France pledges military aid in Mali
Most French support military operation in Mali

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 1

Sorkin, who faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to a grand jury, was to have been tried separately.
Sorkin was to have been tried separately on charges of conspiracy and lying to a grand jury.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 5

If you leap up to make a hit, you're getting a penalty.
If your stick hits a guy in the face, you're getting a penalty.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 3

arms smugglers and drug cartels must be eliminated from southeast asia.
arms smugglers and drug cartels abet terrorists.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer:
3