Sentence 1: Flynt says he was parodying these stereotypes, but the film carefully avoids raising the issue.

Sentence 2: Flynt says he was parodying these stereotypes but he does not even know what a stereotype is.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: The critical instance case study examines one, or very few, sites for one of two purposes.

Sentence 2: Very few sites are examined.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: He followed up the slenderest clue.

Sentence 2: He picked the smallest clue to follow up on.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes