TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to determine if the two sentences clearly agree/disagree with each other, or if this can't be determined. Indicate your answer as yes or no respectively.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: No, you are right, he said, "it is not as though there was a blood tie.  Sentence 2: He has thought this matter through a lot.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Observers debated whether the Golden Globes were the Oscars' 1) more genuine and enjoyable counterpart Sentence 2: Observers discussed how the Golden Globes and the Oscars compared.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: All too often, however, such statements are zingers, as if whipped out from the comfort of his easy chair or dashed off for the op-ed page of a conservative newspaper. Sentence 2: The statements are often to make fun of people.

SOLUTION:
yes