Problem: Do "the scissors" and "it" point to the same thing in the following sentence?

It is not easy to space buttonholes exactly the same distance apart, and it is very difficult to cut them precisely the right size . The tiniest slip of the scissors will make the hole too large, and even one thread uncut will leave *it* too small.

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A: no

Problem: Do "Fred and Alice" and "they" point to the same thing in the following sentence?

Fred and Alice had very warm down coats , but *they* were not prepared for the cold in Alaska.

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A: yes

Problem: Do "new groom" and "his" point to the same thing in the following sentence?

Sir Clifford wants me to find him a new groom , about twenty or twenty-one, who knows his business. His old coachman is getting feeble, and he wants a man to work with him and get into *his* ways, who would be able, when the old man was pensioned off, to step into his place.

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A: no

Problem: Do "boy" and "him" point to the same thing in the following sentence?

The boy continued to whip the pony , and eventually the pony threw him over. John laughed out quite loud. "Good for *him* ," he said.

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no