Question:
S1: In 2001 , the number of death row inmates nationally fell for the first time in a generation .
S2: In 2001 , the number of people on death row dropped for the first time in a decade .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: Wall Street was also waiting for aluminum maker Alcoa Inc . AA.N to report earnings after the close .

Wall Street was also waiting for aluminum maker Alcoa Inc . ( nyse : PEP - news - people ) to report earnings after the close .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: Justices Stephen Breyer , Sandra Day O 'Connor and Anthony Kennedy disagreed .

Justices Anthony Kennedy , Sandra Day O 'Connor and Stephen Breyer dissented .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
That compared with $ 35.18 million , or 24 cents per share , in the year-ago period .
Earnings were affected by a non-recurring $ 8 million tax benefit in the year-ago period .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

The Association of South East Asian Nations groups Brunei , Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam .

ASEAN comprises Brunei , Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Dylan Baker and Lindsay Frost play her parents , Ed and Lois Smart .
Lindsay Frost and Dylan Baker played Elizabeth Smart 's parents .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes