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: all my years of devotion go for nothing." Poirot nodded sympathetically.  Choices:  1. He never would express sympathy for another person. 2. The man moved his head. 3. Poirot knew what he was going through.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: When you hear that despite the fact that he has economists who know better, the Justice Department's Joel Klein apparently either believes or chooses to claim that this case is about path dependence, you start to wonder. Choices:  1. Joel Klein is lying about the case, and it's obvious why. 2. Joel Klein's claim that the case is about path dependence is fully backed up by his economists. 3. Joel Klein says that this case is about path dependence, even though the economists who work for him know that isn't true.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: (And where is a percontativus now that I need one?) Choices:  1. A percontativus is difficult to find at a reasonable price. 2. When I need a percontativus, where is it? 3. I found a percontativus when I needed it.

A:
2
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