[Q]: The stalemate , over less than 1 percent of the budget , is more about politics than policy .
The stalemate involved less than 1 percent of the budget and had little to do with policy but everything to do with politics .
(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: Peterson was arrested near Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla on April 18 , the day DNA testing identified the bodies .
S2: Peterson , 30 , was arrested in La Jolla April 18 after the two bodies were identified through DNA tests .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Top U.S. executives are feeling increasingly sunny about business conditions and corporate profits , according to a survey released Monday .

Business confidence among top U.S. executives hit a 12-month high in the second quarter , according to a survey released Monday .

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

[Q]: " It should have reported that it was sailing with an atomic bomb cargo , " Anomeritis said , referring to the quantity of explosives on board .

" It should have declared that it was sailing with a cargo that was like an atomic bomb , " said Anomeritis .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Indeed , prior defense filings said Moussaoui contended he was part of a post-Sept . 11 operation outside the United States .
Previous defense filings said Moussaoui was to be part of an operation outside the United States .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

When the manager let him in the apartment , Brianna was in her mother 's bedroom lying in a baby 's bathtub , covered with a towel and watching cartoons .

When a manager let him into the apartment , the youngster was lying in a baby 's bathtub , covered with a towel and was watching a TV cartoon channel .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
yes