This is a paraphrasing task. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence which express same meaning as the input using different words.

[Q]: when the cab was arriving , i heard the scream .
[A]: when he came in , i heard a scream .

[Q]: hey , meatball , did you take annie 's pen to make life more like benny hill or whatever you do ?
[A]: hey , jerk-off , did you give annie a pen to do something like benny hill or what you 're doing ?

[Q]: this rule can be displaced , ( 51 ) but , as demonstrated above , ( 52 ) only by the concurrence of special circumstances .
[A]:
this rule may be called into question ( 51 ) , but - as shown above , ( 52 ) - only if special circumstances are met .