TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
PROBLEM: story: We all went to a haunted house last Halloween. A creepy clown jumped out at my friend Gary. Gary was so scared he screamed. We all think Gary wet himself. Gary ran home to change his pants.
selected sentence: Gary ran home to change his pants.

SOLUTION: Gary wets himself >Causes/Enables> Gary changes his pants

PROBLEM: story: Joe had punched his friend Mike in the face yesterday. He did this because he found out that Mike was dating Amy. Joe had had a crush on Amy for over a year. When Amy found out what Joe had done, she thought it was romantic. She broke up with Mike, and Joe and Amy started dating.
selected sentence: She broke up with Mike, and Joe and Amy started dating.

SOLUTION: Amy decides to break up >Causes/Enables> Amy breaks up

PROBLEM: story: Gina needed to find Something to fit in the door handle slot. The handle fell out and stranded her in the room. Nothing in the room fit in the handle slot. Finally she decided to try a Barbie doll leg. It was a long shot, but she had to try everything.
selected sentence: Nothing in the room fit in the handle slot.

SOLUTION:
The door handle fell out >Causes/Enables> Nothing in the room fit the handle slot