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: The report by the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea is based on interviews with more than 1,300 refugees hiding in China. Noland said Pyongyang's "systematic denial of human, civil and political rights combined with economic incompetence" and food shortages were the cause of the refugee crisis.

incompetence