TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: The Normans, following the pattern of earlier invaders, became rapidly assimilated. Choices: 1. The Normans were deeply reluctant to assimilate. 2. The Normans were simply too enamored with the cultural improvements. 3. The Normans were assimilated quite quickly.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: And here's another ray of  De Long and Lang's results were published in the prestigious Journal of Political Economy , so they're probably wrong to begin with. Choices: 1. De Long and Lang have been working together for five years. 2. Lang's findings appeared in the Journal of Political Economy. 3. The Journal of Political Economy refused to publish Lang's results.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: Managers are to (1) promptly evaluate findings from Choices: 1. Managers are to promptly evaluate the findings of excess scrap first and foremost. 2. Promptly evaluating findings are the managers number one priority. 3. The company policy for managers was to record the days production and have the engineering department evaluate the findings.

SOLUTION:
1