Source: Make this simpler: Shines played throughout the southern United States until 1941 when he settled in Chicago.

Target: Shines played more in the U.S. South until 1941 when he decided to go back to Canada and then to Africa. He never made it past Chicago.


Source: Make this text less complex: Confederate resistance collapsed after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Target: Lee decided he had too few soldiers to keep on fighting and he surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, near Appomattox Court House.


Source: Make this text less complex: However, the availability of suitable habitat is critical: forest must be neither too old nor too young.

Target: However, type of forest is critical: it cannot be too old or too young.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: At age eight, she was struck by an automobile in front of the family home, and both her legs suffered multiple fractures.

Target: At age 8, she was hit by a car in front of her house and broke both of her legs.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: They had the following children:

Target: They had three children.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The Iowa State Cyclones are a member of the Big 12 Conference and compete in NCAA Division I-A, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.

Target: They have 16 varsity teams and they compete in the Big 12 Conference.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Geography Districts City center Lamboy Kesselstadt Großauheim Klein-Auheim Mittelbuchen Steinheim Wolfgang Hohe Tanne Wilhelmsbad History Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303.

Target: History Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: There remain several unanswered issues surrounding this hypothesis.

Target: There are several unanswered issues with this hypothesis.


Source: Change to simpler wording: They use an abacus to perform the mathematical functions multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cubic root.

Target: Abacuses can do addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and people can use them to find the square root of whole numbers.


Source: Make this easier to understand: This category contains breeds of the domestic cat (Felis catus). Category: Cat types.

Target: This category is for domestic cat breeds.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Baleen whales have two blowholes, causing a V-shaped blow.

Target: Baleen whales have two blowholes, so they will have a V-shaped blow.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Biography Boult was born in Chester and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.

Target: He went to school in Westminster School and studied at Christ Church, Oxford.


Source: Simplify this text: The Hazel Dormouse has golden-brown fur and large black eyes.

Target: It has golden-brown fur and large black eyes.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The 1997 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1997, and lasted until November 30, 1997.

Target: It began on June 1, 1997 and ended on November 30, 1997.


Source: Simplification: Early brass bands include the Eureka Brass Band, the Onward Brass Band, the Excelsior Brass Band, the Tuxedo Brass Band, the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, the Camelia Brass Band, and the Olympia Brass Band.

Target: One of the more popular types of brass band is the British brass band.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Moral Code of the Builder of Communism was a set of twelve codified moral rules in the Soviet Union which every member of the Communist Party of the USSR and every Komsomol member were supposed to follow.

Target: Every member of the party, and every Komsomol member was supposed to follow these rules.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Liber AL vel Legis contains three chapters, each of which was written down in one hour, beginning at noon, on 8 April, 9 April, and 10 April.

Target: It contains three chapters, each of which was written down in one hour, beginning at noon, on April 8, April 9, and April 10.


Source: Simplification: This movement is in sonata allegro form.

Target: It is in sonata form.


Source: Simplify this text: Ilia, daughter of the defeated Trojan King Priam and taken to Crete, loves Prince Idamante, son of Idomeneo, but she hesitates to acknowledge her love.

Target: She loves Prince Idamante, son of Idomeneo, but does not want to tell him about her love for him.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Her diary, published as the anonymous blog Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl became increasingly popular, as speculation surrounded the identity of Belle de Jour, and whether the diary was real.

Target: Belle de Jour is said to be the pen name of a former London call girl. Under this name she maintains a successful blog, Belle de Jour: diary of a London call girl which by 2003 had been selected by The Guardian as its blog of the year and has had two books published in both the UK and US


Source: Simplify the sentence: In music, a guitar chord is a chord, or collection of tones usually sounded together at once, played on a guitar.

Target: A guitar chord is made up of two or more notes, played on a guitar at one time.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Each Mahasiddha has come to be known for certain characteristics and teachings, which facilitates their pedagogical use.

Target: Each Mahasiddha has come to be known for certain things.


Source: Make this simpler: General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916.

Target: General relativity is a theory of space and time created by Albert Einstein and published in 1915.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Chorus May the laurels be eternal the ones we managed to win, the ones we managed to win.

Target: Chorus May the laurels be eternal that we knew how to win, that we knew how to win.


Source: Use simpler wording: USE WIKIPEDIA AT YOUR OWN RISK PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND IN WIKIPEDIA MAY BE INACCURATE, MISLEADING, DANGEROUS, ADDICTIVE, UNETHICAL OR ILLEGAL.

Target: USE WIKIPEDIA AT YOUR OWN RISK PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND IN WIKIPEDIA MAY NOT BE CORRECT.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The discovery images were taken on 28 August 1993, hence the provisory designation.

Target: The pictures where it was first seen were taken on 28 August 1993, hence the designation.


Source: Change to simpler wording: The team's colors were white and red.

Target: Their colors are red and white.


Source: Simplify this text: Bois-l es - Pargny is a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardy in northern France.

Target: It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.


Source: Change to simpler wording: The population was 3,060 at the 2000 census.

Target: 3,060 people were living in Pulaski as of the 2000 census.


Source: Make this text less complex: GRUB is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed on a computer or select a specific kernel configuration available on a particular operating system's partitions.

Target: GRUB is the main example of the Multiboot Specification, which allows a user to have more than one operating systems on their computer at once, and to choose which one to run when the computer starts. GRUB can be used to select from different kernel images available on a particular operating system's partitions, as well as to pass boot-time parameters to such kernels.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The journal was founded by William Phillips, Philip Rahv, and Sender Garlin.

Target: It was founded by William Phillips and Philip Rahv.


Source: Use simpler wording: Launched on 16 June 1951, the ship undertook its maiden voyage on 14 January 1953.

Target: It was launched on June 16, 1951. Its maiden voyage, or first voyage, was on January 14, 1953.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The slowest cars excess to the circuit limit would not qualify for the race and would be list as ` Did not Qualify ' (DNQ) in race results.

Target: The slowest cars would not able to race and would be list as Did not Qualify (DNQ) in race results.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Wind speeds as low as sp = us 2 can lead to power outages due to tree branches disrupting the flow of energy through power lines.

Target: Power can go out because of wind, even if its speed is as low as sp = us 2. This is because tree branches could change the flow of energy through power lines.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Centrally-located Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls is the state's largest city.

Target: Its capital is Pierre and largest city is Sioux Falls.


Source: Use simpler wording: A large number of buildings mostly associated with the earlier decades of Baba's work, the graves of disciples, and a range of pilgrim accommodation and charitable establishments are also there.

Target: A large number of buildings associated with the earlier days of Baba's work as well as places of charity are also there.


Source: Make this text less complex: 1729 & ndash; Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.

Target: 1729 - The city of Baltimore in Maryland is founded.


Source: Use simpler wording: Brahman -LRB-, , nominative,) is a concept of Hinduism.

Target: Brahman is the concept of God in Hinduism.


Source: Use simpler wording: In spite of the clichA d modern folklore that women demand more foreplay and require more time to become physically aroused, recent scientific research refutes that myth.

Target: Many people think that women demand more foreplay and require more time to become aroused. Recent scientific research has show that this is false, though.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over (i.e. covered, similar to a kayak).

Target: Canoes are pointed at both ends and usually open on top, but can be covered.


Source: Simplify this text: He is best known as the first incarnation of the Spider-Man villain known as Venom.

Target: He is best known for being the of Venom.


Source: Simplification: In 2006, Simon was selected by Time Magazine as one of the '' 100 People Who Shaped the World. ''

Target: In 2006, Time said that he was one of the 100 people who shape our world.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: During the history of nuclear weapons there have been many cases of known nuclear espionage, and also many cases of suspected or alleged espionage.

Target: Since nuclear weapons have been invented, there have been many cases of known nuclear espionage, and also many cases where it has thought to have happened, but has not been proven.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Slappy is the second EP by the American punk rock band Green Day.

Target: Slappy is the second EP by Green Day, and was released on Lookout!


Source: Change to simpler wording: These features were fragile and broke down soon after they were formed.

Target: These features do not last long and break down soon after they are formed.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Today, the comic arm of the company flourishes despite no longer having its own universe of superpowered characters.

Target: Today, the company does very well even though they do not have their own universe of superpowered characters.


Source: Make this text less complex: 1945 & ndash; World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe.

Target: 1945 - End of World War II in Europe; this day is known as VE Day for '' Victory in Europe ''.


Source: Use simpler wording: Frasin is a town located in Suceava County, Romania.

Target: Frasin is a town that can be found in Suceava County, in the country of Romania.


Source: Simplify: Mello struggled during the first few years of grade school.

Target: Mellos first few years of grade school were difficult.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Kisamor (Maria Jansson), (1788-1842), was a Swedish doctor, the most famous female doctor, and perhaps the most famous Swedish doctor altogether in the 19th century.

Target: Kisamor, (1788-1842), was a famous female doctor in Sweden. She was a doctor before it was allowed for a woman to be a doctor, and she is the most famous woman doctor in Sweden in the 19th century.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: The first commercial flight originated from Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport landed at this airport on May 18, 2008, the official inaugural date of the airport.

Target: The first flight to this airport was from Hanoi on May 18, 2008, the date this airport began operation.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: In Super Mario Bros. 2, Princess Peach was a playable character.

Target: In Japan, her name was always Peach. When Nintendo sold Super Mario Bros. in other countries, she was called Princess Toadstool.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: has two Daily Doubles on the board instead of one.

Target: And there are two Daily Doubles instead of one.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Jersey is a knit fabric used predominantly for clothing manufacture.

Target: Jersey is a type of fabric which is mainly used for clothing.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Children, mainly girls, sometimes connect flowers together in a chain, and wear the wreath as if it were a crown (see illustration, left).

Target: Some children, mainly girls, connect flowers in a chain and wear them on their heads as if they were crowns.


Source: Make the sentence simple: He died on New Year's Eve.

Target: He died on New Years Eve.


Source: Use simpler wording: On March 2, 2006, Nintendo released the Nintendo DS Lite, a redesign of the Nintendo DS, in Japan.

Target: Known as the '' DS Lite '', it was first released on March 2, 2006 in Japan, and June 11, 2006 in North America.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Today, all three of these positions exist in Christianity, but the historic position remains the most common worldwide.

Target: Today, all three of these positions are in Christianity, but most people still believe in the traditional position.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The members of this group are known as catnip or catmint because of their effect on cats -- nepeta pleasantly stimulates cats ' pheromone receptors, typically resulting in temporary euphoria.

Target: The members of this group are known as catnip or catmint because of their famed effect on cats.


Source: Simplify this text: Now, fill in your template as follows:

Target: Now, fill in your template like this:


Source: Use simpler wording: September 2005, SkypeOut banned in South China.

Target: September 2005: Skype for talking is banned in South China.


Source: Use simpler wording: The governorate's capital is the city of Port Said, the home of the magnificent building of the Suez Canal Authority local headquarters and the Lighthouse of Port Said.

Target: Its capital is the city of Port Said.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: A meristem is the tissue in all plants consisting of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) and found in zones of the plant where growth can take place.

Target: They are found in zones of the plant where growth can take place.


Source: Simplify the sentence: In 1967, his former girlfriend Nina Goldblatt, a dancer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, helped Martin land a writing job with the show by submitting his work to head writer Mason Williams.

Target: She helped Martin get a writing job with the show by submitting his work to head writer Mason Williams.


Source: Make this text less complex: A quiet village at the junction of the R297 regional road and the N59 national secondary road approximately halfway between Sligo and Ballina.

Target: It is located on the N59 road about halfway between Sligo and Ballina.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.

Target: It is part of the Sun-Times Media Group.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Often a battery is protecting the write cache, mostly solving the problem.

Target: With hardware RAID, a battery can be used to protect this cache. This often solves the problem.


Source: Make this simpler: Montecito is among the wealthiest communities in the United States.

Target: Montecito is among the wealthiest communities in the United States and is home to many celebrities.


Source: Simplify: Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans.

Target: Most of the suburbs of New Orleans are in this parish.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Despite the financial burden of the isolated outpost on Dejima, the trade with Japan was very profitable for the VOC, initially yielding profits of 50% or more.

Target: But their trade with Japan was very profitable for the VOC. At first they made profits of 50% or more.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Yet, overall, Viollet-le-Duc's achievement at Carcassonne is agreed to be a work of genius, though not of strictest authenticity.

Target: But today Viollet-le-Duc's work at Carcassonne is thought to be a work of genius, even if it is not exactly the same as it was.


Source: Simplify this text: In a 2005 interview with Empire Online, Whedon expressed an interest in directing a Harry Potter movie, being a fan of the book series.

Target: In an interview with Empire Online, Whedon said he would like to direct a Harry Potter movie.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: It is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about northwest of Islamabad.

Target: It is located about northwest of Islamabad.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Protecting the Australian community by intercepting illegal and potentially harmful goods, such as drugs and weapons, is a high priority and sophisticated techniques and equipment are used to target high-risk aircraft, vessels, cargo, postal items and travellers -LSB- -RSB-.

Target: Protecting Australia by stopping illegal and possibly harmful goods, such as drugs and weapons, is a main concern and many methods and equipment are used to help with this task.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: The Sims was first released on February 4, 2000.

Target: It was first released in February 2000.


Source: Use simpler wording: By the morning of September 12, the system developed into Tropical Depression Eight about 1125 miles (1815 km) east of the Lesser Antilles.

Target: By the morning of September 12, it had developed into Tropical Depression Eight.


Source: Change to simpler wording: Sapphire can be found naturally, or manufactured in large crystal boules.

Target: It can be found in the ground or it can be made in large crystal.


Source: Simplify this text: The four most powerful clans were the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan, and the Tachibana clan.

Target: Out of them, the Tokugawa clan was most powerful. For fifteen generations they were the most powerful clan in Japan.


Source: Simplification: The degree to which a person is overweight is generally described by body mass index (BMI).

Target: To find out if a person is overweight, you can calculate their body mass index.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: He was '' inspired by the likes of Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, and the young Howlin ' Wolf '', but he was taught to play the guitar by his mother.

Target: He listened to and was inspired by Blind Lemon Jefferson and Howlina Wolf, but he was taught to play the guitar by his mother.


Source: Make this easier to understand: The waiter hands him the bill, and, horror-stricken at the charge, Alcindoro sinks into a chair.

Target: The waiter hands him the bill. He is horrified by how much he has to pay, and sinks into a chair.


Source: Simplify this sentence: It was under the Third Reich that the festival made its first break from tradition, abandoning the deteriorating 19th century sets created by Richard Wagner.

Target: It was during this time that the festival made its first break from tradition.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: In 1555 he returned to the Low Countries and had his early works published in Antwerp (1555 a '' 1556).

Target: In 1555 he returned to the Low Countries and had some of his first works published in Antwerp.


Source: Use simpler wording: Agra's Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Target: Agra's Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is well known for its reason to be built for Shah Jahan's favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.


Source: Make this text less complex: Prunk has been actively involved in politics.

Target: He has also been actively involved in politics.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Henry I of France (1008 -- 1060)

Target: Henry I of France


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Du PrA primarily played two Stradivarius cellos, the 1673 cello (now called the '' du PrA Stradivarius ''), and the 1712 Davidov Stradivarius.

Target: There were two cellos that Du PrA usually played. One was a Stradivari cellos, the Stradivarius made in 1673, and the other was made in 1712 and was called the Davydov Stradivarius.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Coins; ;; are round peices of metal.

Target: Coins are round pieces of metal.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: Mead is married to the former Carol L. Mintzer (born ca.

Target: Mead is married to Carol L. Mintzer and they have 2 children together.


Source: Simplify this sentence: It's presumed he named it after fellow naval officer John Everard Home.

Target: It is thought he named it after fellow naval officer John Everard Home, but his maps do not use the name.


Source: Simplify this sentence: With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, the Orquesta Pau Casals ceased its activities.

Target: There were very few people who could play well, so he founded his own orchestra: the Orquesta Pau Casals. This annual music festival continued until the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.


Source: Simplify this text: '' Hate (I Really Don't Like You) '' - 3:47

Target: '' Hate (I Really Dont Like You) ''


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, West London, England.

Target: He was born in the Hammersmith part London.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Many of the species have sweetly-scented, bell-shaped flowers that produce a sweet, edible nectar.

Target: Many types of honeysuckles have bell-shaped flowers. These flowers make a sweet nectar that can be eaten.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Target: It was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for Africa, whose citizens were not getting enough food.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Bartolo, still irked at Figaro for having facilitated the union of the Count and Rosina (in The Barber of Seville), promises, in comical lawyer-speak, to help Marcellina (aria: La vendetta -- '' Vengeance '').

Target: Bartolo, still annoyed with Figaro for having made it easy for the Count and Rosina to marry (this had happened in Beaumarchaisa play The Barber of Seville), promises to help Marcellina.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Stegosaurus seeleyanus, originally named Hypsirophus, is probably the same as S. armatus.

Target: It is probably the same as S. armatus.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The low-cost nature of the electrification meant that the branch could only support special two - or three-car trains -- the power supply was simply not strong enough to support full-size trains, and the short platforms on the branch line would not have been long enough to support eight-car trains.

Target: However, because the electrification did not cost much, the branch was only able to have special two - or three-car trains running on it. This was because the power supply was not strong enough to support trains that had more cars.


Source: Use simpler wording: After their reward, Ian confronted Katie of his deception, but Katie got emotional and deemed him untrustworthy.

Target: After their reward, Ian talked to Katie about choosing Tom, but Katie got emotional and thought she could not trust him.


Source: Simplify this text: This work, along with other feminist criticism of Austen, has firmly positioned Austen as a woman writer.

Target: This work, together with other feminist criticism of Austen, has made people see her as a woman writer.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Richter is married to comedic actress and writer\/author Sarah Thyre, and they have two children, William and Mercy.

Target: He is married to actress Sarah Thyre, and they have two children.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: The singularity in the middle of a black hole cannot be seen, because light cannot escape its gravity.

Target: At the middle of a black hole is a really small thing called a singularity, but it is impossible to see it because light gets sucked into it, and not reflected.


Source: Use simpler wording: The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads.

Target: They are large white and black with yellow heads.


Source: Simplify this text: Kingsport is the northwest terminus of Interstate 26.

Target: Kingsport is also the starting and ending point of Interstate 26.


Source: Simplify this text: Frigg appears primarily in Norse mythological stories as a wife and a mother.

Target: Her primary functions in the Norse mythological stories are as wife and mother, but these are not her only functions.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Existing dollar units today are the Bahamian dollar, the Barbados dollar, the Belize dollar, the Bermuda dollar, the Brunei dollar, the Canadian dollar, the East Caribbean dollar, the Guyanese dollar, the Hong Kong dollar, the New Taiwan dollar, the Singapore dollar, the Trinidad and Tobago dollar, and the United States dollar.

Target: A dollar is a type of currency. Many countries have named their money the dollar, so in an encyclopedia article it is important to say which country the dollar is from that is being talked about, for example, the United States dollar or the Canadian dollar.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east.

Target: West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, by Ohio to the north and west, by Kentucky to the west, by Maryland to the north and east, and by Virginia to the east and south.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: In the same year, they held a joint concert with Korean R&B singer Kim Jo-Han.

Target: In the same year, they had their first concert with singer Kim Jo-Han.


Source: Make this text less complex: Hollyoaks is a long-running television serial-drama, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995.

Target: It was first broadcast on 23 October, 1995, on Channel 4.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Just two years after Pulitzer took it over, the World became the highest circulation newspaper in New York, aided in part by its strong ties to the Democratic Party.

Target: Just two years after Pulitzer took it over, the World sold more copies than any other newspaper in New York. Part of this was because he was connected to the Democratic Party.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: He emphasised the need to relaunch a breeding program.

Target: He said that there needed to be a new breeding program.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Derivative words in English include policy, polity, police and politics.

Target: In English there are policy, polity, police and politics.


Source: Make this text less complex: I I (psyche, '' soul '') and I I I '' I a I 1\/2 (deloun, '' to manifest ''), translating to '' soul-manifesting ''.

Target: I I (psyche), and '' manifest, '' I I I '' I I (delos).


Source: Simplify this text: Penis Envy Crass released their third album Penis Envy in 1981.

Target: Third album Their next LP was released in 1981. It was called Penis Envy.


Source: Use simpler wording: The word ceramic comes from the Greek word '' I I I I I 1\/4 I I I I '' (keramikos), '' of pottery '' or '' for pottery '', from '' I I I I I 1\/4 I I '' (keramos), '' potter's clay, tile, pottery ''.

Target: The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word I I I I I 1\/4 I I I I (keramikos).


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple.

Target: Pidgin (also known as Gaim) is a instant messaging client that can work on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.


Source: Simplify: According to Plato's Apology, Socrates ' life as the '' gadfly '' of Athens began when his friend Chaerephon asked the oracle at Delphi if anyone was wiser than Socrates; the Oracle responded that none was wiser.

Target: It is said that one of Socrates ' friends asked an oracle (a holy person that was wise, respected and who people thought could talk to the gods), if there was any person wiser than Socrates in Athens. The oracle said that there was no wiser person.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: The Titan's Curse is followed by The Battle of the Labyrinth.

Target: It is followed by The Battle of the Labyrinth.


Source: Make this easier to understand: These include bittersweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, mint chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white and dark swirled chocolate chips.

Target: Chocolate chips are most common in cookies. Chocolate chips are also used in some cakes and other desserts.


Source: Simplify this text: These include the Syrian Church, the Persian Church, and the Assyrian Orthodox Church, which has led some to mistakenly believe that it is a body of the Oriental Orthodox community.

Target: One of these names is Assyrian Orthodox Church, which has led some people to believe that it is part of the Oriental Orthodox community.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Conquerors of Everest Early life There are conflicting accounts about his early life.

Target: Early Life There are different views about his early life.


Source: Change to simpler wording: The term Minotaur derives from the Greek I a ` I 1\/2 I I I I

Target: The Minotaur (greek. I I I 1\/2 I I I I


Source: Change to simpler wording: The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta, a small mammal, is a member of the mongoose family.

Target: It is a member of the mongoose family.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Some of them include:

Target: Some of them are:


Source: Make this easier to understand: In geometrical optics, a focus, also called an image point, is the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge.

Target: An image, or image point or region, is in focus if light from object points is converged almost as much as possible in the image, and out of focus if light is not well converged.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Maiko (literally '' dance girl '') are apprentice geisha, and this stage can last for years.

Target: Maiko are apprentice geisha, and this stage can last for years.


Source: Make this easier to understand: The bank claims a loan recovery rate of 98.35%, up from the 95% recovery rate claimed in 1998.

Target: In 1998 95% of loans were repaid. However, many critics doubt this recovery rate and the definition that Grameen uses to come up with this rate.


Source: Make the sentence simple: The storm was not classified as a subtropical storm until April 10, 2006, after a reassessment by the National Hurricane Center.

Target: The storm was not named by the National Hurricane Center, because it was not found until after the season ended.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The stage is set for the final book of the Series, Children of the Mind.

Target: It was followed by Children of the Mind.


Source: Make this simpler: The Kingdom of Tungning (-RRB- is also sometimes called the Kingdom of Zheng (Cheng) (-RRB- or the Kingdom of Yanping (-RRB-.

Target: The Kingdom of Tungning is also sometimes known as:


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The Itza maintained their capital at Tayasal (also known as Noh Peten), an archaeological site thought to underlay the modern city of Flores, Guatemala on Lake Peten Itza.

Target: The remains of this city are thought to be below the modern city of Flores, Guatemala on Lake Peten Itza.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Ernest Coombs was born in Lewiston, Maine, and pursued a career in children's entertainment after attending North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine.

Target: He was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1927. After he finished school at the North Yarmouth Academy he decided to find work entertaining children.


Source: Simplify: Although the view has been shown incorrect, it was the prevalent theory among paleontologists in Cope's time.

Target: Although the view has been shown to be incorrect, it was common among paleontologists in Cope's time.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: The Benelux Secretary-General is located in Brussels.

Target: Its secretariat-general is located in Brussels.


Source: Simplify: This design process is called the implementation.

Target: This design process is called implementation.


Source: Make this simpler: The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show.

Target: He wrote for comedians Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, soon he moved on to writing for TV shows, like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Tonight Show.


Source: Simplify this sentence: A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in near-boiling water.

Target: A teapot is a container used to mix tea leaves with boiling water to make tea.


Source: Make the sentence simple: For the first six periods of the periodic table, the noble gases are exactly the members of group 18 of the periodic table.

Target: These elements are all in Group 8 of the periodic table.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: I'd tie it in knots and then eat it.

Target: Id tie it in knots and then eat it.


Source: Change to simpler wording: BoA kov has 58 inhabitants and 2,0825 kmA.

Target: 58 people live in BoA kov and it has 2,0825 kmA.


Source: Simplification: He is widely regarded as the '' father of experimental psychology ''.

Target: Together with William James, he is regarded as the father of psychology.


Source: Simplify this text: Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election.

Target: Abbott has been the Member for Warringah, in the House of Representatives since 1994.


Source: Use simpler wording: In Niger, slavery is also a current phenomenon.

Target: In Niger, there is also much slavery.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Every year there are amateur races to climb the mountain as quickly and often as possible in 24 hours, the Ventoux Masterseries and '' Les CinglA s du Mont Ventoux ''.

Target: Every year there are amateur races to climb the mountain as quickly and often as possible in 24 hours.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: The song was # 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 year end chart of 2000.

Target: Its video made MTV's Total Request Live briefly, and it managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 2000, going up to No. 20 on the chart.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: The Powells returned to London during August, 1937.

Target: They returned to London in August, 1937.


Source: Simplify: This period was a long, drawn-out struggle for domination by individual daimyo, resulting in a mass power-struggle between the various houses to dominate the whole of Japan.

Target: This period was a very long struggle for control by individual daimyo. Different houses made huge efforts to dominate all of Japan.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Oronzio Maldarelli was an American sculptor (1892 - 1963) born in Naples, Italy.

Target: Oronzio Maldarelli was an Italian born American sculptor and artist. He was born in 1892.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

Target: Department of Primary Industry and Water.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The old pit garages and paddock have been demolished and completely rebuilt - the pitlane extended and resurfaced - the reconstruction overseen by German track architect Hermann Tilke.

Target: The pitlane has been extended and reworked. The old pit garages and paddock have been completely rebuilt.


Source: Simplification: Priscilla was described as extroverted, attractive, intelligent, and witty.

Target: People of her time has described Priscilla as attractive and intelligent.


Source: Change to simpler wording: Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy, water lily-like flowers commonly known as lotus or sacred lotus.

Target: Nelumbo is a genus of water plants which are also known as lotus.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: The constituency covers the entirety of Northern Ireland.

Target: The constituency is all of Northern Ireland.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Gnome or GNOME may also refer to:

Target: Gnome may also be used for:


Source: Simplify this text: However, some studies suggest that elephants, gorillas, and camels may cry.

Target: Some studies suggest that elephants and gorillas may do this, too.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section (a movement) in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another (non-musical) source is illustrated or evoked.

Target: A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music which has a story attached to it or describes something such as poem or a painting or any idea which is not music.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Wikipedia is constantly changing and evolving a '' omnia mutantur a '' and it is frequently better to think of the potential of an article as well as how it looks at present.

Target: Wikipedia is constantly changing and evolving, and it is frequently better to think of the potential of an article as well as how it looks at present.


Source: Use simpler wording: Until the invention of synthetic sponges, they were used as cleaning tools, applicators for paints and ceramic glazes and discreet contraceptives.

Target: Until synthetic sponges were invented, they were also used as cleaning tools, for painting, and as contraceptives.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Germans were isolated in rural communities for decades.

Target: Germans had kept to themselves in these communities for decades.


Source: Use simpler wording: A domestic worker is someone who works within the employer's household.

Target: A servant or domestic worker is someone who works for somebody to help them to run their home.


Source: Make this simpler: Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat is the smallest species of bat and one of the world's smallest mammals.

Target: It is the smallest species of bat and may be the world's smallest mammal, depending on how size is defined.


Source: Use simpler wording: Conde - sur-Seulles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

Target: It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Cameron went on to star in many films, including 1987's Like Father Like Son (a body-switch comedy with Dudley Moore), which was a box office success.

Target: Cameron went on to star in many films, for example 1987's Like Father Like Son, which made much money.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Landrethun-l es - Ardres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Target: It is in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais department in the north of France.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Bieville - Beuville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France.

Target: It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.


Source: Simplify: The population was 42,514 at the 2000 census.

Target: As of the 2000 census, it has 42,514 people living in it.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: It is associated with various other medical problems.

Target: It can come with other medical problems.


Source: Use simpler wording: The municipality had approximately 100 inhabitants, many of whom are farmers.

Target: The municipality has about 100 people living there, many of them are farmers.


Source: Make this simpler: The old fortress was made before the Renaissance.

Target: It was made before the Renaissance.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Fermat's Last Theorem is a particularly well-known example of such a theorem.

Target: A theorem might be simple to state and yet be deep. An excellent example is Fermat's Last Theorem, and there are many other examples of simple yet deep theorems in number theory and combinatorics, among other areas.


Source: Change to simpler wording: It is 307 miles (494 km) long by 118 miles (190 km) wide with a shoreline 1,640 miles (2,633 km) long.

Target: It is 307 miles long by 118 miles wide.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The following distributions are simply not categorized under the preceding sections.

Target: The following distributions either use another packaging system, do not use any, or are simply not categorized.


Source: Simplify this text: Hungarians constitute a majority in the counties of Harghita and Covasna.

Target: A lot of Hungarians live in Transylvania. They also make up a big part of the counties of Harghita and Covasna.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Since 1972, Gaustadt isn't an independent community.

Target: Since 1972, Gaustadt is not an own community.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: Wikipedia should not offer first-hand news reports on breaking stories.

Target: Wikipedia should not have news on new stories.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Most subarctic climates have very little precipitation, typically no more than 15 inches (38 cm) over an entire year. Away from the coasts, precipitation occurs mostly in the warmer months.

Target: There is very little precipitation, no more than 15 to 20 inches over an entire year and, away from the coasts, occurs mostly in the warmer months.


Source: Use simpler wording: Faithful is put on trial, and executed as a martyr.

Target: Faithful is put on trial, and executed.


Source: Simplify this text: The estimated population in 2006 was 94,875.

Target: In 2006 it was guessed that 94,875 people lived there.


Source: Make this simpler: As of 2000, the population was 48,498.

Target: As of 2000, 48,498 people lived there.


Source: Use simpler wording: Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia.

Target: Doing so is against Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and is not formal enough for an encyclopedia.


Source: Simplify this text: If sweating is interrupted, the resulting cocoa may be ruined; if underdone the cocoa seed maintains a flavor similar to raw potatoes and becomes susceptible to mildew.

Target: If it is overdone they may be ruined; if underdone they have a flavor like raw potatoes and are susceptible to mildew.


Source: Simplification: She may do this by verbally encouraging them, or by masturbating as she watches them.

Target: She may do this by talking to them, or by masturbating as she watches them.


Source: Simplification: Listing of towns located in Queensland, Australia.

Target: This page is for towns in Queensland, Australia.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Northumberland Park Depot is the service and storage area for trains on the Victoria Line of the London Underground, the only part of the line not in tunnel.

Target: It is the only part of the line not in tunnel.


Source: Make this simpler: The album was released in September 1991 and featured the powerballad (Everything I Do) I Do It for You ''.

Target: He is known for the songs Summer of '69 and (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.


Source: Simplify this text: After Zeami succeeded his father, he continued to perform and adapt his style into what is today Noh - a mixture of pantomime and vocal acrobatics.

Target: After Zeami followed his father and did his work to be the leader of his theater, he continued to play and change his style into what Noh is today.


Source: Make this simpler: Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.

Target: Pre-production is the time before making a movie, play, or other performance when all the things that will be needed to make it are prepared.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism (Hareidi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism), Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism.

Target: Today there are three main kinds of Judaism: Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Judaism.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Bacterial contaminants are ubiquitous, and foods left unused too long will often acquire substantial amounts of bacterial colonies and become dangerous to eat, leading to food poisoning.

Target: Bacteria are everywhere, and foods left unused too long will often get large amounts of bacterial living in them. It may be dangerous to eat them and lead to food poisoning.


Source: Make this text less complex: Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70 sextillion (7 × 1022) stars in the observable universe.

Target: They estimate (guess) that there are at least 70 sextillion stars.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Guitar and harmonica are the dominant instruments used.

Target: Guitar and harmonica are usually used to play it.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: He currently wrestles for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), on its SmackDown brand.

Target: He is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its Raw brand as Christian.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Their luminosity, though, is very low, implying that they must be very small.

Target: This means that they must be very small.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Most of the income comes from the town's shoe-making industry.

Target: Most of the money earned comes from shoe making.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: They are able to learn scores of words and phrasesThe Vocabulary of a Quaker Parrot.

Target: They are also able to learn scores of words and phrases.


Source: Simplify: Harvey travelled widely in the course of his researches, especially to Italy, where he stayed at the Venerable English College in Rome.

Target: Most of his research was done in Italy where he went to the Venerable English College in Rome.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: In 1899 Taylor married a fellow student at the RCM, Jessie Walmisley, despite her parents ' objection to his mixed race parentage.

Target: In 1899 he married Jessie Walmisley who had been a student with him at the RCM. Her parents did not want her to be married to someone of mixed race.


Source: Simplify this text: Native groups can also be classified by their language family (e.g. Athapascan or Uto-Aztecan).

Target: Native groups can also be classified by their language family.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: It is threatened by habitat loss.

Target: Because of habitat loss, it is losing its place to live.


Source: Make the sentence simple: A dupatta is traditionally worn across both shoulders.

Target: It is traditionally worn across both shoulders.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Mery - Corbon is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

Target: It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.


Source: Simplification: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the south of the district.

Target: The district is part of the Dhaka Division, more than half of the district is made up of Dacca - the capital of the district and of Bangladesh too.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Speed also went on a verbal offensive against the team, claiming that they wanted to get rid of both him and Liuzzi.

Target: Speed also said that they wanted to get rid of both him and Liuzzi.


Source: Simplify this text: Unlike the National Audubon Society, its members are primarily professional ornithologists rather than amateur birders.

Target: Its members are mainly professional ornithologists. It is similar to the National Audubon Society, except its members are mainly amateur birders.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Gothard has remained unmarried and has no children.

Target: Gothard is not married, and has no children.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Beryllium (-RRB- is the chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4.

Target: It has an atomic number of 4 and is symbolized by the letters Be.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Brawl was released in Japan on January 31, 2008, in North America on March 9, 2008, in Australia on June 26, 2008, and Europe on June 27, 2008.

Target: It came out in North America on March 9, 2008.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle.

Target: Another type of iPod, called the iPod shuffle, is very small, and it uses flash memory, like the iPod nano but it has no screen. It is the least expensive iPod.


Source: Change to simpler wording: May 11 - Elections will take place in British Columbia, Canada.

Target: Events 11 May: Elections will take place in Canada.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: She was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke), but had no relationship with her father, who died when she was nine.

Target: She had no relationship with her father, who died when she was nine.


Source: Change to simpler wording: December was also the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February.

Target: It was the tenth month of the year before January and February were added to the Roman calendar.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Furthermore, the suspected rings are thought to be narrow, a phenomenon normally associated with shepherd moons.

Target: Also, the rings are thought to be narrow, something that is known with shepherd moons.


Source: Use simpler wording: Leeuwarden -LRB-, Stadsfries: Liwwadden, Frisian: Ljouwert,) is the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland.

Target: The name of that province is Friesland. Leeuwarden is called Ljouwert in Frisian.


Source: Simplify this text: The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks.

Target: The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol related to computers and networks. Very often it is abbreviated to DHCP.


Source: Make the sentence simple: It allows the user to create their own '' den '' or room which the can furnish.

Target: It allows users to create their own room which they can decorate.


Source: Simplify this text: The algorithm was intended as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard.

Target: It was meant to be a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard.


Source: Make this simpler: Besides tobacco, many vegetables and flowers are grown in greenhouses in late winter and early spring, and then transplanted outside as the weather warms.

Target: Role of green houses Many vegetables and flowers are grown in greenhouses in late winter and early spring, when it is still too cold to grow plants outside.


Source: Simplify: During the 1970s, the Symphony's activity was tied closely to the needs of the Teatro de la Zarzuela.

Target: They had to spend a lot of time playing for the Teatro de la Zarzuela.


Source: Change to simpler wording: It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.

Target: It lies on the Danube, near the city of Melk. It is located in Lower Austria.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: It was only after the financial disaster of the Scottish Bishops ' Wars (1639 1640) that he was forced to recall Parliament so that they could authorise new taxes.

Target: It was only after he had money problems as a result of war, that he was forced to call Parliament so they could authorise new taxes.


Source: Use simpler wording: Throughout his career, Shaw would take sabbaticals, quitting the music business.

Target: He would quit the music business and pursue his writing career.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Wind waves range in size from small ripples to huge rogue waves.

Target: They range in size from small ripples to huge tsunamis.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The nearby Xanadu Hills are named from the same poem.

Target: The Xanadu Hills that are close by are also named after this poem.


Source: Simplify: Randolph had planned a similar march in 1941.

Target: He had planned another civil rights march in 1941, but it never happened.


Source: Simplify: This allowed for Auburn University (renamed in 1960) to schedule more home football games in Auburn rather than in larger cities, creating a strong tourism component in Auburn's economy.

Target: It allowed for Auburn University to schedule more home football games in Auburn.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: After a three-year junior hockey career in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OPJHL) with the Burlington Cougars, Bieksa was awarded a scholarship to Bowling Green University.

Target: After playing junior hockey in Ontario, Bieksa was awarded a scholarship to Bowling Green University, where he spent four years.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: '' What Time Is It? ''

Target: What Time Is It?


Source: Simplification: Beef jerky is dried, salted, smoked beef popular in the United States.

Target: There are different kinds of beef. Beef is quite popular in Argentina and the United States.


Source: Use simpler wording: Some participating publishers, however, delay release of their articles for a set time after paper publication (often six months).

Target: Some publishers, though, do not show their articles for some time after they publish them on paper (usually about six months).


Source: Use simpler wording: In October of the same year, she released her official first single, '' Yubikiri - Japanese version - ''.

Target: In October of that same year, she debuted with her official first single Yubikiri.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: The system traversed the Yucatan Peninsula slowly and dissipated inland early on June 2.

Target: The system moved over Yucatan Peninsula slowly and dissipated on land early on June 2.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: They like to dwell in places with permanent water that isn't too deep.

Target: They like to live in places with water that is not too deep.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Fraser attended the private boys ' boarding school, Upper Canada College, in Toronto.

Target: When he was a boy, Fraser he was at the well known Canadian school for boys, called Upper Canada College, in Toronto.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Moses also appears in other religious texts such as the Midrash, Mishnah and Qur ` an No other surviving written records from Egypt, Assyria, etc., indisputably referring to the stories of the Bible or its main characters before ca.

Target: No other written records from countries such as Egypt or Assyria have been found, that are from before about 850 BCE and that tell about the stories of the Bible or its main characters.


Source: Use simpler wording: Wrangel had gathered the remnants of the Denikin's armies, occupying much of the Crimea.

Target: Many soldiers of the White Army had gathered in Crimea.


Source: Make this text less complex: The Volvo S60 is a compact executive sedan produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo from 2000.

Target: Volvo S60 is a car produced by Volvo from 2000 to the present day.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,

Target: For its one, two, three strikes, youre out,


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Every year there are amateur races to climb the mountain as quickly and often as possible in 24 hours, the Ventoux Masterseries and '' Les Cingles du Mont Ventoux ''.

Target: Every year there are amateur races to climb the mountain as quickly and often as possible in 24 hours.


Source: Use simpler wording: Corby has maintained from the time of her arrest that the drugs were planted in her boogie board bag and that she did not know about them.

Target: She says that the drugs were put in her bag by someone else and that she did not know about them.


Source: Simplify: And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,

Target: And theres another country, Ive heard of long ago,


Source: Change to simpler wording: North Carolina '' led the nation in gold production until the California Gold Rush of 1848, '' although the volume mined in the Charlotte area was dwarfed by subsequent rushes.

Target: More gold was found in North Carolina then any other state until the California Gold Rush of 1848.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The album was issued on November 7, 2006.

Target: It was released on November 7, 2006.


Source: Use simpler wording: The moon is also designated Uranus II.

Target: It is also designated Uranus II.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: The Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm, (or '' Groot Rijkswapen ''), is the personal coat of arms of the monarch of the Netherlands (currently Queen Beatrix).

Target: This version of the coat of arms is in use since 1907.


Source: Change to simpler wording: They are among the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature.

Target: His comedies are among the earliest works of Latin literature that has not been lost.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Germany briefly re-annexed the area during World War II, but it returned to Belgium in 1944.

Target: From 1940 to 1944, during World War II, Moresnet was occupied by Germany again, but since 1944 it has been part of Belgium again.


Source: Make this easier to understand: A debate has emerged between fans of real-time strategy and turn-based strategy (and related genres) based on the merits of the real-time and turn-based systems.

Target: In real-time strategy games, everything the player does, happens right away: there's no time between doing something (like telling a unit to move) and seeing it happen. This is different in turn-based strategy where the players take turns to do things.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: She had originally intended to go on stage and dance but, intimidated by the Edwards Sisters, a local dance duo, she opted to sing instead in the style of Connee Boswell.

Target: At first she was going to go on stage and dance but, intimidated by some local dancers, she decided to sing instead.


Source: Simplify this text: It is used in the United States and in varying degrees around the world, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and policy makers.

Target: It is used in the United States and around the world by doctors, researchers, health insurance companies, companies which make medicine, and others.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Most of them are either Sikh, Muslim, Agnostic or Atheist in their modern religious or non-religious affiliations.

Target: Most of them today are either Sikh or Muslim in their religion.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The horrified Governess realizes that the woman is a ghosta '' the ghost of Miss Jessel, who has returned to claim Flora.

Target: It is the ghost of Miss Jessel, who has returned to get Flora.


Source: Simplify this text: Although the cats hunt on the ground, they can climb trees and can swim swiftly, catching fish.

Target: It hunts only on the ground, but it can climb trees and swim.


Source: Make this simpler: A quiet village on the N59 road approximately halfway between Sligo and Ballina.

Target: It is located on the N59 road about halfway between Sligo and Ballina.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Capillaritis refers to state where the capillaries are inflamed.

Target: Capillaritis is where the capillaries are larger than should be.


Source: Make the sentence simple: The Status of Indian cities comprises two ranking systems used by the Government of India to allocate compensatory allowances to the cities in the country.

Target: The Status of Indian cities has two Government of India ranking systems used to pay workers more in some cities. There are two allowances; Compensatory City Allowance (CCA) to pay more because it is more expensive to buy things in cities.


Source: Make this simpler: The yellowish eggs are laid in clusters on the host plant leaves.

Target: They are laid in on the host plant leaves.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschonhausen.

Target: In 2001, it took over the old borough of Hohenschonhausen.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: It is named in honor of Sir David Attenborough, the eminent naturalist.

Target: It is named in honor of Sir David Attenborough.


Source: Simplify: Bubble gum was invented by Walter Diemer in 1928.

Target: Bubble gum was invented in 1928 by Mr. Walter Diemer when he was doing something else.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.

Target: While some drugs are legal to possess and sell, in most jurisdictions laws do not allow the trade of certain types of drug.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The film was nominated for three Academy Awards.

Target: It was nominated for three Academy Awards.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: It begins by establishing the definition of a national park:

Target: It begins by explaining what a national park is:


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The line '' Germany, Germany above all '' meant that the most important goal of the Vormarz revolutionaries should be a unified Germany overcoming the perceived anti-liberal Kleinstaaterei.

Target: So '' Germany above all '' meant that the most important thing to do was to have a unified Germany.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue) is the numbering system identifying compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Target: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) is a list of all the pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach that are known. In English it means Bach Works Catalogue.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Within a decade his short stories and novels prevailed over his historical non-fiction works, though historical themes continued to imbue his fiction.

Target: Within ten years, his short stories and novels became more famous than his historical non-fiction works, though his fiction had history in it.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Some parts of the building were decrepit.

Target: Some parts of the building were greatly in need of repair.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Historically, Coptic Catholics represent a schism from the Coptic Orthodox Church, leaving that church in order to come into full communion with Rome.

Target: They left that church in order to come into full communion with the Catholic Church.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Quinine can cause paralysis if accidentally injected into a nerve.

Target: Quinine can make someone paralysed if it is injected into a nerve.


Source: Make this simpler: Examples derived from Jack the Ripper include the French Ripper, the DA 1\/4 sseldorf Ripper, the Camden Ripper, the Blackout Ripper, Jack the Stripper, the Yorkshire Ripper, and the Rostov Ripper.

Target: The letters were signed '' Jack the Ripper ''. Other murders were reported around the same time but were not believed to be the work of Jack the Ripper.


Source: Make this simpler: The is a handheld digital pet created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai.

Target: It was created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The former program, launched in 1958, made television history, winning every award in the field of educational television.

Target: The first of these started in 1958. It was a new idea and it won every award for educational television.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: The seminal vesicles secrete a significant proportion of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen.

Target: They make a large most of the content of semen (also called seminal fluid). About 70% of the seminal fluid in humans comes from the seminal vesicles.


Source: Change to simpler wording: Concentrated hydrochloric acid (fuming hydrochloric acid) forms acidic mists.

Target: In high concentrations, hydrochloric acid can make acidic mists.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Ferrando is less successful with Fiordiligi (Ferrando's aria: Ah, lo veggio -- '' Ah, I see it, '' and Fiordiligi's aria: Per pietA, ben mio, perdona -- '' Please, my beloved, forgive ''), so he is enraged when he later finds out from Guglielmo that the medallion with his portrait has been so quickly given away to a new lover.

Target: Ferrando is less successful with Fiordiligi, so he is angry when he later finds out from Guglielmo that the medallion with his portrait has been so quickly given away to a new lover.


Source: Simplification: Be Unlimited, '' Bethere '' and Be are trading names of Be Un Limited.

Target: Be Unlimited and Be are trading names of Be Un Limited.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Sir Peter Jonas became the Staatsoper Staatsintendant (General Director) in 1993, the first British Intendant of any major German speaking Opera House.

Target: Peter Jonas is the General Director. He has been there since 1993 and is the first British director of any major German speaking Opera House.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: After the child's visit to the cave, evidence suggests that the cave had been untouched until discovered in 1994.

Target: It seems nobody had been in it after the child, until it was discovered in 1994.


Source: Make this text less complex: Biography A Connecticut native, Winfield met her husband at a Dixieland concert.

Target: She met her husband at a music concert.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Of his sacred music, two cantus firmus masses and eight motets survive (most likely many others are lost).

Target: It is likely that a lot of his music is now lost. Two of his masses and eight motets have survived.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: The Sovereign alone grants membership of the Order; he or she is not advised by the Government, as occurs with most other Orders.

Target: He or she is not advised by the Government, as occurs with most other Orders.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Many of Busoni's works are based on music of the past, especially on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (see below).

Target: A lot of it is based on music of the past.


Source: Simplify this text: According to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a This is similar to our ability to communicate with others through the telephone.

Target: This is similar to our ability to communicate with others through the telephone.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Tungsten's many alloys have numerous applications, most notably in incandescent light bulb filaments, X-ray tubes (as both the filament and target), and superalloys.

Target: Their most well known use is in light bulb filaments. It is also used as the filament and target in most X-ray tubes and also in superalloys.


Source: Simplify the sentence: However, these meetings lacked popular support.

Target: These meetings did not have popular support.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: Through him all things were made... ''.

Target: Through Him all things were made.


Source: Change to simpler wording: Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base.

Target: Shortstop is in located between second and third base.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: They take 25 years to orbit Neptune at an average of 125 times the distance between Earth and the Moon.

Target: They take about 25 years to make one orbit and are 125 times farther than how our Moon orbits away from Earth.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: She is an older lady with white coloured hair.

Target: She is pretty old with white hair.


Source: Simplify: The 1914 season is one of only two hurricane seasons on record that did not produce any hurricanes, the other being the 1907 season.

Target: This season was also one of two to not have a hurricane with the other being 1907.


Source: Simplification: The Yucca moth lays its eggs in the yucca plant at the same time pollinating it.

Target: It also lays its eggs in the plant.


Source: Simplify: Legacy Donkey Kong spawned the sequels Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3, as well as the spin-off Mario Bros.. .

Target: Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3 were sequels to this game. Donkey Kong also starred in many more sequels, as well as spin-offs like the Donkey Konga music games.


Source: Simplify: Autopsies are either performed for legal or medical purposes.

Target: They are usually done either for medical reasons, or for legal ones.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: The population was 1,688 at the 2000 census.

Target: 1,688 people were living in Decatur as of the 2000 census.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Though a natural at the piano, Basie preferred drums.

Target: Basie was very good at the piano, but he liked drums better.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The first ballet dance academy was the Academie Royale de Danse (Royal Dance Academy), opened in Paris in 1661.

Target: History The first dance school was opened in 1661 in Paris, France.


Source: Simplify the sentence: The PokA mon anime series and films are a meta-series of adventures separate from the canon that most of the PokA mon video games follow (with the exception of PokA mon Yellow, a game based loosely on the anime storyline).

Target: A number of PokA mon films have also been made that relate to the anime. The first one was PokA mon: The First Movie (released in 1999) and they are still being made.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Sponsored sitting in a bath of baked beans is a perennial favourite.

Target: A popular event is to sit in a bath of baked beans.


Source: Make the sentence simple: She is buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

Target: After her death, she was buried at Baltimore, Maryland.


Source: Make this simpler: The album was released on September 22, 2009.

Target: It was released on September 22, 2009.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Adjacent is an adjective meaning contiguous, adjoining or abutting.

Target: Adjacent is an adjective meaning next to.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: The town is the capital of the department.

Target: It is also the capital of that departement.


Source: Simplify this text: Mobility With the emergence of public wireless networks, users can access the internet even outside their normal work environment.

Target: This means that people can access the internet even outside their normal work environment, for example when they ride the train home.


Source: Simplification: The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army.

Target: However, the Presidency Armies began to be described as the Indian Army.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Hyperion is a Hugo Award-winning 1989 science fiction novel by American writer Dan Simmons.

Target: Hyperion is a science fiction book that was written by Dan Simmons in 1989.


Source: Simplification: Most of the species are in the family Mantidae.

Target: Most are in are in the family Mantidae.


Source: Simplify this sentence: His father was the physician Louis K. Diamond, and his mother a teacher, musician, and linguist.

Target: His father was a doctor and his mother was a teacher.


Source: Use simpler wording: Through the guidance of The Love Dare, and as a result of his commitment to Christ, Caleb begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife.

Target: And, with God's help, he begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife.


Source: Simplify this sentence: Casaubon, who believed in the reality of spirits, argued in his introduction that Dee was acting as the unwitting tool of evil spirits when he believed he was communicating with angels. This book is largely responsible for the image, prevalent for the following two and a half centuries, of Dee as a dupe and deluded fanatic.

Target: Because Casaubon wrote in his introduction that Dee was really dealing with evil spirits when he believed he was communicating with angels, Dee was thought of as deluded for some time.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: This program is focused on distributing small loans to beggars.

Target: This program is made to give small loans to beggars.


Source: Change to simpler wording: It is also called '' duck tape '', '' riggers ' tape '', '' hurricane tape '', or '' 100-mph tape '' a '' a name that comes from the use of a specific variety of duct tape that was supposed to hold up to 100 mph (160.93 km\/h) winds.

Target: Duct tape was also called '' 100 mph tape '' by the military because it is said the tape will still stick in winds at speeds of 100 miles per hour. Duct tape got its name from its use on heating and air conditioning ducts but oddly enough, that is the one use that the tape is not very good for.


Source: Make this simpler: He is the father of Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas.

Target: He is also father to actor and producer Michael Douglas.


Source: Use simpler wording: Fresney le Vieux is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.

Target: It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.


Source: Make this simpler: The other group of traders would then approach and inspect the goods (most commonly salt or gold).

Target: The other group of traders would then decide if they would like to accept the goods (usually salt or gold) that were left.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Amanda Leigh '' Mandy '' Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer.

Target: Amanda Leigh is an American pop singer and actress. She was born on April 10, 1984 and she has been active since the late 1990s and the 2000s.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: This is in contrast with the more basal orders of winged insects (the '' Paleoptera '' assemblage), which are unable to flex their wings in this way.

Target: This is in contrast with the more basal orders of winged insects, which are not able to flex their wings in this way.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: Most stars are between 1 billion and 10 billion years old.

Target: Most stars are very old. They are usually thought to be between 1 and 10 billion years old.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Parliament then offered the Crown to his Protestant daughter Mary, instead of his son (James Francis Edward Stuart).

Target: Parliament decided that he had given up his crown, and offered it to his Protestant daughter Mary, instead of his Catholic son.


Source: Make the sentence simple: The Cauchy distribution is an infinitely divisible probability distribution.

Target: As a probability distribution it is usually called Cauchy distribution.


Source: Make this text less complex: Using as many as 1600 females with intact or damaged hearing organs, he was able to statistically evaluate their behaviour.

Target: Using up to 1600 females with normal or damaged hearing, he was able to work out how they did this.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances (trituration).

Target: A mortar and pestle are two tools used with each other to mill (grind) and mix substances.


Source: Simplify: The Letter of Jeremiah, also known as the Epistle of Jeremy, is a deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) book of the Old Testament; this letter purports to have been written by Jeremiah to the exiles who were to be taken captive into Babylon.

Target: The letter is believed to have been made by Jeremiah to the people who were to be taken prisoner into Babylon.


Source: Simplify: Ganz is a Canadian company best known for distributing plush animals and collectibles.

Target: It is now best known for distributing plush animals and collectables.


Source: Make the sentence simpler: The user, typically a child, climbs to the top of the slide via a ladder or stairs and sits down on the top of the slide and '' slides '' down the slide.

Target: The child climbs up a ladder or some stairs, then sits down at the top and slides all the way down. Some children like to slide down on their backs or on their stomachs.


Source: Simplification: On September 30, 2007, during the week 4 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Warner relieved Matt Leinart following another ineffective start by Leinart.

Target: On September 30, 2007, during the Week 4 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he went in for Leinart because he was not playing well again.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: As NBC's answer to the successful series Survivor, the show was initially a hit for the network in the summer of 2001, and built strong ratings for the next couple of seasons, but as the years passed, the ratings declined.

Target: It had strong ratings for the next couple of years, but in later years, the ratings were not as good.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: It receives the most frequent comet impacts of the Solar System's planets.

Target: Because of this Jupiter has the most comet impacts in the Solar System.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Mercury (I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2.

Target: Its chemical formula is Hg2Cl2. It has mercury and chloride ions in it.


Source: Simplify this sentence: When possible, the compiler performs this renaming.

Target: When possible, compilers do this renaming.


Source: Make this simpler: Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.

Target: Older men have it more because of they have more hair and it is thicker.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern Habitat Wood mice inhabit forests, grasslands, and cultivated fields.

Target: Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern 3.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: The fingers of the free hand silenced the unwanted strings in the chord.

Target: It is held in one hand and the strings are plucked using the other hand.


Source: Simplify this text: The profits from the concert went to Harrison's charity, the Material World Charitable Foundation.

Target: All the profits from the concert were given to charity.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: Later, Freud distinguished between three concepts of the unconscious: the descriptive unconscious, the dynamic unconscious, and the system unconscious.

Target: Freud is important in psychology because he studied the unconscious. The unconscious is a part of a person's mind which he is not aware of, and which he cannot control easily.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: The cell membrane surrounds the protoplasm of a cell and, in animal cells, physically separates the intracellular components from the extracellular environment.

Target: In all cells, the cell membrane separates the protoplasm inside the cell from its surroundings. In animal cells, that is all there is.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: Initially, Graham intended to become a chaplain in the armed forces, but shortly after applying for a commission he came down with a severe case of mumps that ended that plan.

Target: He wanted to be a chaplain in the armed forces, but after trying to get in, he came down with mumps, so he had to forget going there.


Source: Make this text less complex: As she picked it out and started to wrap the silk thread around her finger, she slowly felt a warm sensation.

Target: She picked it out and as it started to wrap around her finger, she slowly felt something warm.


Source: Simplify the sentence: She tells him of her hard life with Rodolfo, who has abandoned her that night (O buon Marcello, aiuto!

Target: She tells him of her hard life with Rodolfo, who has left her that night.


Source: Simplification: Many critics have disputed the original source of the Swan Lake story.

Target: Many critics have argued about what the Swan Lake story was based on.


Source: Change to simpler wording: On Ocracoke Island, boats were hauled out.

Target: On Ocracoke Island, boats were taken out to prepare for Gabrielle.


Source: Simplify this paragraph: A dipstick is one of several devices dipped into a liquid to perform a chemical test or to provide a measure of quantity of the liquid.

Target: A dipstick is a tool which can be dipped into liquid to measure how much of it there is, or to test it for things.


Source: Simplify the sentence: Plushenko was born in Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union.

Target: He was born and raised in the Soviet Union.


Source: Make this simpler: The city lies on the Ebrie Lagoon.

Target: The city is located in Ebrie Lagoon.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The river has two sources.

Target: It has two sources.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The SRP also advocated Europe, led by a reunited German Reich, as a '' third force '' against both capitalism and communism.

Target: The SRP also wanted Europe to be led by a reunited German Reich, and that it would not be capitalist or communist.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The statue depicts a female figure representing Liberty holding a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath and shield in her left hand.

Target: She is holding a shield and a laurel wreath in one hand. In the other hand, she is holding a sword that is sheathed (in its case).


Source: Use simpler wording: His animation was noted for its squashy, stretchy feel.

Target: His animation was noted for its, feel.


Source: Simplify this text: The Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia (literally '' the language of Indonesia '').

Target: The language's official name is Bahasa Indonesia (language of Indonesia), which is also used in English.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: The Coriolis force acts in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis and to the velocity of the body in the rotating frame and is proportional to the object's speed in the rotating frame.

Target: It is a fictitious force that acts upon all bodies which are described using a rotating frame of reference. The force is perpendicular to both the axis of movement of the body it acts on as well as that of the frame of reference.


Source: Simplify this text: The short story depicted an aged bellman on July 4, 1776, sitting morosely by the bell, fearing that Congress would not have the courage to declare independence.

Target: The short story was about an old man on July 4, 1776. It described how he was sitting sadly by the bell, afraid that Congress would not be able to declare independence.


Source: Make this simpler: Port Arthur was also the destination for juvenile convicts, receiving many boys, some as young as nine arrested for stealing toys.

Target: It was for young boys, some as young as 9, like James Lynch, arrested for stealing toys.


Source: Make the sentence simple: Anchovies are also eaten by humans.

Target: They are also eaten by humans.


Source: Use simpler wording: It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission in 1923 and adopted its telegraphic address as its common name in 1956.

Target: It began in 1923, and at that time its name was International Criminal Police Commission.


Source: Change to simpler wording: The earliest chansons were for two, three or four voices, with first three becoming the norm, expanding to four voices by the sixteenth century.

Target: The earliest chansons were for two, three or four voices, many of them being for three voices.


Source: Simplify the sentence: For a singing voice, the equivalent is vocal range.

Target: For a singing voice, this is known as vocal range.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Ryan is best known for portraying Bailey Pickett in the Disney Channel Original Series, The Suite Life on Deck which is the spin-off/sequel to The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Target: She is best known for her role in The Suite Life on Deck.


Source: Use simpler wording: In 1535, Henry VIII visited the castle with his second wife Anne Boleyn, which had been empty and unattended for some time.

Target: It had been visited by Henry in 1535, with his second wife Anne Boleyn, but had been empty and unattended for some time.


Source: Simplify this sentence: The workers of the land were on their way to becoming serfs.

Target: They were on their way to becoming serfs.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: If both contestants choose the steal ball, they both leave empty-handed.

Target: If both contestants steal, they both go home with nothing.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: In 1927, he succeeded Max Planck at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin.

Target: in 1927 he went to Berlin to fellow Max Planck.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Rund um Koln -LRB-/O2003/O-RRB-

Target: Rund um Koln (Tour of Cologne)


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: The party ends with Tchaikovsky quoting the traditional German dance tune, the Grossvater TanzDecca, Notes to Tchaikovsky recording, and the Stahlbaum family go to bed.

Target: The party ends and the Stahlbaum family go to bed, but Clara is worried about her Nutcracker.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Iwasawa's originality was to go ` off to infinity ' in a novel direction.

Target: What Iwasawadi that was new, was to go ` off to infinity ' in a new direction.


Source: Simplify: See ischemic colitis for ischemia of the large bowel Mesenteric ischemia (Mesenteric ischaemia - British English) is a medical condition in which inflammation and injury of the small intestine result from inadequate blood supply.

Target: Mesenteric ischemia is a medical condition in which inflammation and injury of the small intestine result from not enough blood getting to it.


Source: Write a simpler version for the sentence: Cowra is home to the Australian replica of the UN's World Peace Bell, an honour normally reserved for a nation's capital city, it was awarded to Cowra in recognition of its unique contribution to international understanding, promotion of peace and as a centre of world friendship.

Target: It was given to Cowra because of its special role in international understanding, world peace and as a centre of world friendship.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

Target: That means that general physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils are fixed in a map and that they are looked at in relation to the use and management of soils.


Source: Make this easier to understand: It was released on October 9, 2000 on the label Nuclear Blast Records.

Target: It was released on October 9, 2000.


Source: Make this easier to understand: Aida, Amonasro and the captured Ethiopians plead with the Egyptian King for mercy, but the Egyptians call for their death (Aida, Amneris, Radames, The King, Amonasro, chorus: Che veggo! ..

Target: Aida, Amonasro and the captured Ethiopians all plead with the Egyptian King to save them, but the Egyptians want them to be put to death. Radames pleads with the king to spare Aida and Amonasro.


Source: Simplify this text: This trip takes hours or days.

Target: This can take hours or days.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Pre-Columbian is used especially often in the context of the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and the Maya) and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Canaris).

Target: Pre-Columbian can also mean cultures of any one of the great native civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Aztec and Maya) and of the Andes (Inca, Moche and Chibcha).


Source: Use simpler wording: In the 1932 general election Fianna FA il secured 72 seats and became the largest party in the DA il, although without a majority.

Target: Six years after it was founded Fianna FA il won 72 seats in the 1932 general election, and had a plurality in the DA il. That is, it was the largest party but had less than half of all of the seats, which would be a majority.


Source: Simplify: and always remeber be nice

Target: and always be nice.


Source: Simplification: Blanca briefly threatened land on June 10 as warnings and watches were established by the Mexican Servicio MeteorolA gico Nacional.

Target: It moved northwest and briefly threatened land on June 10 as warnings and watches were established.


Source: Simplification: BatabanA was founded in 1688.

Target: It was founded in 1688.


Source: Simplify this text: It was up to 2.5 metres tall and weighed up to 250 kilograms, and was probably carnivorous.

Target: It was up to tall and weighed up to, and was probably carnivorous.


Source: Use simpler wording: Hayley reaches into the girl's bra and pulls out '' false '' pads, then uses a towel and wipes the girl's makeup off, exposing her for what she is.

Target: At the end of the video, singer Hayley wipes off the other girls makeup and takes something out from under her shirt exposing the girl for what she really is.


Source: Rewrite this sentence in a simpler manner: Within Singapore, the national flag takes precedence over all other flags, subject to international practice.

Target: Within Singapore, it should take precedence over all other flags, subject to international practice.


Source: Make this simpler: The NATO phonetic alphabet, also called the ICAO phonetic alphabet, ITU phonetic alphabet, NATO spelling alphabet, ICAO spelling alphabet or the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet.

Target: The NATO phonetic alphabet is a way of using words to replace letters. Although it is called a '' phonetic alphabet '' because it is used so no one gets confused when saying letters, it does not have the same reasons as the International Phonetic Alphabet or other phonetic alphabets.


Source: Simplify this text: The city of Amritsar city lies in a depression in this tract.

Target: The city of Amritsar city is located in this area.


Source: Make this text less complex: The oldest building, Gabaldon Building, was built in 1904.

Target: The oldest building was built in 1904 which is still existing at present. This building is the Gabaldon Building.


Source: Rewrite this sentence for simplicity: Since then, 96 builders have been inducted.

Target: Since then, 238 players have been added.


Source: Rewrite the sentence to be simpler: American Airlines Flight 11 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles International Airport.

Target: It was scheduled to fly from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport.


Source: Simplify this text: Trace amounts of ammonia, acetylene, ethane, phosphine, and methane have also been detected.

Target: There are also very small amounts of acetylene, ethane and phosphine.


Source: Change to simpler wording: Lead (II) acetate is also known as lead acetate, lead diacetate, plumbous acetate, sugar of lead, lead sugar, salt of Saturn, and Goulard's powder (after Thomas Goulard).

Target: It is also known as sugar of lead, salt of Saturn, and Goulard's powder. It is used to make other lead compounds.


Source: Simplify this text: An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation.

Target: An illusion is a distortion of how things seem to be. It shows how the brain normally arranges, sorts, and explains stimulation of the senses.


Source: Simplify this text: This is a partial listing of films produced and\/or distributed by Universal Pictures, the main motion picture production\/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.

Target: This is a list of films produced by Universal Pictures.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: -- being a landlocked country wholly surrounded by other landlocked countries (the other is Uzbekistan).

Target: It is one of two landlocked countries in the world to be landlocked by a landlocked country.


Source: Use simpler wording: The group velocity of a wave is the velocity with which the overall shape of the wave's amplitudes a '' known as the modulation or envelope of the wave a '' propagates through space.

Target: Group velocity is often considered to be the wave velocity at which information travels. Often, this can be seen as the speed at which the envelope of the wave travels.


Source: Simplify this text: The rules understood by the speaker reflect specific patterns (or regularities) in the way words are formed from smaller units and how those smaller units interact in speech.

Target: These rules come from specific patterns in the way words are formed from smaller units and how those smaller units work together in speech.


Source: Simplify this text: He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays bass, guitar, keyboards, and sings.

Target: He can play bass, guitar, keyboards, and can sing.


Source: Simplify this text: Pima cotton is American cotton that is grown in the southwestern states of the U.S.

Target: This is how cotton was discovered many years ago. Most of the cotton gathered to make cloth comes from crops grown on cotton farms.


Source: Make this simpler: Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (1 hostage, 2 hijackers killed).

Target: Israeli special forces got onto the bus and freed the hostages. They killed 1 hostage and two of the hijackers.


Source: Make this simpler: It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino.

Target: It also has the club of San Marino in it.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: Ocellated means it has spots.

Target: means it has spots.


Source: Simplification: The show was so successful that it spawned a spin-off series, She-Ra: Princess of Power following the adventures of He-Man's sister.

Target: It was very popular and inspired 2 more shows, one made in the early 1990s and another in 2002, there was also a spin-off, called She-Ra: Princess of Power, which was about He-Man's sister.


Source: Simplify this text: When just a village the children went to the little village school, now demolished, or those on farms to the south went to Fairchilds village school (now a private residence).

Target: Once there was only one school in the village and all the children went to it, now that school has been demolished.


Source: Make this text less complex: Rivail was a disciple and collaborator of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, and a teacher in courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, physiology, comparative anatomy and French in Paris.

Target: He was a teacher of physiology, astronomy, physics and chemistry and the classes were in your own home, in Paris.


Source: Make this easier to understand: He was the 52nd Governor of Alabama, first elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2006.

Target: He was first elected to office in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.


Source: Make this text less complex: On 30 July 2010 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., deadmau5 collapsed on stage, suffering from exhaustion and vomiting.

Target: On July 30, 2010 deadmau5 collapsed on stage 50 minutes into his set and doctors said he was suffering from exhaustion and vomiting.


Source: Rewrite this with simpler wording: They lived in the ChA cents teau de Lully, an 18th-century castle that belonged to his ancestors.

Target: They lived in an 18th-century castle that had belonged to members of his family for several generations.


Source: Change to simpler wording: The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career.

Target: This was very important in Fitzgerald's career.


Source: Simplify: The substance is ground between the pestle and the mortar.

Target: The mortar is bowl-shaped, and used to hold the substance to be ground.


Source: Simplification: Meeropol used the pseudonym '' Lewis Allan '' for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers ' union meetings.

Target: The poem had been set to music and was performed at teachers ' union meetings.


Source: Make the sentence simple: The City of Tacloban (Filipino: Lungsod ng Tacloban, Waray: Ciudad han Tacloban) is a port city approximately 360 miles southeast of Manila.

Target: Tacloban is a port city in the Philippines. It is about 360 miles southeast of Manila.


Source: Make this text less complex: He is best known for playing Phil Diffy, the main character in the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future.

Target: He is famous for acting in Phil of the Future.