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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

NEW YORK Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for spearing New York Islanders defenceman Scott Mayfield in Tuesday night's game. The league's department of player safety handed down the fine Wednesday. The incident occurred in the first period of the Red Wings' 6-3 win over the Islanders. Abdelkader was assessed a minor penalty for slashing. The fine is the highest allowed under NHL rules. The money is designated to go to the players' emergency assistance fund. ___
Hypothesis: A person was given a minor penalty
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Answer:
Yes

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Barack Obama made history on 4 November 2008 when he defeated Republican rival John McCain to become the first black president of the United States. He had already broken new ground in his White House campaign, as the first black candidate to become the presidential choice of either major US party. To many people, Mr Obama seemed to come from nowhere. Although he had served in the Illinois state senate for eight years, it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence, with a speech that stirred the Democratic National Convention.
Hypothesis: Barack Obama made history on 34 November 2228 when he defeated Republican rival John McCain to become the first black president of the United States.
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Answer:
No

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Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

The Ivory Coast is a country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, and Ghana in the east. The Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) is located south of Ivory Coast.
Hypothesis: The ivory coast being city Yamoussoukro has lovely coasts
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It's impossible to say