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.

Statement: He feels that an important element to managing staff is finding ways to recognize individuals and say athank you. Choices: 1. He believes saying thank you is an important part of managing staff. 2. He believes the recognition of individuals is an important part of managing staff. 3. He believes staff should not be thanked, after all they are getting paid.
2

Statement: Individuals' claims to their wealth and income must of course be balanced by the need to finance governmental activities, no matter how few and inconsequential they may be. Choices: 1. The government must be funded. 2. The government has no claim to individuals' wealth and income. 3. Government financing has been increasing as a proportion of individuals' earnings.
3

Statement: Well, I believe he could, reiterated Tuppence obstinately. Choices: 1. Tuppence loved the man he was speaking with.  2. Tuppence stubbornly thought he could.  3. Tuppence, rigidly, questioned if he could. 

3