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.

Statement: No we're not, said Thorn. Choices: 1. Thorn said that they were. 2. Thorn denied that they were. 3. Thorn insisted that they were not leaving the village.
3

Statement: Magic to lift things instead of honest ropes that shrink and wood that swells. Choices: 1. Magic is the most honest way to lift things. 2. Magic is dishonest because it can only be used by politicians. 3. Ropes and wood are more host ways to lift things than magic.
2

Statement: The Bodhisattvas Lokeswara, Manjushri, and Machendra are especially popular with both religions in the Kathmandu Valley. Choices: 1. Some Bodhisattvas including Lokeswara, Manjushri, and Machendra are known to both religions. 2. The Bodhisattvas Lokeswara, Manjushri, and Machendra are not known to anyone in the Kathmandu Valley.  3. The Bodhisattvas Lokeswara, Manjushri, and Machendra are especially popular with both religions in the Kathmandu Valley because of the power of their teachings.

3