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: Ca'daan shivered at the intense gaze. Choices: 1. Ca'daan was calmed by the gaze. 2. The demon's gaze made Ca'daan shiver. 3. The intense gaze made Ca'daan shiver.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: uh when the public whole is at stake Choices: 1. When only family members are at stake. 2. When the general population is at stake. 3. When the safety of the public is at stake.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: Biskind's book, accordingly, concludes with a litany of spectacular  Coppola's Apocalypse Now and One From the Heart, Spielberg's 1941 , William Friedkin's Sorcerer, and, of course, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate . According to Mardik Martin, Scorsese's erstwhile writing partner (as quoted by Biskind): The auteur theory killed all these people. Choices: 1. Michael C Dimino was inspired by William Friedkin to write Heaven's Gate.   2. Biskind stated that Mardik Martin had been William Friedkin's former writing partner. 3. Try as he would, Mardik Martin was never able to meet William Friedkin, in person.

SOLUTION:
1