Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "The young female basketball player is preparing to pass the ball up the court."
Hypothesis: "A basketball player holds the ball."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
- it is not possible to tell Now, let's be accurate as possible. Some thinking first:

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.
user
The player is preparing to pass the ball which implies that the player holds the ball. So, the answer is yes.