TASK 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.
PROBLEM: Passage: The report said that under insurance laws, life insurers can invest no more than 35 percent of their assets in equities, 20 percent in property, 20 percent in foreign funds, and the rest in cash and near cash. 

SOLUTION: said

PROBLEM: Passage: For the first time in history, the U.S. has gone to war with an Arab and Muslim nation, and we know a peaceful solution was in reach." --- Geraldine Brooks in Amman, Jordan, and Craig Forman in Cairo, Egypt, contributed to this article.

SOLUTION: gone

PROBLEM: Passage: The authoritarian Turkmen president's death "revives the hope of a liberalization of the country", Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement. "RSF calls on Turkmen transitional authorities to free journalists and political prisoners without delay."

SOLUTION:
death

