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: Anne loved comfortable shoes. She put on some flip flops. They were squishy and comfortable. Anne loved the sound they made as she walked. The flip flops were her favorite shoes!
selected sentence: The flip flops were her favorite shoes!

SOLUTION: They are squishy and comfortable >Causes/Enables> The flip flops are her favorite shoes

PROBLEM: story: I went to the store today. While I was there I bought some gum. After chewing the gum and getting home I wanted to throw it away. I went and opened the trash can. Inside the can was a mouse on a sticky trap wiggling around.
selected sentence: Inside the can was a mouse on a sticky trap wiggling around.

SOLUTION: The mouse gets in the can >Causes/Enables> The mouse is in the can

PROBLEM: story: Bob bought his daughter a new kite. They went to the kite to fly it. It was windy outside and the perfect weather for flying kites. Their kite rose hundreds of feet into the sky. At the end of the day they went home and had ice cream.
selected sentence: At the end of the day they went home and had ice cream.

SOLUTION:
They finish flying kites >Causes/Enables> They go home