Q: Given the sentence "A little boy is playing soccer." is it true that "The boy is near a ball."?
A: The boy is playing soccer which means he is near a ball.
The answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "At a men's basketball game."
Hypothesis: "Number twenty-one goes for the shot even though he is getting double teamed by the boys in blue."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

Let's solve it slowly: A man is attempting one last shot before the timer runs out.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

[QUESTION] Can we conclude from "A band practicing with viewers." that "A band is playing music."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
The band is practicing so that means they must be playing music.
The answer is yes.

Q: Given the sentence "One person is whispering to another." can we conclude that "A person whispering to another."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
A: One person is whispering to another means the same as person whispering to another.
The answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "A girl about to serve a volleyball that is in a tournament."
Hypothesis: "A girl wearing white is playing with her friends."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

Let's solve it slowly: Girls do not always play in volleyball tournaments with their friends.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A black dog is in midair as a woman behind it cheers."
Hypothesis: "A dog is performing tricks for a woman."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

Let's solve it slowly:
The dog is in midair but that doesn't necessarily imply the dog is performing tricks for the woman.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.