TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a premise, a hypothesis, and an update. The premise sentence describes a real-world situation and is always assumed to be true. The hypothesis sentence describes an assumption or inference that you might make about that situation having read the premise. The update provides additional information about the situation that might weaken or strengthen the hypothesis. A weakener is a statement that weakens the hypothesis, that is, it makes you much less likely to believe the hypothesis is true. A strengthener is a statement that strengthens the hypothesis, that is, it makes you much more likely to believe the hypothesis is true. Your task is to answer with 'strengthener' or 'weakener' if the update strengthens or weakens the hypothesis, respectively.
PROBLEM: Premise: A cowboy riding on the back of a bronco in a competition.
Hypothesis: the cowboy was winning the competition
Update: The cowboy was in last place.

SOLUTION: weakener

PROBLEM: Premise: A man standing in a white shirt is conducting a small group of violin players.
Hypothesis: Bob is conducting a small group.
Update: The man's birth certificate says Robert.

SOLUTION: strengthener

PROBLEM: Premise: This man is running a large hand-dyeing operation.
Hypothesis: An elderly manager of a major hand-dyeing operations performs efficiently at his job
Update: He directs many workers.

SOLUTION:
strengthener