Problem: (1) Counties include : St. Joseph , LaPorte , Marshall , Elkhart and Strong Counties in Indiana and Berrien and Cass Counties in Lower Michigan .
(2) Counties include : St. Joseph , LaPorte , Marshall , Elkhart and Starke counties in Indiana , and Berrien and Cass counties in Lower Michigan .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?

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A: yes

Please check if these have the same meaning.
Indianapolis Hoosiers was the name of three major league and at least three minor league baseball clubs based in Indianapolis .
Indianapolis Hoosiers was the name of three Major League and at least three smaller league baseball clubs in Indianapolis .
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Answer: yes

Problem: Biswas was married to Aruna Biswas . They had a daughter Jyotsna Biswas .
She was married to Jyotsna Biswas , they had a daughter Aruna Biswas .
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A: no

Under certain conditions therefore , equivalence classes of statistical ensembles have the structure of a convex set .
The equivalence classes of statistical ensembles therefore have the structure of a convex quantity under certain conditions .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
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yes

1. In 1930 , it was purchased by American Airlines to become AVCO .
2. In 1930 , it was acquired by American Airlines to become AVCO .
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yes

1. In the first movie , the Fat Lady is played by Elizabeth Spriggs , in the third film by Dawn French .
2. In the third film the Fat Lady is played by Elizabeth Spriggs , and by Dawn French in the first film .
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no