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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.
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Statement: It's a phase some kids go through. Choices: 1. Some children go through that phase.  2. Kids do not go through phases. 3. Sucking their thumb is a phase children go through. 
answer:
3


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Statement: Sir James stroked his chin and smiled. Choices: 1. Sir James rubbed his face. 2. Sir James rubbed his face and frowned. 3. Sir James didn't move.
answer:
2


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Statement: In Michael Kinsley's Ethics Upside Down, he notes that there are two possible reasons why conflict of interest is a bad thing for  Choices: 1. All conflicts of interest are considered a bad thing by Michael Kinsley. 2. Ethics Upside Down discusses conflicts of interest. 3. Michael Kinsley has no opinions about conflicts of interest.
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1