input question: They served as a kind of grandstand for courtiers watching important personages arriving on state occasions. If this premise is true, does that tell us:"Courtiers often gossiped while watching VIPs arrive on state occasions."?

output answer: it is not possible to tell

input question: Or had they? If this premise is true, does that tell us:"Was it something that they had done? "?

output answer: yes

input question: Diesenhaus noted that agencies are required to fund different types of research. If this premise is true, does that tell us:"Different types of research is funded by agencies."?

output answer: yes

input question: didn't purchase If this premise is true, does that tell us:"Did not buy."?

output answer:
yes