Q: Premise: "A cellist plays his instrument by hand."
Hypothesis: "The musician plays a cello."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
A: A cellist is one type of a musician. A cello is an instrument played by a cellist.
The answer is yes.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Two people are standing along a small canal on a dimly light street."
Hypothesis: "Two people are waiting for a boat."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

Let's solve it slowly: People standing by a canal does not always mean they are waiting for a boat.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

[QUESTION] Premise: "Two small children in asian type costumes on a stage dancing."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "The children are in a musical." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Just because two small children are on a stage dancing does not mean they are in a musical.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

Q: Can we conclude from "Martial arts students sit on the floor or stand in the background while watching a matchup between two people." that "Karate students are watching two classmates in a match."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell
A: Martial arts can be things other than karate. The two people are not necessarily classmates.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Premise: "Surveying or installing underground items in a grassy field."
Hypothesis: "Items are being installed for a city project."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Let's solve it slowly: Just because items are being installed underground doesn't necessarily mean it is part of a city project.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Can we conclude from "Looks like a male and a female posing for a picture and dressed in costumes from the 1950's." that "A man and woman get their picture taken."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

Let's solve it slowly:
Man and woman are simplifications of male and female and they would pose in order to get their picture taken.
The answer is yes.