[Q]: Dan Powers , vice president of grid computing strategy at IBM Corp. , says he 's not worried about such off-the-shelf PC clusters threatening sales of traditional supercomputers .
Dan Powers , IBM vice president of grid-computing strategy , says he 's not worried about off-the-shelf PC clusters threatening traditional supercomputer sales .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: " When I talked to him last time , did I think that was the end-all - one conversation with somebody ?
S2: When I talked to him last time , did I think it was the end-all ?
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: The US Federal Trade Commission has also filed a lawsuit challenging Rambus .

Still pending against Rambus is a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- yes
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ANS: yes

[Q]: Revenue rose to $ 616.5 million from $ 610.6 million a year earlier .

Revenue was up a tad , from $ 610.6 million to $ 616.5 million .

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- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The case is Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates , 01-1806 .
The case decided Monday centered around an Illinois fund-raiser , Telemarketing Associates .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

The government says the changes are necessary if Israel is to compete successfully in the global marketplace and attract investment .

However , the Israeli government argues that changes in Israel ' s state-controlled economy are necessary if the state is to compete in the global marketplace .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
yes