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.

Q: Statement: Even the Irish--the ones in Ireland--have distanced themselves from the New York legislation. Choices: 1. Even the Irish want new legislations in New York. 2. The Irish are supportive of the legislations in New York. 3. The Irish have distanced themselves from legislations in New York.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: yeah i i've  i've seen uh they're they make some plastic edging stuff that comes in like three foot lengths and you can uh you can tape them together and and and put Choices: 1. The three foot plastic edgings are very convenient. 2. They don't make plastic edgings bigger than a foot. 3. There are three foot plastic edgings that you can tape together.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: From Eilat, you can reach the Negev by horse in a few minutes (Texas Ranch; tel. 07-637 6663). Choices: 1. It can take several hours to get from Eilat to the Negev if you travel by horse. 2. If travelling by horse, it will take just a few minutes to get to the Negev from Eilat.  3. It takes very little time to travel to the Negev on foot. 

A:
3
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