Sentence 1: A $16 billion discrepancy may not seem much when measured against the total budget, with all its sacrosanct or unavoidable obligations.

Sentence 2: There was a $5 discrepancy.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: He apparently often tells the joke that he had better make his money at AOL, because after he leaves, no one will ever hire him because he has been so obnoxious for so long.

Sentence 2: He tells a joke about how much money he could make at AOL.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Instead, they have been reduced to discussion about whether he is prone to tirades.

Sentence 2: It should not need to be said that there are far more important things to discuss than whether or not he is prone to tirades.
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- it is not possible to tell
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell