Problem: Wwo sentences:
" Of course the FBI agent who ran him down received nothing , " Mr. Connolly said .
And , of course , the FBI agent who ran him down received nothing - no ticket , no violation . "
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Ottawa police reported 23 cases of looting , along with two deaths possibly attributed to the outage - a pedestrian hit by a car and a fire victim .

In Canada 's capital of Ottawa , police reported two deaths possibly linked to the power outage a pedestrian hit by a car and a fire victim .
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no

Q: By late Thursday afternoon , Putnam said the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York had subpoenaed its trading documents , raising the possibility of a criminal indictment .

Earlier this week , Putnam said the Manhattan U.S. Attorney had subpoenaed its trading documents , raising the possibility of a criminal indictment .

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A: yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" This is a wide-ranging and continuing investigation which is likely to result in numerous other charges , " Mr Spitzer said .
" This is a widening and continuing investigation , which is likely to result in numerous other charges , " Mr. Spitzer said yesterday at a news conference .

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yes

input question: No charges have been filed in the deaths of the other victims ; Lupas said authorities were making progress in the case .
No charges have been filed in those deaths , but prosecutor David Lupas said authorities were making progress in the case .

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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
After their arrests , the men told investigators they paid to be smuggled into Blaine , Wash . , from Canada last month , two sources said .
After their arrests , the men told investigators they paid to be smuggled into the United States from Canada last month .
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yes