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.

Statement: He says: "Find the extra coffee-cup, and you can rest in peace!" ' Nothing more.  Choices: 1. No one else knew why Poirot thought the coffee cup was important. 2. Poirot told them to find the extra dinner plate. 3. The extra coffee cup was an important clue that had to be found. 
1

Statement: Slate writer Mickey Kaus calls them). Choices: 1. Slate writer Mickey Kaus does not acknowledge their presence. 2. Slate writer Mickey Kaus invites them for an interview. 3. Slate writer Mickey Kaus summons them.
2

Statement: Since then, she has earned promotions from managing attorney, senior attorney, then director of the Council on Aging project. Choices: 1. In the last 10 years she has had career success and moved up the ladder steadily. 2. Her career trajectory has been ever upward. 3. Since then, she has been fired and remains unemployed.

1