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: One wonders whether the dark and shadowy world of his photographs might have had some association in his mind with the ambivalence he felt toward the Jews he posed in such excruciating positions. Choices: 1. One wonders if his history of being a circus clown effected his photography. 2. One wonders if his history in photography effected his posing of Jews. 3. One wonders if his history of abusive behavior effected his posing of Jews.  

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: Any option to expand Medicare's benefit package-absent other reforms-runs the risk of exacerbating the program's fiscal imbalance and increasing government dissaving. Choices: 1. Medicare benefits can be expanded indefinitely without consequence. 2. Expanded Medicare benefits include better coverage for medication. 3. Expanding Medicare benefits could create government deficits.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: um i don't agree with that i don't agree because i think that they are pretty vocal about it in in uh Africa i think the y've made a lot more changes hey they've their very vocal Choices: 1. They are pretty loud about it in Africa.  2. They don't stay quiet in Africa.  3. They are meek in Africa. 

SOLUTION:
2