Student asked: Premise: "A surfer jumps out of the water."
Hypothesis: "The surfer dives under the water."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response: Let's think. A surfer cannot both dive and jump out of the water simultaneously. The answer is no.


Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Two men pull up the netting from the ocean."
Hypothesis: "Two men are sitting on the dock of a lake."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. If sitting on the dock of a lake you can not be at the ocean to pull up netting. The answer is no.


Student asked: Premise: "Two men are discussing the details of a small tree in a pot while other men are working in the dirt."
Hypothesis: "Men are talking about a tree."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. The tree is further defined as being a tree in a pot. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Given the sentence "A large bird stands in the water on the beach." can we conclude that "The large bird is outside."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response:
Let's think. The water on the beach is outside so if a large bird stands in it then the bird is outside. The answer is yes.