QUES: The report ranked 45 large companies based on employment , marketing , procurement , community reinvestment and charitable donations .

Of those three , only Dillard 's responded to the survey that ranked 45 large companies on employment , marketing , procurement , community reinvestment and charitable donations .

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

[Q]: She said he persisted and she eventually allowed him to fix her bike while she sat in the front seat of his car .

She said she eventually allowed him to fix her bike while she sat in his car , and they chatted .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" This blackout was largely preventable , " U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said at a briefing on the report .
" This blackout was largely preventable , " said Spencer Abraham , US energy secretary .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Kerry Kennedy Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo have been married 13 years .

Andrew Cuomo and Kerry Kennedy were married 13 years .
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yes

Q: Enron spokesman Eric Thode declined to comment on the mediation order .

" We think it 's great news , " said Enron spokesman Eric Thode .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

[Q]: Scientists have reported a 90 percent decline in large predatory fish in the world 's oceans since a half century ago .
Scientists reported a 90 percent decline in large predatory fish in the world 's oceans since a half-century ago , a dire assessment that drew immediate skepticism from commercial fishers .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
no