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: Although the activities of city and rural carriers are similar, some minor differences  Choices: 1. City carriers have more stops on their routes than rural carriers. 2. Rural and city carriers have similar activities, but they are not exactly the same. 3. City and Rural carries have completely identical activities.
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: They shared tales and laughed. Choices: 1. They were telling tales about passed holidays.  2. They were telling tales and laughing.  3. The cried as they shared tales. 
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: In spite of this investment, productivity appears to have increased only in response to hiring freezes, or reductions in the average wage and fringe benefit package caused by special circumstances. Choices: 1. Hiring freezes and wage reduction always increase productivity.  2. Hiring freezes and reductions in wage appear to increase productivity. 3. Productivity did not increase in response to the hiring freeze.
[A]:
1