[QUESTION] Premise: "A vendor stands in his stall that is filled with candles."
Hypothesis: "The vendor is selling candles in his stall."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
A vendor who stands in a stall filled with candles is by inference selling candles in his stall.
The answer is yes.

Q: Premise: "Large white poodle carrying a pink flip-flop outside."
Hypothesis: "A dog outdoors."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
A: A poodle is a dog and outside is a synonym for outdoors.
The answer is yes.

QUESTION: Premise: "Five asian friends posing together for a picture."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "A group of people poses." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Let's solve it slowly: To say that people are posing together implies they are a group.
The answer is yes.

[QUESTION] Premise: "A soccer player wearing a white jersey."
Hypothesis: "A soccer player is getting ready for a game."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no
To describe what a player is wearing does not imply that they are getting ready for a game.
The answer is it is not possible to tell.

Q: Given the sentence "A young black person wearing a green shirt and a jacket using a sewing machine." is it true that "A young person is sleeping outside tanning."?
A: A young black person is a very specific statement compared to A young person which is very vague.
The answer is no.

[QUESTION] Premise: "A man and a woman wearing shorts are standing in an alley."
Based on this premise, can we conclude that the hypothesis "The alley is empty." is true?
Options:
- yes
- it is not possible to tell
- no

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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The alley cannot be empty when sentence 1 clearly mentions man and woman standing in alley which is contradictory.
The answer is no.