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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.
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Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.
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2


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Statement: and that i couldn't watch and but you know you could tell when it was coming Choices:  1. I couldn't tell that something was coming. 2. I couldn't watch because I was scared. 3. I could have chosen to watch it.
answer:
3


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Statement: it's a smooth running quiet car i i just i don't know why well perhaps the the retooling cost were probably prohibitive to most companies you know Choices:  1. I am not sure why companies would not pay for the retooling costs. 2. They are not concerned about customers having quiet cars. 3. They went above and beyond to implement the retooling for the cars.
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1