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: Thousands of makeshift shacks sell beer or cigarettes, and hundreds of oil-barrel barbecues cook jerk chicken and burgers. Choices: 1. A large number of shacks which sell cigarettes or beer can be found here.  2. There is nowhere to purchase alcohol or cigarettes.  3. It is easy to obtain burgers and jerk chicken because they are being cooked in the area all day long. 
[EX A]: 3

[EX Q]: Statement: However, Ireland has always looked to Europe for friendship and support, and gradually it began to define itself as a European nation. Choices: 1. Ireland always looked to Europe for support, but was forced to join them as a nation. 2. Ireland kept themselves distinctly separate from Europe. 3. Ireland always looked to Europe for friendship and support and gradually became part of Europe.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: In recent years it was fashionable to look down on the Champs-Elysees (many Parisians claimed they never set foot there), but it is returning to favor. Choices: 1. It was fashionable to strive to go there. 2. It was fashionable to look down on it. 3. It was fashionable to look down on it just because it was so cliche.
[EX A]:
3