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 woman is sitting on a chair outdoors with a microphone near her mouth and an instrument on her lap.
Hypothesis: A woman sings into a microphone.
Update: She begins to hum and play her instrument.

SOLUTION: strengthener

PROBLEM: Premise: A large crowd standing in front of a very large painting.
Hypothesis: A crowd is looking at a painting.
Update: The crowd is paying attention to a mime that is performing in front of the painting.

SOLUTION: weakener

PROBLEM: Premise: A man in a white shirt holds a microphone.
Hypothesis: The man is a reporter.
Update: The announcer is getting ready to introduce the next act to perform on stage.

SOLUTION:
weakener