TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: He is simply he. Choices: 1. He is, quite simply, he. 2. Pronouns are sometimes difficult to follow, so he chooses to use the word 'he' out of simplicity. 3. He does not like to be called as such, and prefers gender-neutral pronouns instead.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: for thousands of years Choices: 1. It has been tens of centuries. 2. It has been short-term. 3. It will likely continue for thousands more.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: but uh so far we've managed to hold our own by uh trying to set up a a monthly budget Choices: 1. We owe everything to our budget plan, it is all knowing. 2. We've created a monthly budget and it's helped us survive. 3. The budget hasn't helped us accomplish anything.

SOLUTION:
1