Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
" I 'm quite positive about it except I wouldn 't want it to cut across anything now occurring and she accepts that , " he said .
" I 'm quite positive about it , except that I would not want to cut across things that are now occurring , " he said .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
A:
no

input question: He has also directed " The Flintstones , " " Beethoven , " and " Jingle All The Way . "
Levant 's other credits include " The Flintstones , " " Jingle All the Way " and " Beethoven . "

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- no
- yes
output answer: yes

[Q]: " It still remains to be seen whether the revenue recovery will be short-lived or long-lived , " Mr. Sprayregen said .
" It remains to be seen whether the revenue recovery will be short- or long-lived , " said James Sprayregen , UAL bankruptcy attorney , in court .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: " He did a bad job going up there , " Mr. Villalona said .
S2: Villalona put it more bluntly : ''He did a bad job going up there , ' ' he said .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: " We have found the smoking gun , " board member Scott Hubbard said .

" We have found the smoking gun , " said Hubbard , director of NASA 's Ames Research Center in California .

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

Question:
S1: About 1,557 genes on chromosome 6 are thought to be functional .
S2: The remaining 1,557 genes are believed to be all functional .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes