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: some of the computer models suggested the weakening tropical storm could be absorbed by a developing low to the west , which a few days later became hurricane epsilon.

SOLUTION: the computer program guessed that the weak storm could become part of a larger one , and it did and was named hurricane epsilon.

PROBLEM: consequently , he purposely filmed scenes with actors on the extreme edge of both sides so that they could only be shown in widescreen.

SOLUTION: he purposely filmed scenes with actors on the extreme edge of both sides so that they could only be shown in widescreen.

PROBLEM: the battle began a seven-year war which established the rhine as the boundary of the roman empire for the next four hundred years , until the decline of the roman influence in the west.

SOLUTION:
the battle continued for seven years and as a result the rhine became the boundary of the roman empire for the next four hundred years . it persisted so until the downfall of the roman control in the west.