Problem: (1) The river Cheia is a tributary of the River Silia in Romania .
(2) The Silita River is a tributary of the Cheia River in Romania .

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

Problem: (1) Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom was born in Schellingwoude in Amsterdam and studied painting with Andreas Schelfhout , a leading romantic landscape painter .
(2) Andreas Schelfhout was born in Schellingwoude now in Amsterdam . He studied painting with Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom , a leading Romantic landscape painter .

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

Problem: (1) He married Mary Ellen Blanche Crookes ( 1870-1935 ) , daughter and co-founder of Septimus Wilkinson Crookes and Anne Blanche Harriet Proctor in 1901 .
(2) He married in 1901 Anne Blanche Harriet Proctor ( 1870-1935 ) , daughter and coheiress of Septimus Wilkinson Crookes and Mary Ellen Blanche Crookes .

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

Problem: (1) Lemmings , by contrast , are conspicuously colored and behave aggressively towards predators and even human observers .
(2) By contrast , the lemmings are strikingly colored and behave aggressively towards predators and even human observers .

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