Task:  You are given a background paragraph that describes one or more causal or physical relationships, such as a relationship in economics, scientific law, or nature. You need to come up with a fictional story that makes use of the concepts or the relationship described in the provided paragraph. Make sure that your story does not repeat the relation in the given paragraph (e.g., by avoiding verbatim copies of the given paragraph). Start by reading the background paragraph, and determine what relationship(s) are in the paragraph. Write a story that involves the relationship(s) that you determined are in the background paragraph. Try to use your own words as much as possible and not repeat the background paragraph. Feel free to make up places and events as long as they tie back to the background paragraph in a way that you can ask a question about.
Categories: Story Composition
Domains: Wikipedia; Natural Science; School Science Textbooks
Reasoning: Causal Reasoning; Relational Reasoning; Commonsense Reasoning

Positive examples:
input: Background Paragraph: A rise in price of a good or service almost always decreases the quantity demanded of that good or service. Conversely, a fall in price will increase the quantity demanded. When the price of a gallon of gasoline increases, for example, people look for ways to reduce their consumption by combining several errands, commuting by carpool or mass transit, or taking weekend or vacation trips closer to home. Economists call this inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded the law of demand. The law of demand assumes that all other variables that affect demand (which we explain in the next module) are held constant.
output: The AAA auto club does a weekly report on the prices of gas and diesel in various cities. Historically, the prices have be fairly stagnant, but this week their report garnered widespread attention as the prices of gas and diesel plunged from last week in Seattle by $0.40 each. However, just across the border in Vancouver, the cost of gas went up dramatically by $0.50.
explanation: This is a good story as it incorporates various relations (e.g., "price of a good or service vs demand") present in the background paragraph.; input: Background Paragraph: The lesson is not that society is likely to make an extreme choice like devoting no resources to education at point A or no resources to health at point F. Instead, the lesson is that the gains from committing additional marginal resources to education depend on how much is already being spent. If on the one hand, very few resources are currently committed to education, then an increase in resources used can bring relatively large gains. On the other hand, if a large number of resources are already committed to education, then committing additional resources will bring relatively smaller gains.
output: The state is deciding where to spend the rest of their budget for education. In an analysis of how districts in the state are spending their annual budgets, auditors found that in district A, most of the money was already being spent on schools. However, in district B, the money was not spent on school, but mostly on transportation.
explanation: This is a good story as it incorporates various relations (e.g., "resource investment vs gain") present in the background paragraph.; input: Background Paragraph: Alpine lakes are classified as lakes or reservoirs at high altitudes, usually starting around 5,000 feet (1524 metres) in elevation above sea level[1] or above the tree line.[2] Alpine lakes are usually clearer than lakes at lower elevations due to the colder water which decreases the speed and amount of algae and moss growth in the water. Often these lakes are surrounded by varieties of pine trees, aspens, and other high altitude trees.
output: Michael is planning a retreat for the team members at his company and also a weekend trip with his family. After discussion with his coworkers, he decided that they were going to plan a trip to the outdoors. Lake Schmitz is high up in elevation and Lake Smith is much lower in elevation. His coworkers like to go to places with a lot of trees to relax in the shade and his family likes to go swimming in clear lakes.
explanation: This is a good story as it incorporates various relations (e.g., "elevation vs clear lake and trees") present in the background paragraph.; input: Background Paragraph: Acidity is an important factor for living things. For example, many plants grow best in soil that has a pH between 6 and 7. Fish may also need a pH between 6 and 7. Certain air pollutants form acids when dissolved in water droplets in the air. This results in acid fog and acid rain, which may have a pH of 4 or even lower. The pH chart in the Figure above and the Figure below reveal some of the adverse effects of acid fog and rain. Acid rain not only kills trees. It also lowers the pH of surface waters such as ponds and lakes. As a result, the water may become too acidic for fish and other water organisms to survive.
output: Seattle recently had a power plant malfunction, resulting in increased pollutants emitted. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, has been cleaning up its factories, removing most of the air pollutants from the surrounding area.
explanation: This is a good story as it incorporates various relations present in the background paragraph (e.g., effect of pollution on rain acidity and animals).

Negative examples:
input: Background Paragraph: A rise in price of a good or service almost always decreases the quantity demanded of that good or service. Conversely, a fall in price will increase the quantity demanded. When the price of a gallon of gasoline increases, for example, people look for ways to reduce their consumption by combining several errands, commuting by carpool or mass transit, or taking weekend or vacation trips closer to home. Economists call this inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded the law of demand. The law of demand assumes that all other variables that affect demand (which we explain in the next module) are held constant.
output: A rise in price of a good or service almost always decreases the quantity demanded of that good or service.
explanation: This is not a good story since it is a verbatim copy of the given paragraph. As mentioned, your generated story use the relationships of the given paragraph, however, it should not contain the same details. Try to form a story using entities like city names, person names etc. leveraging the relationship mentioned in the background paragraph.