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: He wants the United States to adopt an emergency tariff of between 10 percent and 15 percent on imports to force other countries to abandon their mercantile trading strategies. Choices: 1. He wants that an emergency tariff is adpoted in the United States, said the news. 2. He wants that an emergency tariff is adpoted in Italy. 3. He wants that an emergency tariff is adpoted in the United States.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: With mild distaste, I took the Gauntlet he handed me. Choices: 1. I wanted the gauntlet and I begged him for it.  2. I didn't want to take it but I took the gauntlet and then threw it.  3. The gauntlet was handed to be and I accepted it. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: Nearby Canongate Church was built in 1688, and the churchyard has a number of famous residents.  Choices: 1. All the famous residents of the churchyard were important churchmen. 2. There were famous people living in Canongate's churchyard. 3. Nobody was allowed to live in the churchyard of Canongate Church.

SOLUTION:
1