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: When we reached the house, my little friend waved aside Mary's offer of tea.  Choices: 1. When we reached the house, my friend denied an offer of tea. 2. My friend thought it was too hot to have some tea. 3. When we reached the house, my friend asked Mary for some tea.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: The Dutch hav e a fort, so the French have a fort. Choices: 1. The Dutch and French forts are close to each other. 2. The Dutch and French both have forts. 3. The French do not have a fort.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: It forms the resting places of many lesser members of the house of Mohammed Ali, and is where the last Shah of Iran was interred following his death in 1980. Choices: 1. The area is where Mohammed Ali's family is from and has some important people interred there. 2. They are all vampires who rise at night.  3. No one is interred at the ancestral home of Mohammed Ali.

SOLUTION:
2