Q: "An old man staring into the camera while a lady laughs." Does this mean that "A man looks in a camera while his wife laughs"?
A: it is not possible to tell

Q: "A woman and child walking uphill" Does this mean that "A women and child walking"?
A: yes

Q: "An elderly man walking down the street unwary of the people around him." Does this mean that "A group of people walk in the street."?
A: yes

Q: "Three men are wearing safety yellow jackets and hard hats on the sight of a construction project; one is in a hole and the other two are looking at the man standing in the hole." Does this mean that "There are three men in hard hats standing on the same horizontal plane."?
A:
no