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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.
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Statement: But this caveat has a  The prospect of future punishments gives you an incentive to investigate the corporation's history before you buy, which improves the chance that bad behavior can be uncovered while the actual perpetrators can still be punished. Choices: 1. CEOs often avoid punishment by selling their businesses. 2. The prospect of punishment won't encourage research into the history of a corporation. 3. Threats of punishment encourage you to research companies before purchase.
answer:
1


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Statement: and i don't know now it's not growing real fast it will pick up Choices: 1. It's growing at a very rapid pace. 2. It might not increase very much.  3. I expect it to increase over time. 
answer:
2


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Statement: Thimi's streets often become open-air kilns, when pots are fired beneath smoldering rice straw. Choices: 1. Rice straw is used to build bonfires in the streets of Thimi. 2. Pots are often fired in the streets of Thimi.  3. Tree branches are also used to build kiln fires. 
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3