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: There has been a Church of the Holy Sepulcher on this spot for some 1,650 years, ever since Queen Helena (the mother of Emperor Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion of Rome) visited Jerusalem in a.d. 326 and identified Golgotha, the site of the crucifixion itself. Choices: 1. Queen Helena supported her son, though she herself never did convert to Christianity, 2. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher has been absent from this spot ever since Queen Helena had it torn down. 3. After Queen Helena's visit to Jerusalem, there was a church on this spot for over 1500 years.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: Paradoxically, caving in to her critics would bolster Reno's reputation for fearless independence. Choices: 1. Reno's critics in this case are making legitimate points. 2. Reno is known for being fiercely independent. 3. Reno isn't exactly known for her independence.

SOLUTION:
1