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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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Statement: Even its advertised passbook savings accounts earned 1.49 percent. Choices: 1. The account earnings are a good rate. 2. The savings accounts earned 3 percent. 3. The passbook savings account is advertised.
answer:
1


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Statement: Sir James stroked his chin and smiled. Choices: 1. Sir James rubbed his face. 2. Sir James rubbed his face and frowned. 3. Sir James didn't move.
answer:
2


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Statement: It almost sank the whole deal. Choices: 1. The whole deal went off without a hitch. 2. The whole deal was almost ruined. 3. The whole deal was almost ruined by the President's comments.
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3