The hurricane indirectly killed one person and directly killed two in the state .
The hurricane indirectly killed a person and killed two directly in the state .

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yes

1. Dora Lee McClain was born in Montgomery , Alabama , as the daughter of a single mother Boyd .
2. Boyd was born in Montgomery , Alabama , the daughter of single mother Dora Lee McClain .
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no

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Shiawassee County is a civil township of Bennington Township in the U.S. state of Michigan .
Shiawassee County is a civil community of the Bennington Township in the U.S. state of Michigan .
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[A]: yes

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Munro was chairman of the Highfields Shire Council from 1888 to 1913 and of the Highfields Divisional Board from 1915 to 1917 .
From 1888 to 1913 , he was chairman of the Highfields Divisional Board and , from 1915 to 1917 , Chairman of the Highfields Shire Council .

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Problem: S1: His father had been a blacksmith and inventor and had worked in Scotland with an iron rope .
S2: Of Scotland , His father had been a blacksmith and an inventor , and had worked with iron rope in California .

Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?

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George Henry Compton Cavendish , first son of the second Earl of Burlington , was Member of Parliament for Aylesbury .
George Henry Compton Cavendish , the first son of the second Earl of Burlington , was a Member of Parliament for Aylesbury .

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yes