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: They instructed the man to go slowly, and watched narrowly so as not to miss the path. Choices: 1. If he missed the path, chances were that he'd never be heard from again. 2. They told the man that he needed to go slowly. 3. They told the man to go quickly.

1