Detailed Instructions: 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: Ray gathered his friends to tell them a funny joke he heard. He started to tell the joke and realized he forgot how it ended. Ray tried to make up his own punchline to save his joke. All of his friends were confused and did not laugh. Ray tried to blame the friends for having no sense of humor.
 selected sentence: Ray tried to make up his own punchline to save his joke.
Solution:
Ray want(s) to save the joke >Motivates> Ray tries to save the joke