Premise: that one pint of brake fluid can contaminate so many gallons of water you know like hundreds of gallons of water

Hypothesis: brake fluid isn't a powerful contaminant, since it's so easily diluted in water
Answer: no

Premise: To divert suspicion from himself, is it not so?

Hypothesis: He does not reveal his motives, does he?
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Arguing for a quick end to the Chechen war, both Albright and Berger appeal not to Putin's mercy but to his political interests.

Hypothesis: Albright and Berger make a request to Merkel's political interests.
Answer: no

Premise: But eight months after Madrid had authorized home rule for Puerto Rico, American troops arrived to take it away.

Hypothesis: American troops took control of Puerto Rico soon after Spain gave it up.
Answer: yes