[Q]: On Wall Street , trading resumed with some glitches from the blackout that continued to affect parts of New York City .
Stocks barely budged Friday as trading resumed with some glitches from the blackout 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]: no

Question:
S1: Selenski had previously spent seven years in prison on a bank robbery conviction .
S2: Selenski had served about seven years in prison for bank robbery .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Late last month Microsoft restricted access to its MSN Messenger network .

Microsoft last month said it is updating its MSN Messenger service in October .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- yes
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ANS: no

[Q]: His opinion contradicts one issued in 1992 by then-Attorney General Bob Stephan .

Kline 's legal opinion differs from the interpretation issued by former Attorney General Bob Stephan in 1992 .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
In the settlement , Tyrer agreed to pay $ US1.06 million in allegedly ill-gotten trading profits and $ US342,195 in interest , the SEC said .
To settle the charges , Mr. Tyrer agreed to surrender $ 1.06 million in trading profits and $ 342,195 in interest .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Larger rivals , including Tesco and Sainsbury ' s , were excluded from the bid battle following a Competition Commission inquiry last month .

A Competition Commission inquiry last month has already excluded larger rivals Tesco , Asda and J Sainsbury from the bid race .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
no