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: Specifically, although most public companies are required to have a board that is comprised of a majority of independent directors and certain key committees are required to be comprised solely of outside directors, a closer look reveals that the independence of many boards may be more a matter of form than substance. Choices: 1. Public companies can put whoever they want on their boards. 2. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors. 3. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors that have MBAs.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: but uh i as as far as that goes i at we at we at least agree on you know on what we enjoy in that regard but uh Choices: 1. We both enjoy it, but you even more. 2. We have different tastes on this matter. 3. We both enjoy it.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: Livingston's resignation has also backfired by diverting public attention from perjury back to sex. Choices: 1.  Livingston's resignation has not backfired  2.  Livingston's resignation has backfired  3.  Livingston's resignation has been expected for a longtime coming

A:
3
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