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: GAO found that these agencies are in the early stages of using a set of balanced expectations to appraise senior executive performance and there are significant opportunities to strengthen their efforts as they move forward in holding executives accountable for results. Choices: 1. GAO studied how the agencies held their CEOs accountable. 2. GAO studied how the agencies operated. 3. GAO studied how operating budgets worked.
1

Statement: 'Wouldn't that be extremely dangerous?' Choices: 1. I was concerned about the dangers involved.  2. That seems to be the safest route.  3. Would that not be hazardous?
1

Statement: 13 The difference between these two costs is 15. Choices: 1. The addition of the two costs is 83. 2. The difference between the two costs is 15. 3. The difference between the two costs is 16.

1