Teacher:Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: "More than half-a-century ago a book written by the Canadian scholar, Richard Albert Wilson (1874-1949), stimulated Bernard Shaw to write what was probably his major sally into alphabet reform."
Student:
More than half a century ago, a book by Richard Albert Wilson stimulated Bernard Shaw to write his major sally into alphabet reform.