Use reasoning to lead to the answer of the following question:
Test for natural language inference.\nPremise: "A group of friends socializing at a barbecue."\nHypothesis: "People are at a barbecue."\nIs the hypothesis entailed by the premise?\nOptions:\n- yes\n- no\n- it is not possible to tell

yes
They are at a barbecue because they are socializing at a barbecue.

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So, the final answer is yes