TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
PROBLEM: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: well wonder if if this advice was uh worth following for uh choosing a school Choices:  1. I am trying to decide which school to attend using all of the information I can.  2. I am curious if this information is something I should consider for picking a school.  3. I think this advice would be good for selecting which Church to attend. 

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: [It] seems incontestable that if no communication in the ordinary sense of the word is possible, there can be no lie. Choices:  1. It's sure that no communication corresponds to no lies, said the philosopher. 2. It's sure that no communication corresponds to a lot of lies. 3. It's sure that no communication corresponds to no lies.

SOLUTION:
3