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: Even the Irish--the ones in Ireland--have distanced themselves from the New York legislation. Choices: 1. Even the Irish want new legislations in New York. 2. The Irish are supportive of the legislations in New York. 3. The Irish have distanced themselves from legislations in New York.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: New castles were built and new weapons acquired, including the famous gun called  Mons Meg.  Choices: 1. The Mons Meg is not a gun, it is a brand of car. 2. The Mons Meg has a bullet capacity of 6. 3. The Mons Meg is a famous gun acquired recently.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: While she said that this violated the unwritten code against taking more than two candidates in the race seriously at the same time, she noted that since McCain wasn't running in Iowa, Forbes would be his surrogate as not Bush. Choices: 1. The unwritten code was implied by word of mouth. 2. The unwritten code is in favor of two candidates running at the same time. 3. The unwritten code is against two candidates running at the same time.

A:
1
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