In this task your given two statements. You must judge whether the second sentence is the cause or effect of the first one. Label the instances as "cause" or "effect" based on your judgment. The sentences are separated by a newline character.

[EX Q]: The man's breathing was loud.
His lungs were congested.
[EX A]: cause

[EX Q]: The mercury in the thermometer rose.
The weather got warmer.
[EX A]: cause

[EX Q]: The teacher assigned homework to the students.
The students groaned.
[EX A]:
effect