Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The justices declined without comment to review the ruling that upheld physicians ' rights to speak freely with their patients .
The justices declined without comment to review a lower-court ruling that said doctors should be able to speak frankly with their patients .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A:
yes

input question: Several doctors and courts have found Schiavo to be in a persistent vegetative state , but Byrd disagreed .
Many doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state and cannot recover .

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- no
- yes
output answer: no

[Q]: The state wants to kill the wolves in approximately a 1,700-square-mile area near the village of McGrath .
The state wants to kill the wolves in approximately a 1,700-square-mile area near McGrath to establish a moose nursery of sorts .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- no
- yes

[A]: no

Question:
S1: Random testing of security procedures should also take place .
S2: Security assessments of these facilities should take place every three years .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: The Standard & Poor 's 500 Index shed 5.20 , or 0.6 percent , to 924.42 as of 9 : 33 a.m. in New York .

The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX edged down 9 points , or 0.98 percent , to 921 .

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

Question:
S1: The court on Monday reversed the decision of that court , the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals .
S2: The court today reversed the decision of that court , the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes