TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: all my years of devotion go for nothing." Poirot nodded sympathetically.  Choices:  1. He never would express sympathy for another person. 2. The man moved his head. 3. Poirot knew what he was going through.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: If I caught it, returned it, and received nothing in return, I have nothing to tax. Choices:  1. There's nothing to tax if I caught it. 2. I will have to pay taxes even if I returned it. 3. I don't have to tax the fish I caught and returned.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: Captain Bayliss is still too army to give any such orders. Choices:  1. Captain Bayliss is in charge of the whole operation. 2. Captain Bayliss can give any order he wants to anytime. 3. Captain Bayliss cannot give orders like that at the moment.

SOLUTION:
3