QUESTION: Given the sentence "3 old men sitting and talking to one another." is it true that "Three old guys who have known each other for 40 years have gotten together for their weekly coffee and conversation."?

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. The men may not have known each other for 40 year and may not be having weekly coffee.
Answer is it is not possible to tell.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Parent holding up a child over a swing."
Hypothesis: "Someone is watching while their child is swinging on a swing outside."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Person is either holding a child over a swing or child are themselves swinging.
Answer is no.

QUESTION: Given the sentence "A boy in the middle of a pitch at a baseball game." is it true that "There is a boy playing baseball."?

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. A boy in the middle of a pitch is playing baseball.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "A climber is reaching for a large crack in the rock face."
Hypothesis: "A cragsman scales a large rock."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

SOLUTION:
Let's solve this gradually. A climber reaches for a crack in a rock face so he must be climbing a large rock.
Answer is yes.