[Q]: The rioters shot one person in the shoulder and beat and stabbed others , police said .
On Tuesday night rioters shot one person in the shoulder and beat or stabbed others .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: " Our party will never be the choice of the NRA - and I am not looking to be the candidate of the NRA , " he said .
S2: Our party will never be the choice of the N.R.A. , and I 'm not looking to be the candidate of the N.R.A. , " a reference to the National Rifle Association .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: A total of 114 soldiers were killed in the active combat phase that began March 20 .

A total of 114 U.S. soldiers were killed between the start of the war March 20 and the end of April .

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

[Q]: " If the other rating agencies also downgrade us ..

The two other national rating agencies are waiting to take action .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The first biotechnology treatment for asthma , the constriction of the airways that affects millions around the world , received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration yesterday .
The first biotechnology treatment for asthma , the constriction of the airways that affects millions of Americans , received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" There is no conscious policy on the part of the United States to move the dollar at all , " Snow said .

" There is no conscious policy of the United States , I can assure you of this , to move the dollar at all , " he said .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes