Problem: Here is a premise:
Cigarettes stimulate thought, distract from woe, and require playing with matches.

Here is a hypothesis:
Cigarettes distract from woe, but only temporarily.

Here are the options:

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
Planning, engineering, installation, and start-up of an ACI system is only about 15 months and could be done in much less time if administrative matters, such as permitting, occur more quickly than assumed.

Here is a hypothesis:
The start-up of ACI could be started up in as little 15 months.

Here are the options:

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
yeah i can imagine i know how things are up there

Here is a hypothesis:
I am ignorant of how things work up there.

Here are the options:

Answer: no

Problem: Here is a premise:
Drew then reached across the bony back of the mule, pressed his hand up and down the sweaty, shivering hide of the black.

Here is a hypothesis:
Drew had a mule with him.

Here are the options:

Answer:
yes