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: Ministers praised the security operation intended to prevent the suicide attacks that killed almost 40 people during January's election, the first free vote in Iraq in half a century. "The security situation in most of the provinces is good, if not to say excellent," announced Interior Minister Bayan Jabr Solagh.
Output:
praised