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 parched landscape grows ever more desolate as you approach Cap Berber?­a, and the road deteriorates until it's no more than a dusty track. Choices: 1. It hardly ever rains on Cap Berbera as it's a desert. 2. The road slowly disappears  as you approach  as you approach Cap Berber?­a 3. It rains all the time on Cap Berbera

1