Premise: All offer a selection of hotels, bars, and restaurants.

Hypothesis: They have a great selection of Italian restaurants as well.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: He got only a hasty glimpse of gears that seemed to be back on their tracks before Sather Karf was beside him, driving the cranks with desperate speed.

Hypothesis: Sather Karf got a long look at the gears.
Answer: no

Premise: The most accessible islands from Athens are the Cyclades to the southeast, thrown like a handful of pebbles into the sea.

Hypothesis: Southeast of Athens there are islands called the Cyclades.
Answer: yes

Premise: Then a hand full came running back, covered in blood and screaming.

Hypothesis: A handful came back, running, screaming, and covered in blood from battle.
Answer: it is not possible to tell