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: Three boys on a basketball court, wearing team uniforms, are attempting to reach a basketball which is not photographed but appears to be descending just out of their reach.
Hypothesis: there is a tie game
Update: The teams can't score on each other.

SOLUTION: strengthener

PROBLEM: Premise: A person is writing on a chalkboard in a empty classroom.
Hypothesis: A man is doing math on a chalkboard.
Update: the person is a talented drawer.

SOLUTION: weakener

PROBLEM: Premise: A man in yellow looks to be DJing for Smirnoff at a party.
Hypothesis: The man is a professional DJ.
Update: The man owns the DJ equipment.

SOLUTION:
strengthener