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 chose as his episcopal motto -lrb- " obedience and peace " -rrb- , which became his guiding motto.
[A]: " obedience and peace was his chosen episcopal motto and would become his guiding motto.


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


[Q]: it accelerated northeast parallel to the east coast and became extratropical on july 23 near nova scotia.
[A]:
it moved northeast parallel to the east coast and became extratropical on july 23 near nova scotia.