[Q]: " I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " Dean said Friday in a telephone interview from New Hampshire .
" I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks , " he told The Des Moines Register .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: As temperatures soar above 50 degrees ( 120 Fahrenheit ) , fridges and air conditioners have stuttered to a halt in Basra .
S2: As temperatures soar above 120 Fahrenheit in Basra , fridges and air conditioners have stuttered to a halt .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: The new Army Commander is the Masaka Armoured Brigade commanding officer , Brigadier Aronda Nyakairima who is now promoted to major general .

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has promoted Brigadier Aronda Nyakairima to Major General and named him Army Commander .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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ANS: yes

[Q]: Handset market share for the second quarter , it said , is higher than the first quarter .

Nokia 's market share for the second quarter is estimated to be higher than the first quarter , 2003 . "

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Palm plans to issue about 13.9 million shares of Palm common stock to Handspring 's shareholders , on a fully diluted basis .
Palm will issue approximately 13.9 million shares of Palm common stock to Handspring 's shareholders .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Authorities in Alabama said the passage of time , and the transfer or retirement of some investigators , has not hurt their case .

Meantime , federal authorities in Alabama said the passage of time has not hurt their case against Rudolph .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no