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.

[EX Q]: Statement: Said crowd was evidently impressed... Their commander stepped forward. Choices: 1. The angry crowd threw cats at the commander. 2. The commander waited on the dais while he was introduced. 3. He approached the adoring crowd.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: In the case of H-2A workers, the reading would require the conclusion that Congress intended to provide H-2A workers with legal services representation on claims arising from their employment contracts only for the very brief periods that the workers are in the United States -- potentially rendering the promise of legal representation largely meaningless. Choices: 1. This reading would require the conclusion that Congress had intended for H-2A workers to only get legal representation when they were in the country. 2. This reading would require the conclusion that Congress had intended for H-2A workers to only get legal representation when they were outside of the country. 3. From a legal standpoint, most judges and legal scholars would agree that this is asking for chaos.
[EX A]: 3

[EX Q]: Statement: However, the much more serious budget problem involves what happens after 2002. Choices: 1. The budget for after 2002, can be fixed.  2. The budget gets more serious after 2002. 3. The budget is more serious before 2002 than after. 
[EX A]:
1