Problem: Wwo sentences:
Officer Evans did not respond to requests for an interview last week .
Officer Evans had declined written and telephone requests for an interview .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Scribner 's body was found floating in the city 's Portage Bay , where he lived with his wife in a houseboat .

A kayaker found Dr. Scribner 's body floating near the doctor 's houseboat in Portage Bay , where he was eating lunch when his wife , Ethel , left for an appointment .
OPTIONS:
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no

Q: The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points , or 0.94 percent , to 9,109.99 , after giving up more than 1 percent earlier .

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points , or 0.86 percent , to 9,117.12 on Friday .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The state wants to lower wolf numbers in approximately a 1,700-square-mile area near the village of McGrath .
The state wants to kill the wolves in approximately a 1,700-square-mile area near McGrath to establish a moose nursery of sorts .

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A:
no

input question: The weapon turned out to be a Halloween toy .
It turned out that the " weapon " was part of a Halloween costume .

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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Standing with reporters and photographers about 150 yards from the prison gates was Brent Newbury , president of the Rockland County Patrolmen 's Benevolent Association .
" The whole thing is a travesty , " fumed Brent Newbury , president of the Rockland County Patrolmen 's Benevolent Association .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer:
no