Premise: 'We'll get you some more fitting clothes, and then it's off to meet your maker.'

Hypothesis: You don't need any new clothes, you'll be off immediately.
Answer: no

Premise: just before it winds down (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). Still, the show, having sold out its initial run, is being extended.

Hypothesis: The show is one of the most popular ever put on.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: They continued their duel, piercing, parrying, dodging, spinning.

Hypothesis: They fought violently with weapons.
Answer: yes

Premise: Similar diagnoses and prescriptions appear in later inaugurals.

Hypothesis: These diagnoses and prescriptions are similar to ones in previous inaugurals.
Answer: yes