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.

[EX Q]: Statement: uh when the public whole is at stake Choices: 1. When only family members are at stake. 2. When the general population is at stake. 3. When the safety of the public is at stake.
[EX A]: 3

[EX Q]: Statement: Although the activities of city and rural carriers are similar, some minor differences  Choices: 1. City carriers have more stops on their routes than rural carriers. 2. Rural and city carriers have similar activities, but they are not exactly the same. 3. City and Rural carries have completely identical activities.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: But nothing more happened, and people gradually returned home. Choices: 1. A lot of events occurred, driving more and more people to the area. 2. Nothing else occurred, and eventually people went back home. 3. After the gold rush hype died down, people realized there was no reason to be there anymore.
[EX A]:
3