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: Specifically, although most public companies are required to have a board that is comprised of a majority of independent directors and certain key committees are required to be comprised solely of outside directors, a closer look reveals that the independence of many boards may be more a matter of form than substance. Choices: 1. Public companies can put whoever they want on their boards. 2. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors. 3. Most public companies have to have a board of independent directors that have MBAs.
3

Statement: When we reached the house, my little friend waved aside Mary's offer of tea.  Choices: 1. When we reached the house, my friend denied an offer of tea. 2. My friend thought it was too hot to have some tea. 3. When we reached the house, my friend asked Mary for some tea.
2

Statement: He was defeated at the famous Battle of Marathon in 490 b.c. , and ten years later his son Xerxes lost the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis. Choices: 1. His son, Xerxes, regained the Persian fleet ten years after he lost the Battle of Marathon.  2. Xerxes lost the Persian fleet to the same group that defeated his father at the Battle of Marathon.  3. Xerxes lost the Persian fleet ten years after his father's defeat at the Battle of Marathon. 

2