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: Increasing numbers of visitors and office-workers have given rise to more and more shops, cinemas, hotels, and restaurants. Choices: 1. Because there are so few visitors, businesses have begun to close. 2. Visitors have led to the growth of the area. 3. The amount of visitors have led to an increase in shops, hotels and cinemas.

2