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: but they began to cut back because of the oil problems but um you know they would have have um so many community outdoor theaters and and like uh community Choices: 1. The oil problems benefited them greatly. 2. The oil problems caused them to cut back on community upgrades. 3. The oil problems caused them to cut back.
2

Statement: With mild distaste, I took the Gauntlet he handed me. Choices: 1. I wanted the gauntlet and I begged him for it. 2. I didn't want to take it but I took the gauntlet and then threw it. 3. The gauntlet was handed to be and I accepted it.
2

Statement: It would be nice to say that we were rich because we were good, but the randomness of the market and the casual ethics of the hidden hand allow no such theocratic conclusion. Choices: 1. It is not true that the best people always end up with the best money. 2. It is possible that a system could be created to address the problems of randomness of the market and casual ethics. 3. People always get what they deserve in the market.
2