input question: However , the talk was downplayed by PBL which said it would focus only on smaller purchases that were immediately earnings and cash flow accretive .
The talk , however , has been downplayed by PBL which said it would focus only on smaller purchases that were immediately earnings and cash flow-accretive .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: The Standard & Poor 's 500 index rose 11.14 , or 1.2 percent , to 931.41 . "
The Standard & Poor 's 500 Index gained 10.89 , or 1.2 percent , to 931.12 as of 12 : 01 p.m. in New York .
(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: " Removing the waiver means nothing when Oracle still has pending litigation in Delaware that opposes the PeopleSoft / J.D. Edwards transaction , " PeopleSoft responded .
S2: In a public statement , a spokesperson said : " Removing the waiver means nothing when Oracle still has pending litigation in Delaware that opposes the PeopleSoft / J.D. Edwards transaction . "
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: As part of the agreement to extradite the two best friends from Canada , prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty .

As part of a 2001 agreement to extradite them from Canada , prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty .

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

[Q]: Russian Yuri Malenchenko , American Edward Lu and Pedro Duque of Spain landed in their Soyuz TMA-2 capsule at 0240 GMT .

Russian Yuri Malenchenko , American Edward Lu and Spain 's Pedro Duque came down in their Soyuz TMA-2 capsule at 2 : 40 a.m. GMT .

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[A]: yes

[Q]: The report said the Corpus Christi-based agent twice called Escobar while the legislator was with the other protesting Democrats in Ardmore , Okla .

The report said the agent twice called state Rep. Juan Escobar while he was with the other protesting Democrats in Ardmore , Okla .

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[A]:
yes