Premise:
"Who are the Sticks? asked Jon."
Hypothesis: Where are the Sticks? asked Jon.

no

Premise:
"They? How many do you have?"
Hypothesis: How many do you own?

yes

Premise:
"Survivors recall three and a half years of hunger and hardship under the occupation forces, who deported many Hong Kong Chinese to the mainland."
Hypothesis: Many people living in Hong Kong were deported to the mainland.
yes