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: For six years he begged for his food, learned to meditate, and practiced severe self-mortification, but still felt no nearer to understanding life's suffering. Choices: 1. He has begged for as long as six years. 2. He thought that the meditation was worth the enduring. 3. He finally understood life's suffering after the six years.

2