In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

[Q]: Giessen , spelled Gießen in German ( -RSB- -RSB- , is a town in the German federal state ( " Bundesland " ) of Hesse , capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen .
[A]: Gießen or Giessen is a city in the German state of Hesse .


[Q]: Belarus declared itself sovereign on 27 July 1990 by issuing the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic .
[A]: Belarus said it was free on 27 July 1990 .


[Q]: Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind , mental events , mental functions , mental properties , consciousness and their relationship to the physical body .
[A]:
Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind and how it is linked to the body .