instruction:
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.
question:
story: Jill hadn't seen her friends in a while. It was making her lonely. She asked some friends to meet for coffee. Several of them showed up. Jill had a lot of fun.
selected sentence: She asked some friends to meet for coffee.
answer:
Jill doesn't see her friends for a while >Causes/Enables> She invites her friends for coffee

question:
story: Jim just got a new lawn mower. He took it out of the garage. Jim filled his new lawn mower with gas. He fired it up. Jim spent the next hour cutting grass.
selected sentence: Jim just got a new lawn mower.
answer:
Jim goes to the store >Causes/Enables> Jim gets a new lawn mower

question:
story: I took my son to daycare this morning. We got in the car and buckled up. I drove across town to the daycare center. We walked in and down the hall to his classroom. He ran off to play with his friends right away, and I went back home.
selected sentence: I drove across town to the daycare center.
answer:
i needed to work >Causes/Enables> i dove across town to daycare