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: The really interesting question is why the Cato Institute and other free-market conservatives should be willing to squander their intellectual credibility by associating their names with this sort of thing. Choices: 1. The Cato Institute is been applauded for associating their name with this. 2. Risking their intellectual credibility will really damage their business. 3. There is question as to why the Cato Institute would associate with this sort of thing.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: South of Miyazaki, the little island of Aoshima is connected to Kyushu by a footbridge and surrounded by strange, wave-like rocks believed to be between 15 million and 30 million years old. Choices: 1. There are many attractions on the island of Aoshima. 2. Kyushu's bridge has been broken for years, and you have to take a plane. 3. At the South of Miyazaki there are strange wave-like rocks.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: The Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the Maccabee family, ruled an independent Jewish Commonwealth that stretched from the Negev to the Galilee. Choices: 1. The Hasmonean dynasty ruled a Christian Kingdom in what is now Britain. 2. The Hasmonean dynasty were descendants of the Maccabee family and ruled a Jewish Commonwealth that extended from the Negev to the Gaillee. 3. The Hasmonean dynasty conquered land extending from the Negev to the Gaillee.

SOLUTION:
3