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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. 
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3


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Statement: Since the 1960s, U.S. gross national saving as a share of GDP has ranked sixth among a group of seven major industrialized countries- the G-7. Choices: 1. U.S. gross national saving as a share of GDP has ranked since the 1990s sixth among the G-7. 2. U.S. gross national saving as a share of GDP has ranked since the 1960s sixth among the G-7, said the governor. 3. U.S. gross national saving as a share of GDP has ranked since the 1960s sixth among the G-7.
answer:
2


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Statement: The merchants wanted to divert trade away from the Arabs, fearing the enrichment of the North African Maghreb as a threat to Christian Europe. Choices: 1. Developing the North African Maghreb could endanger a Christian Europe. 2. The Arabs intended to seize the trade routes with Christian Europe, in order to establish a monopoly. 3. The merchants' fears were silenced, as the Arabs were willing buy their products at competitive prices.
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3