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: Just acroseSalisbury Road from the cultural center is the historic Peninsula Hotel, now expanded and modernized by a 32-story tower. Choices: 1. People who stay at the Peninsula Hotel get free admission to the cultural center.  2. The Peninsula Hotel is right across from the cultural center.  3. The Peninsula Hotel is on one end of the city while the cultural center is on the other end. 

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: Specifically, although most public companies are required to have a board that is comprised of a majority of independent directors and certain key committees are required to be comprised solely of outside directors, a closer look reveals that the independence of many boards may be more a matter of form than substance. Choices: 1. Public companies can put whoever they want on their boards. 2. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors. 3. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors that have MBAs.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: Break the monotony of 25 sequential reviews with full-length author interviews (which the Times used to have), letters from abroad, debates, and a gossip column. Choices: 1. 25 sequential reviews are monotonous and need to be broken up. 2. 25 sequential reviews are not at all monotonous. 3. Times switched from full-length author interviews due to reader's short attention spans.

SOLUTION:
3