Problem: (1) In 2012 , he went to Canada to play with London City in the Canadian Soccer League , where he returned to Serbia to play with Srem Jakovo and Jedinstvo Surcin .
(2) He returned to Canada in 2012 to play with London City in the Canadian Soccer League , where he went to Serbia to play with Srem Jakovo and Jedinstvo Surcin .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: no

Problem: (1) '' Oliver Twist , '' published in 1838 , became one of Dickens 's better known stories , and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist .
(2) '' Oliver Twist '' , published in 1838 , was one of Dickens ' best-known stories and became the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) None of the Polish-Russian treaties concerning Kiev have ever been ratified .
(2) None of the Russian-Polish treaties concerning Kiev has ever been ratified .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) In 1944 he accompanied the American geologist De Golyer to Persia when Everette Lee DeGolyer assessed the reserves of the Middle East .
(2) He accompanied the American geologist De Golyer to Persia in 1944 when Everette Lee DeGolyer was assessing the reserves of the Middle East .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A:
yes