Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: story: Monica was putting her baby down for a nap. She laid the baby in it's crib and tried to leave. The baby started crying immediately. Monica had so stay with the baby or else he would cry. It took nearly thirty minutes to get him to go to sleep.
 selected sentence: Monica was putting her baby down for a nap.
Student:
Monica want(s) to put down the baby >Motivates> Monica puts down the baby