Text: The Khedive Ismael had extravagant plans for numerous great works that were to be financed by Western European powers, but when he became stuck in a financial quagmire, they insisted on bringing in their own advisors to control key institutions.
Entailment: The Khedive Ismael had big plans he waned to implement.
Contradiction: The Khedive Ismael just wanted to keep things the same.