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: Tom's car died on him. He couldn't get it started again. After a jump start he took his battery to get checked. They told him it was dead. Tom bought a new one.
 selected sentence: They told him it was dead.

Tom gets his battery checked >Causes/Enables> They tell him it's dead