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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: We have joined in this fight to protect the town. Choices: 1. We do not want any part in protecting the town. 2. We will help protect the town against the warfare.  3. We are going to help protect the town. 
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2


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Statement: Even the Irish--the ones in Ireland--have distanced themselves from the New York legislation. Choices: 1. Even the Irish want new legislations in New York. 2. The Irish are supportive of the legislations in New York. 3. The Irish have distanced themselves from legislations in New York.
answer:
1


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Statement: Slate will never give Microsoft the skeptical scrutiny it requires as a powerful institution in American society (any more than Time , once again, will sufficiently scrutinize Time Warner). Choices: 1. Slate doesn't give enough skeptical scrutiny to any powerful American institution. 2. Microsoft is a powerful company in America that doesn't get the skepticism it needs from Slate. 3. Slate scrutinizes Microsoft too much, while Time does not scrutinize Time Warner enough.
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1