In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
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Question: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: The old man was like that, admitted Julius. Choices:  1. The old man was nothing like that, Julius confessed. 2. He'd been like that for all of Julius' life. 3. Julius had to admit that this is what the old man was like.

Answer: 3


Question: Statement: That is a pity, said John.  Choices:  1. John said that it was a pity. 2. John felt pitiful. 3. John didn't think it was a pity.

Answer:
1