Problem: Here is a premise:
who stirs inarticulate passion by singing very much like a woman (Mark Levine, The New Yorker ). Critics are surprised by the success of the New York City Opera at transposing Handel's piece from ancient Greece to 18 th -century England.

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The New York City opera had transposed Handel's play that consisted of scenes from ancient Greece to 18th century England.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
and you know that was just a couple lines and you push a button and you hear a train and then the the the toot toot

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You push a button and you hear a train, and the toot toot sound

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
'Don't worry, don't worry,' he repeated insistently.

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He told me several times not to worry.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
These high rates of return seem to contradict economists' general expectations that increasing the supply of capital reduces its return and thus seems to indicate a rise in total factor productivity.

Here is a hypothesis:
Economists' expectations have been confounded by the fact that more capital may suggest a rise in productivity.

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- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

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yes