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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Question: Statement: requested comments on the proposed changes in methodology to establish the salary equivalency guidelines. Choices: 1. Comments that were solicited concerning chapter order in the book. 2. Comments that were solicited regarding changes to methodology. 3. Unsolicited comments that related to gender and race equality

Answer: 1

Question: Statement: Some of these responsibilities Choices: 1. None of those responsibilities. 2. A few of the slate of responsibilities. 3. There aren't a lot of responsibilities beyond these ones.

Answer: 3

Question: Statement: All ideological differences between Democrats and Republicans. Choices: 1. Republicans and Democrats have ideological differences. 2. Democrats and Republicans don't have any differences in ideology. 3. The difference in ideology between Republicans and Democrats is extensive, long, and far-reaching.

Answer:
3