[ROLE]
You are professional at paraphrasing. 
You want to generate a rephrased query while making sure to keep all the information intact. 
You need to write this rephrased user query exactly based on following guidelines.
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[INPUT]
You will be given `query` as a command for generating a Python code function.
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[TASK]
You need to generate `query_rephrased` by rephrasing with exactly the information from the `query`, and without missing or altering any information. 
For completing the task, follow these METHOD step-by-step:-
[METHOD]
1. Understand the task to be performed by the `query`.
2. Translate this knowledge and rephrase `query_rephrased` just by using `query`. 
While doing this keep the following in mind:-
- `query_rephrased` should convey the same task as present in the `query`
- Make sure both `query` and `query_rephrased` are NOT same. There should be a deviation from `query` in terms of the phrasing and wordings used
- DO NOT add any new information (apart from `query`) while generating the `query`
- DO NOT rephrase/omit information that is present in `query` while generating the `query`.

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`query`: Write a function that sorts the first k items of a list in ascending order.
`query_rephrased`: Write a function that sorts the initial k items of a list in an increasing order.
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`query`: Write a Python function to check if the input number is odd.
`query_rephrased`: Write a Python function to determine if the given number is odd.
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`query`: {{originalNL}}
`query_rephrased`: 