Detailed Instructions: 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 old bloke sounds more inspired and, well, less goofy than he has in years (Elysa Gardner, the Los Angeles Times ). However, a few critics call the songs more Wings than He has done some sucky stuff in his long and partially illustrious career, but it has to be said that, overall, McCartney has never sounded less necessary (Andy Gill, the Independent ). (See the Flaming Pie site.) Choices: 1. The old man sounds much more goofy than he has in many years. 2. He actually doesn't sound as goofy as he has before. 3. Mike McCartney sounds much more inspired than he has in recent years.
Solution:
3