Premise:
"The academy's lifetime members ' chosen in hotly contested elections ' regularly produce edicts on French terminology and usage; among words recently declared legal were le ketchup and le hamburger."
Hypothesis: There is no group producing edicts on French terminology.

no

Premise:
"Quite shocked."
Hypothesis: Happily alarmed.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"yeah i know really i know i really i don't know i i think that i mean i think that they really are doing a good thing now and i hope it keeps it well i'm sure it'll keep up"
Hypothesis: i believe they're doing something beneficial and positive
yes