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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: The data collected in the third phase are not specified before the first  they emerge, often with surprises, from the initial observations. Choices: 1. The data collected in the third phase is the most telling and most significant part of the process. 2. There are two phases to data collection to keep the process swift. 3. Data collected in the third phase may be surprising and unexpected based on initial observations.
answer:
1


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Statement: During a NewsHour discussion of Vernon Jordan's testimony, Shields comes out with the bizarrely malapropos comment that Vernon Jordan's elocutionary style reminds him of nothing more than Barbara Jordan's measured diction. Choices: 1. Shields says something about Vernon Jordan that has no bearing on the proceedings. 2. In a moment of senile dementia, Shields loses the plot when speaking about Jordan. 3. During the discussion, Shields flew about the room and perched on the window sill.
answer:
2


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Statement: It never  As soon as the horde hears the words Social Security, a silence falls. Choices: 1. The crowd will cheer at the word Domestic reprisal. 2. There was a loud cheer from the horde. 3. It never occurs as soon as the horde hears the words Social Security.
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1