input question: Calvin Hollins Jr . ' s attorney , Thomas Royce , has repeatedly said his client had no link with the company that owned and operated E2 .
The lawyer for Hollins Jr . , Thomas Royce , has said his client had no link to the company that owned and operated E2 .

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- yes
output answer: yes

[Q]: On the Mediterranean coast of neighboring Turkey , Iraqi , U.S. and Turkish officials gathered in the port of Ceyhan for a ceremony launching the shipment .
In neighboring Turkey , Iraqi , U.S. and Turkish officials gathered at the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan for a ceremony launching the shipment .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: A grief-stricken old woman , disconsolate with grief , smeared her face with dirt , uttering : " My child , my child . "
S2: One old woman , disconsolate with grief , smeared her face with dirt , only able to utter : " My child , my child . "
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Although Mr Sorbello was taken to hospital for a check-up , he was later released .

Mr Sorbello was taken to hospital for a check-up and later released , while Mr Pennisi thinks he may have cracked ribs .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- yes
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ANS: no

[Q]: " Frank Quattrone is innocent , " Keker said in a statement .

Quattrone lawyer John W. Keker said his client is innocent .

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- yes
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[A]: yes

[Q]: Arison said Mann may have been one of the pioneers of the world music movement and he had a deep love of Brazilian music .

Arison said Mann was a pioneer of the world music movement -- well before the term was coined -- and he had a deep love of Brazilian music .

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- yes
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[A]:
no