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.

[EX Q]: civil unrest in northern italy spawns the medieval musical form of geisslerlieder , penitential songs sung by wandering bands of flagellants.
[EX A]: civil unrest in northern italy spawns the medieval musical form of songs sung by wandering bands of flagellants.

[EX Q]: the story began as a sequel to tolkien 's earlier , less complex children 's fantasy novel the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but eventually developed into a much larger work.
[EX A]: the story started as a follow-up to tolkien 's earlier , simpler children 's fantasy the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but became a much larger wo.

[EX Q]: barneville-la-bertran is a commune in the calvados department in the basse-normandie region in northwestern france.
[EX A]:
barneville-la-bertran is a community in the calvados department in the basse-normandie area in northwestern france.