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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.
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Statement: A draft summary of the Health Security Act, released in September of 1993, contained a chart showing projected growth for Medicare slowing to less than 6 percent by 1997, and less than 5 percent by 1999. Choices: 1. Medicare's overall growth did indeed slow to less than 6 percent by 1997, and less than 5 percent by 1999.  2. the 1993 draft summary showing projected growth for Medicare increasing rapidly over the coming years.  3. The draft summary of the Health Security Act was released in September of 1993. 
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1


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Statement: Slate 's Sarah Kerr says that for someone so bent on unmasking pieties, Smiley is not above her own kind of sanctimony. Choices: 1. Smiley is bent on unmasking pieties. 2. Sarah Kerr thinks Smiley is contradictory. 3. Smiley is known for hiding pieties and trying not to be sanctimonious.
answer:
2


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Statement: However, a legal services lawyer from Spokane filed a lawsuit challenging the department's refusal to pay for the man's dentures. Choices: 1. The department refused to pay for the man's dentures. 2. It would have been cheaper for the department to pay the initial claim for dentures rather than court and attorney fees. 3. The department's decision to not pay for the man's dentures went unchallenged.
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2