In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.
2

Statement: So I will remain a virgin until then. Choices:  1. I will stay a virgin until I get married. 2. I will stay a virgin until that day. 3. I wasn't a virgin.
2

Statement: (2) identify some of the barriers that these agencies experienced and strategies they used to address them, and (3) provide examples of reported performance improvements from empowering and involving employees. Choices:  1. There weren't many examples to list of performance improvements.  2. The agencies didn't overcome any barriers, they let them be.  3. Identify the barriers that the agencies had and how they solved them. 

3