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: Marilyn and her friends were walking home from school. They were followed by a man in a white truck. The girls ran home and told their parents what had happened. Their parents called the police. Soon, the man was caught and questioned.
 selected sentence: They were followed by a man in a white truck.

Marilyn and her friends walk home >Causes/Enables> A man in a white truck follows them