Premise:
"You have to pull them apart with a fork."
Hypothesis: They need to be separated using a fork.

yes

Premise:
"You need to be able to issue a few so-called wide-striped suits to players who violate criminal statutes."
Hypothesis: Players who commit a crime shouldn't go to jail over it.

no

Premise:
"(Ballmer, a college classmate of Gates', is Microsoft's business chief.)"
Hypothesis: Ballmer, Microsoft's business chief, shared many college classes with Gates'.
it is not possible to tell