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.

[EX Q]: in the early afternoon around 1:00 , the crowd broke into the undefended outer courtyard and the chains on the drawbridge to the inner courtyard were cut.
[EX A]: the chains on the drawbridge to the inner courtyard were cut , in the early afternoon around 1:00 , by the crowd that broke into the undefended outer courtyard.

[EX Q]: the storm weakened over land on august 26 to a tropical storm , but regained strength to hurricane status at 2:00 a.m. edt -lrb- 0600 utc -rrb- , approximately one hour after ending its passage through florida and entering the gulf of mexico.
[EX A]: one hour after entering the gulf of mexico , at 2:00 a.m. edt , the storm strengthened from a tropical storm to hurrican status.

[EX Q]: polydor records is a record label currently headquartered in the uk , and is a subsidiary of universal music group.
[EX A]:
the record label , polydor records , is a division of universal music group , and headquartered right now in the uk.