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.

when you see our mother , i want to know a day in advance , so i wo n't be there .
when you go to your mother , i want to know in advance .

there should be no guards at the gate . i want her to walk right in .
no guards at the gate , i want ...

that was merely a rhetorical turn , but positively , he did n't .
it was merely a rhetorical twist , but he did n't really understand .