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: Tommy got out of the car and walked to the water's edge. His dad came over and put a piece of bait on his hook. Tommy cast his line into the water and smiled at his dad. A few minutes later he felt a tug on his line. He pulled out a fat catfish from the water as his dad smiled on.
 selected sentence: Tommy cast his line into the water and smiled at his dad.
Student:
Tommy feel(s) happy >Motivates> Tommy smiles at his dad