Premise: I fully appreciate that much work may be needed before agencies' respective performance management systems are able to support a more direct link between pay and individual knowledge, skills, and performance.

Hypothesis: The performance management services may not be able to support a more direct link between pay and individual performance at this moment.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer: yes

Premise: Castro's fledgling government immediately ordered rents reduced, new wage levels set, and estates limited in size to 390 hectares (966 acres).

Hypothesis: Castro's seasoned government ordered that the rents be increased substantially.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer: no

Premise: Down to earth, the Sha Tin Racecourse can accommodate over 80,000 spectators and is equipped with every imaginable luxury, including a giant video screen facing the stands, and for the horses, air-conditioned stables.

Hypothesis: The Sha Tin Race course can accommodate only three hundred fans.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer: no

Premise: Twenty weeks? Mieczyslaw couldn't believe it, and his brown eyes got so big the room went half-dark.

Hypothesis: He couldn't believe it would take twenty weeks.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer: yes