QUESTION: Can we conclude from "A woman in a focus group is caught starring off into space." that "A woman is starring off into space."?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Women can stare off into space in places other than a focus group.
Answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "A young girl is picking blossoms from a tree."
Hypothesis: "A young girl is picking from a tree."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Girl is picking from a tree is rephrasing girl is picking blossoms from a tree by shortening it.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Teenage boy riding a bicycle through a grassy field."
Hypothesis: "A boy rides a skateboard on a sidewalk."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. A bicycle is different from a skateboard. A grassy filed would not be on a sidewalk.
Answer is no.

QUESTION: If "This man is selling the road signs." does that mean that "The man sells road signs."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

SOLUTION:
Let's solve this gradually. The man is selling or sells road signs is one and the same.
Answer is yes.