Palestinian hunger striker, Israel reach deal
Palestinian activist detained in Israeli raid

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 1

Five alternate jurors were also chosen, with a final one set to be selected Friday morning from the panel.
Five alternate jurors also were selected, with a sixth alternate to be picked on Friday.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 5

restraining extremist groups is becoming increasingly difficult because of how the groups are financed.
bruguiere stated-- restraining extremist groups particularly across europe was becoming increasingly difficult because of how the groups are financed.

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer: 4

Obama meets with Mandela family
Obama meets Zuma and pays tribute to Mandela

Rate the textual similarity of these two sentences on a scale from 0 to 5, where 0 is "no meaning overlap" and 5 is "means the same thing".

Answer:
3