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: Postal density appears to be a more important driver of unit street delivery costs than volume over the actual ranges in France and the U.S. Choices: 1. France and U.S. have similar unit street delivery costs because they have similar policies. 2. Postal density appears to be a less important driver of unit street delivery cost than volume over the actual ranges in France and the U.S. 3. Postal density seems to be an important driver of unit street delivery costs in France and the U.S.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: During a NewsHour discussion of Vernon Jordan's testimony, Shields comes out with the bizarrely malapropos comment that Vernon Jordan's elocutionary style reminds him of nothing more than Barbara Jordan's measured diction. Choices: 1. Shields says something about Vernon Jordan that has no bearing on the proceedings. 2. In a moment of senile dementia, Shields loses the plot when speaking about Jordan. 3. During the discussion, Shields flew about the room and perched on the window sill.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: On the one hand, EPA has not conducted any significant review of the EIA assumptions that underpin the AEO2001 projections. Choices: 1. EIA assumptions for its AEO2001 projections have not been reviewed by EPA. 2. EPA agreed with the findings of EIA and didn't see a need to conduct further review. 3. EPA has done several extensive reviews of EIA's underlying assumptions in its AEO2001 projections.

SOLUTION:
2