Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): ann arbor had set aside 40 acres -lrb- 16 ha -rrb- that it hoped would become the site for a new state capitol , but it offered this land to the university when lansing was chosen as the state capital.
Output (English): it hoped would become the site for a new state capitol . ann arbor had set aside 40 acres 16 ha that it offered this land to the university when lansing was chosen as the state capital.