Sentence 1: 'Turns out it's much easier to break something outright than to change it a little bit,' Daniel grinned.

Sentence 2: Daniel said it's easier to break something than to change it.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: But there would not be, nor could there have been, an overall increase in prices.

Sentence 2: Prices dramatically decreased.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: The paintings became sinuous lattices, like the web of a deranged and brilliant spider.

Sentence 2: The sinuous lattices in these paintings are much like the web woven by a spider.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes