TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given a sentence pair from wikipedia that have high lexical overlap. If the sentences have the same meaning and are just paraphrases of each other label them as "Paraphrase" , if not label them as "Not paraphrase". The two sentences are seperated by a new line.
PROBLEM: They are now owned by Advance Publications , a department of Booth Newspapers .
You are now owned by Booth Newspapers , a division of Advance Publications .

SOLUTION: Not paraphrase

PROBLEM: Oblast is a Slavic term that exists in the Russian language . Russian was official in all republics .
Oblast is a Russian term that occurs in the Slavic language , and Russian was official in all republics .

SOLUTION: Not paraphrase

PROBLEM: The province of Al - Madinah is a village in Mafraq in western Saudi - Arabia .
Mafraq is a village in the province of Al Madinah , in western Saudi Arabia .

SOLUTION:
Not paraphrase