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: nordraak died in 1866 , and grieg composed a funeral march in his honor.

Answer: nordraak died in 1866 , and grieg composed a funeral march in his hon.

Question: the winner of the series advances to play the winner of the national league championship series in baseball 's championship , the world series.

Answer: the winner of the series goes on to play the winner of the national league championship series in baseball 's championship , the world series.

Question: saint martin is a tropical island in the northeast caribbean , approximately 300 km -lrb- 186 miles -rrb- east of puerto rico.

Answer:
saint martin is a tropic island which is located in the carribbean about 300 km -lrb- 186 miles -rrb- east of puerto rico.