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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: The 18th century was not a good time for the native Irish, but the Protestant Ascendancy flourished. Choices: 1. During the 18th century, the Protestant Ascendancy flourished. 2. The 18th century was a time of great joy for the native irish. 3. The Protestant Ascendancy was embraced by many during the 18th century.
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3


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Statement: Any option to expand Medicare's benefit package-absent other reforms-runs the risk of exacerbating the program's fiscal imbalance and increasing government dissaving. Choices: 1. Medicare benefits can be expanded indefinitely without consequence. 2. Expanded Medicare benefits include better coverage for medication. 3. Expanding Medicare benefits could create government deficits.
answer:
2


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Statement: and it's all over him the poor thing you know so there's definitely hazards to going camping if you don't know what you're looking at Choices: 1. You should know what you're doing if you want to go camping. 2. He got covered in poison ivy because he didn't recognize it. 3. Camping is very safe and you don't know what you're looking at.
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2