TASK DEFINITION: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
PROBLEM: If the 3rd-placed team is 10 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team , it is automatically promoted too , otherwise a playoff tournament determines the third team that will be ascending .

SOLUTION: If the third team is 10 points or more ahead the 4th , The third team is automatically qualified .

PROBLEM: Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 , King began with a reference , by the style of his opening phrase , to President Lincoln and his enduring words : " Five score years ago , a great American , in whose symbolic shadow we stand today , signed the Emancipation Proclamation .

SOLUTION: In August 1963 , King spoke of President Lincoln and his well-known words : " Five score years ago , a great American , in whose symbolic shadow we stand today , signed the Emancipation Proclamation .

PROBLEM: The insanity defense , also known as the mental disorder defense , is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case , arguing that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act .

SOLUTION:
In criminal trials , the insanity defense is the claim that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to a mental illness .