Premise: To him the statement implied that screening instruments should be evaluated only as a component of protocols that provide interventions.

Hypothesis: The statement implied that screening should not be evaluated as a part of an intervention.
Answer: no

Premise: How she would have gaped if she had realized that her "coarse kitchen salt" was strychnine, one of the most deadly poisons known to mankind.

Hypothesis: Strychnine is a kind of sugar used most commonly for cooking.
Answer: no

Premise: Got something I have to do. Drew went directly to the Four Jacks.

Hypothesis: Drew went to the the Four Jacks right away.
Answer: yes

Premise: 16 Program Letter 1995-1 directed LSC recipients to develop plans to stretch scarce federal dollars in the most effective, efficient ways possible.

Hypothesis: LSC is helping come up with ways to help people stretch their federal dollars.
Answer: it is not possible to tell