Student asked: If "There are a lot of women sitting and standing around a circle." does that mean that "Women hold a rally."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. Just because woman are standing in a circle does not mean that the women hold a rally. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "Two men play a game with a wooden stick and a ball."
Hypothesis: "Men play stickball in the street."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response: Let's think. There are lots of games that can be played with a stick and a ball and you can play them in places that are not the street. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "A young boy is walking towards a seagull on the shoreline of a beach."
Hypothesis: "A boy is on the beach with his sister."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A young boy is walking towards a seagull on the shoreline of a beach does not indicate that he is on the beach with his sister. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A man taking in the intense beat of the sun shining down on him while closing his eyes."
Hypothesis: "The man's eyes are open."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response:
Let's think. If a man is closing his eyes his eyes are not open. The answer is no.