proposals