Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

The chain of events which led to the collapse of Barings, Britain's oldest merchant bank, is a demonstration of how not to manage a derivatives operation.
Hypothesis: Barings was located in Bulgaria.
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Answer:
No

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

Let me tell you where the biggest discrimination comes. In public education when we just move children through the schools. My friend, Phyllis Hunter, is here. She had one of the greatest lines of all lines. She said, reading is the new civil right. She's right.
Hypothesis: Phyllis Hunter thinks reading is the biggest civil right
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Answer:
Yes

Problem:
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

He remained sitting on the floor and held his breath , wondering how she knew that he had come back .<br>If she said ' Peter ' again , he meant to cry ' Mother ' and run to her .<br>But she spoke no more , she made little moans only , and when he next peeped at her she was once more asleep , with tears on her face .<br>It made Peter very miserable , and what do you think was the first thing he did ?<br>Sitting on the rail at the foot of the bed , he played a beautiful lullaby to his mother on his pipe .
Hypothesis: Peter doesn't have a mother or father
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Answer:
No