Challenge: Existing models overlook the importance of generating intermediate conclusions with logical consistency from the given facts, leading to inaccurate conclusions and undermining the overall credibility of entailment trees.
Approach: They propose a model that utilizes logical entailment patterns to generate coherent explanations by leveraging logical patterns.
Outcome: The proposed model produces more coherent and reasonable conclusions that closely align with the underlying premises.

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