Question:
Based on the premise "Meanwhile, by the middle of the 17th century, Dutch and British armed merchant ships had broken through the Portuguese blockade to set up their East India Companies on both coasts.", can we conclude that "The Dutch and the British made a treaty with the Portuguese to remove the blockade."? OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
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Answer:
no

Question: Sentence A: yeah whoops there's some kind of problems hello

Sentence B: There are some kind of issues with the phone.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Each of these kingdoms showed cultural vitality, exporting temple-builders together with their spices and ivory to Burma, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Java.
Ivory and spices were something the Burmese could not make.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
Well, no one exactly told me, I confessed.

Here is a hypothesis:
I guessed and was not told, but I had a feeling about it.

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

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: um i hadn't heard that one i hadn't uh got too heavy into law and order deal most of mine i'm afraid i go either mysteries or uh action adventure stuff

Sentence 2: I'm not familiar with Law and Order because I usually watch mysteries.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Premise:
"However, not all studies of a small number of instances are case studies."
Hypothesis: Some studies of small number of instances might be cross-sectional studies.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
it is not possible to tell