Question: Sentence A: Although many passenger lines have gone out of use as the railroad declined in importance, one line in particular has been kept in operation, primarily because it travels through some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain.

Sentence B: There is no active railroad in the UK, most of the people travel by cars and planes.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: no

Question: With its detailed carvings, the beautiful abbey was an important center of worship but continued to have royal connections because of the surrounding hunting grounds.
The abbey maintained its royal connections due to the hunting grounds around it.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
However, CBO has pointed out that the recent burst in productivity may prove temporary if the new economy turns out to be just a flash in the pan.

Here is a hypothesis:
CBO has pointed out that the recent burst in productivity may prove temporary

Here are the options: OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: On the waterfront itself is Nippon-maru Memorial Park, where pride of place goes to the three-masted sailing ship popularly called the Swan of the Pacific.

Sentence 2: The waterfront is a tourist attraction nowadays.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question:
We also coordinated with other GAO representatives to identify states that had taken actions to reduce improper payments in federal programs in which program management is a state responsibility, such as the Food Stamp program.

Does it follow that "We worked on our own to identify states that had taken action to reduce improper federal programs payments."?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Answer:
no

Question:
Based on the premise "In evolving its products this way, Caterpillar is able to use modeling and simulation prior to initial manufacturing because it has existing products to provide a baseline of knowledge and a good benchmark for assessing the simulated performance.", can we conclude that "Caterpillar doesn't have a knowledge baseline derived from its currently existing products."? OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
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Answer:
no