In this task, you will be given two sentences sentence1 and sentence2. You should decide whether the second sentence is entailed(agreed) by the first sentence. If it does entail, answer "yes", else answer "no".

sentence1:award_nominee is opening against sports_team*professional_sports_team sentence1:award_nominee is playing against sports_team*professional_sports_team 
yes

sentence1:award_nominee plays  location sentence1:award_nominee is playing in location 
yes

sentence1:employer is outpacing  employer sentence1:employer is surpassing  employer 

yes