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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.
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mercury is similar in appearance to the moon : it is heavily cratered with regions of smooth plains , has no natural satellites and no substantial atmosphere.
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mercury , which looks like the moon with its many craters and areas of smoothness , has no orbiting bodies around it and a minimal atmosphere.

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approximately ten percent of the known runestones announce the travels and deaths of men abroad.
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about ten percent of the known runestones announce the travels and eaths of men abroad.

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probably in the ninth century , the village became part of the territory of the monastery of reichenau.
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probably in the ninth century , the village became part of the area of the monastery of reichenau.