Please answer the following question by reasoning step-by-step. Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A cop is standing next to a person dressed like a clown."
Hypothesis: "The police officer is beating the clown."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell. Step-by-step reasoning:
If one person is beating another he can't be said to be standing next to them. So the answer is no.