Eighty percent of pagers in the United States were knocked out by a satellite malfunction in space.
( ( ( Eighty percent ) ( of ( pagers ( in ( the ( United States ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( were ( ( knocked out ) ( by ( ( a ( satellite malfunction ) ) ( in space ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (JJ Eighty) (NN percent)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS pagers)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNP United) (NNPS States)))))) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN knocked) (PRT (RP out)) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN satellite) (NN malfunction)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN space))))))) (. .)))
A majority of pagers in the United States were disrupted by a satellite malfunction.
( ( ( A majority ) ( of ( pagers ( in ( the ( United States ) ) ) ) ) ) ( ( were ( disrupted ( by ( a ( satellite malfunction ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
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