Sentence 1: The body, in a white shroud, is carried on a bier of bamboo to the river's edge, where a few drops of Ganga water are poured into the lips of the dead.

Sentence 2: Water is poured onto dead people's lips after being brought to the river's edge.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: They think it's unlikely the United States can capture him, and even if we do, it's not clear that he can be prosecuted.

Sentence 2: The US probably can't catch him.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: But more recently, the bloom has gone from the ESOP rose, and last year Avis was sold to HFS, which also owns Howard Johnson, Days Inn, and Century 21.

Sentence 2: ESOP are not attractive anymore.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes