Student asked: Premise: "Two policeman and are on motorcycles."
Hypothesis: "A cat eats food."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. Two policeman and a cat differ both in number and species in that a cat is an animal while men are human. Eating food and sitting on motorcycles cannot be regarded as being the same activity. The answer is no.


Student asked: Given the sentence "Two people in a yellow kayak come along side a larger white kayak." can we conclude that "The people in the white kayak are speeding away from the yellow kayak."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. One can not be speeding away and come along side simultaneously. The answer is no.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A person in a yellow and black costume with a white mask is on a platform."
Hypothesis: "Contorting themselves."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. A person in costume is standing perfectly rigid like a stick in the mud. The answer is no.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A young girl dressed for a wedding amongst the bridesmaids."
Hypothesis: "A young girl dressed for the prom with her friends."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response:
Let's think. The events described do not match- a wedding is not a prom. The answer is no.