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: "There is evidence that in regions where the majority of men are circumcised, HIV infection is lower than in regions where circumcision is not practiced." Five southern African countries hard-hit by the AIDS pandemic -- Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia -- are in talks with the UN AIDS agency on making circumcision more accessible to men.
Output:
is