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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.
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Statement: well hopefully you know if it's humid now maybe it'll i remember last year it rained an awful lot or uh you know for the last couple of years it's rained an awful lot and maybe that'll help to defeat some of the heat Choices: 1. Last year was really rainy and this year is too dry. 2. Last year was really rainy. 3. Last year was a major drought.
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1

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Statement: It will be a lightning rod for controversy, he predicted. Choices: 1. He predicted that it would spark controversy greatly. 2. He predicted that the controversy would die down within a few weeks. 3. He predicted that it wouldn't cause any controversy.
answer:
2

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Statement: The commentariat repeats its long-held opinion that Clinton's claim of executive privilege is bunk. Choices: 1. Clinton is allowed executive privilege whenever she wants. 2. The commentariat thinks that most Americans will agree that Clinton should not get executive privilege. 3. The commentariat thinks that Clinton does not get executive privilege.
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2