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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Question: Statement: Any option to expand Medicare's benefit package-absent other reforms-runs the risk of exacerbating the program's fiscal imbalance and increasing government dissaving. Choices: 1. Medicare benefits can be expanded indefinitely without consequence. 2. Expanded Medicare benefits include better coverage for medication. 3. Expanding Medicare benefits could create government deficits.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: GAO found that these agencies are in the early stages of using a set of balanced expectations to appraise senior executive performance and there are significant opportunities to strengthen their efforts as they move forward in holding executives accountable for results. Choices: 1. GAO studied how the agencies held their CEOs accountable. 2. GAO studied how the agencies operated. 3. GAO studied how operating budgets worked.

Answer: 1


Question: Statement: Beyond this is the King's Closet, where only his intimate entourage would be admitted for evenings of drinking and card games. Choices: 1. Lots of people were invited to the King's Closet. 2. The King's Closet was a place to play cards and drink. 3. Most people could gain entry to the King's Closet.

Answer:
1