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.

[EX Q]: 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.
[EX A]: 1

[EX Q]: Statement: He's (briefly) a slick but wholesome yuppie and then (interminably) Death, who takes over the young man's body when he's thumped by a couple of cars in the movie's most promising moment. Choices: 1. He's a poor old person in that movie. 2. He's a yuppie in that movie. 3. He's a yuppie who drives a BMW in that movie.
[EX A]: 3

[EX Q]: Statement: Think of a banner ad as the Internet on a bumper sticker. Choices: 1. A banner ad on the internet is similar to a bumper sticker on a car. 2. A banner ad is similar to a roadside billboard. 3. The best thing about banner ads, for those that place them, is that they're free.
[EX A]:
3