[Q]: After hours of negotiations , a SWAT team burst in early yesterday and found Hoffine dead .
Early Friday , the SWAT team burst in and found Hoffine dead .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne , recovering from a quad bike crash , is conscious and joking in his hospital bed , his daughter Kelly said tonight .
S2: Doctors hope rock singer Ozzy Osbourne , who is recovering from a quad bike crash , will begin breathing unassisted again soon , they said today .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: Wall Street is looking for a profit of 30 cents a share in the third quarter and $ 1.31 for the fiscal year .

Analysts were expecting a profit of 30 cents a share for the third quarter and $ 1.31 a share for the full year .

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

[Q]: A spokeswoman for Interscope Geffen A & M declined to confirm how many employees were affected .

A spokeswoman for Interscope Geffen A & M Records declined to elaborate .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Two years later , the insurance coverage would begin .
Under the agreement , Medicare coverage for drug benefits would begin in 2006 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

But Secretary of State Colin Powell brushed off this possibility Wednesday .

Secretary of State Colin Powell last week ruled out a non-aggression treaty .
OPTIONS:
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- yes
yes