Premise: "Asian woman with purse stares off into distance in crowded street."\nHypothesis: "An asian woman holds her purse close because she thinks she saw a mugger."\nDo we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Step-by-step reasoning process below:
it is not possible to tell
Asian woman with purse staring off into distance in crowded street doesn't mean that the woman holds her purse close.

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So, the answer is it is not possible to tell