Problem: Wwo sentences:
United already has paid the city $ 34 million in penalties for missing the first round of employment targets .
United has paid $ 34 million in penalties for failing to meet employment targets .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Excluding the impact of accounting changes , Ford would have earned 13 cents a share .

Excluding the $ 56 million charge and the accounting change , Ford 's third-quarter earnings amounted to 15 cents a share .
OPTIONS:
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no

Q: Graham , a presidential candidate , was criticized by several Republicans as ' ' politicizing ' ' the report .

Graham , who co-chaired the inquiry , is a presidential candidate .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
OPTIONS:
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Mr Annan said terrorism " will only be defeated if we act to solve the political disputes and long-standing conflicts which generate support for it " .
Annan said terrorism would only be defeated " if we act to solve the longstanding conflicts which generate support for it . "

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
yes

input question: Steverson said Williams was known as a racist who did not like Blacks .
Steverson said Williams , who was white , was a racist .

OPTIONS:
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output answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 2.09 percent , while the Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX leapt 2.23 percent .
The broad Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX gained 11.22 points , or 1.13 percent , at 1,007.19 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer:
no