Definition: 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.
Input: Statement: As Palermo was in decline, Naples flourished as a brilliant cosmopolitan capital. Choices: 1. Naples and Palermo were both in decline. 2. Naples experienced growth, while Palermo was declining. 3. The economic success of Naples was due to decline of Palermo.

3