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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Question: Statement: Consider Ehrlichman's reference to a certain left-wing Harvard professor, [first name unknown] Pomerantz, or whatever his name is, whose generosity towards the George McGovern campaign raises Nixon's suspicions. Choices: 1. Pomerantz's generosity raised Nixon's respect for him. 2. Pomerantz's generosity raised Nixon's doubts because of past experiences. 3. Pomerantz's generosity raised Nixon's doubts.

Answer: 2


Question: Statement: Such an approach invariably leads to added costs because programs are forced to fix problems late in development. Choices: 1. Approaches like that usually lead to added costs. 2. That's the safest approach possible in terms of avoiding unexpected costs. 3. Problems late in development are always guaranteed to happen.

Answer: 3


Question: Statement: Pundits declared it a triumph of youth and racial progress, comparing Woods to Jackie Robinson (whose 50 th anniversary of breaking the color barrier is being celebrated simultaneously), Arthur Ashe, and Lee Elder (who became the first black golfer to play in the Masters in 1975, the same year Woods was born). Choices: 1. Pundits said that Woods success had nothing to do with racial progress. 2. Pundits said that sports were now racially progressive. 3. Pundits said that Woods showed the racial progress started by Jackie Robinson.

Answer:
2