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: and that just seems ridiculous Choices: 1. It doesn't seem ridiculous. 2. It is ridiculous. 3. It seems ridiculous.
2

Statement: That legislation, House Bill 4078, would also use a separate state account to collect the money. Choices: 1. A separate state account would collect money under this bill. 2. This bill would require that all money be collected in a single account. 3. House Bill 4078 enjoys overwhelming support in the Senate.
3

Statement: The Washington Post warned that the law may be resurrected the next time Congress becomes dissatisfied with the way the Justice Department conducts a politically charged investigation and urges that it be replaced with a rule that would give the attorney general wide discretion on when to seek an independent counsel and some say in who that investigator is. Choices: 1. The Washington Post discussed the Justice Department on its front page. 2. The Washington Post called for a rule to give the attorney general discretion on when to seek an independent counsel. 3. The Washington Post asserts that the attorney general should have no say on when to seek independent counsel.

1