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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Question: Statement: Coptic Christians founded an expansive community for prayer and contemplation here in the fourth century a.d. when many monks chose to live their lives as hermits. Choices: 1. Coptic monks have never lived their lives as hermits. 2. Some Coptic Christians were monks who lived as hermits. 3. The majority of Coptic monks lived their lives as hermits.

Answer: 3


Question: Statement: The island has a checkered past of smuggling and pira cy. Choices: 1. Pirates have frequented the waters around the island as recently as 5 years ago. 2. Smuggling and piracy used to occur in close proximity to the island. 3. The island is unique in having a history free of piracy.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: It was only a breath. Choices: 1. There was nobody around to breathe. 2. It was only a breath, but it was a long breath. 3. Someone was breathing.

Answer:
2