Q: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Statement: Set in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, the novel is part Western (the main character, Ben Tyler, is an Arizona cowboy) and part noir (he's in on an arms-smuggling scam gone bad). Choices: 1. The novel mixes western and noir themes over the backdrop of the Spanish-American war. 2. Ben Tyler has a love interest who is kidnapped by vicious pirates in chapter three. 3. Ben Tyler has never visited the American South West.
A:
1