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: VBA's Senior Executive Performance Plans41 Performance Elements41 Performance Standards for Elements42 Performance Standards for Summary Ratings43 Revisions to the Fiscal Year 2002 Performance Plans44 Choices: 1. In 2002 there were revisions made to the fiscal year performance plans. 2. No revisions were made for fiscal year 2002 and the performance plans were scrapped. 3. VBA's performance in 2001 exceeded the expectations of senior executives.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: One wonders whether the dark and shadowy world of his photographs might have had some association in his mind with the ambivalence he felt toward the Jews he posed in such excruciating positions. Choices: 1. One wonders if his history of being a circus clown effected his photography. 2. One wonders if his history in photography effected his posing of Jews. 3. One wonders if his history of abusive behavior effected his posing of Jews.  

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: To News Quiz participants, Wal-Mart means sweatshop labor and easily available guns, but it's so much more. Choices: 1. Wal-Mart also has dazzling views of poorly-dressed obese rednecks. 2. To News Quiz participants, Wal-Mart means artisan crafts and hard-to-obtain firearms. 3. Wal-Mart is synonymous with cheap labor and quick access to firearms.

SOLUTION:
1