input question: The rioters shot one person in the shoulder and beat and stabbed others , police said .
On Tuesday night rioters shot one person in the shoulder and beat or stabbed others .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Police said three of them had also been detained last week and held for two days as suspects over bomb attacks in Jakarta and the North Sumatran city of Medan .
Police said three of them had also been detained last week and held for two days as suspects over recent bomb attacks .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: In a statement , the company said both bids would allow Vivendi to " maintain a substantial minority interest in a U.S. media corporation with excellent growth potential . "
S2: It also added that both proposals would allow Vivendi Uni to maintain " a substantial minority interest in a U.S. media corporation with excellent growth potential . "
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: The speaker issued a one-paragraph statement , saying , " I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel , J. Michael Boxley .

" I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel J. Michael Boxley , " Silver said .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: But he will meet the French President , Jacques Chirac , privately .

They include French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder .

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[A]: no

[Q]: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is awaiting recommendations from his commanders .

Rumsfeld is awaiting recommendations from his commanders about troop needs in Iraq .

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[A]:
no