Premise:
"More important than a precise cost estimate of the transition, however, is the recognition that there will be short-term transition costs and that these costs need to be made transparent."
Hypothesis: The recognition that there will be transparent short-term transition costs is way less important than a precise cost estimate of the transition.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

no

Premise:
"I honestly believe that if Reagan and Gorbachev had not come to power when they did--if Brezhnev had lived, and if Carter had served a second term, and Mondale and Dukakis had succeeded him--the Soviet empire would be intact today."
Hypothesis: The Soviet empire did not fall under Reagan
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

no

Premise:
"(One found that country-music lovers had higher suicide rates, but subsequent research disputes these results.)"
Hypothesis: A research states that county-music lovers had higher suicide rates.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
yes