Given an entity, a before event, an after event, and an attribute related to the entity, generate a sentence as output. Your sentence should show the changes in the attribute of the entity.

Q: entity: wall
before: clear
after: marked
attr: color

A: color of wall was clear before and marked afterwards
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Q: entity: car
before: new
after: old
attr: age

A: age of car was new before and old afterwards
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Q: entity: character
before: looking for wendell
after: talking to wendell
attr: state

A:
state of character was looking for wendell before and talking to wendell afterwards
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