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: It was forecast to rain that day. The kids were sad to stay indoors. Soon the rain began to fall and the wind began to blow. Quickly it was hailing and lightning and then the power went out. Soon it ended, but the power was still out for many hours that day.
selected sentence: Soon it ended, but the power was still out for many hours that day.

SOLUTION: The power goes out >Causes/Enables> The power stays out

PROBLEM: story: Our neighbors down the hall had a very noisy party. One of the guests passed out in front of my door. When I asked him to leave he swore at me. I called the police. The guest left before the police came.
selected sentence: Our neighbors down the hall had a very noisy party.

SOLUTION: Our neighbors decide to throw a party >Causes/Enables> Our neighbors throw a party

PROBLEM: story: Jake lived at the beach all his life. Jake landed a job which required him to move to Denver. Jake landed in cold Colorado in the middle of January. He had never felt such cold weather and seen such snow. Jake decided he loved the cold and would never go back to the coast.
selected sentence: He had never felt such cold weather and seen such snow.

SOLUTION:
Jake moves to Colorado >Causes/Enables> Jake has never felt such cold