Student asked: Premise: "A woman in a red tunic plays guitar in front of a microphone."
Hypothesis: "The woman in red is buying a ticket."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response: Let's think. It is implausible that the woman buying a ticket will play the guitar at the same time. The answer is no.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A girl wearing a fairy costume rides a tricycle."
Hypothesis: "A girl riding a tricycle on halloween."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A girl wearing a costume does not mean that it is halloween. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A toddler rides a plastic vehicle while another watches in the background."
Hypothesis: "One toddler playing and the other is watching him play."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A toddler who rides a plastic vehicle is performing a specific type of playing. A toddler who watches in the background is by inference watching him play. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Can we conclude from "A woman holding a small child." that "A small child is being held by a woman."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response:
Let's think. A woman holding and a child being held by a woman is the same thing. The answer is yes.