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.

Q: Statement: They wouldn't be able to keep the mines secret very long, but the longer the better. Choices:  1. They wouldn't be able to keep the mines a secret for very long because the enemy was getting closer. 2. They should have no problem keeping the mines a secret. 3. They wouldn't be able to keep the mines a secret for very long.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: While they have pushed hard for open skies policies in Japan and Europe and lobbied hard against government antitrust intervention, they have been more than happy to use the legislative process to protect what amount to sinecures. Choices:  1. These policies are popular among the public. 2. Japan and Europe did not use the legislative process. 3. Japan and Europe have pushed for open skies policies.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: In order to facilitate the ability of the participants to work from an agreed upon set of facts about themselves, the facilitators divided the conferees into three groups. Choices:  1. The facilitators broke the people up into three groups. 2. The facilitators broke the people up into seven groups. 3. The facilitators broke the people up into three groups at the conference.

A:
1
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