TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to determine if the two sentences clearly agree/disagree with each other, or if this can't be determined. Indicate your answer as yes or no respectively.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: We are asked to feel especially sorry for Richard Nixon, who endured vilification from the New York Times and Washington Post that was continual, venomous, unscrupulous, inventive, and sometimes unlawful. Sentence 2: We are told that several newspapers subject Richard Nixon to persistent negative coverage.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: 8 million weekend gross lags $10 million behind that of The Lost Jurassic Park . The The reviews were disappointing and so are the returns. Sentence 2: They reviews for the film were not very well.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The ritual dismantling of the shrines every 20 years (known as sengu-shiki) goes back to prehistoric times, when sacred structures tended to be erected for special ceremonies rather than as permanent places of worship. Sentence 2: Prehistoric sacred structures were often build specifically for special ceremonies, then dismantled after the rituals were complete.

SOLUTION:
yes