Premise: And it's not just because time on the bird (the communications satellite) has gotten cheap.

Hypothesis: Time on the bird has gotten cheap, but this is not the only reason.
Answer: yes

Premise: For Japan, that person is the revered Prince Shotoku, early champion of Buddhism.

Hypothesis: Prince Shotoku's hatred of Buddhism caused him to be unpopular.
Answer: no

Premise: That is, a very high standard of inferential logic is needed.

Hypothesis: That needs a low level of inferential logic.
Answer: no

Premise: i don't know this was just i guess something freak that happened to me because i wasn't familiar with the um

Hypothesis: I suppose this just happened to me unexpectedly.

Answer: it is not possible to tell