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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: Coptic Christians founded an expansive community for prayer and contemplation here in the fourth century a.d. when many monks chose to live their lives as hermits. Choices: 1. Coptic monks have never lived their lives as hermits. 2. Some Coptic Christians were monks who lived as hermits. 3. The majority of Coptic monks lived their lives as hermits.
answer:
3


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Statement: Guess the old man is a little addled. Choices: 1. The old man is probably a little addled. 2. The old man is probably a little addled because he spaces out a lot. 3. The old man is dead.
answer:
2


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Statement: In addition, the central groups provided related explanations, guidance, and support to business units. Choices: 1. No group provided any explanations to business units.   2. The central groups provided explanations to business units.   3. The central group was located in Washington, DC.  
answer:

3