input question: Synthes-Stratec 's cash payment for Mathys would be financed with cash on hand plus bank borrowings being arranged by Credit Suisse First Boston .
Synthes-Stratec 's cash payment for Mathys will be made up of money on hand , plus bank borrowings arranged by Credit Suisse First Boston .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: In the first stage of the attack , the Lovsan worm began fouling computers around the world .
The first stage of the malicious software began Monday , when the Lovsan worm began spreading around the world .
(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: Neither military action nor large-scale bribery can solve the North Korean problem , Wolfowitz said .
S2: Indeed , Wolfowitz admitted Saturday that neither military action nor " large scale bribery " would solve the issue .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: Today , the Columbia Accident Investigation Board will issue its findings on what caused the accident .

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has placed the blame for the accident squarely on Nasa .

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

[Q]: Both Mr Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have denied that Britain had reneged on plans to involve the UN in the reconstruction of Iraq .

Mr Blair and the Foreign Secretary , Jack Straw , have denied Ms Short 's claims that Britain has reneged on plans to involve the UN in the reconstruction of Iraq .

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[A]: yes

[Q]: An officer in the People 's Liberation Army selected from a pool of 14 , Lt-Col Yang is the son of a teacher and an official at an agricultural firm .

A lieutenant colonel in the People 's Liberation Army , Yang is the son of a teacher and an official at an agricultural firm .

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[A]:
yes