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.

Q: Statement: REIMBURSEMENTS - Sums received as payment or advance payment for goods or services furnished either to the public or to another federal government account. Choices: 1. ''Reimbursements are not related to finances'' 2. Reimbursements are usually furnished to the public. 3. Reimbursements are received payments.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: No we're not, said Thorn. Choices: 1. Thorn said that they were. 2. Thorn denied that they were. 3. Thorn insisted that they were not leaving the village.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Thus, the unified surplus reflects the difference between federal receipts and all federal government outlays including those used to purchase capital goods, such as roads, buildings, and weapons systems. Choices: 1. The government has a surplus of money. 2. Surplus means not enough or few. 3. A surplus is more than needed or necessary.

A:
1
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