Student asked: If "A crowd stands." does that mean that "Waiting for a subway."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. A crowd gathers around a drummer as they wait for a train. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A bearded man wearing a painter's cap is playing the xylophone on the side of a busy walkway."
Hypothesis: "A man with a beard is playing an instrument on the sidewalk."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A man with a beard is a bearded man and a xylophone is an instrument. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Premise: "A woman wearing a black coat and orange scarf standing in a subway station in bismarckstrabe waiting for her train."
Hypothesis: "A woman is waiting for her train while wearing black and orange clothing."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response: Let's think. A black coat and an orange scarf would be considered black and orange clothing. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Premise: "A man in an orange shirt and a baseball cap is sitting on the tailgate of a gray truck parked next to a red compact car in a parking lot."
Hypothesis: "The man is a huge baseball fan."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. The man mentioned may only be a moderate fan. Or he may not be a baseball fan at all. The answer is it is not possible to tell.