Question:
Based on the premise "The little fellow asked nothing for himself, only that Santa send his mother $100.", can we conclude that "The little fellow asked nothing for himself."? OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
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Answer:
yes

Question: Sentence A: Why bother with the art on its terms when you can have it on your own?

Sentence B: Having things as you like them is always best.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: It significantly eases the regulatory burdens on offering participants by eliminating the trading restrictions for underwriters of activelytraded securities of large issuers, reducing the restricted periods for other securities, providing a more flexible framework for stabilizing transactions, expanding the securities eligible for Nasdaq passive market making during an offering, and deregulating rights offerings.
The new rules have taken off with the regulatory burdens and providing a flexible framework.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Problem: Here is a premise:
Many on both sides anticipate that the Democratic primary of 2000 will be a showdown, with Dick Gephardt representing the old Dems and Al Gore standing in for the new.

Here is a hypothesis:
The Democratic primary of 2000 was expected to be a clash between the older and newer sects of the party.

Here are the options: OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: The unit cost assuming 25 percent of institutional (fixed) costs vary with volume in the long run is calculated in the example.

Sentence 2: 25% of fixed costs vary with volume.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Premise:
"Other participants commented that financial statements that exist today, while they may be useful to some, are not used very much by investors."
Hypothesis: Financial statements are useful for nobody.
OPTIONS:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
no