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: To my intense surprise, he replied that, on the contrary, he was extremely likely to be acquitted.  Choices: 1. John Cavendish was the man who was likely to be acquitted. 2. I was not surprised at all that he said the man was likely to go free. 3. I was surprised that he said that the man was likely to be acquitted.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: It will be a lightning rod for controversy, he predicted.  Choices: 1. He predicted that it would spark controversy greatly.  2. He predicted that the controversy would die down within a few weeks.  3. He predicted that it wouldn't cause any controversy. 

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: We are creating a riskbased management approach that will reduce the number and sequential nature of our product reviews. Choices: 1. We are creating risk based management approach that will lower the number of reviews. 2. We are creating a risk based management approach to increase the number of our reviews. 3. We are creating risk based management approach that will lower the number of reviews by 30%.

Answer:
3