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: Slate 's Sarah Kerr says that for someone so bent on unmasking pieties, Smiley is not above her own kind of sanctimony. Choices: 1. Smiley is bent on unmasking pieties. 2. Sarah Kerr thinks Smiley is contradictory. 3. Smiley is known for hiding pieties and trying not to be sanctimonious.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: we were kind of in for a rude awakening they had personal property taxes on like cars and the first year we're there it was like eight hundred dollars and we're like Choices: 1. The personal property taxes were very low. 2. When the bill for personal property taxes for cars came we weren't sure if we could afford it. 3. We were surprised they had personal property taxes on cars.

A: 2
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Q: Statement: Finding that photograph in the drawer, after that story of how it had been got from him by Inspector Brown, made me suspect Julius. Choices: 1. I started suspecting Julius after I discovered the photo in the drawer. 2. Even after finding the photo in the drawer, I still didn't suspect Julius. 3. I would not have suspected Julius at all, had it not been for the photo I found in the drawer.

A:
3
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