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: My friends and I wanted to do Something. We saw a baseball game was happening. We drove to the stadium. We went inside and bought hot dogs. We sat and watched the game, but we thought it was boring.
selected sentence: My friends and I wanted to do Something.

SOLUTION: My friends and I get bored >Causes/Enables> My friends and I want to do Something

PROBLEM: story: A storm had just passed over Julian's house. That morning, he went outside to check the mail. He saw that a tree had fallen and smashed his shed. He called some friends over to help him fix things up. They moved the tree and fixed the shed.
selected sentence: A storm had just passed over Julian's house.

SOLUTION: A storm forms >Causes/Enables> The storm passes over the house

PROBLEM: story: It was Christmas eve. I was completely alone. Then, my doorbell rang. It was a group of Christmas carol singers. They made me forget about my loneliness!
selected sentence: Then, my doorbell rang.

SOLUTION:
My doorbell rang >Causes/Enables> I answered my door