Student asked: Can we conclude from "A baseball pitcher in white uniform winds up for a pitch." that "The umpire calls the strike."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. Winds up for the pitch is the beginning of the beginning of the sequence of actions where calls the strike signal the end. The answer is no.


Student asked: Premise: "A very wet dog in a river."
Hypothesis: "The dog is in a river to retrieve a ball."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. Not all dogs are in a river to retrieve a ball. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A man wearing a green shirt with suspenders sits on a bench beside a large bouquet of metallic helium balloons."
Hypothesis: "The man has popped the balloons and is laughing manically."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. One can not sit beside balloons if one has popped said balloons. The answer is no.


Student asked: Premise: "A person dressed in a blue coat is standing in on a busy sidewalk."
Hypothesis: "Studying painting of a street scene."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response:
Let's think. A person is studying a painting so they can recreate it. The answer is it is not possible to tell.