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]: george bernard shaw -lrb- 26 july 1856 2 november 1950 -rrb- was an irish playwright.
[A]: george bernard shaw was born on 26th july , 1856 lived till 2nd nov , 1950 was an irish play writer.


[Q]: they are culturally akin to the coastal peoples of papua new guinea.
[A]: their culture is like that of the costal peoples of papua , new guinea.


[Q]: one half continued to race northward , affecting the central united states along its path , and was last distinguishable in the eastern great lakes region on august 31.
[A]:
one half kept racing to the north , affecting the central united states along its path , and was last visible in the eastern great lakes region on august 31.