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.

[EX Q]: they were built mainly by nations like germany during world war ii to protect important industries from aerial bombardment.
[EX A]: they were built mainly by countries like germany during world war ii to protect important industries from attack by planes.

[EX Q]: the main town is abingdon , other places include faringdon and wantage.
[EX A]: the main city is abingdon , other places contain faringdon and wantage.

[EX Q]: unlike henry iii , agnes proved incapable of influencing the election of the new popes , stephen ix and nicholas ii.
[EX A]:
agnes was not as influential as henry iii in the elections of the new popes , stephen ix and nicholas ii.