Premise: Never quite got up guts 'nough to paint their faces an' hit th' trail, not yet.

Hypothesis: They painted their faces with blood.
Answer: no

Premise: Upscale department stores have arrived at suburban malls in recent years, challenging the stalwarts like Sears and Dillard's.

Hypothesis: Suburban malls have recently brought in upscale department stores that challenge stalwarts.
Answer: yes

Premise: Broad corridors lead to the various parts of the museum.

Hypothesis: Traversing the museum is difficult because of narrow, dark corridors.
Answer: no

Premise: We strongly encouraged another program to adopt program-wide intake protocols that would make case handling consistent among all offices.

Hypothesis: Another program to adopt program-wide intake protocols was strongly discouraged.
Answer: no