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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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Statement: The data collected in the third phase are not specified before the first they emerge, often with surprises, from the initial observations. Choices: 1. The data collected in the third phase is the most telling and most significant part of the process. 2. There are two phases to data collection to keep the process swift. 3. Data collected in the third phase may be surprising and unexpected based on initial observations.
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1

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Statement: yeah that's that's the uh that's that's the big thing you know we still got a little bit of the old you know Vietnam um problem in you know in the back of our minds we we got this we're we're used to wars where you can get in do the job and get out Choices: 1. We still have the Vietnam mentality where we think we can just get in and get out, it's bad for our nation and the troops. 2. We still have the Vietnam mentality where we think we can just get in and get out of wars. 3. We don't have the Vietnam mentality anymore.
answer:
1

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Statement: Which suggests that if you really believe that stocks are actually no riskier than a savings account--or, rather, if you believe that everyone else will come to believe this--the Dow may still have 3,888 or so points to go. Choices: 1. There's evidence that stocks are no riskier than a savings account. 2. Stocks are a really good way to make sure you lose all your money. 3. While there are those that believe that stocks are a harmless investment, these people often have money stashed under the mattress.
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3