TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the likely emotions and basic human drives of the participants in that sentence. Does any of these states of mind/feelings motivate the participant to do what happens in that sentence? You should write your answer in the form " A >Motivates> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. For the motivation sentence, you must choose a verb from :feel(s), want(s) or like(s). There will always be some motivation in the given story.
PROBLEM: story: Jill gets on the bus every morning. She hates the bus. Johnny always pulls her hair. Sally always steals her lunch. Jill wishes her mom would drive her to school.
selected sentence: Jill gets on the bus every morning.

SOLUTION: Jill want(s) transportation >Motivates> Jill gets on the bus

PROBLEM: story: Joe was going to a baseball game. He went with his friends. He was so bored. He found a game on his phone. He passed the time by playing on his phone all day.
selected sentence: He went with his friends.

SOLUTION: He feel(s) bored >Motivates> He went with friends

PROBLEM: story: Ed took his dog Molly to the dog park. He was feeling sad because he and his girl had recently broken up. As he sat watching his dog play, a pretty woman sat next to him. They started chatting and really hit it off. They made a date for the following weekend for dinner.
selected sentence: As he sat watching his dog play, a pretty woman sat next to him.

SOLUTION:
Ed like(s) watching his dog play >Motivates> Ed watches his dog play