In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Q: Statement: eleven and fourteen Choices:  1. Fifteen and sixteen. 2. Fourteen and eleven. 3. Between fourteen and eleven.

A: 2
****
Q: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.

A: 2
****
Q: Statement: A Federation of Malay States Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, and Pahang was proclaimed in 1896 to coordinate an economic and administrative organization. Choices:  1. Nothing of interest happened in the year 1896. 2. In 1896, an economic and administrative organization was coordinated. 3. This organization brought thousands of new jobs to the sector.

A:
2
****