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: I bought some new sheets for my bed this weekend. After throwing them on the bed I went to sleep. They felt great! I woke up the next morning to them covered in dog hair. Now they look just like my old sheets.
selected sentence: I woke up the next morning to them covered in dog hair.

SOLUTION: My dog sleeps on my sheets >Causes/Enables> Dog hair covers my sheets

PROBLEM: story: A girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs. She got up and started to head downstairs to see what her mom wanted. As she to the bottom of the stairs, her mom pulled her in close. Her mom began to cry. The girl's dog had been hit by a car and was dead.
selected sentence: As she to the bottom of the stairs, her mom pulled her in close.

SOLUTION: A girl hears her mom yell her name from downstairs >Causes/Enables> The girl goes to the bottom of the stairs

PROBLEM: story: Joe dreamed of being the fastest kid in his 3rd grade class. His friends always held races during recess. Joe practiced constantly, striving to be the best. But when the races started that year, a girl named Lisa won the race. Joe was disappointed, but decided he would not stop trying.
selected sentence: But when the races started that year, a girl named Lisa won the race.

SOLUTION:
Lisa enters the race >Causes/Enables> Lisa wins the race