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]: some of the computer models suggested the weakening tropical storm could be absorbed by a developing low to the west , which a few days later became hurricane epsilon.
[A]: the computer program guessed that the weak storm could become part of a larger one , and it did and was named hurricane epsilon.

[Q]: notably absent from the city are fortifications and military structures.
[A]: the city does not have fortifications or military structures.

[Q]: the former member of the swiss federal council josef escher was born in simplon.
[A]:
josef escher , a former member of the swiss federal council , was born in simplon.