Q: In this task, you're given a statement, and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence clearly disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3' corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Statement: He'd been a pretender long enough, and what punitive action they took now didn't seem to matter. Choices: 1. He tired of being lifelong pretender, so their punitive actions now seemed inconsequential. 2. Their choice of punitive action seemingly didn't matter--he was tired of pretending. 3. He couldn't get enough of being a pretender, and their punitive course mattered.
A:
3