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.
Q: Statement: The competition be?tween shops is fierce, and many traders work on very narrow profit margins. Choices: 1. Small market competition is fierce because large companies make it difficult for them to compete. 2. The market is very competitive, many traders work on narrow gains. 3. There is no profit to be made in mercantile.
A:
1