QUESTION: If "A wedding is setup in a tropical area." does that mean that "There was palm trees set up at the wedding."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Let's solve it slowly: A wedding is setup in a tropical area but there aren't necessarily palms trees set up.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

[QUESTION] If "A group of people inside a building are sitting on chairs at several tables; some have coffee cups and another is looking at a netbook computer." does that mean that "The people are about to have a meeting."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
People may sit together when they are not about to have a meeting.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

Q: If "Two overweight black women wearing work uniforms are sitting on some steps." does that mean that "They talk about their boyfriends."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
A: We do not know the overweight black women are talking about their boyfriends.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Premise: "A man in a red shirt is working on a machine in the field."
Hypothesis: "A man is resting at home."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

Let's solve it slowly: One can be either working or resting. One can be either in the field or at home.
The answer is no.

[QUESTION] Given the sentence "A dog jumping up in the air next to a white house." can we conclude that "The dog is laying on the porch."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Jumping and laying are mutually exclusive activities. The dog cannot be both next to a white house (outside of the house) and on the porch (inside a part of the house).
The answer is no.

Q: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A cowboy is riding a wild horse but barely holding on at a rodeo."
Hypothesis: "The cowboy takes a long drag from his cigarette after finishing his barn chores."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
A:
The cowboy cannot be riding a wild horse and dragging his cigarette simultaneously.
The answer is no.