Problem: Wwo sentences:
Peter Smith , a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona , leads the $ 325 million Phoenix mission .
TEGA is the product of University of Arizona planetary scientist William Boynton , co-investigator on the Phoenix mission .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

It has also been revealed the boy 's family filed two other abuse-related lawsuits in the past , winning a $ 165,000 settlement in one case .

It has also been revealed that the boy ' s family has launched two other abuse-related lawsuits in the past , winning a 90,000 settlement in one case .
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yes

Q: Smith found the cigarette tax falls on the tobacco consumer , not the tribe , meaning the tribe is simply an agent for collecting a tax .

Smith ruled that the state 's tax falls on the tobacco consumer , not the tribe , making the tribe simply an agent for collecting the tax .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Siebel , whose fortunes soared with the tech boom , has cut nearly one-third of its workforce since the end of 2001 .
With the purge , Siebel will have cut 2,400 employees - or nearly one-third of its workforce - since the end of 2001 .

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yes

input question: In March , 67 percent connected through cable , up from 63 percent a year earlier .
By March 2003 , 67 percent of broadband users connected using cable modems , compared with 28 percent using D.S.L.

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output answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" In Iraq , " Sen. Pat Roberts , R-Kan . , chairman of the intelligence committee , said on CNN 's " Late Edition " Sunday , " we 're now fighting an anti-guerrilla ... effort . "
" In Iraq , " Sen. Pat Roberts ( R-Kan . ) , chairman of the intelligence committee , said on CNN 's " Late Edition " yesterday , " we 're now fighting an anti-guerrilla . . . effort . "
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer:
yes