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.

[EX Q]: Statement: Union Pacific then consolidated its operations, eliminating the Las Vegas repair facility. Choices: 1. The Union Pacific consolidated its operations. 2. There was a time when Las Vegas was not supposed to be a place. 3. Las Vegas never had a repair facility.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: She's goin' to be as fine a lady as her ma I'm willin' to swear to that."The filly lipped Drew's fingers experimentally and then snorted and did a frisky little dance with her tiny hoofs rustling in the straw. Choices: 1. Drew had gotten the filly's mother in Philadelphia.  2. Drew was keenly disappointed in the filly after she bit him. 3. The filly did a little dance after Drew stopped talking for a while.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: These views may make conflicts longer and more bloody than they would otherwise be. Choices: 1. These views do a lot to speed up the introduction of peace and reduce casualties in conflict. 2. Conflicts are usually quite short without these views.  3. These views can increase the intensity of conflict unnecessarily.
[EX A]:
2