TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to determine if the two sentences clearly agree/disagree with each other, or if this can't be determined. Indicate your answer as yes or no respectively.
PROBLEM: Sentence 1: Wilde scholars note his sex scandal is curiously evocative of Clinton' A spectacular public figure denies sexual indiscretion (in the face of overwhelming evidence) rather than risk challenging conventional morality. Sentence 2: A public figure might deny sexual indiscretion rather than admitting to wrong.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: The choir and chancel do not stand on the island's granite core but on a platform formed by three crypts, with the massive columns of the Crypte des Groseiliers doing most of the work. Sentence 2: Nothing ever stands on the island's granite core.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Sentence 1: This was Johnson at his most evocative, trying to ease Kennedy out of his way while sucking up to him. Sentence 2: Johnson was trying to ease Kennedy out of his way while sucking up to him.

SOLUTION:
yes