[Q]: This is what Dr. Dean said : " I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks .
He told the Register : " I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks . "
(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: The nine largest airlines had $ 75.4 billion in revenue last year .
S2: Since Sept . 11 , 2001 , the six largest airlines have lost a combined $ 18 billion .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: Shares of Microsoft rose 50 cents Friday to close at $ 28.34 a share on the Nasdaq Stock Market .

Microsoft 's stock was up 50 cents , to $ 28.34 a share in New York yesterday .

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

[Q]: The agent , Bassem Youssef , filed the lawsuit on Friday in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia .

The lawsuit was filed on Friday at the US District Court for the District of Columbia .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Since March 11 , when the market 's major indexes were at their lowest levels since hitting multi-year lows in October , the Nasdaq has barreled back 21.2 percent .
Since March 11 , when the market 's major indices were at their lowest levels since hitting multi-year lows in October , the tech-laden Nasdaq has climbed nearly 20 per cent .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Big Blue says the SEC calls the action a fact-finding investigation and has not reached any conclusions related to this matter .

The SEC specifically advised IBM that this is a fact-finding investigation and that it has not reached any conclusions related to this matter .
OPTIONS:
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yes