QUESTION: If "A brown dog laying on a blue cover." does that mean that "A brown dog laying."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Let's solve it slowly: The dog laying down in the second sentence is laying on the blue cover as stated in the first sentence. The second sentence describes the dog's whereabouts at the current point in time while the first sentence is describing the laying if the dog on the cover.
The answer is yes.

[QUESTION] Premise: "A male in a dark colored sweatshirt and standing behind a chair."
Hypothesis: "The man is holding the chair for someone else."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
A male isn't always a man. It's not possible to know that he's standing behind the chair because he's holding the chair for someone.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

Q: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A black man in a white shirt is cooking on a commercial stove."
Hypothesis: "The man is washing dishes in the commercial dishwasher."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
A: The man can't be washing dishes in the dishwasher if he's cooking on a stove.
The answer is no.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A fireman on a ladder fixing a telephone pole with flames in the background."
Hypothesis: "The fireman sat in the firetruck while the telephone pole was burning."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

Let's solve it slowly: If a fireman on a ladder then he is not in the firetruck.
The answer is no.

[QUESTION] Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Two opposing soccer team players communicating."
Hypothesis: "Two soccer player who are good friends are talking together."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
The opposing players are not necessarily good friends just because they are communicating with each other. There are other ways to communicate without talking.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

Q: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Two cyclists are coming around a corner in what appears to be a race."
Hypothesis: "One cyclist is ahead of the other."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
A:
During a race one cyclist is not always ahead of the other.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.