Question:
S1: The tech-heavy Nasdaq Stock Markets composite index added 14.17 points or 0.94 per cent to 1,517.05 .
S2: The Nasdaq Composite index , full of technology stocks , was lately up around 18 points .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

QUES: The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index < .SPX > edged down 9 points , or 0.98 percent , to 921 .

The Standard & Poor 's 500 Index shed 5.20 , or 0.6 percent , to 924.42 as of 9 : 33 a.m. in New York .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: The answer , the group said , would be to " create a format that can be used by all devices but can accommodate other formats . "

The DHWG says it will instead create a format that can be used by all devices but can accommodate other formats .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gave up 3.88 points , or 0.24 percent , to 1,644.76 .
The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index < .SPX > added 0.99 points , or 0.1 percent , at 995.69 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Two hours earlier , they had recovered the body of Melissa Rogers , 33 , of Liberty , Mo .

Just before dawn Tuesday , searchers found the body of Melissa Rogers , 33 , of Liberty , Mo .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Mr. Manuel and his group entered the United States by walking across the bridge linking Matamoros and Brownsville .
Manuel and his group entered the US the same way thousands of people do every day , by walking across the bridge between Matamoros and Brownsville .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
yes