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 lean, gray-haired man who had ushered them into the stable stood eyeing the mare's distended sides. Choices: 1. The man who ushered them into the stable had blond hair. 2. The man who ushered them into the stable was 70 years old. 3. They were ushered into the stable by a thin man.

2