Premise: "Ashtrays and drinking glasses litter a dimly lit checkerboard."
Hypothesis: "Kids playing checkers."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
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Kids could not be playing checkers if the board is littered with items.. The answer is: no.
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Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Three young men play hockey on green astroturf."
Hypothesis: "Three hockey players stand together."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
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Young men playing hockey are hockey players and if they are playing then they are likely standing together.. The answer is: yes.
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Premise: "Four men running a marathon."
Hypothesis: "Men are running as fast as they can."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
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Not all marathon runners are trying to run as fast as they can.. The answer is: it is not possible to tell.
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