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: of course you couldn't have known two to three years ago when you were making this decision what the taxes were going to do now the child care what you do pay doesn't not even worth a hill of beans on your tax return can't deduct it so what's it good for Choices:  1. You couldn't predict taxes going up like they did. 2. You couldn't predict what would happen with taxes. 3. You should have known what taxes were going to do.
2

Statement: Case study data were collected through interviews and analysis of documentation. Choices:  1. Interviews and analysis of documentation were collected to provide the data for the case study of certain employees to study how some of them succeed to meet the quota in a company and others fall behind in performance by the third quarter.  2. Interviews and analysis of documentation were collected to provide the data for the case study. 3. Participant test-taking and objective lab tests were collected to provide supplemental data for the case study.
2

Statement: According to a VA official, relevant portions of Executive Order Choices:  1. VA officials are only authorized to govern according to a committee certified code. 2. VA officials referred to portions of Executive Order. 3. The Executive Order supported official's claims.

2