Sentence 1: Now, once again, the prison-cage shuddered and lifted in an upward arc.

Sentence 2: The cage was lifted upward.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Twenty to one! "Done!Ca'daan saw the northerner smile.

Sentence 2: They are lemons.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: no

Sentence 1: yeah it was just big enough for a couple of people to sack out

Sentence 2: We would lay down on our sleeping bags inside it.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell