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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.
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Statement: Hindu ethics say that the path to salvation has three  righteousness, prosperity honestly achieved, and, not least, pleasure. Choices: 1. The way to achieve prosperity honestly is written in Hindu texts. 2. Hindu ethics do not instruct you how to achieve salvation.  3. The path to salvation in Hindu ethics includes pleasure.
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1


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Statement: but he's i don't know uh he's much much much more so It's sort of interesting though because he does bring a a much um different perspective with all the Gulf goings on um Choices: 1. It's worth listening to his opinions on the Gulf. 2. He spouts the same old same old about the Gulf goings on. 3. He brings a much different perspective on the Gulf situation.
answer:
1


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Statement: Al Gore, explaining just when he plans to set off those sarin gas capsules he's carefully hidden around the country during his eight years as vice president. Choices: 1. Al Gore doesn't know anything about the sarin gas capsules that were hidden in the country during his vice presidency. 2. Al Gore hid sarin gas capsules around the country when he was vice president. 3. Al Gore is planning to set off the sarin gas capsules to get revenge on his political enemies.
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3