Sentence 1: The assertion that Java is about as hard for a COBOL programmer to learn as C is sent the needle on my BS detector into the red zone.

Sentence 2: The idea that Java and C are equally hard to learn is ridiculous.
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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Instructions for the preparation of hypersaline brine by concentrating natural seawater are provided below.

Sentence 2: Concentrated natural seawater is the same as seawater from the ocean.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: Who chases you?Perhaps it is we who chase them, old man," said Adrin.

Sentence 2: Adrin threatened the old man, saying that he would chase him.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

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it is not possible to tell