Problem: S1: After meeting with '' O 13 '' , which returned from the Netherlands , both ships returned to the West Indies .
S2: After the meeting with '' O 13 '' , which had returned from the Netherlands , both ships returned to West India .

Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?

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A: yes

Problem: (1) In bioinformatics , inverted indexes for the sequence assembly of short fragments of sequenced DNA are very important .
(2) In bioinformatics , short indexes are very important in the sequence assembly of inverted fragments of sequenced DNA .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?

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A: no

Please check if these have the same meaning.
Mahone Bay is a town located on the northwest shore of Mahone Bay , along the South Shore of Lunenburg County in Nova Scotia .
Mahone Bay is a city located on the northwest coast of Mahone Bay , along the South Shore of Lunenburg County in Nova Scotia .
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Answer: yes

Problem: William William Armstrong was born on November 14 , 1819 in Lincoln County , Tennessee , the son of John Franklin Armstrong and Mary W. I. Monroe .
John Franklin Armstrong was born in Lincoln County , Tennessee , on November 14 , 1819 , the son of William Armstrong and Mary W. I. Monroe .
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A: no

At first , he worked in public relations for the American Jewish Committee in New York and until his retirement for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston .
First , he worked in public relations for the American Jewish Committee in New York , and until his retirement for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
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yes

Problem: S1: He introduced a new Malayali - genre of drama , known as '' Mozhiyattam '' , which is a fusion of poetry and theater , to new audiences .
S2: He introduced to new audiences a Malayali genre of drama known as '' mozhiyattam '' which is a fusion of poetry and theatre .

Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?

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yes