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: well hopefully you know if it's humid now maybe it'll i remember last year it rained an awful lot or uh you know for the last couple of years it's rained an awful lot and maybe that'll help to defeat some of the heat Choices: 1. Last year was really rainy and this year is too dry. 2. Last year was really rainy. 3. Last year was a major drought.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: McGwire's homer was a high fly, as Niehaus attested, and as was confirmed by his broadcast partner Rick Rizzs, who marveled at the ball's hang time. Choices: 1. McGwire hit a foul ball. 2. McGwire hit a home run out of the park. 3. McGwire hit a home run.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: It should be noted that the numbers in Columns (5), (8), and (11) are average annual growth rates. Choices: 1. The chart used specific monthly rates. 2. The chart gives the average annual growth rates. 3. There are other numbers that could be used, but the chart used average annual growth rates.

A:
3
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