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.

Statement: Since 1970, owner engineering downsizing has resulted in increased use of contractors to perform design and construction functions. Choices: 1. Owner engineering downsizing has no result on contractors. 2. Owner engineering downsizing has a result on contractors because they are able to work together well. 3. Owner engineering downsizing has a result on contractors.
2

Statement: Government Printing Office, March 2000). Choices: 1. Public Printing Office 2. The Government Printing Office is in Washington D.C. 3. The Government has a printing office.
2

Statement: In considering required reporting of stewardship information, the Board became increasingly aware of the need to be highly selective in proposing requirements for the consolidated financial report of the Federal Government. Choices: 1. There is no need to be highly selective in proposing precise requirements about that topic. 2. There is the need to be highly selective in proposing precise requirements about that topic, and the Board has become aware of that, but was too late. 3. There is the need to be highly selective in proposing precise requirements about that topic, and the Board has become aware of that.

2