Question:
S1: Only 12 of the last 30 attempts to reach Mars have succeeded ( two are in transit ) .
S2: Of about 30 attempts to reach Mars , only 12 missions have succeeded .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: But he added group performance would improve in the second half of the year and beyond .

De Sole said in the results statement that group performance would improve in the second half of the year and beyond .

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

[Q]: In addition , the committee noted , " while spending is firming , the labour market has been weakening " .

" The evidence accumulated over the intermeeting period confirms that spending is firming , although the labor market has been weakening .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
It said the damage to the wing provided a pathway for hot gasses to penetrate the ship 's thermal armor during Columbia 's ill-fated reentry .
The document says the damage to the wing provided a pathway for hot gases to penetrate Columbia 's thermal armour during its fatal re-entry .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" And if that ain 't a Democrat , then I must be at the wrong meeting . "

" If that ain 't a Democrat , then I must be at the wrong meeting , " he said to a standing ovation .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Passengers would be given a refund and voucher for another trip , she said .
Passengers on that cruise are to be given a refund and voucher for another trip .

OPTIONS:
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A:
yes