TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: It will be a lightning rod for controversy, he predicted.  Choices: 1. He predicted that it would spark controversy greatly.  2. He predicted that the controversy would die down within a few weeks.  3. He predicted that it wouldn't cause any controversy. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: He was pro-German, as he would have been pro-Boer. Choices: 1. The man is a loyal American. 2. He speaks fluent German. 3. German beliefs were ones he believed in.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: Based on the estimated time periods needed to complete each of the four phases described above, the estimated time period to complete the implementation of a single FGD installation is conservatively 27 months. Choices: 1. It takes 7 months to do the four phases. 2. It takes 27 months to do the four phases of impementation. 3. It takes 27 months to do the four phases.

SOLUTION:
2