Teacher:In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: There were persistent rumours that the treasure originally included coins , and probably the group as we see it now is incomplete .
Student:
Persistent rumours that the treasure originally included coins have never been confirmed or convincingly rejected , but even if there were no coins , it is quite likely that the group as we see it now is incomplete .