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.

[EX Q]: Statement: Competition is generally believed to lead to efficiency, be it economic or technical. Choices:  1. Recent events have led people to question whether or not this conventional wisdom is true. 2. Technical efficiency is believed to be one of the results of competition. 3. Technical efficiency but not economic efficiency are the end results of competition.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: 4) Except for the barcode discount, Periodicals rates are not based on shape or machinability. Choices:  1. Book rates are based on shape 2. Book rates aren't based on shape or machinability  3. Book rates vary 
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: yeah we didn't do all that stuff here but they get more natural rain than we do you know we get so much rain in the spring and then we go sometimes entire June July and August without any so i guess we're where are you from originally Choices:  1. We did that here, for sure. 2. We didn't do that here. 3. We didn't do that because the weather was always too bad.
[EX A]:
2