Question:
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., on Monday, threw their weight behind the next-generation, HD DVD format being promoted by Toshiba Corp., in a blow to Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray format.
Is this true?
Microsoft Corp. is a partner of Intel Corp.
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Answer:
no
Problem: Oil prices, notoriously vulnerable to political events, spiked as high as $40 a barrel during the Gulf War in 1991.

Based on that paragraph can we say the following?
The Gulf War was fought in 1991.

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Answer: yes
Q: The Pakistani news source GEO states that the first explosion occurred at 9:05 local time (0505 UTC), with the second explosion occurring minutes afterwards. The explosions occurred at the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, about 60 feet (18 meters) from the consulate gate. Damage to the building as well as over ten nearby vehicles was also reported. The Associated Press reports that the same consulate has been targeted twice in the recent past: an attack in 2002 left 14 Pakistanis dead, and in 2004 police defused a time bomb before it was set to detonate.
There is a Marriott Hotel in London.
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A: no
Begum, who had to borrow to buy bamboo to make stools, received 25 cents a day from moneylenders. After giving them stools to pay off her debt, she was left with 2 cents a day, barely enough to feed herself.
Can we say the following?
Begum was not able to feed herself.
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no
Question: On the eve of a widely anticipated retaliation against Russian forces in Grozny, military commanders withdrew key units from the city, leaving it vulnerable to guerrilla infiltration.

Russian forces vulnerable to guerrilla fighters

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Answer: no
Question:
For the first time in history, the players are investing their own money to ensure the future of the game, Atlanta Brave pitcher Tom Glavine said.
Is this true?
Tom Glavine plays for the Atlanta Braves.
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yes