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: oh taxes lord forbid forbid lord forbid taxes goodness gracious if we would uh plan our expressways a little better that ten dollars for the bridges and the roads we'd cut that in half and give to the teachers we might have such a problem Choices: 1. If the expressways were planned better some of the tax money could be used for education. 2. We are in a dire situation in need for funding in the field of education. 3. The expressways are planned just fine.
2

Statement: The sensuality of the aristocratic lovers recalls Khajuraho . Choices: 1. Khajuraho can never recall the sensuality of the aristocratic lovers. 2. Khajuraho recalls the sensuality of the aristocratic lovers. 3. Khajuraho may recalling the sensuality of the aristocratic lovers.
3

Statement: But the Venetians' empire declined as they lost their taste for the adventure of commerce in favor of the safety of their landholdings. Choices: 1. The Venetians' empire flourished after its loss of taste for commerce. 2. The Venetian empire was in decline. 3. Loss of taste for adventure of commerce caused the decline of the Venetians' empire.

3