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: Whenever the country emerges from a national trauma and focuses on its piggy bank, presidential expectations shrink. Choices: 1. Presidential expectations change after a country reaches the other side of a period of economic growth. 2. Once a nationwide trauma is over, presidential elections no longer have high expectations, because the country can focus on expanding its economy. 3. Before a period of trauma, a nation's expectations for presidential candidates rises exponentially.

1