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.

[Q]: Statement: A substantial body of published scientific literature recognizes a correlation between elevated PM concentrations and increased mortality rates. Choices: 1. There is a correlation between elevated PM concentrations and increased mortality rates. 2. There is no evidence that there is a correlation between elevated PM concentrations and increased mortality rates. 3. However the study needs more trials.
[A]: 3


[Q]: Statement: Miss Howard has previously made up a cock and bull story about him and Mrs. Raikes to account for his holding his tongue afterwards.  Choices: 1. No one believed the story that Miss Howard has made up. 2. Miss Howard has never made any suspicious stories. 3. He held his tongue, and Miss Howard made up a story to account for it.
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: Speaking of Turkey, in honor of Thanksgiving Slate has published a full week's issue as of today (Wednesday, Nov. 26), two days early. Choices: 1. Slate observes public holidays by adjusting its publication issuance. 2. Many other publications follow Slate's observance of Thanksgiving. 3. Slate has kept its issuance schedule, despite Thanksgiving.
[A]:
2