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: Steven was by a big flock of geese. He went to go and chase them away. They flew away at first. They after started chasing him He was able to get away.
selected sentence: They flew away at first.

SOLUTION: They feel(s) startled >Motivates> They fly away

PROBLEM: story: A man came out of the building today. He asked me if the bus to Harvard Square had left. I told him it had just left a few minutes ago. He got onto his phone and contacted Uber. He got his ride a few minutes later.
selected sentence: He got onto his phone and contacted Uber.

SOLUTION: A man feel(s) stressed >Motivates> A man gets on his phone to contact Uber

PROBLEM: story: Bill does odd jobs all summer. He saves up all his money and buys a PS4. Just three weeks later the PS4 breaks. The store won't exchange it the PS4 for him. So he has to send it in to Sony and wait two weeks to get it back.
selected sentence: He saves up all his money and buys a PS4.

SOLUTION:
Bill like(s) PS4 >Motivates> Bill buys PS4