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: For example, management approval was needed before individuals could share information about potentially sensitive incidents and vulnerabilities. Choices: 1. Management approval was needed before individuals could share information about incidents and vulnerabilities  2. Management oversaw everything  3. Management approval was not needed to submit a report

A: 2
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Q: Statement: Such an approach invariably leads to added costs because programs are forced to fix problems late in development. Choices: 1. Approaches like that usually lead to added costs. 2. That's the safest approach possible in terms of avoiding unexpected costs. 3. Problems late in development are always guaranteed to happen.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: In last week's episode, Apu, the Indian convenience store owner, goes down to the docks to donate porno magazines to sailors. Choices: 1. The magazines that Apu donated were unsold copies from his store's news stand, not those from his precious private collection. 2. A convenience store owner, Apu, made a non-monetary donation to sailors.  3. The preview shows that in the next episode, Apu will make a donation to the sailors.

A:
1
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