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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: Attestation engagements can cover a broad range of financial or nonfinancial objectives and can be part of a financial audit or other type of audit. Choices: 1. Items added to the ledger originated in an alternative dimension. 2. This type of verification can be requested by auditee or auditor. 3. Certification can be expected for a variety of items.
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2


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Statement: Although GAO has not had time to thoroughly analyze the strategy yet, we previously suggested that certain key elements be incorporated in the homeland security strategy. Choices: 1. Previously, GAO suggested that the homeland security strategy should include certain key elements. 2. GAO has already conducted a thorough analysis of the strategy. 3. The homeland security strategy has been in the works for over three years now.
answer:
3


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Statement: It is miraculously  Speech is digitized, packet-ized, and sent over the Net, for no more than the cost of online access. Choices: 1. Speech is sent over the Net, then packet-ized and then digitized, in that order. 2. Online calls are as cheap as telephone calls nowadays. 3. For no more than the cost of online access, Speech is digitized, packet-ized and sent over the Net.
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2