def get_bool(x):
    """
    Return True if the 2 are the same, else False
    :param x: (gold, pred)
    """
    gold, pred = x

    # make sure that formats are the same
    gold = str(gold).lower().strip().rstrip(".")
    pred = str(pred).lower().strip().rstrip(".")

    if gold == pred:
        out = True
    else:
        out = False
    return out