TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: And the doubly-damned fools had let Menes drive millions of slaves to death to build a pyramid to the sky when there were already natural columns that could have been used! Choices: 1. Menes had a pyramid built to the sky but could have used the natural columns they were there. 2. Menes was going to build a pyramid, but decided to use the natural columns. 3. Menes wanted to go to the sky to challenge the Vampire Lord.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: In 2002, we designed several new approaches. Choices: 1. We designed new approaches. 2. We designed new approaches to the case study problem. 3. We brainstormed new approaches.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: And as Jonathan Rauch taught us, when someone tells us that his world is populated by remarkably eloquent people who always happen to say exactly what makes the storyteller look good, we are well advised to ask whether that world exists only in his, er, perceptions. Choices: 1. Rauch said everyone was stupid. 2. Rauch taught us that the world is populated by smart people who write beautiful stories. 3. Rauch taught us that the world is populated by smart people.

SOLUTION:
2