Question: Here is one sentence: In an optimization problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimized.
Here is another sentence: The simultaneous optimization of growth and profitability.
Does the optimization mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals.
Here is another sentence: He posed her against a background of rolling hills.
Does the background mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: His claim that he was innocent.
Here is another sentence: Evidence contradicted the government's claims.
Does the claim mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: It will pay to wait.
Here is another sentence: He paid me 5000 pounds for the car.
Does the pay mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
different meanings