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: "For the funds that have been lost and unable to be recovered, the (local) governments have to compensate," according to the report. Local governments must also submit plans to recover misused funds from illegal investments to the ministry before the end of this year, Liu was quoted by the People's Daily as saying.

SOLUTION: lost

PROBLEM: Passage: Sun, a maker of computer workstations, reported sales of $538.5 million for the quarter ended Sept. 29, up 39% from $388.5 million a year earlier. In the 1988 period, the company earned $20.6 million, or 26 cents a share.

SOLUTION: reported

PROBLEM: Passage: He warned that if the government failed to solve the problem of tax collection, it "risks encouraging anarchy or dictatorship, or both." Last year the government managed to collect only about 60 percent of projected tax revenue.

SOLUTION:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
user
warned

