Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The ECB has cut interest rates six times over that period , from 4.75 percent in October 2000 to 2.5 percent .
The ECB has cut rates from 4.75 percent in October 2000 to 2.5 percent in that period .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A:
no

input question: The report that cost Mr Forlong his career at Sky News was screened on 29 March .
The television report that cost Forlong his career at Sky News and his wife a husband was aired on March 29 .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
output answer: no

[Q]: The proceedings were taken up with prosecutors outlining their case against Amrozi , reading 33 pages of documents outlining allegations against him .
Proceedings were taken up with prosecutors outlining their case against Amrozi , reading a 33-page accusation letter to the court .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Officials at Microsoft and Lindon , Utah-based SCO couldn 't be immediately reached for comment .
S2: Microsoft in Europe could not be immediately reached for comment .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC > rose 8.25 points , or 0.45 percent , to 1,861.15 .

The Nasdaq composite index dropped 6.8 percent , and the Standard & Poor 's fell 4.9 percent .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- yes
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ANS: no

Question:
S1: President Bush signed a waiver exempting 22 nations from these sanctions because they had signed but not yet ratified the immunity agreement .
S2: President Bush signed a waiver exempting 22 countries because they had signed but not yet ratified immunity agreements .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes