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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: In 2002, we designed several new approaches. Choices: 1. We designed new approaches. 2. We designed new approaches to the case study problem. 3. We brainstormed new approaches.
answer:
2


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Statement: are you required to by law Choices: 1. Is it legally required of you? 2. Is that just something you do for fun? 3. Why do you do that?
answer:
3


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Statement: When the findings fit, the pattern is confirmed. Choices: 1. If the findings fit, you cannot confirm the pattern. 2. There are other ways to confirm the pattern besides findings that fit. 3. Confirmation of the pattern is made when the findings fit.
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2