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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: The Times claimed that the number boycotting never reached a critical mass that would have threatened the integrity of its list. Choices: 1. The boycotting was so severe that the list's integrity was completely destroyed in the process. 2. The boycotting was arranged by an opposing firm that did not believe in the integrity of the list.  3. The integrity of the list could be compromised by boycotting.
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2


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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: I know what you mean. Choices: 1. I don't get it. 2. I understand you. 3. It was a complex topic, but I understood it.
answer:

3