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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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Statement: Since 1970, owner engineering downsizing has resulted in increased use of contractors to perform design and construction functions. Choices: 1. Owner engineering downsizing has no result on contractors. 2. Owner engineering downsizing has a result on contractors because they are able to work together well. 3. Owner engineering downsizing has a result on contractors.
answer:
2


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Statement: The LSC declares in its brief, and respondents do not deny, that under these provisions the LSC can sponsor neither challenges to nor defenses of existing welfare reform law, Brief for Petitioner in No. Choices: 1. They had full power in the welfare reform laws. 2. They were upset they could not do what they want. 3. They were not able to challenge the reform laws.
answer:
2


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Statement: and you know they were asked you know well when you get out will you commit that same crime again and they said probably you know this is how we live that's how we make our living we live by selling drugs we live by stealing we live by this you know Choices: 1. Most of them survive by selling heroin. 2. They said that they were likely to commit more crimes. 3. They all denied that they would commit crimes again.
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1