Premise: I've still never smoked a cigarette, although I'll enjoy a Cuban cigar if you're buying.

Hypothesis: I am not opposed to smoking Cuban cigars, but I have never tried a cigarette.
Answer: yes

Premise: Not by accident did Van Gogh come from the Netherlands, Picasso from Spain, Max Ernst from Germany, and Chagall from Russia to make their home in France.

Hypothesis: Picasso resided in Spain until he moved his studio to the United States, choosing never to visit the rest of Europe.
Answer: no

Premise: Other figures of the Reagan-Thatcher era chose other retirement plans.

Hypothesis: The other retirement plans were better.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Vrenna pulled her hood over her head and loosened her saber.

Hypothesis: Vrenna was ready to use her saber.
Answer: it is not possible to tell