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: OMB Circular 50 provides the policies and procedures for use by executive agencies when considering reports issued by GAO and Inspectors General, other executive branch audit organizations, and nonfederal auditors where follow-up is necessary; and OMB Circular A-123 addresses internal management control systems. Choices:  1. OMB Circular A-123 addresses internal management control systems. 2. OMB Circular A-123 wrote negative remarks about control systems. 3. OMB Circular A-123 made no comments on the control systems.
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: The Decline in U.S. Choices:  1. It has dropped in the United States. 2. The decline was caused by decreasing wages. 3. The increase in the U.S.
[A]: 1


[Q]: Statement: Once commander of the Canical whaling station and thus responsible for taking 100 200 of the great c reatures each year, he now devotes his energy to saving the whale and other marine life of the area. Choices:  1. The whales were wiped out years ago and no longer live in the area. 2. The whaling station used to take more than one hundred whales per year. 3. The whales were harvested for their valuable skins.
[A]:
2