Detailed Instructions: 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.
Problem:Statement: Barnes and Thornburg, the state's largest firm, asked all of its lawyers to volunteer at least 25 hours a year helping low-income people on the clock. Choices: 1. The largest firm asked their lawyers to volunteer each year or they would be demoted. 2. The largest firm asked their lawyers to stop volunteering. 3. The largest firm asked their lawyers to volunteer each year.
Solution:
1