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 ferry timetable runs on a winter (read curtailed) service until the first week in May. Choices: 1. Ferries are available until the first week in May. 2. After the first of may ends the peak season for ferries. 3. You can catch a ferry until June.
2

Statement: There's been the most awful row!  Choices: 1. There was the worst row ever. 2. There has been no commotion. 3. There was an awful row.
1

Statement: Even at the smallest of firms, the median hourly rate starts at roughly $130 an hour and passes $180, according to a 2002 survey by Altman Weil, a legal consulting company. Choices: 1. The rate per hour was below minimum wage.  2. The rate per hour was at least $100. 3. They made a lot of money every week.

3