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.

[Q]: Statement: He was pro-German, as he would have been pro-Boer. Choices: 1. The man is a loyal American. 2. He speaks fluent German. 3. German beliefs were ones he believed in.
[A]: 2


[Q]: Statement: Kill him!  Choices: 1. Do not harm him. 2. He ought to be killed. 3. I command you to kill him.
[A]: 2


[Q]: Statement: who stirs inarticulate passion by singing very much like a woman (Mark Levine, The New Yorker ). Critics are surprised by the success of the New York City Opera at transposing Handel's piece from ancient Greece to 18 th -century England. Choices: 1. The New York City Opera had mostly positive reviews from this show. 2. Critics said the opera was transposing Mozart's piece. 3. The New York City opera had transposed Handel's play that consisted of scenes from ancient Greece to 18th century England.
[A]:
1