Definition: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
Input: story: Two women were fighting in a store. Howard wanted to help. He tried telling them to stop but it did not work. He went in between them. They stopped.
 selected sentence: He tried telling them to stop but it did not work.

Two women fight >Causes/Enables> Howard tries telling them to stop