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: John walked outside one weekend morning. He noticed that his yard was incredibly sloppy and overgrown. John went to his shed and pulled out his lawn mower. After starting it up, John began to mow his lawn. He worked for an hour, and then his yard looked great again.
selected sentence: He noticed that his yard was incredibly sloppy and overgrown.

SOLUTION: john walks into the yard >Causes/Enables> He notices his yard is sloppy

PROBLEM: story: We lived in a really small town for several years. After our children started school, we saw we had to move. We decided to move to a larger city. It took us two months to find a house. We moved into it in one day.
selected sentence: We lived in a really small town for several years.

SOLUTION: We are born in a small town >Causes/Enables> We live in a small town

PROBLEM: story: A rock was loose in the curb. A truck came along and knocked it from the curb. The rock now lay in the middle of the street. Another car came along and ran it over. The rock caused the car to get a flat tire.
selected sentence: A rock was loose in the curb.

SOLUTION:
The rock becomes loose >Causes/Enables> The rock is loose