input question: The budget analysis comes as negotiations between the City Council and the Bloomberg administration heat up .
Budget negotiations between the mayor and the City Council are entering high gear .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Investigations by the Air Force inspector general and the Defense Department also are under way .
The Air Force inspector general and the Pentagon also are investigating .
(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: Apple has also built a new VPN ( define ) server into Panther Server that supports Mac OS X , Windows or UNIX clients using PPTP and L2TP tunneling protocols .
S2: A new VPN server built into Panther Server supports Mac OS X , Windows or UNIX clients using PPTP and L2TP tunneling protocols .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Furthermore , chest tightness after exercise and prevalence of asthma were both linked to the amount of time spent at the pool .

Chest tightness after exercise and overall prevalence of asthma were also linked to the total amount of time spent at indoor pools .

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

[Q]: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , by J.K. Rowling , Scholastic , 870 pages , $ 29.99 .

In ' ' The Order of the Phoenix , ' ' Harry is 15 , and fully a teenager at last .

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[A]: no

[Q]: " Any decision on Charleroi will have huge implications for regional airports in France , " he said .

" A bad decision on Charleroi would have huge implications for state-owned regional airports in France .

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[A]:
yes