Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A boy and a girl go down a metal slide."
Hypothesis: "A boy and girl are in their home."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A boy and girl in their home can not go down a metal slide. The answer is no.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A boy wearing his school band uniform is standing holding his trumpet." can we conclude that "A boy holds a trumpet."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A boy must be holding his trumpet in order to hold it. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A person wearing a toga is sitting on the ground preparing a fire for food."
Hypothesis: "A toga-clad person is building a fire to cook on."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A person builds a fire for food because you need fire to cook. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A child wearing black and white swim gear kneeling in shallow water over a plastic yellow boat filled with wet sand." can we conclude that "A child wearing a black and white swimsuit is kneeling in shallow water over a sand-filled plastic boat."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. Nearly identical wording (child wearing black and white swimsuit/swim gear kneeling in shallow water over a plastic boat) implies that it is the same person/activity/setting. The answer is yes.