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.

Statement: He feels that an important element to managing staff is finding ways to recognize individuals and say athank you. Choices: 1. He believes saying thank you is an important part of managing staff. 2. He believes the recognition of individuals is an important part of managing staff. 3. He believes staff should not be thanked, after all they are getting paid.
2

Statement: At the closeout meeting GAO staff may discuss the implications of the information gathered at that field location. Choices: 1. Staff can talk about all the information at the closeout meeting held on the last day of the audit. 2. Staff is not allowed to talk about information at the closeout meeting. 3. Staff can talk about all the information at the closeout meeting.
1

Statement: it's situational really Choices: 1. It is an abstract concept. 2. It is a situation. 3. It is a dire situation.

3