Sentence 1: In the Rio Grande Valley, Hall's attorneys set up separate groups to assist small-business owners and residents with low-interest loans and legal representation.

Sentence 2: Small business owners in the Rio Grande Valley area were assisted by Hall's attorneys.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: All you need to do is cut interest rates, so that private spending takes up the slack.

Sentence 2: Cutting interest rates makes private spending go up.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: The jewel of the red stone courtyard, however, is the marble-clad Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti.

Sentence 2: However, the jewel of the red stone courtyard is the white decorated pillar.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
no