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: Individuals' claims to their wealth and income must of course be balanced by the need to finance governmental activities, no matter how few and inconsequential they may be. Choices: 1. The government must be funded. 2. The government has no claim to individuals' wealth and income. 3. Government financing has been increasing as a proportion of individuals' earnings.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: In one corner of the square are the Cage, an old prison lockup built in 1806 to house drunken sailors or runaway slaves, and the Ring, the site of the once-regular slave auction. Choices: 1. The Ring was built in the 18th century. 2. The Ring is an old prison lockup built in 1806. 3. The Cage and the Ring are found in the square.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: That bluff of yours was the goods all right. Choices: 1. We had no other means of getting out of this. 2. Your bluff worked. 3. That bluff of yours backfired on us.

A:
1
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