Premise:
"The 17th-century buildings owe much of their splendor to the structures brought here from Hideyoshi's opulent Fushimi Castle on the south side of Kyoto (dismantled by a Tokugawa shogun in 1632)."
Hypothesis: The buildings that were made during the 17th century were spendid.

yes

Premise:
"As discussed in the previous section on risk analysis, the central security groups served primarily as advisers or consultants to the business units, and, thus, they generally did not have the ability to independently dictate information security practices."
Hypothesis: The previous section section didn't cover how central security groups act as consultants or advisers to business units.

no

Premise:
"Ah, yes, those wily Asians."
Hypothesis: Those crafty Chinese.
it is not possible to tell