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: as iraq-kuwait relations rapidly deteriorated , saddam was receiving conflicting information about how the u.s. would respond to the prospects of an invasion.

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: poutrincourt 's son bequeathed the settlement to charles de saint-étienne de la tour upon his own death in 1623.

SOLUTION: poutrincourt 's son granted the settlement to charles de saint-étienne de la tour upon his own death in 1623.

PROBLEM: the apostolic tradition , attributed to the theologian hippolytus , attests the singing of hallel psalms with alleluia as the refrain in early christian agape feasts.

SOLUTION:
the apostolic tradition attributed to hippolytus attests the singing of hallel psalms with alleluia as the refrain in early christian feasts.