[Q]: Oracle 's offer " undervalues the company and is not in the best interest of stockholders , " PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway said .
" Oracle 's offer undervalues the company and is not in the best interest of PeopleSoft stockholders , " said PeopleSoft President and CEO Craig Conway , in the statement .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Feelings about current business conditions improved substantially from the first quarter , jumping from 40 to 55 .
S2: Assessment of current business conditions improved substantially , the Conference Board said , jumping to 55 from 40 in the first quarter .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: " After careful analysis , WHO has concluded that the risk to travelers to Beijing is now minimal , " Omi said today at a news conference in Beijing .

" After careful analysis , WHO has concluded that the risk to travellers to Beijing is now minimal , " Omi told a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday .

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

[Q]: A beauty contest to be held in Italy next week may be the first for pixel-perfect pin-ups .

A new beauty contest kicking off in Italy next week will give pixel-perfect pin-ups the chance to steal sultry Sophia 's sex-symbol status .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The purchase is the largest conservation transaction in Hawaii 's history , the agencies said .
The $ 22 million deal , announced Thursday , is also the largest land conservation transaction in Hawaii history .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" I can tell you that it 's routine for IBM to challenge its internal IT teams to rigorously test new platforms and technologies inside IBM . "

" It is routine for IBM to challenge its internal IT team to rigorously test new platforms and technology inside IBM . "
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes