TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the likely emotions and basic human drives of the participants in that sentence. Does any of these states of mind/feelings motivate the participant to do what happens in that sentence? You should write your answer in the form " A >Motivates> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. For the motivation sentence, you must choose a verb from :feel(s), want(s) or like(s). There will always be some motivation in the given story.
PROBLEM: story: Tom had his first day in elementary school. There was a kid there who kept following him. He wanted to be Tom's friend. Tom thought he was really annoying. He told him to leave him alone.
 selected sentence: There was a kid there who kept following him.

SOLUTION: A kid there like(s) Tom >Motivates> A kid there keeps following Tom

PROBLEM: story: Marissa was a finalist in her school's spelling bee. She was not sure how to spell her next word. To fool the judges, she mumbled one of the vowels. Her trick worked and she won the spelling bee. Even though she won, she is not proud of her victory.
 selected sentence: To fool the judges, she mumbled one of the vowels.

SOLUTION: Marissa want(s) to win >Motivates> Marissa mumbles her response

PROBLEM: story: I was playing football with my friend at the park. He threw the ball to me and I caught it. When I returned the ball, it flew away from him. It ended up hitting a lady. She immediately fell down.
 selected sentence: She immediately fell down.

SOLUTION:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
user
She feel(s) impact >Motivates> She falls down

