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.

[Q]: Statement: he plays the it's a euphonium it's like a small a really small not a tuba but i think it's hard to explain  i never had known anyone to play one before but it's kind of like a small small tuba but it's not the kind that sits up on your shoulder Choices:  1. It's nothing like a tuba. 2. It's 20 pounds less than a tuba. 3. It's very small.
[A]: 3


[Q]: Statement: The bleakest lesson of After the Madness is perhaps that prison has lost its capacity to shock. Choices:  1. It seems that the potential to go to prison has lost it's shock factor. 2. After the Madness has shown that being in prison isn't that bad. 3. The lesson learned from After the Madness is that no one wants to go to prison.
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: The salient questions, outlined above, are more relative and  whether Democratic promises to refrain from spending the surplus are less trustworthy than Republican promises to match tax cuts with spending cuts, and which hypothetical error--excessive spending or excessive tax cuts--would be harder to reverse. Choices:  1. It's hard to determine whether the damage from spending too much is easier to remedy than the damage from cutting taxes too drastically. 2. It's hard to determine who is more sincere between the Democrats promising to cut taxes and the Republicans talking about saving the surplus. 3. Republicans swearing to cut taxes and Democrats promising to show restraint with the surplus may be two sides of the same coin of excess in a time when moderation is what's needed.
[A]:
1