Sales for the quarter beat expectations, rising 37 percent year-on-year to 1.76 billion euros.
Sales rose 37 per cent year-on-year to 1.76bn, beating expectations.

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: 4

Senate confirms Yellen as Fed head
US Senate confirms Yellen as Fed's next chair

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: 4

The skinny cows are standing on the grass.
The white ducks are standing on the ground.

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

The lady added cheese to the sauce.
A man pours a plate of shredded cheese into a pot of sauce.

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:
2