TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: Government Printing Office, March 2000). Choices: 1. Public Printing Office 2. The Government Printing Office is in Washington D.C. 3. The Government has a printing office.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: It was so dark out there...you could fool yourself into thinking there was no ground at all. Choices: 1. It's so dark that you can't tell where the ground ends. 2. It's very bright outside. 3. It's so dark you can't see the ground.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: Where the palazzo joins the basilica's southernmost flank is the Porta della Carta (Gate of the Paper, where the doge posted his decrees and scribes gathered). Choices: 1. The Porta della Carta is part of the basilica. 2. Porta della Carta means Gate of the Milk Carton. 3. Paper messages were posted on the Porta della Carta by anyone who wished to convey information.

SOLUTION:
3