Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A man sitting on grass reading a newspaper."
Hypothesis: "The man is killing time while he waits on his fiance to come."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. The man sitting and reading the newspaper does not mean he waits on his finance to come. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "Some children ride on a high swinging boat."
Hypothesis: "Children ride on a boat."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. Children ride on a boat is the same as children ride in a swinging boat. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Can we conclude from "A woman pointing at a toy train set with a toddler looking on." that "The woman is showing the kid a train."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. The woman is showing the kid a train by pointing at a toy train set. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A heavy man wearing suspenders is sitting on a bench next to a huge balloon arrangement." can we conclude that "A man sits on a bench waiting for his date to arrive."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. A heavy man wearing suspenders is sitting on a bench next to a huge balloon arrangement does not indicate that he sits on a bench waiting for his date to arrive. The answer is it is not possible to tell.