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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: Thorn lay on the ground staring up at a sky he no longer recognized. Choices: 1. Thorn was not familiar with the sky he was looking up at .  2. Thorn stood on the dock looking down at the water.  3. Thorn had never seen so much smoke in the sky, a bright day suddenly turned black. 
answer:
3


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Statement: From the north-coast resort of Rodi Garganico, you can take a 90-minute boat trip during the summer months out to the pine-tree-covered Tremiti Islands. Choices: 1. A trip by boat to the Tremiti Islands takes about 90 minutes. 2. The Tremiti Islands can be reached by the newly constructed bridge south of Milan. 3. It may take considerably longer than 90 minutes to sail to the islands depending on the weather.
answer:
3


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Statement: There is a great variety of places to stay, from luxury grand hotels (what the French would call a palace) and converted chateaux and abbeys to simple country inns (auberges) and g?®tes ruraux ' often a converted farmhouse where the farmer's wife cooks your meal. Choices: 1. There are all sorts of hotels. 2. It costs a lot of money when a farmer's wife is your cook. 3. There aren't many places to stay, and the wives of farmers never cook.
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2