In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

[EX Q]: Statement: Two riders escorted at hardly more than a fast walk a buckboard in which were two other men. Choices: 1. The buckboard escorted by the riders was empty. 2. Two men on horseback slowly lead the carriage with the two other men in it. 3. The two French soldiers escorted the prisoners riding in the carriage.
[EX A]: 2

[EX Q]: Statement: Since 1996 Legal Aid has increased its annual revenue by $6 million, renovated all of its offices and increased staff salaries Co which helps explain why 7 out of 13 chief (or managing) attorneys around the state are former Legal Aid lawyers who returned after stints in private or government practice. Choices: 1. Legal Aid raised its staff salaries and did some work on its offices. 2. Legal Aid workers got a ten percent raise on their salaries. 3. Legal Aid made some salary cuts for its staff, since 1996.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: They suspected government of wanting to punish them for approving the measure. Choices: 1. They thought that the government wanted to punish them for approving against them. 2. They disliked the government and were against them. 3. They didn't think that the government wanted to punish them, it wanted to reward them,
[EX A]:
1