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 could not help but wonder how this major event would be seen by the people in the light of the scarcity of food in the country," he said. Hirsch also noted he saw some 50,000 children from 30 schools taking part in mass gymnastics last Sunday, as part of ceremonies marking the 85th birthday of the late president Kim Il-Sung.

said