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: But there are arguments to the contrary. Choices: 1. The evidence to the contrary is very persuasive.  2. The opposite position simply cannot be argued.  3. The contrary position can be argued. 

A: 1
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Q: Statement:   Create teams of employees who represent multiple organizational functions and different grade levels. Choices: 1. Different grade levels would represented within the employee teams created. 2. The purpose of creating such varied teams is so that management can be assured that all individuals are heard. 3. The teams would feature similar grade levels but varying job functions 

A: 2
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Q: Statement: Just a tool. Choices: 1. Something we could use. 2. Only a tool. 3. Not even a tool.

A:
1
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