Sentence 1: oh one of my instructors uh said that they were doing something like this and

Sentence 2: an instructor of mine told me that they were doing the same thing
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: By 1945, the population had grown to almost 20,000, with workers and airmen moving in at a rapid pace.

Sentence 2: The population was growing at a faster rate than ever.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: During a career that spanned the 18th century, Salzillo produced large processional figures still carried in Holy Week celebrations, and small, intimate carvings, some of them on a miniature scale.

Sentence 2: Salzillo is a well-known sculptor.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell