TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
PROBLEM: it is not known how much , if any , of this story is true , but historians do know that china was the first civilization to use silk.

SOLUTION: it is not known how much story is true , but historians do know that china was the first people to use silk.

PROBLEM: launched in 1994 , instyle currently has a circulation of 1.7 million.

SOLUTION: launched in 1994 , instyle currently circulates a total of 1.7 million copies.

PROBLEM: since its creation , the distribution has become very different from slackware in most regards while still maintaining compatibility with its binary packages.

SOLUTION:
even though it is still compatible with bina.