Problem: Here is a premise:
Still, if thinness really becomes the ideal in every affluent culture--the way plumpness is in poor societies--it's curious.

Here is a hypothesis:
Plumpness is shunned upon in poor societies.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Problem: Here is a premise:
Major Buddhist temples, profiting from the suppression of Christianity during the 17th century, were established by Chinese Zen monks and designed in the style of the late Ming Dynasty.

Here is a hypothesis:
The major Buddhist temples did not profit from the suppression of Christianity.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Problem: Here is a premise:
In Rome, the highly political popes played the Lombard duchies against those of the Byzantine Empire.

Here is a hypothesis:
The Lombard duchies allied with the ones from the Byzantine Empire.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Problem: Here is a premise:
Of the traditional Japanese sports, sumo wrestling is the most popular.

Here is a hypothesis:
Sumo wrestling is the most popular Japanese sport.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer:
yes