input question: Israel 's defense minister on Sunday raised the specter of an Israeli invasion in the Gaza Strip , where Palestinian militants already face a deadly air campaign .
Shaul Mofaz , Israel 's Defence Minister , raised the prospect of a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip , in addition to a growing air campaign to assassinate Hamas militants .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: The series will be known as the NASCAR Nextel Cup .
Before that the division was known as the NASCAR Grand National Series .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Question:
S1: Two of the six people who testified before Congress Wednesday were engaged in a bitter dispute about airing Yankees games .
S2: Two of the six people that testified to Congress today were engaged in a bitter dispute over airing Yankees games .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Some analysts estimate sales of Xolair could reach $ 260 million by 2006 and $ 750 million by 2008 .

Analysts estimate peak annual U.S. sales of Xolair will top $ 200 million .

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

[Q]: AMD will own a 60 percent interest in the new company and Fujitsu owns 40 percent .

Fujitsu will own 40 percent of the company , which will be headquartered in Sunnyvale , Calif .

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[A]: no

[Q]: When asked where the weapons were , Rice said : ' ' This is a program that was built for concealment .

" The fact is , this was a program that was built for concealment .

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[A]:
no