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: For example, the manufacturing company's central group reviewed all new Internet related applications and had the authority to stop such applications from going into production if minimum security standards were not met. Choices: 1. The manufacturing company's central group had the authority to stop new Internet related applications from going into production if minimum security standards were not met. 2. Very few of the applications they reviewed failed to meet minimum security standards. 3. The manufacturing company's central group did not have the authority to stop new Internet related applications from going into production.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: and uh when was it a couple weeks ago i was asked to go to uh jury duty i i wasn't selected but um for some of our cases in particular we have um very technical cases from time to time because of like our patents and such Choices: 1. Unfortunately, I have never been summoned for jury duty. 2. I normally love serving on juries, so I was disappointed. 3. A few weeks ago, I went on jury duty but they didn't pick me.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: um yeah well there was a interesting cartoon in the editorial the other day it was a there was a picture of a shop keeper with this really mean look on his face and empty shelves in back of him and a little rat and a couple of spider webs and Choices: 1. There was a cartoon within the editorial in the past. 2. There are always cartooons featured in editorials. 3. The shopkeeper looked really friendly.

SOLUTION:
2