Five men with different nationalities and with different jobs live in consecutive houses on a street. The houses are painted different colors. The men have different pets and have different favorite drinks. Determine who owns a zebra and whose favorite drink is mineral water (which is one of the favorite drinks) given these clues: 1. The Englishman lives in the red house. 2. The Spaniard owns a dog. 3. The Japanese man is a painter. 4. The Italian drinks tea. 5. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. 6. The green house is on the right of the white one. 7. The photographer breeds snails. 8. The diplomat lives in the yellow house. 9. Milk is drunk in the middle house. 10. The owner of the green house drinks coffee. 11. The Norwegian's house is next to the blue one. 12. The violinist drinks orange juice. 13. The fox is in a house next to that of the physician. 14. The horse is in a house next to that of the diplomat.

Question: Is white the house E ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is CC shorter than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Pinky is taller than Priya but shorter than Reena. Sheela is shorter than Pinky. Reena is taller than Riya who is taller than Pinky. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Priya the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. C is taller than D and E. A is taller than D.  B is shorter than E. D is the shortest.

Question: Is EE taller than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is AA taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A is not taller than E. C is taller than A. D is not taller than B. C is taller than E. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is EE taller than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Dhoni is taller than Virat. Rohit is shorter than Dhoni but taller than Shikhar. Virat is taller than Rohit. Raina is taller than Virat. Who among them is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Raina shorter than Rohit ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Selin is shorter than Kusum . Serkan is not taller than Kusum but taller than Kalpna . Kalpna is shorter than Kusum.

Question: Is Selin taller than Selin ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Pinky is taller than Priya but shorter than Reena. Riya is taller than Sheela who is shorter than Priya. Reena is taller than Riya. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Priya taller than Reena ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. A is taller than D.  B is shorter than E but taller than A. D is the shortest.

Question: Is CC taller than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Alice , Mel and Joe . Alice claims that Mel is a knave and Joe is a knight . Mel says that Alice could say that he is a knave . Joe tells you that Mel and he are not the same . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Alice the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan is taller than Sohan and Sohan is shorter than Bob. Serkan is taller than John who is shorter than Sohan. Bob is shorter than Serkan. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Bob taller than Sohan ?

Answer: entailment


A is not taller than E. C is taller than A. D is not taller than B. C is taller than E. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is BB shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Keshav is shorter than Nitin. Nitin is taller than Kishan but shorter than Amar. Vijay is taller than Kishan . Who is the shortest among them ?

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Question: Is Vijay taller than Keshav ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Harish is shorter than Suresh. Manish is taller than Raghu. Harish is taller than Anil.

Question: Is Anil taller than Harish ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet six inhabitants : Marge , Mel , Bob , Sue , Alice and Bill . Marge claims that neither she nor Bill are knaves . Mel says that of Bill and Marge , exactly one is a knight . Bob says that Mel is a knave . Sue tells you that Mel is a knave . Alice claims that both Bob is a knave and Mel is a knight . Bill says that Mel is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bill the knave ?

Answer: entailment


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is CC shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A. E is shorter than D.

Question: Is CC shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is EE taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is CC shorter than BB ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. AA is shorter than CC. BB is shorter than CC. CC is shorter than DD. DD is shorter than EE. EE is shorter than FF.

Question: Is EE shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Jayesh taller than Navin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


John is shorter than Suzie. Mia is the tallest. Mia is taller than Suzie. Marsellus is taller than John. Suzie is shorter than Marsellus.

Question: Is Suzie the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


John is taller than Edda. Rebecca is taller than Edda and John. Sara is taller than John. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is John taller than John ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Betty , Bob and Ted . Betty claims that Bob could claim that Ted is a knight . Bob says that Betty is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Ted the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet eight inhabitants : Sue , Bill , Mel , Betty , Sally , Alice , Marge and Bozo . Sue claims that Marge and Betty are different . Bill claims that at least one of the following is true : that he is a knight or that Sue is a knight . Mel says that only a knave would say that Bozo is a knave . Betty tells you that Bill is a knight and Sally is a knave . Sally tells you that Sue is a knight or Mel is a knight . Alice tells you that only a knave would say that Bozo is a knave . Marge tells you that Mel and Bozo are both knights or both knaves . Bozo claims that it is not the case that Marge is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bozo the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Keshav is taller than Vijay but shorter than Nitin. Nitin is shorter than Amar but taller than Kishan . Who is the shortest among them ?

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Question: Is Amar shorter than Keshav ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Mel , Sally and Bozo . Sally claims that either Bozo is a knight or Mel is a knave . Bozo says that it is not the case that Sally is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Homer the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Rohan is shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Pushpa the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are four dolls Dottie , Lottie , Suzie and Katy . Dottie is shorter than Lottie but taller than Suzie.

Question: Is Katy taller than Katy ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


John is taller than Edda. Rebecca is taller than Edda and John. Sara is taller than John. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Sara the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B is taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is FF shorter than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


John is shorter than Mary and Katy. Tom is shorter than Mary but taller than Katy. Mary is shorter than Sara but taller than Tom. Mike is taller than John but shorter than Katy.

Question: Is Katy taller than Mike ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet four inhabitants : Alice , Rex , Bob and Homer . Alice tells you that Homer could say that Bob is a knight . Rex tells you that Bob is a knave . Bob says that he is a knight or Homer is a knight . Homer tells you that Bob and he are different . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Alice the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is taller than Ross but is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Mike shorter than Mike ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is AA the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is AA shorter than FF ?

Answer: entailment


Jayesh is taller than Nandu. Ramesh is shorter than Nandu. Satish is taller than Vinod. Vinod is taller than Jayesh.

Question: Is Nandu shorter than Vinod ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is EE shorter than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Ross taller than Sam ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Kunal the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Shrikant shorter than Pratima ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Ahmed is taller than Salim. Salim is not taller than Ahmed but taller than Akbar. Sohan is not taller than Salim but taller than Akbar. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Ahmed the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Ross shorter than Mike ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is taller than Ross but is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Mike taller than Ross ?

Answer: entailment


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Pushpa shorter than Anand ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. C is taller than D and E. A is taller than D.  B is shorter than E but taller than A. D is the shortest.

Question: Is EE the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Malvina is shorter than Mateo. Tadeo is shorter than Mateo. Manuella is taller than Mateo. Teo is taller than Mateo. Manuella is shorter than Teo.

Question: Is Malvina shorter than Tadeo ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Rex , Joe and Sally . Joe tells you that it is not the case that Rex is a knave . Sally claims that neither she nor Rex are knaves . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sally the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Kunal is shorter than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Gopal shorter than Navin ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than B and shorter than C. A is shorter than F. E is taller than F.

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Question: Is CC shorter than EE ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A. E is shorter than D.

Question: Is CC shorter than EE ?

Answer: entailment


There are five friends Sachin , Kunal , Mohit , Amy and Rohan. Sachin is shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is the tallest. Amy is little taller than Sachin.

Question: Is Sachin shorter than Sachin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A. C is shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is FF the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than A. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F.

Question: Is CC shorter than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Rex , Joe and Sally . Rex says that Sally is a knave . Joe tells you that it is not the case that Rex is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sally the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. AA is shorter than BB. CC is shorter than DD. DD is shorter than EE. EE is shorter than FF.

Question: Is FF shorter than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. AA is shorter than BB. CC is shorter than DD. DD is shorter than EE. EE is shorter than FF.

Question: Is EE the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Vineet is shorter than Ravi. Jacob is taller than Dilip but shorter than Manick.

Question: Is Dilip the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Jayesh is taller than Nandu. Ramesh is shorter than Nandu. Satish is shorter than Subodh. Vinod is taller than Jayesh.

Question: Is Nandu shorter than Nandu ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Harish is taller than Manish but shorter than Suresh. Manish is taller than Raghu. Harish is taller than Anil.

Question: Is Manish shorter than Harish ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Alice , Dave and Ted . Alice tells you that both she is a knight and Ted is a knave . Dave says that Alice is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Ted the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is DD taller than AA ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is AA the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Dhiraj taller than Anand ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. A is shorter than B. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A.

Question: Is BB taller than CC ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is DD taller than AA ?

Answer: entailment


There are four dolls Dottie , Lottie , Suzie and Katy . Lottie is not taller than Katy. Dottie is shorter than

Question: Is Lottie taller than Lottie ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A is little shorter than K and little taller than S. Who is two persons taller and two persons shorter than him ?

Question: Is AA taller than SS ?

Answer: entailment


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Katy is taller than Peter. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Katy the tallest ?

Answer: entailment


Keshav is shorter than Nitin. Nitin is taller than Kishan but shorter than Amar. Vijay is taller than Kishan . Who is the shortest among them ?

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Question: Is Keshav taller than Keshav ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Gopal ?

Answer: entailment


Tom is taller than Diana . Diana is taller than Maria . Maria is the shortest.

Question: Is Maria shorter than Maria ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Vineet is taller than Manick but shorter than Ravi. Jacob is shorter than Manick.

Question: Is Vineet shorter than Vineet ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Seema taller than Pushpa ?

Answer: entailment


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. D is not taller than B. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is BB taller than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is EE the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Ross. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is taller than Ross but is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Sam the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are four dolls Dottie , Lottie , Suzie and Katy . Lottie is not taller than Katy. Dottie is shorter than

Question: Is Katy taller than Lottie ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Peter is taller than Katy and Ross is shorter than Peter. Sam is taller than Tom but shorter than Katy. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Sam the shortest ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB and shorter than CC. EE is shorter than DD. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is EE taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Five girls are living in a row. Each girl has a favorite color, a chocolate bar, a pet, a hobby, and a place to go on holiday. Determine the name of the girl who owns the crocodile. Hints: 1. Jo likes the Wispa Bites. 2. The person with the Hamster likes Swimming. 3.Hannah eats Dairy Milk. 4. Jessica lives on the left of Georgina. 5.Lucy lives in the first on the left. 6.The person who lives in the first house on the right likes Swimming. 7. The person who eats Milky Bars owns a Horse. 8. The person lives in the middle house eats Dairy Milk. 9. Jessica lives in the green. 10. The person lives on the left of the middle  house wants to go to Tobago. 11. The person who wants to go to the Maldives likes Lilac. 12. The person who likes Wispa Bites lives next to the person who wants to go to Florida. 13.The person who likes Pink wants to go to Florida. 14. The person who lives in the first house on the left likes Lilac. 15. The girl that likes Blue owns a Puppy. 16. The person who likes Skiing lives next to the person who has a Hamster. 17.The girl on the right of the girl who likes Tennis likes Horse riding. 18.The girl next to the girl who likes Milky Bars likes Boost. 19.The girl who likes Purple wants to go to Canada. 20. The girl who likes Crunchies owns a Rabbit. 21. The girl who likes Skiing lives next to the girl who plays Ten-pin bowlings. 22.Jessica wants to go to Australia.

Question: Is Crunchies eaten in the house D ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Krishna taller than Anand ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet seven inhabitants : Dave , Sally , Carl , Alice , Betty , Sue and Bart . Dave claims that Alice is a knight or Bart is a knave . Sally says that Alice is a knight and Bart is a knave . Carl tells you that either Alice is a knave or Betty is a knight . Alice says that Sally could say that Dave is a knight . Betty claims that Sue is a knave or Bart is a knave . Sue tells you that both Betty is a knave and Alice is a knight . Bart claims that only a knave would say that Alice is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sue the knave ?

Answer: non-entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Sue , Betty and Ted . Sue claims that Ted and she are knights . Betty says that Sue is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sue the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is AA taller than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. C is taller than A. D is not taller than B. C is taller than E. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is CC shorter than AA ?

Answer: entailment


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Pratima shorter than Subhash ?

Answer: entailment


John is shorter than Mary. Tom is shorter than Mary but taller than Katy. Mary is shorter than Sara.

Question: Is Tom the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet two inhabitants : Carl and Bill . Carl says that he and Bill are both knights or both knaves . Bill claims that only a knave would say that Carl is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Joe the knave ?

Answer: non-entailment


A is taller than B but shorter than C. B is not taller than D but taller than E.

Question: Is EE the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. D is not taller than B. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is AA taller than EE ?

Answer: entailment


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H.  B is taller than A. C is taller than B. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is CC shorter than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Kunal is shorter than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Ashok ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


C is taller than A. D is taller than F but shorter than B . Who is the tallest among all ?

Question: Is CC taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet six inhabitants : Betty , Dave , Bill , Abe , Bob and Alice. Betty says that it is false that Bill is a knave . Dave says that Bob is a knave or Alice is a knight . Bill tells you that Bob and Betty are both knights or both knaves . Abe tells you that Bill is a knave . Bob says that Dave is a knave . Alice claims that it is false that Abe is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Alice the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike. Katy is shorter than Peter, and is taller than Sam and Mike. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Ross shorter than Sam ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Ross shorter than Ross ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet six inhabitants : Sally , Marge , Betty , Bob , Rex and Dave . Sally tells you that it is false that Dave is a knave . Marge tells you that at least one of the following is true : that Rex is a knight or that Bob is a knight . Betty claims that Dave is a knight and Sally is a knave . Bob says that Dave is a knave or Betty is a knave . Rex tells you that Dave is a knave . Dave claims that he could say that Sally is a knight . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Alice the knave ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is BB taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet two inhabitants : Marge and Ted . Marge tells you that Ted and she are different . Ted claims that only a knave would say that Marge is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Marge the knave ?

Answer: non-entailment


Amit is taller than Tanu but shorter than Shruti. Bharat is taller than Chander who is not taller than Tanu. Bharat is shorter than Tanu. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Tanu taller than Bharat ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Kunal shorter than Ashok ?

Answer: entailment


There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage. The question is: Who owns the fish? Hints 1.the Brit lives in the red house, 2.the Swede keeps dogs as pets, 3.the Dane drinks tea, 4.the green house is on the left of the white house, 5.the green house's owner drinks coffee, 6.the person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds, 7.the owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill, 8.the man living in the center house drinks milk, 9.the Norwegian lives in the first house, 10.the man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats, 11.the man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill, 12.the owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer, 13.the German smokes Prince, 14.the Norwegian lives next to the blue house, 15.the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Question: Is yellow the house B ?

Answer: entailment


Salim is not taller than Ahmed but taller than Akbar. Sohan is not taller than Salim. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Akbar shorter than Ahmed ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants :  Betty , Alice and Carl . Betty claims that it is false that Alice is a knave . Alice says that she and Carl are different . Carl claims that only a knave would say that Betty is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Carl the knight ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is DD the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Mel , Sally and Bozo . Mel claims that Bozo and Sally are knaves . Sally claims that either Bozo is a knight or Mel is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B.

Question: Is AA shorter than FF ?

Answer: entailment


Malvina is shorter than Mateo. Tadeo is shorter than Mateo. Manuella is taller than Mateo. Teo is taller than Mateo. Manuella is shorter than Teo. Malvina is the shortest.

Question: Is Manuella shorter than Mateo ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Sam but is not the tallest. Sam is taller than Ross but is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Katy taller than Mike ?

Answer: entailment


The quiz was first published in 1962. We will change the original version slightly in the descriptions leaving the meaning as it is. There are five houses of different colors on the site: a red one, a green one, a blue one, a yellow one and a white one. There are five men of different nationalities living in them: an Englishman, a German, an Italian, a Spaniard, and a Chinese. These men grow the following berries in their gardens: raspberries, currants, gooseberries, strawberries, or grapes. Each of them has a pet: a dog, a cat, a parrot, a hamster, or fish. Each of them likes a certain brand of chocolate: Twix, Snickers, Mars, Bounty, Kitkat. Conditions of Einstein's riddle: 1. An Englishman lives in the red house. 2. A German owns a dog. 3. A man living in the green house plants raspberries. 4. An Italian plants grapes in his garden. 5. The green house is next to the white one to the right. 6. A man who likes Twix owns a cat. 7. A man living in the yellow house like Snickers. 8. There is a big variety of gooseberries in the central house. 9. A Spaniard lives in the house number one. 10. A parrot owner lives next to the Mars eater. 11. A man eating Snickers lives next to a man loving hamsters. 12. A man loving Kitkat and a man loving strawberries are the same person. 13. A chinese prefers Bounty to other chocolate brands. 14. A Spaniard's neighbor lives in the blue house. The question is: who owns fish and who plants currants?

Question: Does the man who owns a hamster live in the house A ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet five inhabitants : Carl , Dave , Joe , Peggy and Bart . Carl claims that Peggy and he are both knights or both knaves . Dave claims that at least one of the following is true : that Carl is a knave or that Joe is a knight . Joe says that both he is a knight and Bart is a knave . Peggy says that it is not the case that Bart is a knave . Bart tells you that neither he nor Carl are knaves . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bob the knave ?

Answer: entailment


John is shorter than Mary. Tom is shorter than Mary but taller than Katy. Mary is shorter than Sara.

Question: Is Katy the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Anil is not taller than Sohan. Salim is shorter than Sohan but taller than Manick. Who among them is the shortest ?

Question: Is Manick shorter than Salim ?

Answer: entailment


Harish is shorter than Suresh. Manish is taller than Raghu. Harish is taller than Anil.

Question: Is Anil the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Amit is shorter than Shruti. Bharat is taller than Chander who is not taller than Tanu. Bharat is shorter than Tanu. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Amit the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are five houses in a row: a,b,c,d and e. Each has a dfferent color (amber, beige, cyan, denim, emerald) and an owner of different nationality. The owners have differrent cars, pets and preffer different drinks. We know that: 1.The Austrian lives in the amber house. 2. Cider is drunk in the middle house. 3. The Belgian owns the bulldog. 4. The Czech lives in the first house on the left. 5. The man who owns a Dacia lives next to the man with the eagle. 6. The Czech lives next to the denim house. 7. The Bugatti owner has a cat. 8. The person in the beige house drives a Cadillac. 9. Advocaat is drunk in the cyan house. 10. The Dane drinks eiswein. 11. The Estonian drives an Edonis. 12. The Cadillac is always parked in front of the house next to the one with a donkey. 13.  The cyan house is immediately to the right of the emerald house. 14. The Aston Martin owner drinks daiquiri. Where is the alligator? Who drinks beer?

Question: Does the man who owns a bulldog live in the house D ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is EE shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet five inhabitants : Bozo , Marge , Mel , Bob and Abe . Bozo says that he knows that Mel is a knave and that Bob is a knight . Marge says that Mel could say that she is a knave . Mel claims that neither Marge nor Bozo are knights . Bob says that Abe and Marge are both knights or both knaves . Abe claims that Marge is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bob the knight ?

Answer: entailment


Garima is taller than Sarita but not taller than Reena. Tanya is taller than Garima. Garima is shorter than Anu. Tanya is shorter than Anu but taller than Reena.  Among all the girls , who is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Anu taller than Garima ?

Answer: entailment


John is taller than Edda. Rebecca is taller than Edda and John. Sara is taller than John. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Sara shorter than John ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is CC taller than HH ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. D is not taller than B. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is BB the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B and taller than A. E is shorter than D.

Question: Is DD the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Jayesh is taller than Nandu. Ramesh is shorter than Nandu. Satish is taller than Vinod. Vinod is taller than Jayesh. Subodh is taller than Vinod.

Question: Is Nandu shorter than Ramesh ?

Answer: entailment


John is taller than Edda. Sara is taller than John but shorter than Rebecca. Beverly is shorter than Rebecca . Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Edda taller than John ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A is taller than B and C is taller than A. D is taller than F but shorter than B . Who is the tallest among all ?

Question: Is BB shorter than CC ?

Answer: entailment


Harish is taller than Manish but shorter than Suresh. Manish is shorter than Anil. Harish is taller than Anil.

Question: Is Anil shorter than Manish ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB and shorter than CC. EE is shorter than DD. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is DD shorter than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Nilima taller than Nilima ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is FF taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet four inhabitants : Sue , Alice , Homer and Ted . Sue tells you that Alice is a knave . Alice tells you that Ted is a knave . Homer claims that Alice is a knight and Ted is a knave . Ted says that he and Homer are different . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bart the knave ?

Answer: entailment


A is taller than B and C is taller than A. D is taller than F but shorter than B . Who is the tallest among all ?

Question: Is AA shorter than FF ?

Answer: entailment


Garima is not taller than Reena. Tanya is taller than Garima. Garima is shorter than Anu. Tanya is shorter than Anu.  Among all the girls , who is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Garima shorter than Anu ?

Answer: entailment


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Seema taller than Seema ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is GG taller than GG ?

Answer: entailment


Rohan is taller than Hardik who is shorter than Susheel. Niza is taller than Harry but shorter than Hardik. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Susheel taller than Hardik ?

Answer: entailment


Garima is not taller than Reena. Tanya is taller than Garima. Garima is shorter than Anu. Tanya is shorter than Anu.  Among all the girls , who is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Reena taller than Garima ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema.

Question: Is Krishna taller than Anand ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A is taller than B. C is taller than B. D is taller than F but shorter than B. Who is the tallest among all ?

Question: Is BB the shortest ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is BB taller than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Vineet is taller than Manick but shorter than Ravi. Jacob is taller than Dilip.

Question: Is Dilip shorter than Dilip ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F but taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than C. E is taller than C.

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Question: Is AA shorter than AA ?

Answer: entailment


Mike is taller than Salman who is shorter than Sanjay . Sam is taller than Kevin but shorter than Salman . Sanjay is shorter than Mike .

Question: Is Kevin taller than Kevin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is taller than Sam and Mike. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Ross shorter than Sam ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


AA is taller than BB and CC is taller than AA. EE is taller than FF.

Question: Is EE shorter than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F.

Question: Is CC taller than HH ?

Answer: entailment


Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Shrikant.

Question: Is Nilima taller than Heramb ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is EE taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H.  B is taller than A. C is taller than B. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is GG shorter than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A is taller than B. B is not taller than D but taller than E. D is shorter than A.

Question: Is AA shorter than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Ross is shorter than Peter. Sam is taller than Tom . Sam is shorter than Katy. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Katy shorter than Sam ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan is taller than Edda but shorter than Piril. Edda is taller than Kunal. Megan is taller than Serkan. Is Megan the tallest ?

Question: Is Piril taller than Serkan ?

Answer: entailment


A is taller than B but shorter than C. B is not taller than D. D is shorter than A.

Question: Is DD taller than AA ?

Answer: entailment


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Ross the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet seven inhabitants : Sally , Alice , Bill , Marge , Betty , Ted and Mel . Sally says that Ted is a knave . Alice says that Betty is a knave . Bill claims that neither Betty nor Marge are knaves . Marge claims that Sally and Mel are not the same . Betty tells you that Ted is a knave . Ted claims that he could say that Mel is a knight . Mel claims that it is not the case that Betty is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bill the knave ?

Answer: non-entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet two inhabitants : Bart and Betty . Bart claims that he and Betty are both knights or both knaves . Betty says that Bart would tell you that she is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Bart the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Peggy , Joe and Abe . Peggy says that Joe and Abe are the same . Joe says that Peggy is a knave . Abe claims that he and Joe are both knights or both knaves . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Peggy the knight ?

Answer: entailment


Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Shrikant.

Question: Is Subhash the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Ashok is taller than Jayesh.

Question: Is Ashok the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A is taller than B but shorter than C. B is not taller than D but taller than E. D is shorter than A.

Question: Is CC shorter than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Anand shorter than Krishna ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is DD the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is AA shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Katy. Sam is taller than Tom but shorter than Katy. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Katy shorter than Peter ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Dhoni is taller than Virat but not taller than Raina. Rohit is shorter than Dhoni. Who among them is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Dhoni taller than Virat ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Alice , Dave and Ted . Alice tells you that both she is a knight and Ted is a knave . Ted tells you that Dave is a knave or Alice is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Alice the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Manu is taller than Danu. Minu is taller than Kanu and Manu. Kanu is not taller than Hanu. Danu is not the tallest. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Manu shorter than Minu ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. C is taller than A. C is shorter than E. D is not taller than B. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is CC shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter, and is taller than Sam and Mike. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Peter shorter than Mike ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are five friends Sachin , Kunal , Mohit , Amy and Rohan. Sachin is shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is the tallest. Amy is little taller than Sachin.

Question: Is Rohan shorter than Sachin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. A is shorter than B but taller than E. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B.

Question: Is EE shorter than AA ?

Answer: entailment


Pinky is taller than Priya but shorter than Reena. Sheela is shorter than Pinky. Reena is taller than Riya who is taller than Pinky. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Sheela the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Gopal is taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Jayesh ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F but taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than C. E is taller than F.

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Question: Is CC shorter than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. AA is shorter than BB. BB is shorter than CC. DD is shorter than EE. EE is shorter than FF.

Question: Is FF shorter than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are four dolls Dottie , Lottie , Suzie and Katy . Dottie is shorter than Lottie but taller than Suzie.

Question: Is Lottie taller than Katy ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


John is taller than Edda. Rebecca is taller than Edda and John. Sara is taller than John but shorter than Rebecca. Beverly is shorter than Rebecca. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Sara taller than John ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Dhoni is taller than Virat but not taller than Raina. Rohit is shorter than Dhoni but taller than Shikhar. Virat is taller than Rohit.  Who among them is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Dhoni shorter than Virat ?

Answer: entailment


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is shorter than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is DD taller than GG ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is FF shorter than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Bill , Homer , Joe , Sue , Bob , Betty , Ted , Alice and Mel . Bill tells you that Homer and Joe are knights . Homer claims that he knows that Bill is a knight and that Joe is a knave . Joe says that at least one of the following is true : that Sue is a knave or that Bill is a knight . Sue tells you that Mel and Betty are both knights or both knaves . Bob says that either Mel is a knave or Alice is a knight . Betty says that Ted is a knave . Ted tells you that it is false that Mel is a knave . Alice claims that both she is a knight and Bob is a knave . Mel claims that either Homer is a knave or Joe is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Joe the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Gopal is taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Jayesh taller than Ashok ?

Answer: entailment


Pinky is taller than Priya but shorter than Reena. Riya is taller than Sheela who is shorter than Priya. Reena is taller than Riya. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Sheela taller than Pinky ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Katy. Sam is taller than Tom but shorter than Katy. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Tom taller than Peter ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Tom is taller than Diana . Diana is taller than Maria . Maria is the shortest.

Question: Is Maria the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F but taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than C. E is taller than F.

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Question: Is BB taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Seema shorter than Dhiraj ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. C is taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is FF shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


John is shorter than Mary and Katy. Tom is shorter than Mary but taller than Katy. Mary is shorter than Sara but taller than Tom. Mike is taller than John but shorter than Katy.

Question: Is Mary taller than Mary ?

Answer: entailment


There are four dolls Dottie , Lottie , Suzie and Katy . Dottie is shorter than Lottie but taller than Suzie.

Question: Is Dottie shorter than Katy ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Bob , Sally , Marge , Bart , Alice , Joe , Dave , Sue and Mel . Bob claims that it is false that Dave is a knave . Sally tells you that Marge is a knave and Sue is a knight . Marge claims that Bob is a knave . Bart claims that Alice could claim that he is a knight . Alice says that only a knave would say that Dave is a knave . Joe says that it is not the case that Bart is a knave . Dave claims that Mel and Joe are both knights or both knaves . Sue tells you that Alice is a knave . Mel claims that neither Bob nor Sally are knaves . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Dave the knight ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. AA is shorter than BB. BB is shorter than CC. CC is shorter than DD. DD is shorter than EE. DD is shorter than FF.

Question: Is DD shorter than FF ?

Answer: entailment


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Krishna taller than Rohan ?

Answer: entailment


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Katy shorter than Katy ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet seven inhabitants : Dave , Alice , Bill , Sally , Joe , Mel and Peggy . Dave says that at least one of the following is true : that Sally is a knight or that Joe is a knave . Alice tells you that either Mel is a knight or Dave is a knave . Bill tells you that both Joe is a knave and Alice is a knight . Sally says that Dave is a knight or Mel is a knight . Joe tells you that Peggy is a knave . Mel claims that of Bill and Alice , exactly one is a knight . Peggy tells you that neither Mel nor Dave are knaves . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knave ?

Answer: non-entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Bozo , Carl and Joe . Bozo claims that Carl is a knave . Joe tells you that only a knave would say that Bozo is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Joe the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is CC taller than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet seven inhabitants : Joe , Mel , Ted , Bart , Marge , Alice and Bozo . Mel claims that Bozo is a knave or Joe is a knave . Joe tells you that Ted is a knave . Ted tells you that Joe would tell you that Bart is a knave . Bart tells you that Bozo would tell you that Ted is a knight . Marge tells you that Bart is a knave . Alice says that Bozo is a knight or Bart is a knight . Bozo tells you that neither Alice nor Marge are knights . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knave ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. E is taller than D but shorter than F.

Question: Is DD taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


The quiz was first published in 1962. We will change the original version slightly in the descriptions leaving the meaning as it is. There are five houses of different colors on the site: a red one, a green one, a blue one, a yellow one and a white one. There are five men of different nationalities living in them: an Englishman, a German, an Italian, a Spaniard, and a Chinese. These men grow the following berries in their gardens: raspberries, currants, gooseberries, strawberries, or grapes. Each of them has a pet: a dog, a cat, a parrot, a hamster, or fish. Each of them likes a certain brand of chocolate: Twix, Snickers, Mars, Bounty, Kitkat. Conditions of Einstein's riddle: 1. An Englishman lives in the red house. 2. A German owns a dog. 3. A man living in the green house plants raspberries. 4. An Italian plants grapes in his garden. 5. The green house is next to the white one to the right. 6. A man who likes Twix owns a cat. 7. A man living in the yellow house like Snickers. 8. There is a big variety of gooseberries in the central house. 9. A Spaniard lives in the house number one. 10. A parrot owner lives next to the Mars eater. 11. A man eating Snickers lives next to a man loving hamsters. 12. A man loving Kitkat and a man loving strawberries are the same person. 13. A chinese prefers Bounty to other chocolate brands. 14. A Spaniard's neighbor lives in the blue house. The question is: who owns fish and who plants currants?

Question: Is Kitkat eaten in the house D ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Anand but shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Dhiraj shorter than Krishna ?

Answer: entailment


Rohan is taller than Hardik. Niza is taller than Harry but shorter than Hardik. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Hardik shorter than Rohan ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is shorter than CC. EE is shorter than DD but taller than FF. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is DD shorter than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Riya is shorter than Sheetal. Selin is shorter than Pinky but taller than Sheetal. Among these five , who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Pinky the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB. EE is shorter than DD but taller than FF. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is BB shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed but is not taller than Piril. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Melo shorter than Piril ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is FF the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Kunal is shorter than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Gopal taller than Navin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan is taller than Sohan. Serkan is taller than John who is shorter than Sohan. Bob is shorter than Serkan. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Bob taller than John ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is DD shorter than AA ?

Answer: entailment


Tadeo is shorter than Mateo. Manuella is taller than Mateo. Teo is taller than Mateo. Manuella is shorter than Teo. Malvina is the shortest.

Question: Is Mateo taller than Mateo ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Dhoni is taller than Virat but not taller than Raina. Rohit is taller than Shikhar. Virat is taller than Shikhar.  Who among them is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Rohit shorter than Virat ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is BB taller than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Garima is taller than Sarita but not taller than Reena. Tanya is taller than Garima. Garima is shorter than Anu. Tanya is shorter than Anu but taller than Reena.  Among all the girls , who is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Anu shorter than Tanya ?

Answer: entailment


Tom is taller than Diana . Maria is the shortest.

Question: Is Diana the tallest ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed but is not taller than Piril. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed.

Question: Is Edda the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed but is not taller than Piril. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed.

Question: Is Edda the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Manu is taller than Hanu but not taller than Danu. Minu is taller than Kanu and Manu. Kanu is not taller than Hanu. Danu is not the tallest. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Minu taller than Kanu ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB and shorter than CC. EE is shorter than DD. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is CC shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are five friends Sachin , Kunal , Mohit , Amy and Rohan. Sachin is shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is the tallest. Amy is little shorter than Kunal.

Question: Is Amy shorter than Kunal ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Hardik who is shorter than Susheel. Niza is shorter than Rohan. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Niza shorter than Hardik ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Melo shorter than Piril ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Carl , Sue and Rex . Carl claims that Sue could say that he is a knight . Rex says that of he and Carl , exactly one is a knight . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sue the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Harish is taller than Manish but shorter than Suresh. Manish is shorter than Anil but taller than Raghu. Harish is taller than Anil.

Question: Is Manish taller than Manish ?

Answer: entailment


There are five houses in a row: a,b,c,d and e. Each has a dfferent color (amber, beige, cyan, denim, emerald) and an owner of different nationality. The owners have differrent cars, pets and preffer different drinks. We know that: 1.The Austrian lives in the amber house. 2. Cider is drunk in the middle house. 3. The Belgian owns the bulldog. 4. The Czech lives in the first house on the left. 5. The man who owns a Dacia lives next to the man with the eagle. 6. The Czech lives next to the denim house. 7. The Bugatti owner has a cat. 8. The person in the beige house drives a Cadillac. 9. Advocaat is drunk in the cyan house. 10. The Dane drinks eiswein. 11. The Estonian drives an Edonis. 12. The Cadillac is always parked in front of the house next to the one with a donkey. 13.  The cyan house is immediately to the right of the emerald house. 14. The Aston Martin owner drinks daiquiri. Where is the alligator? Who drinks beer?

Question: Does the man who owns a Cadillac live in the house C ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage. The question is: Who owns the fish? Hints 1.the Brit lives in the red house, 2.the Swede keeps dogs as pets, 3.the Dane drinks tea, 4.the green house is on the left of the white house, 5.the green house's owner drinks coffee, 6.the person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds, 7.the owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill, 9.the Norwegian lives in the first house, 10.the man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats, 11.the man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill, 12.the owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer, 13.the German smokes Prince, 14.the Norwegian lives next to the blue house, 15.the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Question: Is blends smoked in the house C ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet four inhabitants : Dave , Peggy , Alice and Ted. Dave tells you that it is false that Alice is a knave . Peggy tells you that Dave and Alice are both knights or both knaves . Alice claims that Ted is a knave . Ted says that Dave is a knight and Alice is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Peggy the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet eight inhabitants : Dave , Bob , Ted , Sue , Alice , Peggy , Joe and Bozo . Dave tells you that both Bob is a knave and Sue is a knight . Bob tells you that neither Ted nor Joe are knights . Ted says that Bob is a knight or Dave is a knave. Sue tells you that Bozo is a knave . Alice says that Dave is a knave . Peggy tells you that Dave could say that she is a knave . Joe says that Bozo could say that Ted is a knight . Bozo tells you that Peggy could say that Sue is a knight . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Ted the knight ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet six inhabitants : Alice , Betty , Mel , Bill , Abe and Sue . Alice tells you that Sue is a knave and Betty is a knight . Betty says that at least one of the following is true : that Sue is a knave or that Alice is a knave . Mel claims that only a knave would say that Sue is a knave . Bill claims that of he and Alice , exactly one is a knight . Abe says that Bill is a knave . Sue says that both Alice is a knave and Abe is a knight . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Betty the knight ?

Answer: entailment


There are five friends Sachin , Kunal , Mohit , Amy and Rohan. Sachin is taller than Rohan. Mohit is the tallest. Amy is little shorter than Kunal and little taller than Sachin.

Question: Is Rohan shorter than Mohit ?

Answer: entailment


Pinky is taller than Priya but shorter than Reena. Riya is taller than Sheela who is shorter than Priya. Reena is taller than Riya who is taller than Pinky. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Pinky taller than Riya ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Gopal is taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Ashok shorter than Jayesh ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Ross but is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Katy is taller than Peter. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Mike the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Rohan is taller than Hardik. Niza is taller than Harry but shorter than Hardik. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Hardik taller than Rohan ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Peggy , Joe and Sue . Peggy says that Sue is a knave . Joe says that Sue is a knave . Sue tells you that Joe could say that she is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Peggy the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage. The question is: Who owns the fish? Hints 1.the Brit lives in the red house, 2.the Swede keeps dogs as pets, 3.the Dane drinks tea, 4.the green house is on the left of the white house, 5.the green house's owner drinks coffee, 6.the person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds, 7.the owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill, 9.the Norwegian lives in the first house, 10.the man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats, 11.the man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill, 12.the owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer, 13.the German smokes Prince, 14.the Norwegian lives next to the blue house, 15.the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Question: Is yellow the house E ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is AA taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Mike is taller than Salman who is shorter than Sanjay . Sam is taller than Kevin but shorter than Salman . Sanjay is shorter than Mike .

Question: Is Tom shorter than Tom ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


CC is taller than AA. EE is taller than FF but shorter than BB.

Question: Is BB taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Sally , Alice , Dave , Rex , Bart , Betty , Bozo , Marge and Carl . Sally tells you that Bozo is a knave . Alice says that Dave and Carl are both knights or both knaves . Dave claims that he knows that Sally is a knight and that Bart is a knave . Rex tells you that it is not the case that Bart is a knave . Bart claims that Marge is a knave . Betty says that of Rex and Bozo , exactly one is a knight . Bozo says that both Betty is a knave and Carl is a knight . Marge says that Betty and Carl are both knights or both knaves . Carl says that it is false that Betty is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Marge the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Kunal is shorter than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Navin taller than Ashok ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Heramb taller than Pratima ?

Answer: entailment


Manu is taller than Hanu but not taller than Danu. Minu is taller than Kanu and Manu. Danu is not the tallest. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Minu taller than Hanu ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is AA shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Amit is taller than Tanu but shorter than Shruti. Bharat is taller than Chander who is not taller than Tanu. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Chander shorter than Tanu ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Barun is taller than Sanjay. Bipul is taller than Barun. Krishna is not taller than Bipul . Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Sanjay the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is taller than Hardik who is shorter than Susheel. Niza is taller than Harry but shorter than Hardik. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Niza shorter than Rohan ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than B and shorter than C. A is shorter than F. E is taller than F.

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Question: Is CC taller than AA ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB and shorter than CC. EE is shorter than DD but taller than FF.

Question: Is CC shorter than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. B is taller than A but shorter than C. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is BB taller than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Malvina is shorter than Mateo. Tadeo is shorter than Mateo. Manuella is taller than Mateo. Manuella is shorter than Teo. Malvina is the shortest.

Question: Is Malvina the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. A is shorter than B but taller than E. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B.

Question: Is BB taller than BB ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F but taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than C. E is taller than F.

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Question: Is AA taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is taller than Katy. Ross is shorter than Peter. Sam is taller than Tom. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Peter taller than Peter ?

Answer: entailment


Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Gopal ?

Answer: entailment


Garima is taller than Sarita. Tanya is taller than Garima. Garima is shorter than Anu. Tanya is shorter than Anu but taller than Reena.  Among all the girls , who is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Anu the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Navin ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is shorter than D.

Question: Is FF shorter than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Joe , Peggy and Mel . Joe says that it is not the case that Mel is a knave . Peggy tells you that Mel and Joe are both knights . Mel says that Joe is a knight or Peggy is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


Keshav is taller than Vijay but shorter than Nitin. Nitin is taller than Kishan but shorter than Amar. Who is the shortest among them ?

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Question: Is Vijay taller than Vijay ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is EE shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Abe , Ted and Joe . Ted claims that at least one of the following is true : that he is a knight or that Joe is a knight . Joe says that Abe is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sally the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Jayesh is taller than Nandu. Satish is taller than Vinod but shorter than Subodh. Vinod is taller than Jayesh.

Question: Is Jayesh taller than Satish ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. C is taller than D and E. B is shorter than E but taller than A. D is the shortest.

Question: Is CC shorter than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet four inhabitants : Dave , Marge , Sue and Rex . Dave tells you that Sue is a knight or Rex is a knight . Marge tells you that Sue and Dave are both knights . Sue says that she and Rex are knights . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sue the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB is shorter than CC. CC is shorter than DD. DD is shorter than EE. EE is shorter than FF.

Question: Is EE taller than BB ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed but is not taller than Piril. Edda is shorter than Serkan. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Melo shorter than Serkan ?

Answer: entailment


A is taller than B and C is taller than A. E is taller than F but shorter than B.

Question: Is FF taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is shorter than E . B is shorter than C.

Question: Is AA taller than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Dave , Bob , Mel , Marge , Alice , Homer , Betty , Carl and Sally . Dave says that Carl is a knave . Bob tells you that neither Marge nor Mel are knaves . Mel says that he knows that Marge is a knave and that Sally is a knight . Marge says that Homer is a knave . Alice tells you that both Bob is a knight and Marge is a knave . Homer says that Carl is a knave or Dave is a knight . Betty tells you that Dave is a knave and Carl is a knight . Carl tells you that Sally and Bob are knights . Sally tells you that Alice could say that Homer is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sally the knave ?

Answer: entailment


AA , BB , CC , DD , EE and FF are six friends in a group. BB and CC are taller than AA. DD is taller than BB. EE is shorter than DD but taller than FF. FF is taller than BB.

Question: Is BB shorter than FF ?

Answer: entailment


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is EE shorter than HH ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Mike is taller than Salman who is shorter than Sanjay . Sam is taller than Kevin but shorter than Salman .

Question: Is Sam shorter than Salman ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Dhoni is taller than Virat but not taller than Raina. Rohit is shorter than Dhoni but taller than Shikhar. Who among them is the shortest ?

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Question: Is Shikhar taller than Shikhar ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Tom is taller than Diana . Diana is taller than Maria .

Question: Is Diana taller than Diana ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Nilima taller than Subhash ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed but is not taller than Piril. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Piril taller than Serkan ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Dave , Peggy , Joe , Sue , Rex , Mel , Homer , Ted and Carl . Dave says that Sue is a knight or Mel is a knave . Peggy tells you that at least one of the following is true : that Mel is a knight or that Dave is a knight . Joe tells you that at least one of the following is true : that Mel is a knight or that Ted is a knave . Sue says that neither she nor Carl are knaves . Rex says that Ted and Carl are not the same . Mel claims that Carl is a knight or Homer is a knave . Homer tells you that Mel and Rex are both knights or both knaves . Ted tells you that Peggy and Homer are knaves . Carl claims that Sue is a knave or Ted is a knight . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter, and is taller than Sam and Mike.

Question: Is Sam the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Keshav is taller than Vijay but shorter than Nitin. Nitin is taller than Kishan but shorter than Amar. Who is the shortest among them ?

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Question: Is Amar the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan is taller than Sohan and Sohan is shorter than Bob. John is shorter than Sohan. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Sohan the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter. Sam is not taller than Peter, but is shorter than Mike. Sam is the shortest in the group.

Question: Is Peter taller than Katy ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. C is taller than D and E. A is taller than D.  B is shorter than E but taller than A.

Question: Is EE shorter than DD ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan is taller than Edda. Edda is not taller than Megan but taller than Kunal. Megan is taller than Piril. Is Megan the tallest ?

Question: Is Kunal shorter than Serkan ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Alice , Mel and Joe . Alice claims that Mel is a knave and Joe is a knight . Joe tells you that Mel and he are not the same . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Mel the knave ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet three inhabitants : Abe , Ted and Joe . Abe claims that Joe and Ted are the same . Joe says that Abe is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Joe the knight ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is shorter than E but taller than F. B is shorter than C.

Question: Is DD shorter than EE ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Barun is taller than Sanjay. Bipul is taller than Barun. Krishna is taller than Barun. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Barun shorter than Krishna ?

Answer: entailment


Gopal is shorter than Ashok. Gopal is taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Gopal.  Ashok is taller than Jayesh. Navin is the shortest.

Question: Is Navin taller than Ashok ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter is not taller than Mike. Mike is taller than Katy and Sam. Ross is not taller than Mike. Katy is taller than Peter but is not the tallest. Sam is shorter than Peter.

Question: Is Peter the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is not taller than Piril. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Serkan shorter than Syed ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Peter, Ross, Katy, Sam and Mike are five friends. Ross is taller than Mike but is not taller than Katy. Katy is shorter than Peter, and is taller than Sam and Mike.

Question: Is Katy shorter than Peter ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


A , B , C , D , E and F are six students in a class. B and C are shorter than F. D is taller than C. E is shorter than D but taller than F. A is shorter than E . B is shorter than C.

Question: Is AA the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H. C is taller than B but shorter than D. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is GG taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal. Navin is shorter than Kunal. Jayesh is taller than Navin. Jayesh is shorter than Gopal but taller than Kunal.

Question: Is Jayesh shorter than Gopal ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D and E are five friends. B is shorter than C. C is taller than D and E. B is shorter than E but taller than A. D is the shortest.

Question: Is AA the shortest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Barun is taller than Sanjay. Bipul is taller than Barun. Krishna is not taller than Bipul . Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Barun shorter than Bipul ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than C. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is AA shorter than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are 5 houses in five different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.These five owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same beverage. The question is: Who owns the fish? Hints 1.the Brit lives in the red house, 2.the Swede keeps dogs as pets, 3.the Dane drinks tea, 4.the green house is on the left of the white house, 5.the green house's owner drinks coffee, 6.the person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds, 7.the owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill, 8.the man living in the center house drinks milk, 9.the Norwegian lives in the first house, 10.the man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats, 11.the man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill, 12.the owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beer, 13.the German smokes Prince, 14.the Norwegian lives next to the blue house, 15.the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

Question: Is coffee drunk in the house E ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is EE taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Rohan is shorter than Seema. Krishna is taller than Pushpa but shorter than Anand. Dhiraj is taller than Krishna but shorter than Seema. Dhiraj is taller than Rohan.

Question: Is Pushpa taller than Anand ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Serkan is taller than Edda but shorter than Piril. Edda is taller than Kunal. Megan is taller than Serkan. Is Megan the tallest ?

Question: Is Edda shorter than Piril ?

Answer: entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. C is taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F but taller than C. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is CC shorter than AA ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is GG the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are eight friends A , B , C , D , E , F , G and H.  B is taller than A. C is taller than B. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F but shorter than H.

Question: Is DD taller than CC ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Manu is taller than Hanu but not taller than Danu. Minu is taller than Kanu and Manu. Kanu is not taller than Hanu. Who is the tallest ?

Question: Is Hanu shorter than Manu ?

Answer: entailment


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet nine inhabitants : Bob , Bill , Bart , Betty , Ted , Homer , Dave , Rex and Sue . Bob tells you that of Sue and Homer , exactly one is a knight . Bill says that he could say that Ted is a knight . Bart says that Bob could say that he is a knight . Betty tells you that only a knave would say that Sue is a knave . Ted claims that he and Betty are knights . Homer claims that Dave is not a knave . Dave says that at least one of the following is true : that he is a knight or that Bart is a knight . Rex says that at least one of the following is true : that Ted is a knight or that Betty is a knight . Sue says that Bill is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Sue the knight ?

Answer: non-entailment


A , B , C , D , E and F are six friends in a group. B and C are taller than A. D is taller than B and shorter than E. E is shorter than F. C is taller than B but shorter than D.

Question: Is DD taller than DD ?

Answer: entailment


Serkan is taller than Sohan and Sohan is shorter than Bob. Serkan is taller than John . Bob is shorter than Serkan. Who is the shortest ?

Question: Is Serkan taller than John ?

Answer: entailment


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. D is not taller than B. Then , who is the second tallest person ?

Question: Is BB shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. D is taller than C but shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is BB taller than FF ?

Answer: entailment


D is taller than C and E. A is not taller than E. C is shorter than E. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is CC shorter than DD ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


Amit is shorter than Shruti. Bharat is taller than Chander who is not taller than Tanu. Bharat is shorter than Tanu. Who among them is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Tanu taller than Amit ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Serkan , Edda , Piril , Melo and Syed are five friends. Edda is taller than Syed. Piril is shorter than Serkan and is taller than Melo and Syed. Melo is the shortest.

Question: Is Syed the shortest ?

Answer: entailment


Shrikant is shorter than Nilima. Pratima is taller than Shrikant. Subhash is taller than Nilima but shorter than Heramb. Nilima is taller than Pratima.

Question: Is Shrikant shorter than Subhash ?

Answer: entailment


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is shorter than E. E is taller than D but shorter than F. F is taller than E. G is taller than F.

Question: Is FF the tallest ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


There are seven friends A , B , C , D , E , F and G. B is taller than A. C is taller than B. D is taller than A. E is taller than D but shorter than F. G is taller than F.

Question: Is AA taller than FF ?

Answer: not entailment - unknown


Rohan is taller than Hardik. Niza is taller than Harry but shorter than Hardik. Susheel is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest ?

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Question: Is Rohan taller than Rohan ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction


On the island where each inhabitant is either a knave or a knight , knights always tell the truth while knaves always lie . You meet six inhabitants : Bob , Ted , Alice , Sally , Mel and Bill . Bob says that Mel is a knave . Ted says that Bill is a knave . Alice tells you that Bill and Sally are both knights or both knaves . Sally tells you that Bob is a knave . Mel says that he is a knight and Alice is a knave . Bill says that Bob is a knave . Can you determine who is a knight and who is a knave ?

Question: Is Ted the knave ?

Answer: entailment


Peter is taller than Katy and Ross is shorter than Peter. Sam is taller than Tom but shorter than Katy. Katy is shorter than Ross.

Question: Is Ross shorter than Sam ?

Answer: not entailment - contradiction