Premise:
"Long ropes were looped around enormous slabs of quarried rock."
Hypothesis: Long cables were tied around huge slabs of rock.

yes

Premise:
"The Romans built their most advanced outpost on the Iberian peninsula, but left nothing of consequence in Madrid."
Hypothesis: The Romans had considered using Madrid as an area of operations.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"It is documentary evidence against me."
Hypothesis: That book is a piece of evidence against me.
it is not possible to tell