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.

Statement: The ferry timetable runs on a winter (read curtailed) service until the first week in May. Choices: 1. Ferries are available until the first week in May. 2. After the first of may ends the peak season for ferries. 3. You can catch a ferry until June.
2

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. 
3

Statement: During the last one hundred years a large percentage of the population, tired of fighting the hard economic conditions, immigrated to the United States. Choices: 1. Many people immigrated to the United States. 2. Today, the population is still lower than it was before this period of immigration. 3. Many people from the United States migrated to the area, due to the booming economy.

2