narrative: Dan wanted to build an add on to his house. When he went to expand the foundation he found a problem. The ground where he wanted to build was too soggy! Dan called in a local company to sort it out for him. They told him there was nothing they could do about it.
question: Why did They tell him?
original_sentence_for_question: They told him there was nothing they could do about it.
answer: the company wanted Dan to know that nothing could be done.
original_narrative_form: Dan wanted to build an add on to his house. When he went to expand the foundation he found a problem. The ground where he wanted to build was too soggy! Dan called in a local company to sort it out for him. They told him there was nothing they could do about it.
question_meta: rocstories_narrative_19232_sentence_4_question_2