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In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
question:
Statement: Luckily for Mr. Inglethorp, he had been able to produce an unimpeachable alibi.  Choices:  1. Inglethorp invented an excuse that was too good to be true. 2. Inglethorp was a shrewd man, with lying being one of his specialties. 3. The alibi was quickly cracked and disregarded, leaving Inglethorped forked.
answer:
1


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


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Statement: and she begins ashoving on of her hat in front of the glass, and she was down in two ticks, almost as quick as I was, and I seed her going down the steps and into the taxi, and I heard her call out what I told you." The small boy stopped and replenished his lungs. Choices:  1. The small boy talked so much that he started to get short on breath. 2. The small boy was much slower than the woman was, he missed seeing her step into the cab. 3. The small boy heard her call out that she would never return here again, as she steps into the taxi.
answer:

1