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: Paul bought a small gift for Cindy for her Birthday. He didn't spend a lot of money, but he spent a lot of time choosing. The gift was a small brass mouse with a long tail. No one at the birthday party thought much of it at all. Cindy knew it was the most thoughtful gift she got that day.
selected sentence: Paul bought a small gift for Cindy for her Birthday.

SOLUTION: Paul goes shopping for Cindy >Causes/Enables> Paul buys a gift for Cindy

PROBLEM: story: One dark night Two boys got lost. The sky was clear and dark. One of the boys looked up and seen a star. The boy said they better follow it. They followed the star home.
selected sentence: They followed the star home.

SOLUTION: One boy says he and the other boy better follow the star >Causes/Enables> The boys follow the star home

PROBLEM: story: When Kia was 6 Year's old, she decided to make her own lunch. She boiled eggs, and placed the eggs in her lunch box. At school the next day, she started peeling one of the eggs. Runny yolk spilled out of the egg. Kia went hungry that day.
selected sentence: At school the next day, she started peeling one of the eggs.

SOLUTION:
Kia boils eggs >Causes/Enables> Kia peels the eggs