Problem: (1) In late 2003 , he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists were Mike Mills ( R.E.M . ) , Johnny Gayden ( Albert Collins Band ) and Charles Mingus .
(2) In late 2003 he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists Mike Mills ( R. E. M. ) , Johnny Gayden ( Albert Collins Band ) and Charles Mingus were .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) The company currently manages multi-strategy funds , special credit funds , including opportunistic credit funds and institutional credit strategies , real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles .
(2) The company is currently managing opportunistic funds , special credit funds , including multi-strategy credit funds and Institutional Credit Strategies products , real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: no

Problem: (1) Later , however , he became Meyna of Westerburg and married the first Count of Nassau to Beilstein after his father 's death .
(2) He later married Meyna of Westerburg and became the first Count of Nassau-Beilstein after his father 's death .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: no

Problem: (1) Hucknall Town was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway from Nottingham to Shirebrook .
(2) Hucknall Town was a railway station on the Shirebrook to Nottingham - line of the Great Northern Railway .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A:
no