TASK DEFINITION: You are given two sentences(Sentence1 and Sentence2). Answer "Yes" if these sentences are a paraphrase of one another, otherwise answer "No".
PROBLEM: Sentence1: The awards are being announced today by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation ., Sentence2: The prizes , from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation , will be awarded Friday in New York .

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Sentence1: Phone calls to Spitzer 's office , Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were not immediately returned ., Sentence2: A message left with Spitzer 's office as well as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs were not immediately returned .

SOLUTION: Yes

PROBLEM: Sentence1: Later in the day , a standoff developed between French soldiers and a Hema battlewagon that attempted to pass the UN compound ., Sentence2: French soldiers later threatened to open fire on a Hema battlewagon that tried to pass near the UN compound .

SOLUTION:
Yes