Problem: Here is a premise:
Rome was plundered by imperial armies in 1527; the Medici were driven out of Florence and returned to power only under tutelage of the Spanish, who won effective control of the whole country.

Here is a hypothesis:
Rome had never been plundered by imperial armies.

Here are the options: OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Sentence 1: And William Martinez, 28, who cut his medical school studies short because he couldn't afford the $39,000 in loans after two years of graduate school and four years of college.

Sentence 2: William Martinez couldn't afford his student loans and had to end his education.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Question:
Finally he grimaced.

Does it follow that "He grimaced because his hand had been hurt."?
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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

Q: If Former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour, too, is working on behalf of the companies involved in the settlement, and he deserves as much scorn as his Democratic counterparts., can we say that "Just as much blame should be heaped upon Haley Barbour."?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

A: yes

Premise:
"Noting the fossil's eel-like tail and other aquatic attributes, Lee and Caldwell suggest that these proto-snakes retreated into the water, shed their legs, then slithered back out."
Hypothesis: Others have suggested that the fossil's aquatic attributes represent another species altogether.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: But they are not good reasons to tout them as cures--or even as safe.

Sentence 2: Those aren't good reasons to promote them as safe.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes