Problem: Here is a premise:
Mao Zedong himself directed the institute in 1926, and gave lectures on geography, rural education, and The Problem of the Chinese Peasantry.

Here is a hypothesis:
During his lifetime, Mao Zedong did not give any lectures.

Here are the options: OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Sentence 1: Later, Ca'daan couldn't say why he did what he did.

Sentence 2: Instead he made up an excuse to cover up what he'd done.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question:
Is this satire, or does Bertolucci really mean to suggest a higher communion?

Does it follow that "Bertolucci does mean to suggest a higher communion."?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

Q: If Oh, ay, he's been here, right enough. , can we say that "He's been here to eat before."?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

A: it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"A number of shows also weigh in on CNN NewsStand 's retraction of a story alleging American soldiers nerve-gassed American defectors in Laos."
Hypothesis: CNN NewsStand realized their coverage of American soldiers using new gas in Laos was wrong.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: There are more books, I see. He stepped to the side of the overturned table, gathered the other two volumes, and placed them together in a neat pile on the bar.

Sentence 2: There is a pile of books on the bar.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes