[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 .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: For the third time in the past four years , wildfires are the problem .
S2: It was the third time in four years that wildfires forced the park to close .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Two brothers who were among seven Portland suspects accused of aiding terrorists have decided to plead guilty to conspiring to aid al-Qaida and the Taliban , officials said Wednesday .

Two brothers who were among seven people accused of aiding terrorists pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of conspiring to help Al Qaeda and the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan .

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

[Q]: " We can 't change the past , but we can do a lot about the future , " Sheehan said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon .

" We can 't change the past , but we can do a lot about the future , " Sheehan said hours after arriving in Phoenix .

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- yes
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Bremer will focus on the politics , Garner said , adding that he expects Bremer to arrive in Iraq by next week .
Bremer will focus on the politics and Garner on the rest of the reconstruction efforts , Garner said , adding that Bremer will arrive in Iraq by next week .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

But the justices ruled that the police supervisor who repeatedly questioned Martinez did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights in doing so .

But the justices ruled that the police supervisor who repeatedly questioned Mr Martinez as he screamed in pain did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
no