I'll give you a question, please answer with step-by-step reasoning process.
Test for natural language inference.\nPremise: "A policeman is next to his german shepherd."\nHypothesis: "A man is next to a dog."\nIs the hypothesis entailed by the premise?\nOptions:\n- yes\n- no\n- it is not possible to tell

yes
A man next to a dog implies it is a policeman with his German Shepherd.

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Therefore, the answer is yes