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: The standard processes and policies developed, applied, and improved as a result of the mergers provide this organization with the flexibility it needs to adapt to future changes in responsibility. Choices: 1. The policies that were developed by the mergers helped make the company better on the global financial market. 2. The organisation had been given flexibility as a result of the mergers. 3. There were no standard processes or policies in place that could provide the organization with the flexibility it needed.

1