Question:
S1: The Syrian government has said nothing in public about the raid .
S2: The Syrian government has had no public reaction to the clash .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: " We have found the smoking gun , " board member Scott Hubbard said .

" We have found the smoking gun , " said Hubbard , director of NASA 's Ames Research Center in California .

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

[Q]: Comcast Class A shares were up 8 cents at $ 30.50 in morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market .

The stock rose 48 cents to $ 30 yesterday in Nasdaq Stock Market trading .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The contract also includes a $ 200,000 buyout .
Perkins also had a $ 200,000 buyout clause in his contract .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Vanderpool said the gunmen were retaliating because the other group had taken the smugglers ' human cargo earlier .

One group had taken the other group 's human cargo earlier , he said .
OPTIONS:
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- yes

no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
That package included increases to both the city 's sales and income taxes .
He also objects to the sales and personal income tax increases in the package .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A:
no