Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Four people are sitting on a rock out in a body of water."
Hypothesis: "Four people are out in a body of water."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. The people are out in the water because they are sitting on a rock in the water. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Premise: "A man standing in front of several cliff faces."
Hypothesis: "The man is taking a hike."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. The man on a hike could be doing a number of other things beside standing in front of cliff faces. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "A young boy is reaching into a large cluster of different balloons."
Hypothesis: "The boy is jnot reaching."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. He cant be reaching and jnot teaching at the same time. The answer is no.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A man in a brown jacket has his hand in the wheel-well of a white car in tow." can we conclude that "He is looking for the nail that caused the tire blowout."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. The man may not be looking for the nail that caused the tire to blowout. If someone does have a flat it could be a slow leak in a valve and maybe not from a nail. The answer is it is not possible to tell.