QUESTION: Given the sentence "A basketball player in a blue jersey holds the ball high." can we conclude that "A basket ball player holds the ball high in the air."?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Holding the ball high in something other than air would require that the basketball court be either underwater or on a different planet.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Ladies wearing pink dresses and heels looking towards other people."
Hypothesis: "Women looking at other people."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. Ladies wearing pink dresses are also women and looking towards other people is the same as looking at other people.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "A bald man with a tremendous gray beard sits behind a white van."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "Before a building that says ""peter stevens motorcycles: service department""." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

SOLUTION: Let's solve this gradually. A bald man with a tremendous gray beard is sitting behind a white van.
Answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "A fruit stand with its vendor."
Hypothesis: "A person is selling fruit."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

SOLUTION:
Let's solve this gradually. A vendor is person and fruit is sold at a fruit stand.
Answer is yes.