Definition: In this task, you are given two statements. The task is to output whether a given textual premise, i.e. Statement 2, entails or implies a given scientific fact, i.e. Statement 1. The output should be 'entails' if Statement 2 supports Statement 1 and should be 'neutral' otherwise.
Input: Sentence 1: This process usually takes the longest amount of time: an ocean basin forms between two continents. Sentence 2: It follows that the areas of the two shaded portions are proportional to the bulk of the continents and oceans respectively.

neutral