Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Treasury prices rose slightly , sending the 10-year note yield down to 4.38 percent from 4.39 percent late Friday .
Treasury prices gained for the third day in a row , pushing the 10-year note yield down to 4.35 percent from 4.36 percent late Monday .

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A:
yes

input question: MySQL AB on Tuesday announced that it had ported its open-source database to the HP-UX operating system on the 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor .
The company updated the MySQL 4.0 software with the ability to run on the HP-UX 11i Unix operating system and Linux on servers equipped with Intel 's 64-bit Itanium 2 processor .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: HCA Inc . , the largest U.S. hospital chain , dropped $ 2.21 , or 5.8 percent , to $ 36.14 .
HCA Inc . ( nyse : HCA - news - people ) , the largest U.S. hospital chain , dropped $ 1.21 , or 3.2 percent , to $ 37.14 .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Early voting will run weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept . 9 .
S2: Early voting polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept . 8 and Sept . 9 .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: They said he organized a network of associates operating in as many as a dozen states .

Agents described Carlow , 50 , as a " major player ' ' who organized a network of associates operating in as many as a dozen states .

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

Question:
S1: After the war she spent three years in custody but tribunals cleared her of any wrongdoing .
S2: After the war , she spent three years under Allied arrest .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
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- yes
Answer:
no