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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.
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Statement: Postal density appears to be a more important driver of unit street delivery costs than volume over the actual ranges in France and the U.S. Choices: 1. France and U.S. have similar unit street delivery costs because they have similar policies. 2. Postal density appears to be a less important driver of unit street delivery cost than volume over the actual ranges in France and the U.S. 3. Postal density seems to be an important driver of unit street delivery costs in France and the U.S.
answer:
1


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Statement: for thousands of years Choices: 1. It has been tens of centuries. 2. It has been short-term. 3. It will likely continue for thousands more.
answer:
3


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Statement: 5. What are the Implications of Current Fiscal Policy Choices for Future Living Standards? Choices: 1. Future Living Standards are not impacted by Current Fiscal Policy. 2. Future Living Standards are impacted by Current Fiscal Policy. 3. Future Living Standards are improved by Current Fiscal Policy.
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3