In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story coherent / plausible by writing "1" or "2" in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes most sense.

Beginning: Tom loved extreme sports. Middle 1: He decided to take up a new tv show. Middle 2: He decided to take up a new hobby. Ending: He went skiing.
2

Beginning: Henry was tired. Middle 1: The lecture was dragging on and on and the teacher was running very late. Middle 2: The anti-spiel was dragging on and on and the teacher was running very late. Ending: And Henry did not want to upset the class by reminding her.
1

Beginning: When I was 14 my parents got pregnant. Middle 1: I stayed home and didn't go to school. Middle 2: I was already in college by the time that my brother first started school. Ending: I was old enough that it didn't even seem like I had a sibling.
2