Sentence 1: Two weeks ago, art historian Simon Schama predicted in The New Yorker that Pam Gems' play about midcentury British painter Stanley Spencer, his wife, and his lover would be received--unfairly, claimed Schama--as yet another formulaic contribution to the flourishing genre of painter-as-prick.

Sentence 2: Simon Schama will write a follow-up piece about Gems' play.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question:
They'd be done in no time.

Does it follow that "They would not be finished for a long time. "?
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Answer:
no

Q: If no blood ..., can we say that "There isn't any blood"?
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A: yes

Premise:
"The film, directed by Steven Soderbergh, would be worth seeing just for Stamp's performance, at once rock-hard and goofily blinkered, and for Peter Fonda's wittily self-parodic turn as the suspected killer, a music producer who coasts on '60s counterculture easiness while his lackeys do the dirty work."
Hypothesis: Stamp puts in a fantastic performance alongside Peter Fonda.
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yes

input question: On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, If this premise is true, does that tell us:"He told them "on twigs of Hawthorn". "?

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output answer: yes

Q: If These targets link to the priorities in VBA's balanced scorecard and the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) strategic goals., can we say that "The scorecard used by VBA is balanced and has priorities."?
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A:
yes