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.

Statement: For the governmentas major departments and agencies, these laws Choices: 1. It was not for the government. 2. The government agencies enacted several unscrupulous laws over the years. 3. By the agencies and department are these laws
2

Statement: If grade budgets are such a good idea, why don't we have them? Choices: 1. We do not have grade budgets.  2. We have grade budgets.  3. Grade budgets are not offered in our area.
3

Statement: As the main industries of the region continued to decline, the number of visitors continued to grow; it seemed that tourism could at least breath some life back into the region. Choices: 1. The main industries saw a rise in success during that time. 2. Tourism seemed to be one of the few sources of income left for the region. 3. Though the main industries were declining, tourists enjoyed visiting the industrial districts from the region.

3