Next Question: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A gentleman is about to release a bowling ball down his lane in hopes of picking up a spare."
Hypothesis: "A man is about to release a large ball."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
My Answer: Let's think. As large is relative term it is not certain that a bowling ball can be described as a large ball. The answer is it is not possible to tell.
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Next Question: Premise: "A blue car and a red car are racing on a track."
Hypothesis: "A blue car is in the garage while the red car is loaded on a trailer."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
My Answer: Let's think. The cars cannot be racing if one is in the garage and the other is being loaded on the trailer (both activities which require the cars to be parked). The answer is no.
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Next Question: Given the sentence "A gold colored street performer is standing in the street." can we conclude that "The performer stands."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
My Answer:
Let's think. The performer refers to gold colored street performer standing in the street. The answer is yes.
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