input question: Under the settlement , Solutia will pay $ 50 million in equal installments over a period of 10 years .
Under the agreement , Solutia will pay $ 50 million and Monsanto will pay $ 390 million .

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output answer: no

[Q]: Woori Finance is the only large bank remaining to be sold but the government still has large stakes in several other lenders .
Woori Finance is the only large bank still to be sold but the state retains large stakes in several others , leading to suspicions of government meddling in lending decisions .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]: no

Question:
S1: Market sentiment was subdued after International Business Machines Inc . IBM.N said U.S. securities regulators were investigating the accounting of the world 's largest computer company .
S2: Market sentiment was also cautious after International Business Machines Inc . IBM.N said that federal securities regulators had begun an investigating into its accounting .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Nine traffic deaths were blamed on the storm in North Carolina , Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington .

At least 36 deaths have been blamed on the storm , 20 of them in Virginia .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

[Q]: PeopleSoft , of Pleasanton , California , said the deal would increase its 2004 earnings , excluding amortization and other items .

But PeopleSoft said the new deal should add to its 2004 earnings , excluding amortization and other items .

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[A]: yes

[Q]: " It 's probably not the easiest time to come in and take over the shuttle program , but I look forward to the challenge , " Parsons told reporters at NASA headquarters .

" It 's probably not the easiest time to come in and take over the shuttle program , " Mr. Parsons said at a news conference at NASA headquarters .

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[A]:
yes