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: birmingham is a city in van buren county , iowa , united states.

SOLUTION: birmingham is located in van buren county , iowa , usa.

PROBLEM: with exceptions , the fatimids were reputed to exercise a degree of religious tolerance towards non-ismaili sects of islam as well as towards jews , maltese christians and coptic christians.

SOLUTION: it was said that the fatimids had some degree of religious tolerance toward non-ismaili sects of islam as well as towards jews , maltese christians and coptic christians.

PROBLEM: vikidia is an online encyclopedia wiki designed with mediawiki software.

SOLUTION:
vikida is an online encyclopedia wiki designed with mediawiki software.