In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.

Q: passage: A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality, or local government area.
 question: is the city council part of the legislative branch?

A: Yes
****
Q: passage: While soup beans are traditionally pinto beans (called brown beans in the mountain region), other types of beans are also used.
 question: are pinto beans and brown beans the same thing?

A: Yes
****
Q: passage: A braid (also referred to as a plait) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as textile yarns, wire, or hair. Compared with the process of weaving, which usually involves two separate, perpendicular groups of strands (warp and weft), a braid is usually long and narrow, with each component strand functionally equivalent in zigzagging forward through the overlapping mass of the others. The most common braid is a flat, solid, three-stranded structure. More complex braids can be constructed from an arbitrary number of strands to create a wider range of structures. Braids have been made for thousands of years in many different cultures, and for a variety of uses. Traditionally, the materials used in braids have depended on the indigenous plants and animals available in the local area.
 question: is a braid and a plait the same thing?

A:
Yes
****