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: Still, all that shine simply hid a different kind of dirt. Choices:  1. Just because something appears to be clean and perfect doesn't mean it isn't smudged somehow. 2. The dirt showed prominently and hid any shine there was.  3. Even though they were shiny, they weren't free of dirt.
[A]: 3


[Q]: Statement: The old man was like that, admitted Julius. Choices:  1. The old man was nothing like that, Julius confessed. 2. He'd been like that for all of Julius' life. 3. Julius had to admit that this is what the old man was like.
[A]: 3


[Q]: Statement: In some ways the wall itself was responsible for subsequent overcrowding and disease because people were too frightened to live outside it. Choices:  1. People were afraid to live outside the wall. 2. People did not care about the wall. 3. The wall was intimidating ot most people.
[A]:
1