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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.
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Statement: The 18th century was not a good time for the native Irish, but the Protestant Ascendancy flourished. Choices: 1. During the 18th century, the Protestant Ascendancy flourished. 2. The 18th century was a time of great joy for the native irish. 3. The Protestant Ascendancy was embraced by many during the 18th century.
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3


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Statement: i'm sure you have a representative somewhere in the area just nothing more than a business representative or government services representative Choices: 1. I'm positive you don't have any representatives in the area.  2. You are lying about not having a representative in the area.  3. You certainly have a representative somewhere in the area. 
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2


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Statement: It's this way, he said, "so far, we've only seen the case from the outside.  Choices: 1. "So far, we've only seen the case from the outside,"  he said. 2. He said, "so far we have not seen the case from the outside." 3. "So far, we've only seen the case from the outside." he said with a sense of conviction.
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3