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: And Chatterbox cites Lapham's mention of the Roman mob familiar with the expensive claques traipsing after the magnificence of the Emperor Nero. Choices: 1. Chatterbox cites Lapham's mention of Roman sycophants that followed Emperor Nero. 2. Chatterbox cites Lapham's mention of sycophantic Romans who followed Emperor Nero and absorbed his opulence. 3. Chatterbox cites Lapham's mention of the Emperor Nero of Rome.

2