Problem: Wwo sentences:
Shares of Ahold rose 12 cents , or 2.3 percent , to 5.35 euros in Amsterdam .
Ahold 's U.S. shares rose 52 cents , or 9 percent , to $ 6.30 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Grass ' plea will leave Rite Aid 's former vice chairman and chief counsel , Franklin C. Brown , to stand trial alone in federal court starting Monday .

If accepted by the judge , Grass ' plea will leave Rite Aid 's former vice chairman and chief counsel , Franklin C. Brown , to stand trial alone next month .
OPTIONS:
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yes

Q: He was listed last night in critical but stable condition at Kings County Hospital Center , police said .

That victim , a New Jersey resident , was in critical but stable condition at the hospital .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Mr Martin said the company is " cautiously optimistic regarding some improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003 " .
We are cautiously optimistic regarding some improvement in sales and operating performance trends in the second half of 2003 . "

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes

input question: Microsoft fell 5 percent before the open to $ 27.45 from Thursday 's close of $ 28.91 .
Shares in Microsoft slipped 4.7 percent in after-hours trade to $ 27.54 from a Nasdaq close of $ 28.91 .

OPTIONS:
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output answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Microsoft has described the technology as " a brand new client platform for building smart , connected , media rich applications in Longhorn . "
Microsoft calls it : " A brand new client platform for building smart , connected , media-rich applications in Longhorn . "
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer:
yes