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: About half of it, however, is out of bounds to all but the military, but that still leaves huge areas of sand and surf. Choices: 1. The entire beach is open to the public. 2. The sand is a bright white. 3. Half of the area is off limits to the general public.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: The island has a checkered past of smuggling and pira cy. Choices: 1. Pirates have frequented the waters around the island as recently as 5 years ago. 2. Smuggling and piracy used to occur in close proximity to the island. 3. The island is unique in having a history free of piracy.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: Information wanting to be free doesn't seem so appealing when it includes details about all your own flesh and frailties--credit history, shopping habits, records of where you've been, what you asked for, and what you took. Choices: 1. They would have to pay more to get more information. 2. Free information does not seem welcomed when it contains your own personal data. 3. They wanted to spy on their neighbors while having their information hidden.

A:
3
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