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: "I have been inviting Mr. Clerides to come to the negotiating table and to discuss a bizonal, bicommunal federation resting on the partnership of two politically equal communities (...) and they have been running away from it all this time," Denktash said. "He (Clerides) has attempted to change the agenda by making a unilateral application to the EU, and pretending that this application is an application by Cyprus, when it is an application by Greek Cypriots only.

application