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.

Q: Statement: A guillotine replaced the king's statue and was used to behead Louis XVI and more than 1,000 other victims. Choices:  1. Louis XVI was executed using an electric chair. 2. The guillotine was the method of execution during Louis XVI's time. 3. Louis XVI and many other people were executed using a guillotine.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: But until this year, U.S. Choices:  1. Things were the same forever. 2. Things were the same until this year. 3. It was until this year.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Around the country, the picture is similarly bleak, said William Hornsby, staff counsel in the American Bar Association's division for legal services. Choices:  1. William Hornsby feels the housing market is bleak both here, and countrywide.  2. William Hornsby feels the picture is bleak around the country. 3. William Hornsby paints a rosy picture of the situation around the country. 

A:
2
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