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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.
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Statement: Normally, under fast pay procedures, all invoices are examined subsequent to payment authorization. Choices: 1. Invoices are never examined before nor after payment authorization 2. Usually all invoices are examined after payment authorization. 3. Sometime invoices must be examined before payment authorization
answer:
3


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Statement: The truth of the matter was that it was Lawrence who had murdered Alfred Inglethorp with a croquet 114 mallet.  Choices: 1. Nobody knows who murdered Mr. Inglethorp. 2. Alfred Inglethorp was murdrered by Lawrence with a croquet mallet. 3. Lawrence owned the croquet mallet used to murder Alfred Inglethorp.
answer:
3


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Statement: A curious competition is held in Wasdale each November. Choices: 1. Every June, Wasdale has an interesting competition. 2. The competition is unlike any other. 3. Each November, Wasdale hosts a strange competition.
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2