[Q]: In a statement , the Redmond , Wash . , company said that it was acquiring the " intellectual property and technology assets " of GeCAD .
Microsoft said Tuesday it intends to acquire the intellectual property and technology assets of Romanian antivirus firm GeCAD Software Srl .
(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: Bush also said he plans to meet with scientists and legal experts and will not make a determination on the bill for a few more weeks .
S2: Bush said he plans to meet with scientists and legal experts and will not decide the bill 's fate for a few more weeks .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: Martin , 58 , will be freed today after serving two thirds of his five-year sentence for the manslaughter of 16-year-old Fred Barras .

Martin served two thirds of a five-year sentence for the manslaughter of Barras and for wounding Fearon .

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

[Q]: Lee Janzen , who was tied atop the leaderboard with five holes left , finished with a 68 and tied for sixth .

Lee Janzen , tied atop the leaderboard with five holes left , finished with a 68 to tie for sixth with Bob Crane ( 67 ) at 269 .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Its second-quarter earnings per share of 22 cents was slightly better than analysts ' estimates of 19 cents a share and more than double its prediction in April .
But an earnings per share of 22 cents was slightly better than analysts ' estimates of 19 cents a share and more than double what Ford had predicted in April .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Hunt 's attorneys filed a motion late Monday in Forsyth Superior Court to have Hunt 's murder conviction thrown out .

Hunt 's attorneys filed a motion Monday seeking to have Hunt 's conviction thrown out based on the new evidence .
OPTIONS:
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yes