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: As of June 1996, 68 pilot projects for performance planning and performance reporting were under way in 24 agencies. Choices: 1. There were 68 pilot projects for performance planning and performance reporting under way in 24 agencies as of June 1996. 2. 57 of the 68 pilot projects were continued past June 1999, the rest were cancelled. 3. As of June 1996, there were only 27 pilot projects for performance planning and performance reporting under way in 24 different agencies.
2