TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: Maybe Doc Matthews ain't here, after all.  Choices: 1. Doc Matthews is right here.  2. Perhaps Doc Matthews isn't here after all.  3. Perhaps Doc Matthews is still at the bar. 

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: New castles were built and new weapons acquired, including the famous gun called  Mons Meg.  Choices: 1. The Mons Meg is not a gun, it is a brand of car. 2. The Mons Meg has a bullet capacity of 6. 3. The Mons Meg is a famous gun acquired recently.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: The really interesting question is why the Cato Institute and other free-market conservatives should be willing to squander their intellectual credibility by associating their names with this sort of thing. Choices: 1. The Cato Institute is been applauded for associating their name with this. 2. Risking their intellectual credibility will really damage their business. 3. There is question as to why the Cato Institute would associate with this sort of thing.

SOLUTION:
2