premise: Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn.
hypothesis: The Federal City of Bonn ( [ ˈbɔn ] ) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia , with a population of 311,287 . Ludwig van Beethoven . Born in Bonn , then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire , Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe .