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: 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.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: And Vrenna?Susan turned and looked at Jon for a moment. Choices: 1. Susan was checking out Jon's long sword. 2. Susan looked at Jon after turning around. 3. Jon was dancing to the music while Susan closed her eyes.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: There are Legal Services offices in every county except Salem and they handle roughly 50,000 cases a year. Choices: 1. Every county except Salem has Legal Service offices. 2. They don't need an office because they don't have many cases. 3. They handle many cases per year.

SOLUTION:
3