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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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Statement: yeah i think the concept's great you know Choices: 1. I don't like that concept at all. 2. I think the concept of a new world order where we are being controlled by illuminati is great. 3. You know, I think the idea is great.
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2

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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.
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1

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Statement: We now have the essentials--a huge army dominated by leaders far to the right of the rest of society, a vast chasm between a tiny rich minority and everyone else, and the proliferation of soap operas in prime time, despite the counterrevolutionary snubbing of The Sopranos at Sunday night's Emmy Awards. Choices: 1. One essential which has been missed off the list is being able to order food using your mobile phone. 2. We have now got the necessities. 3. We do not even have the essentials yet!
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1