TASK DEFINITION: Given a sentence, generate a most likely context or previous statement. The previous statement should be relevant to the given statement.
PROBLEM: Then the two boys holding him pick him up and lay him backwards on a table.

SOLUTION: They look as though they are fighting but the boy being held is laughing.

PROBLEM: Now, the girls write side by side, their eyes intent on their careful brush strokes.

SOLUTION: The matchmaker closes the fan.

PROBLEM: Someone catches his breath and dances.

SOLUTION:
He sees someone playing on stage.