QUESTION: Premise: "Two boys are playing ball in an alley."
Hypothesis: "Two kids are playing basketball."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. There are all kinds of different games that could be referred to as 'ball' so it is unsafe to assume that the boys are playing basketball.
Answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Two men using a pay phone."
Hypothesis: "Two men are calling a taxi from a pay phone."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Two men using a pay phone doesn't imply that they are calling a taxi from a pay phone.
Answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Premise: "A man in summer wear draws an intricate painting on an asphalt lot."
Hypothesis: "The man is painting outside on the ground."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. To draw an intricate painting on an asphalt lot implies painting outside on the ground.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A man walking in front of a cleaning van."
Hypothesis: "A man is walking."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION:
Let's solve this gradually. The man who is walking is the man who is in front of a cleaning van.
Answer is yes.