input: NBA playoffs

The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the National Basketball Association's regular season to determine the league's champion.
is the first round of nba playoffs best of 7
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output: yes

input: UEFA Europa League

In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004--05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup, and since the 2014--15 season the winner of the UEFA Europa League also qualifies for the next edition of the UEFA Champions League. The winner enters at the group stage.
do the winners of the europa league qualify for the champions league
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output: yes

input: Gun laws in New York

New York state law does not require a license to own or possess long guns, but does require a permit to legally possess or own a pistol. However, all firearms must comply with the NY SAFE Act, which bans guns considered ''assault weapons'' from ownership by private citizens, unless they were owned prior to the ban.
can you own a firearm in new york
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output: yes

input: Alternative periodic tables

Alternative periodic tables are tabulations of chemical elements differing significantly in their organization from the traditional depiction of the periodic system. Several have been devised, often purely for didactic reasons, as not all correlations between the chemical elements are effectively captured by the standard periodic table.
are there other representations of the periodic table
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output:
yes