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.

Q: Statement: Ben and Nicolette split, and Nicolette began seeing a married plumber who was doing work on Clark's house. Choices: 1. Nicolette and Clark are friends. 2. Nicolette was dating a single carpenter.  3. Nicolette and Ben broke up.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: Then we would open the crates and remove the birds and begin the flingando. Choices: 1. Then we would open the crates and let the birds free. 2. Then we would open the crates and throw the birds in the pot. 3. Then we would open the crates and throw the birds.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: For example, GAO may decide not to transmit a draft report electronically and instead provide limited printed copies of the draft to the agency. Choices: 1. GAO has to decide if they want to submit the report electronically. 2. GAO has to decide if they want to submit the report via mail. 3. GAO has to decide if they want to submit the report via e-mail..

A:
3
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