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: i couldn't remember in Tigon had purchased GTE's phone mail services or if GTE had purchased Tigon i knew there was some type of a tie in there i remember reading in the paper a few months back but Choices: 1. I think I read in the newspaper a few months ago that either Tigon or GTE bought the other but that it was a long and difficult process because of some sort of tie they encountered. 2. I remember clearly seeing on television that there was no tie between GTE and Tigon and that Tigon had bought GTE's phone services. 3. I do not recall exactly but I remember reading in the news several months ago about Tigon and GTE and how there was a tie of some sort for the buyout.

1