Definition: 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.
Input: Statement: Placing [bar] applicants for three months contributes to, but does not solve the courts' needs, the essay continued.  Choices:  1. The essay made it clear that placing applicants helps the court.  2. The placing of applicants was recently changed from that of two months.  3. The essay proposed that placing applicants would solve all of the courts' need 

1