# Natural Language Inference

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T21:00:41.572Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: dogal-dil-isleme
**TLDR:** A task that determines whether one statement entails, contradicts, or is neutral with respect to another.

<p>Natural language inference is one of the fundamental evaluation areas for semantic reasoning. Determining whether one sentence logically supports another is highly important for QA verification, classification, and prompt-based task adaptation. Modern zero-shot classification is often built on top of NLI reasoning patterns.</p>