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: However, Ireland has always looked to Europe for friendship and support, and gradually it began to define itself as a European nation. Choices: 1. Ireland always looked to Europe for support, but was forced to join them as a nation. 2. Ireland kept themselves distinctly separate from Europe. 3. Ireland always looked to Europe for friendship and support and gradually became part of Europe.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: There's been the most awful row!  Choices: 1. There was the worst row ever. 2. There has been no commotion. 3. There was an awful row.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: whether an LSC attorney's truncated representation had resulted in complete analysis of the case, full advice to the client, and proper presentation to the court; and the courts and the public would come to question the adequacy and fairness of professional representations when the attorney avoided all reference to statutory validity and constitutional authority questions. Choices: 1. The attorney avoided questions about constitutional authority. 2. The attorney was instructed by the judge not to talk about statutory validity. 3. The attorney spoke at length about constitutional authority.

A:
2
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