[Q]: Mr Abbas said : " Every day without an agreement is an opportunity that was lost .
His Palestinian counterpart , Mahmoud Abbas , replied that " every day without an agreement is an opportunity that was lost .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Gold 's rise pulled other precious metals higher , shunting silver to $ 4.81 / 83 an ounce from $ 4.77 / 79 last quoted in New York .
S2: Gold 's bounce pulled other precious metals higher , sending silver to $ 4.83 / 85 an ounce from $ 4.80 / 82 last quoted in New York .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: The songs are on offer for 99 cents each , or $ 9.99 for an album .

The company will offer songs for 99 cents and albums for $ 9.95 .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- no
- yes
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ANS: yes

[Q]: Assani said Tuesday he did not know what to charge the men with because US officials refused to share information with him .

Prosecutors said they did not know what crimes to charge the men with because U.S. officials refused to share information with them .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
But price declines have remained below 30 percent , year over year , for the last two quarters , said IDC analyst John McArthur .
McArthur told internetnews.com price declines have moderated and remained below 30 percent from the previous year for the last two quarters .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

After three months , Atkins dieters had lost an average of 14.7 pounds compared with 5.8 pounds in the conventional group .

Three months into the study , the Atkins group had lost an average of about 15 pounds , compared with five for the low-fat group .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes