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: for thousands of years Choices: 1. It has been tens of centuries. 2. It has been short-term. 3. It will likely continue for thousands more.

A: 3
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Q: Statement: Going to upset our delicate multicultural balance. Choices: 1. Our multicultural balance might only be upset a little by this. 2. Our multicultural balance is delicate and will likely be upset by this. 3. This will not upset the delicate multicultural balance.

A: 1
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Q: Statement: A joint venture!" Choices: 1. It's all mine! 2. A combined effort! 3. A mixed operation! 

A:
3
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