Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Billy has been nicknamed Beuter because of Southern accent, Fact2: baseball coach At team meeting in introduces new players house, Fact3: moves 's met to downstairs room woman, Fact4: Willoughby invites them to punk concert and with Jake 's encouragement, Fact5: night before moves and rest of team have massive frat party at house
Output (English): In Texas in the fall of 1980, college freshman Jake – a hotshot pitcher in high school – moves into the house he will be sharing with other members of the fictional Southeast Texas Cherokees college baseball team and meets several of his new teammates, including his roommate Billy who has been nicknamed Beuter because of his Southern accent. He joins Finnegan, Roper, Dale, and Plummer cruising the campus by car, looking to meet female students. Stopping to chat with two women moving into their apartment, upperclassmen Roper – an unapologetic hounddog – and Finnegan – adopting a false feminist tone – both strike out with them, but one of them – Beverly – comments that she likes Jake the quiet guy in the back seat; he makes a note of her apartment number. At a team meeting in the house, the baseball coach introduces the new players, which include Jake, Plummer, Beuter, Brumley – all freshmen – and two transfer students: Jay, recruited for his professionallevel pitching, and Willoughby, a bearded philosopherstoner. The coach cites two rules: no alcohol in the house, and no women upstairs, but the team disregards them, later hosting a drunken party, with several team members taking women up to their bedrooms. Jake tries to take a woman hes met to the downstairs room theyd set aside for sex, but its occupied, and Beuter refuses to leave their room so Jake cant use it. The next morning, Beuter leaves temporarily for home, concerned that his girlfriend is pregnant. Later, the team go out drinking and cruising chicks together, first to the local disco. Finnegans patter about his average penis, intended to impress women with his lack of ego, is interrupted when Jays arrogant and racist remarks provoke a fist fight with one of the bartenders, and they are all ejected. Sending Jay home, they change their clothes and instead go to a westernthemed bar to end their night on a high note. The next day, at the house, Willoughby shares his marijuana, music, and philosophy with the freshmen, professing his love for Pink Floyd while stating his extreme distaste for Van Halen. That afternoon while walking around with several of his teammates, Jake happens upon Justin, a former teammate from high school who has embraced punk subculture. He invites them to a punk concert, and with Jakes encouragement they go, briefly putting on yet another identity. Jake leaves flowers and a note on Beverlys apartment door that night before he and the rest of the team have a massive frat party at their house. The next morning, Beverly calls him and they quickly agree to meet. She explains that shes a performingarts major; Jake answers only that hes a baseball player, based on advice given to him by Finnegan. At the teams first unofficial practice session, Jay upsets the rest of the team by pitching to them aggressively. McReynolds, the teams captain and best player, puts Jay in his place when he hits a home run off of him, which causes Jay to throw a tantrum. The coach unexpectedly shows up and calls Willoughby off the pitchers mound. It is later revealed that Willoughby is 30 years old, and has been fraudulently transferring to new colleges so he can continue playing ball and enjoying the student lifestyle. Beverly invites him to come to Oz, a costume party thrown by performingarts students every Fall. Jake mentions the party to his teammates and tries to tell them they wouldnt enjoy it, but they cajole him into taking them. Although they initially dont fit in well with the artsy atmosphere and activities, they do their best to hit on the women there and eventually warm up to their surroundings. Finnegan is ridiculed by his friends for adapting his patter to pretend to be into astrology, and Jake takes part in an improvised Alice in Wonderlandthemed take on The Dating Game. Jake continues to get close to Beverly and they end up spending the rest of the night together. The next morning, the semester begins and Jake and Beverly walk together from her apartment, parting to go to their separate classes. Two of the team – who know that Jake didnt return home the night before – razz him for it. He runs into Plummer in his classroom, and they settle in for their first lecture. Their history professor enters and writes the phrase Frontiers are where you find them on the chalkboard. As their first ever college class officially begins, Plummer and Jake fall asleep.