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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Question: Statement: Union Pacific then consolidated its operations, eliminating the Las Vegas repair facility. Choices: 1. The Union Pacific consolidated its operations. 2. There was a time when Las Vegas was not supposed to be a place. 3. Las Vegas never had a repair facility.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: The whole field of biology has rested precariously on a single data point--life on Earth. Choices: 1. Biology is about one point- life on Earth, and is going to be like this for many years. 2. Biology is about one point- life on Earth. 3. Biology is about one point- life on Mars.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: SportsZone does not cover the tournament so much as carpet-bomb it. Choices: 1. SportsZone does not cover the tournament but reluctantly carpet bomb it. 2. SportZone had excellent coverage of the tournament. 3. SportsZone didn't cover the tournament but rather lambasted it.

Answer:
1