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: Pope John Paul II on Friday appointed two Chinese scientists -- one from Taiwan, the other from the mainland -- to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The two are Chin Ningyang, 74, from Hefei in China, the 1957 Nobel Physics Prize winner and son of a mathematics professor at Beijing university.

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