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: together they had 18 children , of whom 11 survived to adulthood.
Example Output: together , they had eighteen children , although only eleven lived to become adults.

Example Input: originally it was a part of the earldom of bentheim , before it became independent in 1454.
Example Output: before becoming independent in 1454 , it was part of the earldom of bentheim.

Example Input: he was diagnosed with inoperable abdominal cancer in april 1999.
Example Output:
he was told he had serious abdominal cancer in april 1999.