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.

Q: he was married to greek duchess sofia.

A: he and greek duchess sofia are married.
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Q: as iraq-kuwait relations rapidly deteriorated , saddam was receiving conflicting information about how the u.s. would respond to the prospects of an invasion.

A: as the iraq-kuwait relationship quickly became bad , saddam was getting different information about how the u.s would react to the idea of an invasion.
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Q: usually portrayed as being bald , with long whiskers , he is said to be an incarnation of the southern polestar.

A:
it is said that the southern polestar is bald and has long whiskers.
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