Instructions: 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: Talks broke down in September 2005 when Shell more than doubled its initial cost projection for Sakhalin-2 to 20 billion dollars. "The fact that Shell is proposing something -- whereas earlier they were keeping silent -- means they are willing to give something up," Gromadin said.
Output:
Talks