Question: The man is playing the guitar.

Generate a new sentence, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 4 in textual similarity to the above sentence.

Answer: The man played his guitar.

Question: Sens. John Kerry and Bob Graham declined invitations to speak.

Generate a new sentence, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 4 in textual similarity to the above sentence.

Answer: The no-shows were Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Bob Graham of Florida.

Question: A dog is running along the grass.

Generate a new sentence, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 4 in textual similarity to the above sentence.

Answer: A brown dog is running in the grass.

Question: Tornadoes rip through Midwest, killing 6 and devastating neighborhoods

Generate a new sentence, on a scale from 0 to 5, a 3 in textual similarity to the above sentence.

Answer:
Tornadoes, damaging storms hit U.S. Midwest, killing 5