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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Question: Statement: To my intense surprise, he replied that, on the contrary, he was extremely likely to be acquitted.  Choices: 1. John Cavendish was the man who was likely to be acquitted. 2. I was not surprised at all that he said the man was likely to go free. 3. I was surprised that he said that the man was likely to be acquitted.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: Said crowd was evidently impressed... Their commander stepped forward. Choices: 1. The angry crowd threw cats at the commander. 2. The commander waited on the dais while he was introduced. 3. He approached the adoring crowd.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: Pushing against the man's back, the dark-skinned man drew his other knife against the man's exposed throat. Choices: 1. The dark-skinned man had his knife against the man's bare throat as he was pushing against his back. 2. The dark-skinned man wanted to hug the other man. 3. The dark-skinned man wanted to kill the other man.

Answer:
3