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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: It's pretty obvious what conservative politicians are trying to do  develop a winning issue for the 1998 election. Choices: 1. Ahead of the 1998 election, conservative politicians are seeking a winning issue to campaign on. 2. Many commentators feel that even with a winning issue, conservative politicians will struggle to win votes. 3. Liberal politicians are trying to find a winning issue ahead of the 1998 election.
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2


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Statement: Kill him!  Choices: 1. Do not harm him. 2. He ought to be killed. 3. I command you to kill him.
answer:
2


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Statement: And after that defeat at Glorieta, the retreat to Texas was pure hell with the fires roaring. Choices: 1. Nobody wanted to run all the way to Texas. 2. Following the victory, fleeing to Texas was amazing. 3. Following the defeat, the fleeing to Texas was terrible.
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1