instruction:
This is a paraphrasing task. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence which express same meaning as the input using different words.
question:
chakotay , they 've chosen to live like this for centuries .
answer:
chakotay , for this style of life , they 've decided centuries ago .

question:
one waldo arm was groping in a square hole in the alcove 's metal wall .
answer:
he groped one mechanical arm in a square opening in the metal wall of a niche .

question:
come on , dad , you 're not seriously going to ask my girlfriend for id , are you ?
answer:
you 're not going to check my girlfriend 's i.d. , will you ?