Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A boy wearing a red shirt is shooting fireworks off a breakwall into the water."
Hypothesis: "A boy is celebrating is birthday by shooting off fireworks into the water."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A boy can use fireworks even if he is not celebrating his birthday. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A woman is jogging on a sidewalk next to an elevated grassy platform." can we conclude that "The woman is exercising."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A woman is jogging on a sidewalk next to an elevated grassy platform does not indicate that she is exercising. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "A large group of people are all leaning against a glass and steel rail."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "A group of people leaning and talking." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A group of people leaning against a rail doesn't necessarily mean they are talking. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: If "A sad mime in a black hat holding balls and sitting on a post along a path at a retail center." does that mean that "A man on a path is learning to juggle."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. Not every mime is a man. Just because the mime is holding balls does not mean he is learning to juggle. The answer is it is not possible to tell.