TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Statement: The island has a checkered past of smuggling and pira cy. Choices: 1. Pirates have frequented the waters around the island as recently as 5 years ago. 2. Smuggling and piracy used to occur in close proximity to the island. 3. The island is unique in having a history free of piracy.

SOLUTION: 1

PROBLEM: Statement: and uh when was it a couple weeks ago i was asked to go to uh jury duty i i wasn't selected but um for some of our cases in particular we have um very technical cases from time to time because of like our patents and such Choices: 1. Unfortunately, I have never been summoned for jury duty. 2. I normally love serving on juries, so I was disappointed. 3. A few weeks ago, I went on jury duty but they didn't pick me.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: yeah that's true most of them probably wouldn't do something like that although there are a lot of kids who would do it just to get away from their parents Choices: 1. Many kids would probably do that, just to leave their parents' home. 2. Many kids would do that, but the pay would also have to be good. 3. Who would want to do that? Definitely not kids.

SOLUTION:
2