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: Sometimes such funds are devoted to retraining existing nontechnical personnel to supply them with IT expertise. Choices: 1. Funds are never spent on retraining employees. 2. Sometimes the funds are devoted to retraining existing nontechnical personnel so they understand how to program their computers. 3. Sometimes the funds are devoted to retraining existing nontechnical personnel so they understand IT.

2