Given an entity, a before event, an after event, and an attribute related to the entity, generate a sentence as output. Your sentence should show the changes in the attribute of the entity.
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Question: entity: phone 
before: unsynced 
after: synced 
attr: synchronicity

Answer: synchronicity of phone was unsynced before and synced afterwards


Question: entity: line 
before: short 
after: longer 
attr: length

Answer: length of line was short before and longer afterwards


Question: entity: merchanting clan 
before: unjoined 
after: joined 
attr: step

Answer:
step of merchanting clan was unjoined before and joined afterwards


