Premise:
"Its branches extend so far that it has had to be supported for many years by a framework of scafelding."
Hypothesis: A framework of scaffolding supported its branches.

yes

Premise:
"Yet critics insist on portraying gamblers as a pitiable class of suckers, enslaved by fantasies of unearned wealth."
Hypothesis: Critics show that alcoholics are a sorry group of suckers.

no

Premise:
"Then Israeli police said they had arrested an armed Palestinian squad in the process of abducting an Arab land dealer, evidently for execution."
Hypothesis: The police in Israel arrested armed Palestinians while abducting an Arab land dealing that will be executed.
yes