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]: influences regional at the end of the 12th century europe was divided into a multitude of city states and kingdoms.
[EX A]: europe was divided into a large number of city , states , and kingdoms at the end of the 12th century due to regional influences.

[EX Q]: the fourth and fifth digits designate the number of the urban area -lrb- in a district-free city -rrb- or the district -lrb- in a city with districts -rrb-.
[EX A]: the fourth and fifth numbers are the amount of the urban area -lrb- in a district-free city -rrb- or the district -lrb- in a city with districts -rrb-.

[EX Q]: it was formerly one of the products of gasworks.
[EX A]:
it used to be one of the results of gasworks.