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.

Statement: VBA's Senior Executive Performance Plans41 Performance Elements41 Performance Standards for Elements42 Performance Standards for Summary Ratings43 Revisions to the Fiscal Year 2002 Performance Plans44 Choices: 1. In 2002 there were revisions made to the fiscal year performance plans. 2. No revisions were made for fiscal year 2002 and the performance plans were scrapped. 3. VBA's performance in 2001 exceeded the expectations of senior executives.
3

Statement: However, Ireland has always looked to Europe for friendship and support, and gradually it began to define itself as a European nation. Choices: 1. Ireland always looked to Europe for support, but was forced to join them as a nation. 2. Ireland kept themselves distinctly separate from Europe. 3. Ireland always looked to Europe for friendship and support and gradually became part of Europe.
1

Statement: To celebrate his unification of Japan after more than a century of civil war, Hideyoshi had made the castle the country's greatest fortress, so the Tokugawa felt obliged to destroy it in 1615 after snatching power away from Hideyoshi's heir. Choices: 1. Hideyoshi thought he would be safe inside a fortified castle. 2. Hideyoshi destroyed a castle that was later rebuilt. 3. Hideyoshi fortified a castle that was later destroyed.
1