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: But this caveat has a  The prospect of future punishments gives you an incentive to investigate the corporation's history before you buy, which improves the chance that bad behavior can be uncovered while the actual perpetrators can still be punished. Choices: 1. CEOs often avoid punishment by selling their businesses. 2. The prospect of punishment won't encourage research into the history of a corporation. 3. Threats of punishment encourage you to research companies before purchase.
1

Statement: In one corner of the square are the Cage, an old prison lockup built in 1806 to house drunken sailors or runaway slaves, and the Ring, the site of the once-regular slave auction. Choices: 1. The Ring was built in the 18th century. 2. The Ring is an old prison lockup built in 1806. 3. The Cage and the Ring are found in the square.
1

Statement: yeah because they're farmers these are all farmers coming over and they're being put in the middle of the city Choices: 1. If the farmers were sent to the countryside, everyone would be better off. 2. The people coming over tend to be highly skilled workers who are sent to work on farms. 3. It's all farmers who come over, and they get moved into the center of the city.

1