QUESTION: Given the sentence "People going up an escalator in the mall." is it true that "A crowd by some stairs."?

Let's solve it slowly: People by stairs doesn't automatically imply they are on an escalator.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Given the sentence "Two dogs are standing in snow." is it true that "The smaller one barking at the larger one."?

Let's solve it slowly: Two dogs are near each other the smaller one barks at the big one.
The answer is yes.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A baseball player in blue and gray stands on the pitchers mound and winds up for the pitch."
Hypothesis: "A man is about to throw his 10th strikeout in a row."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

Let's solve it slowly:
Just because a player is pitching does not mean that they are about to throw their 10th strikeout in a row.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.