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.

Example Input: Statement: But in the closing days of the campaign, it stands as an apt description of his faltering Republican opponents. Choices:  1. His faltering Republican opponents were trailing behind in the closing days of the campaign.  2. In the later days of the campaign the Republican opponents each had individual scandals arise which faltered their confidence, while the opponent had an op-ed about his work with grassroots community organizations.  3. His Republican opponents were doing quite well in the polls and received positive media attention which eclipsed his own campaign. 
Example Output: 1

Example Input: Statement: The wagons will circle to defend this last bastion of human conceit. Choices:  1. They love to defend this awful idea because it means that they are the top dogs in the world. 2. Nobody will come around to defend this idea. 3. People will come from far and wide to defend this mean idea.
Example Output: 3

Example Input: Statement: Since both of you are newcomers " Rennie paused and then added: "Your riding away from here might appear to others that you had quit, were joining up with the mustangers on your own."  Choices:  1. Because you are new, riding in the direction opposite to us might be perceived as quitting. 2. Riding away from us comes across as manly and responsible. 3. There were many deserters and the leader was wary of losing more men.
Example Output:
1