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.

Q: Statement: Henry Gonzalez, the nuttiest, most obsessive Democrat of the last generation. Choices: 1. There have been several nutty Democrats in the last generation. 2. Henry Gonzalez is not a Democrat by any definition. 3. There has existed at least one Democrat in the last generation.

A: 1
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Q: 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. 

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Taking note of the obvious vulnerability of the old wooden houses, the government set up new building standards. Choices: 1. The new building standards were proposed by the government in a bid to mitigate prior housing vulnerability.  2. The government realized there was absolutely no vulnerability with regard to the old wooden houses.  3. Many old wooden houses had collapsed before the government's new standards. 

A:
3
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