input question: Stanford ( 46-15 ) takes on South Carolina today at 11 a.m. in the first game of the College World Series .
Stanford ( 46-15 ) plays South Carolina ( 44-20 ) on Friday in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: " Now , the other guy , he 's ashamed of his party , " Street said to crowd laughter .
" The other guy , he 's ashamed of his party , and I don 't blame him .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Question:
S1: Shares of Berkeley , California-based Xoma dropped $ 1.49 or 27 percent , to $ 4 in Instinet trading .
S2: Shares in Berkeley-based Xoma lost 77 cents , or 14 percent , to close at $ 4.72 each in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: The money was taken at 4 a.m. on March 18 , hours before the U.S. launched its first air strikes , the newspaper said .

The seizure took place at 4 a.m. on March 18 , just hours before the first American air assault .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: Artists are worried the plan would harm those who need help most - performers who have a difficult time lining up shows .

The artists say the plan will harm French culture and punish those who need help most - performers who have a hard time lining up work .

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[A]: no

[Q]: Suspected rebels also blew up an oil pipeline in north-east Colombia .

Also Sunday , suspected rebels dynamited an oil pipeline in northeast Colombia .

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[A]:
yes