Sentence 1: Close's work from the '80s and the '90s loses something of his earlier provocativeness.

Sentence 2: The provocativeness that was present in Close's earlier work was missing from the work of the '80s and '90s.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: (The magazine revised its methodology to reward high spending on instruction.)

Sentence 2: The magazine changed its methodology to reward some readers.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: Israel gained total control of Palestine, including Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank, as well as Egypt's Sinai and Syria's Golan Heights.

Sentence 2: Israel lost all control.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no