[Q]: Massachusetts does not have a state death penalty , and only once before - in Michigan - has the federal death penalty been given in a state without capital punishment .
Massachusetts has no state death penalty , and only once before -- in Michigan -- has the federal death penalty been given in a state without capital punishment .
(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 name for the robot , due to be launched at 2 : 05 p.m. , was selected from among 10,000 names submitted by U.S. school children .
S2: The name for the robot , due to be launched at 2 : 05 p.m. ( 7 : 05 p.m. ) on Sunday , was selected from among 10,000 names submitted by U.S.
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gave up 3.88 points , or 0.24 percent , to 1,644.76 .

The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index < .SPX > added 0.99 points , or 0.1 percent , at 995.69 .

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

[Q]: The companies uniformly declined to give specific numbers on customer turnover , saying they will release those figures only when they report overall company performance at year-end .

The companies , however , declined to give specifics on customer turnover , saying they would release figures only when they report their overall company performance .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" We are starting the epidemic with more cases and more areas affected than last year .
" It indicates we are starting the epidemic with more cases than last year , " Gerberding said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Prosecutors said there is no question Waagner was behind the letters , which were sent at the same time of the anthrax attacks .

Prosecutors said there is no question Waagner was behind the letters , which were sent at the same time that real anthrax attacks were killing people in 2001 .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
yes