TASK DEFINITION: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to generate a question about temporal relations based on that passage. A temporal relation describes the relation between two things with respect to time e.g., something happens/starts/terminates/... immediately/shortly/usually/... before/after/during/... something else.
 Your question should include an event, or ask about an event, and should not be a yes/no question.
PROBLEM: Passage: "The Palestinian Authority is not functioning in the Gaza Strip, there is no guiding hand," Mofaz was quoted as saying by the Yediot Aharonot daily. "The Palestinian security forces are not obeying the instructions of the PA chairman (Abbas).

SOLUTION: What event has already finished?

PROBLEM: Passage: The Soviet Foreign Ministry said Soviet women, children and invalids would be permitted to leave Iraq. Spokesman Yuri Gremitskikh said the first group of 230 evacuees was assembling in Baghdad today, but evacuation plans were hampered by desert heat and lack of transportation.

SOLUTION: What event has already happened?

PROBLEM: Passage: If a court edict fails to compel compliance, the Justice Department will have to consider sterner measures, for the relatives will then be resisting the rule of law as defined by both the department and the courts. But Washington ought not to rush to take Elian forcibly from the relatives.

SOLUTION:
What event has already finished?

