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]: film director richard linklater discusses this novel in his film waking life , which begins with a scene reminiscent of another dick novel , time out of joint.
[A]: richard linklater , who is a film director , has mentioned this book in his film waking life . this movie has a similiar opening scene to another book by dick , which is called " time out of joint ".


[Q]: the fourth and fifth digits designate the number of the urban area -lrb- in a district-free city -rrb- or the district -lrb- in a city with districts -rrb-.
[A]: the fourth and fifth numbers are the amount of the urban area -lrb- in a district-free city -rrb- or the district -lrb- in a city with districts -rrb-.


[Q]: the exact nature of the transforming principle -lrb- dna -rrb- was verified in the experiments done by avery , mcleod and mccarty and by hershey and chase.
[A]:
the exact nature of the dna was verified in the experiments by avery , macleod , mccarty , hershey and chase.