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: Based on a short story by novelist Annie Proulx, "Brokeback Mountain" chronicles the gay romance between cowboys -- played by Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal -- who meet while working on a ranch in 1963. The film has emerged as the critics' Oscar favourite with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association voting it best picture at the weekend, with another best director nod for Lee.

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