Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A middle-aged woman in a black dress stands facing a little girl who is holding a stuffed animal in blue hat."
Hypothesis: "A woman in a dress is standing with a girl and her toy."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. The toy the girl is holding must be a stuffed animal in a blue hat. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Premise: "The man on the beach looking for stuff with metal detector."
Hypothesis: "A person is searching for items on the beach."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A man is the person searching or looking for stuff with a metal detector on the beach. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A happy looking man enjoying a beverage." can we conclude that "The man looks sad."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A happy looking man enjoying a beverage instead of looking sad. The answer is no.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Lets see how many people we can get to stare at us."
Hypothesis: "They are wearing a funny costume."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response:
Let's think. There are many ways we can get people to stare besides wearing a funny costume. The answer is it is not possible to tell.