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: The Normans, following the pattern of earlier invaders, became rapidly assimilated. Choices: 1. The Normans were deeply reluctant to assimilate. 2. The Normans were simply too enamored with the cultural improvements. 3. The Normans were assimilated quite quickly.
2

Statement: to confront questions as old as human civilization itself. Choices: 1. To answer ancient, age-old queries. 2. To address questions which will never be answered. 3. To ignore any question which has been around longer than one year.
2

Statement: Something else rasped across his sciatic nerve. Choices: 1. Things have rasped across his sciatic nerve. 2. Fear rasped across his sciatic nerve. 3. His sciatic nerve remained untouched.

2