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.

Example Input: many of the churches work together for town-wide projects under the banner of " churches together in stevenage ".
Example Output: many of the churches work together for projects across the town under the slogan of " churches together in stevenage ".

Example Input: snl is one of the longest-running network programs in american television history.
Example Output: snl is one of the longest running american tv shows.

Example Input: they claimed to be playing an april fool 's joke , but most people who saw the signs were unfamiliar with the phrase.
Example Output:
they declared to be playing an april fool 's joke , but most people who saw the signs were unknown with the phrase.