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: 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.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: Why not just abolish all the laws that are supposed to protect These folk; because if you do not have legal services, the laws are unenforceable and useless. Choices: 1. These folk need legal services to protect them. 2. There is no way to enforce the laws with no legal services. 3. The people can protect themselves against the law.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: and they are now putting in you know some sort of federal arbitrator i think or something because they just have a horrible time getting the you know getting their contracts straightened out they have been good and they only walked out once or twice i believe they keep getting you know they they'll go all the way to your table they'll have some proposal and then Choices: 1. getting their contracts in order hasn't been easy for them 2. they are taking all kinds of new measures to get their contracts straightened out 3. getting their contracts in order has been a cinch for them

A:
2
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