premise: Three women and two men are standing at the foot of a large staircase holding stringed instruments and a clarinet.
hypothesis: Five people are standing by a staircase.
explanation_1: Five people is a rephrasing of three women and two men.  At the foot of a staircase implies they are by the staircase.
explanation_2: "standing by a staircase" is a rephrasing of "standing at the foot of a staircase"
explanation_3: The people standing by the staircase were three women and two men.
premise_logic: exists e2 e1 e3 s1 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8.(n_foot(x4) & for(e1,e3) & Theme(e3,x6) & Actor(e3,x1) & v_hold(e3) & subset_of(x8,x6) & n_clarinet(x8) & subset_of(x7,x6) & n_instrument(x7) & Theme(e2,x7) & v_stringe(e2) & at(e1,x4) & of(x4,x5) & n_staircase(x5) & a_large(s1) & Theme(s1,x5) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_stand(e1) & n_man(x3) & card_eq_2(x3) & n_woman(x2) & subset_of(x3,x1) & subset_of(x2,x1) & card_eq_3(x1))
hypothesis_logic: exists e1 x1 x2.(by(e1,x2) & n_staircase(x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_stand(e1) & n_people(x1) & card_eq_5(x1))
premise_sim: exists e2 e1 e3 s1 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8.(v_stringe(e2) & v_stand(e1) & v_hold(e3) & subset_of(x8,x6) & subset_of(x7,x6) & subset_of(x3,x1) & subset_of(x2,x1) & of(x4,x5) & n_woman(x2) & n_staircase(x5) & n_man(x3) & n_instrument(x7) & n_foot(x4) & n_clarinet(x8) & for(e1,e3) & card_eq_3(x1) & card_eq_2(x3) & at(e1,x4) & a_large(s1) & Theme(s1,x5) & Theme(e3,x6) & Theme(e2,x7) & Actor(e3,x1) & Actor(e1,x1))
hypothesis_sim: exists e1 x1 x2.(v_stand(e1) & n_staircase(x2) & n_people(x1) & card_eq_5(x1) & by(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1))