Premise:
"From here you can see north along the beach; the only blot on the landscape is the unfinished Novo Mondo hotel a notorious, 8-story white elephant completely out of proportion with the rest of the island."
Hypothesis: The Novo Mondo hotel is unfinished because they ran out of money.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
Hypothesis: Someone asks if another person can tell them where they are.

yes

Premise:
"Here too, it is the sculpture rather than the form that gives the temple its impact."
Hypothesis: The sculptures are of religious and historical figures.
it is not possible to tell