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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Question: Statement: This political pressure forced the Clinton administration to propose a compromise last week. Choices: 1. They had to come to an agreement due to the burdens they faced. 2. It took a toll on him. 3. They could not seem to come to a compromise. 

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: It will be a lightning rod for controversy, he predicted.  Choices: 1. He predicted that it would spark controversy greatly.  2. He predicted that the controversy would die down within a few weeks.  3. He predicted that it wouldn't cause any controversy. 

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: Spun and spun and spun the president's denial for months without bothering to check if it was true. Choices: 1. The President's advisors knew that it wasn't true. 2. The President was completely open from the start and made no denials. 3. The President kept denying, but did not check to see if it was true.

Answer:
1