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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.
question:
Statement: He was pro-German, as he would have been pro-Boer. Choices:  1. He speaks fluent German. 2. German beliefs were ones he believed in. 3. The man is a loyal American.
answer:
2


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Statement: today is his birthday yeah yeah Choices:  1. He is fifty years old today.   2. His birthday is tomorrow.   3. His birthday is today.
answer:
3


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Statement: Individual income taxes--which, by supply-side theory, should have spurted since rates were cut--grew at only a 2.1-percent rate. Choices:  1. INcome taxes grew slowly. 2. The average household paid $3,000 more in income taxes. 3. Income tax rates were slashe.
answer:

1