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.

[Q]: there are claims that thousands of people were impaled at a single time.
[A]: there are claims that thousands of people were stabbed at once.

[Q]: his detractors claim he suffered a nervous breakdown during the rising.
[A]: his defamers claim he suffered a nervous breakdown during the rising.

[Q]: he has also appeared in many highly-acclaimed television dramas such as the lakes , state of play and two bafta award-winning serials ; clocking off and sex traffic.
[A]:
he played in many quality television dramas such as the lakes , state of play and two bafta award-winning serials ; clocking off and sex traffic.