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.
Input: Passage: He knew that it would be bad if he had so many problems to solve before he even started lobbying for support," said James Sung, political scientist at City University. "He knew the GST would be the biggest problem to tackle and since he knew it would fail sooner or later, he'd rather end it quickly," Sung said.

solve