Question:
S1: The family stopped for lunch at Freshwater Spit , where several children went to the water 's edge to play in the surf shortly after noon .
S2: Several children , including the 8-year-old , went down to the water 's edge to play in the surf .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: It will be the first handset to ship with the Smartphone 2003 version of Microsoft 's ( Nasdaq : MSFT ) Windows Mobile software , the mobile operator said .

According to the company , it will be the first handset to ship with the Smartphone 2003 version of Microsoft 's ( Nasdaq : MSFT ) Windows Mobile software .

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

[Q]: Her knees were swollen for days and she still bears scars there and on her legs and ankles .

Grieson said both of her knees were swollen for days and that she still has scars on her legs from the incident .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Random testing of security procedures should also take place .
Security assessments of these facilities should take place every three years .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The Standard & Poor 's 500 stock index ended the quarter up 120 points , a gain of 14 percent , the best performance for that broad market benchmark since 1998 .

The Standard and Poor 's 500-stock index , a broad collection of equities representing leading companies , finished its best quarter yesterday since the last three months of 1998 .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Besides the fact that Americans want to be liked , she said , there is a " huge cost when world opinion is negative to the United States .
Americans just want to be liked , she said , but there also is a " huge cost " when world opinion is negative toward the United States .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes