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: The really interesting question is why the Cato Institute and other free-market conservatives should be willing to squander their intellectual credibility by associating their names with this sort of thing. Choices: 1. The Cato Institute is been applauded for associating their name with this. 2. Risking their intellectual credibility will really damage their business. 3. There is question as to why the Cato Institute would associate with this sort of thing.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: Such data include narratives of events written by participant observers, accounts of what the participants understood about an event, reports of what was said at a meeting or an interview, observational records of how an event took place, and statements of impressions about what was going on, why it was happening, and how people felt about it, themselves, or each other. Choices: 1. The data was made up of objective facts so it would not be influenced by mass opinion subject to influence by ulterior motive and gossip of other people as that would be unfair to the target of study in the case.  2. Data may be narratives of events as experienced by observers including any details, spoken memory of what was said and their overall impression and personal feelings.  3. The data on the Child Protective Services Report gathered information from all family members involved to determine safety in the home by interviewing them about narratives of events as experienced by family members including any details, spoken memory of what was said and overall impression and personal feelings. 

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: No, my friend.  Choices: 1. My friend, no. 2. No, my friend, we're not ready yet. 3. Yes, my enemy.

SOLUTION:
2