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.
One example is below.
Q: The Inheritance Cycle is a series of fantasy books written by Christopher Paolini.
A: The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini.
Rationale: The output sentence elaborates on the input sentence without changing its general meaning e.g. "tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels".
Q: It was a de facto industry standard for many years , and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s , which defined a bi-directional version of the port .
A:
It was an industry " de facto " standard for many years , and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s , which defined the Enhanced Parallel Port ( EPP ) and Extended Capability Port ( ECP ) bi-directional versions .