premise: There is a man poking a long stick up towards the ceiling.
hypothesis: The man is holding a stick.
explanation_1: Poking a long stick implies holding a stick
explanation_2: A man poking a long stick is holding it.
explanation_3: The man in sentence one is poking a stick upwards. To poke means to hold an object and thrust, which would mean that the man is holding the stick.
premise_logic: exists p1 x1 x5.(n_ceiling(x5) & exists e1 s1 s2 x2 x3 x4.((x1 = x2) & towards(e1,x5) & a_up(s2) & Manner(e1,s2) & Theme(e1,x4) & Actor(e1,x3) & v_poke(e1) & n_stick(x4) & a_long(s1) & Theme(s1,x4) & (x2 = x3) & n_man(x2)))
hypothesis_logic: exists e1 x1 x2.(n_man(x1) & Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_hold(e1) & n_stick(x2))