Question:
Based on the premise "As a technical matter, it should be noted up front that there is no requirement that the mailer or the competitor really perform any particular piece of work, only that the mail be presented so that the postal service2 does not have to do that piece of work.", can we conclude that "Mailer or competitors are required to perform all particular pieces of work."? OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
****
Answer:
no

Question: Sentence A: Some of these technologies have been raised because of system barriers to provider-based interventions.

Sentence B: System barriers have led to the rise of new technologies.

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

Answer: yes

Question: The ground meat, Slim noticed, hadn't been touched.
The ground meat had a foul smell coming from it.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
This is analogous to how allowances and auctions are handled for affected electricity generating units (EGUs) under the trading programs.

Here is a hypothesis:
EGUs are not handled any certain way.

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

Answer: no

Sentence 1: The Social Security Administration performed a cost-benefit assessment of the impact of the interim final rule.

Sentence 2: The SSA performed an assessment of the cost-benefit.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Premise:
"In the '50s, nobody wanted the movies to show all that except for the Italian ones, where the sexiest women all wore ill-fitting slips and had hairy armpits, too."
Hypothesis: In the 50's everyone wanted the movies to show all that except for the ones of Italian origin.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
no