Problem: (1) Waye played his earliest football in Willunga and Renmark before arriving in Adelaide and participating in the Port Adelaide Church Association .
(2) Waye played his earliest football in Willunga and Renmark , before arriving in Adelaide and competing in the Port Adelaide Church Association .

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

Problem: (1) Greg later was thanked by Armstrong .
(2) Armstrong was later thanked by Greg .

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

Problem: (1) The Luodong Forest Railway was opened in 1920 and connected to Taiping Mountain Forest Railway in 1924 .
(2) Luodong Forest Railway was commissioned in 1920 and connected to the Taiping Mountain Forest Railway in 1924 .

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

Problem: (1) Then Martha destroys the evidence when Jack is arrested .
(2) Jack then destroys the evidence when Martha is arrested .

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