Q: " We must not engage in borough warfare , " Thompson testified at a budget hearing by the City Council 's Finance Committee .

" We must not engage in borough warfare , " the Comptroller William Thompson told the Council , according to his written testimony .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Gyorgy Heizler , head of the local disaster unit , said the coach was carrying 38 passengers .
The head of the local disaster unit , Gyorgy Heizler , said the coach driver had failed to heed red stop lights .

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A:
no

input question: Revenue rose to $ 616.5 million from $ 610.6 million a year earlier .
Revenue was up a tad , from $ 610.6 million to $ 616.5 million .

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output answer: no

[Q]: " I make no apologies for the fact that the negotiations have been undertaken largely in secret , " Mr Truss said .
Mr Truss said he made " no apologies " the negotiations had been undertaken in secret .
(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: The unions also staged a five-day strike in March that forced all but one of Yale 's dining halls to close .
S2: The unions also staged a five-day strike in March ; strikes have preceded eight of the last 10 contracts .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

input question: One of the most well studied facets of temperament is how people respond to novelty .
One of the defining and well-studied characteristics of temperament is how people react to novelty .

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output answer:
yes