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.

Passage: During the journey, Chinese and the U.S. navy held their first joint maritime exercise. 
journey

Passage: "The US and North Korean delegations are meeting this afternoon," a spokesman at the Chinese press center for the six-nation talks told AFP. A South Korean official confirmed that chief US envoy Christopher Hill had met directly with his counterpart from North Korea, Kim Kye-Gwan.
are

Passage: The 8-month grand competition, to be shown on television across China through satellite transmission as of March next year, will allow Chinese audiences to vote for their favorite Kungfu exercisers through the website or mobile phone messages. The top 108 winners are expected to have the chance to play a part in a movie and TV series depicting martial arts and monks of Shaolin, according to Fu Min, general manager with the Shaolin Temple Culture Communication Co., Ltd, which is owned by the temple.

shown

