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: About half of it, however, is out of bounds to all but the military, but that still leaves huge areas of sand and surf. Choices: 1. The entire beach is open to the public. 2. The sand is a bright white. 3. Half of the area is off limits to the general public.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: hm how long is this going to go on do you know Choices: 1. I have another appointment to get to. 2. Do you know how long this will last? 3. I'm leaving in five minutes once this is finished.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: For example, mail could be sorted one day and delivered the next, resulting in a less demanding schedule. Choices: 1. The schedule is more hectic when mail is sorted in one day and delivered in another. 2. If mail can be sorted in one day, delivered the next the schedule will be less demanding.  3. A two day system of mail delivery works best. 

A:
3
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