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: It will be a lightning rod for controversy, he predicted.  Choices: 1. He predicted that it would spark controversy greatly.  2. He predicted that the controversy would die down within a few weeks.  3. He predicted that it wouldn't cause any controversy. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: He half carried her into the library, and laid her on the leather couch. Choices: 1. He put her on the couch in the library. 2. He put her on a brown leather coach.  3. He put her on the toilet in the bathroom. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: After years of study, these onnagata make an astoundingly subtle and delicate art of capturing the gestures and movements of both young girls and old crones. Choices: 1. The onnagata can mimic the body language and movements of old and young women. 2. Onnagata are known for their graceless, clownlike pageantry. 3. These onnagata practice by observing the young and elderly in nursing homes and daycares.

SOLUTION:
3