instruction:
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.
question:
story: Sam was only four years old when he decided to plant a tree. His mom helped him plant it in the front yard and take care of it. Over the years Sam's tree grew with him. Many years later Sam was an old man and had grandchildren. He gathered his family by the tree and had a photograph taken.
selected sentence: Sam was only four years old when he decided to plant a tree.
answer:
Sam like(s) trees >Motivates> Sam plants a tree

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story: I was 10 Year's old for my first kiss. I was very nervous. We planned to go to the back of the field where it was foggy. All of our friends were there and circled around us. Then we had a small peck.
selected sentence: We planned to go to the back of the field where it was foggy.
answer:
We want(s) to go >Motivates> We plan to go

question:
story: Stephen got up in front of his class. He had recently used the bathroom. He saw kids laughing. He looked down at his fly. His fly was wide open!
selected sentence: He saw kids laughing.
answer:
The kids feel(s) amused >Motivates> The kids laugh