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.

Q: Statement: There are, of course, other contribution or cost coverage goals that could be selected. Choices: 1. Other contribution or cost coverage goals could be selected. 2. The cost coverage goals must be effective in order to be selected. 3. You don't need to choose any cost coverage goals.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: but uh i i don't know i'm i've been Republican for as long as i can remember and the Democrats are just so disorganized and they have been Choices: 1. For as long as I can remember I have been a Republican. 2. I have no desire to be a Democrat I am happy to be a Republican.  3. For as long as I can remember I have been a Democrat. 

A: 2
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Q: Statement: The findings from these two surveys appear consistent with the results of an American Express survey of business travel management, reported in July 1999 by Business Travel News, a business travel industry publication. Choices: 1. The findings from the two surveys are consistent with the American Express survey about business travel management and how employees benefit. 2. The findings from the two surveys are inconsistent with the American Express survey about business travel management. 3. The findings from the two surveys are consistent with the American Express survey about business travel management.

A:
1
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