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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Question: the book chronicles events which take place in the fictional space colony of windhaven.

Answer: the book describes events which take place in the fictional space colony of windhaven.

Question: he came from a musical family ; his mother , larue , was an administrative assistant and singer , and his father , keith brion , was a band director at yale.

Answer: his parents were part of the music industry.

Question: he bolted from sydney cove several times before being shot dead in 1796.

Answer:
he left sydney cove several times before being fatally shot in 1796.