Premise: The drums are now thumped once a year to mark the sacrifices of water buffalo during the Dasain festival in October.

Hypothesis: The Dasain festival is in May.
Answer: no

Premise: He copied the contents from a portal for career-minded people, from the profile of one Richard Ciemiecki, winner of the 'manager of the minute' contest (second one in a row at 23:28, in the field of telecommunications.)

Hypothesis: Ciemiecki won the "manager of the minute" contest.
Answer: yes

Premise: This was once the commercial center of the Old Town, including a weekly fabric market.

Hypothesis: The Old Town did not have a commercial center, businesses were all spread out.
Answer: no

Premise: By the end of the third quarter, he'd cobbled together 18 sloppy points to Pippen's authoritative 28.

Hypothesis: He dominated the play of the entire game.
Answer: no