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: there's a lot of um-hum Choices: 1. There is more than one. 2. There are over three hundred. 3. There is only a few.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: Any option to expand Medicare's benefit package-absent other reforms-runs the risk of exacerbating the program's fiscal imbalance and increasing government dissaving. Choices: 1. Medicare benefits can be expanded indefinitely without consequence. 2. Expanded Medicare benefits include better coverage for medication. 3. Expanding Medicare benefits could create government deficits.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: In November 1999, the first- ever meeting of all of these programs was held. Choices: 1. The first meeting took place in 1999.  2. The first meeting took place on January 3, 1988.  3. The first meeting of the new school programs was held over Thanksgiving break, 1999.

A:
3
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