TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
PROBLEM: Statement: Any option to expand Medicare's benefit package-absent other reforms-runs the risk of exacerbating the program's fiscal imbalance and increasing government dissaving. Choices: 1. Medicare benefits can be expanded indefinitely without consequence. 2. Expanded Medicare benefits include better coverage for medication. 3. Expanding Medicare benefits could create government deficits.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: New castles were built and new weapons acquired, including the famous gun called  Mons Meg.  Choices: 1. The Mons Meg is not a gun, it is a brand of car. 2. The Mons Meg has a bullet capacity of 6. 3. The Mons Meg is a famous gun acquired recently.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement:  He was still staring when Nema came back into the room. Choices: 1. He had closed his eyes when Nema returned to the room. 2. He was still gazing, when Nema reentered the room. 3. He did not notice that Nema had returned to the room.

SOLUTION:
3