Premise:
"He thought there must be about four or five people seated round a long table that took up most of the space, but his attention was caught and held by a tall man with close-cropped hair and a short, pointed, naval-looking beard, who sat at the head of the table with papers in front of him."
Hypothesis: It appears that there were at least four people at the table.

yes

Premise:
"yeah yeah i agree they're paying him too much money and uh for for the kind of money they're paying him right now i think it's one point six million dollars they can get a pretty good quality outfielder"
Hypothesis: He deserves every penny they are paying for him.

no

Premise:
"Craftsmen and architects were imported from Europe and England; the Georgian squares like Merrion Square in south Dublin were created at this time."
Hypothesis: Craftsmen and architects were underpaid by Europe and England to create the Georgian squares.
it is not possible to tell