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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: Or does life, in general, figure out the trick of using oxygen and growing big and brawny? Choices: 1. The use of carbon dioxide and growing small and skinny are just some of the qualities of the human body. 2. The use of oxygen and growing big and brawny are just some of the qualities of the human body. 3. Is there a trick of using oxygen that life has figured out?
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2


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Statement: and i just i don't need that expense right now plus they eat more and Choices: 1. I can not afford this in the future.   2. I cannot afford this right now.   3. I can afford this expense right now.  
answer:
1


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Statement: Only with the fall of Carthage in 146 b.c. did they manage to make inroads, but, as local historians stress, Ibiza was neither conquered nor annexed by Rome, but confederated, retaining remarkable autonomy. Choices: 1. The fall of Carthage was in 146 a.d. 2. Inroads were not constructed until Carthage fell. 3. Ibiza retained all of its power in the region.
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3