Premise: What? She shrank against the wall, the pupils of her eyes dilating wildly.

Hypothesis: Her pupils were dilated.
Answer: yes

Premise: The town offers a wide sandy bay and, to the north, swimming from the rocks around Cabo Cope.

Hypothesis: The town is not located near water.
Answer: no

Premise: GPRA forces a shift in the focus of federal agencies-away from such traditional concerns as staffing and activity levels and toward a single overriding results.

Hypothesis: Because of mismanagement in the past, the new directive focuses solely on results.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: There is a large, bright, new casino in Schoelcher, the northern outskirt of Fort-de-France.

Hypothesis: There's a big new casino.
Answer: yes