Student asked: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "An older black women wearing a straw hat and striped dress sits on periwinkle bench whilst grasping her cranberry-colored coat."
Hypothesis: "An old black woman is laying down."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
Teacher's response: Let's think. The old black woman laying down contradicts the old black woman in sentence 1 who is sitting on a bench. The answer is no.


Student asked: Given the sentence "An artist in an gray t-shirt is carving on his white serpentine shaped sculpture." is it true that "An artist is preparing for an upcoming show."?
Teacher's response: Let's think. The artist is carving on his sculpture but he isn't necessarily preparing for an upcoming show. The answer is it is not possible to tell.


Student asked: Premise: "Workers wearing yellow hard hats while working on a railroad."
Hypothesis: "People are working on the railroad."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Teacher's response: Let's think. Answer: Workers are people. In this instance they are working on a railroad. What they are wearing is not relevant. The answer is yes.


Student asked: Premise: "Skateboarder jumping down a short flight of stairs in a dimly lit warehouse."
Hypothesis: "A skateboarder is jumping."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Teacher's response:
Let's think. Skateboarder jumping down a short flight of stairs shows that skateboarder is jumping. The answer is yes.