ariesutiono/entailment-bank-v3 huggingface dataset:
Question: In 1933, a hurricane came ashore at Ocean City, Maryland. A hurricane negatively affects a coastline by
Answer: causing erosion
Hypothesis: a hurricane can cause erosion
Supporting facts: sent1: being exposed to wind / water / animals / heat can cause erosion of soil / of rocks sent2: heavy rains cause flooding sent3: a thunderstorm is a kind of storm sent4: erosion is when wind / moving water transports sediments from one place to another place for a long distance sent5: rainstorm means rain storm sent6: rainfall is the amount of rain an area receives sent7: a hurricane has high wind speed sent8: rainfall means the amount of precipitation sent9: an area receiving rain means rain falling in that area sent10: hurricanes cause harm to living things / to buildings sent11: rain causes erosion sent12: erosion / weathering changes the earth 's surface sent13: water causes soil and rock erosion sent14: an ocean is a source of heat and moisture for a hurricane sent15: a hurricane has large amount of rain sent16: damage means harm sent17: a coast is a coastal area sent18: a storm is a source of precipitation sent19: wind carries / transports sand / dirt from one place to another place sent20: precipitation is when water falls from the sky sent21: wind causes erosion sent22: a large quantity of heavy rain in a short time increases erosion sent23: rainfall means precipitation sent24: when a hurricane moves over land , that hurricane will decrease in strength sent25: wind means moving air
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] a hurricane has large amount of rain [AND] a hurricane has high wind speed [INFER] int1: a hurricane has high wind speed and large amount of rain [BECAUSE] rain causes erosion [AND] wind causes erosion [INFER] int2: wind and rain / storms cause erosion [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int2 [INFER] int3: a hurricane can cause erosion
Question: Which of the following factors would most likely cause a hurricane to decrease in strength?
Answer: moving over a continent.
Hypothesis: when a hurricane moves over a continent, that hurricane will decrease in strength
Supporting facts: sent1: sea means ocean sent2: moving is similar to travelling sent3: motion / movement means moving / to move sent4: affected means changed sent5: most means over 50% of something sent6: if there is a loss of something then that something decreases sent7: to impact means to affect sent8: the ocean system is a kind of system sent9: determine is similar to cause sent10: throughout means over sent11: causing is a kind of affecting sent12: storm is a kind of weather / weather event sent13: the temperautre on lands is usually colder and less humid in moisture sent14: moisture and warm temperature is the source of energy in hurricanes sent15: a hemisphere is a kind of place sent16: a continent is a kind of large land mass sent17: to reduce means to decrease sent18: wind is a kind of airflow sent19: a coast is where land meets the edge of a body of water sent20: to cause an event means to make that event more likely sent21: impact means effect sent22: atlantic ocean is a kind of ocean sent23: a cause of something is a reason for that something sent24: damage means harm sent25: wind means moving air
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] the temperautre on lands is usually colder and less humid in moisture [AND] moisture and warm temperature is the source of energy in hurricanes [INFER] int1: when a hurricane moves over land , that hurricane will decrease in strength [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] a continent is a kind of large land mass [INFER] int2: when a hurricane moves over a continent, that hurricane will decrease in strength
Question: In the geologic past, abiotic factors such as volcanic eruptions have had an impact on the availability of resources. How can volcanic eruptions impact the availability of resources?
Answer: by disrupting the sunlight from reaching producers
Hypothesis: smoke from vocanic eruptions can decrease resources in an area by decreasing the availability of sunlight
Supporting facts: sent1: if something is required for a process then that something positively impacts that process sent2: decreasing something positive has a negative impact on a thing sent3: a plant requires sunlight for photosynthesis sent4: to prevent the occurence of an event means to decrease the occurence of the event sent5: green plants provide food for themselves / animals / consumers by performing photosynthesis sent6: a plant requires sunlight to grow sent7: producers are a source of food resource for primary consumers sent8: preventing something decreases the amount of that something sent9: food is a kind of resource sent10: smoke from volcanic eruptions can disrupt sunlight from reaching earth 's surface sent11: if something causes a process then that something is required for that process sent12: photosynthesis is a source of / makes food / energy for the plant by converting carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into carbohydrates sent13: producing is similar to causing sent14: a lack of something that a living thing requires prevents the survival of that living thing sent15: a plant requires photosynthesis to grow / survive sent16: harming an animal species causes that animal 's population to decrease sent17: large canopies / trees block sunlight from reaching the ground sent18: as the availability of sunlight decreases , the ability of producers to produce food decrease sent19: disrupting something from reaching something else decreases the availability of that something sent20: as the supply of food in an environment decreases , the population of animals in that environment will decrease sent21: disrupting is similar to having a negative impact sent22: as a resource required by an organism decreases , the competition among organisms that require that resource will increase sent23: sunlight means solar energy sent24: if a living thing requires something then that something has a positive impact on that living thing sent25: to receive sunlight means to absorb sunlight
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] smoke from volcanic eruptions can disrupt sunlight from reaching earth 's surface [AND] disrupting something from reaching something else decreases the availability of that something [INFER] int1: smoke from volcanic eruptions can decrease the availability of sunlight [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] as the availability of sunlight decreases , the ability of producers to produce food decrease [INFER] int2: smoke from volcanic eruptions can decrease the food produced by the producers by decreasing the availability of sunlight [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] food is a kind of resource [INFER] int3: smoke from vocanic eruptions can decrease resources in an area by decreasing the availability of sunlight
Question: Which of these is the main contributor to the formation of hurricanes?
Answer: warm ocean air
Hypothesis: warm and moist air above the ocean can cause the formation of a hurricane
Supporting facts: sent1: heat and moisture above the ocean cause the formation of a hurricane sent2: air is above the ocean sent3: warm means medium heat energy / temperature sent4: air pressure is a property of air / the atmosphere sent5: if something is required for a process then that something positively impacts that process sent6: front is a property of weather and includes unordered values of warm front / cold front / stationary front / occluded front sent7: oceans regulate the temperature of nearby land sent8: if something releases something else then that something is the source of that something else sent9: a warm front causes cloudy and rainy weather sent10: wind is a kind of airflow sent11: wind means moving air sent12: hurricane is a kind of severe weather sent13: a tropical environment usually has warm temperatures sent14: earth has air sent15: a storm is a source of precipitation sent16: hurricanes usually happen between june and november in the northern hemisphere sent17: water vapor is found in the atmosphere sent18: a cause of something is a reason for that something sent19: to cause an event is similar to being involved in that event sent20: atmosphere means air sent21: a hurricane has large amounts of rain sent22: atmospheric means of the atmosphere sent23: if something causes something else then that something else depends on that something sent24: as the atmospheric temperature increases , the amount of water vapor able to be held by the atmosphere will increase sent25: a hurricane has high wind speeds
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] heat and moisture above the ocean cause the formation of a hurricane [AND] air is above the ocean [INFER] int1: heat and moisture in the air above the ocean can cause the formation of a hurricane [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] warm means medium heat energy / temperature [INFER] int2: warm and moist air above the ocean can cause the formation of a hurricane
Question: Which event becomes more likely during a drought in a prairie ecosystem?
Answer: fire
Hypothesis: drought may cause wildfires to a prairie
Supporting facts: sent1: as the amount of rainfall increases in an area , the amount of available water in that area will increase sent2: a drought is a kind of slow environmental change sent3: a grassland is a kind of environment sent4: humans changing ecosystems / environments usually has a negative impact on an ecosystem / organisms living in an ecosystem sent5: drought is when available water decreases in an environment sent6: to prevent the occurence of an event means to decrease the occurence of the event sent7: more likely means increased likelihood sent8: as the availability of water decreases, the environment will become more dry sent9: burning a living thing usually causes harm to that living thing sent10: to cause means to result in sent11: may happen means having a chance of happening sent12: water is a kind of natural resource sent13: as available water decreases , the population of plants will decrease sent14: changing an ecosystem is similar to disrupting an ecosystem sent15: a required resource being low in availability has a negative impact on the something that requires that resource sent16: to depend on / to rely on / to need means to require sent17: rain is a source of water sent18: dry conditions can cause fire sent19: dry and hot weather for a long time can cause drought sent20: a prairie is a kind of ecosystem sent21: lack of moisture in the air causes low amounts of rainfall sent22: if something causes a process then that something is required for that process sent23: preventing something decreases the amount of that something sent24: if a plant / crop requires less water then that plant / crop will survive in a drought sent25: the decrease of something required by an organism has a negative impact on that organism 's survival / that organism 's ability
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] drought is when available water decreases in an environment [AND] as the availability of water decreases, the environment will become more dry [INFER] int1: drought causes the environment to be dry [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] dry conditions can cause fire [INFER] int2: drought may cause wildfires [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] a prairie is a kind of ecosystem [INFER] int3: drought may cause wildfires to a prairie
Question: The ocean water near the equator absorbs more heat throughout the year than ocean water near the North Pole. Which of the following best explains this difference?
Answer: The equator receives more direct sunlight.
Hypothesis: the ocean at the equator will abosrb more direct sunlight than the ocean at the poles
Supporting facts: sent1: rays of the sun means sunlight sent2: the air is warm around the equator sent3: the poles receives the least amount of direct sunlight throughout the year sent4: heat means heat energy sent5: sunlight shining means sunlight is provided sent6: as the latitude of a location decreases , the amount of sunlight in this location will increase sent7: intensity of sunlight is similar to amount of sunlight sent8: the equator has a consistant number of daylight hours sent9: polar means of the pole sent10: if something receives sunlight, it will absorb the sunlight sent11: daylight is when the sun shines on a location sent12: sunlight means solar energy sent13: solar radiation means solar energy sent14: daylight means sunlight sent15: years are a kind of unit for measuring time sent16: increase means more sent17: the equator receives the most amount of direct sunlight throughout the year sent18: the sun is a source of radiation / heat called sunlight sent19: there is ocean found at the equator and the poles area sent20: receiving sunlight is synonymous with absorbing sunlight sent21: near / close is the opposite of far / away sent22: being in the sun is synonymous with being in the sunlight sent23: to be in the sun means to be in the sunlight sent24: the earth absorbs more energy than it loses sent25: the earth being tilted on its axis causes one side of the earth / one hemisphere to receive less energy from the sun than the other side
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] the equator receives the most amount of direct sunlight throughout the year [AND] the poles receives the least amount of direct sunlight throughout the year [INFER] int1: the equator receives more direct sunlight than the poles on earth [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] there is ocean found at the equator and the poles area [INFER] int2: the ocean at the equator will receive more direct sunlight than the ocean at the poles [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] if something receives sunlight, it will absorb the sunlight [INFER] int3: the ocean at the equator will abosrb more direct sunlight than the ocean at the poles
Question: The average rainfall in Nevada is about 7 inches per year. The most likely reason for the low amount of rainfall is the
Answer: lack of moisture in the air.
Hypothesis: the low humidity in nevada causes the low amounts of rainfall
Supporting facts: sent1: as the distance from a source of something increases , that something will decrease sent2: rainfall means precipitation sent3: the decrease of something required by an organism has a negative impact on that organism 's survival / that organism 's ability sent4: a required resource being low in availability has a negative impact on the something that requires that resource sent5: water vapor is found in the atmosphere sent6: as the amount of water in air condensing into clouds decreases , the amount of precipitation will decrease sent7: rain causes erosion sent8: rainfall means the amount of precipitation sent9: a desert environment usually has a lot of sunlight sent10: the amount of something is similar to the availability of something sent11: precipitation is when rain / snow / hail fall from clouds to the earth / ground sent12: an area receiving rain means rain falling in that area sent13: water vapor condensing in clouds causes rain sent14: a desert environment is low in availability of water / availability of food sent15: as a resource required by an organism decreases , the population of that organisms will decrease sent16: lack of moisture in the air causes low amounts of rainfall sent17: as air pressure decreases , the chance of rain will increase sent18: as the amount of rain increases in an environment , available sunlight will decrease in that environment sent19: air pollution / rain can cause the ph of soil to decrease sent20: as the size of a source of something increases , the amount of something that source produces will decrease sent21: as a population of organisms increases , the resources used by those organisms will decrease sent22: if sunlight is blocked from an area then that area lacks sunlight sent23: nevada has abundant sunshine sent24: absorbing something from the air decreases the amount of that something in the air sent25: the climate is low in humidity in nevada
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] lack of moisture in the air causes low amounts of rainfall [AND] the climate is low in humidity in nevada [INFER] int1: the low humidity in nevada causes the low amounts of rainfall
Question: Windy, cloudy, rainy, and cold are words that help describe
Answer: weather
Hypothesis: windy, cloudy, rainy, and cold are all kinds of weather
Supporting facts: sent1: weather is a property of a environment sent2: clouds are located in the atmosphere sent3: the arctic environment usually is cold in temperature from being at a northern lattitude sent4: made up of means contains / made of sent5: wind direction is a property of weather sent6: to change into means to form sent7: classifying is when one sorts something by kind / type sent8: a description sometimes provides information sent9: the properties of something can be used to identify / used to describe that something sent10: windy is a kind of weather sent11: rainy is a kind of weather sent12: composed of means made of sent13: information is used to describe something sent14: classifying means grouping objects / materials by their properties sent15: weather changes from seasons to seasons sent16: a type is synonymous with a kind sent17: a weather report describes weather sent18: front is a property of weather and includes unordered values of warm front / cold front / stationary front / occluded front sent19: air temperature is a kind of temperature sent20: weather is a measure of the condition of the air in a place at a certain time sent21: cold is a kind of weather sent22: temperature is a property of air mass and includes ordered values of cold / warm sent23: cloudy is a kind of sky condition sent24: wind means moving air sent25: cloudy is a kind of weather
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] windy is a kind of weather [AND] rainy is a kind of weather [AND] cold is a kind of weather [AND] cloudy is a kind of weather [INFER] int1: windy, cloudy, rainy, and cold are all kinds of weather
Question: Jenny's class made an instrument to measure air pressure. The instrument is a
Answer: barometer.
Hypothesis: a barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure
Supporting facts: sent1: a kind of something is an example of that something sent2: can be means able to be sent3: a barometer is a kind of instrument sent4: classifying is when one sorts something by kind / type sent5: measuring is used for describing an object sent6: to measure means to calculate sent7: calculation means measurement sent8: air is a part of the environment sent9: quantity means amount sent10: observe means see sent11: an instrument is a piece of equipment sent12: instrument means device sent13: how long something takes is a kind of measurement of time sent14: data means information sent15: something is used for that something 's purpose sent16: recording an observation sometimes requires measuring sent17: temperature is a property of air mass and includes ordered values of cold / warm sent18: pressure is a kind of condition sent19: testing often requires measuring sent20: to be used for something means to be required by that something sent21: a barometer is used to measure air pressure sent22: the function of something is what that something is used to do sent23: property is similar to measurement sent24: an example of collecting data is measuring sent25: instrument means tool
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] a barometer is used to measure air pressure [AND] a barometer is a kind of instrument [INFER] int1: a barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure
Question: Which weather instrument measures air pressure?
Answer: barometer
Hypothesis: a barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure
Supporting facts: sent1: measuring is used for describing an object sent2: gas is a kind of substance sent3: a barometer is used to measure air pressure sent4: the atmosphere contains gases / liquids / solids sent5: instrument means tool sent6: gas is a kind of material sent7: temperature is a property of air mass and includes ordered values of cold / warm sent8: the atmosphere is a kind of area sent9: an example of collecting data is measuring sent10: to be used for something means to be required by that something sent11: atmospheric means of the atmosphere sent12: atmosphere means air sent13: a measurement is a kind of data sent14: instrument means device sent15: recording an observation sometimes requires measuring sent16: pressure is a kind of condition sent17: property is similar to measurement sent18: to measure means to calculate sent19: a barometer is a kind of instrument sent20: how long something takes is a kind of measurement of time sent21: air is a part of the environment sent22: recording is similar to measuring sent23: an instrument is a piece of equipment sent24: contains means located in sent25: a weather report describes weather
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] a barometer is a kind of instrument [AND] a barometer is used to measure air pressure [INFER] int1: a barometer is an instrument used to measure air pressure
Question: Which property of air does a barometer measure?
Answer: pressure
Hypothesis: a barometer is used to meausre the air pressure property
Supporting facts: sent1: pressure is a kind of condition sent2: calculation means measurement sent3: a measurement is a kind of data sent4: an example of collecting data is measuring sent5: can be means able to be sent6: air pressure is a property of air sent7: if an object is made of a material then that object has the properties of that material sent8: to measure means to calculate sent9: the atmosphere is a kind of area sent10: a barometer is used to measure air pressure sent11: atmosphere means air sent12: temperature is a property of air mass and includes ordered values of cold / warm sent13: the properties of something can be used to identify / used to describe that something sent14: determining often requires measuring / observing sent15: breathing is a kind of process sent16: measuring is used for describing an object sent17: property is similar to measurement sent18: contains means located in sent19: vapor is synonymous with gas sent20: gas is a kind of material sent21: air is a kind of nonliving thing sent22: measuring is a kind of observing sent23: instrument means device sent24: air is a mixture sent25: instrument means tool
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] a barometer is used to measure air pressure [AND] air pressure is a property of air [INFER] int1: a barometer is used to meausre the air pressure property