Sentence 1: McLaren's followers retaliated by taking as hostages two neighbors who had long clamored for the leader's arrest.

Sentence 2: The followers held people hostage for weeks.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: Under the Minister is the head of a department, usually referred to as the Secretary.

Sentence 2: The job of the Secretary is to assist the Minister.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: Here he comes."

Sentence 2: He's not going to come.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no