[Q]: Albertson 's and Kroger 's Ralphs stores locked out their workers in response .
Kroger 's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity .
(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: The companies said " it was not our intention to target or offend any group or persons or to incite hatred or violence . "
S2: " In creating the game , it was not our intention to target or offend any group or persons or to incite hatred or violence against such groups persons . "
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: They did not nationalize them , " Manouchehr Takin , an analyst at the Center for Global Energy Studies in London , said .

They did not nationalize them , " said Manouchehr Takin of the Center for Global Energy Studies .

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

[Q]: Both NASA and Russian space officials said it posed no danger to the crew .

American and Russian space officials stressed there is no immediate danger to the crew or the operation of the orbiting outpost .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
He also could be barred permanently from the securities industry .
Young faces a fine , suspension or being permanently barred from the securities industry .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Five foreign embassies , including the Singapore embassy , in Bangkok were among the targets , it said .

Five foreign embassies in Bangkok , including the Singapore embassy , were among those targeted .
OPTIONS:
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yes