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: history the district was created on june 12 1994 by merging the previous districts pasewalk , ueckermünde and part of the district strasburg.

A: the district was created on june 12 1994 by unifying the old districts pasewalk , ueckermünde and part of strasburg.
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Q: the genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the dna.

A: genes and the non-coding sequences of the dna both are included in the geno.
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Q: rick is portrayed as unlikeable and so self-absorbed that he believes he is the " most popular member of the flat " even though his housemates hate him.

A:
rick is shown as unlikeable and so selfish that he thinks he is the " most popular member of the flat " even though his housemates hate him.
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