premise: Men playing basketball, the guy with the ball is attempting a layup.
hypothesis: Men are playing basketball.
explanation_1: Men playing basketball is a paraphrase of men are playing basketball.
explanation_2: guy with the ball is attempting a layup so they are playing basketball.
explanation_3: The men are playing basketball because men are playing basketball.
premise_logic: exists e1 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6.(n_ball(x5) & n_guy(x4) & Theme(e1,x6) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_attempt(e1) & n_layup(x6) & rel(x1,x4) & with(x4,x5) & n_basketball(x1) & of(x1,x3) & n_playing(x3) & of(x1,x2) & n_man(x2))
hypothesis_logic: exists e1 x1 x2.(Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_play(e1) & n_basketball(x2) & n_man(x1))
premise_sim: exists e1 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6.(with(x4,x5) & v_attempt(e1) & rel(x1,x4) & of(x1,x3) & of(x1,x2) & n_playing(x3) & n_man(x2) & n_layup(x6) & n_guy(x4) & n_basketball(x1) & n_ball(x5) & Theme(e1,x6) & Actor(e1,x1))
hypothesis_sim: exists e1 x1 x2.(v_play(e1) & n_man(x1) & n_basketball(x2) & Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1))