TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
PROBLEM: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: More generally, we need to comprehensively examine opportunities for better using the federal government's career SES leadership. Choices:  1. We need to find more ways to destroy the government's SES leadership program.  2. We need to look for opportunities to use SES leadership in a better way.  3. The school board needs to look for better ways to use SES leadership from the government. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: Snorkelling is at its best off cliffs and near rocks. Choices:  1. Around cliffs and rocks is the best place to snorkel. 2. The cliffs and rocks off the Spanish coast offer the best snorkeling. 3. Snorkeling is best done in open waters 200 miles off the coast.

SOLUTION:
1