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.

[EX Q]: Statement: It's pretty obvious what conservative politicians are trying to do  develop a winning issue for the 1998 election. Choices: 1. Ahead of the 1998 election, conservative politicians are seeking a winning issue to campaign on. 2. Many commentators feel that even with a winning issue, conservative politicians will struggle to win votes. 3. Liberal politicians are trying to find a winning issue ahead of the 1998 election.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: You are likely to see everything from the deep gloom of the densest forest to the sudden brilliant burst of sun in a clearing, playing endless variations on the textures and myriad shades of green in the surrounding vegetation. Choices: 1. You must be on guard in from the densest parts of the forest to the clearings. 2. The surrounding vegetation has many shades of green. 3. This forest has long since been cut down and used for timber.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: Their perception of treatment efficacy provided by other staff (physicians and surgeons) was even lower, 23%. Choices: 1. The perception indicates efficacy is very good. 2. Their perception of treatment efficacy for other staff was low. 3. The perception is due to poor medical treatment.
[EX A]:
3