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: Today I have been working on the alphabet with my son. He has learned the first three letters. Today we are working on the fourth and fifth letters. He has been a little frustrated, but he keep on trying. By the end of the day he had learned the new letters.
selected sentence: By the end of the day he had learned the new letters.

SOLUTION: I teach my son >Causes/Enables> My son learns

PROBLEM: story: Ellen gave birth to a baby girl. She didn't know what to name her. She bought a baby name book. Ellen read all of the names in the book. She found the perfect name to name her baby.
selected sentence: She bought a baby name book.

SOLUTION: Ellen couldn't think of a name for her baby >Causes/Enables> Ellen bought a baby name book

PROBLEM: story: A man came out of the building today. He asked me if the bus to Harvard Square had left. I told him it had just left a few minutes ago. He got onto his phone and contacted Uber. He got his ride a few minutes later.
selected sentence: I told him it had just left a few minutes ago.

SOLUTION:
He asks me if the bus to Harvard Square had left >Causes/Enables> I tell him it just left a few minutes ago