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 data collected in the third phase are not specified before the first  they emerge, often with surprises, from the initial observations. Choices: 1. The data collected in the third phase is the most telling and most significant part of the process. 2. There are two phases to data collection to keep the process swift. 3. Data collected in the third phase may be surprising and unexpected based on initial observations.
1

Statement: In some cases its sanctions are adequate, but not always. Choices: 1. In all cases its sanctions are adequate 2. In some cases its sanctions are pathetic in the eyes of authority 3. In some cases its sanctions are adequate
2

Statement: Officials from the group's legal assistance program were not available to comment. Choices: 1. The legal assistance program were unwilling to speak to the officials. 2. The official's efforts to acquire a response were only met with stony silence. 3. The group's legal assistance program publicly released pages of information.

2